On 4/11/17, Exelon Corp's 6.20% Trust Preferred Securities (Symbol: BGE.PRB) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3875, payable on 4/17/17. As a percentage of BGE.PRB's recent share price of $26.42, this dividend works out to approximately 1.47%, so look for shares of BGE.PRB to trade 1.47% lower - all else being equal - when BGE.PRB shares open for trading on 4/11/17. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 5.88%, which compares to an average yield of 4.87% in the "Utilities" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . The chart below shows the one year performance of BGE.PRB shares, versus EXC:
Below is a dividend history chart for BGE.PRB, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.3875 on Exelon Corp's 6.20% Trust Preferred Securities:
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, Exelon Corp (Symbol: EXC) makes up 7.01% of the iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor Utilities ETF ( UTLF ) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Friday.
In Friday trading, Exelon Corp's 6.20% Trust Preferred Securities (Symbol: BGE.PRB) is currently up about 0.1% on the day, while the common shares (Symbol: EXC) are off about 0.8%.
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