Becton, Dickinson and Company ( BDX ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 05, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.545 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 30, 2014. Shareholders who purchased BDX stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that BDX has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $118.27, the dividend yield is 1.84%.
The previous trading day's last sale of BDX was $118.27, representing a -0.42% decrease from the 52 week high of $118.77 and a 25.49% increase over the 52 week low of $94.25.
BDX is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as 3M Company ( MMM ) and Baxter International Inc. ( BAX ). BDX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.8. Zacks Investment Research reports BDX's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 5.02%, compared to an industry average of 11.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BDX Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to BDX through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BDX as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is USMV with an increase of 4.65% over the last 100 days. IHI has the highest percent weighting of BDX at 4.81%.
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