THELooking at the universe of stocks we cover on Dividend Channel, on 08/31/21, Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A (symbol: IBKR), Columbia Property Trust Inc (symbol: CXP) and Associated Banc-Corp (symbol : ASB) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective next dividends. Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A will pay its quarterly dividend of $ 0.10 on 09/14/21, Columbia Property Trust Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $ 0.21 on 09/15/21 and Associated Banc-Corp will pay its dividend quarterly $ 0.20 on 09/15/21. As a percentage of the recent IBKR stock price of $ 63.86 this dividend is around 0.16%, so look for shares of Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A that are trading 0.16% lower. – all other things being equal – when the IBKR shares are open for trading on 08/31/21. Likewise, investors should look for a price 1.25% below CXP and a price 0.97% below ASB, all other things being equal.

Below are the dividend history charts for IBKR, CXP and ASB, showing historical dividends before the most recent declared.

Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A (Symbol: IBKR):

Columbia Property Trust Inc (symbol: CXP):

Associated Banc-Corp (symbol: ASB):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs in corporate profits over time. Therefore, a good first step in due diligence in forming an annual performance expectation in the future is to look at the above history, for a sense of stability over time. This can help judge whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If continued, the current estimated returns on an annualized basis would be 0.63% for Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A, 4.99% for Columbia Property Trust Inc and 3.88% for Associated Banc-Corp .

In Friday’s trading, Interactive Brokers Group Inc – Class A shares are currently up around 0.2%, Columbia Property Trust Inc shares are up around 0.8%, and Associated Banc-Corp shares are currently up about 0.2%. are up about 0.5% on the day.

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