7 ASX 200 shares with ex-dividend dates next week

If you want any of these dividends, you'd better hurry.

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ASX earnings season is now in full swing. This week, we have continued to hear from some of the ASX's biggest shares about how their most recent results have measured up. But with earnings season also comes fresh dividend announcements. And some ASX 200 shares are already approaching their next ex-dividend dates.

Next week, we'll see not one, not two, but seven ASX 200 shares trade ex-dividend.

A company's ex-dividend date is not the day when the dividend gets paid out. Rather, it's the date that decides who gets the latest dividend from an income share, and who misses out.

Put simply, if you own a company's shares before that company reaches its latest ex-dividend date and you still hold them when that date rolls around, then you will be in line to receive the dividend (and the attached franking credits if applicable).

But if you buy those shares on or after the ex-dividend date, the dividend payment will go to the former owner of those shares.

Because a company's shares become inherently less valuable when the company trades ex-dividend (as they no longer come with the rights to the upcoming payment), we often see a sizeable share price drop on the ex-dividend date.

7 ASX 200 shares that are about to trade ex-dividend

Here's a list of the ASX 200 shares that will cut off dividend eligibility next week:

ASX-listed company Dividend per share
Ex-dividend date
Dividend payday
Computershare Ltd (ASX: CPU) $0.40 (fully franked) 20 February 20 March
Challenger Ltd (ASX: CGF) $0.13 (fully franked) 20 February 19 March
Domain Holdings Australia Ltd (ASX: DHG) $0.02 (fully franked) 20 February 11 March
AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL) $0.26 21 February 22 March
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) $2.15 (fully franked) 21 February 28 March
JB Hi-Fi Ltd (ASX: JBH) $1.58 (fully franked) 22 February 8 March
Virgin Money UK plc (ASX: VUK) $0.039 (estimated) 22 February 20 March

So keep your eye on these ASX 200 shares next week. We'll probably see some big share price movements (and not good ones) when these stocks trade ex-dividend.

And if you want any of these upcoming dividend payments, you'd better be quick to buy these shares before their respective ex-dividend dates.

Motley Fool contributor Sebastian Bowen has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Challenger and Jb Hi-Fi. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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