10 Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Thursday, September 15

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 Thursday.

• General Electric Company GE - $0.2300 dividend, 2.9639 percent yield
• Broadcom Ltd AVGO - $0.5100 dividend, 1.1520 percent yield
• Mead Johnson Nutrition CO MJN - $0.4125 dividend, 2.0635 percent yield
• Prologis Inc PLD - $0.4200 dividend, 3.0792 percent yield
• Joy Global Inc. JOY - $0.0100 dividend, 0.1466 percent yield
• Insperity Inc NSP - $0.2500 dividend, 1.5152 percent yield
• Hess Corp. HES - $0.2500 dividend, 1.9681 percent yield
• Greif, Inc. GEF - $0.4200 dividend, 3.9070 percent yield
• Mentor Graphics Corp MENT - $0.0550 dividend, 0.9928 percent yield
• Eastgroup Properties Inc EGP - $0.6200 dividend, 3.3673 percent yield