156 October Dividend Growth Stocks Compilation

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. 

Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns. A big part of this involves capturing the details.

As part of my due diligence, I closely monitor all companies that raise dividends (or cut them) and this article shares the dividend amount changes announced by companies.

Note that only companies with a market cap of $2B+ are included, as the list of small/micro cap companies is too long to include here.

October dividend raises and can be found here...

7 Top Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week

As you might have noticed, my blog covers dividend growth stocks and companies with fresh stock buyback announcements.

It's not a real investment strategy but both are activities for investors.

You can find each week a list of all dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies on this site. It's the only source who compiles this on the internet.

Within the past week, only eight companies raised their dividend payments and additional nine stocks announced a stock buyback program.

Both are shareholder-friendly activities which could be helpful for normal investors like me and you.

You also may like: My 6 Favorite Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Past Week...

Back to dividend growth: No large-cap stock was in the list of the latest dividend grower. The biggest fish in the pool was the insurer American Financial Group who raised dividends by 13.64 percent.

7 of my favorite dividend growth stocks and share buyback announcements of the past week are...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 10, 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 09, 2013. In total, 15 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.05%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
MFA Financial, Inc.	MFA	2.93B	10.10	0.90	5.88	10.76%
RAIT Financial Trust	RAS	449.70M	-	0.59	1.83	6.98%
Kayne Anderson Energy Development	KED	271.27M	11.04	1.10	25.12	6.81%
Ennis Inc.	EBF	478.06M	16.25	1.29	0.90	3.81%
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.	POT	33.34B	15.73	3.19	4.03	3.63%
Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp.	BKYF	216.44M	12.37	1.25	3.69	2.35%
Center Bancorp Inc.	CNBC	222.33M	12.36	1.45	3.97	2.21%
Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc.	NECB	77.44M	-	0.74	3.93	1.91%
Yum! Brands, Inc.	YUM	32.98B	23.01	14.38	2.46	1.85%
AZZ Incorporated	AZZ	910.08M	15.47	2.63	1.45	1.57%
Methode Electronics Inc.	MEI	676.32M	16.90	2.34	1.30	1.55%
Oracle Corporation	ORCL	148.16B	14.00	3.32	3.98	1.52%
Morningstar Inc.	MORN	3.69B	34.13	5.00	5.54	0.63%
Roper Industries Inc.	ROP	12.55B	25.33	3.32	4.16	0.52%
Advent Software, Inc.	ADVS	1.81B	53.40	5.55	4.96	-

100 Stocks At All-Time Highs | 60 Dividend Stocks Below The Results

Stocks at All-Time-Highs originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. It’s important to know what kind of stocks run and which are losing ground.

In my blog, I present on a regular basis some interesting stocks at new 52-Week Highs or even better, stocks at All-Time Highs. Linked are 100 companies that realized price marks they have never seen before. 60 of them pay dividends and nearly 80 have a current buy or better rating.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 30, 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 January 30, 2013. In total, 31 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 12 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.95%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Hi-Crush Partners LP	HCLP	500.32M	6.22	5.43	6.94	10.36%
PAA Natural Gas Storage	PNG	1.20B	20.40	1.38	2.76	7.08%
Teekay Offshore Partners LP	TOO	2.32B	-	3.65	2.41	7.04%
Teekay LNG Partners LP.	TGP	2.91B	24.96	2.36	7.44	6.44%
Unitil Corp.	UTL	369.59M	15.43	1.46	1.06	5.14%
People's United Financial	PBCT	4.35B	18.95	0.85	4.11	5.12%
Genesis Energy LP	GEL	3.26B	39.77	3.52	0.90	4.83%
Bank of Montreal	BMO	41.81B	10.48	1.44	3.08	4.49%
Plains All American Pipeline	PAA	17.54B	21.88	2.71	0.47	4.28%
Pinnacle West Capital	PNW	5.83B	15.80	1.44	1.78	4.09%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	197.61B	21.47	2.42	3.26	3.58%
Donegal Group Inc.	DGICB	466.31M	12.10	1.57	1.43	2.35%
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.	COKE	604.10M	27.38	3.95	0.38	1.53%
Brookfield Asset Management	BAM	21.72B	18.04	1.17	1.29	1.49%
The AES Corporation	AES	8.07B	-	1.98	0.46	1.47%
Brinks Co.	BCO	1.46B	18.82	2.98	0.37	1.31%
AZZ Incorporated	AZZ	1.09B	18.55	3.32	1.96	1.31%
Wausau Paper Corp.	WPP	480.38M	-	2.35	0.54	1.23%
Aon Corporation	AON	18.31B	19.95	2.21	1.61	1.10%
Fastenal Company	FAST	14.57B	34.58	9.34	4.65	0.81%