65 Firms going Ex-Dividend next week, including Coca-Cola, Merck and T. Rowe Price

There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following eight Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Coca-Cola, Merck, BCE Inc., T. Rowe Price, Viacom, Eastman Chemical, Hess Corp., and UnitedHealth Group.

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
Coca-Cola Co.	KO	3.26	45.37	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	193.42
Merck	MRK	2.92	64.45	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/10/2017	176.13
Altria Group	MO	3.24	75.28	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/10/2017	145.52
China Life Insurance Company Ltd.	LFC	0.85	16.11	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	8/11/2017	112.32
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	TMO	0.35	172.11	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/17/2017	67.56
BCE Inc.	BCE	4.71	45.23	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/15/2017	40.1
Zoetis Inc	ZTS	0.68	61.8	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	9/1/2017	30.23
Xcel Energy	XEL	3.03	47.49	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/20/2017	23.91
Northern Trust Corporation	NTRSP	5.33	27.43	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/1/2017	20.06
Digital Realty Trust	DLR	3.33	111.73	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	18.6
T. Rowe Price	TROW	3.1	73.64	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/29/2017	17.73
Best Buy	BBY	2.36	57.62	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/6/2017	17.54
Viacom Inc Cl A	VIA	1.97	40.62	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	14.76
Viacom	VIAB	2.17	36.9	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	14.66
Motorola Solutions Inc	MSI	2.21	85.25	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/14/2017	14.04
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV	1.27	72.52	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/29/2017	12.92
Comerica	CMA	1.42	73.08	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/1/2017	12.89
Albemarle Corp	ALB	1.13	113.22	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	12.36
Eastman Chemical	EMN	2.46	83	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/5/2017	12.08
Goldcorp	GG	0.59	13.55	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/23/2017	11.35
XL Capital	XL	2.08	42.33	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	10.98
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	1.75	8.49	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	10.12
Extra Space Storage	EXR	4.16	74.98	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	9.88
Packaging Corp of America	PKG	2.39	105.25	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/14/2017	9.84
Domino’s Pizza	DPZ	0.91	201.94	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	9.82
Encana	ECA	0.62	9.67	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	9.09
Iron Mountain	IRM	6.54	33.63	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	8.99
Broadridge Financial Solutions	BR	1.79	73.86	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	8.73
UGI Corp	UGI	2.01	49.69	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/1/2017	8.52
Leidos Holdings, Inc	LDOS	2.31	55.45	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	8.37
WR Berkley Corporation	WRB	0.81	68.99	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/5/2017	8.34
Allegion PLC	ALLE	0.83	76.84	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	7.42
Lamar Advertising Co	LAMR	4.66	71.18	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	7.04
Leggett & Platt	LEG	2.75	52.28	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/14/2017	6.98
American Homes 4 Rent	AMH	0.91	21.96	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	6.94
Macy’s	M	6.49	23.26	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	7/3/2017	6.9
EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST	ESRT	1.96	21.46	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	6.46
Service Corp	SCI	1.9	31.66	6/13/2017	6/15/2017	6/30/2017	5.97
Gilead Sciences	GILD	3.13	66.38	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/29/2017	85.5
Crown Castle International Corp.	CCI	3.76	101.03	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	37.34
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	CNQ	3.72	29.55	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	7/1/2017	32.26
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	1.39	83.52	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	27.98
Hess Corp	HES	2.17	46.12	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	14.54
Ametek Inc.	AME	0.58	62.03	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	14.23
National Oilwell Varco	NOV	0.58	34.6	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	13
NASDAQ OMX Group	NDAQ	2.16	70.52	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	11.64
Fidelity National Financial	FNF	2.35	42.47	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	11.55
Western Union	WU	3.65	19.19	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	9.07
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc	GLPI	6.83	36.32	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	6/30/2017	7.57
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.	BBBY	1.62	37.15	6/14/2017	6/16/2017	7/18/2017	5.32
General Electric	GE	3.31	28.98	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/25/2017	252.31
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	1.68	178.23	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	6/27/2017	171.45
Avago Technologies Ltd.	AVGO	1.73	236	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	6/30/2017	102.19
American Tower Corp	AMT	2.01	127.48	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/14/2017	54.9
Amphenol	APH	0.85	74.88	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/11/2017	23
DTE Energy	DTE	3.02	109.3	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/15/2017	19.5
Huntington Bancshares	HBAN	2.39	13.37	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/3/2017	14.47
Leucadia National Corp.	LUK	0.99	25.38	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	6/30/2017	9.14
Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd. ADR	SHI	5.76	55.78	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/24/2017	7.92
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.	SPR	0.7	57.12	6/15/2017	6/19/2017	7/10/2017	6.78
Ecolab Inc.	ECL	1.11	133.58	6/16/2017	6/20/2017	7/17/2017	38.63
Telecom Italia SPA ADR	TI-A	2.8	7.7	6/16/2017	6/20/2017	6/28/2017	18.35
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company	MJN	1.83	89.97	6/16/2017	6/20/2017	7/5/2017	16.52
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	2.13	94.1	6/16/2017	6/20/2017	7/10/2017	11.69
CDK Global Inc	CDK	0.94	59.74	6/16/2017	6/20/2017	6/30/2017	8.76