Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On February 07, 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 February 07, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 2 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.32%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
AmeriGas Partners LP	APU	4.10B	58.89	2.87	1.40	7.24%
Olin Corp.	OLN	1.90B	12.80	1.90	0.87	3.38%
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	231.43M	51.59	0.71	3.25	2.67%
Access National Corp.	ANCX	159.39M	9.04	1.75	4.34	2.33%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	429.94B	10.38	3.38	2.61	2.32%
Monarch Financial Holdings	MNRK	67.69M	8.66	0.81	1.51	2.14%
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia	SONA	113.00M	17.11	1.10	3.01	2.05%
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.	GROW	64.24M	80.60	1.64	3.05	1.49%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	11.06B	20.06	3.31	6.20	1.16%

Dividend Stocks At New 52-Week Highs With Low P/E Ratio

Cheapest Dividend Stocks At New 52-Week Highs Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks at new one year high indicate a good health of the company and the future growth perspectives. Stocks at new 52-Week Highs are normally highly priced if earnings expectations did not rise.

I screened all stocks with positive dividend payments and a low P/E ratio (below 15) that have crossed recently new one year highs and tried to find some opportunities. Thirteen companies fulfilled my restrictions of which two have a double-digit yield and four are high yields. Only five of the results are still recommended to buy.