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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/28/25, TransAlta Corp (Symbol: TAC), Ashland Inc (Symbol: ASH), and TriMas Corp (Symbol: TRS) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. TransAlta Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.06 on 4/1/25, Ashland Inc will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.405 on 3/15/25, and TriMas Corp will pay its quarterly dividend of $0.04 on 3/7/25. As a percentage of TAC's recent stock price of $10.62, this dividend works out to approximately 0.56%, so look for shares of TransAlta Corp to trade 0.56% lower — all else being equal — when TAC shares open for trading on 2/28/25. Similarly, investors should look for ASH to open 0.63% lower in price and for TRS to open 0.18% lower, all else being equal.

Below are dividend history charts for TAC, ASH, and TRS, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent ones declared.

TransAlta Corp (Symbol: TAC):

Ashland Inc (Symbol: ASH):

TriMas Corp (Symbol: TRS):

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 2.26% for TransAlta Corp, 2.51% for Ashland Inc, and 0.72% for TriMas Corp.

In Wednesday trading, TransAlta Corp shares are currently down about 1.5%, Ashland Inc shares are off about 0.5%, and TriMas Corp shares are up about 1.5% on the day.

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