The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 03, 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 03, 2012. In total, 35 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 14 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.41%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico	PAC	2.45B	18.15	1.48	6.37	5.47%
Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	56.94B	16.30	3.54	2.78	4.01%
Erie Indemnity	ERIE	3.04B	22.90	3.98	0.62	3.43%
Sysco	SYY	18.51B	16.61	3.95	0.44	3.42%
General Dynamics	GD	23.78B	9.84	1.74	0.73	3.03%
Gentex	GNTX	2.51B	14.69	2.29	2.28	3.00%
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	155.63B	9.48	0.81	2.64	2.93%
BB&T Corporation	BBT	23.03B	13.73	1.22	3.29	2.43%
DuPont Fabros Technology	DFT	2.04B	46.83	1.32	6.59	2.42%
Medtronic	MDT	44.14B	13.15	2.56	2.72	2.40%
McCormick	MKC	7.52B	21.49	4.86	1.89	1.98%
Monsanto	MON	48.17B	22.60	3.94	3.53	1.66%
American Express	AXP	65.45B	13.55	3.41	1.97	1.39%
Torchmark	TMK	4.89B	10.22	1.22	1.42	1.17%
Royal Gold	RGLD	5.80B	61.12	3.18	22.04	0.61%

12 Best Dividend Contenders With High Growth And Low Debt

Best Dividend Contenders Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Growth Stocks create value in the long-run with rising dividends. A major group of stocks have a fantastic dividend growth history. But stocks with a very long history are also highly priced. Today, we like to focus on dividend stocks from the second circle, named Dividend Contenders. Such stocks increased dividends over a period of more than 10 years but less than 25. Exactly 176 Contenders are trade able.

In order to find the best dividend paying growth stocks from the investment class, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.5. Twenty-four Contenders remained of which three stocks yielding over three percent and fifteen are currently recommended to buy.

18 Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks (High Growth With Low Debt)

Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The basic material sector is a great investment field with fantastic growth potential if the economy starts to recover. The whole sector has a total market capitalization of USD 210.91 trillion and summarizes 604 companies. The average dividend yield amounts to 3.23 percent and the P/E ratio is 13.51.

In order to find the best dividend paying stocks within the sector, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 15 percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.4. Eighteen basic material companies remained of which three yielding over three percent and sixteen are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (August 06 – August 12, 2012)

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, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 26 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.68 percent. Exactly 12 stocks have a yield over five percent and 16 are currently recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For April 03, 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 03, 2012. In total, 37 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 12 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.19 percent.

Stephen Mandel - Lone Pine Capital Q4/2011 Fund Portfolio

Stephen Mandel - Lone Pine Capital Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Stephen Mandel's - Lone Pine Capital - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he held 48 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 13,063,798,000.

The Best Dividends From Agricultural Chemical Companies

The Best Yielding Agricultural Chemical Companies Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The chemical industry is a cyclic and growing sector of the economy. A specialized industry with lower volatility is the agricultural chemical industry. Sixteen companies are classifiable to the sector. They all have a total market capitalization of around USD 200 billion. The average P/E ratio of the agri-chemicals amounts to 19.3 and they have a dividend yield of 1.8 percent. Only eight of them pay dividends but half of the dividend stocks are recommended to buy.

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

Robert Hagstrom - Legg Mason Growth Trust Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Robert Hagstrom’s - Legg Mason Growth Trust - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 46 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 167,104,000.

Strategy:

The Fund manager analyzes the fundamental quantitative and qualitative aspects of a company — long-term growth characteristics, sustainable competitive advantages, strong management - compared to its stock price. The investment strategy is based on the principle that the return from owning a stock is ultimately determined by the fundamentals of the underlying business and focus should therefore be on the company's long-term economic progress, disregarding short-term nuances.

Robert Hagstrom’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
DEO - Diageo plc	3.92	0	$87.43
FFIV - F5 Networks	3.49	Reduce 21.43%	$106.13
CELG - Celgene Corp.	3.44	Reduce 32.00%	$67.60
LOW - Lowe's Cos.	3.39	Reduce 25.67%	$25.38
ABT - Abbott Labs	3.3	Reduce 14.78%	$56.23
CNX - CONSOL Energy Inc.	3.29	0	$36.70
AAPL - Apple Inc.	3.27	Reduce 28.95%	$405.04
NBR - Nabors Industries Ltd.	3.27	0	$17.34
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson	3.24	Reduce 2.94%	$65.58
ADBE - Adobe Systems	3.21	Reduce 36.67%	$28.27
MDT - Medtronic Inc.	3.2	0	$38.25
BLK - BlackRock Inc.	3.2	Reduce 34.07%	$178.23
EBAY - eBay Inc.	2.99	Reduce 17.50%	$30.33
EMC - EMC Corp.	2.84	Reduce 26.67%	$21.54
QCOM - QUALCOMM Inc.	2.62	Reduce 36.00%	$54.70
MON - Monsanto Co.	2.6	Reduce 4.62%	$70.06
NKE - NIKE Inc.	2.48	Reduce 4.44%	$96.37
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	2.47	Add 5.00%	$78.48
RHHVF - Roche Holdings AG	2.42	Add 5.56%	$42.55
RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc.	2.32	Add 5.88%	$43.01
AMZN - Amazon Corp.	2.28	0	$173.09
PG - Procter & Gamble	2.2	Reduce 26.67%	$66.71
PWR - Quanta Services	2.19	Reduce 22.73%	$21.54
PEP - PepsiCo Inc.	2.18	Reduce 31.25%	$66.35
LUV - Southwest Airlines	2.18	0	$8.56
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.	2.17	Reduce 45.10%	$25.96
CSCO - Cisco Systems	2.16	Reduce 39.39%	$18.08
MYGN - Myriad Genetics Inc.	2.13	0	$20.94
SLB - Schlumberger Ltd.	2.04	0	$68.32
CTSH - Cognizant Technology Solutions	2.02	Add 110.00%	$64.30
ADSK - Autodesk Inc.	1.95	0	$30.33
MMM - 3M Co.	1.71	0	$81.74
SCHW - Charles Schwab	1.68	Reduce 28.57%	$11.26
RHT - Red Hat Inc.	1.45	0	$41.30
GRPN - Groupon Inc.	1.23	Buy	$20.63
LCCTF - LOccitane Int.	1.21	Add 26.25%	$2.01
MRVL - Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	1.16	0	$13.85
ALV - Autoliv Inc.	1.12	Buy	$53.49
JIVE - Jive Software Inc.	1.1	Buy	$16.00
ATHN - athenahealth Inc.	1.03	Buy	$49.11
APKT - Acme Packet Inc	0.93	Buy	$30.92
SINA - Sina Corp.	0.93	Add 53.85%	$52.00
PRDSF - PRADA SPA	0.6	Buy	$4.53
CTRP - Ctrip.com International Ltd.	0.49	Buy	$23.40
YNGDF - YINGDE GASES GROUP	0.46	Buy	$1.02
YOKO - Youku.com Inc.	0.42	0	$15.67

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