On 11/8/24, Federated Hermes, Apple and Mueller Water Products will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Federated Hermes Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.31 on 11/15/24, Apple Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.25 on 11/14/24, and Mueller Water Products will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.067 on 11/20/24.

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As a percentage of FHI’s recent stock price of $40.44, this dividend works out to approximately 0.77%, so look for shares of Federated Hermes Inc to trade 0.77% lower — all else being equal — when FHI shares open for trading on 11/8/24. Similarly, investors should look for AAPL to open 0.11% lower in price and for MWA to open 0.30% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for FHI, AAPL, and MWA, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Federated Hermes:

Apple:

Mueller Water Products:

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 3.07% for Federated Hermes, 0.45% for Apple, and 1.18% for Mueller Water Products.

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In Wednesday trading, Federated Hermes shares are currently up about 1.1%, Apple shares are up about 0.7%, and Mueller Water Products shares are up about 2.9% on the day.

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