Credit: Shutterstock photoBanColombia S.A. ( CIB ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 24, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.3941 per share Shareholders who purchased CIB stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -2.06% decrease from the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $66.03, the dividend yield is 2.39%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CIB was $66.03, representing a -4.99% decrease from the 52 week high of $69.50 and a 22.78% increase over the 52 week low of $53.78.
CIB is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Royal Bank Of Canada ( RY ) and Westpac Banking Corporation ( WBK ). CIB's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.55. Zacks Investment Research reports CIB's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -9.37%, compared to an industry average of -2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CIB Dividend History page.
Interested in gaining exposure to CIB through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CIB as a top-10 holding:
- Market Vectors Colombia ETF ( COLX )
- Guggenheim Frontier Markets ETF ( FRN )
- PowerShares KBW International Financial Portfolio ETF ( KBWX )
- iShares Trust iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Inde ( EEML ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is FRN with an increase of 6.26% over the last 100 days. COLX has the highest percent weighting of CIB at 7.2%.
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