Dividend Watch: 4 Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Tomorrow: HGT, CSG, EGO, PETM

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Tomorrow, Jan. 29, 2014, 52 U.S. common stocks are scheduled to go ex-dividend. The dividend yields on these stocks range from 0.2% to 14.2%. All of these stocks can be found on our stocks going ex-dividend section of our dividend calendar.

Highlighted Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Tomorrow:

Hugoton Royalty

Owners of Hugoton Royalty (NYSE: HGT) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 5 cents per share. At a price of $8.69 as of 9:33 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 9.7%.

The average volume for Hugoton Royalty has been 189,900 shares per day over the past 30 days. Hugoton Royalty has a market cap of $350.4 million and is part of the energy industry. Shares are up 13.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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Hugoton Royalty Trust operates as an express trust in the United States. The company holds an 80% net profits interests in certain natural gas producing working interest properties of XTO Energy Inc. XTO Energy Inc. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.95.

TheStreet Ratings rates Hugoton Royalty as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, increase in net income, expanding profit margins and notable return on equity. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. You can view the full Hugoton Royalty Ratings Report now.

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Chambers Street Properties

Owners of Chambers Street Properties (NYSE: CSG) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 4 cents per share. At a price of $7.82 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 6.3%.

The average volume for Chambers Street Properties has been 1.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Chambers Street Properties has a market cap of $1.9 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are up 2.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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Eldorado Gold

Owners of Eldorado Gold (NYSE: EGO) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 1 cent per share. At a price of $6.26 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 0.3%.

The average volume for Eldorado Gold has been 5.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Eldorado Gold has a market cap of $4.7 billion and is part of the metals & mining industry. Shares are up 10.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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Eldorado Gold Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, mining, and production of gold properties in Turkey, China, Greece, Brazil, and Romania. The company also explores for iron, silver, lead, zinc, and copper ores. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.48.

TheStreet Ratings rates Eldorado Gold as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income. You can view the full Eldorado Gold Ratings Report now.

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PetSmart

Owners of PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 20 cents per share. At a price of $63.40 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.2%.

The average volume for PetSmart has been 1.4 million shares per day over the past 30 days. PetSmart has a market cap of $6.5 billion and is part of the specialty retail industry. Shares are down 13% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.

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PetSmart, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of products, services, and solutions for pets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 15.73.

TheStreet Ratings rates PetSmart as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, notable return on equity, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. You can view the full PetSmart Ratings Report now.

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More About Dividends:

One benefit of owning a stock is the potential that you will be paid a dividend. The distribution of dividend payments is another way for a company to share its profit with you. A dividend means that the company pays you a certain amount of money, either as a one-time payment or more commonly on a quarterly basis, for each share of stock you own.

Many times, dividends come at the expense of greater price appreciation, because the company is distributing its profits to shareholders rather than reinvesting the profits back into the growth of the company. However, companies that pay dividends can be very attractive to investors when they offer a steady stream of income. There are some important terms and dates an investor should be familiar with before purchasing any dividend-paying companies. Let's work through an example to help better explain some of these terms:

On March 1, ABC Widget Company has decided that because it holds excess cash and lacks investment opportunities, it would like to reward shareholders with a regular quarterly dividend payment. The date for this particular announcement is known as the declaration date. It is on this date that the company announces the specific dividend payment along with the holder-of-record date (aka record date) and the payment date. The company announces that a dividend payment of 25 cents per share will be payable March 31, 2012 (the payment date) to all shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2012 (holder-of-record date). What does this all mean? Well the short story is that the company looks at its records on March 16 and anyone listed on the books as an owner of ABC Widget company will be eligible for the dividend payment (on March 31).

The one other important term to remember is the ex-dividend date. The ex-dividend date (typically two trading days before the holder-of-record date for U.S. securities) is the day in which a company begins trading without the dividend. In order to have a claim on a dividend, shares must be purchased no later than the last business day before the ex-dividend date. A company trading ex-dividend will have the upcoming dividend subtracted from the share price at the start of the trading day. Many times, the price of a stock will increase in anticipation of the upcoming dividend as the ex-dividend date approaches, yet will fall back by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date.

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