Credit: PetMed Express, Inc. ( PETS ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 17, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.25 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 25, 2018. Shareholders who purchased PETS prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 25% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $34.7, the dividend yield is 2.88%.
The previous trading day's last sale of PETS was $34.7, representing a -39.97% decrease from the 52 week high of $57.80 and a 9.08% increase over the 52 week low of $31.81.
PETS is a part of the Health Care sector, which includes companies such as CVS Health Corporation ( CVS ) and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. ( WBA ). PETS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.82. Zacks Investment Research reports PETS's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as 25.27%, compared to an industry average of 2.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the PETS Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to PETS through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have PETS as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio ( EQWS )
- ProShares Long Online/Short Stores ETF ( CLIX ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is CLIX with an increase of 16.33% over the last 100 days. EQWS has the highest percent weighting of PETS at 0.2%.
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