X Factor: 5 Stocks Reaching Their Ex-Dividend Date on December 5

Frontier Communications, Wal-Mart Stores, and Coach are on the list.

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) yields 1.60% annually and has a market cap of $107.81 billion. Qualcomm designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital telecommunications products and services. It will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.25 on December 21, and its quarterly yield will be 0.40% based on yesterday’s closing price of $62.65. The company has paid a quarterly dividend since 2003, and each dividend payment has either increased or remained the same from the prior quarter.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) yields 0.41% annually and has a market cap of $106.38 billion. Bank of America, through its subsidiaries, provides various banking and financial products and services to individual consumers, small-and middle-market businesses, institutional investors, corporations, and governments in the United States and internationally. It will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.01 on December 28, and its quarterly yield will be 0.10% based on yesterday’s closing price of $9.76. Bank of America has paid a quarterly dividend since 1986, and the dividend is down form a high of $0.64 in 2008.

These companies also have their ex-dividend date on December 5. All annual yields are estimated.

Gannett Company (NYSE:GCI) yields 4.50% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.20 on January 2.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) yields 3.44% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.74 on January 3.

Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) yields 2.76% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.19 on December 28.

Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) yields 2.73% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.45 on December 21.

Carnival (NYSE:CUK) yields 2.47% annually and will pay a special dividend of $0.50 on December 28.

Purchase -- and have your broker settle -- before the ex-dividend date to secure the dividend.

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