Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 30, 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 30, 2013. In total, 49 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.21%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Realty Income Corp.	O	9.57B	68.72	1.70	17.90	4.45%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	34.52B	12.43	114.63	0.74	4.27%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	4.94B	19.19	1.43	2.65	3.08%
Kellogg Company	K	23.80B	25.58	8.42	1.63	2.72%
The Wendy's Company	WEN	2.40B	-	1.22	0.96	2.62%
Principal Financial Group Inc.	PFG	11.15B	15.14	1.15	1.21	2.42%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.60B	14.93	0.89	3.65	2.06%
Polaris Industries, Inc.	PII	6.40B	20.16	8.73	1.95	1.80%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	4.66B	24.25	3.20	5.47	1.70%
ManpowerGroup	MAN	4.43B	25.22	1.77	0.22	1.60%
Expeditors International of Washington	EXPD	8.18B	24.74	3.89	1.37	1.52%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	4.36B	55.31	10.32	1.09	1.41%
Nike Inc.	NKE	56.55B	25.11	5.30	2.25	1.33%
Alliant Techsystems Inc.	ATK	2.58B	9.46	1.70	0.59	1.32%
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	13.96B	-	0.64	0.50	1.31%
Imperial Oil Ltd.	IMO	33.27B	9.69	2.01	1.08	1.20%
Silgan Holdings Inc.	SLGN	3.03B	22.88	5.93	0.84	1.18%
Ball Corporation	BLL	6.62B	17.87	6.16	0.76	1.17%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	10.47B	22.95	3.00	0.37	1.00%
Lufkin Industries Inc.	LUFK	2.99B	33.19	3.64	2.27	0.57%

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 7/2012

Stocks With Biggest 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, 42 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 18 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 29.00 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Associated Banc (ASBC) and Fidelity National (FIS). ASBC raised dividends by 400 percent and FIS by 300 percent. 14 stocks yielding above 3 percent and 28 have a buy or better rating.