10 Notable Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend Wednesday, November 9

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.

• United States Steel Corporation X - $0.0500 dividend, 1.0341 percent yield. United States Steel shares have climbed 88.96 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.
• Boeing Co BA - $1.0900 dividend, 3.0612 percent yield. Boeing shares have declined 4.41 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.
• Emerson Electric Co. EMR - $0.4800 dividend, 3.7885 percent yield. On November 1, Emerson reported Q4 earnings of $0.98 per share on revenue of $4.2 billion.
• Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (USA) OPY - $0.1100 dividend, 2.9630 percent yield. Oppenheimer shares have dropped 26.35 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.
• Neenah Paper, Inc. NP - $0.3300 dividend, 1.6573 percent yield. Neenah Paper is expected to report Q3 earnings on November 8, 2016.
• Kennametal Inc. KMT - $0.2000 dividend, 2.7691 percent yield. Kennametal shares have increased 0.71 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.
• J M Smucker Co SJM - $0.7500 dividend, 2.3116 percent yield. Smucker is projected to release Q2 earnings on November 17, 2016.
• Macerich Co MAC - $0.7100 dividend, 3.7027 percent yield. On Monday, Mizuho upgraded Macerich from Underperform to Neutral.
• Sonoco Products Co SON - $0.3700 dividend, 2.9266 percent yield. Sonoco shares have surged 18.97 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.
• Spectra Energy Corp. SE - $0.4050 dividend, 3.7387 percent yield. Spectra Energy shares have jumped 44.25 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 0.32 percent in the same period.