Long term investors invest in a stock for two reasons. First is the growth of the stock and second is dividend income. If the choice of company is right, then in the long term the stock can give better returns than expected and the investor also gets an additional income in the form of dividend. Next week also there are many such companies whose dividend ex-date is near. That means this is the last chance left to get the benefit of dividend of these companies. You can keep an eye on these stocks.

Which companies have ex-date?

Gopal Snacks' ex-dividend date is around 22nd October. The company has announced a dividend of Rs 1 per share. HCL Technologies also has an ex-date on the same day. The company has announced a dividend of Rs 12. Caspian Corporate Services' ex-date is on 23rd October. The company has announced a dividend of Rs 0.05 per share. Tips Music's dividend ex-date is on 24th October. The company has announced a dividend of Rs 2. Allcargo Logistics has given a dividend of Rs 1.1 per share. The ex-date of dividend is 25th October. DB Corp has announced a dividend of Rs 5 per share, LTI Mindtree has announced a dividend of Rs 20 per share, L&T Technology Services has announced a dividend of Rs 17 per share. What should investors do? Keep in mind that investments in stocks are not made only because of a single corporate action like bonus or dividend etc. For stocks, the company's growth estimates and the stock's own valuation are important. If a stock meets these parameters and has investment potential and its corporate action date is also near, then it is better to take full advantage of it.