Credit: Shutterstock photoC.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. ( CHRW ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 04, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.35 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 30, 2014. Shareholders who purchased CHRW stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 7th quarter that CHRW has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $59.78, the dividend yield is 2.34%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CHRW was $59.78, representing a -4.29% decrease from the 52 week high of $62.46 and a 19.06% increase over the 52 week low of $50.21.
CHRW is a part of the Transportation sector, which includes companies such as Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. ( EXPD ) and Genesis Energy, L.P. ( GEL ). CHRW's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.64. Zacks Investment Research reports CHRW's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 7.24%, compared to an industry average of 1.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CHRW Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CHRW through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CHRW as a top-10 holding:
- Market Vectors Wide Moat ETF ( MOAT )
- iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund ( IYT )
- SPDR S&P Transportation ETF ( XTN )
- First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund ( QQXT )
- Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF ( RGI ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is XTN with an increase of 13.77% over the last 100 days. MOAT has the highest percent weighting of CHRW at 5.48%.
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