Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. ( BBBY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 14, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 16, 2018. Shareholders who purchased BBBY prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that BBBY has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $23.18, the dividend yield is 2.59%.
The previous trading day's last sale of BBBY was $23.18, representing a -51.83% decrease from the 52 week high of $48.12 and a 21.55% increase over the 52 week low of $19.07.
BBBY is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Mohawk Industries, Inc. ( MHK ) and Leggett & Platt, Incorporated ( LEG ). BBBY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.89. Zacks Investment Research reports BBBY's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as -35%, compared to an industry average of 8.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BBBY Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to BBBY through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BBBY as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR Series Trust SPDR Homebuilders ETF ( XHB )
- SPDR Portfolio Small Cap ETF ( SPSM )
- Guggenheim S&P MidCap 400 Equal Weight ETF ( EWMC )
- Guggenheim S&P Midcap 400 Pure Value ETF ( RFV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is XHB with an increase of 11.71% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of BBBY at 3.17%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.