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Bank of America Leads 201 Securities Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Shauvik Haldar Feb 25, 2019

There are 201 securities going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, February 25th. 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 201 securities include 10 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 201. 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 Tuesday, February 19.

Ticker	Name	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Payout This Week ($)	Ex-dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
(BAC )	Bank of America Corporation	281.96	0.15	2/28/2019	2.06%	-11.77%
(NVS )	Novartis AG *	231.62	2.85	3/4/2019	2.05%	-1.71%
(PEP )	Pepsico, Inc.	162.73	0.93	2/28/2019	3.20%	-5.03%
(MCD )	McDonald's Corporation	138.60	1.16	2/28/2019	2.58%	-5.81%
(DWDP )	DowDuPont Inc.	126.58	0.38	2/27/2019	2.71%	-24.26%
(UNP )	Union Pacific Corporation	123.73	0.88	2/27/2019	2.06%	-0.74%
(AZN )	Astrazeneca Plc	101.95	0.93	2/28/2019	4.56%	-2.35%
(NVDA )	NVIDIA Corporation	98.09	0.16	2/28/2019	0.40%	-45.07%
(DEO )	Diageo Plc	95.59	1.36	2/28/2019	1.73%	-0.28%
(NEE )	NextEra Energy, Inc.	88.55	1.25	2/27/2019	2.70%	-0.39%
(LMT )	Lockheed Martin Corporation	86.51	2.20	2/28/2019	2.87%	-15.66%
(GS )	Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	75.58	0.80	2/27/2019	1.61%	-27.92%
(CSX )	CSX Corporation	59.39	0.24	2/27/2019	1.32%	-4.50%
(D )	Dominion Energy, Inc.	57.08	0.92	2/28/2019	4.99%	-4.75%
(EL )	Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.	56.50	0.43	2/27/2019	1.10%	-1.61%

*Headquartered in Switzerland, payouts shown in CHF

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	(BAC )	Bank of America Corporation	281.96	0.60	0.15	2/28/2019	2.06%	-11.77%
Lowest Market Cap	(SOR )	Source Capital, Inc.	0.01	1.25	0.25	2/28/2019	2.80%	-15.78%

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	(NNA )	Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation	0.10	1.20	0.30	2/26/2019	16.15%	-47.71%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(VOYA )	Voya Financial, Inc.	7.51	0.04	0.01	2/27/2019	0.08%	-10.01%

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	(CSS )	CSS Industries, Inc.	0.07	0.80	0.20	2/28/2019	10.51%	-61.64%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	(FBP )	First BanCorp.	2.50	0.12	0.03	2/27/2019	1.04%	0.00%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	Dividend Growth Years
(PEP )	Pepsico, Inc.	162.73	3.71	0.93	2/28/2019	3.20%	46
(MCD )	McDonald's Corporation	138.60	4.64	1.16	2/28/2019	2.58%	42
(SWK )	Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	20.70	2.64	0.66	3/4/2019	1.93%	51
(DOV )	Dover Corporation	13.31	1.92	0.48	2/27/2019	2.09%	63
(CFR )	Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.	6.57	2.68	0.67	2/27/2019	2.57%	26
(SON )	Sonoco Products Company	6.01	1.64	0.41	2/26/2019	2.72%	38
(RLI )	RLI Corp.	3.16	0.88	0.22	2/27/2019	1.24%	42
(MGEE )	MGE Energy Inc.	2.28	1.35	0.34	2/28/2019	2.06%	43
(TNC )	Tennant Company	1.13	0.88	0.22	2/27/2019	1.41%	47
(CTWS )	Connecticut Water Service, Inc.	0.83	1.25	0.31	2/28/2019	1.82%	49

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