Salesforce.com Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com Inc (CRM)
More About Salesforce.com Inc
CRM is on a mission to supercharge sales teams all over the world with its powerful SaaS Customer Relationship Management platform. Its innovative and intuitive platform allows organizations to manage their customer iteration and sales processes effectively. The cloud-based software is used by over 150,000 customers making it the #1 CRM platform in the world.
Owning Salesforce.com Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Salesforce.com Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Salesforce.com Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Salesforce.com Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into Salesforce.com Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Salesforce.com 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 Salesforce.com Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Salesforce.com Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Salesforce.com 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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