There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following ten Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Paramount Global, Merck, Eastman Chemical, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, Total Energies, Gilead Sciences, Digital Realty, Xcel Energy and Medical Properties Trust Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock prior to its ex-dividend date in… Continue reading 118 Firms going Ex-Dividend next week, including Merck, Gilead and Coca-Cola