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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/14/24, Federal Signal Corp. (Symbol: FSS), Verisk Analytics Inc (Symbol: VRSK), and Leidos Holdings Inc (Symbol: LDOS) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Federal Signal Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.12 on 3/28/24, Verisk Analytics Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.39 on 3/29/24, and Leidos Holdings Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.38 on 3/28/24. As a percentage of FSS's recent stock price of $77.87, this dividend works out to approximately 0.15%, so look for shares of Federal Signal Corp. to trade 0.15% lower — all else being equal — when FSS shares open for trading on 3/14/24. Similarly, investors should look for VRSK to open 0.16% lower in price and for LDOS to open 0.30% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for FSS, VRSK, and LDOS, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Federal Signal Corp. (Symbol: FSS):

Verisk Analytics Inc (Symbol: VRSK):

Leidos Holdings Inc (Symbol: LDOS):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 0.62% for Federal Signal Corp., 0.66% for Verisk Analytics Inc, and 1.19% for Leidos Holdings Inc.

In Tuesday trading, Federal Signal Corp. shares are currently off about 3.2%, Verisk Analytics Inc shares are up about 0.4%, and Leidos Holdings Inc shares are off about 1.2% on the day.

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