These Military Stocks Profiting Mostly From Wars

Since the conclusion of World War II, the United States and a number of Western European nations have maintained extremely costly military industrial complexes — both in peacetime and during the numerous other conflicts since. 

The United States is far and away the largest defense market, and U.S.-based companies disproportionately comprise the top global arms dealers.

Global military sales from the 100 largest dealers totaled $401 billion in 2014, down by 1.5% — but still substantially higher than in 2002 — according to the latest estimates released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Today I like to show you those military and defense stocks that offer the most values for investors.

Each of the attached results pays a dividend. The results are ranked by market capitalization. There is a huge range of stocks available.

Here are the best choices in my view...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 16, 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 August 16, 2013. In total, 28 stocks go ex dividend - of which 6 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.31%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Macerich Co.	MAC	8.25B	33.89	2.73	8.83	3.87%
Manulife Financial Corporation	MFC	32.88B	22.00	1.44	1.64	2.99%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	TEVA	33.83B	83.02	1.57	1.69	2.74%
Bemis Company, Inc.	BMS	4.28B	22.85	2.69	0.84	2.50%
Walgreen Co.	WAG	47.82B	22.23	2.52	0.67	2.50%
ResMed Inc.	RMD	6.95B	23.20	4.32	4.59	2.05%
Energizer Holdings Inc.	ENR	6.21B	15.02	2.69	1.37	2.01%
Honeywell International Inc.	HON	65.65B	20.79	4.77	1.73	1.97%
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.	SPB	3.33B	-	3.71	0.88	1.56%
Bunge Limited	BG	11.51B	39.31	1.19	0.18	1.53%
Timken Co.	TKR	5.75B	18.56	2.49	1.30	1.53%
Moody's Corp.	MCO	14.56B	19.61	32.59	4.97	1.22%
The Babcock & Wilcox Company	BWC	3.45B	15.13	3.56	1.03	1.04%
Woodward, Inc.	WWD	2.87B	21.00	2.70	1.51	0.76%
QEP Resources, Inc.	QEP	5.22B	35.49	1.53	1.94	0.27%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 16, 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 16, 2013. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.43%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Seaspan Corp.	SSW	1.45B	28.52	1.15	2.19	5.48%
Giant Interactive Group	GA	1.92B	11.96	3.73	5.47	5.24%
Select Medical Holdings	SEM	1.15B	8.22	1.55	0.39	4.87%
Atmos Energy Corporation	ATO	4.02B	17.22	1.58	1.17	3.15%
PartnerRe Ltd.	PRE	5.32B	6.15	0.78	0.96	2.75%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	TEVA	37.56B	17.77	1.49	1.85	2.74%
Deluxe Corp.	DLX	1.99B	11.62	4.27	1.30	2.56%
Honeywell International Inc.	HON	62.28B	20.45	4.63	1.65	2.07%
Ryder System, Inc.	R	3.20B	15.31	2.14	0.51	2.01%
Snap-on Inc.	SNA	5.33B	16.91	2.91	1.81	1.66%
Hanesbrands Inc.	HBI	5.01B	16.61	5.28	1.11	1.57%
Bunge Limited	BG	10.61B	28.75	0.93	0.17	1.50%
FLIR Systems, Inc.	FLIR	3.50B	16.34	2.35	2.49	1.46%
Moody's Corp.	MCO	14.86B	21.44	32.53	5.28	1.20%
Watts Water Technologies	WTS	1.66B	23.55	1.77	1.15	1.11%
Woodward, Inc.	WWD	2.54B	17.91	2.38	1.35	0.87%
Tractor Supply Company	TSCO	8.00B	29.63	7.74	1.69	0.70%

Best Industrial Goods Stock Picks For 2013 | High Growth at Top Margins

The best industrial growth picks for 2013 originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com" Everybody likes to invest in well growing companies with strong brands and big cash flows, free for distributing to shareholders via share buybacks or dividend payments. The best stocks to buy are not only the cheapest shares with a low P/E or a high dividend yield. Good stocks are also those with a great track record in terms of industry growth and future growth prospects. Now, we are close to year-end and I like to discover some growth stock picks for next year 2013. Today, I focus on stocks from the industrial goods sector (354 shares available). These are my criteria:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past 5Y Sales growth over 10 percent

- Earnings per share growth for the next five years over 10 percent

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

Sixteen companies fulfilled the above mentioned criteria. Eight of them pay dividends and fourteen have a current buy or better recommendation. The two best represented industries within the screening results are aerospace/defense and industrial equipments.

Best Ex Dividend Stock List For November 15, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 15, 2012. In total, 35 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 13 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.07%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Hawaiian Electric Industries	HE	2.42B	15.20	1.51	0.71	4.97%
LyondellBasell Industries NV	LYB	28.78B	12.52	2.50	0.62	3.20%
PartnerRe Ltd.	PRE	4.82B	7.07	0.68	0.85	3.15%
Invesco Ltd.	IVZ	10.63B	15.15	1.28	2.60	2.88%
Ryder System, Inc.	R	2.32B	12.10	1.57	0.37	2.73%
L-3 Communications Holdings	LLL	7.00B	8.78	1.22	0.51	2.69%
Talisman Energy Inc.	TLM	11.78B	-	1.22	1.51	2.37%
AmerisourceBergen	ABC	10.24B	15.08	4.16	0.13	2.06%
Snap-on Inc.	SNA	4.45B	15.21	2.56	1.52	1.99%
Bunge Limited	BG	10.52B	12.26	0.91	0.17	1.50%
FLIR Systems, Inc.	FLIR	2.89B	13.40	1.81	2.03	1.45%
Carlisle Companies Inc.	CSL	3.49B	13.92	2.01	0.98	1.44%
Western Refining Inc.	WNR	2.31B	31.52	2.35	0.24	1.22%
Pan American Silver Corp.	PAAS	2.98B	11.24	1.08	3.33	1.02%
Solera Holdings Inc.	SLH	3.39B	31.75	4.73	4.30	1.02%
Woodward, Inc.	WWD	2.20B	16.53	2.24	1.21	1.00%
Tractor Supply Company	TSCO	6.37B	24.76	6.05	1.38	0.89%
QEP Resources, Inc.	QEP	4.96B	32.74	1.49	1.98	0.29%