Upcoming significant ex-dividend dates in January

This list is going to show you some significant companies that are going ex-dividend in the upcoming month of January 2013.

 American Express (symbol:AXP) - ex dividend date is January 2nd dividend yield is 1.40%

 JP Morgan Chase (symbol:JPM) - ex dividend date is January 2nd dividend yield is 2.74%

 Main Street Capital Corporation (symbol:MAIN) - ex dividend date is January 2nd
 This is a monthly dividend! current dividend yield is 5.92%

 Sysco Corp (symbol:SYY)- ex dividend date is January 2nd current dividend yield 3.55%

General Mills (symbol:GIS) - ex dividend date is January 8th current dividend yield is 3.30%

AT&T (symbol:T) - ex dividend date is January 8th current dividend yield is 5.36%

Verizon (symbol:VZ) - ex dividend date is January 8th current dividend yield is 4.77%

Yum Brands (symbol:YUM) ex dividend date is January 9th current dividend yield is 2.02%

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc (symbol:CBRL) ex dividend date is January 16th
                          Current dividend yield is 3.11%

Hormel Foods Corporation (symbol:HRL) ex dividend date is January 16th current dividend yield is 2.18%

The Clorox Company(NYSE:CLX) ex dividend date is January 18th current dividend yield is 3.50%

Lowe's Companies, Inc.(NYSE:LOW) ex dividend date is January 18th current dividend yield is 1.80%

CVS Caremark Corporation(NYSE:CVS) ex dividend date is January 22nd current dividend yield is 1.86%

ConAgra Foods, Inc.(NYSE:CAG) ex dividend date is January 29th current dividend yield is 3.39%


Pfizer Inc.(NYSE:PFE) ex dividend date is January 30th current dividend yield is 3.83%

Remember! You must buy the stock before the ex dividend date in order to receive the upcoming dividend payment. If you buy afterwards then you must wait until the next dividend payment.

Many of these companies are very solid with nice dividend payments while some might be borderline interesting. Make sure that you do as much research as you possibly can before you purchase any stocks named here. Remember that you are investing at your own risk and it is worth your time.

There are many other stocks going ex-dividend in January of 2013 but these are the ones that I felt were important to the type of investments I usually make. Make sure to check in again as we will have a new list each and every month!