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| Ex-Div Reminder for Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)By Dividend Channel Staff, Thursday, November 17, 10:21 AM ET
On 11/21/11, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.08, payable on 12/14/11. As a percentage of AMAT's recent stock price of $11.93, this dividend works out to approximately 0.67%. Below is a dividend history chart for AMAT, showing historical dividends prior to the most recent $0.08 declared by Applied Materials, Inc.:
In general, dividends are not always predictable; but looking at the history above can help in judging whether the most recent dividend from AMAT is likely to continue, and whether the current estimated yield of 2.68% on annualized basis is a reasonable expectation of annual yield going forward.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, AMAT makes up 10.24% of the Semiconductor HOLDRS ETF (AMEX:SMH) which is trading lower by about 1.2% on the day Thursday. See what other ETFs contain AMAT » AMAT operates in the Semiconductors sector, among companies like Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (NYSE:SMI) which is down about 1.2% today, and Diodes, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIOD) trading lower by about 1.7%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of AMAT, versus SMI and DIOD.
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