Greif Bros. Corporation ( GEF ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 15, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.42 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 01, 2018. Shareholders who purchased GEF prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 19th quarter that GEF has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $63.21, the dividend yield is 2.66%.
The previous trading day's last sale of GEF was $63.21, representing a -3.64% decrease from the 52 week high of $65.60 and a 24.67% increase over the 52 week low of $50.70.
GEF's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.02. Zacks Investment Research reports GEF's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 15.66%, compared to an industry average of 1.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the GEF Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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