Celanese Corporation ( CE ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 15, 2019. A cash dividend payment of $0.54 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 01, 2019. Shareholders who purchased CE prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that CE has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of CE was $98.82, representing a -17.16% decrease from the 52 week high of $119.29 and a 19.19% increase over the 52 week low of $82.91.
CE is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as DowDuPont Inc. ( DWDP ) and Linde plc ( LIN ). CE's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $8.89. Zacks Investment Research reports CE's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as -5.33%, compared to an industry average of 6%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CE Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CE through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CE as a top-10 holding:
- Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF ( RTM )
- John Hancock Multifactor Materials ETF ( JHMA )
- Invesco DWA Basic Materials Momentum ETF ( PYZ ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is JHMA with an decrease of -7.68% over the last 100 days. RTM has the highest percent weighting of CE at 4.21%.
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