Ex-Dividend Growth Stocks As Of September 13, 2018

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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Get the PDF via Mail…
MO	Altria Group, Inc.	15.78	13.92	4.54	7.26	5.28%	Stock Report of MO
M	Macy's, Inc.	10.13	10.14	0.44	1.87	4.20%	Stock Report of M
WY	Weyerhaeuser Company	24.92	22.38	3.44	2.78	3.99%	Stock Report of WY
WU	The Western Union Company	23.81	9.92	1.52	-	3.97%	Stock Report of WU
EXR	Extra Space Storage Inc.	24.21	29.59	10.3	4.89	3.78%	Stock Report of EXR
CCI	Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT)	112.41	66.02	9.59	3.72	3.73%	Stock Report of CCI
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	33.52	20.58	5.92	10.69	3.39%	Stock Report of KO
DLR	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.	127.58	87.62	9.06	2.86	3.27%	Stock Report of DLR
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	22.55	18.89	2.21	2.14	3.10%	Stock Report of XEL
PKG	Packaging Corporation of America	17.49	12.93	1.57	4.45	2.79%	Stock Report of PKG
TROW	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	16.18	13.94	5.4	4.34	2.56%	Stock Report of TROW
CMA	Comerica Incorporated	16.31	12.25	6.99	2.09	2.47%	Stock Report of CMA
EMN	Eastman Chemical Company	12.65	10.4	1.37	2.41	2.31%	Stock Report of EMN
NTRS	Northern Trust Corporation	18.28	14.81	4.03	2.52	2.07%	Stock Report of NTRS
NDAQ	Nasdaq, Inc.	23.6	17.67	3.68	2.79	1.88%	Stock Report of NDAQ
ADP	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	40.2	24.86	4.85	18.61	1.88%	Stock Report of ADP
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	27.6	16.83	3.04	-	1.64%	Stock Report of MSI
XL	XL Group Ltd	-	15.2	1.27	1.52	1.54%	Stock Report of XL
ALB	Albemarle Corporation	14.46	15.87	3.23	2.89	1.38%	Stock Report of ALB
FIS	Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.	55.16	18.6	4.12	3.43	1.18%	Stock Report of FIS

Ticker	Company	Sales past 5Y	Sales Q/Q	EPS Q/Q	EPS next 5Y	Perf Year
MO	Altria Group, Inc.	0.80%	-5.40%	-1.7%	10.1%	-2.65%
M	Macy's, Inc.	-2.10%	-0.80%	46.9%	-0.8%	68.76%
WY	Weyerhaeuser Company	3.70%	14.20%	1220.8%	5.0%	1.58%
WU	The Western Union Company	-0.50%	2.30%	34.2%	4.2%	2.41%
EXR	Extra Space Storage Inc.	22.00%	7.50%	4.3%	6.0%	10.53%
CCI	Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT)	12.40%	28.10%	19.2%	21.4%	5.77%
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	-5.90%	-8.00%	64.2%	7.3%	-0.52%
DLR	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.	14.00%	33.40%	-11.8%	-4.5%	2.27%
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	2.40%	0.50%	-18.2%	6.0%	-2.43%
PKG	Packaging Corporation of America	17.80%	11.60%	30.1%	12.4%	-0.52%
TROW	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	9.20%	13.40%	17.8%	-1.8%	33.30%
CMA	Comerica Incorporated	3.20%	19.00%	41.9%	28.6%	50.08%
EMN	Eastman Chemical Company	3.30%	8.40%	19.8%	11.0%	14.25%
NTRS	Northern Trust Corporation	5.90%	17.20%	50.6%	15.1%	20.30%
NDAQ	Nasdaq, Inc.	4.90%	3.30%	11.7%	12.3%	25.62%
ADP	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	7.10%	8.30%	-41.5%	14.6%	35.61%
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	0.40%	17.60%	35.2%	15.2%	49.35%
XL	XL Group Ltd	9.30%	7.60%	6.2%	21.9%	47.63%
ALB	Albemarle Corporation	4.00%	15.80%	196.5%	12.7%	-17.66%
FIS	Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.	9.50%	-6.70%	53.0%	13.4%	17.79%

Ticker	Company	ROA	ROE	ROI	Oper- Margin	Debt/ Equity
MO	Altria Group, Inc.	24.30%	72.10%	24.0%	37.9%	0.88
M	Macy's, Inc.	8.50%	30.70%	10.9%	7.2%	0.94
WY	Weyerhaeuser Company	5.50%	10.90%	6.8%	20.5%	0.69
WU	The Western Union Company	-4.90%	298.20%	15.6%	10.1%	-
EXR	Extra Space Storage Inc.	6.60%	21.30%	7.7%	48.7%	2.04
CCI	Crown Castle International Corp. (REIT)	1.20%	3.10%	3.6%	23.3%	1.27
KO	The Coca-Cola Company	2.60%	12.10%	12.5%	34.5%	2.55
DLR	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.	0.90%	2.20%	2.5%	16.7%	1.02
XEL	Xcel Energy Inc.	2.90%	10.70%	6.1%	19.0%	1.45
PKG	Packaging Corporation of America	11.80%	33.00%	13.4%	14.4%	1.05
TROW	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	21.20%	27.40%	21.6%	43.6%	-
CMA	Comerica Incorporated	1.00%	9.20%	12.7%	82.9%	0.70
EMN	Eastman Chemical Company	9.00%	26.70%	10.8%	15.5%	1.18
NTRS	Northern Trust Corporation	1.00%	14.50%	0.9%	30.5%	12.83
NDAQ	Nasdaq, Inc.	4.90%	13.20%	7.6%	26.1%	0.69
ADP	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	4.00%	42.20%	30.1%	16.4%	0.58
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	-0.80%	4.70%	32.7%	18.9%	-
XL	XL Group Ltd	-0.80%	-5.60%	-1.7%	-2.2%	0.33
ALB	Albemarle Corporation	4.40%	8.90%	10.4%	27.3%	0.44
FIS	Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.	5.90%	13.90%	5.3%	17.5%	0.85

10 Stocks With The Highest Buyback Yield

Investing in companies returning cash to shareholders via a combination of buybacks and dividends has proven to be an effective long-term strategy relative to the market and other uses of cash.

Since 1991, a sector-neutral basket of the S&P 500 stocks with the highest trailing combined dividend and buyback yields has returned an annualized 15.7% versus 13.8% for the top capex + R&D spenders and 12.8% for S&P 500. It seems this could be a great way to invest.

What is a stock purchase?

A stock repurchase occurs when a company asks stockholders to tender their shares for repurchase by the company. This is an alternate way for a company to increase value for stockholders. First, a repurchase can be used to restructure the company's capital structure without increasing the company's debt load.

Additionally, rather than a company changing its dividend policy, it can offer value to its stockholders through stock repurchases, keeping in mind that capital gains taxes are lower than taxes on dividends.

Advantages of a Stock Repurchase

Many companies initiate a share repurchase at a price level that management deems a good entry point. This point tends to be when the stock is estimated to be undervalued. If a company knows its business and relative stock price well, would it purchase its stock price at a high level? The answer is no, leading investors to believe the management perceives its stock price to be at a low level.

Unlike a cash dividend, a stock repurchase gives the decision to the investor. A stockholder can choose to tender his shares for repurchase, accept the payment and pay the taxes. With a cash dividend, a stockholder has no choice but to accept the dividend and pay the taxes.

At times, there may be a block of shares from one or more large shareholders that could come into the market, but the timing may be unknown. This problem may actually keep potential stockholders away since they may be worried about a flood of shares coming onto the market and lessening the stock's value. A stock repurchase can be quite useful in this situation.

However, let's come back to the real facts from the market. Attached you will find 10 stocks with the highest buyback yield of the past twelve months. The yield starts at 14.9% and ends at nearly 40%. Great values.

Here they are sorted by yield...

10 Top Stocks With The Highest Shareholder Yield In The S&P 500

Dividends are good but they need to be paid from real earnings. Sometimes, companies pay more than they have on their bank accounts due to growth costs or reinvestments.

You will also find often stocks that pay only a small amount of their annual income back to shareholders. 

Good companies with no growth costs will consider paying the rest of the income via share buybacks.

Within the financial scene we discuss the theme shareholder yield, a ratio that quantifies the dividend yield and buyback yield as a whole.

It's quite simple, the bigger the shareholder yield, the more money being paid back to the owners of the company.

Attached you will find the 10 stocks with the highest shareholder yield of the current month.

These are the results...

10 Stocks With The Highest Shareholder Yield As Of July 2016

Top 10 Net Payout Yields For July 2016;
Source: Seeking Alpha

10 Stocks With The Highest Buyback Yield

10 Stocks With The Highest Buyback Yield;
Source: FactSet (click to enlarge)

10 Best Stocks By Shareholder Yield As Of June 2016

The top 10 list saw very minor shifts for June typical of the months when a limited amount of quarterly updates exist on stock buybacks. 

In fact, no stock shifted more than one spot on the list with American Airlines topping the list for a second consecutive month. 

With the increased position of United Airlines, the list is now highly focused on the airline, technology, and financial sectors. The average yield gained without any new company joining the list due in part to the monthly loss. The amazing part is that the top four yielding stocks exceed 20% yields.

These are the 10 Top stocks by net payout yield as of June 2016...