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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Tuesday, August 18th

CompanyShare PriceAmount / PeriodYieldPrevious AmountPayout RatioPayable Date
AMRZ Amrize$45.69$0.11 - $0.1120.3%8/26/26
ATKR Atkore$93.76$0.33
quarterly
1.85%$0.33-27.4%8/28/26
AUGO Aura Minerals$78.54$0.72
quarterly
4.37%$0.7888.1%8/28/26
AVA Avista$38.88$0.49
quarterly
5.02%$0.4971.1%9/14/26
BG Bunge Global$114.83$0.72
quarterly
2.23%$0.7255.9%9/1/26
BRSL Brightstar Lottery$11.48$0.23
quarterly
8.13%$0.2370.8%9/1/26
BWXT BWX Technologies$172.16$0.27
quarterly
0.62%$0.2728.0%9/4/26
CEG Constellation Energy$278.23$0.43
quarterly
0.64%$0.4316.7%9/4/26
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions$56.90$0.33
quarterly
2.36%$0.3328.4%8/25/26
DLX Deluxe$24.16$0.30
quarterly
4.52%$0.3053.3%9/1/26
EVRG Evergy$83.72$0.70
quarterly
3.35%$0.7070.6%9/18/26
FMBH First Mid Bancshares$51.82$0.26
quarterly
2.08%$0.2525.8%9/1/26
FTI TechnipFMC$80.25$0.05
quarterly
0.28%$0.056.9%9/2/26
HP Helmerich & Payne$44.34$0.25
quarterly
2.60%$0.25-70.9%9/1/26
IGIC International General Insurance$26.31$0.08
quarterly
1.07%$0.0812.0%9/2/26
JEF Jefferies Financial Group$54.55$0.40
quarterly
2.76%$0.4044.7%8/28/26
LSTR Landstar System$192.29$0.44
quarterly
0.95%$0.4041.5%9/9/26
NRP Natural Resource Partners$103.73$0.75
quarterly
2.86%$0.7538.3%8/25/26
PRG PROG$42.26$0.14
quarterly
1.22%$0.1415.5%9/3/26
PSX Phillips 66$239.58$1.27
quarterly
2.68%$1.2728.9%9/1/26
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals$806.80$0.94
quarterly
0.51%$0.949.3%8/31/26
RGA Reinsurance Group of America$247.87$0.98
quarterly
1.66%$0.9316.3%9/1/26
STBA S&T Bancorp$51.09$0.37
quarterly
2.81%$0.3739.4%8/27/26
TKR Timken$134.02$0.36
quarterly
1.09%$0.3639.0%8/28/26
WAB Wabtec$302.38$0.31
quarterly
0.48%$0.3116.7%9/1/26
Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment.
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, August 19th

CompanyShare PriceAmount / PeriodYieldPrevious AmountPayout RatioPayable Date
ADM Archer Daniels Midland$81.18$0.52
quarterly
2.68%$0.5257.0%9/9/26
AFL Aflac$121.37$0.61
quarterly
1.96%$0.6126.2%9/1/26
ALNT Allient$112.62$0.04
quarterly
0.17%$0.049.4%9/2/26
APO Apollo Global Management$134.81$0.56
quarterly
1.69%$0.5682.4%8/31/26
ARMK Aramark$62.06$0.12
quarterly
0.84%$0.1233.6%9/9/26
BGC BGC Group$11.08$0.02
quarterly
0.68%$0.0219.5%9/2/26
BOKF BOK Financial$145.92$0.63
quarterly
1.75%$0.6323.8%9/2/26
CGAU Centerra Gold$21.89$0.07
quarterly
1.16%$0.076.7%9/2/26
CSL Carlisle Companies$361.91$1.25
quarterly
1.29%$1.1025.2%9/1/26
CVX Chevron$203.52$1.78
quarterly
3.61%$1.7868.3%9/10/26
ED Consolidated Edison$109.00$0.89
quarterly
3.16%$0.8958.3%9/15/26
EE Excelerate Energy$36.20$0.09
quarterly
0.94%$0.0822.1%9/3/26
EFXT Enerflex$22.66$0.04
quarterly
0.59%$0.0430.2%9/2/26
ENR Energizer$22.31$0.30
quarterly
5.49%$0.30101.7%9/9/26
EQIX Equinix$1,102.10$5.16
quarterly
2.05%$5.16132.9%9/16/26
EQX Equinox Gold$11.77$0.02
quarterly
0.84%$0.0211.1%9/2/26
FTS Fortis$56.39$0.64
quarterly
3.17%$0.6476.5%9/1/26
HAS Hasbro$95.28$0.70
quarterly
3.15%$0.7050.4%9/2/26
L Loews$112.65$0.06
quarterly
0.22%$0.063.1%9/1/26
MKTX MarketAxess$162.60$0.78
quarterly
1.92%$0.7836.8%9/2/26
MPC Marathon Petroleum$362.17$1.00
quarterly
1.29%$1.0013.8%9/10/26
NVGS Navigator$21.50$0.07
quarterly
1.31%$0.0712.9%9/1/26
OGC Oceanagold$29.56$0.09
quarterly
0.97%$0.0918.1%9/18/26
ORA Ormat Technologies$113.88$0.12
quarterly
0.49%$0.1223.6%9/2/26
OSW OneSpaWorld$26.66$0.05
quarterly
0.77%$0.0525.3%9/2/26
PLMR Palomar$124.23$0.45
quarterly
1.32% - - 9/2/26
POWL Powell Industries$217.84$0.09
quarterly
0.16%$0.096.9%9/16/26
SNA Snap-On$402.61$2.44
quarterly
2.35%$2.4449.8%9/10/26
TPC Tutor Perini$97.08$0.09
quarterly
0.36%$0.0615.5%9/3/26
TRI Thomson Reuters$99.11$0.66
quarterly
2.66%$0.6669.7%9/10/26
VRSN VeriSign$273.04$0.81
quarterly
1.18%$0.8135.1%8/27/26
Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment.
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 20th

CompanyShare PriceAmount / PeriodYieldPrevious AmountPayout RatioPayable Date
ACT Enact$49.59$0.24
quarterly
2.01%$0.2420.2%9/17/26
AGO Assured Guaranty$76.35$0.38
quarterly
1.84%$0.3820.3%9/3/26
AMAT Applied Materials$537.70$0.53
quarterly
0.42%$0.5318.3%9/10/26
BC Brunswick$82.46$0.44
quarterly
2.15%$0.44-134.4%9/15/26
CGNX Cognex$66.86$0.09
quarterly
0.48%$0.0933.0%9/3/26
CHRD Chord Energy$142.26$1.30
quarterly
4.00%$1.3034.9%9/4/26
CNP CenterPoint Energy$40.62$0.24
quarterly
2.22%$0.2354.1%9/10/26
COLM Columbia Sportswear$57.02$0.30
quarterly
1.91%$0.3031.2%9/3/26
CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent$35.29$0.06
quarterly
0.82%$0.0616.1%8/28/26
GIL Gildan Activewear$55.96$0.25
quarterly
1.90%$0.25192.3%9/14/26
KGC Kinross Gold$27.82$0.04
quarterly
0.69%$0.046.1%9/3/26
LFUS Littelfuse$471.47$0.80
quarterly
0.78%$0.75-600.0%9/3/26
LKQ LKQ$25.37$0.30
quarterly
5.31%$0.3066.7%9/3/26
LMAT LeMaitre Vascular$82.34$0.25
quarterly
0.95%$0.2535.1%9/3/26
MAR Marriott International$355.76$0.73
quarterly
0.82%$0.7330.3%9/30/26
MSFT Microsoft$480.18$0.91
quarterly
0.92%$0.9120.3%9/10/26
MTRN Materion$287.31$0.15
quarterly
0.24%$0.1513.5%9/4/26
RMD ResMed$220.16$0.66
quarterly
1.27%$0.6023.0%9/24/26
SBAC SBA Communications$183.76$1.25
quarterly
2.78%$1.2553.9%9/17/26
SGI Somnigroup International$64.82$0.17
quarterly
1.04%$0.1727.2%9/3/26
TRU TransUnion$78.73$0.13
quarterly
0.63%$0.1313.2%9/4/26
WD Walker & Dunlop$40.53$0.68
quarterly
6.15%$0.68242.9%9/3/26
WMG Warner Music Group$26.42$0.20
quarterly
3.08%$0.1960.3%9/1/26
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals$136.87$0.20
quarterly
0.62%$0.2017.3%9/3/26
WWD Woodward$370.80$0.32
quarterly
0.29%$0.3214.2%9/3/26
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor$50.46$0.11
quarterly
0.91%$0.1127.2%9/4/26
Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment.

Dividend Stock Ideas

This is a list of companies that meet common criteria that investors use to evaluate dividend stocks. This list contains companies that have dividend yields greater than 3%, payout ratios of less than 75% (or less than 100% for REITs), five-year average annual dividend growth of at least 1.5% and a minimum market cap of $1 billion.
CompanyDividend YieldAnnual PayoutPayout RatioAnnual Dividend GrowthP/E RatioMarket Cap
TBCG TBC Bank Group PLC4.05%GBX 1,067.0141.39%5.29%1.90£2.70K
FSK FS KKR Capital Corp.24.27%$1.68N/A1.81%N/A$3.32K
EFC Ellington Financial Inc.11.41%$1.5695.12%4.36%8.27$1.75K
BBSEY BB Seguridade Participacoes SA9.20%$0.6673.33%6.13%7.98$13.95K
PRGO Perrigo Company plc8.90%$1.16N/A5.21%N/A$1.78K

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