Credit: Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ ) will begin trading ex-dividend on April 06, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.565 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 02, 2016. Shareholders who purchased VZ prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that VZ has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $54.42, the dividend yield is 4.15%.
The previous trading day's last sale of VZ was $54.42, representing a 0% decrease from the 52 week high of $54.42 and a 42.98% increase over the 52 week low of $38.06.
VZ is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as AT&T Inc. ( T ) and China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. ( CHL ). VZ's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.51. Zacks Investment Research reports VZ's forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as .03%, compared to an industry average of -2.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the VZ Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to VZ through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have VZ as a top-10 holding:
- iShares Core High Dividend ETF ( HDV )
- SPDR Select Sector Fund - Technology ( XLK )
- Vanguard Telecom ETF - DNQ ( VOX )
- iShares Global Telecom ETF ( IXP )
- iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF ( IYZ ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is VOX with an increase of 9.54% over the last 100 days. HDV has the highest percent weighting of VZ at 7.79%.
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