5 Ex-Dividend Stocks With Buy Ratings

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers reported Tuesday first-quarter earnings of $8 million, or 9 cents a share, down from year-earlier earnings of $9.2 million, or 11 cents..

Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 2.7%

Rated "B (Buy)" by TheStreet Ratings: The company's fourth-quarter gross profit margin was basically the same as it was last year.

In the fourth quarter, stockholders' net worth increased 25.51% from the prior year.

TheStreet Ratings' price target is $36.23.

Unum Group

The disability insurance company is scheduled to report its first-quarter results on May 1. Analysts, on average, anticipate earnings of 76 cents a share on revenue of $2.59 billion.

"In our view, UNM is the most undervalued lower risk name on our coverage list," Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts wrote in a March 23 report.

Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 1.8%

Rated "B- (Buy)" by TheStreet Ratings: The company's fourth-quarter gross profit margin decreased from the previous year.

In the fourth quarter, stockholders' net worth decreased 4.1% from the prior year.

TheStreet Ratings' price target is $27.20.