Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (CBSH) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 04, 2013

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Referenced Stocks:CBSH;JPM;KBE;KRE;QABA;WFC

Commerce Bancshares, Inc. ( CBSH ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 04, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.225 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 25, 2013. Shareholders who purchased CBSH stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -2.17% decrease from the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of CBSH was $38.01, representing a -6.62% decrease from the 52 week high of $40.70 and a 10.34% increase over the 52 week low of $34.45.

CBSH is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ) and Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ). CBSH's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.94. Zacks Investment Research reports CBSH's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -1.61%, compared to an industry average of 7.6%.

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

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

• First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund ( QABA )
• SPDR Bank ETF ( KBE )
• SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ( KRE ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is KBE with an increase of 10.59% over the last 100 days. QABA has the highest percent weighting of CBSH at 3.24%.