Monsanto Company ( MON ) will begin trading ex-dividend on January 04, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $ 0.54 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 27, 2017. Shareholders who purchased MON prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that MON has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day’s last sale of MON was $ 105.1, representing a -8.02% decrease from the 52 week high of $ 114.26 and a 25.52% increase over the 52 week low of $ 83.73.
MON is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Syngenta AG ( SYT ) and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. ( POT ). MON’s current earnings per share, an indicator of a company’s profitability, is $ 3.04. Zacks Investment Research reports MON’s forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 4.5%, compared to an industry average of 5.4%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MON Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MON through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MON as a top-10 holding:
- Vanguard Materials ETF – DNQ ( VAW )
- VanEck Vectors Natural Resources ETF ( HAP )
- SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF ( GNR )
- iShares Global Materials ETF ( MXI )
- iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers Fund ( VEGI ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is GNR with an increase of 5.39% over the last 100 days. VAW has the highest percent weighting of MON at 6.01%.
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