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• D 100% Rate It
• ELP 0% Rate It
• ICLN 0% Rate It
• SO 100% Rate It

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) ( ELP ) has announced an ex-dividend date of January 03, 2013 and a cash dividend payment of $0.2536 per share Shareholders who purchased ELP stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -36.07% decrease from the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $15.28, the dividend yield is 6.64%.

The previous trading day's last sale of ELP was $15.28, representing a -41.92% decrease from the 52 week high of $26.31 and a 21.95% increase over the 52 week low of $12.53.

ELP is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Southern Company ( SO ) and Dominion Resources, Inc. ( D ). ELP's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.53. Zacks Investment Research reports ELP's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -27.35%, compared to an industry average of .1%.

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

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

• iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund ( ICLN ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is ICLN with an increase of 10.25% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of ELP at 5.63%.

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