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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 4/30/24, Citizens Financial Group Inc (Symbol: CFG), Realty Income Corp (Symbol: O), and Aon plc (Symbol: AON) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Citizens Financial Group Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.42 on 5/15/24, Realty Income Corp will pay its monthly dividend of $0.257 on 5/15/24, and Aon plc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.675 on 5/15/24. As a percentage of CFG's recent stock price of $35.00, this dividend works out to approximately 1.20%, so look for shares of Citizens Financial Group Inc to trade 1.20% lower — all else being equal — when CFG shares open for trading on 4/30/24. Similarly, investors should look for O to open 0.48% lower in price and for AON to open 0.22% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for CFG, O, and AON, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (Symbol: CFG):

Realty Income Corp (Symbol: O):

Aon plc (Symbol: AON):

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 4.80% for Citizens Financial Group Inc, 5.73% for Realty Income Corp, and 0.88% for Aon plc.

In Friday trading, Citizens Financial Group Inc shares are currently down about 1.5%, Realty Income Corp shares are up about 0.2%, and Aon plc shares are down about 0.9% on the day.

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