What Is the Ex-Dividend Date?

The ex-dividend date is the official day that anyone owning shares will be entitled to an upcoming dividend, which is called the dividend distribution date. In case you bought your stock the day after the ex-dividend date, you will not be eligible to receive that dividend.

What Is the Dividend Declaration Date?

As the name suggests, a date at which a company’s Board of Directors officially declares a dividend is known as the dividend declaration date. At this point of official declaration, dividend is more of a liability or obligation for the company as it has to pay the dividend at some pr the other point in the future.

What Is a Property Dividend?

Sometimes Board of Directors declares a so-called property dividend that is the company decides to pay the dividend as a property, like a chocolate maker could literally ship cocoa beans to its stockholders instead of selling the beans and mailing a check.