CVS Health Corporation ( CVS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on April 22, 2019. A cash dividend payment of $0.5 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 03, 2019. Shareholders who purchased CVS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 10th quarter that CVS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $52.54, the dividend yield is 3.81%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CVS was $52.54, representing a -36.04% decrease from the 52 week high of $82.15 and a 1.49% increase over the 52 week low of $51.77.
CVS is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. ( WBA ) and Chemed Corp. ( CHE ). CVS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.55. Zacks Investment Research reports CVS's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as -4.04%, compared to an industry average of 16.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CVS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CVS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CVS as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Health Care Providers ETF ( IHF )
- VanEck Vectors Retail ETF ( RTH )
- John Hancock Multifactor Consumer Staples ETF ( JHMS )
- Invesco S&P 500 Enhanced Value ETF ( SPVU )
- SPDR S&P Health Care Services ETF ( XHS ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is RTH with an increase of 11.09% over the last 100 days. IHF has the highest percent weighting of CVS at 9.23%.
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