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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/31/24, Herc Holdings Inc (Symbol: HRI), Crane NXT Co (Symbol: CXT), and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Herc Holdings Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.665 on 6/14/24, Crane NXT Co will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.16 on 6/12/24, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $1.30 on 6/14/24. As a percentage of HRI's recent stock price of $140.80, this dividend works out to approximately 0.47%, so look for shares of Herc Holdings Inc to trade 0.47% lower — all else being equal — when HRI shares open for trading on 5/31/24. Similarly, investors should look for CXT to open 0.26% lower in price and for HII to open 0.51% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for HRI, CXT, and HII, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Herc Holdings Inc (Symbol: HRI):

Crane NXT Co (Symbol: CXT):

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII):

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 1.89% for Herc Holdings Inc, 1.04% for Crane NXT Co, and 2.06% for Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc..

In Wednesday trading, Herc Holdings Inc shares are currently down about 4.7%, Crane NXT Co shares are up about 0.1%, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. shares are off about 1.4% on the day.

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