Investing in dividend stocks means keeping track of a lot of dates. Many companies pay dividends quarterly, some only pay them annually or semi-annually, while a few others are monthly dividend stocks.
On top of that, you generally won’t receive a dividend if you only buy the stock on the date it’s paid out. To receive a dividend payment, you must own the stock before the ex-dividend date, which is usually weeks before the payment date.
Our weekly blue-chip dividend calendar can help you keep track of upcoming dividends from some of the most valuable stocks on the market. This week, a couple of big have ex-dividend dates, as well as some retail, consumer staples, financial and healthcare companies.
Blue-chip stocks with ex-dividend dates in the next week
Below is a list of every blue-chip stock — defined here as an S&P 500 stock with a market cap above $200 billion — that has an ex-dividend date in the next seven days. Data is sourced from Finviz and Investing.com.
Home Depot (HD)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 4, 2025
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Payment date: Dec. 18, 2025
Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States, and has a long history of raising its dividend payout over time. Its ex-dividend date is Wednesday, Dec. 4, and shareholders who bought the stock on or before that date will receive a dividend payment of $2.30 on Dec. 18.
NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 4, 2025
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Payment date: Dec. 26, 2025
NVIDIA is a computer chipmaker that holds a near-monopoly on the advanced chips used for AI applications, which has helped it grow into the largest publicly-traded company in the United States. However, it deliberately maintains one of the lowest dividend yields among any dividend-paying company, choosing to reinvest most of its profits while still leaving open the possibility of future dividend increases.
PepsiCo Inc. (PEP)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 5, 2025
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Payment date: Jan. 6, 2026
PepsiCo is more than a soda company. It’s the second-largest food and beverage company in the world, after Nestle, thanks to its many subsidiaries such as Frito Lay. It’s also a dividend aristocrat — an S&P 500 stock that has increased its dividend payout every year for at least 25 years.
Bank of America (BA)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 5, 2025
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Payment date: Dec. 26, 2025
Bank of America is the second-largest bank in the world after J.P. Morgan Chase. Between 2008 and 2009, during the financial crisis, the company slashed its dividend from $0.64 to $0.01. It didn’t raise its dividend until 2014, but dividend increases have been mostly consistent since then.
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 8, 2025
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Payment date: Dec. 15, 2025
Alphabet, best known as the parent company of Google, is the world’s third-largest tech company after Amazon and Apple, and an industry leader in many emerging technologies such as AI and autonomous vehicles. Like NVIDIA, it has chosen to pay a modest dividend in terms of yield, reinvesting most of its profits rather than paying them out to shareholders.
UnitedHealth Group (UNH)
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Ex-dividend date: Dec. 8, 2025
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Payment date: Dec. 16, 2025
UnitedHealth Group is the largest health insurer in the U.S., and has a long history of dividend payout growth over time.
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Neither the author nor editor owned positions in the aforementioned investments at the time of publication.
