Credit: Shutterstock photoLear Corporation ( LEA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 04, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.2 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 25, 2014. Shareholders who purchased LEA stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 17.65% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $88.57, the dividend yield is .9%.
The previous trading day's last sale of LEA was $88.57, representing a -1.34% decrease from the 52 week high of $89.77 and a 58.7% increase over the 52 week low of $55.81.
LEA is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Honeywell International Inc. ( HON ) and Magna International, Inc. ( MGA ). LEA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.33. Zacks Investment Research reports LEA's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 28.78%, compared to an industry average of 15.8%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the LEA Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to LEA through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have LEA as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Fundamental Pure Mid Growth Portfolio ( PXMG )
- First Trust Cons. Discret. AlphaDEX ( FXD ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PXMG with an increase of 5.72% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of LEA at 1.49%.
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