Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (EXPD) To Go Ex-Dividend on December 1st

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) announced a dividend on Monday, November 2nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.81 per share by the transportation company on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a yield of 79.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 1st.

Expeditors International of Washington has raised its dividend by an average of 0.1% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 31 years.

Expeditors International of Washington Trading Up 0.5%

EXPD stock traded up $0.94 on Wednesday, hitting $205.25. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 59,356 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,262,495. Expeditors International of Washington has a 1 year low of $129.59 and a 1 year high of $207.93. The stock has a market cap of $26.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.00 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $192.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $167.46.

Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 3rd. The transportation company reported $2.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $0.43. Expeditors International of Washington had a return on equity of 36.16% and a net margin of 7.64%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.64 EPS. Expeditors International of Washington’s revenue was up 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Expeditors International of Washington will post 5.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Expeditors International of Washington

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The company provides freight forwarding, transportation, customs brokerage and supply chain management services for businesses that move goods internationally.

Its services include airfreight and ocean-freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing and distribution, cargo insurance, order management, and other logistics solutions. Expeditors coordinates shipments through a worldwide network of offices and service providers, helping customers manage international trade requirements and supply chain operations.

Founded in 1979, Expeditors serves customers across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.