Fifth Street Finance Corp. ( FSC ) has announced an ex-dividend date of January 11, 2013 and a cash dividend payment of $0.0958 per share scheduled for January 31, 2013. Shareholders who purchased FSC stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 14th quarter that FSC has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $10.8, the dividend yield is 10.64%.
The previous trading day's last sale of FSC was $10.8, representing a -2.53% decrease from the 52 week high of $11.08 and a 20.13% increase over the 52 week low of $8.99.
FSC's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.95. Zacks Investment Research reports FSC's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 3.06%, compared to an industry average of 7.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the FSC Dividend History page.
Interested in gaining exposure to FSC through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have FSC as a top-10 holding:
- WisdomTree Trust SmallCap Dividend Fund ( DES ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is DES with an increase of 7.9% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of FSC at 0.8%.
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