Credit: Shutterstock photoGoldman Sachs Group, Inc. ( GS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on November 30, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.65 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 30, 2015. Shareholders who purchased GS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that GS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $189.15, the dividend yield is 1.37%.
The previous trading day's last sale of GS was $189.15, representing a -13.54% decrease from the 52 week high of $218.77 and a 12.93% increase over the 52 week low of $167.49.
GS is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Morgan Stanley ( MS ) and BlackRock, Inc. ( BLK ). GS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $15.2. Zacks Investment Research reports GS's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 9.98%, compared to an industry average of 4.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the GS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to GS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have GS as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers ETF ( IAI )
- PowerShares KBW Capital Markets Portfolio ( KBWC )
- iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF ( IYG )
- SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial ( XLF )
- SPDR S&P Capital Markets ETF ( KCE ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IYG with an decrease of -0.22% over the last 100 days. IAI has the highest percent weighting of GS at 9.02%.
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