Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 01, 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 April 01, 2013. In total, 13 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.20%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.	CLI	2.52B	65.02	1.42	3.57	6.29%
American Strategic Income Portfolio III	CSP	155.69M	-	-	-	6.17%
Corrections Corporation of America	CXW	3.92B	25.04	2.57	2.23	5.43%
RAIT Financial Trust	RAS	483.94M	-	0.53	2.07	5.02%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD	76.81B	12.03	1.63	3.53	3.79%
Kimco Realty Corporation	KIM	9.15B	89.60	1.92	9.84	3.75%
Raytheon Co.	RTN	19.19B	10.41	2.40	0.79	3.40%
Guess' Inc.	GES	2.12B	11.04	1.93	0.81	3.22%
CVB Financial Corp.	CVBF	1.18B	15.23	1.55	4.51	3.02%
Companhia de Saneamento Basico	SBS	5.44B	13.33	1.92	1.04	2.58%
Comcast Corporation	CMCSA	110.81B	18.33	2.26	1.77	1.86%
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.	ITUB	81.36B	12.99	2.16	2.77	0.51%
Invacare Corporation	IVC	430.65M	-	0.67	0.25	0.38%

Best Utility Dividend Stock Picks For 2013

The utility sectors offers generally high dividend yields with value. The negative point is that the sector is very capital intensive and the growth potential is limited. However, I wanted to know what stocks are the best dividend stock buy picks for the next year. I screened all 123 listed utility stocks by the best ones for next year. My criteria are:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past Sales growth recent 10 years over 5 percent

- Positive Earnings per share growth for the next five years

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

Twelve companies fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Eight of them have a buy or better rating. The mostly represented industry is the eclectic utility industry. I personally don’t own any utility stocks because I am a dividend growth investor. I always look for growing companies with strong brands and high abilities to expand aboard. Utilities don’t fulfill these criteria. So my main focus will be on the consumer sector.

12 Best Dividend Paying Utilities To Consider

Best Dividend Paying Utilities Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The utility sector is a great investment field with fantastic value and sustainable high dividends. The whole sector has a total market capitalization of USD 18.68 trillion and summarizes 117 companies. The average dividend yield amounts to 4.24 percent and the P/E ratio is 15.51.

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 five percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. In order get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under one. Twelve utility companies remained of which nine yielding over three percent and eight are currently recommended to buy.

12 High Yield Stocks With Additional Payout Potential

Stocks With High Yields And Low Payout Ratios Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Big dividends are a wonderful instrument to increase your private income. Better if the dividends and at least your income grow above the inflation rate.

I screened the capital markets by high yields stocks with a low payout ratio of less than 40 percent of the current total earnings per share. If the company doesn’t need much money to finance growth or repay debt, the dividends should be increased by the company in the mid-term. In order to eliminate such stocks with a low capitalization and trading volume, I decided to list only those stocks with a higher market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion. Twelve companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which three have a double-digit yield.