I screened some interesting high yield stocks with ex-dividend date within April 2013. As a result of my screening, I found 41 higher dividend yielding companies paying forthcoming dividends and having ex-dividend within May 2013. The average yield amounts to 5.45%. Here are the results:
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Symbol
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Company
|
Ex-Date
|
Pay
|
Yield
|
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Date
|
Date
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ARR
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ARMOUR Residential
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13-May
|
30-May
|
17.09
|
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HRZN
|
Horizon Technology Finance
|
16-May
|
17-Jun
|
13.91
|
|
SCCO
|
Southern Copper
|
6-May
|
21-May
|
11.75
|
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FULL
|
Full Circle Capital Corporation
|
29-May
|
14-Jun
|
11.73
|
|
FSC
|
Fifth Street Finance
|
13-May
|
31-May
|
10.87
|
|
STB
|
Student Transportation Inc
|
29-May
|
17-Jun
|
8.88
|
|
GAIN
|
Gladstone Investment
|
16-May
|
31-May
|
8.29
|
|
GOOD
|
Gladstone Commercial
|
16-May
|
31-May
|
7.51
|
|
UMH
|
UMH Properties REIT
|
13-May
|
17-Jun
|
6.58
|
|
MAIN
|
Main Street Capital Corp
|
17-May
|
14-Jun
|
6.19
|
|
UVE
|
Universal Insurance Holdings
|
30-May
|
17-Jun
|
6.1
|
|
MNR
|
Monmouth REIT
|
13-May
|
17-Jun
|
5.64
|
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PRK
|
Park National Corp
|
20-May
|
10-Jun
|
5.58
|
|
HTCO
|
Hickory Tech Corp
|
13-May
|
5-Jun
|
5.49
|
|
FE
|
First Energy
|
3-May
|
1-Jun
|
4.82
|
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ETR
|
Entergy Corp
|
7-May
|
3-Jun
|
4.76
|
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CHKE
|
Cherokee Inc.
|
29-May
|
15-Jun
|
4.69
|
|
ACNB
|
ACNB Corp. Com.
|
29-May
|
14-Jun
|
4.54
|
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SJR
|
Shaw Communications
|
13-May
|
30-May
|
4.34
|
|
HIW
|
Highwood Properties
|
20-May
|
11-Jun
|
4.21
|
|
LTC
|
LTC Properties REIT
|
21-May
|
31-May
|
4.1
|
|
SO
|
Southern Company
|
2-May
|
6-Jun
|
4.04
|
|
INTC
|
Intel Corp
|
3-May
|
1-Jun
|
3.94
|
|
ED
|
Consolidated Edison
|
13-May
|
15-Jun
|
3.89
|
|
NPBC
|
National Penn Bancshares
|
1-May
|
17-May
|
3.69
|
|
SON
|
Sonoco Products
|
15-May
|
10-Jun
|
3.54
|
|
TRK
|
Speedway Motorsports
|
15-May
|
7-Jun
|
3.42
|
|
GCBC
|
Greene County Bancorp Inc
|
13-May
|
31-May
|
3.38
|
|
FF
|
FutureFuel Corp.
|
30-May
|
17-Jun
|
3.37
|
|
HCI
|
Homeowners Choice, Inc.
|
15-May
|
21-Jun
|
3.36
|
|
CMS
|
CMS Energy
|
1-May
|
31-May
|
3.35
|
|
CDR
|
Cedar Shopping Centers
|
8-May
|
20-May
|
3.26
|
|
TLLP
|
Tesoro Logistics
L.P. MLP
|
1-May
|
14-May
|
3.24
|
|
NU
|
Northeast Utilities
|
29-May
|
28-Jun
|
3.11
|
|
MOCO
|
MOCON Inc.
|
1-May
|
17-May
|
3.03
|
|
BLC
|
Belo Corp
|
8-May
|
31-May
|
3.02
|
|
MPR
|
Met-Pro Corp
|
29-May
|
14-Jun
|
2.99
|
|
IDA
|
Idacorp
|
3-May
|
30-May
|
2.96
|
|
MAT
|
Mattel
|
21-May
|
14-Jun
|
2.93
|
|
LLTC
|
Linear Technology
|
15-May
|
29-May
|
2.92
|
|
MSFT
|
Microsoft
|
14-May
|
13-Jun
|
2.89
|
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Average
|
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5.45
|