KeyCorp (KEY) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 01, 2013

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Referenced Stocks:IAT;JPM;KBE;KEY;KRE;RYF;WFC

KeyCorp ( KEY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 01, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.05 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased KEY stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that KEY has paid the same dividend.

The previous trading day's last sale of KEY was $9.24, representing a -4.15% decrease from the 52 week high of $9.64 and a 35.88% increase over the 52 week low of $6.80.

KEY is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) and J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ). KEY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.88. Zacks Investment Research reports KEY's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -3.71%, compared to an industry average of 2.9%.

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

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

• iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund ( IAT )
• SPDR Bank ETF ( KBE )
• SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ( KRE )
• Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF ( RYF ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is RYF with an increase of 15.03% over the last 100 days. IAT has the highest percent weighting of KEY at 2.87%.