Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. ( BBVA ) has announced an ex-dividend date of January 07, 2013 and a cash dividend payment of $0.1319 per share scheduled for January 25, 2013. Shareholders who purchased BBVA stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 0.76% increase over the prior quarter.
The previous trading day's last sale of BBVA was $9.57, representing a -1.85% decrease from the 52 week high of $9.75 and a 80.57% increase over the 52 week low of $5.30.
BBVA is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Royal Bank Of Canada ( RY ) and Westpac Banking Corporation ( WBK ). BBVA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.38. Zacks Investment Research reports BBVA's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -32.14%, compared to an industry average of -3.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BBVA Dividend History page.
Interested in gaining exposure to BBVA through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BBVA as a top-10 holding:
- iShares MSCI Europe Financials Sector Index Fund ( EUFN )
- iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund ( EWP )
- BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund ( ADRD ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is EUFN with an increase of 28.27% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of BBVA at 2.67%.
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