Transocean Ltd Dividends

The next dividend date for Transocean Ltd 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 Transocean Ltd (RIG)

Date	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount
08/21/2015	02/27/2015	08/25/2015	09/23/2015	$0.15
05/27/2015	02/27/2015	05/29/2015	06/17/2015	$0.15
02/18/2015	02/09/2015	02/20/2015	03/18/2015	$0.75
11/12/2014	11/05/2014	11/14/2014	12/17/2014	$0.75
08/20/2014	08/13/2014	08/22/2014	09/17/2014	$0.75
05/28/2014	02/16/2014	05/30/2014	06/18/2014	$0.75
02/19/2014	11/11/2013	02/21/2014	03/19/2014	$0.56
11/13/2013	11/06/2013	11/15/2013	12/18/2013	$0.56
08/21/2013	03/03/2013	08/23/2013	09/18/2013	$0.56
05/29/2013	03/03/2013	05/31/2013	06/19/2013	$0.56
02/22/2012	02/13/2012	02/24/2012	03/21/2012	$0.79
11/22/2011	11/10/2011	11/25/2011	12/21/2011	$0.79
08/24/2011	08/15/2011	08/26/2011	09/21/2011	$0.79
05/18/2011	05/10/2011	05/20/2011	06/15/2011	$0.79
11/27/2007	11/26/2007	11/27/2007	11/27/2007	$33.03
05/28/2002	05/09/2002	05/30/2002	06/13/2002	$0.04
02/27/2002	02/14/2002	03/01/2002	03/15/2002	$0.04
11/28/2001	11/08/2001	11/30/2001	12/14/2001	$0.04
08/29/2001	08/09/2001	08/31/2001	09/14/2001	$0.04
05/30/2001	05/10/2001	06/01/2001	06/15/2001	$0.04
02/28/2001	02/08/2001	03/02/2001	03/16/2001	$0.04
11/29/2000	11/09/2000	12/01/2000	12/15/2000	$0.04
08/30/2000	08/09/2000	09/01/2000	09/15/2000	$0.04
05/31/2000	05/11/2000	06/02/2000	06/16/2000	$0.04
03/01/2000	02/11/2000	03/03/2000	03/17/2000	$0.04
12/01/1999	---	---	---	$0.04
08/31/1999	---	---	---	$0.04
06/02/1999	---	---	---	$0.04
03/03/1999	---	---	---	$0.04
12/02/1998	---	---	---	$0.04
09/01/1998	---	---	---	$0.04
06/03/1998	---	---	---	$0.04
03/04/1998	---	---	---	$0.04
12/03/1997	---	---	---	$0.04
09/03/1997	---	---	---	$0.04
05/28/1997	---	---	---	$0.04
03/05/1997	---	---	---	$0.04
11/13/1996	---	---	---	$0.04
08/14/1996	---	---	---	$0.04
05/15/1996	---	---	---	$0.04
02/12/1996	---	---	---	$0.04
11/10/1995	---	---	---	$0.04
08/09/1995	---	---	---	$0.04
05/08/1995	---	---	---	$0.04
02/08/1995	---	---	---	$0.04
11/07/1994	---	---	---	$0.04
08/08/1994	---	08/12/1994	08/29/1994	$0.04
05/09/1994	---	---	---	$0.04
02/08/1994	---	---	---	$0.04
11/05/1993	---	---	---	$0.04

More About Transocean Ltd

Website

https://www.deepwater.com

Country

USA

Full Time Employees

5,470

Transocean Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells in Switzerland and internationally. The company contracts mobile offshore drilling rigs, related equipment, and work crews to drill oil and gas wells. It also operates a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units, consisting of ultra-deepwater floaters and harsh environment floaters. It serves integrated energy companies and their affiliates, government-owned or government-controlled energy companies, and other independent energy companies. Transocean Ltd. was founded in 1926 and is based in Steinhausen, Switzerland.

Owning Transocean Ltd Stock on the Dividend Date

If you own Transocean Ltd stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.

Theoretically, the price of Transocean Ltd stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Transocean Ltd stock).

Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Transocean Ltd stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Transocean Ltd dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.

Owning Transocean Ltd 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 Transocean Ltd stock price from the dividend is already baked into Transocean Ltd option prices.

That means the prices of call options that overlap the Transocean Ltd ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.

The prices of put options that overlap the Transocean Ltd ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.

Owners of Transocean Ltd call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Transocean Ltd put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.

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