Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 15, 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 May 15, 2013. In total, 53 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.22%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Veolia Environnement S.A.	VE	7.10B	679.50	0.75	0.19	5.74%
Royal Dutch Shell plc	RDS-B	226.27B	8.63	1.26	0.49	4.82%
AGL Resources Inc.	GAS	5.11B	17.29	1.45	1.21	4.35%
Duke Energy Corporation	DUK	50.63B	21.68	1.24	2.31	4.26%
Sonoco Products Co.	SON	3.59B	18.10	2.35	0.76	3.49%
Chevron Corporation	CVX	238.14B	9.29	1.70	1.00	3.26%
Black Hills Corporation	BKH	2.16B	22.32	1.71	1.82	3.12%
Apartment Investment & Management	AIV	4.70B	-	5.29	4.53	2.98%
Linear Technology Corp.	LLTC	8.83B	22.01	9.23	6.87	2.75%
Invesco Ltd.	IVZ	15.14B	21.82	1.85	3.53	2.64%
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.	LLL	7.56B	10.11	1.37	0.57	2.62%
Simon Property Group Inc.	SPG	55.81B	51.71	9.62	11.21	2.56%
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	RBA	2.16B	27.41	3.31	4.94	2.42%
BOK Financial Corporation	BOKF	4.46B	12.47	1.47	5.70	2.34%
United Technologies Corp.	UTX	87.29B	17.55	3.32	1.46	2.25%
Aqua America Inc.	WTR	4.50B	22.66	3.17	5.81	2.19%
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.	ALSN	4.34B	9.00	3.09	2.17	2.05%
The J. M. Smucker Company	SJM	11.17B	22.20	2.15	1.89	2.00%
Murphy Oil Corporation	MUR	12.02B	13.71	1.31	0.42	1.99%
Whirlpool Corp.	WHR	10.08B	18.18	2.25	0.56	1.96%

57 Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The total number of stocks which announced a dividend hike shrank to 57 over the last week. That’s still a big value compared to figure of the recent months. 

Dividend growth is still a popular source for growing wealth and I discover every weeks the latest growth stocks and publish them in my Dividend Weekly and on my blog.

My favorite pick this week is Colgate. The toothpaste maker hiked its dividends by 9.7 percent. Many stocks from the financial and services sector are on the list. It could be sign for a stronger growth perspective within these areas.

57 stocks and funds raised dividends last week of which 39 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.04 percent. Linked is a full free list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are 4 High-Yields, stocks with over 5 percent dividend yield. 27 companies have a current buy or better rating.

The 20 Best Dividend Paying Stocks From The Industrial Sector

The Best Yielding Industrial Goods Stocks Originally Published At “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Paying stocks are one of my most wanted stocks. If they have a long payment history, my trust into future dividend increasing and stable payouts is much higher as for stocks with a irregular payment history. Today, I like to focus on dividend stocks from the industrial sector. Out there are many industrial goods companies with a buy or better rating and most of them also pay good dividends. I like to screen the twenty best yielding stocks from the sector with a higher market capitalization (over USD 2 billion). Below the results are many well known industrials like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Waste Management or even the cement producer CRH. Half of the results are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Dividends On May 17, 2012

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion 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 May 17, 2012. In total, 36 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 18 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.67 percent.

10% Yielding Dividend Stocks With Strongest Expected Earnings Growth

Stocks With Very High Yields And Fastest Earnings Per Share Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 134 stocks and funds are listed at the capital markets with dividend yields over ten percent and 84 of them are classical equity investments. Stocks with very high yields are interesting because of the high quarter cash payments you could receive but they are also very dangerous and should be treated with a special attention.

In order to find some great opportunities, I screened all 10 percent yielding stocks with earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent yearly for the upcoming five years. Fifteen stocks remained of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Performing High Yield Stocks From Last Week

Dividend Stocks With Best Stock Performance By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a quite overview of the ten best performed stocks from last week with a market capitalization over USD 300 million and a dividend yield above 5%.

The Highest Yielding Stocks With Strong Overbought Signals

Dividend Stocks With Fast Stock Price Increase By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with a strong increase in its share price, especially in the case of unjustifiably pushes, are overbought if the fundamentals don’t support the price change. Here are the best yielding stocks with strong signals to be overbought. Short-term, investors should be careful to buy stocks with such a warning signal. On the other hand, it could be a sign for better future perspectives.

Stocks With More Than 10% Dividend Yield And Buy Rating

Large- And Mid-Capitalized Stocks With Very High Yields And Buy Or Better Recommendation Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. I researched the capital market by stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion, a dividend yield of more than 10 percent as well as a buy or better recommendation. 10 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which two have a strong buy rating.

Stocks with very high yields are very interesting because in the cause of a double digit yield, your investment amounts paid off in less than 10 years. Take care that your stocks is healthy enough to pay dividends in the same amount all the time.

14 Cheap High Yield Mid Capitalized Stocks

Midcap High Yields With Cheap Forward P/E Ratios Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks with a market capitalization between USD 2 and 9.9 billion (mid capitalized), a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield) as well as a cheap forward price to earnings ratio of less than 10. The screen produced 14 results of which 5 have a double digit yield. Two stocks are recommended with a strong buy by brokerage firms.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Enerplus (NYSE: ERF) has a market capitalization of $4.28 billion. The company employs 709 people, generates revenues of $1,111.22 million and has a net income of $-177.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $214.76 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 19.33 percent (operating margin -27.57 percent and the net profit margin finally -15.96 percent).


The total debt representing 13.34 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -4.80 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.57. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.13 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.23, Price/Sales 3.86 and Price/Book ratio 1.28. Dividend Yield: 8.88 percent. The beta ratio is 1.20.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Enerplus Corp (USA) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Enerplus Corp (USA) (NYSE: ERF) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Enerplus Corp (USA) (NYSE: ERF) (Click to enlarge)

Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) has a market capitalization of $3.86 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenues of $5,425.25 million and has a net income of $328.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $951.31 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.53 percent (operating margin 9.85 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.06 percent).


The total debt representing 50.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.84. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.46 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.50, Price/Sales 0.71 and Price/Book ratio is not calculable. Dividend Yield: 7.66 percent. The beta ratio is 1.03.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pitney Bowes Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) (Click to enlarge)

Portugal Telecom (NYSE: PT) has a market capitalization of $4.71 billion. The company employs 83,619 people, generates revenues of $4,766.53 million and has a net income of $324.34 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,168.81 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 45.50 percent (operating margin 11.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.80 percent).


The total debt representing 47.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 164.06 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.74 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.53. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.02 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.14, Price/Sales 1.00 and Price/Book ratio 0.84. Dividend Yield: 5.09 percent. The beta ratio is 0.69.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Portugal Telecom, SGPS... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Portugal Telecom, SGPS... (NYSE: PT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Portugal Telecom, SGPS... (NYSE: PT) (Click to enlarge)

Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) has a market capitalization of $5.52 billion. The company employs 287,043 people, generates revenues of $44,307.93 million and has a net income of $1,116.66 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,941.35 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.15 percent (operating margin 6.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 2.52 percent).


The total debt representing 40.98 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 265.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.59. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.54 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.13 and Price/Book ratio 0.52. Dividend Yield: 15.88 percent. The beta ratio is 1.71.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Veolia Environnement (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Veolia Environnement (NYSE: VE) (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

14 Cheap High Yield Mid Capitalized Stocks (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.77 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 7.69. The dividend yield has a value of 8.59 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.15 and price to sales ratio 3.08. The operating margin amounts to 5.73 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

VE, CIM, MFA, HTS, OZM, RNO, ERF, RRD, TEO, PBI, SKM, TNE, PT, KKR

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