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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/6/24, Ingersoll Rand Inc (Symbol: IR), Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc (Symbol: DNB), and Canadian National Railway Co (Symbol: CNI) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. Ingersoll Rand Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.02 on 3/28/24, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.05 on 3/21/24, and Canadian National Railway Co will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.845 on 3/28/24. As a percentage of IR's recent stock price of $91.63, this dividend works out to approximately 0.02%, so look for shares of Ingersoll Rand Inc to trade 0.02% lower — all else being equal — when IR shares open for trading on 3/6/24. Similarly, investors should look for DNB to open 0.47% lower in price and for CNI to open 0.65% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for IR, DNB, and CNI, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Ingersoll Rand Inc (Symbol: IR):

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc (Symbol: DNB):

Canadian National Railway Co (Symbol: CNI):

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 0.09% for Ingersoll Rand Inc, 1.89% for Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc, and 2.59% for Canadian National Railway Co.

In Monday trading, Ingersoll Rand Inc shares are currently up about 0.3%, Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc shares are up about 0.6%, and Canadian National Railway Co shares are up about 0.5% on the day.

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