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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Get the PDF via Mail…
MPLX	MPLX LP	20.3	14.36	5.66	4.16	7.04%	Stock Report of MPLX
SWM	Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.	13.24	11.22	1.24	2.34	4.13%	Stock Report of SWM
MFC	Manulife Financial Corporation	18.9	6.24	0.91	1.14	3.76%	Stock Report of MFC
HTBK	Heritage Commerce Corp	21.86	12.2	5.59	1.82	2.93%	Stock Report of HTBK
PAG	Penske Automotive Group, Inc.	10.46	9.41	0.19	1.76	2.67%	Stock Report of PAG
HNNA	Hennessy Advisors, Inc.	4.85	-	2.12	1.72	2.67%	Stock Report of HNNA
CSGS	CSG Systems International, Inc.	22.34	14.08	1.64	3.85	2.03%	Stock Report of CSGS
AIMC	Altra Industrial Motion Corp.	26.19	13.15	1.31	2.9	1.65%	Stock Report of AIMC
GFF	Griffon Corporation	-	16.2	0.51	1.51	1.60%	Stock Report of GFF
SBFG	SB Financial Group, Inc.	14.48	11.82	3.65	1.17	1.59%	Stock Report of SBFG
SCI	Service Corporation International	16	21.48	2.47	5.34	1.58%	Stock Report of SCI
CZWI	Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc.	27.31	12.31	2.31	1.07	1.42%	Stock Report of CZWI
UNH	UnitedHealth Group Incorporated	24.38	18.29	1.19	5.24	1.37%	Stock Report of UNH
TRCB	Two River Bancorp	15.56	12.39	3.6	1.32	1.27%	Stock Report of TRCB
JOUT	Johnson Outdoors Inc.	18.42	19.4	1.84	3.45	0.49%	Stock Report of JOUT

Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Week

Dividend Growth Stock Compilation Of The Recent Week

Studies have shown that dividend growth stocks are historically one of the best-performing classes of equities, which are themselves the greatest long-term wealth generators you can own.

That makes intuitive sense, because companies that grow their dividends consistently over time have shareholder-friendly, conservative corporate cultures that have to focus on wise shareholder capital allocation and strong balance sheets.

Attached you will find the latest dividend growth stock compilation of the past week. Each of which is rewarding income investors with rising payouts, and is likely to generate solid long-term total returns in the years and decades to come.

The latest dividend growth stock compilation...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 23, 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.

In total, 18 stocks go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.14%. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the upcoming week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CPFL Energia S.A.	CPL	7.78B	15.55	2.69	1.21	5.81%
CIFC Corp.	CIFC	162.31M	26.90	0.61	15.46	5.13%
The Scotts Miracle-Gro	SMG	3.34B	23.95	4.50	1.20	3.23%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	249.50B	19.73	3.58	3.56	2.97%
Delek US Holdings Inc.	DK	1.56B	5.58	1.61	0.17	2.27%
Rocky Brands, Inc.	RCKY	132.81M	12.53	1.04	0.54	2.26%
Prudential Financial, Inc.	PRU	36.06B	-	1.03	0.45	2.06%
Elbit Systems Ltd.	ESLT	1.92B	10.92	1.84	0.67	1.96%
YPF S.A.	YPF	6.45B	10.12	1.15	0.47	1.95%
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.	MHFI	16.25B	22.53	13.28	3.40	1.89%
KeyCorp	KEY	11.05B	14.06	1.11	4.12	1.82%
Parker Hannifin Corporation	PH	15.20B	16.36	2.65	1.17	1.77%
John Bean Technologies	JBT	659.34M	17.50	6.07	0.72	1.59%
Barnes Group Inc.	B	1.71B	23.44	1.76	1.47	1.38%
Carpenter Technology	CRS	2.90B	20.11	2.23	1.28	1.31%
Griffon Corporation	GFF	618.62M	95.00	0.98	0.33	0.88%
Nordson Corporation	NDSN	4.48B	19.57	6.09	2.90	0.86%
Marten Transport Ltd.	MRTN	600.44M	20.55	1.75	0.92	0.39%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 23, 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 23, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which none yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.91%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	248.84B	24.14	3.71	3.63	2.98%
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.	DNKN	4.41B	43.58	12.74	6.61	1.84%
Assurant Inc.	AIZ	3.90B	9.67	0.76	0.45	1.66%
Delek US Holdings Inc.	DK	2.18B	7.14	2.30	0.25	1.65%
Guaranty Bancorp	GBNK	1.17B	81.86	6.47	16.86	0.87%
Griffon Corporation	GFF	700.58M	55.67	1.10	0.38	0.86%
Rocky Brands, Inc.	RCKY	122.20M	13.54	0.96	0.53	0.62%
Hecla Mining Co.	HL	960.99M	84.25	0.84	3.14	0.30%
Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	7.14B	-	1.92	2.78	0.07%