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| Ex-Div Reminder for St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ)By Dividend Channel Staff, Friday, June 24, 11:30 AM ET
On 6/28/11, St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.21, payable on 7/29/11. As a percentage of STJ's recent stock price of $46.70, this dividend works out to approximately 0.45%. Below is a dividend history chart for STJ, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.21 declared by St. Jude Medical, Inc.:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from STJ is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 1.80% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, STJ makes up 5.67% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices Index Fund ETF (AMEX:IHI) which is trading lower by about 1% on the day Friday. See what other ETFs contain STJ » STJ operates in the Medical Instruments & Supplies sector, among companies like DENTSPLY International, Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY) which is down about 1.1% today, and Beckman Coulter, Inc. (BEC) trading relatively unchanged. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of STJ, versus XRAY and BEC.
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