Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend Shares November 27, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 27, 2012. In total, 21 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 10 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.61%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Alto Palermo S.A.	APSA	472.35M	13.64	2.75	2.46	14.46%
Nordic American Tankers Limited	NAT	505.39M	-	0.56	5.06	12.57%
IRSA Investments and Representations	IRS	442.13M	7.72	0.89	1.41	8.48%
Cresud Sociedad An	CRESY	407.80M	28.03	0.92	0.57	6.19%
Avista Corp.	AVA	1.39B	15.78	1.10	0.88	5.00%
Great Plains Energy Incorporated	GXP	3.08B	15.43	0.90	1.33	4.34%
Computer Programs & Systems Inc.	CPSI	569.18M	20.71	8.90	3.20	3.58%
Rockwood Holdings, Inc.	ROC	3.47B	8.34	2.06	0.99	3.16%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	100.03B	12.15	1.90	2.14	2.97%
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.	SCHN	734.89M	28.18	0.69	0.22	2.69%
Barnes Group Inc.	B	1.12B	12.49	1.43	0.95	1.93%
The Home Depot, Inc.	HD	97.71B	22.90	5.51	1.35	1.79%
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.	RS	4.30B	10.99	1.24	0.50	1.76%
Griffon Corporation	GFF	588.45M	32.27	0.91	0.32	1.03%
Westlake Chemical Corp.	WLK	5.06B	16.05	2.49	1.39	0.99%
Werner Enterprises Inc.	WERN	1.68B	15.91	2.11	0.83	0.87%
Perrigo Co.	PRGO	9.71B	22.72	4.94	3.02	0.35%
Gardner Denver Inc.	GDI	3.39B	12.75	2.48	1.42	0.29%

The Best Yielding Diversified Utilities

Best Dividend Paying Diversified Utility Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The utility sector is a big part of the stock market. Stocks from the sector have a total market capitalization of USD 19.12 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 4.14 percent and the P/E ratio is 15.45.

I screened one of the most diversified industries by the best yielding companies. The diversified utilities industry contains 24 companies of which 21 pay dividends. Below the results is one stock with a double-digit yield.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 22, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 22, 2012. In total, 32 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 14 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.51 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 6/2012

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, 33 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 20 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.79 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Mastercard (MA) and Assured Guaranty (AGO). Both companies showed a growth of 100 percent. Seven stocks yielding above 3 percent and eighteen have a buy or better rating.