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AT&T Inc. Leads 73 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Anish Sharma Jan 08, 2018

There are 73 stocks going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, Jan 8. 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 73 stocks include 6 dividend aristocrats that are going ex-dividend.

Find key insights on the companies that went ex-dividend last week here.

Key Insights

There are 13 major stocks going ex-dividend this week out of a total of 73. 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.

Ticker	Company	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield	% Off From 52-Week High
(T )	AT&T Inc.	$2.00	$0.50	01/09/2018	5.26%	-11.63%
(VZ )	Verizon Communications Inc.	$2.36	$0.59	01/09/2018	4.50%	-4.07%
(ORCL )	Oracle Corporation	$0.76	$0.19	01/09/2018	1.59%	-9.33%
(ABBV )	AbbVie Inc.	$2.84	$0.71	01/11/2018	2.86%	-0.74%
(ABT )	Abbott Laboratories	$1.12	$0.28	01/11/2018	1.90%	-1.31%
(TWX )	Time Warner Inc.	$1.61	$0.40	01/09/2018	1.74%	-10.85%
(AET )	Aetna Inc.	$2.00	$0.50	01/10/2018	1.10%	-4.68%
(INTU )	Intuit Inc.	$1.56	$0.39	01/09/2018	0.96%	-1.10%
(GIS )	General Mills, Inc.	$1.96	$0.49	01/09/2018	3.30%	-6.78%
(HRL )	Hormel Foods Corp.	$0.75	$0.19	01/11/2018	2.06%	-4.08%
(LNC )	Lincoln National Corporation	$1.32	$0.33	01/09/2018	1.67%	-0.82%
(CPB )	Campbell Soup Company	$1.40	$0.35	01/09/2018	2.97%	-26.65%
(MAS )	Masco Corp.	$0.42	$0.11	01/11/2018	0.95%	-0.88%

Highest and Lowest Market-Cap Stock

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest Market Cap	(T )	AT&T Inc.	$233.28	$2.00	$0.50	01/09/2018	5.26%	-11.63%
Lowest Market Cap	(FRD )	Friedman Industries	$0.04	$0.04	$0.01	01/11/2018	0.73%	-24.42%

Highest and Lowest Dividend Yield Stock

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest Dividend Yield	(CNSL )	Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc	$0.91	$1.55	$0.39	1/11/2018	12.01%	-53.07%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(ALG )	Alamo Group, Inc.	$1.30	$0.44	$0.11	1/12/2018	0.39%	-6.78%

Best and Worst 52-Week Performance Stocks

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield	% Off From 52-Week High
Highest % Off 52-Week High	(MN )	Manning and Napier Inc	$0.06	$0.32	$0.08	1/11/2018	8.65%	-53.99%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	(IEX )	IDEX Corporation	$10.31	$1.48	$0.37	01/11/2018	1.11%	-0.52%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex Dividend Date	Yield	Dividend Growth Years
(T )	AT&T Inc.	$233.28	$2.00	$0.50	01/09/2018	5.26%	33
(ABBV )	AbbVie Inc	$158.42	$2.84	$0.71	01/11/2018	2.86%	45
(ABT )	Abbott Laboratories	$102.38	$1.12	$0.28	01/11/2018	1.90%	45
(HRL )	Hormel Foods Corp	$19.30	$0.75	$0.19	01/11/2018	2.06%	51
(WGL )	WGL Holdings Inc	$4.41	$2.04	$0.51	01/09/2018	2.38%	41
(BRC )	Brady Corp	$2.00	$0.83	$0.21	01/09/2018	2.14%	32

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