10 Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Wednesday, November 2

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.

• Alcoa Inc AA - $0.0900 dividend, 1.3314 percent yield. Alcoa shares have increased 3.13 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.06 percent in the same period.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation COST - $0.4500 dividend, 1.1963 percent yield. Costco is expected to release quarterly earnings on December 7, 2016.
• Dominion Midstream Partners LP DM - $0.2475 dividend, 4.1423 percent yield. On Monday, Dominion Midstream posted Q3 earnings of $0.30 per share on revenue of $85 million and agreed to acquire Questar Pipeline from Dominion Resources for $1.725 billion.
• J B Hunt Transport Services Inc JBHT - $0.2200 dividend, 1.1317 percent yield. J B Hunt shares have increased 5.67 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.06 percent in the same period.
• Cintas Corporation CTAS - $1.3300 dividend, 1.2286 percent yield. Cintas shares have surged 13.42 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has increased 1.06 percent in the same period.
• Williams Partners LP WPZ - $0.8500 dividend, 9.4105 percent yield. Williams Partners posted upbeat Q3 results.
• Norfolk Southern Corp. NSC - $0.5900 dividend, 2.5390 percent yield. On Wednesday, Norfolk Southern posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
• Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc RYAM - $0.0700 dividend, 2.0334 percent yield. On Monday, Rayonier Advanced reported Q3 earnings of $0.44 per share on sales of $207 million.
• Usa Compression Partners LP USAC - $0.5250 dividend, 11.4192 percent yield. USA Compression Partners is expected to report Q3 earnings on November 8, 2016.
• EQT Midstream Partners LP EQM - $0.8150 dividend, 4.2520 percent yield. EQT Midstream shares have increased 1.22 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.06 percent in the same period.