20 Mega Caps And Their Dividend Payments

Mega capitalized stocks and their dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". I often talk about large capitalized stocks and that they might offer a lower risk than small or micro caps.

It’s my general experience because I saw their business models and know that large capitalized companies are a compilation of several small and mid caps. Look at Procter & Gamble. They have a huge brand portfolio under the P&G corporate brand and a big part of them generate sales over a billion U.S. Dollar and employs thousands of people.

I believe that a compilation of 10 or 20 mid caps could be a better investment for investors because they can benefit from the corporate diversification. For sure, the price they pay is a lower performance compared to pureblooded stocks with a single business model. Stable dividends and systematic growth is my major focus and most of them are generated by higher capitalized stocks. That's the result of my research.

Today I like to give you an overview of the yields from mega caps. Those are companies with a market capitalization above the USD 200 billion mark. Only 20 listed companies have such a big market capitalization and 18 of them pay good dividends; 16 have a buy or better recommendation.

Great Britain’s Best Yielding Large Cap ADRs With Cheap Price Ratios

Large capitalized stocks from the United Kingdom with low forward P/E’s and good dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

I’ve started a new series of screens on my blog. The best yielding large cap stocks from foreign countries with cheap price ratios. The results from Asia and Latin America were inspirational for me but when I look deeper into the results, I realize that I could not build a deeper relationship to them. They are too far away from my research and their products and services are really unknown for me.

Today I like to come back to the core industrialized countries by screening stocks from the United Kingdom with an U.S. listing. A full list of the best yielding stocks from the FTSE can also be found in my weekly published E-Book “Dividend Weekly”.

My criteria are still the same: A market capitalization over USD 10 billion with a low forward P/E of less than 15. Finally, the dividend yield should be positive. In total, 16 of 38 U.K. stocks fulfilled these criteria. Thirteen companies have a current buy or better rating.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 20, 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 20, 2013. In total, 17 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.24%.

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
PennantPark Investment Corporation	PNNT	435.00M	9.24	1.16	3.64	9.33%
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.	PFLT	-	-	-	-	7.28%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	201.19B	14.75	1.15	3.55	6.62%
Aviva plc	AV	4.45B	20.72	0.68	0.84	6.47%
SmartPros Ltd.	SPRO	7.11M	-	0.65	0.44	3.97%
LS Starrett Co.	SCX	64.90M	-	0.57	0.26	3.73%
Nicholas Financial Inc.	NICK	159.75M	7.57	1.29	2.28	3.64%
EarthLink Inc.	ELNK	567.81M	78.71	0.79	0.42	3.63%
Intercontinental Hotels Group	IHG	8.09B	15.79	26.46	4.41	2.85%
JMP Group Inc.	JMP	147.96M	54.58	1.17	1.03	2.14%
Hawkins Inc.	HWKN	414.06M	25.46	2.44	1.20	1.73%
Convergys Corporation	CVG	1.80B	67.96	1.35	0.90	1.41%
Mentor Graphics Corp.	MENT	1.95B	14.58	2.01	1.81	1.04%
Computer Task Group Inc.	CTGX	425.33M	26.05	4.14	1.02	0.88%
Financial Engines, Inc.	FNGN	1.67B	94.14	6.34	9.01	0.57%
World Fuel Services Corp.	INT	2.84B	14.88	1.87	0.07	0.38%
Advance Auto Parts Inc.	AAP	5.94B	15.46	4.89	0.96	0.30%

Next Week's 20 Top Yielding 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 18 - 24, 2013. In total, 73 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 35 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
American Capital Agency Corp.	AGNC	13.13B	7.51	1.03	6.23	15.10%
CYS Investments Inc	CYS	2.12B	4.40	0.88	7.22	13.21%
Oi SA	OIBR	2.08B	-	0.28	0.37	7.44%
Aviva plc	AV	4.52B	21.04	0.69	0.86	6.37%
Xcel Energy Inc.	XEL	14.23B	15.75	1.60	1.40	3.71%
KAR Auction Services, Inc.	KAR	2.82B	31.23	1.95	1.44	3.69%
Portland General Electric	POR	2.27B	16.10	1.32	1.26	3.59%
Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.	PNY	2.54B	18.75	2.22	2.17	3.57%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.	CINF	7.67B	18.28	1.40	1.87	3.47%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	201.63B	14.78	1.15	3.56	3.30%
Best Buy Co. Inc.	BBY	7.25B	-	2.37	0.15	3.17%
Tupperware Brands Corporation	TUP	4.24B	22.88	9.09	1.64	3.16%
Bancolombia S.A.	CIB	13.62B	14.40	2.11	3.20	2.47%
Kinross Gold Corporation	KGC	9.03B	-	0.92	2.09	2.02%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	LVS	44.18B	28.97	6.25	3.97	1.87%
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	8.80B	21.43	3.59	2.35	1.84%
International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	6.20B	24.64	4.98	2.20	1.79%
Total System Services, Inc.	TSS	4.53B	18.83	3.19	2.42	1.65%
International Game Technology	IGT	4.50B	17.92	3.60	2.01	1.65%
Intercontinental Hotels Group	IHG	8.07B	15.75	26.39	4.40	1.46%

57 Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The total number of stocks which announced a dividend hike shrank to 57 over the last week. That’s still a big value compared to figure of the recent months. 

Dividend growth is still a popular source for growing wealth and I discover every weeks the latest growth stocks and publish them in my Dividend Weekly and on my blog.

My favorite pick this week is Colgate. The toothpaste maker hiked its dividends by 9.7 percent. Many stocks from the financial and services sector are on the list. It could be sign for a stronger growth perspective within these areas.

57 stocks and funds raised dividends last week of which 39 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.04 percent. Linked is a full free list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are 4 High-Yields, stocks with over 5 percent dividend yield. 27 companies have a current buy or better rating.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 24, 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 24, 2012. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.85%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Franklin Street Properties Corp.	FSP	928.93M	46.67	1.03	6.15	6.79%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	BLX	850.52M	8.68	1.05	4.63	5.38%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	183.14B	11.63	1.09	2.98	3.62%
Healthcare Services Group Inc.	HCSG	1.61B	38.60	7.19	1.53	2.76%
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	4.16B	91.65	2.09	1.17	2.09%
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	4.65B	20.43	3.85	1.21	1.86%
PetSmart, Inc.	PETM	7.25B	22.58	6.38	1.14	0.98%
Signet Jewelers Limited	SIG	4.01B	12.71	1.90	1.05	0.97%
SM Energy Company	SM	3.69B	24.37	2.38	2.32	0.18%