Credit: Shutterstock photoWalmart Inc. ( WMT ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 08, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.52 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 02, 2018. Shareholders who purchased WMT prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 1.96% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of WMT was $89.06, representing a -19.02% decrease from the 52 week high of $109.98 and a 28.46% increase over the 52 week low of $69.33.
WMT is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Costco Wholesale Corporation ( COST ) and Target Corporation ( TGT ). WMT's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.27. Zacks Investment Research reports WMT's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as 11.31%, compared to an industry average of 11.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the WMT Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to WMT through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have WMT as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Dynamic Retail ( PMR )
- iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF ( KXI )
- iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF ( IYC )
- iShares Trust ( VLUE )
- SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF ( DIA ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IYC with an increase of 14.18% over the last 100 days. PMR has the highest percent weighting of WMT at 4.8%.
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