Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 18, 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 18, 2013. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 13 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.25%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
American Capital Agency Corp.	AGNC	13.16B	7.53	1.03	6.24	15.06%
American Capital Mortgage Investment	MTGE	1.55B	3.13	1.02	10.63	13.73%
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.	NM	452.28M	2.94	0.38	0.73	5.48%
LTC Properties Inc.	LTC	1.22B	25.36	2.63	12.94	4.67%
Electro Rent Corp.	ELRC	431.04M	19.31	1.95	1.71	4.45%
CTC Media, Inc	CTCM	1.91B	605.00	2.75	2.46	4.30%
Ramco-Gershenson Properties	RPT	822.39M	402.50	1.47	6.39	4.16%
EastGroup Properties Inc.	EGP	1.73B	64.38	3.57	9.31	3.66%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.	CINF	7.70B	18.35	1.41	1.87	3.46%
Tupperware Brands Corporation	TUP	4.24B	22.90	9.10	1.64	3.16%
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation	CPK	476.91M	17.82	1.90	1.23	2.94%
Cott Corporation	COT	915.55M	19.20	1.50	0.41	2.40%
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.	HPP	1.28B	-	1.50	8.12	2.21%
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	8.76B	21.32	3.57	2.34	1.85%
Noah Holdings Limited	NOAH	429.73M	21.28	2.57	5.65	1.57%
Activision Blizzard, Inc.	ATVI	16.74B	14.88	1.48	3.45	1.26%

Best Utility Dividend Stock Picks For 2013

The utility sectors offers generally high dividend yields with value. The negative point is that the sector is very capital intensive and the growth potential is limited. However, I wanted to know what stocks are the best dividend stock buy picks for the next year. I screened all 123 listed utility stocks by the best ones for next year. My criteria are:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past Sales growth recent 10 years over 5 percent

- Positive Earnings per share growth for the next five years

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

Twelve companies fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Eight of them have a buy or better rating. The mostly represented industry is the eclectic utility industry. I personally don’t own any utility stocks because I am a dividend growth investor. I always look for growing companies with strong brands and high abilities to expand aboard. Utilities don’t fulfill these criteria. So my main focus will be on the consumer sector.

The Best Yielding Utilities With Fastest Earnings Growth

Utility Stocks With Best Growth Forecasts And Highest Yield Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Growth is an important item for wealth. If you own a business that doubles sales and income in ten years, your investment should have a return of 7.2 percent. If you double it in five years, you will have a return of 14.9 percent. Let’s take a look at the best growth stocks with attractive dividend yields within the utility sector. Utilities are wonderful investment objects because they generate stable revenues. 77 percent of all listed utility stocks have a beta ratio (volatility measure) of less than one.