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It has been almost 7 years of growth and momentum leading the value in returns. This year we have seen significant capital move out of growth and into value. Value stocks are now getting back in favor.

If you are an investor seeking great value investments but you are not fully confident of buying small caps, you should consider mid cap stocks. 

These tend to show up more undervalued opportunities than large caps and the companies are generally better understood and more stable then smaller companies. 

Mid cap stocks should also be less volatile. In this screen, I have stayed under a P/E ratio of 9 and a book value greater than the market value. 

In addition, each of the stocks should have a solid capital finance ratio. The debt-to-equity ratio should therefore be under 1 while the company is profitable due to a positive return on asset.

Finally only growth makes sense in my view. That's also the reason why I'm looking for a positive 5-year earnings per share growth.

Most of these companies also pay great dividends which is always an attractive quality in a value stock. Mid cap stocks with good dividends that you can buy for cheap right now, what is not to like!

Here are the results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 19, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks March 19, 2013. In total, 19 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.44%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Box Ships Inc.	TEU	110.93M	6.97	0.39	1.72	16.60%
Solar Capital Ltd.	SLRC	1.11B	7.90	1.09	7.23	9.74%
Apollo Investment Corporation	AINV	1.77B	12.30	1.07	5.50	9.16%
Ituran Location & Control Ltd.	ITRN	385.31M	13.79	4.39	2.56	8.04%
Solar Senior Capital Ltd	SUNS	222.03M	13.21	1.05	10.81	7.31%
Medallion Financial Corp.	TAXI	278.55M	10.73	1.30	8.61	6.78%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.18B	9.62	1.83	13.07	5.46%
Xcel Energy Inc.	XEL	14.23B	15.75	1.60	1.40	3.71%
Best Buy Co. Inc.	BBY	7.25B	-	2.37	0.15	3.17%
CEC Entertainment Inc.	CEC	576.20M	13.14	3.89	0.72	2.98%
Jinpan International Ltd.	JST	90.20M	5.85	0.47	0.41	2.18%
Kinross Gold Corporation	KGC	9.03B	-	0.92	2.09	2.02%
International Game Technology	IGT	4.50B	17.92	3.60	2.01	1.88%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	LVS	44.18B	28.97	6.25	3.97	1.87%
International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	6.21B	24.64	4.98	2.20	1.79%
Total System Services, Inc.	TSS	4.53B	18.83	3.19	2.42	1.65%
Synovus Financial Corp.	SNV	2.24B	3.34	0.63	2.23	1.41%
Meadowbrook Insurance Group	MIG	346.24M	30.17	0.62	0.35	1.15%
Air Lease Corporation	AL	2.92B	22.94	1.27	4.45	0.34%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 18, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates. The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks December 18, 2012. In total, 19 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.07%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation	BKCC	733.13M	11.68	1.04	5.04	10.47%
Solar Capital Ltd.	SLRC	894.13M	5.87	1.02	6.05	10.39%
Ship Finance International Limited	SFL	1.38B	7.76	1.41	4.32	9.67%
Horizon Technology Finance	HRZN	136.99M	12.46	0.87	5.50	9.63%
Solar Senior Capital Ltd	SUNS	171.19M	9.85	0.97	9.54	7.82%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	915.29M	8.10	1.65	10.89	6.23%
Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust	RPT	625.00M	-	1.19	5.00	5.14%
Evolving Systems Inc.	EVOL	69.18M	15.23	2.24	2.85	3.28%
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.	ATNI	560.36M	14.06	1.74	0.76	2.78%
American Water Works Company	AWK	6.62B	17.42	1.49	2.35	2.67%
Embotelladora Andina S.A.	AKO	3.86B	20.30	4.44	1.75	2.26%
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	7.36B	17.93	3.00	1.97	2.20%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	LVS	38.18B	26.96	4.21	3.60	2.16%
Sypris Solutions Inc.	SYPR	79.87M	6.60	1.24	0.22	2.02%
Embotelladora Andina S.A.	AKO	4.90B	27.80	5.62	2.18	1.96%
Arcos Dorados Holdings	ARCO	2.62B	22.32	3.74	0.70	1.91%
Tower Financial Corporation	TOFC	59.15M	7.92	0.88	2.21	1.82%
CNH Global NV	CNH	11.93B	10.48	1.32	0.59	-
Embraer SA	ERJ	4.56B	33.77	1.40	0.72	-