Encana Corporation ( ECA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 14, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.015 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 29, 2017. Shareholders who purchased ECA prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 8th quarter that ECA has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $11.75, the dividend yield is .51%.
The previous trading day's last sale of ECA was $11.75, representing a -15.16% decrease from the 52 week high of $13.85 and a 46.69% increase over the 52 week low of $8.01.
ECA is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Total S.A. ( TOT ) and PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ). ECA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.79. Zacks Investment Research reports ECA's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 379.63%, compared to an industry average of 36.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the ECA Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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