The ex-dividend date is one business day before the record date. The company's next dividend payment will be AU$0.0628 per share, on the back of last year when Regis Healthcare paid a total of $0.095 to shareholders. We need to see whether the dividend is covered by earnings and if its dividend is growing. If earnings decline and the company is forced to cut its dividend, investors could watch the value of their investment go up in smoke.