Scotts Miracle-Gro Company ( SMG ) will begin trading ex-dividend on November 22, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $ 0.5 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 09, 2016. Shareholders who purchased SMG prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 6.38% increase over prior dividend payment. At the current stock price of $ 88.14, the dividend yield is 2.27%.
The previous trading day’s last sale of SMG was $ 88.14, representing a -3.84% decrease from the 52 week high of $ 91.66 and a 41.7% increase over the 52 week low of $ 62.20.
SMG is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Monsanto Company ( MON ) and Syngenta AG ( SYT ). SMG’s current earnings per share, an indicator of a company’s profitability, is $ 5.14. Zacks Investment Research reports SMG’s forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as 12.72%, compared to an industry average of -20.5%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the SMG Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to SMG through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have SMG as a top-10 holding:
The top-performing ETF of this group is IYM with an increase of 7.99% over the last 100 days. PAGG has the highest percent weighting of SMG at 4.12%.
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