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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/27/24, Humana Inc. (Symbol: HUM), US Bancorp (Symbol: USB), and MFA Financial, Inc. (Symbol: MFA) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Humana Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.885 on 4/26/24, US Bancorp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.49 on 4/15/24, and MFA Financial, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.35 on 4/30/24. As a percentage of HUM's recent stock price of $348.54, this dividend works out to approximately 0.25%, so look for shares of Humana Inc. to trade 0.25% lower — all else being equal — when HUM shares open for trading on 3/27/24. Similarly, investors should look for USB to open 1.12% lower in price and for MFA to open 3.04% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for HUM, USB, and MFA, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Humana Inc. (Symbol: HUM):

US Bancorp (Symbol: USB):

MFA Financial, Inc. (Symbol: MFA):

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 1.02% for Humana Inc., 4.50% for US Bancorp, and 12.15% for MFA Financial, Inc..

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In Monday trading, Humana Inc. shares are currently up about 0.3%, US Bancorp shares are off about 1.9%, and MFA Financial, Inc. shares are off about 0.9% on the day.

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