Credit: Shutterstock photoGeneral Motors Company ( GM ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 08, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.38 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 23, 2018. Shareholders who purchased GM prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 9th quarter that GM has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of GM was $37.93, representing a -18.88% decrease from the 52 week high of $46.76 and a 18.83% increase over the 52 week low of $31.92.
GM is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord ( TM ) and Honda Motor Company, Ltd. ( HMC ). GM's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$2.89. Zacks Investment Research reports GM's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as -5.66%, compared to an industry average of -3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the GM Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to GM through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have GM as a top-10 holding:
- iShares Trust ( VLUE )
- PowerShares BuyBack Achievers Portfolio ( PKW )
- iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF ( IYK )
- SPDR Kensho Smart Mobility ETF ( XKST )
- iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA ETF ( LRGF ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is VLUE with an increase of 7.64% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of GM at 3.1%.
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