Autodesk Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for Autodesk Inc has not yet been scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Autodesk Inc (ADSK)
| 03/22/2005 | 03/10/2005 | 03/25/2005 | 04/08/2005 | $0.02 |
| 12/22/2004 | 12/10/2004 | 12/27/2004 | 01/07/2005 | $0.02 |
| 09/22/2004 | 09/10/2004 | 09/24/2004 | 10/08/2004 | $0.00 |
| 06/30/2004 | 06/17/2004 | 07/02/2004 | 07/16/2004 | $0.00 |
| 03/31/2004 | 03/18/2004 | 04/02/2004 | 04/16/2004 | $0.00 |
| 12/30/2003 | 12/16/2003 | 01/02/2004 | 01/16/2004 | $0.00 |
| 10/01/2003 | 09/29/2003 | 10/03/2003 | 10/17/2003 | $0.00 |
| 07/09/2003 | 06/20/2003 | 07/11/2003 | 07/25/2003 | $0.00 |
| 04/02/2003 | 03/14/2003 | 04/04/2003 | 04/18/2003 | $0.00 |
| 12/31/2002 | 12/16/2002 | 01/03/2003 | 01/17/2003 | $0.00 |
More About Autodesk Inc
Autodesk, Inc. engages in the provision of 3D design, engineering, and entertainment technology solutions worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution; Autodesk Build, a toolset for managing, sharing, and accessing project documents for streamlined workflows between the office, trailer, and jobsite; Revit, a software built for building information modeling to help professionals design, build, and maintain energy-efficient buildings; Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro, cloud-based design collaboration and design management software; BuildingConnected, a SaaS preconstruction solution; and Tandem, a cloud-based platform that transforms the built asset lifecycle. It also provides AutoCAD software, a customizable and extensible CAD application for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; Fusion, a 3D CAD, computer-aided manufacturing, and computer-aided engineering tool; Inventor, a software solution that offers a set of tools for 3D mechanical design, simulation, analysis, tooling, visualization, and documentation; product design and manufacturing collection tools; and Vault, a data management software for managing data in one central location, accelerate design processes, and streamline internal/external collaboration. The company offers Flow Production Tracking, a cloud-based production management software; Maya software that offers 3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing solutions for film and video artists, game developers, and design visualization professionals; Media and Entertainment Collection that offers end-to-end creative tools for entertainment creation; and 3ds Max software, which provides 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solutions. It sells its products and services through a network of resellers and distributors. Autodesk, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Owning Autodesk Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Autodesk Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Autodesk Inc stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Autodesk Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Autodesk Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Autodesk Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Autodesk Inc Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Autodesk Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into Autodesk Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Autodesk Inc ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Autodesk Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Autodesk Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Autodesk Inc put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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