Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 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.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks July 24, 2013. In total, 8 stocks go ex dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.38%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.65B	38.32	1.37	2.71	6.46%
Government Properties Income Trust	GOV	1.46B	25.47	1.42	6.69	6.43%
Franklin Street Properties Corp.	FSP	1.19B	55.31	1.40	7.07	5.29%
CommonWealth REIT	CWH	2.25B	61.15	0.73	2.15	4.19%
Fastenal Company	FAST	13.92B	31.69	8.16	4.33	2.13%
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	5.77B	22.37	4.50	1.40	2.10%
Tyco International Ltd.	TYC	16.34B	-	3.46	1.54	1.83%
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	12.38B	-	1.99	2.32	1.52%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 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.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 24, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.30%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company	RRD	2.06B	-	39.24	0.20	9.14%
Hospitality Properties Trust	HPT	3.89B	33.64	1.28	3.00	6.65%
Government Properties Income	GOV	1.43B	25.47	1.40	6.79	6.56%
Franklin Street Properties Corp.	FSP	1.23B	52.75	1.42	7.52	5.15%
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	5.09B	20.49	3.89	1.26	2.38%
Tyco International Ltd.	TYC	14.35B	-	2.80	1.36	2.08%
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	10.32B	-	1.62	2.34	1.84%
AptarGroup, Inc.	ATR	3.68B	23.30	2.65	1.58	1.80%
BankFinancial Corp.	BFIN	160.13M	-	0.93	2.64	0.53%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares Between April 22 - 26, 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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks Between April 22 - 26, 2013. In total, 48 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 24 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.73%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Telecom Italia SpA	TI-A	12.74B	-	0.51	0.33	13.33%
CPFL Energia S.A.	CPL	10.30B	16.60	2.97	1.35	6.03%
Enterprise Products Partners LP	EPD	55.38B	22.42	4.18	1.30	4.34%
Royal Bank of Canada	RY	86.55B	11.90	1.93	4.18	4.14%
Banco Santander-Chile	BSAC	12.71B	15.86	2.90	3.19	3.30%
Texas Instruments Inc.	TXN	37.84B	22.68	3.46	2.95	3.27%
The Clorox Company	CLX	11.72B	20.92	213.17	2.09	2.86%
ConAgra Foods, Inc.	CAG	15.03B	28.62	2.99	1.05	2.77%
Telecom Italia SpA	TI	14.84B	-	0.58	0.38	2.75%
The Bank of New York Mellon	BK	31.35B	13.23	0.86	8.94	2.22%
Tyco International Ltd.	TYC	14.60B	-	2.84	1.39	2.04%
Syngenta AG	SYT	38.70B	20.42	4.36	2.73	2.03%
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	10.36B	-	1.63	2.35	1.83%
Lowe's Companies Inc.	LOW	41.49B	22.69	3.05	0.82	1.68%
Anheuser-Busch InBev	BUD	159.44B	22.30	3.86	4.01	1.32%
The ADT Corporation	ADT	10.18B	25.64	1.94	3.14	1.14%
ASML Holding NV	ASML	29.54B	15.72	4.27	4.76	0.83%
BRF - Brasil Foods S.A.	BRFS	20.97B	51.15	2.83	1.45	0.77%

20 Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector With Highest Expected Growth

The best growing services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is still an attractive investment field. I also have invested some money into stocks from the sector. I talk about Wal-Mart and Walt Disney.

The whole sector has 844 companies listed of which 350 pay dividends. The total market capitalization of all services stocks combined is USD 58.896 trillion. An average stock from the sector has a P/E ratio of 24.94 and yields at 1.66 percent.

I personally don’t like services stocks because of the low margin business. I love stocks with big margins and strong competitive advantages. High margins also show that the company owns and distributes products that are unique. Apple has really huge margins because they have created a unique product that people love and they are willing to pay nearly every price for it.

It sounds a little bit easy but the Apple story is much more complicated and is also a product of excellent brand marketing. I personally will never buy Apple shares because of the fast product cycle. If you lose your consumer focus, you are off the battle.

However, out there are some services stocks with a strong consumer loyalty and huge growth potential which is still attractive for many investors. Think about the payment provider MasterCard and Visa.

Today I want to highlight some of the best yielding services dividend stocks with a double-digit growth, expected for the next five years.

There are nearly 200 companies - wow, the services sector is full of growth. So, I focus on large capitalized stocks with the highest yield. Below is a small list of the 20 best results. Railroads are my favorites due to the expected shale gas boom and the cheap valuation.