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As a percentage of O's recent stock price of $56.25, this dividend works out to approximately 0.45%, so look for shares of Realty Income Corp to trade 0.45% lower — all else being equal — when O shares open for trading on 8/31/23. Similarly, investors should look for HIG to open 0.59% lower in price and for VIRT to open 1.26% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for O, HIG, and VIRT, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

Realty Income Corp (NYSE:O):

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE:HIG):

Virtu Financial Inc - Class A (NASDAQ:VIRT):

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 5.45% for Realty Income Corp, 2.36% for Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., and 5.03% for Virtu Financial Inc - Class A.

In Tuesday trading, Realty Income Corp shares are currently down about 0.4%, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. shares are up about 0.1%, and Virtu Financial Inc - Class A shares are up about 0.2% on the day.