Credit: Shutterstock photoFedEx Corporation ( FDX ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 06, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on October 01, 2013. Shareholders who purchased FDX stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 7.14% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $107.61, the dividend yield is .56%.
The previous trading day's last sale of FDX was $107.61, representing a -5.06% decrease from the 52 week high of $113.34 and a 28.24% increase over the 52 week low of $83.92.
FDX is a part of the Transportation sector, which includes companies such as Delta Air Lines, Inc. ( DAL ) and Ryanair Holdings plc ( RYAAY ). FDX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.92. Zacks Investment Research reports FDX's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as 11.91%, compared to an industry average of 8.4%.
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 XTN with an increase of 5.73% over the last 100 days. IYT has the highest percent weighting of FDX at 8.05%.
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