Here’s What We Like About Booking Holdings’ (NASDAQ:BKNG) Upcoming Dividend

It looks like Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) is about to go ex-dividend in the next 4 days. Typically, the ex-dividend date is one business day before the record date, which is the date on which a company determines the shareholders eligible to receive a dividend. The ex-dividend date is an important date to be aware of as any purchase of the stock made on or after this date might mean a late settlement that doesn’t show on the record date. Accordingly, Booking Holdings investors that purchase the stock on or after the 7th of March will not receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 31st of March.

The company’s next dividend payment will be US$9.60 per share, and in the last 12 months, the company paid a total of US$38.40 per share. Looking at the last 12 months of distributions, Booking Holdings has a trailing yield of approximately 0.8% on its current stock price of US$5016.01. Dividends are a major contributor to investment returns for long term holders, but only…