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| Upcoming Ex-Dividend Date of 7/7/11 for Darden Restaurants, Inc.By Dividend Channel Staff, Wednesday, July 6, 12:05 PM ET
On 7/7/11, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.43, payable on 8/1/11. As a percentage of DRI's recent stock price of $53.20, this dividend works out to approximately 0.81%. Below is a dividend history chart for DRI, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.43 declared by Darden Restaurants, Inc.:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from DRI is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 3.23% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, DRI makes up 1.25% of the Rydex S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (AMEX:RCD) which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Wednesday. See what other ETFs contain DRI » DRI operates in the Hotels, Lodging, Restaurants & Travel sector, among companies like Ctrip Com International Ltd (NASDAQ:CTRP) which is down about 0.9% today, and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT) trading lower by about 0.6%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of DRI, versus CTRP and HOT.
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