Credit: Shutterstock photoCME Group Inc. ( CME ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 07, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.66 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 25, 2017. Shareholders who purchased CME prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that CME has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $125.46, the dividend yield is 2.1%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CME was $125.46, representing a -1.95% decrease from the 52 week high of $127.96 and a 26.79% increase over the 52 week low of $98.95.
CME is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( GS ) and Morgan Stanley ( MS ). CME's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.89. Zacks Investment Research reports CME's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 7.1%, compared to an industry average of 15.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CME Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CME through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CME as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is KCE with an increase of 7% over the last 100 days. IAI has the highest percent weighting of CME at 8.13%.
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