The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 11, 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.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 11, 2012. In total, 38 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 19 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.44%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	2.27B	28.00	1.05	27.09	14.29%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	9.17B	12.08	2.42	1.81	4.58%
SAIC, Inc.	SAI	3.86B	-	1.64	0.35	4.25%
Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.	MAA	2.62B	49.84	3.11	5.47	4.14%
Watsco Inc.	WSO	2.68B	27.52	2.95	0.84	3.20%
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.	FCX	38.61B	12.25	2.33	2.09	3.07%
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	111.27B	22.94	4.54	2.82	2.88%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	18.10B	-	2.26	6.57	2.28%
Phillips 66	PSX	28.89B	6.00	1.53	0.15	2.17%
Jefferies Group, Inc.	JEF	2.88B	12.55	0.95	0.78	2.12%
American Financial Group Inc.	AFG	3.57B	9.06	0.78	0.73	2.05%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.	POT	35.79B	14.46	4.08	4.30	2.02%
IDEX Corporation	IEX	3.38B	16.80	2.14	1.74	1.98%
Buckle Inc.	BKE	2.14B	13.65	5.17	1.96	1.79%
Chesapeake Energy Corporation	CHK	13.04B	6.44	0.74	1.04	1.79%
Service Corp. International	SCI	2.91B	18.52	2.14	1.23	1.78%
Trinity Industries Inc.	TRN	2.51B	12.28	1.31	0.68	1.38%
Investors Bancorp Inc.	ISBC	2.07B	23.73	2.02	4.27	1.08%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	6.97B	13.85	2.19	1.88	0.43%

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Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For April 12, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 12, 2012. In total, 29 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 14 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.12 percent.

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Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For January 13, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date tomorrow. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend.

The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settle your trade before the ex-dividend date.

These are the results of the best yielding stocks:

WSI Industries Inc. (WSCI) has a market capitalization of USD 14.21 Million and operates within the “Diversified Machinery” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 14.85,
Forward P/E Ratio: -,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.56,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.35,
Dividend Yield: 3.27%.

1-Year Chart Of WSI Industries Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of WSI Industries Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP) has a market capitalization of USD 14.00 Billion and operates within the “REIT - Retail” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: 49.90,
Price/Sales Ratio: 5.08,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.49,
Dividend Yield: 2.67%.

1-Year Chart Of General Growth Properties Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of General Growth Properties Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (WST) has a market capitalization of USD 1.30 Billion and operates within the “Medical Instruments & Supplies” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 21.49,
Forward P/E Ratio: 15.23,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.11,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.89,
Dividend Yield: 1.86%.

1-Year Chart Of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

EPIQ Systems, Inc. (EPIQ) has a market capitalization of USD 430.66 Million and operates within the “Information Technology Services” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 33.50,
Forward P/E Ratio: 11.71,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.55,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.30,
Dividend Yield: 1.66%.

1-Year Chart Of EPIQ Systems, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of EPIQ Systems, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

Alamo Group, Inc. (ALG) has a market capitalization of USD 333.36 Million and operates within the “Farm & Construction Machinery” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 11.66,
Forward P/E Ratio: -,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.57,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.21,
Dividend Yield: 0.86%.

1-Year Chart Of Alamo Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of Alamo Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

Celanese Corporation (CE) has a market capitalization of USD 7.16 Billion and operates within the “Chemicals - Major Diversified” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 11.83,
Forward P/E Ratio: 9.81,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.08,
Price/Book Ratio: 4.92,
Dividend Yield: 0.52%.

1-Year Chart Of Celanese Corporation (Click to enlarge); Source: finance.yahoo.com

Long-Term Dividend History of Celanese Corporation (Click to enlarge); Source: Buyupside.com 

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date as of next Friday can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks On January 13, 2011. In total, 6 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 1 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 1.79 percent.