82 Firms going Ex-Dividend next week, including Merck, Public Storage and Gilead Sciences

There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following six Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Occidental Petroleum, Kohl’s Corp., Gilead Sciences, Public Storage, Merck and T. Rowe Price. 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	Pay Date	Next Payout	Market Cap
Becton Dickinson	BDX	1.24%	$255.73	12/9/2019	12/31/2019	$0.79	69.522
CME Group	CME	1.47%	$204.12	12/9/2019	12/27/2019	$0.75	72.923
Donaldson Company	DCI	1.56%	$53.91	12/9/2019	12/27/2019	$0.21	6.864
MGM Resorts International	MGM	1.63%	$31.62	12/9/2019	12/16/2019	$0.13	16.387
Occidental Petroleum	OXY	8.17%	$38.35	12/9/2019	1/15/2020	$0.79	34.402
Public Service Enterprise Group	PEG	3.21%	$58.50	12/9/2019	12/31/2019	$0.47	29.706
PPL Corporation	PPL	4.83%	$34.19	12/9/2019	1/2/2020	$0.41	24.76
Travelers Co.	TRV	2.42%	$134.62	12/9/2019	12/31/2019	$0.82	34.654
V.F. Corporation	VFC	2.18%	$85.99	12/9/2019	12/20/2019	$0.48	34.766
Ameren Corp	AEE	2.68%	$73.81	12/10/2019	12/31/2019	$0.50	18.172
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	CNQ	4.24%	$28.00	12/10/2019	1/1/2020	$0.38	32.702
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	HPE	3.07%	$15.61	12/10/2019	1/2/2020	$0.12	20.413
Hewlett Packard	HPQ	3.59%	$19.81	12/10/2019	1/2/2020	$0.18	29.564
Kohl’s Corporation	KSS	5.72%	$46.23	12/10/2019	12/24/2019	$0.67	7.396
Lam Research Corporation	LRCX	1.75%	$260.00	12/10/2019	1/8/2020	$1.15	38.189
Southwest Airlines	LUV	1.27%	$55.93	12/10/2019	1/8/2020	$0.18	29.524
Rogers Communications	RCI	3.23%	$47.55	12/10/2019	1/2/2020	$0.50	24.523
Telus Corp	TU	4.77%	$37.52	12/10/2019	1/2/2020	$0.58	22.719
Avangrid, Inc.	AGR	3.63%	$48.51	12/11/2019	1/2/2020	$0.44	14.996
American International Group Inc	AIG	2.50%	$51.17	12/11/2019	12/26/2019	$0.32	44.715
MDU Resources Group	MDU	2.87%	$29.12	12/11/2019	1/1/2020	$0.21	5.841
Medical Properties Trust	MPW	5.06%	$21.02	12/11/2019	1/9/2020	$0.26	10.822
Arch Capital Group Ltd. 5.45 %	ACGLO	5.35%	$25.48	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.34	14.945
Arch Capital Group Ltd – 5.25%	ACGLP	5.24%	$25.06	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.33	15.208
Automatic Data Processing	ADP	2.18%	$167.13	12/12/2019	1/1/2020	$0.91	72.724
ADT Corp	ADT	1.60%	$8.73	12/12/2019	1/3/2020	$0.04	6.774
American Financial Group, Inc.	AFGE	6.18%	$25.29	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$0.39	9.875
Albemarle Corp	ALB	2.31%	$64.20	12/12/2019	1/2/2020	$0.37	6.864
Banco Do Brasil S.A. – ADR	BDORY	2.24%	$11.52	12/12/2019	1/9/2020	$0.03	33.275
Broadridge Financial Solutions	BR	1.78%	$121.46	12/12/2019	1/3/2020	$0.54	13.941
CAE Inc.	CAE	1.30%	$26.03	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.11	6.955
Crown Castle International Corp.	CCI	3.58%	$134.15	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$1.20	55.634
Comerica	CMA	3.89%	$68.95	12/12/2019	1/1/2020	$0.67	10.045
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	2.25%	$8.53	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.06	10.628
Digital Realty Trust	DLR	3.66%	$118.10	12/12/2019	1/15/2020	$1.08	24.7
Domino’s Pizza	DPZ	0.92%	$284.09	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.65	11.704
Devon Energy	DVN	1.68%	$21.60	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.09	8.427
Encana	ECA	1.95%	$3.90	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.02	5.124
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	1.03%	$136.22	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.35	83.727
Gilead Sciences	GILD	3.81%	$66.35	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$0.63	84.044
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc	GLPI	6.67%	$42.01	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.70	9.021
Global Payments	GPN	0.44%	$177.42	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.20	53.218
Huntsman Corp	HUN	2.97%	$21.90	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.16	5.108
SLM Corp. 6.0% Sr Nt	JSM	6.46%	$23.34	12/12/2019	12/16/2019	$0.38	6.378
Leggett & Platt	LEG	3.06%	$51.75	12/12/2019	1/15/2020	$0.40	6.857
Motorola Solutions Inc	MSI	1.55%	$163.16	12/12/2019	1/15/2020	$0.64	28.433
NASDAQ OMX Group	NDAQ	1.80%	$104.48	12/12/2019	12/27/2019	$0.47	17.123
Northern Trust	NTRS	2.63%	$105.81	12/12/2019	1/1/2020	$0.70	22.464
Northern Trust Corporation – Depository Shares	NTRSP	5.78%	$25.33	12/12/2019	1/1/2020	$0.37	22.313
Universal Display Corporation	OLED	0.21%	$191.54	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.10	9.167
Public Storage	PSA	3.83%	$211.94	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$2.00	36.873
RenaissanceRe Holdings	RNR	0.73%	$185.72	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.34	8.191
Service Corp	SCI	1.62%	$43.24	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.18	7.925
Shaw Communications	SJR	4.46%	$20.22	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$0.10	10.589
Teck Resources Limited	TECK	0.99%	$14.97	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.05	8.502
Textron Inc.	TXT	0.17%	$45.29	12/12/2019	1/1/2020	$0.02	10.444
Verisk Analytics, Inc	VRSK	0.68%	$144.97	12/12/2019	12/31/2019	$0.25	23.951
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.	WH	2.01%	$56.30	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$0.29	5.397
Williams Cos.	WMB	6.74%	$22.20	12/12/2019	12/30/2019	$0.38	27.017
Ares Capital	ARCC	8.55%	$18.86	12/13/2019	12/27/2019	$0.02	7.982
BCE Inc.	BCE	5.10%	$49.75	12/13/2019	1/15/2020	$0.79	43.447
Camden Property Trust	CPT	2.90%	$110.26	12/13/2019	1/17/2020	$0.80	10.689
DTE Energy	DTE	3.27%	$124.01	12/13/2019	1/15/2020	$1.01	23.888
Extra Space Storage	EXR	3.39%	$106.24	12/13/2019	12/31/2019	$0.90	13.688
First Citizens Bancshares	FCNCA	0.31%	$514.16	12/13/2019	1/6/2020	$0.40	5.442
First Citizens Bancshares, Inc (NC)	FCNCB	0.37%	$430.00	12/13/2019	1/6/2020	$0.40	5.499
Garmin	GRMN	2.36%	$96.49	12/13/2019	12/31/2019	$0.57	18.392
Harley-Davidson	HOG	4.18%	$36.81	12/13/2019	12/27/2019	$0.38	5.604
Hill-Rom Holdings	HRC	0.79%	$106.01	12/13/2019	12/31/2019	$0.21	7.101
Intercontinentalexchange Group Inc	ICE	1.18%	$93.45	12/13/2019	12/31/2019	$0.28	52.093
Iron Mountain	IRM	7.66%	$32.30	12/13/2019	1/2/2020	$0.62	9.283
Lamar Advertising Co	LAMR	4.58%	$83.74	12/13/2019	12/30/2019	$0.96	8.419
Leidos Holdings, Inc	LDOS	1.51%	$89.66	12/13/2019	12/27/2019	$0.34	12.69
Merck	MRK	2.80%	$87.15	12/13/2019	1/8/2020	$0.61	223.13
NewMarket Corp	NEU	1.56%	$487.23	12/13/2019	1/2/2020	$1.90	5.444
NXP Semiconductors N.V.	NXPI	1.31%	$116.35	12/13/2019	1/6/2020	$0.38	32.682
Prosperity Bancshares	PB	2.66%	$67.85	12/13/2019	1/2/2020	$0.46	6.587
Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.	SPR	0.56%	$84.62	12/13/2019	1/6/2020	$0.12	8.659
T. Rowe Price	TROW	2.49%	$120.79	12/13/2019	12/30/2019	$0.76	28.378
UGI Corp	UGI	2.98%	$42.80	12/13/2019	1/1/2020	$0.33	8.981
Vornado Realty Trust – 6.50%	VNORP	2.52%	$129.05	12/13/2019	1/2/2020	$0.81	13.757
Vistra Energy Corp.	VST	1.89%	$25.86	12/13/2019	12/30/2019	$0.13	12.312