Spotify Technology SA Dividends
The next dividend date for Spotify Technology SA 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 Spotify Technology SA (SPOT)
More About Spotify Technology SA
Spotify hit all the right notes with their music streaming service. The Swedish-based platform disrupted the way we consume music and the music industry as a whole. While new and powerful competitors have entered the field, Spotify remains the uncontested leader in the music streaming space. Looking forward, the company is looking to keep breaking ground in the podcasting business, opening up space for even more potential growth in the years to come.
Owning Spotify Technology SA Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Spotify Technology SA stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Spotify Technology SA stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Spotify Technology SA stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Spotify Technology SA stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Spotify Technology SA dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Spotify Technology SA 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 Spotify Technology SA stock price from the dividend is already baked into Spotify Technology SA option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Spotify Technology SA ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Spotify Technology SA ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Spotify Technology SA call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Spotify Technology SA put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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