Alliance Data Systems Corporation ( ADS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 20, 2019. A cash dividend payment of $0.63 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 19, 2019. Shareholders who purchased ADS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 10.53% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of ADS was $173.21, representing a -30.79% decrease from the 52 week high of $250.27 and a 21.48% increase over the 52 week low of $142.58.
ADS is a part of the Miscellaneous sector, which includes companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Limited ( BABA ) and Visa Inc. ( V ). ADS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $17.52. Zacks Investment Research reports ADS's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as -4.55%, compared to an industry average of 15.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ADS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to ADS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have ADS as a top-10 holding:
- iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund ( EWG )
- Xtrackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity ETF ( DBGR )
- Franklin FTSE Germany ETF ( FLGR )
- db-X MSCI ( GRMY )
- Principal Millennials Index ETF ( GENY ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is DBGR with an decrease of -8.16% over the last 100 days. EWG has the highest percent weighting of ADS at 3.65%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.