Chesapeake Utilities Corporation ( CPK ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 12, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.405 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 07, 2014. Shareholders who purchased CPK stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 5.19% increase over the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $69.08, the dividend yield is 2.35%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CPK was $69.08, representing a -1.14% decrease from the 52 week high of $69.88 and a 37.23% increase over the 52 week low of $50.34.
CPK is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ) and TotalFinaElf, S.A. ( TOT ). CPK's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.67. Zacks Investment Research reports CPK's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 4.39%, compared to an industry average of 10.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CPK Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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