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• Pre-Market Earnings Report for May 1, 2013 : MRK, CMCSA, CVS, MA, TWX, AGN, AMT, EXC, VIAB, DVN, DLPH, CHK
• Delphi Automotive plc (DLPH) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 13, 2013
• Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland) (IR) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 08, 2013

• DLPH 100% Rate It
• HON 100% Rate It
• IR 100% Rate It
• PKB 0% Rate It
• SCHV 0% Rate It

Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland) ( IR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 08, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.21 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 28, 2013. Shareholders who purchased IR stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 31.25% increase over the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of IR was $53.24, representing a -1.22% decrease from the 52 week high of $53.90 and a 42.58% increase over the 52 week low of $37.34.

IR is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Honeywell International Inc. ( HON ) and Delphi Automotive plc ( DLPH ). IR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.28. Zacks Investment Research reports IR's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 9.48%, compared to an industry average of 2.7%.

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

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

• PowerShares Dynamic Build & Construction ( PKB )
• Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF ( SCHV ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is PKB with an increase of 19.01% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of IR at 4.69%.

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