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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for General Electric (NYSE: GE) is tomorrow, February 21, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 19 cents per share. At a price of $23.75 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.3%.
GE is fairly valued based on 2016 earnings, but the company has long-term prospects in place that will create shareholder value. General Electric (NYSE:GE) recently declared a $0.23/share dividend, inline with the past few quarters, which will be payable to investors on April 25, 2016. The consistent quarterly dividend should come as no surprise, because the company previously disclosed that the dividend would not be raised throughout 2016.