Stocks Going Ex Dividend in May 2022

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and some with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and the yield.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD) 5/3/2022 0.407 0.95%
Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI) 5/5/2022 0.10 2.12%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 5/5/2022 0.25 2.29%
Walmart Inc. (WMT) 5/5/2022 0.56 1.46%
American Electric Power Co. (AEP) 5/9/2022 0.78 3.05%
Honeywell International Inc. (HON) 5/12/2022 0.98 2.06%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) 5/12/2022 0.49 2.63%
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) 5/12/2022 0.20 1.21%
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 5/12/2022 0.88 4.13%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) 5/16/2022 1.94 3.33%
Target Corporation (TGT) 5/17/2022 0.90 1.57%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 5/23/2022 1.13 2.50%
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) 5/26/2022 0.40 3.75%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) 5/31/2022 2.00 2.62%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WSTNN.com HERE .

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written; affiliate links are on this page.

Top IPO Tax Selling Stocks for a Possible Bounce in January

by Fred Fuld III

In case you haven’t noticed, many of the IPO stocks during the last year have turned out to be turkeys, making them possible tax sale opportunities.

If you are wondering what a tax selling stock is, it is a stock that is currently selling for a low price due to heavy year-end selling for tax purposes, but was trading at much higher levels earlier in the year.

As the year-end approaches, many investors employ the technique called tax harvesting , which is the selling of loser stocks to offset any gains that may have been established during the year.

With all the heavy selling, the price of the stocks that have had big drops tends to tank far more than what would normally take place during the rest of the year.

So traders and investors are on the lookout for stocks that are heavily hit, hoping for a significant bounce in January, once the tax selling is over.

So if you are looking for these types of stocks, here is a selection of some that have dropped by over 20% year-to-date. They all have market capitalizations over $500 million.

Stock Symbol Price Drop YTD
Chewy CHWY -29.5%
Fiverr FVRR -43.3%
Levi Strauss LEVI -20.5%
Lyft LYFT -47.1%
SmileDirectClub SDC -29.8%
Uber Technologies UBER -24.2%

Maybe someone’s tax losses can be your tax stock gains.

Disclosure: Author owns FVRR