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Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Procter & Gamble (PG) have what it takes? Let's find out.
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Procter & Gamble (PG) closed the most recent trading day at $93.52, moving -0.09% from the previous trading session.
The dividend yield or dividend–price ratio of a share is the dividend per share divided by the price per share. [1] It is also a company's total annual dividend payments divided by its market capitalization, assuming the number of shares is constant. It is often expressed as a percentage.
For the fiscal year 2018, Procter & Gamble reported earnings of US$9.750 billion, with an annual revenue of US$66.832 billion, an increase of 2.7% over the previous fiscal cycle. The company's shares traded at over $86 per share in 2017, and its market capitalization was valued at over US$221.5 billion in October 2018. [43]
For example, say XYZ is priced at $40 today, and has a special dividend of $1. Since call option holders are not entitled to dividends, a holder of an option to buy stock XYZ at $30 will not receive the $1 special dividend. However, after paying the cash dividend, then (all else being equal) XYZ will drop to $39, as it has paid out $1 of its value.
Procter & Gamble (PG) closed the most recent trading day at $132.51, moving -0.99% from the previous trading session.
The dividend payout ratio is the fraction of net income a firm pays to its stockholders in dividends: Dividend payout ratio = Dividends Net Income for the same period {\textstyle {\mbox{Dividend payout ratio}}={\frac {\mbox{Dividends}}{\mbox{Net Income for the same period}}}}