Credit: Shutterstock photoARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. ( ARR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 14, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.19 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 28, 2018. Shareholders who purchased ARR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 15th quarter that ARR has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $22.86, the dividend yield is 9.97%.
The previous trading day's last sale of ARR was $22.86, representing a -17.17% decrease from the 52 week high of $27.60 and a 7.32% increase over the 52 week low of $21.30.
ARR is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as American Tower Corporation (REIT) ( AMT ) and Simon Property Group, Inc. ( SPG ). ARR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.06. Zacks Investment Research reports ARR's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as .36%, compared to an industry average of -.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ARR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to ARR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have ARR as a top-10 holding:
- VanEck Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF ( MORT ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is MORT with an decrease of -9.03% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of ARR at 0.03%.
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