IDEX Corporation ( IEX ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 14, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.43 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 31, 2018. Shareholders who purchased IEX prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 16.22% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $137.85, the dividend yield is 1.25%.
The previous trading day's last sale of IEX was $137.85, representing a -8.54% decrease from the 52 week high of $150.72 and a 34.24% increase over the 52 week low of $102.69.
IEX is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Xylem Inc. ( XYL ) and Graco Inc. ( GGG ). IEX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.64. Zacks Investment Research reports IEX's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 20.16%, compared to an industry average of 23.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the IEX Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to IEX through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have IEX as a top-10 holding:
- Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF ( IVOG )
- iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF ( IJK )
- SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Growth ETF (based on S&P MidCap 400 Growt ( MDYG )
- Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 ETF ( IVOO )
- SPDR MidCap Trust Series I ( MDY ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IJK with an increase of 4.66% over the last 100 days. IVOG has the highest percent weighting of IEX at 1.21%.