Ex-Dividend Reminder: CNA Financial, Primerica and Assurant

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As a percentage of CNA's recent stock price of $44.38, this dividend works out to approximately 0.86%, so look for shares of CNA Financial Corp to trade 0.86% lower — all else being equal — when CNA shares open for trading on 2/19/21. Similarly, investors should look for PRI to open 0.33% lower in price and for AIZ to open 0.52% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for CNA, PRI, and AIZ, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

CNA Financial Corp (NYSE:CNA):

Primerica Inc (NYSE:PRI):

Assurant Inc (NYSE:AIZ):

In general, dividends are not always predictable, following the ups and downs of company profits over time. Therefore, a good first due diligence step in forming an expectation of annual yield going forward, is looking at the history above, for a sense of stability over time. This can help in judging whether the most recent dividends from these companies are likely to continue. If they do continue, the current estimated yields on annualized basis would be 3.42% for CNA Financial Corp, 1.33% for Primerica Inc, and 2.10% for Assurant Inc.

In Wednesday trading, CNA Financial Corp shares are currently up about 1.3%, Primerica Inc shares are down about 0.9%, and Assurant Inc shares are off about 0.2% on the day.