Credit: Shutterstock photoHalliburton Company ( HAL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 06, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.18 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 28, 2018. Shareholders who purchased HAL prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 14th quarter that HAL has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of HAL was $46.03, representing a -20.45% decrease from the 52 week high of $57.86 and a 20.56% increase over the 52 week low of $38.18.
HAL is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Schlumberger N.V. ( SLB ) and Core Laboratories N.V. ( CLB ). HAL's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.53. Zacks Investment Research reports HAL's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 108.9%, compared to an industry average of 21.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the HAL Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to HAL through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have HAL as a top-10 holding:
- Vanguard Energy ETF ( VDE )
- iShares Trust ( IGE )
- PowerShares DWA Energy Momentum Portfolio ( PXI )
- iShares Trust ( ERGF ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PXI with an increase of 4.62% over the last 100 days. VDE has the highest percent weighting of HAL at 2.87%.
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