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Merck & Company Leads 358 Securities Going Ex-Dividend This Week

Shauvik Haldar Mar 11, 2019

There are 358 securities going ex-dividend this week starting Monday, March 11th. 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 358 securities include nine 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 358. 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, March 6.

Ticker	Name	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Payout This Week ($)	Ex-dividend Date	Yield (%)	% Off From 52-Week High (%)
(WMT )	Walmart Inc.	285.47	0.53	3/14/2019	2.16%	-7.41%
(MRK )	Merck & Company, Inc.	208.46	0.55	3/14/2019	2.72%	-1.66%
(HD )	Home Depot, Inc.	208.34	1.36	3/13/2019	2.96%	-14.59%
(KO )	Coca-Cola Company	194.31	0.40	3/14/2019	3.42%	-10.31%
(TMO )	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc	101.14	0.19	3/14/2019	0.30%	-4.40%
(GILD )	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	80.26	0.63	3/14/2019	4.01%	-23.94%
(ANTM )	Anthem, Inc.	75.68	0.80	3/15/2019	1.09%	-7.40%
(CCI )	Crown Castle International Corporation	50.15	1.13	3/14/2019	3.73%	-0.45%
(ECL )	Ecolab Inc.	49.03	0.46	3/18/2019	1.08%	-0.96%
(PLD )	Prologis, Inc.	44.23	0.53	3/14/2019	3.02%	-2.43%
(ICE )	Intercontinental Exchange Inc.	42.57	0.28	3/14/2019	1.47%	-9.39%
(BCE )	BCE, Inc.	39.34	0.60	3/14/2019	5.49%	-2.06%
(QSR )	Restaurant Brands International Inc.	38.11	0.50	3/14/2019	3.29%	-5.76%
(PSA )	Public Storage	37.20	2.00	3/12/2019	3.75%	-9.23%
(AIG )	American International Group, Inc.	36.95	0.32	3/14/2019	3.01%	-27.04%

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	(WMT )	Walmart Inc.	285.47	2.12	0.53	3/14/2019	2.16%	-7.41%
Lowest Market Cap	Liquid error: internal	Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund	0.01	1.24	0.10	3/14/2019	6.17%	-4.39%

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	(OXSQ )	Oxford Square Capital Corp.	0.33	2.40	0.20	3/14/2019	35.29%	-9.57%
Lowest Dividend Yield	(GPN )	Global Payments Inc.	20.42	0.04	0.01	3/14/2019	0.03%	-1.97%

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	(MAXR )	Maxar Technologies Inc.	0.29	0.04	0.01	3/14/2019	0.61%	-91.08%
Lowest % Off 52-Week High	(NEA )	Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund	1.25	0.65	0.05	3/14/2019	4.87%	0.00%

Dividend Aristocrats

Ticker	Company	Market Cap ($ Bn)	Annualized Payout ($)	Next Payout ($)	Ex-Dividend Date	Yield (%)	Dividend Growth Years
(WMT )	Walmart Inc.	285.47	2.12	0.53	3/14/2019	2.16%	44
(KO )	Coca-Cola Company	194.31	1.60	0.40	3/14/2019	3.42%	56
(ECL )	Ecolab Inc.	49.03	1.84	0.46	3/18/2019	1.08%	33
(TROW )	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	23.16	3.04	0.76	3/14/2019	3.08%	32
(FRT )	Federal Realty Investment Trust	9.87	4.08	1.02	3/13/2019	3.07%	51
(UGI )	UGI Corporation	9.39	1.04	0.26	3/14/2019	1.91%	33
(LEG )	Leggett & Platt, Incorporated	5.90	1.52	0.38	3/14/2019	3.37%	47
(MCY )	Mercury General Corporation	2.85	2.51	0.63	3/13/2019	4.88%	33
(CTBI )	Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.	0.74	1.44	0.36	3/14/2019	3.46%	38

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