The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend.
Here is the table of stocks with Ex-Dividend Date on July 27, 2011:
| Symbol | Company | Yield | Last | Dividend(s) |
| AOS | A. O. Smith Corporation | 0.37% | $43.15 | 0.16 |
| BAM | Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (USA) | 0.40% | $32.38 | 0.13 |
| CAG | ConAgra Foods, Inc. | 0.87% | $26.49 | 0.23 |
| DEP | Duncan Energy Partners L.P. | 1.05% | $43.65 | 0.46 |
| EDR | Education Realty Trust, Inc. | 0.77% | $9.05 | 0.07 |
| EPD | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | 1.39% | $43.60 | 0.605 |
| EV | Eaton Vance Corp. | 0.65% | $27.78 | 0.18 |
| FLY | Fly Leasing Ltd(ADR) | 1.62% | $12.35 | 0.2 |
| FULL | Full Circle Capital Corporation | 0.94% | $7.95 | 0.075 |
| HCSG | Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 0.96% | $16.53 | 0.1588 |
| JNS | Janus Capital Group Inc. | 0.56% | $8.98 | 0.05 |
| LBAI | Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. | 0.60% | $10.08 | 0.06 |
| LNT | Alliant Energy Corporation | 1.05% | $40.51 | 0.425 |
| NI | NiSource Inc. | 1.11% | $20.71 | 0.23 |
| NNN | National Retail Properties, Inc. | 1.48% | $26.06 | 0.385 |
| NWN | Northwest Natural Gas | 0.94% | $46.25 | 0.435 |
| PETM | PetSmart, Inc. | 0.31% | $45.55 | 0.14 |
| PNR | Pentair, Inc. | 0.49% | $40.71 | 0.2 |
| PSEC | Prospect Capital Corporation | 1.02% | $9.89 | 0.1013 |
| SKT | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. | 0.70% | $28.45 | 0.2 |
| STD | Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) | 1.89% | $10.34 | 0.1951 |
| TCB | TCF Financial Corporation | 0.38% | $12.99 | 0.05 |
| TLP | TransMontaigne Partners L.P. | 1.72% | $36.06 | 0.62 |
| TYC | Tyco International Ltd. | 0.53% | $47.46 | 0.25 |
| UNM | Unum Group | 0.42% | $25.28 | 0.105 |
| WES | Western Gas Partners, LP | 1.12% | $36.22 | 0.405 |
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| Average | | 0.90% | | |
Related Stock Ticker Symbols:
AOS, BAM, CAG, DEP, EDR, EPD, EV, FLY, FULL, HCSG, JNS, LBAI, LNT, NI, NNN, NWN, PETM, PNR, PSEC, SKT, STD, TCB, TLP, TYC, UNM, WES