X Factor: 5 Stocks Reaching Their Ex-Dividend Date on November 27

Great Plains Energy Incorporated, Rockwood Holdings, and Cisco Systems are on the list.

The Home Depot (NYSE:HD) yields 1.81% annually and has a market cap $96.05 billion. The home improvement retailer will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.29 on December 13, and its quarterly yield will be 0.45% based on Wednesday's closing price of $64.09. The company paid a dividend from 1981 to 1983, and it began paying a quarterly dividend since 1987. Each dividend payment since then has either increased or remained the same from the prior quarter.

Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ:WERN) yields 0.88% annually and has a market cap of $1.67 billion. Werner Enterprises, a transportation and logistics company, engages primarily in hauling truckload shipments of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce in the United States and internationally. It will pay a special dividend of $1.50 on December 13, and the yield of this special dividend will be 6.58% based on Wednesday's closing price of $22.80. The company has paid a quarterly dividend since 1990, and each dividend payment has either increased or remained the same from the prior quarter.

These companies also have their ex-dividend date on November 27. All annual yields are estimated.

Avista Corp. (NYSE:AVA) yields 4.99% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.29 on December 14.

Barnes Group (NYSE:B) yields 1.96% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.10 on December 10.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE:RS) yields 1.78% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.25 on December 20.

Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) yields 1.01% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.1875 and a special dividend of $3.75 on December 12.

Gardner Denver (NYSE:GDI) yields 0.29% annually and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.05 on December 14.

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

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