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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 September 19, 2012. In total, 19 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend – of which 7 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.72%.
Here are my favorite Ex-Dividend stocks:
American Capital Agency (AGNC) has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion. The company generates revenue of $1,108.87 million and has a net income of $770.48 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $750.34 million. The EBITDA margin is 67.67% (operating margin 70.04% and net profit margin 69.48%).
The total debt represents 83.81% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 782.19%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 19.80% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.16. Last fiscal year, the company paid $5.60 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.82, Price/Sales 11.24 and Price/Book ratio 1.32. Dividend Yield: 13.70%. The beta ratio is 0.42.
TOTAL S.A. (TOT) has a market capitalization of $121.68 billion. The company generates revenue of $218,446.30 million and has a net income of $16,501.19 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $42,217.64 million. The EBITDA margin is 19.33% (operating margin 15.00% and net profit margin 7.55%).
The total debt represents 19.65% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 47.37%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 19.11% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.29. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.99 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.57, Price/Sales 0.59 and Price/Book ratio 1.36. Dividend Yield: 5.37%. The beta ratio is 1.03.
The Chubb Corporation (CB) has a market capitalization of $20.20 billion. The company generates revenue of $13,585.00 million and has a net income of $1,678.00 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $5,949.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 43.79% (operating margin 16.19% and net profit margin 12.35%).
The total debt represents 7.03% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.95%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 10.79% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.56 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.78, Price/Sales 1.49 and Price/Book ratio 1.33. Dividend Yield: 2.16%. The beta ratio is 0.48.
