Credit: Shutterstock photoFedEx Corporation ( FDX ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 09, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.2 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 01, 2015. Shareholders who purchased FDX prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that FDX has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of FDX was $174.82, representing a -4.74% decrease from the 52 week high of $183.51 and a 33.82% increase over the 52 week low of $130.64.
FDX is a part of the Transportation sector, which includes companies such as Delta Air Lines, Inc. ( DAL ) and American Airlines Group, Inc. ( AAL ). FDX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $7.93. Zacks Investment Research reports FDX's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 32.89%, compared to an industry average of -17.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the FDX Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to FDX through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have FDX as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IYT with an increase of 12.66% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of FDX at 11.96%.
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