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20 Dividend Achiever With Highest Earnings Forecasts

Dividend Achiever With Large Earnings Growth by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current table of Dividend Achievers (stocks that have raised dividends for more than 10 consecutive years) with highest earnings per share predictions (more than 15 percent yearly for the next five years). 188 Dividend Achievers are outstanding of which 20 fulfilled these criteria. 4 of them yielding above 3 percent.

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People's United Financal (NASDAQ:PBCT) has a market capitalization of $4.30 billion. The company employs 4,528 people, generates revenues of $828.80 million and has a net income of $85.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $144.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is percent (operating margin 12.72 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.59 percent).


The total debt representing 2.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 13.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.63 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.53 of which $0.62 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. The EPS is expected to grow by 21.68 percent for the next five years.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.33, Price/Sales 4.40 and Price/Book ratio 0.84. Dividend Yield: 5.17 percent. The beta ratio is 0.32.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of People's United Financ... (Click to enlarge)


Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ:VIVO) has a market capitalization of $747.13 million. The company employs 498 people, generates revenues of $159.72 million and has a net income of $26.83 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $40.03 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 25.06 percent (operating margin 25.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 16.80 percent).


Earnings per share amounts to $0.65 of which $0.76 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. The EPS is expected to grow by 16.80 percent for the next five years.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.05, Price/Sales 4.67 and Price/Book ratio . Dividend Yield: 4.18 percent. The beta ratio is 0.80.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (Click to enlarge)


Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $11.64 billion. The company employs 20,500 people, generates revenues of $15,844.63 million and has a net income of $206.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,034.89 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 6.53 percent (operating margin 1.69 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.30 percent).


The total debt representing 31.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.82 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.98 of which $1.44 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. The EPS is expected to grow by 66.80 percent for the next five years.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.58, Price/Sales 0.76 and Price/Book ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 3.80 percent. The beta ratio is 1.09.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Nucor Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

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Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 19.75 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 15.32. The dividend yield has a value of 1.98 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.41 and price to sales ratio 2.22. The operating margin amounts to 16.25 percent. Earnings per share are expected to grow by 22.89 yearly for the next 5 years.

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PBCT, VIVO, NUE, MSA, SWK, GGG, CAT, WST, TDS, TNC, AOS, PII, FAST, FELE, NDSN, CLC, CRR, EOG, ROP, HP

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