Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for January 22, 2013

By NASDAQ.com News,  January 17, 2013, 09:00:04 AM EDT

Colgate-Palmolive Company ( CL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on January 22, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.62 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased CL stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that CL has paid the same dividend.

The previous trading day's last sale of CL was $107.83, representing a -2.83% decrease from the 52 week high of $110.97 and a 23.63% increase over the 52 week low of $87.22.

CL is a part of the Consumer Non-Durables sector, which includes companies such as Procter & Gamble Company ( PG ) and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. ( EL ). CL's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.1. Zacks Investment Research reports CL's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as 6.4%, compared to an industry average of 11.8%.

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

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

  • Select Sector SPDR Fund - Consumer Staples ( XLP )
  • Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF ( VDC )
  • iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index Fund ( IYK )
  • PowerShares Dynamic Consumer Staples ( PSL )
  • PowerShares Fundamental Pure Large Growth Portfolio ( PXLG ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is PXLG with an increase of 5.37% over the last 100 days. XLP has the highest percent weighting of CL at 3.52%.




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: CL, EL, IYK, PG, PSL, PXLG, VDC, XLP



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