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Best Yielding Dividend Challengers List August 2011

Best Yielding Dividend Challengers List by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stocks to be announced Dividend Challengers. A Dividend Challenger is a stock that has increased the annual dividend (regular dividend without special payments) every year for at least 5 years or more but not more than 9 Years. Dividend Challengers (5-9 years) are the third group of stocks beyond Dividend Champions (+25 years) / Dividend Aristocrats (+25 years) and Dividend Contenders (10-24 years). Dividend Achievers (+10 years) summarize Dividend Contenders and Dividend Champions / Aristocrats. The list is sorted alphabetically.

Here are the 3 best yielding Dividend Challengers:

1. PennantPark Investment (PNNT) is acting within the asset management industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 447.3 million, generates revenues in an amount of USD 75.7 million and a net income of USD 50.0 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 7.2 and forward price to earnings ratio 8.0, Price/Sales 5.9 and Price/Book ratio 0.9. Dividend Yield: 11.0 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 3 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent. The company paid dividends since 2007.

2. Telefonica (TEF) is acting within the foreign telecom service industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 93.4 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 89.2 billion and a net income of USD 13.6 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 6.8 and forward price to earnings ratio 8.5, Price/Sales 1.1 and Price/Book ratio 3.2. Dividend Yield: 9.7 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 7 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 11.1 percent. The company paid dividends since 1990.

3. Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) is acting within the healthcare REIT facility industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 1.8 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 283.9 million and a net income of USD 24.2 million. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 71.3 and forward price to earnings ratio 19.4, Price/Sales 6.2 and Price/Book ratio 2.0. Dividend Yield: 9.4 percent. Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 7 Years. 5-Year Dividend Growth: 10.4 percent. The company paid dividends since 1992.

Take a closer look at the full table. The average dividend yield of the list amounts to 3.15 percent. In average, Dividend Challengers increased dividends 7.03 years. 

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