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Merck Leads 250 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Anish Sharma Mar 12, 2018

There are 250 stocks going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, March 12. 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 250 stocks include nine dividend aristocrats that are going ex-dividend.

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

Key Insights

There are 15 major stocks going ex-dividend this week out of a total of 250. 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
(KO )	The Coca-Cola Co.	$1.56	$0.39	03/14/2018	3.51%
(MRK )	Merck & Co., Inc.	$1.92	$0.48	03/14/2018	3.51%
(MO )	Altria Group Inc.	$2.80	$0.70	03/14/2018	4.28%
(GILD )	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	$2.28	$0.57	03/15/2018	2.85%
(TMO )	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	$0.68	$0.17	03/14/2018	0.32%
(FOXA )	Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.	$0.36	$0.18	03/13/2018	0.97%
(AIG )	American International Group Inc.	$1.28	$0.32	03/14/2018	2.27%
(ICE )	Intercontinental Exchange Inc.	$0.96	$0.24	03/14/2018	1.29%
(HPQ )	HP Inc.	$0.56	$0.14	03/13/2018	2.33%
(ECL )	Ecolab Inc.	$1.64	$0.41	03/19/2018	1.22%
(JCI )	Johnson Controls International	$1.04	$0.26	03/16/2018	2.76%
(FIS )	Fidelity National Information Services Inc.	$1.28	$0.32	03/15/2018	1.29%
Liquid error: internal	Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	$1.00	$0.25	03/13/2018	1.75%
(HPE )	Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.	$0.30	$0.08	03/13/2018	1.58%
(ROST )	Ross Stores, Inc.	$0.90	$0.23	03/16/2018	1.20%

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	(KO )	The Coca-Cola Co.	$189.39	$1.56	$0.39	03/14/2018	3.51%	-8.58%
Lowest Market Cap	(JCS )	Communications Systems, Inc.	$0.03	$0.16	$0.04	03/14/2018	4.62%	-30.66%

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	(FTAI )	Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC	$1.32	$1.32	$0.33	3/15/2018	8.30%	-21.01%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(GPN )	Global Payments Inc.	$18.23	$0.04	$0.01	3/15/2018	0.03%	-0.81%

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	(DF )	Dean Foods Co.	$0.84	$0.36	$0.09	03/16/2018	3.91%	-54.18%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	(BBSI )	Barrett Business Services, Inc.	$0.61	$1.00	$0.25	03/15/2018	1.20%	-0.12%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($B)	Annualized Payout	Payout This Week	Ex- Dividend Date	Yield	Dividend Growth Years
(KO )	The Coca-Cola Co.	$189.39	$1.56	$0.39	03/14/2018	3.51%	55
(ECL )	Ecolab Inc.	$38.81	$1.64	$0.41	03/19/2018	1.22%	32
(TROW )	T. Rowe Price Group Inc.	$27.91	$2.80	$0.70	03/14/2018	2.45%	31
(UGI )	UGI Corp.	$7.55	$1.00	$0.25	03/14/2018	2.29%	32
(LEG )	Leggett & Platt, Inc.	$5.99	$1.44	$0.36	03/14/2018	3.18%	46
(TDS )	Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.	$3.23	$0.64	$0.16	03/15/2018	2.19%	43
(MCY )	Mercury General Corporation	$2.57	$2.50	$0.63	03/14/2018	5.38%	32
(CTBI )	Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.	$0.82	$1.32	$0.33	03/14/2018	2.86%	37
(WEYS )	Weyco Group, Inc.	$0.32	$0.88	$0.22	03/15/2018	2.76%	36

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