BRF-Brasil Foods S.A. ( BRFS ) has announced an ex-dividend date of January 02, 2013 and a cash dividend payment of $0.0967 per share scheduled for February 25, 2013. Shareholders who purchased BRFS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 71.15% increase over the prior quarter.
The previous trading day's last sale of BRFS was $20.83, representing a -4.01% decrease from the 52 week high of $21.70 and a 53.05% increase over the 52 week low of $13.61.
BRFS is a part of the Consumer Non-Durables sector, which includes companies such as Hormel Foods Corporation ( HRL ) and Tyson Foods, Inc. ( TSN ). BRFS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.23. Zacks Investment Research reports BRFS's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -60.67%, compared to an industry average of 3.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BRFS Dividend History page.
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The top-performing ETF of this group is ECON with an increase of 14.65% over the last 100 days. GGEM has the highest percent weighting of BRFS at 6.28%.
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