Citizens Community Bancorp Inc

Five dividend-paying stocks—Alliance Resource Partners, Capitol Federal Financial, Baker Hughes, Citizens Community Bancorp, and ArcBest—all have an ex-dividend date of August 7, meaning investors must buy shares by the close of trading on August 6 to receive the upcoming quarterly payout. Alliance Resource Partners offers the highest yield at 9.2 percent with a 60-cent quarterly distribution, though its annualized payout of $2.40 exceeds trailing earnings per share of $2.06 and follows a distribution cut earlier in 2025. Capitol Federal Financial and Baker Hughes show the strongest coverage, with Capitol Federal’s 34-cent annualized payout well below its 66-cent full-year EPS and Baker Hughes’ 92-cent annualized dividend dwarfed by trailing EPS of $3.15 and second-quarter 2026 free cash flow of $1.109 billion. Citizens Community Bancorp’s payout is covered by full-year EPS of $1.31 but faces pressure after a weak second quarter, while ArcBest’s 48-cent annualized dividend is covered by trailing EPS of 73 cents amid a depressed freight cycle. The article cautions that buying solely for the dividend often results in a lower cost basis rather than extra income, and coverage quality matters more than yield.