Deere & Company ( DE ) will begin trading ex-dividend on September 28, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $ 0.6 per share is scheduled to be paid on November 01, 2016. Shareholders who purchased DE prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 10th quarter that DE has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $ 83.58, the dividend yield is 2.87%.
The previous trading day’s last sale of DE was $ 83.58, representing a -5.7% decrease from the 52 week high of $ 88.63 and a 19.13% 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 $ 4.99. Zacks Investment Research reports DE’s forecasted earnings growth in 2016 as -26.25%, compared to an industry average of -15.1%.
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:
- VanEck Vectors Agribusiness ETF ( MOO )
- iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers Fund ( VEGI )
- AdvisorShares Wilshire Buyback ETF ( TTFS )
- iShares iBonds Mar 2023 Term Corporate ex-Financials ETF ( IBCE ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is TTFS with an increase of 5.4% over the last 100 days. MOO has the highest percent weighting of DE at 6.71%.
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