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About UMB Financial Corporation
UMB Financial Corporation is a bank and financial holding company headquartered in Kansas City, MO. Through its subsidiaries, UMB Financial provides banking services, institutional investment management and payment solutions to customers throughout the United States. The company started as City Center Bank in 1919 and was renamed several times as it expanded, finally becoming a United Missouri Bancshares, a multi-bank holding company, in 1971. UMB Financial employs nearly 3,600 people.
The company’s primary business is its banking business, under the name UMB Bank. UMB Bank has 105 locations across Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. UMB Financial also has non-bank businesses, specifically Scout Investments, an institutional asset-management company that runs proprietary mutual funds; UMB Fund Services, which provides accounting, transfer agency and other services to the asset management industry; and a payment solutions business under UMB Bank that provides institutional cash management and credit/debit card services, including healthcare and flexible spending account card services.
The company is a member of the S&P Small Cap 600 and Russell 2000 indices and trades under the ticker symbol UMBF.
UMB Financial’s Dividend and Stock Split History
UMB Financial has increased dividends since 1994. The company traditionally announces dividend increases at the end of October, with the stock going ex-dividend in December.
UMB Financial has compounded its payout at an average rate of 4.6% over the last 5 years and 6.2% over the last 10 years.
UMB Financial has split its stock once since beginning its 22-year record of dividend growth. In May 2006, the company split its stock 2-for-1. In addition, UMB has rewarded investors with multiple stock dividends: the company gave 10% stock dividends to investors in December 1991, June 1994, December 1995 and December 1999; and 5% stock dividends to investors in December 1996, December 1997 and December 2001. For every share of UMB stock purchased before December 1991, you would now have 3.39 shares.
UMB Financial’s Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plans
UMB Financial Corporation has both direct purchase and dividend reinvestment plans. You must already be an investor in UMB Financial to participate in the plans; if you own the stock in your brokerage account, you’ll have to have them transferred into your name in order to join the plans. The minimum investment for additional direct purchases is $50, and the dividend reinvestment plan allows for full or partial reinvestment of dividends.
The plans’ fees structures are favorable for investors – the company pays all fees associated with share purchases, whether through optional purchases or dividend reinvestment. When you sell your shares, you’ll pay a transaction fee of either $15 or $25 (depending on the type of sell order) plus a commission of 12 cents per share. All fees will be deducted from the sales proceeds.
Helpful Links
UMB Financial’s Investor Relations Website
Current quote and financial summary for UMB Financial (finviz.com)
Information on the direct purchase and dividend reinvestment plans for UMB Financial