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 28, 2011:
| Symbol | Company | Yield | Last | Dividend(s) |
| AON | Aon Corporation | 0.30% | $49.60 | 0.15 |
| ATLO | Ames National Corporation | 0.73% | $17.93 | 0.13 |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | 0.03% | $38.62 | 0.01 |
| CASY | Casey's General Stores, Inc. | 0.32% | $46.73 | 0.15 |
| CPNO | Copano Energy, L.L.C. | 1.64% | $34.99 | 0.575 |
| CRR | CARBO Ceramics Inc. | 0.14% | $174.65 | 0.24 |
| FFDF | FFD Financial Corporation | 1.11% | $15.25 | 0.17 |
| HAS | Hasbro, Inc. | 0.76% | $39.37 | 0.3 |
| HIHO | Highway Holdings Limited | 5.33% | $3.75 | 0.2 |
| HRT | Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. | 1.38% | $4.34 | 0.06 |
| MWV | MeadWestvaco Corp. | 0.76% | $33.00 | 0.25 |
| O | Realty Income Corp | 0.42% | $34.23 | 0.1449 |
| PAYX | Paychex, Inc. | 1.05% | $29.52 | 0.31 |
| PNM | PNM Resources, Inc. | 0.74% | $16.78 | 0.125 |
| PNW | Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | 1.19% | $44.04 | 0.525 |
| SO | The Southern Company | 1.17% | $40.32 | 0.4725 |
| UTL | Unitil Corporation | 1.31% | $26.36 | 0.345 |
| WPP | Wausau Paper Corp. | 0.47% | $6.37 | 0.03 |
| WSR | Whitestone REIT | 0.73% | $13.02 | 0.095 |
| XTEX | Crosstex Energy, L.P. | 1.72% | $18.00 | 0.31 |
| XTXI | Crosstex Energy, Inc. | 0.73% | $13.72 | 0.1 |
| | | | | |
| Average | | 1.05% | | |
Related Stock Ticker Symbols:
AON, ATLO, C, CASY, CPNO, CRR, FFDF, HAS, HIHO, HRT, MWV, O, PAYX, PNM, PNW, SO, UTL, WPP, WSR, XTEX, XTXI