Briggs & Stratton Corporation ( BGG ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 14, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.14 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 03, 2018. Shareholders who purchased BGG prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that BGG has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $24.72, the dividend yield is 2.27%.
The previous trading day's last sale of BGG was $24.72, representing a -4.74% decrease from the 52 week high of $25.95 and a 23.6% increase over the 52 week low of $20.
BGG is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc ( TMO ) and ASML Holding N.V. ( ASML ). BGG's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.28. Zacks Investment Research reports BGG's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 13.99%, compared to an industry average of 20.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BGG Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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