Credit: Shutterstock photoRegal Entertainment Group ( RGC ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 31, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.21 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 14, 2013. Shareholders who purchased RGC stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. At the current stock price of $18.57, the dividend yield is 4.52%.
The previous trading day's last sale of RGC was $18.57, representing a -2.26% decrease from the 52 week high of $19 and a 45.76% increase over the 52 week low of $12.74.
RGC is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation ( LGF ) and Cinemark Holdings Inc ( CNK ). RGC's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.77. Zacks Investment Research reports RGC's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 1.79%, compared to an industry average of 1.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the RGC Dividend History page.
Interested in gaining exposure to RGC through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have RGC as a top-10 holding:
- Guggenheim Raymond James SB-1 Equity Fund ( RYJ ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is RYJ with an increase of 15.16% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of RGC at 0.82%.
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