Written by Timothy J. McIntosh

There are 50 well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend this week including the following seven: Coca-Cola Co., McDonald’s, Pepsico, Home Depot, The Kraft Heinz Company, KelloggCo and Goldman Sachs.

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.

Company Name	Symbol	Div. Yield	Curr. Price	Ex. Div. Date	Record Date	Pay Date	Market Cap (Bill)
Coca-Cola Co.	KO	3.40%	41.12	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	179.40
Home Depot	HD	2.10%	131.21	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	159.63
McDonald’s	MCD	3.13%	120.14	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	100.72
Goldman Sachs	GS	1.22%	212.31	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/29/2016	83.96
Lockheed Martin	LMT	2.75%	264.4	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/30/2016	77.94
McKesson Corp	MCK	0.79%	141.27	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	1/2/2017	32.47
Kellogg Co.	K	2.83%	73.39	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	25.99
Tyson Foods	TSN	1.53%	58.66	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	21.14
Hartford Financial Services	HIG	1.92%	48	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	1/3/2017	17.92
Interactive Brokers Group Inc	IBKR	1.05%	37.96	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/14/2016	15.10
Realty Income Corp	O	4.32%	56.12	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	14.59
Martin Marietta Materials	MLM	0.75%	224.22	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/30/2016	13.85
Ball Corp	BLL	0.67%	77.66	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	13.54
Universal Health Services	UHS	0.33%	122.08	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	11.87
Maxim Integrated Products	MXIM	3.30%	39.96	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	11.38
Juniper Networks, Inc.	JNPR	1.52%	26.39	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/22/2016	10.08
Interpublic Group	IPG	2.46%	24.37	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	9.80
Mosaic Co.	MOS	4.01%	27.45	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	9.54
Expeditors International	EXPD	1.52%	52.79	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	9.52
Agnico-Eagle Mines	AEM	1.00%	39.84	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	9.36
Cencosud SA	CNCO	1.62%	8.81	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/19/2016	8.25
Valspar Corp	VAL	1.44%	102.52	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	8.11
BorgWarner Inc.	BWA	1.58%	35.39	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	7.58
WR Berkley Corporation	WRB	3.25%	61.55	11/29/2016	12/1/2016	12/15/2016	7.52
Bank of America	BAC	1.46%	20.56	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/30/2016	208.01
PepsiCo	PEP	2.96%	101.53	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	1/6/2017	147.61
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	1.63%	153.54	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/13/2016	143.29
The Kraft Heinz Company	KHC	2.91%	82.44	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/16/2016	101.68
Suncor Energy	SU	3.68%	31.53	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/23/2016	51.76
Dominion Resources	D	3.84%	72.87	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/20/2016	46.95
Orange SA (ADR)	ORAN	3.06%	14.43	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/28/2016	38.12
Waste Management	WM	2.36%	69.54	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/16/2016	31.04
Imperial Oil Ltd.	IMO	1.78%	33.67	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	1/1/2017	28.66
Baxter International	BAX	1.12%	46.56	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	1/3/2017	25.46
Analog Devices	ADI	2.28%	73.59	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/13/2016	22.90
M&T Bank	MTB	1.95%	143.57	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/30/2016	21.97
Northern Trust	NTRS	1.85%	82.02	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	1/1/2017	18.38
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	SWK	1.93%	120.4	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/20/2016	18.20
National Oilwell Varco	NOV	0.55%	36.35	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/16/2016	13.50
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	AJG	2.94%	51.66	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/16/2016	9.15
Sealed Air Corp.	SEE	1.35%	47.43	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/16/2016	9.06
Open Text Corporation	OTEX	1.46%	62.92	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	12/22/2016	7.64
Fluor Corp	FLR	1.55%	54.22	11/30/2016	12/2/2016	1/4/2017	7.54
Nike Inc.	NKE	1.40%	51.34	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	1/3/2017	84.55
Itau Unibanco Banco	ITUB	0.51%	10.46	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	N/A	71.84
Northrop Grumman	NOC	1.45%	247.59	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	12/21/2016	43.83
Teva Pharmaceutical Ltd	TEVA	3.03%	38.11	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	12/20/2016	38.77
Anthem Inc.	ANTM	1.81%	143.62	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	12/21/2016	37.72
Principal Financial Group	PFG	2.94%	58.41	12/1/2016	12/5/2016	12/27/2016	16.51
Banco Bradesco S.A	BBD	0.65%	8.72	12/2/2016	12/6/2016	N/A	48.43