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As a percentage of SJW's recent stock price of $69.17, this dividend works out to approximately 0.55%, so look for shares of SJW Group to trade 0.55% lower — all else being equal — when SJW shares open for trading on 8/4/23. Similarly, investors should look for CWT to open 0.51% lower in price and for FE to open 1.01% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for SJW, CWT, and FE, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

SJW Group (NYSE:SJW):

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT):

FirstEnergy Corp (NYSE:FE):

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 2.20% for SJW Group, 2.02% for California Water Service Group, and 4.04% for FirstEnergy Corp.

In Wednesday trading, SJW Group shares are currently off about 0.4%, California Water Service Group shares are off about 1.1%, and FirstEnergy Corp shares are off about 0.8% on the day.