Ingersoll-Rand plc (Ireland) ( IR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 07, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.45 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 29, 2017. Shareholders who purchased IR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 12.5% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $84.78, the dividend yield is 2.12%.
The previous trading day's last sale of IR was $84.78, representing a -10.18% decrease from the 52 week high of $94.39 and a 35.87% increase over the 52 week low of $62.40.
IR is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Honeywell International Inc. ( HON ) and Delphi Automotive plc ( DLPH ). IR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.02. Zacks Investment Research reports IR's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 10.09%, compared to an industry average of 15.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the IR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to IR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have IR as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is JHMI with an increase of 4.27% over the last 100 days. PKB has the highest percent weighting of IR at 4.82%.
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