HopFed Bancorp, Inc. ( HFBC ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 26, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share is scheduled to be paid on October 18, 2013. Shareholders who purchased HFBC stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 100% increase over the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $11.14, the dividend yield is 1.44%.
The previous trading day's last sale of HFBC was $11.14, representing a -4.38% decrease from the 52 week high of $11.65 and a 50.34% increase over the 52 week low of $7.41.
HFBC is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Wells Fargo & Company ( WFC ) and J P Morgan Chase & Co ( JPM ). HFBC's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.49. Zacks Investment Research reports HFBC's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 18.42%, compared to an industry average of -1.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the HFBC Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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