Big Dividend Growth And Share Buybacks: These Are My 5 Top Picks Of The Week

The week comes to an end and I like to show you the latest dividend grower and share buyback companies in this article.

It was also a hard week for short-term orientated investors because volatility rises due to topics like Ebola and a weaker European economy.

The Dow lost 2.73 percent within the past week while the S&P 500 was down 3.12 percent and NASDAQ down 4.44 percent.

You know that I have not sold any of my stockholdings. I'm not a fearful investor who sells his wonderful businesses and cash-in some money, pay taxes and waiting for new opportunities.

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I like to make money with stocks by holding them over a decade or more. Only over a long period of time, companies can create value.

I keep my eyes on new targets which were very rare in the past because American stocks are some of the most expensive companies in the whole world but they offer also the biggest insurance for investors. 

The Dollar is a safe heaven and he still dominates the world. I keep my money into USD.

One-Week Performance Major Indices (Click to enlarge)

Within the past week, only one big company - Kimberly-Clark, announced a 2 billion buyback program. The next biggest program came from Liberty Interactive.

On the dividend growth side, twelve companies raised dividend payments. The biggest companies here were Kraft Foods and Plains All American Pipeline.

Many oil- and gas pipeline companies are part of the dividend growers list. Those companies have experienced a big boom by creating energy infratructure but they have also high debt figures, compareable with REITs or Telecoms.

Below are my five favorites from the week. I hope you like my selection. I personally own only KFT and KMB, both are consumer giants.

Compared to the dividend growth results of the past week, the numer of stocks is still weak.

My 5 Favorite Dividend Growth And Share Buybacker of the Week are...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On October 16, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 19 stocks go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stock:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Physicians Realty Trust	DOC	154.20M	-	8.45	11.77	7.00%
Comtech Telecommunications	CMTL	450.48M	28.86	1.11	1.41	4.01%
Bridge Bancorp, Inc.	BDGE	204.44M	15.59	1.74	3.69	3.99%
Friedman Industries Inc.	FRD	68.81M	14.25	1.09	0.54	3.16%
Procter & Gamble Co.	PG	216.24B	20.40	3.23	2.57	3.06%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	2.53B	21.67	5.22	0.96	2.83%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	4.92B	12.14	2.03	0.78	2.43%
US Ecology, Inc.	ECOL	567.30M	20.69	4.66	3.07	2.34%
Luxfer Holdings PLC	LXFR	477.00M	12.02	4.38	0.97	2.25%
Bon-Ton Stores Inc.	BONT	203.14M	151.50	4.09	0.07	1.89%
Resource America, Inc.	REXI	182.67M	-	1.24	2.90	1.78%
Pall Corp.	PLL	8.69B	26.88	4.79	3.28	1.42%
Thor Industries Inc.	THO	3.08B	20.32	3.45	0.95	1.24%
Oxford Industries Inc.	OXM	1.13B	30.16	4.56	1.27	1.05%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	4.15B	59.10	2.23	1.95	0.75%
Core Laboratories NV	CLB	8.04B	36.40	44.41	7.85	0.73%
Acuity Brands, Inc.	AYI	4.20B	33.45	4.23	2.01	0.53%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	6.55B	17.69	1.76	1.22	0.47%

Next Week's Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Shares

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading week.

In total, 37 stocks go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the upcoming week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	4.55B	31.82	1.62	6.26	6.45%
Vale S.A.	VALE	79.93B	19.15	1.14	1.71	4.84%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	2.51B	21.56	5.19	0.95	2.84%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	4.91B	12.13	2.03	0.78	2.43%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	57.34B	25.71	37.47	3.32	2.21%
Franco-Nevada Corporation	FNV	6.02B	78.85	1.96	14.29	1.76%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	11.40B	23.17	3.74	1.33	1.58%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	73.09B	17.62	1.88	0.59	1.51%
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	14.59B	29.07	3.63	2.28	1.44%
Pall Corp.	PLL	8.66B	26.77	4.77	3.27	1.43%
Graco Inc.	GGG	4.65B	24.94	8.31	4.37	1.32%
Thor Industries Inc.	THO	3.05B	20.13	3.42	0.94	1.25%
Apache Corp.	APA	34.48B	13.96	1.09	2.02	0.91%
HB Fuller Co.	FUL	2.28B	23.59	2.72	1.13	0.87%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	4.16B	59.14	2.24	1.95	0.75%
Acuity Brands, Inc.	AYI	4.15B	33.04	4.17	1.99	0.53%
Lennar Corp.	LEN	6.64B	17.59	1.85	1.24	0.46%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	48.33B	48.77	3.36	3.67	0.42%