Mother's Day Stocks Would Make Great Gifts

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10. If you haven't purchased a gift yet, why not consider some Mother's Day stocks for your Mother. Stocks that will benefit from the Mother's Day celebration can find some investments on the chocolate and candy stock list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

The largest chocolate company in North America is the famous Hershey (HSY) company. The stock trades at 25 times trailing earnings and 20 times forward earnings. Revenues for the latest reported quarter were up 3.5% year-over-year, however, earnings dropped by 3.1%. The stock  pays a delicious yield of 2.0%.

Another popular Mother's Day stock is 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS), which is the the world's largest publicly traded flower marketer, and also sells plants, cookies, cakes, candies, wine, gift baskets, and other gifts that your mother would enjoy. The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 15 and a forward PE ratio of 20. The company recently reported that revenues from continuing operations grew by 29.3% to $232.2 million for the latest quarter.

CSS Industries Inc. (CSS) is a marketer of gift wrap, gift bags, boxed greeting cards, gift tags, tissue paper, and other decorations. The stock has a PE of 16, and a yield of 2.3%.

If you like interesting stock lists like this, such as the candy stock list, you should check out the various free stock databases, at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of May

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

American Greetings	AM	5/11/2015	3.8%
Baylake Corporation	BYLK	5/11/2015	2.6%
Xilinx	XLNX	5/11/2015	2.9%
Berkshire Hills Bancorp	BHLB	5/12/2015	2.6%
Entergy Corp	ETR	5/12/2015	4.3%
Unitil Corp	UTL	5/12/2015	4.0%
Wisconsin Energy	WEC	5/12/2015	3.4%
A. H. Belo Corporation	AHC	5/13/2015	4.4%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 
Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

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Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Top Yielding Microcap Stocks Paying Over 7%

Investors that like to do a little speculating with microchip stocks are always looking for ways to offset the risk. One way to do that is by finding stocks that pay dividends, especially those with high dividends. The dividends return your capital faster, and every time you receive a dividend, your money at risk is reduced. Here is a selection of the top yielding stocks with low market caps.

The Female Health Company (FHCO) has a market cap of $85 million and a very generous yield of 9.3%. This producer of health products for women trades at 49 times trailing earnings and 15 times forward earnings. The company just reported that net revenues increased 153% to $11.0 million and gross profit rose 168% to $6.4 million in second quarter.Also, diluted earnings per share were $0.09 in first half of fiscal year 2015 as compared to $0.06 in the first half of fiscal year 2014, a 50% increase.


Concurrent Computer Corporation (CCUR) pays a yield of 7.8% with a market cap of $58 million. This multi-screen video software and hardware company has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 3.4. The company reported net income of $784 thousand, or $0.09 per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, compared with a net loss of $571 thousand, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the previous quarter.


Educational Development Corporation (EDUC) is another high yielder, at 8.0%. This trade publisher of the line of educational children’s books has a low market cap of $17 million. The stock trades at 39 times earnings. The company reported historic record net revenues for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2015.


Electro Rent (ELRC), a renter of electronic test and measurement equipment, pays a yield of 7.0%. The market cap is $260 million, with a trailing PE of 16 and a forward PE of 15.

Maybe you can capture a big dividend from a little company. If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out the stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of May

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

Cleco CP	CNL	5/4/2015	2.9%
Dime Bancorp	DCOM	5/4/2015	3.5%
Emerge Energy Services LP	EMES	5/4/2015	9.8%

First Energy	FE	5/5/2015	4.0%
Heritage Financial Corporation	HFWA	5/5/2015	2.6%
Hoegh LNG Partners LP	HMLP	5/5/2015	6.1%
Intel Corp	INTC	5/5/2015	3.0%

American Electric Power	AEP	5/6/2015	3.7%
American Software	AMSWA	5/6/2015	3.9%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 
Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com