Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 20, 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 May 20, 2013. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.79%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Park National Corp.	PRK	1.10B	16.73	1.69	3.98	5.25%
Eni SpA	E	88.27B	30.75	1.10	0.54	4.61%
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.	HE	2.75B	19.55	1.72	0.82	4.43%
Highwoods Properties Inc.	HIW	3.26B	64.97	2.77	6.16	4.29%
Regency Centers Corporation	REG	5.28B	-	3.69	10.63	3.21%
Maxim Integrated Products Inc.	MXIM	9.11B	21.14	3.49	3.74	3.07%
AFLAC Inc.	AFL	25.33B	8.58	1.63	1.00	2.58%
Autoliv, Inc.	ALV	7.48B	14.78	1.97	0.91	2.56%
Allegheny Technologies Inc.	ATI	3.08B	28.28	1.24	0.63	2.52%
Snyder's-Lance, Inc.	LNCE	1.84B	28.60	2.09	1.12	2.41%
Valero Energy Corporation	VLO	21.60B	6.97	1.21	0.16	2.02%
Assured Guaranty Ltd.	AGO	4.64B	46.08	0.93	4.77	1.67%
Xylem Inc.	XYL	5.31B	19.35	2.60	1.42	1.64%
Tenaris SA	TS	25.53B	15.18	2.18	2.34	1.20%
Employers Holdings, Inc.	EIG	788.30M	7.47	1.44	1.36	0.94%
Luxottica Group SpA	LUX	25.83B	34.34	4.58	2.78	0.90%
Gerdau S.A.	GGB	11.47B	16.27	0.84	0.61	0.60%

Watch Over On Australian Dividend Paying Stocks | 5 Top Foreign Yield Ideas

The history of a stock market explains when fund manager’s pours their money into the market and stock prices performing well. 

In the end, investors are highly interested in companies which have a good profit and could develop into a great investment opportunity. Today I'm sharing five stocks which have a good dividend history and a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange ASX:

- Ardent Leisure Group (ASX: AAD) is an Australian based leisure company. It’s operating portfolio has over 100 assets across Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Originally it was known as the Macquarie Leisure Trust. AAD’s portfolio of operations includes theme parks, ten pin bowling center, marinas, health clubs and the US-based Main Event family entertainment center. The market capitalization is 576.77 million. The P/E ratio is 38.16 with a dividend yield of 8.14%.

- AMP Limited (ASX: AMP) is a financial services company in Australia. Initially it operates in Australia and New Zealand. Its subsidiary AMP Capital has a growing international presence with offices in Bahrain, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. In 1849 it was formed to the Australian Mutual Provident Society, a non-profit life insurance company. It provides advice regarding finances, banking, life insurance. It also has managed funds, superannuation, property, listed assets and infrastructure. These are AMP's three major business units: Amp financial service provider, AMP capital manager, AMP self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The market capitalization is 14.60 billion. The P/E ratio is 20.63 with a dividend yield of 4.92%.

- Lend Lease Group (ASX: LLC) is a multinational property and infrastructure company. It’s headquartered in situated Sydney, Australia. They create vibrant residential communities, productive workplaces and retail destinations. This company operates in more than 40 countries around the world. They run their business in markets, including apartment development, Greenfield residential development, investment management of unlisted property funds, property management, Real Estate sales and leasing, Public Private Partnerships, Infrastructure Development and Venture Capital investment in innovative technologies. The market capitalization is 5.68 billion. The P/E ratio is 10.17 with a dividend yield of 4.21%.

- Credit Corp Group (ASX: CCP) is an Australian management company based on debt purchase and collection in Sydney, Australia. They purchase consumers and small entrepreneur’s debt from Australian and New Zealand banks, finance companies and telecommunication companies. Since 2000 the company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The market capitalization is 409.03 million. The P/E ratio is 13.45 with a dividend yield of 4.04%.

- Australian Leaders Fund Limited (ASX: ALF) is an Australian based investment company. The company makes investments in listed and unlisted companies. The investment objective is to deliver returns over the medium term within acceptable risk parameters while preserving the company’s capital. It has a market capitalization of 106.61 million, P/E ratio is 5.44 and the dividend yield is 8.11%.

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