Credit: Shutterstock photoDominion Energy, Inc. ( D ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 01, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.835 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 20, 2018. Shareholders who purchased D prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 8.44% increase over prior dividend payment.
The previous trading day's last sale of D was $74.26, representing a -12.94% decrease from the 52 week high of $85.30 and a 2.01% increase over the 52 week low of $72.80.
D is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as NextEra Energy, Inc. ( NEE ) and Southern Company ( SO ). D's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.91. Zacks Investment Research reports D's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 12.41%, compared to an industry average of 4.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the D Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to D through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have D as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Value Portfolio ( PXLV )
- VanEck Vectors Uranium & Nuclear Energy ETF ( NLR ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PXLV with an increase of 3.83% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of D at 1.13%.
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