Arlington Asset Investment Corp (AI) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for December 13, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News,  December 11, 2012, 09:00:05 AM EDT

Arlington Asset Investment Corp ( AI ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 13, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.875 per share scheduled for December 31, 2012. Shareholders who purchased AI stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 7th quarter that AI has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $22.06, the dividend yield is 15.87%.

The previous trading day's last sale of AI was $22.06, representing a -13.46% decrease from the 52 week high of $25.49 and a 23.65% increase over the 52 week low of $17.84.

AI is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. ( SFE ) and Resource America, Inc. ( REXI ). AI's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.79. Zacks Investment Research reports AI's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -30.72%, compared to an industry average of -12.7%.

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

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

  • iShares MSCI France Index Fund ( EWQ )
  • iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Materials Sector Index Fund ( AXMT ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is EWQ with an increase of 19.5% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of AI at 4.1%.




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: AI, AXMT, EWQ, REXI, SFE



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