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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/7/24, Vodafone Group plc New (Symbol: VODPF), Golden Ocean Group Ltd (Symbol: GOGL), and Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Symbol: KMB) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Vodafone Group plc New will pay its semi-annual dividend of $0.045 on 8/2/24, Golden Ocean Group Ltd will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.30 on 6/17/24, and Kimberly-Clark Corp. will pay its quarterly dividend of $1.22 on 7/2/24. As a percentage of VODPF's recent stock price of $0.9498, this dividend works out to approximately 4.74%, so look for shares of Vodafone Group plc New to trade 4.74% lower — all else being equal — when VODPF shares open for trading on 6/7/24. Similarly, investors should look for GOGL to open 2.17% lower in price and for KMB to open 0.89% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for VODPF, GOGL, and KMB, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Vodafone Group plc New (Symbol: VODPF):

Golden Ocean Group Ltd (Symbol: GOGL):

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (Symbol: KMB):

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 9.48% for Vodafone Group plc New, 8.66% for Golden Ocean Group Ltd, and 3.55% for Kimberly-Clark Corp..

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In Wednesday trading, Vodafone Group plc New shares are currently down about 0.2%, Golden Ocean Group Ltd shares are down about 1.4%, and Kimberly-Clark Corp. shares are up about 1.9% on the day.

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