My Favorite Dividend Paying Buyback Hero Stocks

As you might know, I am a big fan of dividend growth and stock buybacks. Each action is a shareholder friendly way to give money back to the owner of the company.

Dividends are direct and share buybacks are indirect and more tax efficient. Both activities only make sense if the management team has a clear view about the valuation and growth perspectives or potential of the corporation. If there is an opportunity to grow with low risk, dividends shouldn't be paid in a big way. The same is neccessary for buybacks. There must be a mix of both in balance with growth.

Today I like to share a sheet of interesting stocks with good outstanding buyback programs. I've focused my research on growth and dividends while the valuation level doesn't exceed critical levels.

Here are my results...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 12, 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 August 12, 2013. In total, 22 stocks go ex dividend - of which 11 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.74%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Sandridge Mississippian Trust II	SDR	774.72M	8.11	1.81	7.49	17.52%
SandRidge Mississippian Trust I	SDT	401.80M	5.04	1.58	4.71	17.00%
SandRidge Permian Trust	PER	827.93M	6.57	1.72	6.06	14.84%
TECO Energy, Inc.	TE	3.85B	16.88	1.67	1.31	4.92%
United Online, Inc.	UNTD	776.04M	105.00	1.67	0.90	4.76%
Consolidated Edison Inc.	ED	17.75B	16.97	1.49	1.44	4.06%
Regency Centers Corporation	REG	4.65B	-	3.24	9.37	3.58%
Wisconsin Energy Corp.	WEC	9.94B	18.28	2.37	2.26	3.52%
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.	SASR	614.46M	14.06	1.27	4.21	2.60%
Valero Energy Corporation	VLO	20.11B	7.36	1.10	0.15	2.16%
Protective Life Corp.	PL	3.44B	12.63	0.76	0.95	1.84%
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.	FDP	1.70B	14.03	0.93	0.49	1.70%
Micrel Inc.	MCRL	599.60M	54.16	2.61	2.41	1.65%
Pool Corp.	POOL	2.50B	30.84	7.22	1.25	1.42%
Beam, Inc.	BEAM	10.64B	24.55	2.27	4.24	1.36%
United States Steel Corp.	X	2.61B	-	0.75	0.14	1.11%
Home Bancshares, Inc.	HOMB	1.53B	22.49	2.87	8.26	1.10%
Carriage Services Inc.	CSV	326.32M	28.11	2.32	1.55	0.56%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On February 11, 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 February 11, 2013. In total, 14 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.70%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.	INN	606.07M	-	1.12	3.50	4.85%
Duke Realty Corp.	DRE	5.02B	-	1.68	4.53	4.27%
Consolidated Edison Inc.	ED	16.72B	14.98	1.30	1.36	4.24%
Brookline Bancorp, Inc.	BRKL	634.22M	17.08	1.05	2.97	3.76%
Regency Centers Corporation	REG	4.60B	169.50	2.56	9.16	3.64%
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.	SASR	493.97M	13.40	1.02	3.43	2.82%
Southern Copper Corp.	SCCO	34.13B	17.71	5.20	5.10	2.38%
Amgen Inc.	AMGN	65.39B	15.44	3.38	3.79	2.21%
Valero Energy Corporation	VLO	25.09B	12.12	1.45	0.18	1.77%
Provident Financial Holdings Inc.	PROV	189.64M	8.74	1.21	3.91	1.58%
Home Bancshares	HOMB	983.01M	15.68	1.91	5.55	1.49%
First Bancshares Inc.	FBMS	33.62M	9.32	0.51	1.28	1.39%
Carriage Services Inc.	CSV	265.67M	35.78	2.03	1.34	0.68%
Graham Corp.	GHM	233.07M	38.25	2.71	2.51	0.34%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On November 08, 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.

In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.04%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Intersil Corporation	ISIL	982.44M	110.00	0.95	1.54	6.23%
Seaspan Corp.	SSW	1.06B	52.66	0.97	1.65	5.93%
TECO Energy, Inc.	TE	3.85B	15.12	1.68	1.26	4.93%
Hudson Valley Holding Corp.	HVB	322.29M	109.40	1.10	2.71	4.39%
Rockwell Automation Inc.	ROK	11.14B	15.32	5.79	1.78	2.38%
Richardson Electronics Ltd.	RELL	177.56M	25.07	0.92	1.17	2.08%
CNA Financial Corporation	CNA	7.89B	9.54	0.62	0.84	2.05%
Metals USA Holdings Corp.	MUSA	560.95M	8.54	1.82	0.28	1.59%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	10.21B	17.79	3.13	5.67	1.26%
Carriage Services Inc.	CSV	206.43M	27.21	1.57	1.04	0.87%
Landstar System Inc.	LSTR	2.42B	18.96	6.50	0.86	0.46%