Dollar Tree Inc Dividends
The next dividend date for Dollar Tree 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 Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR)
More About Dollar Tree Inc
Dollar Tree, Inc. operates retail discount stores under the Dollar Tree and Dollar Tree Canada brands in the United States and Canada. The company offers consumable merchandise comprising everyday consumables, such as household paper and chemicals, food, candy, health, personal care products, and frozen and refrigerated food; variety merchandise consisting of toys, durable housewares, gifts, stationery, party goods, greeting cards, softlines, arts and crafts supplies, and other items; and seasonal goods, including Christmas, Easter, Halloween, and Valentine's Day merchandise. Dollar Tree, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Owning Dollar Tree Inc Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Dollar Tree Inc stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Dollar Tree 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 Dollar Tree Inc stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Dollar Tree Inc stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Dollar Tree Inc dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Dollar Tree 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 Dollar Tree Inc stock price from the dividend is already baked into Dollar Tree Inc option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Dollar Tree 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 Dollar Tree Inc ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Dollar Tree Inc call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Dollar Tree 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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