There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend this week including the following eleven Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Public Storage, Garmin, Merck, BCE Inc., T. Rowe Price, Viacom, Macy’s, Eastman Chemical, Hess Corp., Total, and Ventas.
Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our team as a Top 100 Dividend Stock is tagged.
| Company Name | Symbol | Div. Yield | Curr. Price | Ex. Div. Date | Record Date | Pay Date | Market Cap (Bill) |
 Public Storage |
PSA | 3.62% | 221.06 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 12/29/2016 | 38.12 |
| Garmin |
GRMN | 3.96% | 51.56 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 9.30 |
| Hewlett Packard | HPQ | 3.28% | 16.16 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 1/4/2017 | 27.28 |
| Johnson Controls | JCI | 2.29% | 43.65 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 1/6/2017 | 40.99 |
| Hewlett Packard Enter. Co. | HPE | 1.06% | 24.64 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 1/4/2017 | 40.73 |
| Anadarko Petroleum | APC | 0.28% | 70.26 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 12/28/2016 | 39.50 |
| Lam Research Corporation | LRCX | 1.68% | 107.15 | 12/12/2016 | 12/14/2016 | 1/4/2017 | 16.91 |
| Merck |
MRK | 3.13% | 60.12 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/9/2017 | 169.07 |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 2.61% | 72.02 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/29/2016 | 96.27 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | TMO | 0.42% | 143.07 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/16/2017 | 57.43 |
| BCE Inc. |
BCE | 6.18% | 44.19 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/15/2017 | 38.53 |
| Intercont. Grp. | ICE | 1.14% | 59.46 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 35.45 |
| Devon Energy | DVN | 0.50% | 47.74 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 25.17 |
| General Growth Properties | GGP | 3.34% | 26.33 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/6/2017 | 23.27 |
| T. Rowe Price |
TROW | 2.75% | 78.61 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/29/2016 | 18.85 |
| Viacom Inc Cl A | VIA | 1.88% | 42.6 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/3/2017 | 17.12 |
| Viacom |
VIAB | 2.06% | 38.8 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/3/2017 | 15.50 |
| Digital Realty Trust | DLR | 3.74% | 94.21 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/13/2017 | 14.96 |
| Brookfield Global | INF | 11.53% | 12.15 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/22/2016 | 14.41 |
| Motorola Solutions Inc | MSI | 2.26% | 83.3 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/13/2017 | 13.75 |
| Cenovus Energy Inc. | CVE | 1.29% | 15.52 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 13.07 |
| Macy’s |
M | 3.51% | 43.07 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/3/2017 | 12.94 |
| Encana | ECA | 0.47% | 12.81 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 12.54 |
| Comerica | CMA | 1.32% | 69.62 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/1/2017 | 11.95 |
| Eastman Chemical |
EMN | 2.62% | 77.77 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/3/2017 | 11.32 |
| Goldcorp | GG | 0.59% | 13.53 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/23/2016 | 11.29 |
| Albemarle Corp | ALB | 1.33% | 91.8 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/2/2017 | 10.23 |
| XL Capital | XL | 2.18% | 36.71 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/2/2017 | 9.96 |
| Shaw Communications | SJR | 4.40% | 20.15 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 12/29/2016 | 9.81 |
| Xerox | XRX | 3.26% | 9.52 | 12/13/2016 | 12/15/2016 | 1/31/2017 | 9.61 |
| Avago Technologies Ltd. | AVGO | 2.39% | 170.71 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 71.21 |
| Crown Castle Int’l Corp. | CCI | 4.47% | 85 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 30.75 |
| Fidelity National Info. Svcs | FIS | 1.38% | 75.12 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 24.64 |
| Paccar Inc. | PCAR | 3.53% | 68.07 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 1/6/2017 | 23.60 |
| Eversource Energy | ES | 3.34% | 53.3 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 16.88 |
| Fidelity National Financial | FNF | 2.93% | 34.16 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 11.69 |
| NASDAQ OMX Group | NDAQ | 1.89% | 67.77 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 11.27 |
| Harley-Davidson | HOG | 2.27% | 61.57 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 10.77 |
| Range Resources Corp | RRC | 0.21% | 38.36 | 12/14/2016 | 12/16/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 9.57 |
| Prologis | PLD | 3.20% | 52.48 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 27.80 |
| BlackRock Resources | BCX | 6.34% | 8.44 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 22.98 |
| Omnicom Group | OMC | 2.58% | 85.43 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 1/9/2017 | 20.26 |
| Hess Corp |
HES | 1.62% | 61.67 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 19.55 |
| DTE Energy | DTE | 3.43% | 96.19 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 1/15/2017 | 17.28 |
| BlackRock Utility | BUI | 7.84% | 18.51 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 15.51 |
| Cushing Renaissance Fund | SZC | 9.18% | 17.86 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/23/2016 | 11.31 |
| C.H. Robinson Worldwide | CHRW | 2.32% | 77.47 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 10.90 |
| Western Union | WU | 2.89% | 22.14 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 10.66 |
| Extra Space Storage | EXR | 4.15% | 75.19 | 12/15/2016 | 12/19/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 9.45 |
| Total S.A. |
TOT | 5.35% | 49 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 1/20/2017 | 117.17 |
| Ecolab Inc. | ECL | 1.24% | 119.61 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 1/17/2017 | 34.92 |
| Ventas, Inc. |
VTR | 4.95% | 62.61 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 12/30/2016 | 22.30 |
| Huntington Bancshares | HBAN | 2.38% | 13.46 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 1/2/2017 | 14.60 |
| Tiffany & Co. | TIF | 2.12% | 85.06 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 1/10/2017 | 10.54 |
| STMicroelectronics | STM | 1.89% | 10.78 | 12/16/2016 | 12/20/2016 | 12/28/2016 | 9.33 |
