10 Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Wednesday, September 7

It’s critical to know whether a stock you plan on buying has an ex-dividend status, because in case it does, the dividend would be paid out to the seller. The person who owns the stock on the ex-dividend date will be awarded the payment, which means that you’ll have to wait for the next dividend cycle to receive your first dividend payout from the company.

On the other hand, share prices typically decline just after the ex-dividend date is declared, and usually by an amount equal to the expected dividend. So, this may give you the opportunity to identify a good entry point. If you’re planning on selling shares on or after the ex-dividend date, you'll receive the dividend payout from the company.

Here is the list of stocks going ex-dividend on Wednesday.

• GameStop Corp. GME - $0.3700 dividend, 4.6020 percent yield
• Waste Management, Inc. WM - $0.4100 dividend, 2.5150 percent yield
• Westar Energy Inc WR - $0.3800 dividend, 2.7890 percent yield
• Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD - $0.0550 dividend, 2.1033 percent yield
• Dicks Sporting Goods Inc DKS - $0.1512 dividend, 1.1018 percent yield
• Brinker International, Inc. EAT - $0.3400 dividend, 2.5069 percent yield
• Williams Companies Inc WMB - $0.2000 dividend, 2.8902 percent yield
• Weyerhaeuser Co WY - $0.3100 dividend, 3.9769 percent yield
• PPL Corp PPL - $0.3800 dividend, 4.3035 percent yield
• Big Lots, Inc. BIG - $0.2100 dividend, 1.5867 percent yield