Credit: Shutterstock photoPlantronics, Inc. ( PLT ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 17, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.15 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 08, 2018. Shareholders who purchased PLT prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 17th quarter that PLT has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $66.74, the dividend yield is .9%.
The previous trading day's last sale of PLT was $66.74, representing a -1.74% decrease from the 52 week high of $67.93 and a 61.68% increase over the 52 week low of $41.28.
PLT is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) and AT&T Inc. ( T ). PLT's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.09. Zacks Investment Research reports PLT's forecasted earnings growth in 2019 as -2.95%, compared to an industry average of 1.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the PLT Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to PLT through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have PLT as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IGN with an increase of 5.75% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of PLT at 2.52%.
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