Credit: Shutterstock photoUnited Technologies Corporation ( UTX ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 17, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.7 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 10, 2018. Shareholders who purchased UTX prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that UTX has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $124.55, the dividend yield is 2.25%.
The previous trading day's last sale of UTX was $124.55, representing a -10.55% decrease from the 52 week high of $139.24 and a 14.16% increase over the 52 week low of $109.10.
UTX is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Boeing Company ( BA ) and Textron Inc. ( TXT ). UTX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $5.59. Zacks Investment Research reports UTX's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 7.18%, compared to an industry average of 12.2%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the UTX Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to UTX through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have UTX as a top-10 holding:
- PowerShares Aerospace & Defense Portfolio ( PPA )
- Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF ( FIDU )
- Vanguard Industrials ETF ( VIS )
- SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF ( XAR )
- iShares Trust ( IYJ ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is XAR with an increase of 4.55% over the last 100 days. PPA has the highest percent weighting of UTX at 6.93%.
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