8 Utility Dividend Stocks With The Highest Float Short Ratio

Most sold short utility dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Today I like to look at the most shorted dividend stocks from the utility sector. I observed only stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million and a float short ratio over 5 percent.

Only eight companies have a capital stake with more than 5 percent of short sellers. Utilities are very unpopular in terms of borrowing shares and selling them with hope to cause a stock crash.

I often told that one of the characteristics of a utility stock is the stability. But the price you pay is the low growth and high debt. The capital intensive business model doesn’t allow it to expand the balance sheet without capital increases.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On March 21, 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 March 21, 2013. In total, 8 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.60%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CYS Investments Inc	CYS	2.10B	4.36	0.87	7.15	13.34%
KAR Auction Services, Inc.	KAR	2.83B	30.89	1.93	1.44	3.73%
Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.	PNY	2.51B	18.59	2.20	2.15	3.73%
Portland General Electric	POR	2.25B	15.89	1.30	1.24	3.63%
Bancolombia S.A.	CIB	13.54B	14.35	2.10	3.19	2.49%
Kimball International, Inc.	KBALB	272.76M	19.89	0.88	0.24	2.19%
Novo Nordisk A/S	NVO	75.57B	24.49	12.79	5.52	1.39%
Vail Resorts Inc.	MTN	2.20B	255.38	2.76	2.15	1.35%

Next Week's 20 Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks between March 18 - 24, 2013. In total, 73 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 35 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.44%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
American Capital Agency Corp.	AGNC	13.13B	7.51	1.03	6.23	15.10%
CYS Investments Inc	CYS	2.12B	4.40	0.88	7.22	13.21%
Oi SA	OIBR	2.08B	-	0.28	0.37	7.44%
Aviva plc	AV	4.52B	21.04	0.69	0.86	6.37%
Xcel Energy Inc.	XEL	14.23B	15.75	1.60	1.40	3.71%
KAR Auction Services, Inc.	KAR	2.82B	31.23	1.95	1.44	3.69%
Portland General Electric	POR	2.27B	16.10	1.32	1.26	3.59%
Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.	PNY	2.54B	18.75	2.22	2.17	3.57%
Cincinnati Financial Corp.	CINF	7.67B	18.28	1.40	1.87	3.47%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	201.63B	14.78	1.15	3.56	3.30%
Best Buy Co. Inc.	BBY	7.25B	-	2.37	0.15	3.17%
Tupperware Brands Corporation	TUP	4.24B	22.88	9.09	1.64	3.16%
Bancolombia S.A.	CIB	13.62B	14.40	2.11	3.20	2.47%
Kinross Gold Corporation	KGC	9.03B	-	0.92	2.09	2.02%
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	LVS	44.18B	28.97	6.25	3.97	1.87%
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	8.80B	21.43	3.59	2.35	1.84%
International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	6.20B	24.64	4.98	2.20	1.79%
Total System Services, Inc.	TSS	4.53B	18.83	3.19	2.42	1.65%
International Game Technology	IGT	4.50B	17.92	3.60	2.01	1.65%
Intercontinental Hotels Group	IHG	8.07B	15.75	26.39	4.40	1.46%

The 20 Safest Dividend Growth Stocks – A Summary

Dividend Achievers With Low Beta Ratios Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend growth is an investment strategy that works if you have enough time. At the market are 187 stocks with a consecutive dividend growth of more than five years (Dividend Achievers). I made a list of the 20 dividend growth stocks with the lowest beta ratio, in total a value of less than 0.4. Especially in times of crises like the European debt crisis and the slowing China GDP growth, a safe haven strategy should be a wise decision. The low beta ratio shows that the stock is only low correlated with the market. If he goes 10 percent down, the 0.4 beta stock follows the market only by 4 percent.

Below the 20 results are two High-Yields and five with a buy or better recommendation.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For March 21, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 300 million 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 March 21, 2012. In total, 28 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 11 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.77 percent.

The Best Yielding Gas Utilities

Best Dividend Yields From Gas Utility Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks from the gas utility industry. The complete industry has 32 companies, representing a total market capitalization of USD 144 billion. The industry average dividend yield is 4.1 percent and price to earnings amounts to 22.0. Here are the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization above USD 2 billion. The biggest yield was realized by Inergy (NRGY) with 16.27 percent yield.