EdgeWater 12/9/2010 1:34:21 AM
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Stocks Announcing Dividends (PDCO, Caterpillar Inc., Ventas, Inc.)

Stocks Announcing Dividends

Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) slid 0.33% to $29.88. The Board of Directors of Patterson Companies, Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per diluted share, payable January 28, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 11, 2011.   

The stock has average daily volume of 898K shares. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $3.70 billion.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) is 0.65% lower to $89.76. The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. voted today to maintain the quarterly cash dividend of forty-four ($0.44) cents per share of common stock, payable February 19, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on January 20, 2011.

The stock opened at $90.26 and is trading within the range of $89.31-$90.90.

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) dropped 0.85% to $50.45. The company announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.535 per share, payable in cash on December 30, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2010. The dividend is the fourth quarterly installment of the Company’s $2.14 per share 2010 annual dividend.

The stock has average daily volume of 1.30 million shares.

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