There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following nine Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Quest Diagnostics, The Gap, Comcast, Cisco Systems, Bristol-Myers Squibb, J.P. Morgan Chase, Verizon Communications, General Mills and Darden Restaurants.

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
Quest Diagnostics	DGX	1.96%	$91.96	10/2/2017	10/18/2017	12.81
Agilent Technologies Inc.	A	0.83%	$63.98	10/2/2017	10/25/2017	20.59
Telefonica Brasil SA (ADR)	VIV	0.00%	$15.73	10/2/2017		25.5
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS	3.95%	$64.37	10/2/2017	10/27/2017	74.93
Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA	ITUB	0.43%	$13.50	10/2/2017	11/13/2017	83.72
The Gap Inc.	GPS	3.12%	$29.52	10/3/2017	10/25/2017	11.53
Comcast	CMCSA	1.67%	$37.82	10/3/2017	10/25/2017	178.28
Banco Bradesco S.A	BBD	0.00%	$10.87	10/3/2017	11/13/2017	65.78
Kimco Realty Corp	KIM	5.54%	$19.48	10/3/2017	10/16/2017	8.32
Cisco Systems	CSCO	3.48%	$33.35	10/4/2017	10/25/2017	165.89
Brixmor Property Group Inc	BRX	5.50%	$18.91	10/4/2017	10/16/2017	5.76
Erie Indemnity	ERIE	2.63%	$119.17	10/4/2017	10/20/2017	6.23
Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD	4.25%	$56.46	10/5/2017	10/31/2017	100.09
Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	2.48%	$63.01	10/5/2017	11/1/2017	103.99
NetApp Inc.	NTAP	1.82%	$43.84	10/5/2017	10/25/2017	11.71
Smith & Nephew PLC	SNN	1.31%	$36.00	10/5/2017	11/1/2017	15.05
MasterCard	MA	0.63%	$140.20	10/5/2017	11/9/2017	150.47
WPP Plc ADR	WPPGY	3.16%	$92.08	10/5/2017	11/6/2017	22.22
Sysco Corp	SYY	2.44%	$54.05	10/5/2017	10/27/2017	28.6
JP Morgan Chase	JPM	2.35%	$95.38	10/5/2017	10/31/2017	334.5
Eagle Materials	EXP	0.37%	$107.47	10/5/2017	11/7/2017	5.2
DCT Inndustrial Trust	DCT	2.14%	$57.93	10/5/2017	10/18/2017	5.59
Gentex Corp	GNTX	2.02%	$19.83	10/5/2017	10/18/2017	5.65
Royal Gold Inc.	RGLD	1.11%	$86.46	10/5/2017	10/20/2017	5.65
Monsanto Company	MON	1.81%	$119.66	10/5/2017	10/27/2017	52.48
General Dynamics Corporation	GD	1.64%	$205.03	10/5/2017	11/10/2017	61.37
Torchmark Corp	TMK	0.75%	$79.74	10/5/2017	11/1/2017	9.31
Vail Resorts Inc	MTN	1.68%	$223.73	10/6/2017	10/27/2017	8.95
UDR Inc.	UDR	3.18%	$37.93	10/6/2017	10/31/2017	10.44
McCormick & Company Inc.	MKC	1.77%	$102.68	10/6/2017	10/24/2017	13.49
Lincoln National Corp.	LNC	1.53%	$73.53	10/6/2017	11/1/2017	16.28
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	4.68%	$49.55	10/6/2017	11/1/2017	202.32
Dollar General Corp.	DG	1.26%	$81.00	10/6/2017	10/24/2017	22.14
General Mills Inc.	GIS	3.67%	$52.24	10/6/2017	11/1/2017	29.7
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.	APD	2.39%	$151.34	10/6/2017	11/13/2017	32.96
Inuit Inc.	INTU	0.96%	$140.61	10/6/2017	10/18/2017	35.85
Marsh & McClennan Cos.	MMC	1.67%	$83.64	10/6/2017	11/15/2017	42.85
OGE Energy Corp.	OGE	3.27%	$35.96	10/6/2017	10/30/2017	7.18
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.	MRVL	1.34%	$18.03	10/6/2017	10/26/2017	8.94
Darden Restaurants Inc.	DRI	2.84%	$78.60	10/6/2017	11/1/2017	9.85