Emerson Electric Company Dividends
The next dividend date for Emerson Electric Company 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 Emerson Electric Company (EMR)
More About Emerson Electric Company
Emerson Electric Co., a technology and software company, provides various solutions in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. It operates through Final Control, Measurement & Analytical, Discrete Automation, Safety & Productivity, Control Systems & Software, and Test & Measurement segments. The Final Control segment provides control valves, isolation valves, shutoff valves, pressure relief valves, pressure safety valves, actuators, and regulators for process and hybrid industries under Anderson Greenwood, Bettis, Crosby, Fisher, Keystone, KTM, and Vanessa brands. The Measurement & Analytical segment supplies intelligent instrumentation measuring the physical properties of liquids or gases, such as pressure, temperature, level, flow, acoustics, corrosion, pH, conductivity, water quality, toxic gases, and flame under the Flexim, Micro Motion, and Rosemount brands. The Discrete Automation segment includes solenoid valves, pneumatic valves, valve position indicators, pneumatic cylinders and actuators, air preparation equipment, pressure and temperature switches, electric linear motion solutions, programmable automation control systems and software, electrical distribution equipment, and materials joining solutions used primarily in discrete industries under the Afag, Appleton, ASCO, Aventics, Branson, Movicon, PACSystems, SolaHD, TESCOM, and TopWorx brands. The Safety & Productivity segment delivers tools for professionals and homeowners that support infrastructure, promote safety, and enhance productivity under the Greenlee, Klauke, ProTeam, and RIDGID brands. The Control Systems & Software segment provides control systems and software that control plant processes by collecting and analyzing information from measurement devices in the plant under the DeltaV and Ovation brands. The Test & Measurement offers software-connected automated test and measurement systems. The company was incorporated in 1890 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Owning Emerson Electric Company Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Emerson Electric Company stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Emerson Electric Company stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Emerson Electric Company stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Emerson Electric Company stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Emerson Electric Company dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Emerson Electric Company 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 Emerson Electric Company stock price from the dividend is already baked into Emerson Electric Company option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Emerson Electric Company ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Emerson Electric Company ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Emerson Electric Company call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Emerson Electric Company put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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