Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 05, 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 05, 2013. In total, 14 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.08%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
TAL International Group, Inc.	TAL	1.46B	11.15	2.36	2.48	5.93%
National CineMedia, Inc.	NCMI	882.67M	41.22	-	1.97	5.77%
Weingarten Realty Investors	WRI	3.75B	128.46	2.38	7.44	3.96%
Harris Corp.	HRS	5.38B	9.72	2.94	1.01	3.10%
Destination Maternity	DEST	306.36M	14.43	2.85	0.57	3.09%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	40.15B	17.21	1.63	4.30	2.84%
Praxair Inc.	PX	33.62B	20.23	5.56	3.00	2.11%
Albany International Corp.	AIN	902.12M	-	1.83	1.19	1.95%
Bolt Technology Corp.	BOLT	134.30M	48.69	2.01	2.35	1.80%
Canadian National Railway	CNI	43.32B	16.97	4.02	4.48	1.66%
Lender Processing Services, Inc.	LPS	2.08B	26.03	3.83	1.04	1.63%
Omnicare Inc.	OCR	3.91B	24.44	1.11	0.63	1.50%
Baltic Trading Limited	BALT	85.84M	-	0.32	2.58	1.06%
Southwest Airlines Co.	LUV	8.61B	21.49	1.25	0.50	0.34%

15 Stocks With Double-Digit Yields And Double-Digit Growth

Best Growing Stocks With Double-Digit Yields Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with very high yields (over ten percent) are very good for investors with small money and high need for dividend income. The risks for dividend cuts are also very high within this investment class. One important item for a stable dividend is the income growth over the mid-term.

I screened stocks with double-digit yields and growth rates of more than 10 percent in earnings per share for the upcoming five years. Fifteen stocks remained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 29, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks 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 29, 2012. In total, 38 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 14 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.77 percent.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (February 20-26, 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, 44 stocks and fund vehicles raised dividends of which 26 have had a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.19 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Gannett (GCI) who increased its quarter dividends by 150 percent from 8 cents to 20 cents. 10 stocks yielding above 3 percent and 23 have a buy or better rating.