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Morgan Stanley Leads 79 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Ani G Jan 23, 2017

There are 79 stocks going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, Jan. 22. For income investors looking to generate more income as part of a dividend capture strategy, a stock must be purchased one day before the ex-dividend date to capture the dividend payout. This would make the individual a shareholder of record and would entitle the investor to be paid the dividend on the payable date.

These 79 stocks include six dividend aristocrats that are going ex-dividend.

Key Insights

There are 15 major stocks going ex-dividend this week out of a total of 79. You can find a complete explanation of the ex-dividend date, record date, payment date and declaration date here. This information can help to broaden your understanding of the dividend capture strategy.

With our Dividend Stock Screener tool, you can delve into companies going ex-dividend based on 16 parameters, such as ex-dividend date range, market cap, dividend frequency and our proprietary DARS Rating, which can help you in your dividend capture strategy.

Ex-Dividend Table

Ticker	Company	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield %	% Off From 52-Week High
(LOW )	Lowe's	$1.40	$0.35	1/23/2017	1.96%	14.41%
(CLX )	Clorox Co.	$3.20	$0.80	1/23/2017	2.66%	14.39%
(MMC )	Marsh & McLennan Corporation	$1.36	$0.34	1/23/2017	2.02%	3.33%
(FRC )	First Republic Bank	$0.64	$0.16	1/24/2017	0.69%	2.17%
(COG )	Cabot Oil & Gas	$0.08	$0.02	1/24/2017	0.36%	15.93%
(PNR )	Pentair Inc.	$1.38	$0.35	1/25/2017	2.34%	12.03%
(VNO )	Vornado Realty Trust	$2.84	$0.71	1/26/2017	2.70%	3.20%
(CAG )	ConAgra Foods	$0.80	$0.20	1/26/2017	2.07%	20.81%
(OKE )	ONEOK Inc.	$2.46	$0.62	1/26/2017	4.40%	5.90%
(UNM )	Unum Group	$0.80	$0.20	1/26/2017	1.80%	2.29%
(MS )	Morgan Stanley	$0.80	$0.20	1/27/2017	1.88%	4.82%
(TXN )	Texas Instruments	$2.00	$0.50	1/27/2017	2.71%	1.89%
(EPD )	Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	$1.64	$0.41	1/27/2017	5.93%	8.07%
(BK )	Bank of New York Mellon	$0.76	$0.19	1/27/2017	1.69%	9.49%
(PAA )	Plains All American Pipeline L.P.	$2.20	$0.55	1/27/2017	7.21%	10.13%

Highest and Lowest Market-Cap Stocks

Criteria	Ticker	Company Name	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield %	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest Market Cap	(MS )	Morgan Stanley	$78.74	$0.80	$0.20	1/27/2017	1.88%	4.82%
Smallest Market Cap	(MTR )	Mesa Royalty Trust Units Ben Int	$0.02	$1.89	$0.16	1/27/2017	15.59%	5.84%

Best and Worst 52-Week Performance Stocks

Criteria	Ticker	Company Name	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield %	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest 52-week high off	(VALU )	Value Line	$0.16	$0.68	$0.17	1/26/2017	3.87%	30.42%
Lowest 52-week high off	(FCCO )	First Community Corp	$0.14	$0.36	$0.09	1/26/2017	1..83%	0.00%

Stocks With the Highest and the Lowest Dividend Yields

Criteria	Ticker	Company Name	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield %	% Off From 52 Week High
Highest Dividend Yield	(MTR )	Mesa Royalty Trust Units Ben Int	$0.02	$1.89	$0.16	1/27/2017	15.59%	5.84%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(COG )	Cabot Oil & Gas	$10.84	$0.08	$0.02	1/24/2017	0.36%	15.93%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company Name	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield %	Dividend Growth Years
(CLX )	Clorox Co.	$15.39	$3.20	$0.80	1/23/2017	2.66%	39
(CLC )	Clarcor Inc.	$4.03	$1.00	$0.25	1/26/2017	1.20%	52
(LOW )	Lowe's	$62.47	$1.40	$0.35	1/23/2017	1.96%	54
(PNR )	Pentair Inc.	$10.70	$1.38	$0.35	1/25/2017	2.34%	40
(EV )	Eaton Vance	$4.83	$1.12	$0.28	1/27/2017	2.63%	36
(NWN )	Northwest Natural Gas	$1.71	$1.88	$0.47	1/27/2017	3.21%	61

More Resources

You can also find an updated list of companies that recently announced changes in their payout policies, along with their ex-dividend dates, in our Dividend Payout Changes Announcements tool.

Stay up to date with the highest yielding stocks and their latest ex-dividend dates on our High Dividend Yield Stocks by Yield page.