Monday, June 16, 2008

Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in the Next Couple Weeks

For investors who are interested in buying dividends, there are a lot of stocks going ex-dividend in the next couple weeks. The following are stocks that are going ex through July 4. All have yields above 2.6%, PE ratios below 20, and PEG's below 2.8. Shown below is the ex-dividend date for each stock.

PremierWest Bancorp ( PRWT ) 6/23/2008 Yield: 3.3% P/E: 10 PEG: 0.79
Xcel Energy Inc. ( XEL ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.5% P/E: 15 PEG: 2.79
Alliance Financial Corporation ( ALNC ) 6/24/2008 Yield: 4.2% P/E: 12 PEG: 1.69
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ( FMBI ) 6/25/2008 Yield: 5.3% P/E: 15 PEG: 2.22
Pzena Investment Management, Inc. ( PZN ) 6/25/2008 Yield: 3.8% P/E: 8 PEG: 0.55
B&G Foods, Inc. ( BGS ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 8.6% P/E: 18 PEG: 2.77
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. ( JTX ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 5.5% P/E: 11 PEG: 1.11
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. ( NTE ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 6.6% P/E: 6 PEG: 0.43
PAB Bankshares, Inc. ( PABK ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 5.7% P/E: 11 PEG: 1.07
Post Properties, Inc. ( PPS ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 5.3% P/E: 15 PEG: 1.98
Sterling Financial Corporation ( STSA ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 6.4% P/E: 4 PEG: 0.36
TransCanada Corporation (USA) ( TRP ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 3.8% P/E: 15 PEG: 2.25
UCBH Holdings, Inc. ( UCBH ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 5.1% P/E: 4 PEG: 0.35
Willis Group Holdings Limited ( WSH ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 2.9% P/E: 12 PEG: 0.94
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. ( AJG ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 4.9% P/E: 16 PEG: 1.44
Banner Corporation ( BANR ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 5.6% P/E: 7 PEG: 0.64
The Dow Chemical Company ( DOW ) 6/26/2008 Yield: 4.4% P/E: 13 PEG: 1.33
OfficeMax Incorporated ( OMX ) 6/27/2008 Yield: 3.3% P/E: 7 PEG: 0.56
The Bank of Nova Scotia (USA) ( BNS ) 6/30/2008 Yield: 3.8% P/E: 13 PEG: 1.59
JPMorgan Chase & Co. ( JPM ) 7/1/2008 Yield: 4.0% P/E: 10 PEG: 1.18
SYSCO Corporation ( SYY ) 7/1/2008 Yield: 3.0% P/E: 17 PEG: 1.31
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. ( BMY ) 7/2/2008 Yield: 6.3% P/E: 19 PEG: 2.06
Gentex Corporation ( GNTX ) 7/3/2008 Yield: 2.7% P/E: 19 PEG: 1.05

If you are unfamiliar with the concept of 'buying dividends', you should check out the Buying Dividends article.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com

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