Credit: Shutterstock photoMercury General Corporation ( MCY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 13, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.625 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 28, 2017. Shareholders who purchased MCY prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 0.32% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $53.33, the dividend yield is 4.69%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MCY was $53.33, representing a -17.34% decrease from the 52 week high of $64.52 and a 1.54% increase over the 52 week low of $52.52.
MCY is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as Chubb Limited ( CB ) and American International Group, Inc. ( AIG ). MCY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.79. Zacks Investment Research reports MCY's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 9.01%, compared to an industry average of -12.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MCY Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
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