Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 28, 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, 16 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 ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
VOC Energy Trust	VOC	291.89M	9.54	2.50	9.27	9.55%
Mesabi Trust	MSB	273.55M	10.43	69.50	10.06	8.82%
FLY Leasing Limited	FLY	409.86M	10.63	0.71	0.97	6.04%
Crosstex Energy LP	XTEX	2.18B	-	1.95	1.19	4.94%
The Clorox Company	CLX	11.62B	20.46	79.63	2.07	3.21%
The Female Health Company	FHCO	282.12M	17.75	10.57	7.71	2.82%
WSI Industries Inc.	WSCI	17.51M	14.78	1.45	0.50	2.64%
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers	SKT	3.27B	50.86	6.83	8.97	2.56%
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.	SUSQ	2.33B	13.88	0.88	3.28	2.56%
Western Refining Inc.	WNR	2.77B	7.96	3.06	0.30	2.14%
Crosstex Energy Inc.	XTXI	1.52B	-	9.34	0.83	1.51%
The ADT Corporation	ADT	9.15B	23.70	2.05	2.79	1.19%
Brown & Brown Inc.	BRO	4.65B	22.59	2.37	3.52	1.09%
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.	CALM	1.25B	25.11	2.38	0.94	0.52%
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao	CBD	12.84B	26.81	3.34	0.55	0.47%
BankFinancial Corp.	BFIN	183.91M	-	1.06	3.45	0.43%

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.

Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Highest YTD Performance And Which Are Still Cheap

Basic material dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material stock category were the real losing sector this year. Stocks from the sector are down 2.6 percent this year while the best performing sector, healthcare stocks, gained 24.3 percent.

But not all basic materials are loser. There are stocks that doubled its price since the beginning of this year. Others are up 50 percent. Below, you can find a small list of the 20 top basic material stocks. I excluded all companies with a market capitalization below USD 300 million and those without a dividend.

The 20 top dividend paying results gained from 44.58 percent to 65.14 percent. Three of the results have a market cap below a billion and additional seven are valuated between one or two billion. Small and mid-cap stocks are the main performance driver of the sector. Despite the strong stock price hikes, fourteen companies still have a buy or better rating.

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For January 30, 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 30, 2012. In total, 31 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 16 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.70 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:

Whitestone REIT (WSR) has a market capitalization of USD 145.86 Million and operates within the “REIT - Diversified” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 115.91,
Forward P/E Ratio: 36.43,
Price/Sales Ratio: 4.44,
Price/Book Ratio: 1.24,
Dividend Yield: 8.94%.

1-Year Chart Of Whitestone REIT (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Whitestone REIT (WSR) (Click to enlarge)

Cheniere Energy Partners LP. (CQP) has a market capitalization of USD 3.66 Billion and operates within the “Oil & Gas Pipelines” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: 154.00,
Price/Sales Ratio: 12.84,
Price/Book Ratio: -,
Dividend Yield: 7.88%.

1-Year Chart Of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Cheniere Energy Partners LP. (CQP) (Click to enlarge)

Crosstex Energy LP (XTEX) has a market capitalization of USD 869.83 Million and operates within the “Independent Oil & Gas” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: -,
Forward P/E Ratio: -,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.44,
Price/Book Ratio: 0.95,
Dividend Yield: 7.45%.

1-Year Chart Of Crosstex Energy LP (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Crosstex Energy LP (XTEX) (Click to enlarge)

Teekay Offshore Partners LP (TOO) has a market capitalization of USD 1.89 Billion and operates within the “Shipping” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 991.67,
Forward P/E Ratio: 19.97,
Price/Sales Ratio: 2.02,
Price/Book Ratio: 4.95,
Dividend Yield: 6.72%.

1-Year Chart Of Teekay Offshore Partners LP (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Teekay Offshore Partners LP (TOO) (Click to enlarge)

Teekay LNG Partners LP. (TGP) has a market capitalization of USD 2.43 Billion and operates within the “Shipping” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 16.60,
Forward P/E Ratio: 18.12,
Price/Sales Ratio: 6.40,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.33,
Dividend Yield: 6.72%.

1-Year Chart Of Teekay LNG Partners LP. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Teekay LNG Partners LP. (TGP) (Click to enlarge)

Genesis Energy LP (GEL) has a market capitalization of USD 2.08 Billion and operates within the “Oil & Gas Pipelines” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:


P/E Ratio: 43.25,
Forward P/E Ratio: 19.99,
Price/Sales Ratio: 0.72,
Price/Book Ratio: 2.56,
Dividend Yield: 6.07%.

1-Year Chart Of Genesis Energy LP (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Genesis Energy LP (GEL) (Click to enlarge)