PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 06, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.914 per share is scheduled to be paid on November 06, 2017. Shareholders who purchased PTR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 92.02% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $65.14, the dividend yield is 5.61%.
The previous trading day's last sale of PTR was $65.14, representing a -20.37% decrease from the 52 week high of $81.80 and a 7.33% increase over the 52 week low of $60.69.
PTR is a part of the Energy sector, which includes companies such as Total S.A. ( TOT ) and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras ( PBR ). PTR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.6. Zacks Investment Research reports PTR's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 952.27%, compared to an industry average of 15.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the PTR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to PTR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have PTR as a top-10 holding:
- BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund ( ADRE )
- BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund ( ADRA )
- PowerShares Golden Dragon China Portfolio ( PGJ ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PGJ with an increase of 27.04% over the last 100 days. ADRE has the highest percent weighting of PTR at 1.14%.
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