Smith (A.O.) Corporation ( AOS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on January 27, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.14 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 15, 2017. Shareholders who purchased AOS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 16.67% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of AOS was $49.41, representing a -4.04% decrease from the 52 week high of $51.49 and a 61.29% increase over the 52 week low of $30.64.
AOS is a part of the Consumer Durables sector, which includes companies such as General Electric Company ( GE ) and Sony Corp Ord ( SNE ). AOS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.83. Zacks Investment Research reports AOS's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 16.32%, compared to an industry average of -3.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the AOS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to AOS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have AOS as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Global Water Portfolio ( PIO )
- PowerShares WilderHill Progressive Energy Portfolio ( PUW )
- Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF - DNQ ( VBK ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PUW with an increase of 10.6% over the last 100 days. PIO has the highest percent weighting of AOS at 2.66%.
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