The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 02, 2012

October 1st, 2012 by Dividend Yield
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The Best 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-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 02, 2012. In total, 10 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend – of which 1 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 1.77%.

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Here is the sheet of the best yielding, large capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Cisco Systems (CSCO) has a market capitalization of $101.01 billion. The company generates revenue of $46,061.00 million and has a net income of $8,041.00 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $12,667.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.50% (operating margin 21.85% and net profit margin 17.46%).

The total debt represents 17.79% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.84%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 16.32% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.28 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.84, Price/Sales 2.16 and Price/Book ratio 1.94. Dividend Yield: 2.98%. The beta ratio is 1.25.

Legg Mason (LM) has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion. The company generates revenue of $2,662.57 million and has a net income of $231.03 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $432.55 million. The EBITDA margin is 16.25% (operating margin 12.72% and net profit margin 8.68%).

The total debt represents 16.21% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.43%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 3.86% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.32 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.08, Price/Sales 1.26 and Price/Book ratio 0.61. Dividend Yield: 1.77%. The beta ratio is 1.76.

Discover Financial (DFS) has a market capitalization of $20.14 billion. The company generates revenue of $6,345.14 million and has a net income of $2,226.71 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $4,106.41 million. The EBITDA margin is 64.47% (operating margin 49.69% and net profit margin 31.51%).

The total debt represents 26.66% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 222.48%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 29.96% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.35. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.13, Price/Sales 2.89 and Price/Book ratio 2.55. Dividend Yield: 1.01%. The beta ratio is 1.46.