Next Week's Best Yielding Large Cap 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 March 11 - 17, 2013. In total, 212 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 79 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.15%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	121.61B	8.43	1.23	0.52	5.33%
Altria Group Inc.	MO	68.25B	16.49	21.77	2.77	5.18%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	35.45B	13.85	2.61	1.82	4.97%
Newmont Mining Corp.	NEM	19.63B	99.83	1.48	1.93	4.26%
Encana Corporation	ECA	14.00B	-	2.65	2.71	4.20%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.62B	14.48	2.77	2.16	4.17%
Merck & Co. Inc.	MRK	130.78B	19.94	2.36	2.77	3.98%
DTE Energy Co.	DTE	11.47B	17.09	1.55	1.31	3.73%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	24.52B	14.73	6.68	2.02	3.57%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	23.78B	24.80	2.48	1.45	3.02%
The Coca-Cola Company	KO	174.35B	19.86	5.34	3.63	2.86%
Kohl's Corp.	KSS	10.62B	10.97	1.76	0.55	2.77%
British American Tobacco plc	BTI	102.55B	22.04	8.52	4.42	2.55%
Hewlett-Packard Company	HPQ	40.71B	-	1.78	0.34	2.54%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	11.05B	20.62	1.65	1.90	2.13%
HollyFrontier Corporation	HFC	11.57B	7.53	2.01	0.58	2.11%
Magna International, Inc.	MGA	12.92B	9.09	1.37	0.42	1.99%
Macy's, Inc.	M	16.30B	12.57	2.64	0.59	1.94%
The Chubb Corporation	CB	22.36B	15.11	1.40	1.65	1.91%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	19.29B	22.26	5.00	6.38	1.82%

65 Stocks And Funds Increased Their Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Growth and earnings matter and the dividend season starts to run.

Last week was an additional great week with big dividend hikes. In total, 65 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 35 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 40.90 percent. Linked small list of all companies and funds which have announced a dividend increase within the recent week.

Below the results are six High-Yields. 35 companies have a current buy or better rating.

20 Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector With Highest Expected Growth

The best growing services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is still an attractive investment field. I also have invested some money into stocks from the sector. I talk about Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.

The whole sector has 844 companies listed of which 350 pay dividends. The total market capitalization of all services stocks combined is USD 58.896 trillion. An average stock from the sector has a P/E ratio of 24.94 and yields at 1.66 percent.

I personally don’t like services stocks because of the low margin business. I love stocks with big margins and strong competitive advantages. High margins also show that the company owns and distributes products that are unique. Apple has really huge margins because they have created a unique product that people love and they are willing to pay nearly every price for it.

It sounds a little bit easy but the Apple story is much more complicated and is also a product of excellent brand marketing. I personally will never buy Apple shares because of the fast product cycle. If you lose your consumer focus, you are off the battle.

However, out there are some services stocks with a strong consumer loyalty and huge growth potential which is still attractive for many investors. Think about the payment provider MasterCard and Visa.

Today I want to highlight some of the best yielding services dividend stocks with a double-digit growth, expected for the next five years.

There are nearly 200 companies - wow, the services sector is full of growth. So, I focus on large capitalized stocks with the highest yield. Below is a small list of the 20 best results. Railroads are my favorites due to the expected shale gas boom and the cheap valuation.

Best Services Stock Picks For 2013 | A Selection Of Growth Stocks

Dividend income investors seeking for a high income stream from dividends. In addition, capital gains from stocks trades are a welcome bonus for a long-term investor like me. Over a long period, such capital gains are much higher than the amount of dividends. I personally have a ratio of 1:2. This means for every dollar in dividends I could generate additional two dollars of stock gains. Most of my capital gains are unrealized because I hold them for a very long time.

However, I started a new screen from the services sector. I wanted to know what stocks picks could be the best for next year. Last year’s picks gained 31.16 percent while the sector was up 23.16 percent compared to the previous year.

These are my criteria:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past 5Y Sales growth over 10 percent

- Earnings per share growth for the next five years over 10 percent

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

- Market capitalization above USD 2 billion

Fourteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight pay dividends and twelve are currently recommended to buy. The results are dominated by business services stocks and discount, variety store concepts. 

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 12, 2012

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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 12, 2012. In total, 121 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 53 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	118.25B	8.26	1.19	0.51	5.93%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.91B	3.83	3.21	0.69	5.26%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.61B	13.82	2.44	1.66	5.25%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.22B	15.33	6.37	1.85	3.53%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.83B	20.33	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.92B	18.66	2.56	1.47	2.58%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.95B	16.03	1.17	1.96	2.51%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.05B	14.36	3.89	0.92	2.43%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.62B	18.94	3.15	1.68	2.31%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.68B	20.94	1.61	1.84	2.20%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	19.03B	-	2.48	7.38	2.17%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.33B	19.96	4.23	5.62	2.12%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.55B	12.34	2.80	0.57	2.03%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	27.23B	12.41	3.69	1.96	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.33B	23.26	3.96	1.79	1.90%
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN	21.19B	30.24	0.97	2.23	1.53%
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	CNQ	31.07B	13.02	1.28	2.03	1.48%
Ingersoll-Rand Plc	IR	14.38B	14.44	1.94	1.02	1.34%
Range Resources Corporation	RRC	10.37B	-	4.54	7.56	0.25%