Credit: Shutterstock photoEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica ( ERJ ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 22, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.0819 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 18, 2013. Shareholders who purchased ERJ stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an -14.86% decrease from the prior quarter.
The previous trading day's last sale of ERJ was $34.45, representing a -5.04% decrease from the 52 week high of $36.28 and a 52.64% increase over the 52 week low of $22.57.
ERJ is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as United Technologies Corporation ( UTX ) and Boeing Company ( BA ). ERJ's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.69. Zacks Investment Research reports ERJ's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 42.53%, compared to an industry average of 7.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ERJ Dividend History page.
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The following ETF(s) have ERJ as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IGEM with an increase of 11.97% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of ERJ at 4.74%.
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