The Ex-Dividend Behavior of Nonconvertible Preferred Stock Returns and Trading Volume

Abstract

On average, nonconvertible preferred stocks have significantly positive abnormal returns and trading volume on the ex-day. For the less liquid stocks, however, the abnormal returns are significantly positive, and abnormal trading volume is insignificantly different from zero. This evidence suggests that long-term individual investors set the ex-day prices of less liquid stocks. For the more liquid stocks, the ex-day abnormal returns are closer to zero, and there is significantly positive abnormal trading volume on the ex-day and the day before the ex-day. These results suggest that short-term investors set the ex-day prices of more liquid stocks through dividend capture strategies. Despite this evidence, some inconsistent empirical findings make the overall evidence on dividend capture somewhat mixed.

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