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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 7/1/24, Choice Hotels International, Inc. (Symbol: CHH), Encompass Health Corp (Symbol: EHC), and Cardinal Health, Inc. (Symbol: CAH) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Choice Hotels International, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.2875 on 7/16/24, Encompass Health Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.15 on 7/15/24, and Cardinal Health, Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.5056 on 7/15/24. As a percentage of CHH's recent stock price of $117.66, this dividend works out to approximately 0.24%, so look for shares of Choice Hotels International, Inc. to trade 0.24% lower — all else being equal — when CHH shares open for trading on 7/1/24. Similarly, investors should look for EHC to open 0.18% lower in price and for CAH to open 0.50% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for CHH, EHC, and CAH, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. (Symbol: CHH):

Encompass Health Corp (Symbol: EHC):

Cardinal Health, Inc. (Symbol: CAH):

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 0.98% for Choice Hotels International, Inc., 0.71% for Encompass Health Corp, and 2.00% for Cardinal Health, Inc..

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In Thursday trading, Choice Hotels International, Inc. shares are currently off about 1.9%, Encompass Health Corp shares are off about 0.3%, and Cardinal Health, Inc. shares are down about 2% on the day.

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