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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 6/28/24, Fifth Third Bancorp (Symbol: FITB), Paramount Group Inc (Symbol: PGRE), and Essex Property Trust Inc (Symbol: ESS) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Fifth Third Bancorp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.35 on 7/15/24, Paramount Group Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.035 on 7/15/24, and Essex Property Trust Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $2.45 on 7/12/24. As a percentage of FITB's recent stock price of $35.91, this dividend works out to approximately 0.97%, so look for shares of Fifth Third Bancorp to trade 0.97% lower — all else being equal — when FITB shares open for trading on 6/28/24. Similarly, investors should look for PGRE to open 0.76% lower in price and for ESS to open 0.89% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for FITB, PGRE, and ESS, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Fifth Third Bancorp (Symbol: FITB):

Paramount Group Inc (Symbol: PGRE):

Essex Property Trust Inc (Symbol: ESS):

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 3.90% for Fifth Third Bancorp, 3.04% for Paramount Group Inc, and 3.56% for Essex Property Trust Inc.

In Wednesday trading, Fifth Third Bancorp shares are currently down about 2%, Paramount Group Inc shares are up about 0.2%, and Essex Property Trust Inc shares are down about 1.3% on the day.

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