Credit: Shutterstock photoBancorpSouth Bank ( BXS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 14, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.14 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 02, 2018. Shareholders who purchased BXS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that BXS has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of BXS was $33.55, representing a -5.63% decrease from the 52 week high of $35.55 and a 23.35% increase over the 52 week low of $27.20.
BXS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ) and Bank of America Corporation ( BAC ). BXS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.66. Zacks Investment Research reports BXS's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 30.14%, compared to an industry average of 27.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BXS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to BXS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BXS as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR S&P Bank ETF ( KBE ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is KBE with an increase of 14.78% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of BXS at 0.79%.
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