Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Thursday, August 11

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.

• Exelon Corporation EXC - $0.3180 dividend, 3.3920 percent yield
• CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF - $0.3000 dividend, 4.5645 percent yield
• Spectra Energy Partners, LP SEP - $0.6637 dividend, 5.4693 percent yield
• International Paper Co IP - $0.4400 dividend, 4.0902 percent yield
• RR Donnelley & Sons Co RRD - $0.2600 dividend, 5.8101 percent yield
• Southern Co SO - $0.5600 dividend, 4.1775 percent yield
• Murphy Oil Corporation MUR - $0.2500 dividend, 3.7636 percent yield
• E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co DD - $0.3800 dividend, 2.1991 percent yield
• ONEOK, Inc. OKE - $0.6150 dividend, 5.5808 percent yield
• The Carlyle Group LP CG - $0.6300 dividend, 14.6002 percent yield