Credit: Shutterstock photoMcKesson Corporation ( MCK ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 05, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.24 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 01, 2014. Shareholders who purchased MCK stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that MCK has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $191.63, the dividend yield is .5%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MCK was $191.63, representing a -0.21% decrease from the 52 week high of $192.03 and a 74.49% increase over the 52 week low of $109.82.
MCK is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as Cardinal Health, Inc. ( CAH ) and AmerisourceBergen Corporation (Holding Co) ( ABC ). MCK's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.43. Zacks Investment Research reports MCK's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 27.16%, compared to an industry average of 11.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MCK Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MCK through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MCK as a top-10 holding:
- Merrill Lynch Retail HOLDRS ( RTH )
- SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF ( SYG )
- SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF ( SYE )
- First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ( FXH ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is FXH with an increase of 5.75% over the last 100 days. RTH has the highest percent weighting of MCK at 4.77%.
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