Credit: Shutterstock photoFirst Cash Financial Services, Inc. ( FCFS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 26, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.125 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 15, 2016. Shareholders who purchased FCFS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. At the current stock price of $41.05, the dividend yield is .3%.
The previous trading day's last sale of FCFS was $41.05, representing a -19.48% decrease from the 52 week high of $50.98 and a 38.52% increase over the 52 week low of $29.64.
FCFS is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as JD.com, Inc. ( JD ) and O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. ( ORLY ). FCFS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.4. Zacks Investment Research reports FCFS's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as -6.06%, compared to an industry average of 2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the FCFS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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