Covanta Holding Corporation ( CVA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 26, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.165 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 05, 2013. Shareholders who purchased CVA stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 10% increase over the prior quarter.
The previous trading day's last sale of CVA was $20.08, representing a -0.67% decrease from the 52 week high of $20.22 and a 31.33% increase over the 52 week low of $15.29.
CVA is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Southern Company ( SO ) and Dominion Resources, Inc. ( D ). CVA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.86. Zacks Investment Research reports CVA's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -12.82%, compared to an industry average of 2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CVA Dividend History page.
Interested in gaining exposure to CVA through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CVA as a top-10 holding:
- iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund ( ICLN )
- Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF ( GEX )
- Market Vectors Environment Index ETF Fund ( EVX )
- PowerShares Global Clean Energy Portfolio ( PBD ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is GEX with an increase of 26.48% over the last 100 days. ICLN has the highest percent weighting of CVA at 5.15%.
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