Credit: Shutterstock photoTELUS Corporation ( TU ) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 09, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.3282 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 01, 2016. Shareholders who purchased TU prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 0.77% increase over the prior quarter.
The previous trading day's last sale of TU was $29.71, representing a -16.4% decrease from the 52 week high of $35.54 and a 22.06% increase over the 52 week low of $24.34.
TU is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as AT&T Inc. ( T ) and China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. ( CHL ). TU's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.88. Zacks Investment Research reports TU's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as -1.76%, compared to an industry average of -5.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the TU Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to TU through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have TU as a top-10 holding:
- SPDR S&P International Telecommunications Sector ETF ( IST ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IST with an decrease of -1.91% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of TU at 1.11%.
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