There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following two Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Oracle Corp. and General Growth Properties.

Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our team as a Top 100 Dividend Stock is tagged.

Company Name	Symbol	Div. Yield	Curr. Price	Ex-Div Date	Pay Date	Market Cap
Oracle Corp	ORCL	1.55%	$48.91	10/10/2017	10/25/2017	202.52
Banco Santander Brasil SA	BSBR	1.90%	$9.05	10/10/2017	11/2/2017	34.19
Raytheon Co.	RTN	1.70%	$187.18	10/11/2017	11/9/2017	54.39
Mobile Telesystems ADR	MBT	6.86%	$10.43	10/12/2017		10.16
Shaw Communications	SJR	5.19%	$22.83	10/12/2017	10/30/2017	10.87
Masco Corp.	MAS	1.08%	$38.98	10/12/2017	11/13/2017	12.46
Mid-American Apartment Communities	MAA	3.21%	$108.26	10/12/2017	10/31/2017	12.66
Anthem, Inc.	ANTX	5.00%	$52.49	10/12/2017	11/1/2017	13.72
Campbell Soup Co.	CPB	3.00%	$46.59	10/12/2017	10/30/2017	14.1
AbbVie Inc.	ABBV	2.84%	$90.18	10/12/2017	11/15/2017	144.65
General Growth Properties	GGP	4.09%	$21.54	10/12/2017	10/31/2017	18.87
THE SOUTHERN CO. SERIES	SOJA	5.72%	$27.30	10/12/2017	10/15/2017	48.58
SYNNEX Corp.	SNX	0.92%	$130.35	10/12/2017	10/27/2017	5.17
Trinity Industries	TRN	1.48%	$35.06	10/12/2017	10/31/2017	5.3
Duke Energy Corporation	DUKH	5.02%	$25.51	10/12/2017	10/16/2017	58.6
Bank of the Ozarks	OZRK	1.53%	$48.42	10/12/2017	10/20/2017	6.25
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc	JEC	1.02%	$58.79	10/12/2017	11/10/2017	7.06
American Financial Group	AFG	1.32%	$105.68	10/12/2017	10/25/2017	9.34
Abbott Labs	ABT	1.93%	$54.92	10/12/2017	11/15/2017	95.18
Watsco Inc.	WSO	3.08%	$162.59	10/13/2017	10/31/2017	5.33
RPM International	RPM	2.48%	$51.63	10/13/2017	10/31/2017	6.93
Graco Inc.	GGG	1.16%	$124.61	10/13/2017	11/1/2017	7.01
Owens Corning	OC	1.02%	$78.65	10/13/2017	11/2/2017	8.8
Idex Corp	IEX	1.20%	$123.75	10/13/2017	10/31/2017	9.46