Best Stocks Going Ex-Dividend On June 17, 2013

 | Jun 17, 2013 04:09AM ET

Dividend investors should have a broad overview of stocks including their upcoming ex-dividend dates.

The ex-dividend date is the first date on which the new stock buyer wouldn’t receive the upcoming dividend. If you'd 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, 7 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend tomorrow - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 5.63%.

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