Benzinga | Aug 18, 2021 10:16AM EDT

Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Timken

On August 4, 2021, Timken (NYSE:TKR) announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on September 3, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Timken has an ex-dividend date set for for August 19, 2021. The company's current dividend payout is $0.3, which equates to a dividend yield of 1.57% at current price levels.

What Are Ex-Dividend Dates?

Ex-dividend dates are when company shares stop trading with their current dividend payouts in preparation for those companies to announce new ones. 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.

Timken's Dividend Payouts And Yields

Over the past year, Timken has experienced an overall upward trend regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on August 20, 2020 the company's payout was $0.28, which has since grown by $0.02. Timken's dividend yield last year was 2.21%, which has since decreased by 0.64%.

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.

Click here to find details on Timken's previous dividends.