Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel on 12/2/13 GameStop Corp (NYSE GME) CEC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE CEC) and HSN Inc (NASD HSNI) will all trade ex dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. GameStop Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.275 on 12/19/13 CEC Entertainment Inc. will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.27 on 12/27/13 and HSN Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.25 on 12/18/13.
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As a percentage of GME s recent stock price of $48.00 this dividend works out to approximately 0.57% so look for shares of GameStop Corp to trade 0.57% lower all else being equal when GME shares open for trading on 12/2/13. Similarly investors should look for CEC to open 0.57% lower in price and for HSNI to open 0.43% lower all else being equal.
Below are dividend history charts for GME CEC and HSNI showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.
GameStop Corp (NYSE GME)
CEC Entertainment Inc. (NYSE CEC)
HSN Inc (NASD HSNI)
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 2.29% for GameStop Corp 2.27% for CEC Entertainment Inc. and 1.71% for HSN Inc .
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In Friday trading GameStop Corp shares are currently up about 0.5% CEC Entertainment Inc. shares are off about 0.3% and HSN Inc shares are up about 0.4% on the day.
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