Credit: Shutterstock photoBoeing Company ( BA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 09, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $1.71 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 07, 2018. Shareholders who purchased BA prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that BA has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $350.76, the dividend yield is 1.95%.
The previous trading day's last sale of BA was $350.76, representing a -6.33% decrease from the 52 week high of $374.48 and a 51.88% increase over the 52 week low of $230.94.
BA is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as United Technologies Corporation ( UTX ) and Textron Inc. ( TXT ). BA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $16.12. Zacks Investment Research reports BA's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 21.51%, compared to an industry average of 11.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BA Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to BA through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have BA as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF ( DIA )
- Vanguard Industrials ETF ( VIS )
- iShares Trust ( IYJ )
- iShares Trust ( MTUM )
- iShares Trust ( ITA ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is ITA with an increase of 2.87% over the last 100 days. DIA has the highest percent weighting of BA at 9.27%.
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