Credit: Shutterstock photoUnifirst Corporation ( UNF ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 07, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.038 per share is scheduled to be paid on September 29, 2017. Shareholders who purchased UNF prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 17th quarter that UNF has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $142.65, the dividend yield is .11%.
The previous trading day's last sale of UNF was $142.65, representing a -3.39% decrease from the 52 week high of $147.65 and a 22.26% increase over the 52 week low of $116.67.
UNF is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Johnson Controls International plc ( JCI ) and TAL Education Group ( TAL ). UNF's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.41. Zacks Investment Research reports UNF's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as -13.29%, compared to an industry average of 9.6%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the UNF Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to UNF through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have UNF as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares S&P SmallCap Industrials Portfolio ( PSCI )
- PowerShares S&P SmallCap Low Volatility Portfolio ( XSLV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is XSLV with an increase of 1.2% over the last 100 days. PSCI has the highest percent weighting of UNF at 1.67%.
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