Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 18, 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, 11 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, higher capitalized ex-dividend stock:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Gladstone Investment	GAIN	190.63M	12.86	0.83	5.96	10.00%
Gladstone Land	LAND	105.85M	147.36	1.87	29.40	8.88%
Gladstone Commercial	GOOD	231.26M	-	1.39	4.20	8.03%
Pengrowth Energy	PGH	3.29B	-	0.85	2.69	7.38%
Vale S.A.	VALE	84.57B	20.26	1.20	1.81	4.57%
Codorus Valley Bancorp Inc.	CVLY	92.60M	9.98	1.18	2.00	2.34%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	58.11B	26.06	37.98	3.36	2.18%
Tri-County Financial Corporation	TCFC	60.00M	10.10	0.98	1.51	2.00%
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	QCOR	3.93B	18.04	15.00	6.34	1.50%
AAR Corp.	AIR	1.06B	20.24	1.13	0.51	1.09%
Apache Corp.	APA	35.37B	14.32	1.12	2.08	0.89%

17 Dividend Stocks With Most Recent Dividend Growth

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 17 stocks announced to raise their dividends last week. It’s good to see that dividend growth still works despite the fact the total number of stocks is still very weak.

United Technologies is the biggest dividend riser from the last week. The company announced to boost its future dividends by 10 percent. Other big stocks are Gladstone Investment and Johnson Outdoors.

You can find a detailed list about all dividend growth stocks from last week in the attached list. There is also a small sheet with price ratios which makes it easier to compare the results.

Most of the long-term dividend growers are high quality stocks with expensive price ratios. Only five shares have a current forward P/E of less than 15. 

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 18, 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 18, 2013. In total, 8 stocks go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.82%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.05B	9.11	1.63	11.02	6.13%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	57.86B	11.87	3.17	0.92	2.72%
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	QCOR	2.81B	15.06	14.39	5.13	2.06%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	10.97B	22.38	3.65	1.30	1.64%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.12B	25.33	8.13	3.94	1.48%
Apache Corp.	APA	32.16B	17.72	1.05	1.93	0.98%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	9.10B	19.89	4.80	3.07	0.75%

Next Week's Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Shares

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 Between July 15 - 21, 2013. In total, 41 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 10 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.20%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	5.01B	34.33	1.74	7.26	5.75%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	2.42B	20.60	5.31	0.91	2.95%
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	57.20B	11.73	3.13	0.91	2.75%
Siliconware Precision Industries	SPIL	3.82B	25.83	1.92	1.81	2.74%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	55.39B	24.14	31.29	3.22	2.30%
ACE Limited	ACE	31.86B	11.96	1.14	1.76	2.18%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.57B	13.98	2.25	0.89	2.16%
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	QCOR	2.85B	15.26	14.59	5.20	2.03%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	10.85B	22.15	3.61	1.28	1.66%
IDEX Corporation	IEX	4.79B	107.83	3.23	2.44	1.58%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.15B	25.50	8.18	3.96	1.47%
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.	AMX	80.57B	12.34	4.39	1.36	1.41%
Apache Corp.	APA	32.30B	17.80	1.05	1.94	0.97%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.84B	49.00	2.09	1.82	0.83%
CR Bard Inc.	BCR	9.04B	19.74	4.76	3.04	0.76%
Acuity Brands, Inc.	AYI	3.60B	31.73	3.90	1.78	0.61%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	38.98B	53.20	2.83	3.19	0.52%