There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following nine: Valero Energy, Discover Financial, Hershey Company, Marathon Petroleum, Prudential, L Brands, Magna International, National Grid and Target.

Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our team as a Top 100 Dividend Stock is tagged.

Company Name Symbol Ex. Div. Date Pay Date Div Payout Div. Yield Stock Price Market Cap Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK 11/19/2018 12/6/2018 0.32 1.89 67.71 8.24 Apollo Global Management LLC APO 11/19/2018 11/30/2018 0.46 6.51 28.26 11.37 Cable One, Inc. CABO 11/19/2018 12/7/2018 2 0.92 871.98 5.02 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp CTSH 11/19/2018 11/30/2018 0.2 1.16 68.67 39.98 FMC Technologies, Inc. FTI 11/19/2018 12/5/2018 0.13 2.16 24.11 10.85 Fortis Inc. FTS 11/19/2018 12/1/2018 0.45 5.08 35.46 15.27 Manulife Financial MFC 11/19/2018 12/19/2018 0.189 4.52 16.72 33.29 Primerica, Inc. PRI 11/19/2018 12/14/2018 0.25 0.85 117.46 5.05 Snap-On SNA 11/19/2018 12/10/2018 0.95 2.33 163.06 9.18 Tenaris TS 11/19/2018   0.26 1.83 28.42 16.56 Valero Energy Corporation VLO 11/19/2018 12/12/2018 0.8 3.84 83.27 35.57 Zoetis Inc ZTS 11/19/2018 12/3/2018 0.126 0.55 91.62 44.47 Aflac AFL 11/20/2018 12/3/2018 0.26 2.35 44.27 33.69 Autoliv Inc. ALV 11/20/2018 12/6/2018 0.62 2.94 84.23 7.34 Discover Financial Services DFS 11/20/2018 12/6/2018 0.4 2.26 70.72 23.79 Equinor ASA EQNR 11/20/2018 11/30/2018 0.23 3.78 24.36 81.71 HollyFrontier Corp HFC 11/20/2018 12/12/2018 0.33 2.09 63.09 11.19 Hershey Company HSY 11/20/2018 12/14/2018 0.722 2.66 108.41 22.94 Marriott International, Inc. MAR 11/20/2018 12/31/2018 0.41 1.39 118.31 40.54 Microchip Technology MCHP 11/20/2018 12/5/2018 0.3645 1.93 75.35 17.88 Moody’s Corp MCO 11/20/2018 12/12/2018 0.44 1.19 147.46 26.78 Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC 11/20/2018 12/10/2018 0.46 2.82 65.36 45.61 Marathon Oil MRO 11/20/2018 12/10/2018 0.05 1.17 17.15 14.47 Nielsen Holdings N.V. NLSN 11/20/2018 12/5/2018 0.35 5.43 25.79 9.13 Target TGT 11/20/2018 12/10/2018 0.64 3.17 80.76 41.93 TransUnion TRU 11/20/2018 12/6/2018 0.075 0.48 62.2 11.62 Vulcan Materials VMC 11/20/2018 12/7/2018 0.28 1.05 107.16 13.91 Wynn Resorts WYNN 11/20/2018 11/30/2018 0.75 2.82 106.4 11.57 Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.335 2.9 46.13 26.02 Applied Materials AMAT 11/21/2018 12/13/2018 0.2 2.28 35.02 33.36 Carnival Corp CCL 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.5 3.34 59.85 41.87 Carnival Plc ADR CUK 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.5 3.38 59.12 39.84 Equifax EFX 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.39 1.57 99.63 12.09 FLIR Systems FLIR 11/21/2018 12/7/2018 0.16 1.35 47.54 6.64 Harris Corp HRS 11/21/2018 12/7/2018 0.685 1.81 151.03 17.85 L Brands Inc. LB 11/21/2018 12/7/2018 0.6 6.72 35.69 9.75 Magna International MGA 11/21/2018 12/7/2018 0.33 2.65 49.78 16.94 3M MMM 11/21/2018 12/12/2018 1.36 2.65 204.91 120.02 National Grid  PLC NGG 11/21/2018 1/9/2019 1.0516 3.92 53.64 35.59 Pembina Pipeline Corp. PBA 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.1447 5.17 33.6 17.37 Robert Half International RHI 11/21/2018 12/14/2018 0.28 1.76 63.61 7.61 TE Connectivity Ltd. TEL 11/21/2018 12/7/2018 0.44 2.29 76.83 27.22 Vodafone Group VOD 11/21/2018 2/1/2019 0.530472 5.34 19.87 51.61 Assurant, Inc. AIZ 11/23/2018 12/17/2018 0.6 2.4 99.98 6.18 ARAMARK Holdings Corp ARMK 11/23/2018 12/6/2018 0.11 1.2 36.74 9.11 Atmos Energy ATO 11/23/2018 12/10/2018 0.525 2.12 98.91 11.04 CDW Corp CDW 11/23/2018 12/10/2018 0.295 1.33 88.56 13.33 CenturyLink Inc. CTL 11/23/2018 12/7/2018 0.54 11.39 18.96 20.62 DR Horton DHI 11/23/2018 12/10/2018 0.15 1.79 33.58 12.78 Dunkin Brands DNKN 11/23/2018 12/5/2018 0.3475 1.94 71.5 6.01 Gerdau S.A. GGB 11/23/2018 12/10/2018 0.031999 3.15 4.06 6.75 Nordstrom Inc. JWN 11/23/2018 12/11/2018 0.37 2.51 58.99 8.6 Petroleo Brasileiro PBR 11/23/2018 12/13/2018 0.039795 0 14.56 93.9 Prudential Financial PRU 11/23/2018 12/13/2018 0.9 3.89 92.61 37.94 Tractor Supply Company TSCO 11/23/2018 12/11/2018 0.31 1.33 93.3 11.32