Credit: Shutterstock photoCoca-Cola Company ( KO ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 14, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.39 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 02, 2018. Shareholders who purchased KO prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 5.41% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of KO was $44.53, representing a -8.4% decrease from the 52 week high of $48.62 and a 6.45% increase over the 52 week low of $41.83.
KO is a part of the Consumer Non-Durables sector, which includes companies such as Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA ( BUD ) and Pepsico, Inc. ( PEP ). KO's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.27. Zacks Investment Research reports KO's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 9.61%, compared to an industry average of 12.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the KO Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to KO through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have KO as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF ( IYK )
- SPDR Series Trust SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF ( SHE )
- iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF ( KXI )
- iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ( DGRO )
- Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF ( MGK ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is MGK with an increase of 12.23% over the last 100 days. IYK has the highest percent weighting of KO at 7.56%.
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