Yamana Gold Inc. ( AUY ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 27, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.065 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 14, 2014. Shareholders who purchased AUY stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 6th quarter that AUY has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $8.74, the dividend yield is 2.97%.
The previous trading day’s last sale of AUY was $8.74, representing a -52.06% decrease from the 52 week high of $18.23 and a 5.17% increase over the 52 week low of $8.31.
AUY is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as BHP Billiton Limited ( BHP ) and VALE S.A. ( VALE ). AUY’s current earnings per share, an indicator of a company’s profitability, is $.41. Zacks Investment Research reports AUY’s forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -52.1%, compared to an industry average of -16.7%.
