Credit: Shutterstock photoBT Group plc ( BT ) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 10, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.681888 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 13, 2016. Shareholders who purchased BT prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 103.6% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $26.64, the dividend yield is 10.24%.
The previous trading day's last sale of BT was $26.64, representing a -29.31% decrease from the 52 week high of $37.69 and a 9.36% increase over the 52 week low of $24.36.
BT is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as AT&T Inc. ( T ) and China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. ( CHL ). BT's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.9. Zacks Investment Research reports BT's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as -14.04%, compared to an industry average of 3.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the BT Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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