Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 24, 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.

In total, 17 stocks go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Value Line	VALU	90.33M	14.31	2.76	2.52	6.55%
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior	BLX	1.02B	13.21	1.21	5.30	4.50%
Dominion Resources, Inc.	D	37.20B	114.91	3.38	2.84	3.50%
The Blackstone Group	BX	16.66B	26.66	3.01	3.25	3.22%
Rockville Financial Inc.	RCKB	343.83M	21.41	1.16	4.43	3.06%
OceanFirst Financial Corp.	OCFC	307.72M	16.97	1.42	3.71	2.67%
Pacific Continental Corp.	PCBK	249.85M	19.42	1.40	4.38	2.58%
A. Schulman, Inc.	SHLM	943.10M	21.03	1.81	0.44	2.42%
Dell	DELL	24.33B	18.22	2.25	0.43	2.31%
The Bank of New York Mellon	BK	36.29B	17.26	1.03	10.84	1.90%
Unum Group	UNM	8.42B	9.63	1.00	0.80	1.83%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	GS	73.80B	9.67	1.04	1.77	1.26%
Barnes Group Inc.	B	2.05B	28.04	2.10	1.76	1.15%
CoBiz Financial Inc	COBZ	436.52M	17.85	1.64	4.16	1.08%
Agilent Technologies Inc.	A	17.30B	19.04	3.61	2.53	0.94%
Citigroup, Inc.	C	154.02B	4.35	0.79	1.76	0.08%

30 Top Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 30 companies announced a dividend hike within the recent week. Only six of them are large capitalized stocks and five are really cheap in terms of a low forward P/E.

It’s in line with our recognition of rising stock market multiples. Real cheap stocks are very rare. The most dangerous item are growth expectations. Growth let earnings multiples grow but you need low multiples with a solid growing business to make a good return.

The biggest results are Itau Unibanco, Goldman Sachs and Abbott Laboratories as well.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 17, 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 July 17, 2013. In total, 12 stocks go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.65%.

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Himax Technologies, Inc.	HIMX	1.03B	20.07	2.41	1.39	4.15%
Comtech Telecommunications	CMTL	464.29M	26.43	1.15	1.33	3.96%
Friedman Industries Inc.	FRD	67.11M	10.97	1.06	0.49	3.24%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	2.43B	20.68	5.33	0.91	2.94%
A. Schulman, Inc.	SHLM	831.69M	18.54	1.60	0.39	2.75%
Luxfer Holdings PLC	LXFR	332.00M	7.00	4.09	0.62	2.41%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.58B	14.00	2.25	0.89	2.16%
Resource America, Inc.	REXI	176.09M	6.78	1.21	2.84	1.37%
Oxford Industries Inc.	OXM	1.12B	41.56	4.76	1.30	1.07%
Bon-Ton Stores Inc.	BONT	383.83M	-	4.53	0.13	0.98%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.85B	49.22	2.10	1.83	0.82%

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 15 – 21, 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, 33 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 13 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.75 percent. Exactly 8 stocks have a yield over three percent and 16 are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Dividends On April 17, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks 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 17, 2012. In total, 5 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 3 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69 percent.

Stock Earnings Review For January 05, 2012

Earnings season continues and earnings releases still matter. Earnings are of a huge importance for stock investors. If they beat the expectations or disappoint, the market needs to correct the current valuation. Earnings are also a good indicator for the health of the whole economy, sector and industry. Here are the earnings highlights from January 05, 2012:

Major earnings results in review from January 05, 2012

Apollo Group (APOL) is acting within the “Education & Training Services” industry and has a market capitalization of 7.40 Billion. Quarter sales of Apollo Group grew -11.1% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $1.28 per share. Analysts expected Apollo Group to have an EPS of $1.17. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $1.63. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 8.16% percent and 5.68% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 5.44% and closed at $56.64.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 14.05,
Price/Sales: 1.56,
Price/Book: 5.96,

6-Month Chart of Apollo Group (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

AngioDynamics (ANGO) is acting within the “Medical Instruments & Supplies” industry and has a market capitalization of 344.87 Million. Quarter sales of AngioDynamics grew 8.8% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.13 per share. Analysts expected AngioDynamics to have an EPS of $0.12. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.13. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow -34.98% percent and 10.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -6.49% and closed at $13.68.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 44.13,
Price/Sales: 1.58,
Price/Book: 0.84,

6-Month Chart of AngioDynamics (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Calavo Growers (CVGW) is acting within the “Farm Products” industry and has a market capitalization of 388.01 Million. Quarter sales of Calavo Growers grew 37.4% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.25 per share. Analysts expected Calavo Growers to have an EPS of $0.20. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.32. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 29.48% percent and 15.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 1.47% and closed at $26.27.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 31.65,
Price/Sales: 0.80,
Price/Book: 3.74,

6-Month Chart of Calavo Growers (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Family Dollar (FDO) is acting within the “Discount, Variety Stores” industry and has a market capitalization of 6.32 Billion. Quarter sales of Family Dollar grew 7.6% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.68 per share. Analysts expected Family Dollar to have an EPS of $0.68. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.58. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 19.01% percent and 14.95% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -7.47% and closed at $53.63.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 17.19,
Price/Sales: 0.74,
Price/Book: 5.79,

6-Month Chart of Family Dollar (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Global Payment (GPN) is acting within the “Business Services” industry and has a market capitalization of 3.63 Billion. Quarter sales of Global Payment grew 19.6% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.78 per share. Analysts expected Global Payment to have an EPS of $0.81. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.70. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 3.52% percent and 12.87% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -3.40% and closed at $46.36.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 16.62,
Price/Sales: 1.85,
Price/Book: 3.15,

6-Month Chart of Global Payment (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Helen of Troy (HELE) is acting within the “Housewares & Accessories” industry and has a market capitalization of 1.02 Billion. Quarter sales of Helen of Troy grew 65.3% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $1.04 per share. Analysts expected Helen of Troy to have an EPS of $1.02. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.86. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 28.12% percent and 10.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -1.47% and closed at $32.25.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 10.21,
Price/Sales: 1.03,
Price/Book: 1.40,

6-Month Chart of Helen of Troy (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Monsanto (MON) is acting within the “Agricultural Chemicals” industry and has a market capitalization of 41.49 Billion. Quarter sales of Monsanto grew 32.8% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.23 per share. Analysts expected Monsanto to have an EPS of $0.17. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.02. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 49.25% percent and 11.86% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 1.08% and closed at $77.51.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 26.19,
Price/Sales: 3.51,
Price/Book: 3.60,

6-Month Chart of Monsanto (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

MSC Industrial (MSM) is acting within the “Industrial Equipment Wholesale” industry and has a market capitalization of 4.56 Billion. Quarter sales of MSC Industrial grew 15.4% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.95 per share. Analysts expected MSC Industrial to have an EPS of $0.93. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.75. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 44.66% percent and 14.71% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -1.19% and closed at $72.26.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 21.07,
Price/Sales: 2.26,
Price/Book: 4.57,

6-Month Chart of MSC Industrial (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

RPM Inc (RPM) is acting within the “Specialty Chemicals” industry and has a market capitalization of 3.07 Billion. Quarter sales of RPM Inc grew 10.9% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.37 per share. Analysts expected RPM Inc to have an EPS of $0.39. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.38. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 4.30% percent and 9.78% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -0.47% and closed at $23.42.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 15.51,
Price/Sales: 0.88,
Price/Book: 2.36,

6-Month Chart of RPM Inc (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Ruby Tuesday (RT) is acting within the “Restaurants” industry and has a market capitalization of 434.30 Million. Quarter sales of Ruby Tuesday grew 5.9% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $-0.03 per share. Analysts expected Ruby Tuesday to have an EPS of $-0.06. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.07. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow -1.52% percent and 12.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -3.40% and closed at $6.82.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 11.76,
Price/Sales: 0.34,
Price/Book: 0.75,

6-Month Chart of Ruby Tuesday (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Saba Software (SABA) is acting within the “Business Software & Services” industry and has a market capitalization of 251.96 Million. Quarter sales of Saba Software grew 4.1% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $-0.10 per share. Analysts expected Saba Software to have an EPS of $-0.11. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.02. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow -372.73% percent and 20.83% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 15.65% and closed at $8.57.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: -,
Price/Sales: 2.10,
Price/Book: 6.35,

6-Month Chart of Saba Software (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

A. Schulman (SHLM) is acting within the “Specialty Chemicals” industry and has a market capitalization of 616.60 Million. Quarter sales of A. Schulman grew 4.4% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.52 per share. Analysts expected A. Schulman to have an EPS of $0.42. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.34. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow -16.54% percent and 14.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -5.28% and closed at $20.98.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 15.89,
Price/Sales: 0.28,
Price/Book: 1.17,

6-Month Chart of A. Schulman (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Constellation Brands (STZ) is acting within the “Beverages - Wineries & Distillers” industry and has a market capitalization of 3.98 Billion. Quarter sales of Constellation Brands grew -27.5% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.50 per share. Analysts expected Constellation Brands to have an EPS of $0.52. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.66. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 481.22% percent and 10.40% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed -0.35% and closed at $19.66.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 7.05,
Price/Sales: 1.32,
Price/Book: 1.49,

6-Month Chart of Constellation Brands (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Worthington (WOR) is acting within the “Steel & Iron” industry and has a market capitalization of 1.25 Billion. Quarter sales of Worthington grew -1.8% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.27 per share. Analysts expected Worthington to have an EPS of $0.32. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.20. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 166.93% percent and 8.45% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 0.11% and closed at $17.66.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 11.04,
Price/Sales: 0.51,
Price/Book: 1.82,

6-Month Chart of Worthington (Source: finance.yahoo.com)

Xyratex (XRTX) is acting within the “Data Storage Devices” industry and has a market capitalization of 413.47 Million. Quarter sales of Xyratex grew -2.3% year-over-year. In addition, the company announced a quarter result of $0.73 per share. Analysts expected Xyratex to have an EPS of $0.34. A year ago, quarter earnings amounted to $0.69. For the full fiscal year EPS is expected to grow 898.70% percent and 5.00% for the upcoming 5-years. The stock price changed 3.11% and closed at $14.60.

Here are the current price ratios of the company:
P/E ratio: 10.90,
Price/Sales: 0.28,
Price/Book: 1.15,

6-Month Chart of Xyratex (Source: finance.yahoo.com)