The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On September 26, 2012

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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 26, 2012. In total, 153 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend – of which 74 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.78%.

Here are my favorites:

The Dow Chemical (DOW) has a market capitalization of $36.21 billion. The company generates revenue of $59,985.00 million and has a net income of $2,784.00 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $6,562.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.94% (operating margin 6.00% and net profit margin 4.64%).

The total debt represents 31.20% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 96.94%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 13.13% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.57. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.90 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.23, Price/Sales 0.60 and Price/Book ratio 1.96. Dividend Yield: 4.23%. The beta ratio is 2.33.

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has a market capitalization of $28.42 billion. The company generates revenue of $17,786.58 million and has a net income of $2,017.01 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $3,320.68 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.67% (operating margin 15.35% and net profit margin 11.34%).

The total debt represents 22.19% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 39.83%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 20.60% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.98. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.23, Price/Sales 1.60 and Price/Book ratio 2.94. Dividend Yield: 2.50%. The beta ratio is 1.16.

Deere & Company (DE) has a market capitalization of $32.49 billion. The company generates revenue of $32,012.50 million and has a net income of $2,799.20 million. The firm’s EBITDA amounts to $5,903.20 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.44% (operating margin 13.19% and net profit margin 8.74%).

The total debt represents 55.16% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 391.01%. Last fiscal year, a return on equity of 42.76% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.51. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.52 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.05, Price/Sales 1.01 and Price/Book ratio 4.94. Dividend Yield: 2.22%. The beta ratio is 1.52.