Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 08, 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 08, 2013. In total, 49 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.65%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
GlaxoSmithKline plc	GSK	125.59B	19.55	12.03	3.07	4.31%
American Electric Power Co.	AEP	24.53B	19.87	1.59	1.62	3.88%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	206.37B	20.37	2.57	3.58	3.34%
Unilever NV	UN	127.20B	21.16	6.07	1.89	3.29%
Macerich Co.	MAC	9.73B	35.76	3.16	11.04	3.28%
Unilever plc	UL	129.29B	21.51	6.24	1.92	3.24%
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	200.45B	10.74	1.24	4.19	3.17%
RPC Inc.	RES	2.91B	12.46	3.19	1.56	3.03%
BB&T Corporation	BBT	21.81B	13.04	1.03	3.19	2.95%
Weyerhaeuser Co.	WY	17.00B	34.88	4.00	2.26	2.58%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	WMT	259.54B	15.70	3.42	0.55	2.38%
Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.	AHL	2.55B	10.82	0.76	1.11	1.87%
Parker Hannifin Corporation	PH	13.70B	13.65	2.57	1.05	1.87%
PPG Industries Inc.	PPG	21.65B	20.34	4.52	1.46	1.61%
Reinsurance Group of America	RGA	4.65B	6.74	0.68	0.46	1.52%
Rollins Inc.	ROL	3.52B	31.68	9.67	2.75	1.50%
CONSOL Energy Inc.	CNX	8.09B	28.09	2.04	1.53	1.41%
The Charles Schwab Corporation	SCHW	22.46B	25.43	2.37	4.51	1.37%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	10.59B	19.24	3.07	5.94	1.21%
Dana Holding Corporation	DAN	2.58B	14.04	1.40	0.37	1.14%

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Robert Hagstrom’s - Legg Mason Growth Trust - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 46 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 167,104,000.

Strategy:

The Fund manager analyzes the fundamental quantitative and qualitative aspects of a company — long-term growth characteristics, sustainable competitive advantages, strong management - compared to its stock price. The investment strategy is based on the principle that the return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the fundamentals of the underlying business and focus should therefore be on the company's long-term economic progress, disregarding short-term nuances.

Robert Hagstrom’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
DEO - Diageo plc	3.92	0	$87.43
FFIV - F5 Networks	3.49	Reduce 21.43%	$106.13
CELG - Celgene Corp.	3.44	Reduce 32.00%	$67.60
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	3.39	Reduce 25.67%	$25.38
ABT - Abbott Labs	3.3	Reduce 14.78%	$56.23
CNX - CONSOL Energy Inc.	3.29	0	$36.70
AAPL - Apple Inc.	3.27	Reduce 28.95%	$405.04
NBR - Nabors Industries Ltd.	3.27	0	$17.34
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	3.24	Reduce 2.94%	$65.58
ADBE - Adobe Systems	3.21	Reduce 36.67%	$28.27
MDT - Medtronic Inc.	3.2	0	$38.25
BLK - BlackRock Inc.	3.2	Reduce 34.07%	$178.23
EBAY - eBay Inc.	2.99	Reduce 17.50%	$30.33
EMC - EMC Corp.	2.84	Reduce 26.67%	$21.54
QCOM - QUALCOMM Inc.	2.62	Reduce 36.00%	$54.70
MON - Monsanto Co.	2.6	Reduce 4.62%	$70.06
NKE - NIKE Inc.	2.48	Reduce 4.44%	$96.37
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	2.47	Add 5.00%	$78.48
RHHVF - Roche Holdings AG	2.42	Add 5.56%	$42.55
RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc.	2.32	Add 5.88%	$43.01
AMZN - Amazon Corp.	2.28	0	$173.09
PG - Procter & Gamble	2.2	Reduce 26.67%	$66.71
PWR - Quanta Services	2.19	Reduce 22.73%	$21.54
PEP - PepsiCo Inc.	2.18	Reduce 31.25%	$66.35
LUV - Southwest Airlines	2.18	0	$8.56
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	2.17	Reduce 45.10%	$25.96
CSCO - Cisco Systems	2.16	Reduce 39.39%	$18.08
MYGN - Myriad Genetics Inc.	2.13	0	$20.94
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	2.04	0	$68.32
CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions	2.02	Add 110.00%	$64.30
ADSK - Autodesk Inc.	1.95	0	$30.33
MMM - 3M Co.	1.71	0	$81.74
SCHW - Charles Schwab	1.68	Reduce 28.57%	$11.26
RHT - Red Hat Inc.	1.45	0	$41.30
GRPN - Groupon Inc.	1.23	Buy	$20.63
LCCTF - LOccitane Int.	1.21	Add 26.25%	$2.01
MRVL - Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	1.16	0	$13.85
ALV - Autoliv Inc.	1.12	Buy	$53.49
JIVE - Jive Software Inc.	1.1	Buy	$16.00
ATHN - athenahealth Inc.	1.03	Buy	$49.11
APKT - Acme Packet Inc	0.93	Buy	$30.92
SINA - Sina Corp.	0.93	Add 53.85%	$52.00
PRDSF - PRADA SPA	0.6	Buy	$4.53
CTRP - Ctrip.com International Ltd.	0.49	Buy	$23.40
YNGDF - YINGDE GASES GROUP	0.46	Buy	$1.02
YOKO - Youku.com Inc.	0.42	0	$15.67

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