Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.

WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Hexcel Corporation (HXL) 2/6/2026 0.11 0.85% Sonic Corp. (SONC) 2/6/2031 0.14 1.87% Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX) 2/6/2035 0.33 2.24% Brink’s Company (BCO) 2/7/2017 0.1 0.93% Discover Financial Services (DFS) 2/7/2020 0.3 1.70% Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) 2/7/2029 0.25 1.58%

The additional downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.