Amphenol Corporation (APH) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for December 10, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News,  December 06, 2012, 09:00:03 AM EDT

Amphenol Corporation ( APH ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 10, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.105 per share scheduled for January 02, 2013. Shareholders who purchased APH stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that APH has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $61.01, the dividend yield is .69%.

The previous trading day's last sale of APH was $61.01, representing a -4.22% decrease from the 52 week high of $63.70 and a 48.84% increase over the 52 week low of $40.99.

APH is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as ABB Ltd ( ABB ) and Agilent Technologies, Inc. ( A ). APH's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.22. Zacks Investment Research reports APH's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 11.03%, compared to an industry average of 6.8%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the APH Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to APH through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have APH as a top-10 holding:

  • PowerShares Dynamic Networking ( PXQ )
  • Guggenheim Mid-Cap Core ETF ( CZA )
  • Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF ( RYT ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is RYT with an increase of 8.86% over the last 100 days. PXQ has the highest percent weighting of APH at 5.78%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: News Headlines, Stocks

Referenced Stocks: A, ABB, APH, CZA, PXQ, RYT



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