Credit: Shutterstock photoVisa Inc. ( V ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 17, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.21 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 05, 2018. Shareholders who purchased V prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 27.27% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $131.1, the dividend yield is .64%.
The previous trading day's last sale of V was $131.1, representing a -1.06% decrease from the 52 week high of $132.50 and a 43.5% increase over the 52 week low of $91.36.
V is a part of the Miscellaneous sector, which includes companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Limited ( BABA ) and Mastercard Incorporated ( MA ). V's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.94. Zacks Investment Research reports V's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 28.16%, compared to an industry average of 20.6%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the V Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to V through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have V as a top-10 holding:
- iShares U.S. Financial Services ETF ( IYG )
- iShares U.S. Financial ETF ( IYF )
- Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF ( FTEC )
- PowerShares S&P 500 Momentum Portfolio ( SPMO )
- Vanguard Information Tech ETF ( VGT ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is FTEC with an increase of 8.44% over the last 100 days. IYG has the highest percent weighting of V at 7.37%.
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