Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. Tomorrow, Friday, March 21, 2014, 4:00 AM ET, 11 U.S. common stocks are scheduled to go ex-dividend. The dividend yields on these stocks range from 1.2% to 14.5%. All of these stocks can be found on our stocks going ex-dividend section of our dividend calendar. Highlighted Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Tomorrow:
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Owners of Piedmont Natural Gas Company (NYSE: PNY) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 32 cents per share. At a price of $35.03 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.6%. The average volume for Piedmont Natural Gas Company has been 290,600 shares per day over the past 30 days. Piedmont Natural Gas Company has a market cap of $2.8 billion and is part of the utilities industry. Shares are up 6.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc., an energy services company, distributes natural gas in the United States. It operates in two segments, Regulated Utility and Non-Utility Activities. TheStreet Ratings rates Piedmont Natural Gas Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. You can view the full Piedmont Natural Gas Company Ratings Report now.- See our top-yielding stocks list.
Portland General Electric Company
Owners of Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 28 cents per share. At a price of $31.98 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.4%. The average volume for Portland General Electric Company has been 525,900 shares per day over the past 30 days. Portland General Electric Company has a market cap of $2.5 billion and is part of the utilities industry. Shares are up 6.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. The company has a P/E ratio of 24.15.- See our top-yielding stocks list.
CYS Investments
Owners of CYS Investments (NYSE: CYS) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 32 cents per share. At a price of $8.56 as of 9:36 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 14.5%. The average volume for CYS Investments has been 2.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. CYS Investments has a market cap of $1.4 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are up 15.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. CYS Investments, Inc., a specialty finance company, makes leveraged investments in whole-pool residential mortgage pass-through securities where the principal and interest payments are guaranteed. TheStreet Ratings rates CYS Investments as a sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in its earnings per share. You can view the full CYS Investments Ratings Report now.- See our top-yielding stocks list.
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