Deere & Company ( DE ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 28, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $ 0.6 per share is scheduled to be paid on February 01, 2017. Shareholders who purchased DE prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 11th quarter that DE has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $ 103.09, the dividend yield is 2.33%.
The previous trading day’s last sale of DE was $ 103.09, representing a -1.66% decrease from the 52 week high of $ 104.83 and a 46.94% increase over the 52 week low of $ 70.16.
DE is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc ( TMO ) and Danaher Corporation ( DHR ). DE’s current earnings per share, an indicator of a company’s profitability, is $ 4.81. Zacks Investment Research reports DE’s forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as -8.16%, compared to an industry average of -9.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the DE Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to DE through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have DE as a top-10 holding:
- iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers Fund ( VEGI )
- VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF ( HAP )
- iShares iBonds Mar 2023 Term Corporate ex-Financials ETF ( IBCE )
- VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF ( MOAT )
- PowerShares Dynamic LargeCap Value ( PWV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is PWV with an increase of 8.41% over the last 100 days. VEGI has the highest percent weighting of DE at 7.72%.
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