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| Upcoming Ex-Dividend Date of 8/8/11 for Altera Corp.By Dividend Channel Staff, Thursday, August 4, 10:22 AM ET
On 8/8/11, Altera Corp. (NASDAQ:ALTR) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.08, payable on 9/1/11. As a percentage of ALTR's recent stock price of $39.35, this dividend works out to approximately 0.20%. Below is a dividend history chart for ALTR, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.08 declared by Altera Corp.:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from ALTR is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 0.81% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
ALTR operates in the Semiconductors sector, among companies like Avago Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) which is off about 1.1% today, and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) trading lower by about 1.1%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of ALTR, versus AVGO and XLNX.
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