Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On June 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 day.

                                                                                                                                                      

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks June 26, 2013. In total, 117 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 59 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.64%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce	CM	28.82B	9.35	1.88	2.54	5.25%
TransCanada Corp.	TRP	30.19B	22.74	1.96	3.80	4.23%
The Dow Chemical Company	DOW	38.21B	39.94	2.25	0.68	3.96%
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.	KRFT	31.86B	23.50	8.52	1.73	3.72%
Nucor Corporation	NUE	13.74B	31.03	1.82	0.73	3.41%
Avalonbay Communities Inc.	AVB	15.98B	62.40	1.85	14.47	3.21%
Staples, Inc.	SPLS	10.10B	-	1.66	0.42	3.12%
Edison International	EIX	15.05B	9.64	1.58	1.25	2.92%
Xerox Corp.	XRX	10.97B	9.73	0.95	0.49	2.57%
Wipro Ltd.	WIT	19.38B	18.53	3.96	3.07	2.56%
Deere & Company	DE	31.53B	9.96	3.81	0.84	2.52%
Agrium Inc.	AGU	12.58B	8.86	1.81	0.77	2.37%
Illinois Tool Works Inc.	ITW	30.33B	12.57	2.95	1.74	2.26%
St. Jude Medical Inc.	STJ	12.79B	18.01	3.42	2.35	2.23%
Western Digital Corp.	WDC	13.99B	7.43	1.66	0.85	1.71%
Stryker Corp.	SYK	24.59B	19.80	2.91	2.83	1.64%
Humana Inc.	HUM	13.44B	9.47	1.47	0.34	1.28%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	CP	20.36B	38.05	3.80	3.66	1.18%
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.	ZMH	12.70B	17.18	2.22	2.84	1.06%
Danaher Corp.	DHR	42.67B	17.72	2.17	2.32	0.16%

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26 Technology Growth Stocks With Highest Dividend Payments

Stocks from the technology sector with strong growth and high dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

We all know that there are great investment opportunities within the technology sector. Think at Facebook or Google. Both are great companies and they made early stage investors very rich – mostly investors of the pre-capital market area.

Sure the field is not a great source for income investors because the companies need money to finance growth and perspectives and possibilities are really huge.

Not all companies have the ability manage growth in a successful way. They try hard but it doesn’t work. Think at Blackberry or Microsoft. Other companies with a solid market position have changed their statement to the financial market: They like to pay good dividends because they sit on big cash mountains and find no risk-adjusted way to grow. Cisco Systems or Microsoft are two stocks with strong growing dividends.

The biggest yields from the technology sector come from telecom companies. Those are also stocks with huge debt amounts and the slowest sector growth. But there are still some good yielding stocks with mid-term growth perspectives. Today, I like to show you the best yielding higher capitalized stocks with double-digit expected earnings per share growth.

Twenty-six stocks from the tech sector fulfilled these criteria. Most of the results come from the communication equipment industry. This is a hard playing industry were you have a higher downside risk as stock trader. But you can find some attractive stocks on the list below.

18 Growth Stock Ideas From The Booming Emerging Markets | Best BRIC Dividend Picks

Dividend stocks with solid growth from the BRIC nations originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Over the recent decades, we have seen a significant change in the economic forces. China is getting more and more important in the global economic and is responsible for half of the world's economic growth. 

A large trading gap was created between the emerging markets and the developed nations. As a result, the old economies created huge mountains of debt and growth slowed while the unemployment rates exploded. 

The emerging markets have shown an opposite image - low debt at high growth. Unknown companies became to multinational super companies in only a decade and made really unknown people very rich.

Today I like to show you some of the best growth picks with dividend payments from the popular BRIC nations. BRIC is a abbreviation for the countries Brazil, Russia, India and China. All these countries have a huge citizen base and they have very attractive economic fundamentals to grow further and create faster wealth for the people.

My screening criteria are:

- Headquartered in a BRIC country
- Market capitalization over $2 billion

- 5 year expected EPS growth over 5%

- Positive dividend yield

Seventeen companies fulfilled these criteria of which one stock has a high-yield and twelve are recommended to buy.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For January 24, 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 On January 24, 2011. In total, 6 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 4 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.20 percent.

The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settle your trade before the ex-dividend date.

These are the results of the best yielding stocks:

Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) has a market capitalization of USD 1.13 Billion and operates within the “REIT - Office” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 25.65,
Forward P/E Ratio: 24.60,
Price/Sales Ratio: 6.94,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.26,
Dividend Yield: 6.97%.

1-Year Chart Of Government Properties Income Trust (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) (Click to enlarge)

Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) has a market capitalization of USD 2.47 Billion and operates within the “Oil & Gas Pipelines” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: 38.04,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.98,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.53,
Dividend Yield: 6.64%.

1-Year Chart Of Copano Energy LLC (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) (Click to enlarge)

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has a market capitalization of USD 76.49 Billion and operates within the “Money Center Banks” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 12.10,
Forward P/E Ratio: 10.52,
Price/Sales Ratio: 4.09,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.86,
Dividend Yield: 4.01%.

1-Year Chart Of Royal Bank of Canada (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) (Click to enlarge)

The Clorox Company (CLX) has a market capitalization of USD 9.23 Billion and operates within the “Housewares & Accessories” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 33.65,
Forward P/E Ratio: 15.87,
Price/Sales Ratio: 1.75,
Price/Book Ratio: -,
Dividend Yield: 3.43%.

1-Year Chart Of The Clorox Company (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The Clorox Company (CLX) (Click to enlarge)

Progressive Corp. (PGR) has a market capitalization of USD 12.93 Billion and operates within the “Property & Casualty Insurance” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 13.10,
Forward P/E Ratio: 12.18,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.83,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.20,
Dividend Yield: 1.95%.

1-Year Chart Of Progressive Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Progressive Corp. (PGR) (Click to enlarge)

Wipro Ltd. (WIT) has a market capitalization of USD 26.84 Billion and operates within the “Information Technology Services” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 24.82,
Forward P/E Ratio: 19.50,
Price/Sales Ratio: 3.78,
Price/Book Ratio: 4.90,
Dividend Yield: 1.23%.

1-Year Chart Of Wipro Ltd. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Wipro Ltd. (WIT) (Click to enlarge)