Stocks Trading Ex-Dividend on 2/21/2014

The following is a list of companies trading ex-dividend on Friday, February 21st:

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.66 per share, or $2.64 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 11, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 2.9 percent.
Open Text Corp (Nasdaq: OTEX) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, or $1.2 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 14, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.3 percent.
Denbury Resources, Inc. (NYSE: DNR) initiates and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0625 per share, or $0.25 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 25, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.5 percent. Phil Rykhoek, Denbury's President and CEO commented, "The declaration of our first-ever quarterly dividend represents an important step in our path to becoming a leading growth and income company. We remain focused on developing our significant inventory of enhanced oil recovery projects in order to increase shareholder value through growth in production, reserves, and dividends. Based on our current financial projections and commodity price outlook, we expect to grow our annual dividend rate to between $0.50 and $0.60 per share in 2015 and at a sustainable rate thereafter. We look forward to executing our value driven growth and income strategy in 2014 and beyond."
Hershey Foods Corp. (NYSE: HSY) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.435 per share, or $1.74 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 14, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.8 percent.
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (NYSE: DNB) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share, or $1.76 annualized. This is a 10% increase from the prior dividend of $0.40. The dividend will be payable on March 12, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.7 percent.
Protective Life Corp. (NYSE: PL) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, or $0.8 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 10, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.7 percent.
Nordson Corp (Nasdaq: NDSN) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share, or $0.72 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 11, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1 percent.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share, or $2.12 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 20, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 2.5 percent.
Robert Half International, Inc. (NYSE: RHI) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share, or $0.72 annualized. This is a 12.5% increase from the prior dividend of $0.16. The dividend will be payable on March 14, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.8 percent.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share, or $1.24 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 12, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 4.8 percent.
Orchid Island Capital (NYSE: ORC) declared a monthly dividend of $0.18 per share, or $2.16 annualized. The dividend will be payable on February 28, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 17.4 percent.
EVERTEC (NYSE: EVTC) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share, or $0.4 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 14, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.7 percent.
CDW (Nasdaq: CDW) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.0425 per share, or $0.17 annualized. The dividend will be payable on March 10, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 0.7 percent.
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, or $1 annualized. This is a 25% increase from the prior dividend of $0.20. The dividend will be payable on March 11, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 25, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of February 21, 2014. The annual yield on the dividend is 1.3 percent.... Read more