Credit: Yamana Gold Inc. ( AUY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 26, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.0375 per share is scheduled to be paid on October 14, 2014. Shareholders who purchased AUY stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that AUY has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $6.41, the dividend yield is 2.34%.
The previous trading day's last sale of AUY was $6.41, representing a -41.03% decrease from the 52 week high of $10.87 and a 0.31% increase over the 52 week low of $6.39.
AUY is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as BHP Billiton Limited ( BHP ) and Rio Tinto Plc ( RIO ). AUY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.75. Zacks Investment Research reports AUY's forecasted earnings growth in 2014 as -41.41%, compared to an industry average of -3.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the AUY Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to AUY through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have AUY as a top-10 holding:
- Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF ( GDX ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is GDX with an decrease of -8.68% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of AUY at 4.47%.
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