Credit: Shutterstock photoEnbridge Energy, L.P. ( EEP ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 06, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.57 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 15, 2015. Shareholders who purchased EEP prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 4.88% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $37.8, the dividend yield is 6.03%.
The previous trading day's last sale of EEP was $37.8, representing a -9.31% decrease from the 52 week high of $41.68 and a 28.31% increase over the 52 week low of $29.46.
EEP is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ( EPD ) and National Grid Transco, PLC ( NGG ). EEP's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.75. Zacks Investment Research reports EEP's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 7.62%, compared to an industry average of 3.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the EEP Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to EEP through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have EEP as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is YMLI with an increase of 0.1% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of EEP at 5.83%.
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