Frontier Communications Corporation ( FTR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 14, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.6 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 29, 2017. Shareholders who purchased FTR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 471.43% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $10.05, the dividend yield is 23.88%.
The previous trading day's last sale of FTR was $10.05, representing a -82.46% decrease from the 52 week high of $57.30 and a 65.3% increase over the 52 week low of $6.08.
FTR is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as AT&T Inc. ( T ) and Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ). FTR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$13.81. Zacks Investment Research reports FTR's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as -209.04%, compared to an industry average of -51.6%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the FTR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to FTR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have FTR as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF ( IYZ )
- Vanguard Telecom ETF ( VOX )
- PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio ( EQWS )
- ProShares Ultra Telecommunications ProShares ( LTL ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is EQWS with an increase of 6.41% over the last 100 days. IYZ has the highest percent weighting of FTR at 2.63%.
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The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
