There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend next week including the following Top 100 Dividend Stock: Discover Financial Services.

Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be eligible to receive its next dividend. Any stock ranked by our team as a Top 100 Dividend Stock is tagged.

Company Name	Symbol	Div. Yield	Curr. Price	Ex. Div. Date	Record Date	Pay Date	Market Cap
Aflac	AFL	2.15	79.83	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/1/2017	31.54
Autoliv Inc.	ALV	2.25	106.48	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/7/2017	9.16
Delta Air Lines	DAL	2.57	47.53	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/13/2017	34.43
Equinix, Inc.	EQIX	1.77	451.55	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/20/2017	35.06
Mattel	MAT	3.49	17.17	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/15/2017	5.83
Vulcan Materials	VMC	0.88	114.11	8/21/2017	8/23/2017	9/8/2017	14.98
Applied Materials	AMAT	0.93	43.12	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/14/2017	47.24
CA Inc.	CA	3.15	32.38	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/12/2017	13.6
Discover Financial Services	DFS	2.34	59.9	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/7/2017	22.25
Expedia	EXPE	0.83	144.14	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/14/2017	21.78
Gerdau S.A.	GGB	0.58	3.48	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/11/2017	6.11
Marriott International, Inc.	MAR	1.35	97.84	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/29/2017	37.12
Nielsen Holdings N.V.	NLSN	3.4	40.01	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/7/2017	14.08
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	0.35	161.47	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/18/2017	96.58
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.	PHI	5.53	34.01	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/18/2017	7.27
PVH Corp.	PVH	0.12	122.3	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/22/2017	9.39
Southwest Airlines	LUV	0.94	53.15	8/22/2017	8/24/2017	9/14/2017	32.25
3M	MMM	2.29	205.35	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/12/2017	121.93
Carnival Corp	CCL	2.37	67.51	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	48.97
Carnival Plc ADR	CUK	2.35	68.16	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	49.25
CDW Corp	CDW	1.04	61.44	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/11/2017	9.51
Embotelladora Andina S.A. ADR	AKO-A	1.97	23.21	8/23/2017	8/25/2017		21.97
Equifax	EFX	1.11	140.63	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	16.88
FLIR Systems	FLIR	1.59	37.8	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/8/2017	5.23
Fortive Corporation	FTV	0.43	65.16	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/29/2017	22.53
Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc	FBHS	1.15	62.69	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/13/2017	9.57
Hershey Company	HSY	2.43	107.85	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	16.23
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc	HII	1.15	208.44	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/8/2017	9.39
NetEase, Inc (ADR)	NTES	1.21	273.6	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/1/2017	35.64
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	2.64	148.61	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	70.04
Pembina Pipeline Corp.	PBA	6.5	31.38	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	12.54
Perrigo Company	PRGO	0.82	77.69	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/12/2017	11.24
Prudential plc	PUK	1.62	46.37	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	10/5/2017	59.57
Robert Half International	RHI	2.22	43.24	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	5.53
TE Connectivity Ltd.	TEL	2.06	77.61	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/8/2017	27.41
Whirlpool	WHR	2.57	171.49	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/15/2017	12.43
Wyndham Worldwide	WYN	2.41	96.15	8/23/2017	8/25/2017	9/8/2017	9.91
Assurant, Inc.	AIZ	2.11	100.32	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/19/2017	5.4
Coca-Cola Enterprises	CCE	1.93	43.47	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/11/2017	21.14
Nordstrom Inc.	JWN	3.33	44.44	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/12/2017	7.35
Northrop Grumman	NOC	1.49	268.13	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/13/2017	46.73
Parker Hannifin Corp.	PH	1.7	155.57	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/8/2017	20.69
S&P Global Inc.	SPGI	1.09	149.97	8/24/2017	8/28/2017	9/12/2017	38.48
CSRA Inc	CSRA	1.26	31.85	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	10/3/2017	5.19
Great Plains Energy	GXP	3.53	31.18	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/20/2017	6.71
Israel Chemicals Ltd.	ICL	2.21	4.44	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/13/2017	5.56
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2.53	133.04	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/12/2017	357.44
KeyCorp	KEY	2.14	17.79	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/15/2017	19.19
Pinnacle Foods Inc	PF	2.16	60.12	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	10/9/2017	7.11
Steris Corp	STE	1.44	86.23	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/28/2017	7.25
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd	TEVA	1.69	17.1	8/25/2017	8/29/2017	9/14/2017	17.65