17 Highest Dividend Paying Processed & Packaged Goods Stocks

The highest yielding processed and packaged goods stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". One of my favorite industries within the consumer goods sector is the processed and packaged goods industry. Only 35 companies have a relationship to the industry and 17 of them pay dividends.

I love the industry because of the high number of low beta stocks. Foods and consumer goods are daily consumption products with essential functions. Consumers don’t stop washing or cooking if the economy is going down. Sure if they lose their job they need to look for cheaper products or scout for less services and quality but they don’t stop consuming. That’s also the reason why I love the processed and packaged goods industry. Car purchases will be deferred but toilet paper and deodorant buys not in the same way.

Linked is a small list of the highest dividend paying processed and packaged goods stocks. 12 of them have a current buy or better recommendation.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend Shares November 29, 2012

The Best Yielding 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 date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 29, 2012. In total, 67 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 23 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.34%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	30.13B	10.63	12.35	0.64	4.94%
Realty Income Corp.	O	5.26B	46.41	2.16	11.35	4.61%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.	AJG	4.52B	21.63	2.76	1.86	3.74%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	86.26B	16.18	6.22	3.14	3.58%
Kellogg Company	K	19.87B	16.80	8.15	1.46	3.17%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	33.03B	15.15	1.34	3.66	3.08%
M&T Bank Corporation	MTB	12.63B	15.39	1.26	4.34	2.84%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.23B	13.41	0.76	3.11	2.46%
The Interpublic Group of Companies	IPG	4.43B	14.46	2.11	0.64	2.34%
City National Corp.	CYN	2.64B	12.96	1.12	2.99	2.04%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	3.97B	21.99	2.94	4.89	1.96%
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	9.11B	21.76	0.39	0.37	1.91%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	3.35B	210.92	10.80	0.82	1.82%
Schlumberger Limited	SLB	92.76B	17.08	2.71	2.20	1.57%
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU	50.81B	10.81	1.26	1.29	1.57%
Expeditors International of Washington	EXPD	7.73B	23.11	3.70	1.30	1.51%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	9.51B	-	2.80	4.94	1.46%
Ashland Inc.	ASH	5.51B	179.13	1.37	0.67	1.29%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	8.84B	14.66	2.40	0.33	1.21%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc.	JKHY	3.32B	20.88	3.28	3.17	1.19%