Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 07, 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, 6 stocks go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividenddate within the next week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
The New York Times Company	NYT	1.82B	13.92	2.60	0.92	1.31%
Vail Resorts Inc.	MTN	2.44B	61.25	2.75	2.18	1.22%
InterDigital, Inc.	IDCC	1.52B	6.31	2.96	2.39	1.08%
FEI Company	FEIC	3.43B	31.04	3.49	3.83	0.55%
Mastercard Incorporated	MA	80.96B	27.66	11.54	10.36	0.36%

24 Stocks With Fresh Dividend Hikes

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 24 companies increased its dividends within the recent week. Compared to 15 stocks from the previous week, it’s a small improvement but not the big numbers of 50 or more. The average dividend growth amounts to 32.07 percent.

Several recent dividend growth stocks have a market capitalization over $10 billion. Those are big names like McDonald’s, or Microsoft. The technology and software giant also announced to buy back $40 billion in own shares. That’s around 14 percent of the current market value.

I’ve attached a list for you of all dividend growers from the past week. You can also find there a list of the current valuations of the stocks. Half of the results still have a low forward P/E below 15 and eleven received a buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 08, 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 05, 2013. In total, 19 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 6 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.38%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
AT&T, Inc.	T	196.37B	27.83	2.23	1.55	5.05%
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	146.19B	127.52	4.39	1.25	4.04%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	DRI	6.61B	16.28	3.21	0.77	3.92%
WGL Holdings Inc.	WGL	2.21B	14.13	1.61	0.91	3.92%
UDR, Inc.	UDR	6.48B	-	2.25	8.75	3.62%
General Mills, Inc.	GIS	31.74B	18.00	4.52	1.82	3.11%
CSG International, Inc.	CSGS	748.38M	14.56	2.29	0.99	2.58%
United Microelectronics	UMC	6.11B	15.13	0.88	1.56	2.48%
Brady Corp.	BRC	1.60B	33.39	1.54	1.35	2.45%
Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V.	IBA	1.73B	10.29	1.22	0.57	1.67%
Raven Industries Inc.	RAVN	1.10B	23.34	4.76	2.82	1.58%
Hingham Institution for Savings	HIFS	145.10M	10.95	1.52	2.98	1.52%
Gap Inc.	GPS	19.90B	16.69	6.30	1.25	1.40%
Lincoln National Corp.	LNC	9.99B	8.16	0.67	0.86	1.30%
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.	ETH	838.93M	26.91	2.55	1.15	1.24%
Intuit Inc.	INTU	18.53B	23.45	5.19	4.17	1.09%
InterDigital, Inc.	IDCC	1.56B	6.48	3.09	2.44	1.05%
FEI Company	FEIC	2.82B	25.97	3.31	3.15	0.66%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	6.72B	19.11	1.92	1.38	0.45%

100 Stocks At All-Time-Highs

List of stocks at All-Time-Highs originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". We are still in a bull market and have seen a small correction since 5/21. The trend is still intact which could be also checked by the number of stocks at All-Time-Highs. They came back recently to a big number.

Below is a list of the 100 best performing stocks at All-Time-Highs. The biggest players on the list are 3M, Danaher, Precision Castparts or Illinois Tool Works. Half of the results pay dividends and 81 have a current buy or better rating.

It’s good to see how fast some stocks recover, a very healthy sign from the market. But the risk increases with every percentage point. You need to take care about the valuation of the stocks. Only 18 percent of the top 100 companies at All-Time-Highs are valuated with a P/E below 15.

22 Dividend Boosters From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 13 stocks and 9 funds announced a dividend hike within the recent week. The number of dividend growers remains weak.

The biggest names on the list are United Health and Lowe’s as well as Fedex. In addition, five companies cut dividends and one announced a special initial dividend.

I know it’s hard to manage dividend growth especially when the company is acting within a very cyclic industry. But dividend growth is an expression to shareholders about the company’s success and the willingness to share profits with the ownership of the company.

10 of the 13 stocks are currently recommended to buy.

20 Technology Dividend Stocks, Most Shorted By Investors

Technology dividend stocks with the highest float short ratio originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Activists often sell stocks short. In the second step, they try to scary other investors in order to get the stock price down and to make some profits.

Today I like to show you which of the technology stocks have the highest float short ratio. The ratio shows you how many shares have been sold short. It’s ever interesting to see which companies have some problems and investors like to speculate on a falling stock price. The higher the ratio is, the bigger the problems of the company.

These are my criteria:

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Technology Sector Relationship

- Float Short Ratio over 5 percent

- Market Capitalization above 2 Billion

20 technology dividend stocks have fulfilled these criteria. I recognized that technology stocks with a high float short are also highly priced but I don’t think that it’s the only reason for the short sale. Companies like Nokia have a tough fight to compete with companies like Apple or Samsung within the smart phone market. The market speculates that Nokia will fail to gain market shares.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 08, 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 April 08, 2013. In total, 19 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 6 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.42%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	142.97B	159.03	4.25	1.23	4.18%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	DRI	6.61B	14.55	3.39	0.80	3.92%
WGL Holdings Inc.	WGL	2.27B	15.95	1.70	0.95	3.83%
E-House (China) Holdings	EJ	507.25M	-	0.69	1.19	3.50%
CH Energy Group Inc.	CHG	978.23M	25.34	1.89	1.06	3.40%
General Mills, Inc.	GIS	31.60B	18.09	4.50	1.85	3.10%
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.	WDR	3.64B	18.91	7.15	3.10	2.63%
Marsh & McLennan Companies	MMC	20.63B	17.66	3.14	1.73	2.45%
OGE Energy Corp.	OGE	6.95B	19.66	2.51	1.89	2.37%
Brady Corp.	BRC	1.67B	30.11	1.62	1.27	2.34%
Spreadtrum Communications	SPRD	921.67M	10.14	2.49	1.29	1.89%
Gap Inc.	GPS	17.05B	15.73	6.09	1.09	1.64%
Hingham Institution for Savings	HIFS	147.91M	11.16	1.60	3.03	1.49%
American Tower Corporation	AMT	31.05B	49.11	8.69	10.80	1.32%
Raven Industries Inc.	RAVN	1.15B	22.06	5.22	2.79	1.32%
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.	ETH	915.44M	16.96	2.81	1.24	1.13%
Intuit Inc.	INTU	19.18B	28.63	6.87	4.58	1.05%
InterDigital, Inc.	IDCC	1.81B	6.86	3.48	2.73	0.91%
FEI Company	FEIC	2.44B	22.57	2.90	2.73	0.51%