It’s critical to know whether a stock you plan on buying has an ex-dividend status, because in case it does, the dividend would be
paid out to the seller. The person who owns the stock on the ex-dividend date will be awarded the payment, which means that you’ll
have to wait for the next dividend cycle to receive your first dividend payout from the company.
On the other hand, share prices typically decline just after the ex-dividend date is declared, and usually by an amount equal to
the expected dividend. So, this may give you the opportunity to identify a good entry point. If you’re planning on selling shares
on or after the ex-dividend date, you'll receive the dividend payout from the company.
Here is the list of stocks going ex-dividend on Wednesday.
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Coach Inc (NYSE: COH) - $0.3375 dividend, 3.5545
percent yield. Coach shares have jumped 95.47 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 6.15
percent in the same period.
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Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) - $0.5700
dividend, 2.5166 percent yield. Automatic Data Processing, based in Roseland, New Jersey, provides business process outsourcing
services worldwide.
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Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) - $0.3800 dividend,
13.7432 percent yield. Oppenheimer upgraded Pandora from Perform to Outperform.
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Becton Dickinson and Co (NYSE: BDX) - $0.7300
dividend, 1.6991 percent yield. Becton Dickinson shares have increased 7.02 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P
500 index has gained 6.15 percent in the same period.
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Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (NYSE: PEG) -
$0.4100 dividend, 4.1031 percent yield. Public Service Enterprise, based in Newark, New Jersey, operates as an energy company.
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CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) - $0.1800 dividend,
1.1942 percent yield. CBS shares have surged 20.89 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 6.15
percent in the same period.
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PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL) - $0.3800 dividend, 4.6299
percent yield. PPL, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, delivers electricity and natural gas in the U.S and the U.K.
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Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) - $0.3400
dividend, 2.4772 percent yield. Brinker shares have climbed 17.58 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index
has gained 6.15 percent in the same period.
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Williams Companies Inc (NYSE: WMB) - $0.2000
dividend, 2.6212 percent yield. Williams Companies, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, operates as an energy infrastructure company
primarily in the U.S.
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Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) - $0.9200 dividend,
3.2540 percent yield. Kimberly Clark shares have dropped 6.94 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has
gained 6.15 percent in the same period.
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