Credit: Shutterstock photoAmerican Science and Engineering, Inc. ( ASEI ) will begin trading ex-dividend on November 20, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.5 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 02, 2015. Shareholders who purchased ASEI prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 17th quarter that ASEI has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $40.99, the dividend yield is 4.88%.
The previous trading day's last sale of ASEI was $40.99, representing a -28.96% decrease from the 52 week high of $57.70 and a 25.31% increase over the 52 week low of $32.71.
ASEI is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as Hologic, Inc. ( HOLX ) and Check-Cap Ltd. ( CHEK ). ASEI's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.43. Zacks Investment Research reports ASEI's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 730.77%, compared to an industry average of -.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ASEI Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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