| The Wall Street Journal is already raising the alarm about a potential market crash, and Weiss Ratings research points to the first half of 2026 as a particularly rough stretch for certain holdings.
Some of America's most popular stocks could take serious damage as a radical market shift plays out. Analysts at Weiss Ratings have identified five names you may want to remove from your portfolio before this unfolds.
If any of these are in your portfolio, now is the time to review your positions.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, August 12th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AB AllianceBernstein | $36.98 | $0.82
quarterly | 8.76% | $0.83 | 98.2% | 8/27/26
| | AER Aercap | $149.49 | $0.40
quarterly | 1.08% | $0.40 | 7.9% | 9/3/26
| | BRO Brown & Brown | $71.45 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.01% | $0.17 | 20.8% | 8/19/26
| | BTU Peabody Energy | $24.64 | $0.08
quarterly | 1.43% | $0.08 | -20.0% | 9/3/26
| | CLBK Columbia Financial | $10.81 | $0.05
quarterly | 1.83% | - | - | 8/26/26
| | CLX Clorox | $107.74 | $1.25
quarterly | 5.23% | $1.24 | 102.9% | 8/28/26
| | DMC Fresh Del Monte Produce | $30.28 | $0.30
quarterly | 3.90% | - | 169.0% | 9/4/26
| | FTAI FTAI Aviation | $215.00 | $0.50 | - | - | 34.8% | 8/24/26
| | HOMB Home BancShares | $30.74 | $0.23
quarterly | 3.03% | $0.21 | 34.7% | 9/2/26
| | KVUE Kenvue | $19.00 | $0.21
quarterly | 4.25% | $0.21 | 95.4% | 8/26/26
| | NTB Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son | $62.51 | $0.50
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.50 | 35.1% | 8/26/26
| | PCAR PACCAR | $131.24 | $0.35
quarterly | 1.13% | $0.35 | 29.4% | 9/2/26
| | ST Sensata Technologies | $45.82 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.04% | $0.12 | 80.0% | 8/26/26
| | TGT Target | $152.21 | $1.16
quarterly | 3.50% | $1.14 | 60.2% | 9/1/26
| | URI United Rentals | $1,136.27 | $1.97
quarterly | 0.76% | $1.97 | 18.9% | 8/26/26
| | WELL Welltower | $235.12 | $0.85
quarterly | 1.37% | $0.74 | 135.8% | 8/20/26
| | WINA Winmark | $378.20 | $1.02
quarterly | 1.08% | $1.02 | 37.0% | 9/1/26
| | WT WisdomTree | $22.15 | $0.03
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.03 | 23.1% | 8/26/26
| | 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 Thursday, August 13th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | DRS Leonardo DRS | $45.05 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.79% | $0.09 | 30.3% | 8/27/26
| | ETR Entergy | $105.45 | $0.64
quarterly | 2.37% | $0.64 | 65.6% | 9/1/26
| | EXE Expand Energy | $97.56 | $0.58
quarterly | 2.60% | $0.58 | 19.9% | 9/3/26
| | FANG Diamondback Energy | $198.97 | $1.10
quarterly | 2.21% | $1.10 | 85.8% | 8/20/26
| | FIX Comfort Systems USA | $1,676.96 | $0.90
quarterly | 0.20% | $0.80 | 7.9% | 8/24/26
| | IR Ingersoll Rand | $86.53 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.09% | $0.02 | 3.3% | 9/3/26
| | OSK Oshkosh | $155.33 | $0.57
quarterly | 1.50% | $0.57 | 26.1% | 8/27/26
| | OWL Blue Owl Capital | $11.69 | $0.23
quarterly | 9.06% | $0.23 | 766.7% | 8/27/26
| | POOL Pool | $199.98 | $1.30
quarterly | 2.69% | $1.30 | 47.8% | 8/27/26
| | SFD Smithfield Foods | $24.44 | $0.31
quarterly | 4.70% | $0.31 | 48.8% | 8/27/26
| | TJX TJX Companies | $158.80 | $0.48
quarterly | 1.17% | $0.48 | 37.3% | 9/3/26
| | TTEK Tetra Tech | $35.04 | $0.07
quarterly | 0.85% | $0.07 | 16.9% | 8/27/26
| | VALE Vale | $14.87 | $0.31
special | - | - | 134.7% | 9/10/26
| | VMC Vulcan Materials | $284.80 | $0.52
quarterly | 0.70% | $0.52 | 24.6% | 9/2/26
| | VNOM Viper Energy | $42.37 | $0.29
special | 2.66% | - | 1,169.2% | 8/20/26
| | WAL Western Alliance Bancorporation | $80.50 | $0.42
quarterly | 2.09% | $0.42 | 18.9% | 8/27/26
| | ZION Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $70.62 | $0.48
quarterly | 2.76% | $0.45 | 22.9% | 8/20/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Barrick's gold production has plunged from 2 million ounces to just 719,000, leaving the world's second-largest miner running on fumes.
Newmont's $15 billion purchase of Newcrest, the largest mining deal in history, still couldn't keep output growing, proof that majors must keep buying to survive.
With record cash flows and shrinking mines, gold majors are positioned to launch a wave of acquisitions targeting the best junior assets.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 14th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AG First Majestic Silver | $18.89 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.39% | $0.02 | 9.9% | 8/31/26
| | AGCO AGCO | $100.70 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.06% | $0.30 | 16.6% | 9/15/26
| | AIT Applied Industrial Technologies | $358.43 | $0.51
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.51 | 19.3% | 8/31/26
| | AMTB Amerant Bancorp | $28.58 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.39% | $0.09 | 25.9% | 8/28/26
| | BAH Booz Allen Hamilton | $77.61 | $0.59
quarterly | 3.24% | $0.59 | 37.1% | 8/28/26
| | BBT Beacon Financial | $31.47 | $0.32
quarterly | 4.34% | $0.32 | 97.7% | 8/28/26
| | BFST Business First Bancshares | $31.54 | $0.15
quarterly | 1.97% | $0.15 | 21.3% | 8/31/26
| | BHRB Burke & Herbert Financial Services | $72.73 | $0.55
quarterly | 3.11% | $0.55 | 35.3% | 9/1/26
| | BP BP | $42.84 | $0.52
quarterly | 4.90% | $0.50 | 96.6% | 9/18/26
| | CC Chemours | $14.52 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.09 | -18.3% | 9/15/26
| | CF CF Industries | $121.49 | $0.60
quarterly | 2.05% | $0.50 | 14.8% | 8/31/26
| | CHD Church & Dwight | $103.30 | $0.31
quarterly | 1.23% | $0.31 | 39.5% | 9/1/26
| | CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp | $32.58 | $0.20
quarterly | 2.48% | $0.20 | 25.6% | 9/1/26
| | COR Cencora | $324.17 | $0.60
quarterly | 0.76% | $0.60 | 17.8% | 8/31/26
| | CRH CRH | $100.50 | $0.39
quarterly | 1.63% | $0.39 | 27.5% | 9/16/26
| | CSWC Capital Southwest | $25.14 | $0.19
monthly | 9.97% | $0.19 | 128.2% | 8/31/26
| | CTAS Cintas | $202.71 | $0.52
quarterly | 0.97% | $0.45 | 48.1% | 9/15/26
| | DUK Duke Energy | $120.98 | $1.09
quarterly | 3.43% | $1.07 | 64.0% | 9/16/26
| | ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers | $60.46 | $5.25
quarterly | 34.49% | $2.00 | 74.6% | 8/21/26
| | EMR Emerson Electric | $158.74 | $0.56
quarterly | 1.40% | $0.56 | 48.6% | 9/10/26
| | ENB Enbridge | $51.39 | $0.97
quarterly | 4.98% | $0.97 | 152.4% | 9/1/26
| | EQNR Equinor ASA | $40.98 | $0.39
quarterly | 4.10% | $0.39 | 34.9% | 8/27/26
| | ESQ Esquire Financial | $129.03 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.20 | 13.2% | 9/1/26
| | FCFS FirstCash | $208.73 | $0.42
quarterly | 0.85% | $0.42 | 19.2% | 8/28/26
| | FLOC Flowco | $22.38 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.82% | $0.09 | 30.8% | 8/26/26
| | FSS Federal Signal | $126.46 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.51% | $0.15 | 12.9% | 8/27/26
| | GIB CGI Group | $75.22 | $0.17
quarterly | 0.65% | $0.17 | 8.6% | 9/18/26
| | GRC Gorman-Rupp | $81.54 | $0.19
quarterly | 0.93% | $0.19 | 32.1% | 9/10/26
| | GSK GSK | $52.03 | $0.45
quarterly | 3.36% | $0.44 | 55.9% | 10/8/26
| | HLN Haleon | $9.94 | $0.06 | 1.27% | $0.13 | 64.1% | 9/17/26
| | HON Honeywell International | $242.93 | $0.70
quarterly | 1.15% | $1.19 | 36.8% | 9/4/26
| | HSBC HSBC | $103.22 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.50 | 28.1% | 9/25/26
| | HSY Hershey | $182.64 | $1.45
quarterly | 3.28% | $1.45 | 79.4% | 9/15/26
| | HWKN Hawkins | $130.66 | $0.19
quarterly | 0.55% | $0.19 | 19.7% | 8/28/26
| | IBOC International Bancshares | $72.81 | $0.73 | 1.92% | - | 22.0% | 8/28/26
| | IP International Paper | $41.21 | $0.46
quarterly | 5.07% | $0.46 | -28.4% | 9/15/26
| | IRMD iRadimed | $90.27 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.88% | $0.20 | 44.7% | 8/28/26
| | IVZ Invesco | $31.73 | $0.22
quarterly | 2.92% | $0.22 | -126.5% | 9/2/26
| | JAN JAN | $30.21 | $0.05
monthly | 1.94% | $0.05 | -1,140.0% | 8/26/26
| | JBL Jabil | $337.24 | $0.08
quarterly | 0.10% | $0.08 | 4.0% | 9/2/26
| | KR Kroger | $56.44 | $0.39
quarterly | 2.70% | $0.35 | 82.4% | 9/1/26
| | LLY Eli Lilly and Company | $1,230.00 | $1.73
quarterly | 0.63% | $1.73 | 23.2% | 9/10/26
| | LPLA LPL Financial | $372.11 | $0.30
quarterly | 0.35% | $0.30 | 9.6% | 8/28/26
| | LPX Louisiana-Pacific | $74.32 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.65% | $0.30 | 151.9% | 8/28/26
| | MCO Moody's | $477.33 | $1.03
quarterly | 0.84% | $1.03 | 26.1% | 9/4/26
| | MGA Magna International | $69.87 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.88% | $0.50 | 71.7% | 8/28/26
| | MMS Maximus | $55.28 | $0.33
quarterly | 2.36% | $0.33 | 19.5% | 8/31/26
| | MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated | $193.10 | $0.54
quarterly | 1.12% | $0.54 | 26.9% | 9/10/26
| | MSCI MSCI | $562.07 | $2.05
quarterly | 1.46% | $2.05 | 44.9% | 8/28/26
| | MTX Minerals Technologies | $74.52 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.65% | $0.12 | -22.1% | 9/4/26
| | NMRK Newmark Group | $14.19 | $0.06
quarterly | 1.61% | $0.06 | 29.6% | 8/28/26
| | NWG NatWest Group | $19.14 | $0.32 | 3.40% | $0.62 | 60.2% | 9/18/26
| | NXST Nexstar Media Group | $191.73 | $1.86
quarterly | 3.90% | $1.86 | 142.8% | 8/28/26
| | OBK Origin Bancorp | $53.08 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.25 | 31.3% | 8/31/26
| | OGN Organon & Co. | $13.63 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.59% | $0.02 | 10.4% | 9/10/26
| | OPY Oppenheimer | $111.97 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.75% | $0.20 | 9.0% | 8/28/26
| | OTIS Otis Worldwide | $72.74 | $0.44
quarterly | 2.48% | $0.44 | 45.2% | 9/11/26
| | OTTR Otter Tail | $92.37 | $0.58
quarterly | 2.56% | $0.58 | 49.8% | 9/10/26
| | PAG Penske Automotive Group | $216.31 | $1.44
quarterly | 2.67% | $1.42 | 41.8% | 9/1/26
| | PBF PBF Energy | $66.13 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.50% | $0.28 | 9.7% | 8/28/26
| | PFS Provident Financial Services | $24.28 | $0.24
quarterly | 3.86% | $0.24 | 40.0% | 8/28/26
| | PRL Propel | $26.29 | $0.26
quarterly | 3.86% | $0.24 | 43.9% | 9/3/26
| | PSO Pearson | $16.44 | $0.11 | 1.30% | $0.23 | - | 9/21/26
| | RIO Rio Tinto | $101.89 | $2.11 | 4.38% | - | - | 9/24/26
| | RPRX Royalty Pharma | $57.97 | $0.24
quarterly | 1.62% | $0.24 | 64.8% | 9/10/26
| | RS Reliance | $427.18 | $1.25
quarterly | 1.29% | $1.25 | 29.1% | 8/28/26
| | RTO Rentokil Initial | $24.29 | $0.22 | 1.92% | $0.41 | - | 9/22/26
| | RTX RTX | $223.46 | $0.73
quarterly | 1.55% | $0.73 | 51.4% | 9/3/26
| | SBRA Sabra Healthcare REIT | $20.67 | $0.30
quarterly | 5.82% | $0.30 | 461.5% | 8/31/26
| | SBUX Starbucks | $104.65 | $0.62
quarterly | 2.40% | $0.62 | 142.5% | 8/28/26
| | SCHW Charles Schwab | $107.95 | $0.32
quarterly | 1.26% | $0.32 | 23.3% | 8/28/26
| | SEB Seaboard | $4,239.16 | $2.25
quarterly | 0.20% | $2.25 | 9.9% | 8/24/26
| | SHEL Shell | $89.97 | $0.78
quarterly | 3.45% | $0.78 | 34.4% | 9/21/26
| | SJM J. M. Smucker | $118.09 | $1.12
quarterly | 4.00% | $1.10 | -338.5% | 9/1/26
| | SLDE Slide Insurance | $20.66 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.34% | - | - | 8/28/26
| | SSRM Silver Standard Resources | $31.40 | $0.03
quarterly | 0.32% | - | - | 9/11/26
| | STRC Strategy Inc Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock | $94.35 | $0.50 | - | $0.50 | - | 8/31/26
| | SW Smurfit Westrock | $47.50 | $0.45
quarterly | 3.76% | $0.45 | 192.6% | 9/10/26
| | TFC Truist Financial | $51.81 | $0.52
quarterly | 3.92% | $0.52 | 47.7% | 9/1/26
| | TFX Teleflex | $132.66 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.97% | $0.34 | -5.8% | 9/30/26
| | TPG TPG | $49.40 | $0.59
quarterly | 4.82% | $0.59 | 357.6% | 8/28/26
| | TRIN Trinity Capital | $18.36 | $0.17
monthly | 12.16% | $0.17 | 116.6% | 8/31/26
| | VTOL Bristow Group | $46.60 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.12% | $0.13 | 14.4% | 8/28/26
| | WEC WEC Energy Group | $105.96 | $0.95
quarterly | 3.33% | $0.95 | 73.8% | 9/1/26
| | WING Wingstop | $117.52 | $0.33
quarterly | 0.95% | $0.30 | 28.5% | 9/5/26
| | WYNN Wynn Resorts | $102.50 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.02% | $0.25 | 24.8% | 8/28/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
| Dividend Stock IdeasThis 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. |
| | Company | Dividend Yield | Annual Payout | Payout Ratio | Annual Dividend Growth | P/E Ratio | Market Cap | | TBCG TBC Bank Group PLC | 3.98% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.91 | £2.72K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 13.51% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.44K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.18% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.43 | GEL538.58K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.47% | $1.56 | 95.12% | 4.36% | 8.21 | $1.71K | | CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS | 10.54% | $0.22 | 47.83% | 29.20% | 10.84 | $6.01K |
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