This post lists high dividend (annual yield > 4%) stocks go ex-dividend next week order by ex-dividend date and then by yield. Since the timing of capturing the dividend of these stocks are one day before ex-dividend, therefore the listings go from next Tuesday up to the Monday in week after.
Tuesday 4/21/2009
Portugal Telecom (PT), telecom service provider based in Portugal, with annual div yield 16.14%, market cap 7.22B, avg vol 199K.
Compass Diversified Holdings (High Risk) (CODI), with annual div yield 13.53%, with market cap 317M, avg vol 128K. The company is called by Barron’s as “Poor man’s Berkshire Hathaway”, CODI is an diversified investment company that owns 5 - 7 companies in portfolio, 40% of its EBITDA comes from a staffing firm, therefore CODI is traded in sync with staffing firm such as Robert Half. The bleak employment market outlook for the rest of 2009 drags down the company stock price, and not hit the bottom yet. However, the company enjoys a good management team, a lot of cash, and low level of debt.
HRPT Properties Trust (HRP), annual div yield 10.91%, office and industrial building REIT based in Newton, MA, with market cap of 987M, and avg vol of 5.3M. Despite the commercial real estate market weakness, HRP stock has broken out the resistance of $4 with strong volume, however, it’s still early to tell if this breakout sets a new trend or a fake move. The firm chose to lower the dividend and use the cash saved to buy back shares, the share buy back action may have pushed up the share prices.
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares (NHTB), annual div yield 6.67%, market cap 44.8M, avg vol 5K.
Royal Bank of Canada (RY), annual div yield 5.63%, with market cap of 49B, avg vol of 2.5M.
MVC Capital (MVC), annual div yield 4.95%, with market cap of 235M and avg vol of 86K.
Wednesday 4/22/2009
Tsakos Energy (TNP), Greek oil shipper with a fleet of 44 double-hull tankers, with annual div yield 5.19%, market cap 605M, avg vol 255K.
Reed Elseiver (RUK), scientific, business and legal publisher based in UK, with annual div yield 4.76%, market cap 8.24B, avg vol 84K.
Meridian Biosciences (VIVO), diagnostic test kit manufacturer based in Cincinnati OH, with annual div yield 4.41%, market cap 623M, avg vol 435K. The chart looks bearish, the stock has yet hit bottom.
Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), annual div yield 4.1%, housekeeping and facility maintenance service provider to health care facilities based in PA, with market cap 763B, avg vol 293K.
Thursday 4/23/2009
Gladstone Capital (GLAD), $1.2B closed-end debt fund based in McLean, VA, annual div yield of 13.48%, with market cap 131.37M, avg vol 197K.
Union Bankshares (UNB), annual div yield of 6.17%, with market cap of 72M, and avg vol of 787.
Friday 4/10/2009
Nokia (NOK), annual div yield 3.47%, with market cap of 55.36B, avg vol of 24M, will pay dividend of 52c per share, the dividend is paid annually instead of quarterly. NOK stock price has bottomed, and tracks S&P pretty closely. Lack of a competitive smart phone product that can directly compete with iPhone and BlackBerry makes Nokia’s stock less attractive than AAPL and RIMM.
Monday 4/27/2009
Magyar Telekom (MTA), annual div yield 11.8%, Hungarian telecom provider with market cap 2.75B, avg vol 32.9K.
Allianz (AZ), annual div yield 7.18%.
Cal-Maine Foods (CALM), annual div yield 6.78%, egg producer based in Jackson MS, with market cap of 607M and avg vol of 234.9K.
No comments:
Post a Comment