STERIS Corporation ( STE ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 03, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.21 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 26, 2014. Shareholders who purchased STE stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that STE has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $53.52, the dividend yield is 1.57%.
The previous trading day's last sale of STE was $53.52, representing a -3.32% decrease from the 52 week high of $55.36 and a 34.14% increase over the 52 week low of $39.90.
STE is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as Johnson Controls, Inc. ( JCI ) and Zimmer Holdings, Inc. ( ZMH ). STE's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.17. Zacks Investment Research reports STE's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 15.73%, compared to an industry average of 11.9%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the STE Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to STE through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have STE as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is EVX with an increase of 4.01% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of STE at 2.61%.
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