Autoliv, Inc. (ALV) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for February 19, 2013

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Referenced Stocks:ALV;AXFN;EUFN;EWG;EZU;HON;IR;PXF

Autoliv, Inc. ( ALV ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 19, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.5 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 07, 2013. Shareholders who purchased ALV stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 11.11% increase over the same period a year ago.

The previous trading day's last sale of ALV was $67.89, representing a -2.47% decrease from the 52 week high of $69.61 and a 32.31% increase over the 52 week low of $51.31.

ALV is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Honeywell International Inc. ( HON ) and Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland) ( IR ). ALV's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.08. Zacks Investment Research reports ALV's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 10.58%, compared to an industry average of 3.9%.

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

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

• iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund ( EWG )
• iShares MSCI Europe Financials Sector Index Fund ( EUFN )
• iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund ( EZU )
• iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Financials Sector Index Fund ( AXFN )
• PowerShares FTSE RAFI Developed Markets ex-U.S. Portfolio ( PXF ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is AXFN with an increase of 21.94% over the last 100 days. EWG has the highest percent weighting of ALV at 6.61%.