Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On February 28, 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 February 28, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.56%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	3.43B	16.75	1.41	1.01	3.70%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.	AJG	4.83B	24.14	2.91	1.92	3.65%
Cinemark Holdings Inc.	CNK	3.16B	18.71	2.89	1.28	3.05%
Amcol International Corp.	ACO	932.91M	14.24	2.02	0.95	2.74%
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU	45.91B	17.32	1.18	1.21	1.73%
Nike Inc.	NKE	48.90B	22.71	4.86	1.98	1.55%
Imperial Oil Ltd.	IMO	35.05B	9.55	2.20	1.15	1.16%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	9.97B	16.95	2.78	0.37	1.04%
Heartland Payment Systems	HPY	1.17B	19.05	5.49	0.58	0.90%

62 Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with dividend growth often indicate that they have too much cash and a well-running business which produces more and more cash. They like to share their success with shareholders.

I believe that those companies have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 62 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 32 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 25.73 percent.

Below the best dividend hike stocks/funds are 20 companies with a high yield. 40 of the results are currently recommended to buy or even have a strong buy rating. Basic material and financial stocks are still the dominant sectors.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 4/2012

Stocks With Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 37 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 14 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 12.58 percent.