Credit: Shutterstock photoHuntsman Corporation ( HUN ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 14, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.162 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 30, 2018. Shareholders who purchased HUN prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 29.6% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of HUN was $32.89, representing a -8.87% decrease from the 52 week high of $36.09 and a 50.53% increase over the 52 week low of $21.85.
HUN is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as DowDuPont Inc. ( DWDP ) and Praxair, Inc. ( PX ). HUN's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.6. Zacks Investment Research reports HUN's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 10.48%, compared to an industry average of 16%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the HUN Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to HUN through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have HUN as a top-10 holding:
- ValueShares U.S. Quantitative Value ETF ( QVAL ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is QVAL with an increase of 18.45% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of HUN at 255%.
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