Benzinga | Mar 4, 2021 10:12AM EST

Understanding B2Gold's Ex-Dividend Date

On February 23, 2021, B2Gold (AMEX:BTG) declared a dividend payable on March 16, 2021 to its shareholders. B2Gold also announced that shareholders on the company's books on or before March 8, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. B2Gold has an ex-dividend date set for for March 5, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.04, which equates to a dividend yield of 3.16% at current price levels.

Understanding Ex-Dividend Dates'

Ex-dividend dates signal when company shares cease to trade with their current dividend payouts. There is a small intermission period before companies announce new dividends. Usually, a company's ex-dividend date falls one business day before its record date. Investors should keep this in mind when purchasing stocks because buying them on or after ex-dividend dates does not qualify them to receive the declared payment. Newly declared dividends go to shareholders who have owned that stock before the ex-dividend date. Most ex-dividend dates operate on a quarterly basis.

B2Gold's Dividend Performance

Over the past year, B2Gold has seen its dividend payouts and yields climb upward overall. Last year (March 6, 2020), the company's payout sat at $0.01, which has since increased by $0.03. B2Gold's dividend yield last year was 0.87%, which has since grown by 2.29%.

Companies use dividend yields in different strategic ways. Some companies may opt to not give yields altogether to reinvest in themselves. Other companies may opt to increase or decrease their yield amounts to control how their shares circulate throughout the stock market.

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