Williams Partners (WPZ) Hiked Dividends By 1.77% And 7 Others Followed

Yesterday was a good day in terms of dividend growth. Eight companies raised their dividend payments. The biggest stock was the specialty chemical company Williams Partners. WPZ announced a 1.76 percent dividend hike and yields at 6.67 percent. The company has a rosy future. Analysts are expecting earnings per share to grow by at least 12 percent over the next five years. Only the high debt to equity ratio of 4.20 gives investors a bad taste.

Seven of eight companies with dividend growth on the last trading day have a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion. Oil and gas companies are the most represented stocks.

The highest yielding stock is the drilling and explorations company Legacy Reserves with a 8.22 percent dividend yield. LGCY raised its quarterly dividends by 0.87 percent, yesterday.

The latest Dividend Growth Stock List

Company	Dividend Yield in %	Dividend Growth	Payment Period	Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Payment Date
Blueknight Engy Ptrs GP	5.50	2.13%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Calumet Specialty Prdts	8.25	0.74%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Crane Co	1.90	7.14%	Quarterly	8/28/2013	9/10/2013
Legacy Reserves LP	8.29	0.87%	Quarterly	7/30/2013	8/14/2013
Northwest Bancorp	3.66	8.33%	Quarterly	7/30/2013	8/15/2013
Oiltanking Partners LP	3.55	4.94%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Rayonier Inc.	3.34	11.36%	Quarterly	9/12/2013	9/30/2013
Williams Partners	6.67	1.77%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/9/2013

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Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 31, 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 January 31, 2013. In total, 4 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 2 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.25%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	CLMT	2.14B	10.06	2.25	0.48	7.83%
Southern Company	SO	39.00B	17.64	1.98	2.36	4.39%
Federated National Holding	FNHC	45.21M	8.74	0.69	0.69	1.41%
Citigroup	C	127.70B	16.93	0.68	1.87	0.09%

Next Week's 20 Best Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks between Jan. 28 – Feb. 03 2013. In total, 100 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 60 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.75%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Prospect Capital Corporation	PSEC	2.38B	6.49	1.05	6.11	11.62%
Atlantic Power Corporation	AT	4.35B	4.75	1.82	0.50	9.26%
Calumet Specialty Products Partners	CLMT	2.08B	9.98	2.23	0.47	7.90%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.21B	27.62	1.16	2.53	7.24%
Teekay Offshore Partners LP	TOO	2.35B	-	3.69	2.43	6.92%
Omega Healthcare Investors	OHI	2.92B	25.83	2.86	8.81	6.90%
Copano Energy LLC	CPNO	2.64B	-	2.81	1.92	6.88%
Teekay LNG Partners LP.	TGP	2.90B	24.83	2.35	7.40	6.47%
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.	EPB	8.83B	19.04	4.48	5.83	5.96%
Baytex Energy Corp.	BTE	5.55B	19.14	4.15	5.06	5.89%
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	KMP	32.48B	53.94	2.98	3.76	5.80%
People's United Financial Inc.	PBCT	4.33B	18.89	0.82	4.10	5.13%
Genesis Energy LP	GEL	3.18B	38.77	3.43	0.88	4.95%
National Retail Properties, Inc.	NNN	3.53B	32.12	1.54	11.06	4.92%
ONEOK Partners, L.P.	OKS	13.14B	16.43	2.94	1.26	4.75%
Enterprise Products Partners	EPD	50.08B	19.52	3.89	1.16	4.74%
Bank of Montreal	BMO	41.55B	10.28	1.43	3.02	4.54%
Southern Company	SO	38.85B	17.57	1.97	2.35	4.41%
Plains All American Pipeline	PAA	17.23B	21.49	2.67	0.46	4.36%
Alliant Energy Corporation	LNT	5.08B	16.30	1.53	1.58	4.10%

13 Cheap High Yielding Stocks With Low Volatility

High yielding large capitalized stocks with low beta and cheap price ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I often look for higher capitalized stocks which give me a margin of safety. I don’t talk about a discount to the fair value or cheap prices. I mean a low volatility stocks. Stocks with a low beta ratio have a lower volatility than the whole market but they also have a lower upside potential if the market goes up. I love low volatility stocks because I am like everybody else an anxious investor when I invest big money on a single bet.

If the low beta stocks also have a low valuation, it could be interesting for me. You can find a full list of higher capitalized high-yield stocks with low beta ratios below. In total, there are 13 companies with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion and a yield above the 5 percent mark that have beta ratios of less than 0.5 and a forward P/E of less than 15.

The results are dominated by residential REITS. I personally don’t like this investment category. Sure you can make money with it but growth is very capital expensive. You sit on your investment and wait for rental price increases or decreasing vacancy rates. That’s not very funny for a long-term growth investor like me. As you see, there is also a huge debt burden on the stocks which exceeds the amount of equity by a few factors. Gas utilities and my favorites from the cigarettes industry are much more interesting.

Five of the results have a very high yield of more than 10 percent and seven have a current buy or better recommendation. What do you think about the screening results? Do you own some of the mentioned stocks? Let me know and discuss the pros and cons in the box below.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 31, 2012

The Best 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-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 31, 2012. In total, 25 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.63%.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 15 – 21, 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 13 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.75 percent. Exactly 8 stocks have a yield over three percent and 16 are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (April 16 – April 22, 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 fifteen have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.10 percent. Fourteen stocks have a yield over five percent and all nineteen are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Performing High Yield Stocks From Last Week

Dividend Stocks With Best Stock Performance By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a quite overview of the ten best performed stocks from the recent week with a market capitalization over USD 300 million and a dividend yield above 5%.

The Best Yielding Stock Buys Of Thomas S. Gayner (Markel Asset Management)

Thomas S. Gayner - Markel Asset Management Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of the best yielding buys of Thomas Gayner, portfolio manager at Markel Asset Management. Within the fourth quarter of 2011, he bought 35 stocks of which 31 pay dividends and six yielding over 3 percent. The best yielding stock and the only high yield equity was Calumet Specialty Products (CLMT). Gayner increased the position by 3.64 percent. The whole position has no significance influence to his portfolio.

David Tepper - Appaloosa Management Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

David Tepper - Appaloosa Management Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of David Tepper’s - Appaloosa Management - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 19 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 589,458,000. He is mainly focussed on basic material, technology and consumer stocks. These three sectors alone representing 65 percent of his asset allocation.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 01, 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 01, 2012. In total, 30 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 15 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.48 percent.

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.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For Next Week January 30 - February 05 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 On January 30 – February 05, 2012. In total, 144 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 80 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.39 percent.