BYD Company Limited (OTCMKTS:BYDDY) Raises Dividend to $0.88 Per Share

BYD Company Limited (OTCMKTS:BYDDY - Get Free Report) announced a dividend on Friday, June 6th, investing.com reports. Investors of record on Thursday, June 12th will be paid a dividend of 0.8801 per share on Wednesday, August 13th. This represents a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 11th. This is a 21.9% increase from BYD's previous dividend of $0.72.

BYD Stock Up 0.3%

OTCMKTS BYDDY opened at $105.15 on Friday. BYD has a 52 week low of $52.50 and a 52 week high of $120.30. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $99.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $86.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $156.56 billion, a PE ratio of 32.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 0.10.

BYD (OTCMKTS:BYDDY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, April 25th. The company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $23.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $188.91 billion. BYD had a return on equity of 22.72% and a net margin of 4.86%. On average, equities research analysts expect that BYD will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About BYD

BYD Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in automobiles and batteries business in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and internationally. The company operates in two segments: Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products; and Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products.

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