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Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For January 13, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date tomorrow. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend.

The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settle your trade before the ex-dividend date.

These are the results of the best yielding stocks:

WSI Industries Inc. (WSCI) has a market capitalization of USD 14.21 Million and operates within the “Diversified Machinery” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 14.85,
Forward P/E Ratio: -,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.56,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.35,
Dividend Yield: 3.27%.

1-Year Chart Of WSI Industries Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of WSI Industries Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP) has a market capitalization of USD 14.00 Billion and operates within the “REIT - Retail” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: 49.90,
Price/Sales Ratio: 5.08,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.49,
Dividend Yield: 2.67%.

1-Year Chart Of General Growth Properties Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of General Growth Properties Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST) has a market capitalization of USD 1.30 Billion and operates within the “Medical Instruments & Supplies” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 21.49,
Forward P/E Ratio: 15.23,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.11,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.89,
Dividend Yield: 1.86%.

1-Year Chart Of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

EPIQ Systems, Inc. (EPIQ) has a market capitalization of USD 430.66 Million and operates within the “Information Technology Services” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 33.50,
Forward P/E Ratio: 11.71,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.55,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.30,
Dividend Yield: 1.66%.

1-Year Chart Of EPIQ Systems, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of EPIQ Systems, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

Alamo Group, Inc. (ALG) has a market capitalization of USD 333.36 Million and operates within the “Farm & Construction Machinery” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 11.66,
Forward P/E Ratio: -,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.57,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.21,
Dividend Yield: 0.86%.

1-Year Chart Of Alamo Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of Alamo Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

Celanese Corporation (CE) has a market capitalization of USD 7.16 Billion and operates within the “Chemicals - Major Diversified” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 11.83,
Forward P/E Ratio: 9.81,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.08,
Price/Book Ratio: 4.92,
Dividend Yield: 0.52%.

1-Year Chart Of Celanese Corporation (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com
Long-Term Dividend History of Celanese Corporation (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date as of next Friday can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks On January 13, 2011. In total, 6 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 1 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 1.79 percent.