Credit: Shutterstock photoW.R. Berkley Corporation ( WRB ) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 06, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.11 per share is scheduled to be paid on July 01, 2014. Shareholders who purchased WRB stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 10% increase over the prior quarter. At the current stock price of $45.14, the dividend yield is .97%.
The previous trading day's last sale of WRB was $45.14, representing a -0.13% decrease from the 52 week high of $45.20 and a 19.35% increase over the 52 week low of $37.82.
WRB is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as American International Group, Inc. ( AIG ) and Ace Limited ( ACE ). WRB's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.97. Zacks Investment Research reports WRB's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 13.07%, compared to an industry average of .5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the WRB Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to WRB through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have WRB as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR S&P Mortgage Finance ETF ( KME )
- SPDR S&P Insurance ETF ( KIE )
- PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio ( XMLV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is KME with an increase of 10.7% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of WRB at 2.21%.
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