10 Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Tuesday, November 1

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 Tuesday.

• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation COG - $0.0200 dividend, 0.3822 percent yield. On Friday, Cabot Oil reported a Q3 loss of $0.02 per share on revenue of $310.429 million.
• ADTRAN, Inc. ADTN - $0.0900 dividend, 1.9890 percent yield. ADTRAN shares have climbed 14.99 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.38 percent in the same period.
• Discover Financial Services DFS - $0.3000 dividend, 2.2014 percent yield. On Tuesday, Discover reported Q3 earnings of $1.56 per share on revenue of $2.3 billion.
• Zoetis Inc ZTS - $0.0950 dividend, 0.7357 percent yield. Zoetis is expected to release Q3 earnings on November 2, 2016.
• KB Home KBH - $0.0250 dividend, 0.6169 percent yield. KB Home shares have surged 6.60 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.38 percent in the same period.
• S & T Bancorp Inc STBA - $0.2000 dividend, 2.8551 percent yield. S & T Bancorp shares have declined 3.76 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has increased 1.38 percent in the same period.
• Valero Energy Partners LP VLP - $0.3850 dividend, 3.6159 percent yield. On Thursday, Valero Energy Partners reported Q3 earnings of $0.77 per share on revenue of $92.04 million.
• Franklin Electric Co. FELE - $0.1000 dividend, 1.0610 percent yield. On Tuesday, Franklin Electric posted Q3 earnings of $0.48 per share on revenue of $239.8 million.
• Northwest Bancshares, Inc. NWBI - $0.1500 dividend, 3.8511 percent yield. Northwest Bancshares shares have climbed 16.63 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 1.38 percent in the same period.
• American Midstream Partners LP AMID - $0.4125 dividend, 11.6197 percent yield. American Midstream is expected to release Q3 earnings on November 7, 2016.