| Tech leaders like Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon say AI's infrastructure buildout is still in its early innings.
Weiss Ratings has identified AI stocks already up 37 percent, 55 percent, and 264 percent, with 10 more Buy-rated picks highlighted in a new special report.  |
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| | Nvidia is up more than 1,400% since late 2022, but Weiss Ratings called it a Buy back in 2011, long before the AI boom began. Since then, the stock has surged more than 30,000%.
Timing the rating, not just the stock, made the difference. Weiss Ratings flags upgrades and downgrades the moment they happen, and three current AI picks are already up 37%, 55% and 264%.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, October 15th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ABBV AbbVie | $283.58 | $1.73
quarterly | 2.71% | $1.73 | 195.5% | 11/16/26
| | ABT Abbott Laboratories | $103.04 | $0.63
quarterly | 2.47% | $0.63 | 81.6% | 11/16/26
| | ACA Arcosa | $147.04 | $0.05
quarterly | 0.14% | $0.05 | 2.0% | 10/30/26
| | AFG American Financial Group | $145.57 | $0.97
quarterly | 2.81% | $0.88 | 30.8% | 10/23/26
| | ALG Alamo Group | $153.68 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.87% | $0.34 | 16.3% | 10/28/26
| | ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT | $13.59 | $0.24
monthly | 20.45% | $0.24 | 77.4% | 10/29/26
| | BBD Banco Bradesco | $4.15 | $0.07
special | - | - | 7.1% | 5/10/27
| | BBDO Banco Bradesco | $3.65 | $0.07
special | - | - | 7.1% | 5/10/27
| | BELFA Bel Fuse | $180.18 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.11% | $0.06 | 6.1% | 10/30/26
| | BELFB Bel Fuse | $223.43 | $0.07
quarterly | 0.10% | $0.07 | 6.8% | 10/30/26
| | BKE Buckle | $44.61 | $0.35
quarterly | 3.53% | $0.35 | 32.3% | 10/29/26
| | CHCO City | $140.00 | $1.00
quarterly | 2.88% | $0.87 | 38.1% | 10/30/26
| | CSWC Capital Southwest | $23.42 | $0.19
monthly | 9.14% | $0.19 | 128.2% | 10/30/26
| | DAL Delta Air Lines | $76.62 | $0.22
quarterly | 1.04% | $0.22 | 17.2% | 11/5/26
| | EME EMCOR Group | $744.02 | $0.40
quarterly | 0.20% | $0.40 | 5.0% | 10/30/26
| | FCX Freeport-McMoRan | $69.65 | $0.08
quarterly | 0.41% | $0.08 | 14.8% | 11/2/26
| | FUL H. B. Fuller | $50.37 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.25 | 27.3% | 10/29/26
| | GHC Graham | $1,185.27 | $1.88
quarterly | 0.66% | $1.88 | 6.1% | 11/5/26
| | KAI Kadant | $258.10 | $0.36
quarterly | 0.50% | $0.36 | 15.5% | 11/12/26
| | MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities | $115.63 | $1.53
quarterly | 5.14% | $1.53 | 178.9% | 10/30/26
| | PECO Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | $37.58 | $0.12
monthly | 3.55% | $0.12 | 120.0% | 11/3/26
| | STRC Strategy Inc Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock | $99.74 | $0.50 | - | $0.50 | - | 10/31/26
| | STRC Strategy Inc Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock | $99.74 | $0.50 | - | $0.50 | - | 10/31/26
| | TRIN Trinity Capital | $16.76 | $0.17
monthly | 11.59% | $0.17 | 116.6% | 10/30/26
| | TRN Trinity Industries | $26.07 | $0.31
quarterly | 4.38% | $0.31 | 29.9% | 10/30/26
| | VSEC VSE | $158.65 | $0.10
quarterly | 0.18% | $0.10 | 12.8% | 10/29/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, October 16th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AYI Acuity | $296.35 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.26% | $0.20 | 4.7% | 11/2/26
| | CBRL Cracker Barrel Old Country Store | $62.72 | $0.25
quarterly | 2.10% | $0.25 | 71.4% | 11/12/26
| | CMBT CMB.TECH | $18.97 | $0.43
special | - | - | 12.0% | 10/22/26
| | DCOM Dime Community Bancshares | $38.07 | $0.25
quarterly | 2.48% | $0.25 | 36.1% | 10/23/26
| | DEO Diageo | $92.06 | $1.20 | 2.52% | - | - | 12/3/26
| | EOG EOG Resources | $154.11 | $1.02
quarterly | 2.84% | $1.02 | 31.8% | 10/30/26
| | JAN JAN | $29.00 | $0.05
monthly | 1.83% | $0.05 | - | 10/28/26
| | KWR Quaker Houghton | $158.52 | $0.53
quarterly | 1.43% | $0.51 | 36.2% | 10/30/26
| | MGRC McGrath RentCorp | $111.97 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.79% | $0.50 | 31.9% | 10/30/26
| | SNX TD SYNNEX | $264.42 | $0.48
quarterly | 0.74% | $0.48 | 11.7% | 10/30/26
| | WSM Williams-Sonoma | $242.58 | $0.76
quarterly | 1.39% | $0.76 | 31.1% | 11/20/26
| | WSO Watsco | $295.11 | $3.30
quarterly | 4.38% | $3.30 | 114.5% | 10/30/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Weiss Ratings rated Nvidia a Buy back in 2011, long before the AI boom. Since then, Nvidia has climbed nearly 30,000%.
This year alone, the same ratings system has identified 252 new Buy-rated stocks, including AI picks already up 37%, 55%, and 264%.
Now it's flagging a fresh group of stocks tied to the next AI boom.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, October 19th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AZZ AZZ | $137.39 | $0.24
quarterly | 0.70% | $0.24 | 14.6% | 11/5/26
| | DOC Healthpeak Properties | $18.71 | $0.10
monthly | 6.27% | $0.10 | 348.6% | 10/30/26
| | GGG Graco | $80.38 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.54% | $0.30 | 37.1% | 11/4/26
| | OC Owens Corning | $111.08 | $0.79
quarterly | 2.53% | $0.79 | -39.2% | 11/5/26
| | WDFC WD-40 | $204.20 | $1.02
quarterly | 2.00% | $1.02 | 62.0% | 10/30/26
| | 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 | 4.07% | GBX 897.92 | 33.81% | 5.29% | 1.86 | £2.72K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 25.61% | $1.76 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $2.91K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 13.34% | $1.56 | 95.12% | 4.36% | 7.11 | $1.50K | | BRSL Brightstar Lottery | 11.14% | $0.92 | 70.77% | 80.39% | 7.34 | $1.78K | | GLPI Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | 8.34% | $3.28 | 96.19% | 8.94% | 11.20 | $11.11K | | VICI VICI Properties Inc. | 7.90% | $1.84 | 71.32% | 7.03% | 8.89 | $25.24K |
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