Credit: Shutterstock photoChurch & Dwight Company, Inc. ( CHD ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 12, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.355 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 01, 2016. Shareholders who purchased CHD prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 5.97% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $97.93, the dividend yield is 1.45%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CHD was $97.93, representing a -0.12% decrease from the 52 week high of $98.05 and a 27.43% increase over the 52 week low of $76.85.
CHD is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Procter & Gamble Company ( PG ) and Unilever PLC ( UL ). CHD's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.13. Zacks Investment Research reports CHD's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 8.59%, compared to an industry average of 4.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CHD Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CHD through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CHD as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IVOO with an increase of 5.17% over the last 100 days. IVOG has the highest percent weighting of CHD at 1.36%.
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