Cincinnati Financial Corporation ( CINF ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 16, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.44 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 15, 2014. Shareholders who purchased CINF stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 7.98% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $48.91, the dividend yield is 3.6%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CINF was $48.91, representing a -8.99% decrease from the 52 week high of $53.74 and a 12.13% increase over the 52 week low of $43.62.
CINF is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as American International Group, Inc. ( AIG ) and Ace Limited ( ACE ). CINF's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.75. Zacks Investment Research reports CINF's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as -20.36%, compared to an industry average of 1.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CINF Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CINF through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CINF as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR S&P Dividend ETF ( SDY ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is SDY with an increase of 4.95% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of CINF at 1.63%.
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