Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation ( NOR ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 28, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 27, 2013. Shareholders who purchased NOR stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th quarter that NOR has paid the same dividend.
The previous trading day's last sale of NOR was $4.85, representing a -63.2% decrease from the 52 week high of $13.18 and a 0.41% increase over the 52 week low of $4.83.
NOR is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd ( ACH ) and Century Aluminum Company ( CENX ). NOR's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $.71. Zacks Investment Research reports NOR's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 2491.67%, compared to an industry average of -19.2%.