Credit: Shutterstock photoMarriott International ( MAR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 17, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.41 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 29, 2018. Shareholders who purchased MAR prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 24.24% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $138.86, the dividend yield is 1.18%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MAR was $138.86, representing a -6.94% decrease from the 52 week high of $149.21 and a 43.3% increase over the 52 week low of $96.90.
MAR is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Las Vegas Sands Corp. ( LVS ) and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. ( HLT ). MAR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.75. Zacks Investment Research reports MAR's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 26.57%, compared to an industry average of 28.1%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MAR Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MAR through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MAR as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares BuyBack Achievers Portfolio ( PKW )
- PowerShares DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum Portfolio ( PEZ )
- PowerShares Russell Top 200 Pure Growth Portfolio ( PXLG )
- PowerShares Dynamic LargeCap Growth ( PWB )
- PowerShares S&P 500 Pure Growth Porfolio ( RPG ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is RPG with an increase of 7.26% over the last 100 days. PKW has the highest percent weighting of MAR at 2.92%.
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