Credit: Shutterstock photoMaximus, Inc. ( MMS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on November 12, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.045 per share is scheduled to be paid on November 28, 2014. Shareholders who purchased MMS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that MMS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $49.46, the dividend yield is .36%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MMS was $49.46, representing a -1.55% decrease from the 52 week high of $50.24 and a 30.36% increase over the 52 week low of $37.94.
MMS is a part of the Miscellaneous sector, which includes companies such as Visa Inc. ( V ) and Mastercard Incorporated ( MA ). MMS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.08. Zacks Investment Research reports MMS's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 30.42%, compared to an industry average of 15%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MMS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MMS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MMS as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares S&P SmallCap Information Technology Portfolio ( PSCT )
- Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF ( VIOG )
- iShares Small Cap 600/BARRA Growth Index Fund ( IJT )
- SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Growth ETF (based on S&P SmallCap 600 G ( SLYG ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PSCT with an increase of 5.04% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of MMS at 2.3%.
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