Benzinga | Jul 22, 2021 10:56AM EDT

Understanding USA Compression Partners's Ex-Dividend Date

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) declared a dividend payable on August 6, 2021 to its shareholders as of July 15, 2021. It was also announced that shareholders of USA Compression Partners's stock as of July 26, 2021 are entitled to the dividend. The stock is expected to become ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. The ex-dividend date for USA Compression Partners is set for July 23, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.53, equating to a dividend yield of 12.49% at current price levels.

What Are Ex-Dividend Dates?

An ex-dividend date signals when a company's shares cease to trade with its current dividend payout. There is a small intermission period before the company announces a new dividend. 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.

Understanding USA Compression Partners's Dividend Payouts And Yields

Over the past year, USA Compression Partners has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on July 30, 2020 the company's payout was $0.53, which has returned to its value today. USA Compression Partners's dividend yield last year was 17.84%, which has since decreased by 5.35%.

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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