Scana Corporation ( SCG ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 06, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.525 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 01, 2014. Shareholders who purchased SCG stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 3.45% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $51.62, the dividend yield is 4.07%.
The previous trading day's last sale of SCG was $51.62, representing a -4.11% decrease from the 52 week high of $53.83 and a 15.36% increase over the 52 week low of $44.75.
SCG is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Duke Energy Corporation ( DUK ) and Exelon Corporation ( EXC ). SCG's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.64. Zacks Investment Research reports SCG's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 5.46%, compared to an industry average of 1.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the SCG Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to SCG through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have SCG as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is SIZE with an increase of 8.53% over the last 100 days. DON has the highest percent weighting of SCG at 0.82%.
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