Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks (stocks with a dividend yield of more than 3 percent) that have their ex-dividend date tomorrow. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend.

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. It is important that your broker settle your trade before the ex-dividend date.

These are the results of the best yielding stocks:

Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH) has a market capitalization of USD3.65 billion and operates within the “REIT - Residential” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 21.60

Forward P/E Ratio: 22.24

Price/Sales Ratio: 8.93

Price/Book Ratio: 1.49

Dividend Yield: 6.77%

Saul Centers (BFS) has a market capitalization of USD644.72 million and operates within the “REIT - Retail” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 53.08

Forward P/E Ratio: 14.11

Price/Sales Ratio: 3.84

Price/Book Ratio: 2.59

Dividend Yield: 4.31%

Hot Topic (HOTT) has a market capitalization of USD298.71 million and operates within the “Apparel Stores” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: not calculable

Forward P/E Ratio: 28.28

Price/Sales Ratio: 0.43

Price/Book Ratio: 1.68

Dividend Yield: 3.96%

Lincare Holdings (LNCR) has a market capitalization of USD2.23 billion and operates within the “Home Health Care” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 13.26

Forward P/E Ratio: 11.15

Price/Sales Ratio: 1.25

Price/Book Ratio: 2.47

Dividend Yield: 3.18%

McGrath Rentcorp (MGRC) has a market capitalization of USD724.76 million and operates within the “Rental & Leasing Services” industry. These are the market ratios of the company:

P/E Ratio: 14.94

Forward P/E Ratio: 14.65

Price/Sales Ratio: 2.15

Price/Book Ratio: 2.26

Dividend Yield: 3.09%

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date as of next Thursday can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on Jan. 12, 2011. In total, eight stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend next Thursday of which five are yielding above three percent. The average yield amounts to 3.62 percent.

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