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American Express Company Leads 24 Securities Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Shauvik Haldar Dec 31, 2018

There are 24 securities going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, December 31st. For income investors looking to generate more income as part of a dividend capture strategy, a security 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 24 securities include three dividend aristocrats that are going ex-dividend.

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

Key Insights

There are 15 major securities going ex-dividend this week out of a total of 24. 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 securities 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.

Note: Market Cap, dividend yield and % off from 52 week high figures are as of market close on Wednesday, December 5.

Ticker	Name	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Payout This Week ($)	Ex-dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
(EOCC )	Enel Generacion Chile S.A.	156.90	0.50	1/3/2019	5.23%	-34.95%
(AXP )	American Express Company	92.03	0.39	1/3/2019	1.45%	-6.03%
(KDP )	Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	35.86	0.15	1/3/2019	2.27%	-79.12%
(SYY )	Sysco Corporation	34.19	0.39	1/3/2019	2.36%	-12.96%
(DG )	Dollar General	27.82	0.29	1/7/2019	1.11%	-12.11%
(NTAP )	NetApp, Inc.	17.90	0.40	1/3/2019	2.35%	-22.83%
(RJF )	Raymond James Financial, Inc.	10.94	0.34	1/2/2019	1.78%	-25.37%
Liquid error: internal	Torchmark Corporation	9.19	0.16	1/3/2019	0.78%	-12.16%
(RGLD )	Royal Gold, Inc.	5.09	0.27	1/3/2019	1.40%	-23.25%
(BRX )	Brixmor Property Group Inc.	4.84	0.28	1/3/2019	6.93%	-14.23%
(CLF )	Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.	2.82	0.05	1/3/2019	2.19%	-30.23%
(SSD )	Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc.	2.62	0.22	1/2/2019	1.56%	-28.08%
(FCPT )	Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.	1.88	0.29	1/3/2019	4.18%	-2.03%
(ESE )	ESCO Technologies Inc.	1.72	0.08	1/2/2019	0.48%	-7.01%
(UVV )	Universal Corporation	1.59	0.75	1/4/2019	4.78%	-18.52%

Highest and Lowest Market-Cap Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
Highest Market Cap	(EOCC )	Enel Generacion Chile S.A.	156.90	1.00	0.50	1/3/2019	5.23%	-34.95%
Lowest Market Cap	(IVC )	Invacare Corporation	0.17	0.05	0.01	1/3/2019	0.97%	-74.25%

Highest and Lowest Dividend Yield Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
Highest Dividend Yield	(ZF )	Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.	0.20	1.44	0.36	1/4/2019	15.58%	-28.58%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(WIRE )	Encore Wire Corporation	0.99	0.08	0.02	1/3/2019	0.17%	-19.08%

Best and Worst 52-Week Performance Securities

Criteria	Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
Highest % Off 52-Week High	(KDP )	Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.	35.86	0.60	0.15	1/3/2019	2.27%	-79.12%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	(FCPT )	Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.	1.88	1.15	0.29	1/3/2019	4.18%	-2.03%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	Dividend Growth Years
(SYY )	Sysco Corporation	34.19	1.56	0.39	1/3/2019	2.36%	47
(UVV )	Universal Corporation	1.59	3.00	0.75	1/4/2019	4.78%	46
(THFF )	First Financial Corp.	0.54	1.02	0.51	1/7/2019	2.31%	31

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