Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. will begin trading ex-dividend on May 29, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.3 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 21, 2013. Shareholders who purchased RS stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that RS has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $66.8, the dividend yield is 1.8%.
The previous trading day's last sale of RS was $66.8, representing a -8.37% decrease from the 52 week high of $72.90 and a 49.07% increase over the 52 week low of $44.81.
RS is a part of the Basic Industries sector, which includes companies such as Precision Castparts Corporation and National Oilwel Varcol, Inc. RS's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $4.89. Zacks Investment Research reports RS's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -9.02%, compared to an industry average of -12.7%.