Credit: Shutterstock photoIntel Corporation ( INTC ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 04, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.26 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 01, 2016. Shareholders who purchased INTC prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 8.33% increase over the same period a year ago. At the current stock price of $30.61, the dividend yield is 3.4%.
The previous trading day's last sale of INTC was $30.61, representing a -13.99% decrease from the 52 week high of $35.59 and a 23.08% increase over the 52 week low of $24.87.
INTC is a part of the Technology sector, which includes companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. ( TSM ) and Texas Instruments Incorporated ( TXN ). INTC's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.35. Zacks Investment Research reports INTC's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 3.84%, compared to an industry average of 8.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the INTC Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to INTC through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have INTC as a top-10 holding:
- iShares PHLX SOX Semiconductor Sector Index Fund ( SOXX )
- iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ( VLUE )
- PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors ( PSI )
- iShares U.S. Technology ETF ( IYW )
- VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF ( SMH ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is VLUE with an decrease of -2.5% over the last 100 days. SOXX has the highest percent weighting of INTC at 8.36%.
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