Credit: Shutterstock photoReinsurance Group of America, Incorporated ( RGA ) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 06, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.6 per share is scheduled to be paid on August 28, 2018. Shareholders who purchased RGA prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 20% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $141.92, the dividend yield is 1.69%.
The previous trading day's last sale of RGA was $141.92, representing a -14.05% decrease from the 52 week high of $165.12 and a 12.08% increase over the 52 week low of $126.62.
RGA is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as China Life Insurance Company Limited ( LFC ) and Prudential Public Limited Company ( PUK ). RGA's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $26.61. Zacks Investment Research reports RGA's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 4.06%, compared to an industry average of 12.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the RGA Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to RGA through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have RGA as a top-10 holding:
- iShares Trust ( FNCF )
- Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF ( PFI )
- Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ( IVOV )
- iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF ( IJJ )
- SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (based on S&P MidCap 400 Value ( MDYV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IVOV with an increase of 3.79% over the last 100 days. FNCF has the highest percent weighting of RGA at 2.16%.
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