Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 07, 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 07, 2012. In total, 7 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.69%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CenturyLink, Inc.	CTL	24.27B	37.03	1.20	1.32	7.46%
Best Buy Co. Inc.	BBY	4.07B	-	0.99	0.08	5.63%
Laclede Group Inc.	LG	919.36M	14.56	1.53	0.82	4.17%
TELUS Corporation	TU	21.26B	16.69	2.62	1.96	3.92%
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.	MW	1.59B	13.28	1.51	0.66	2.30%
Unitedhealth Group, Inc.	UNH	55.00B	10.26	1.80	0.51	1.58%
Virgin Media, Inc.	VMED	9.50B	26.42	11.96	1.45	0.45%

Next Week's Cheapest Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 cheap price ratios (P/E below 15, P/S and P/B under 2) that have their ex date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 03 - 09, 2012. In total, 135 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 61 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.14%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding and cheapest ex-dividend stocks for next week:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.	BOX	372.73M	8.02	1.51	1.92	6.53%
PPL Corporation	PPL	17.02B	10.52	1.52	1.28	4.91%
Public Service Enterprise Group	PEG	15.22B	10.82	1.41	1.52	4.72%
Westar Energy, Inc.	WR	3.63B	14.72	1.26	1.63	4.60%
Gannett Co., Inc.	GCI	4.11B	9.73	1.69	0.79	4.47%
American National Insurance Co.	ANAT	1.85B	10.21	0.48	0.62	4.46%
Tower Group Inc.	TWGP	648.62M	12.25	0.61	0.34	4.44%
SCANA Corp.	SCG	6.04B	14.90	1.49	1.48	4.27%
Laclede Group Inc.	LG	918.01M	14.54	1.53	0.82	4.18%
Kronos Worldwide Inc.	KRO	1.87B	5.79	1.67	0.93	3.72%
Miller Industries Inc.	MLR	158.30M	13.12	1.02	0.43	3.64%
ManTech International	MANT	924.26M	8.76	0.81	0.35	3.36%
Principal Financial Group Inc.	PFG	7.97B	11.46	0.81	0.89	3.09%
SLM Corporation	SLM	7.65B	7.63	1.55	1.20	3.02%
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.	CVR	19.59M	11.95	0.85	0.59	2.97%
Kohl's Corp.	KSS	10.47B	10.26	1.72	0.55	2.87%
The Travelers Companies, Inc.	TRV	27.01B	10.12	1.04	1.05	2.60%
Acme United Corp.	ACU	34.27M	10.20	1.13	0.42	2.54%
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.	MW	1.65B	13.75	1.56	0.69	2.22%
WellPoint Inc.	WLP	16.97B	7.37	0.74	0.28	2.06%

My Top Dividend Growth Stocks From Last Week

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 41 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 18 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 39.01 percent. Exactly 9 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (High-Yield), 19 yield above three percent. 18 companies are currently recommended to buy.

12 Utility Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio

Utility Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Utilities are normally stable dividend payer with low growth and high debt. At the stock markets are 122 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 18.4 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 4.11 percent (highest yields are paid by gas and diversified utilities) and the average P/E ratio is 15.44.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the short float ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of short float have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Twelve dividend stocks from the utility sector have a short float ratio of more than 5 percent.