Credit: Shutterstock photoMondelez International, Inc. ( MDLZ ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 28, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.19 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 12, 2017. Shareholders who purchased MDLZ prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 11.76% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $44.98, the dividend yield is 1.69%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MDLZ was $44.98, representing a -3.06% decrease from the 52 week high of $46.40 and a 25.36% increase over the 52 week low of $35.88.
MDLZ is a part of the Consumer Non-Durables sector, which includes companies such as The Kraft Heinz Company ( KHC ) and General Mills, Inc. ( GIS ). MDLZ's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.53. Zacks Investment Research reports MDLZ's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as 11.14%, compared to an industry average of 5.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MDLZ Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MDLZ through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MDLZ as a top-10 holding:
- Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF - DNQ ( VDC )
- iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF ( IYK )
- Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF ( RHS )
- Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ( RSP ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is RSP with an increase of 5.4% over the last 100 days. VDC has the highest percent weighting of MDLZ at 3.57%.
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