Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (12/2011)

Stocks With Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 36 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 14 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 16.27 percent.

Here are the 3 top shares with fast dividend growth by dividend yield:

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Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) has a market capitalization of $479.26 million. The company generates revenues of $28.88 million and has a net income of $16.31 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $21.33 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 73.85 percent (operating margin 46.27 percent and the net profit margin finally 56.48 percent).


The total debt representing 31.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.46 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 11.39 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.21 of which $2.42 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 31.22, Price/Sales 16.03 and Price/Book ratio 3.18. Dividend Yield: 6.62 percent. The beta ratio is 0.63.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Universal Health Realt... (Click to enlarge)

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) has a market capitalization of $1.21 billion. The company generates revenues of $78.40 million and has a net income of $62.14 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $67.93 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 86.65 percent (operating margin 72.64 percent and the net profit margin finally 79.26 percent).


The total debt representing 7.41 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 14.17 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.57 of which $2.36 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.99, Price/Sales 15.39 and Price/Book ratio 2.72. Dividend Yield: 5.76 percent. The beta ratio is 0.70.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of National Health Invest... (Click to enlarge)

BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) has a market capitalization of $31.12 billion. The company employs 50,200 people, generates revenues of $17,681.77 million and has a net income of $2,520.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,814.76 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 38.54 percent (operating margin 20.32 percent and the net profit margin finally 14.26 percent).


The total debt representing 30.32 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 69.22 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 12.27 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.66 of which $1.74 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.04, Price/Sales 1.73 and Price/Book ratio 2.09. Dividend Yield: 5.18 percent. The beta ratio is 0.88.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of BCE Inc. (USA) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 16.27 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Click to enlarge)

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Best Dividends From Independent Oil and Gas Companies

Highest Dividends From Independent Gas, Oil and Energy Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current table of stocks from the independent gas and oil industry with a dividend yield per share of more than 3 percent. 14 high dividend stocks fulfilled these criteria of which 8 companies are high yields. The gas and oil production is a strategic element of the economy. The whole industry has a market capitalization of USD 2,223 billion and offers a dividend return of 1.9 percent. The highest dividend comes from an investment trust.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by dividend:

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QR Energy LP (NYSE:QRE) has a market capitalization of $732.81 million. The company generates revenues of $256.40 million and has a net income of $24.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $104.61 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 40.80 percent (operating margin 14.51 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.68 percent).


The total debt representing 47.67 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 113.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to -5.38 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.10 of which $0.04 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable , Price/Sales 2.80 and Price/Book ratio 3.40. Dividend Yield: 9.50 percent.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of QR Energy LP (Click to enlarge)

Martin Midstream Partners (NASDAQ:MMLP) has a market capitalization of $680.89 million. The company employs 647 people, generates revenues of $912.12 million and has a net income of $16.02 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $80.54 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.83 percent (operating margin 4.40 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.76 percent).


The total debt representing 47.61 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 136.09 percent. Earnings per share amounts to $1.18 of which $3.00 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.25, Price/Sales 0.75 and Price/Book ratio 439.05. Dividend Yield: 9.22 percent. The beta ratio is 0.46.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Martin Midstream Partn... (Click to enlarge)

Crosstex Energy (NASDAQ:XTEX) has a market capitalization of $811.52 million. The company employs 469 people, generates revenues of $1,792.68 million and has a net income of $-25.83 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $173.63 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 9.69 percent (operating margin 3.46 percent and the net profit margin finally -1.44 percent).


The total debt representing 36.20 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 73.77 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to -6.86 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.38 of which $0.51 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is , Price/Sales 0.45 and Price/Book ratio 0.99. Dividend Yield: 7.64 percent. The beta ratio is 1.28.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Crosstex Energy, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

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

Best Yielding Independent Oil and Gas Companies (click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 18.81 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 16.73. The dividend yield has a value of 6.11 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.48 and price to sales ratio 4.34. The operating margin amounts to 11.05 percent.

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High Yield Stocks With Recent Insider Buys From 2011/12/08

Daily Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys And Sells by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with insider transactions send often a clear signal for your own asset allocation. Insiders, those persons who know the company better as every analyst or investor, show their attitude to the company’s future. A stock often rises after insiders bought stocks from the company. Similar is it vice versa. The stock price often decline after insiders sold stocks from the company. Here are the recent insider transactions of the best yielding stocks:

Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys:

Rurban Financial Corp. (RBNF) is acting within the “Regional - Midwest Banks” industry and has a market capitalization of $13.85Million. The company has 4.86Million shares outstanding of which 0.29% were owned by insiders and 11.19% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 244.26% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 1.87%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.49
- Price/Book: 0.29
- Dividend yield: 12.63%.

6-Month Chart of Rurban Financial Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Inergy, L.P. (NRGY) is acting within the “Gas Utilities” industry and has a market capitalization of $3.12Billion. The company has 131.27Million shares outstanding of which 1.07% were owned by insiders and 35.68% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -4.27% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.64%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 84.82
- Price/Sales: 1.45
- Price/Book: 2.47
- Dividend yield: 11.87%.

6-Month Chart of Inergy, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

Dorchester Minerals LP (DMLP) is acting within the “Diversified Investments” industry and has a market capitalization of $677.72Million. The company has 30.68Million shares outstanding of which 0.56% were owned by insiders and 25.14% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 6.18% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -4.70%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 18.72
- Price/Sales: 10.61
- Price/Book: 4.73
- Dividend yield: 7.48%.

6-Month Chart of Dorchester Minerals LP (Click to enlarge)

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (DNP) is acting within the “Closed-End Fund - Equity” industry and has a market capitalization of $2.64Billion. The company has 240.40Million shares outstanding of which 0.15% were owned by insiders and 2.65% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 0.28% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 1.43%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 4.95
- Price/Sales: 19.23
- Price/Book: 1.25
- Dividend yield: 7.09%.

6-Month Chart of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) is acting within the “Regional - Northeast Banks” industry and has a market capitalization of $1.97Billion. The company has 170.21Million shares outstanding of which 1.08% were owned by insiders and 39.54% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -4.17% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -0.74%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 13.30
- Price/Sales: 2.93
- Price/Book: 1.51
- Dividend yield: 5.96%.

6-Month Chart of Valley National Bancorp (Click to enlarge)

Stock Upgrades And Downgrades From 2011/12/09

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades. Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

Duke Energy (DUK) has a market capitalization of $27.27Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “FBR Capital” from “Underperform” to ”Mkt Perform”. The stock price closed at $20.86 and has changed by 1.81% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.85, Price/Sales 1.87 and Price/Book 1.20. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 1.42% for next year and 3.93% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Duke Energy (Click to enlarge)

Flow (FLOW) has a market capitalization of $2.95Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Northland Securities” from “Market Perform” to ”Outperform ($4)”. The stock price closed at $30.19 and has changed by 1.51% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 42.49, Price/Sales 1.65 and Price/Book 0.86. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 240.15% for next year and 9.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Flow (Click to enlarge)

Validus Holdings (VR) has a market capitalization of $967.97Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($38)”. The stock price closed at $4.42 and has changed by 5.24% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.34 and Price/Book 0.43. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 46.34% for next year and 0.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Validus Holdings (Click to enlarge)

MEMC Elec (WFR) has a market capitalization of $115.48Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Collins Stewart” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($5.5)”. The stock price closed at $3.52 and has changed by 45.45% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 48.40, Price/Sales 0.50 and Price/Book 1.44. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 122.22% for next year and 21.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of MEMC Elec (Click to enlarge)

Downgrades:

Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) has a market capitalization of $1.82Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “FBR Capital” from “Outperform” to ”Mkt Perform ($16)”. The stock price closed at $14.71 and has changed by -6.54% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.20, Price/Sales 4.95 and Price/Book 0.96. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -7.52% for next year and 4.13% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Invesco Mortgage Capital (Click to enlarge)

Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR) has a market capitalization of $1.82Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “JMP Securities” from “Mkt Outperform” to ”Mkt Perform”. The stock price closed at $14.71 and has changed by -6.54% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.20, Price/Sales 4.95 and Price/Book 0.96. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -7.52% for next year and 4.13% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Invesco Mortgage Capital (Click to enlarge)

Pharmacyclics (PCYC) has a market capitalization of $1.00Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Global Hunter Securities” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($15)”. The stock price closed at $12.39 and has changed by -15.25% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 159.17 and Price/Book 10.67. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -42.90% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Pharmacyclics (Click to enlarge)

Pharmacyclics (PCYC) has a market capitalization of $1.00Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Outperform” to ”Sector Perform ($15)”. The stock price closed at $12.39 and has changed by -15.25% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 159.17 and Price/Book 10.67. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -42.90% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Pharmacyclics (Click to enlarge)

T. Rowe Price (TROW) has a market capitalization of $14.40Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $57.96 and has changed by 1.70% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.58, Price/Sales 5.28 and Price/Book 4.41. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 6.25% for next year and 12.79% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of T. Rowe Price (Click to enlarge)

14 Dividend Contenders Under Book Value

Dividend Contenders For Less Than Book Value by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current table of dividend contenders (stocks that have raised their distributions for 10-24 years without a break) with a price to book ratio of less than one. 139 dividend contenders are available of which 14 are traded below book value. 5 Dividend Contenders yielding above 3 percent.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by yield:

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People's United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT) has a market capitalization of $4.40 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.


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.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.87, Price/Sales 4.57 and Price/Book ratio 0.87. Dividend Yield: 4.98 percent. The beta ratio is 0.32.

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

Norwood Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:NWFL) has a market capitalization of $79.38 million. The company employs 113 people, generates revenues of $25.69 million and has a net income of $7.31 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $11.72 million.


The total debt representing 6.20 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 49.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 11.07 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.49 of which $1.13 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.70, Price/Sales 3.35 and Price/Book ratio 0.99. Dividend Yield: 4.80 percent. The beta ratio is 0.18.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Norwood Financial Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Teche Holding Company (NYSEAMEX:TSH) has a market capitalization of $72.14 million. The company employs 237 people, generates revenues of $39.36 million and has a net income of $7.23 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $19.87 million.


The total debt representing percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.30 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $3.46 of which $1.44 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.12, Price/Sales 1.58 and Price/Book ratio 0.90. Dividend Yield: 4.12 percent. The beta ratio is 0.53.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Teche Holding Company (Click to enlarge)

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

14 Dividend Contenders Under Book Value (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 13.86 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.62. The dividend yield has a value of 2.98 percent. Price to book ratio is 0.82 and price to sales ratio 1.52. The operating margin amounts to 15.66 percent.

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Stock Upgrades And Downgrades From 2011/12/08

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades. Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

American Axle (AXL) has a market capitalization of $668.75Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Deutsche Bank” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($16.5)”. The stock price closed at $8.88 and has changed by -1.00% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 4.55, Price/Sales 0.26 and Price/Book -. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.48% for next year and 18.70% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of American Axle (Click to enlarge)

Healthways (HWAY) has a market capitalization of $225.04Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($13)”. The stock price closed at $6.76 and has changed by 4.16% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.69, Price/Sales 0.32 and Price/Book 0.51. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -18.28% for next year and 5.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Healthways (Click to enlarge)

Western Refining (WNR) has a market capitalization of $1.13Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Outperform” to ”Top Pick ($20)”. The stock price closed at $12.43 and has changed by -2.59% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.87, Price/Sales 0.13 and Price/Book 1.26. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -10.23% for next year and 20.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Western Refining (Click to enlarge)

Downgrades:

Carmike Cinemas (CKEC) has a market capitalization of $93.38Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Caris & Company” from “Average” to ”Below Average ($6)”. The stock price closed at $7.20 and has changed by -2.57% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.20 and Price/Book -. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 266.70% for next year and 9.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Carmike Cinemas (Click to enlarge)

Jazz Pharma (JAZZ) has a market capitalization of $1.54Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “WBB Securities” from “Buy” to ”Hold ($40)”. The stock price closed at $36.64 and has changed by -5.95% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.02, Price/Sales 6.38 and Price/Book 10.84. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -1.43% for next year and 20.45% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Jazz Pharma (Click to enlarge)

Martin Marietta (MLM) has a market capitalization of $3.30Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Longbow” from “Buy” to ”Neutral”. The stock price closed at $72.20 and has changed by -4.70% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 40.11, Price/Sales 1.82 and Price/Book 2.28. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 20.74% for next year and 7.26% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Martin Marietta (Click to enlarge)

NRG Energy (NRG) has a market capitalization of $4.28Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($20)”. The stock price closed at $18.61 and has changed by -4.71% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.91, Price/Sales 0.49 and Price/Book 0.55. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 30.56% for next year and 9.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of NRG Energy (Click to enlarge)

Silicon Labs (SLAB) has a market capitalization of $1.80Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($43)”. The stock price closed at $43.02 and has changed by 0.61% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 54.46, Price/Sales 3.78 and Price/Book 3.15. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.76% for next year and 20.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Silicon Labs (Click to enlarge)

Senior Housing (SNH) has a market capitalization of $3.46Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “JMP Securities” from “Mkt Outperform” to ”Mkt Perform”. The stock price closed at $21.29 and has changed by -3.18% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.47, Price/Sales 8.47 and Price/Book 1.41. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 0.00% for next year and 7.80% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Senior Housing (Click to enlarge)

THQ Inc (THQI) has a market capitalization of $61.56Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Brean Murray” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $0.90 and has changed by -38.34% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.08 and Price/Book 0.84. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 327.30% for next year and 22.47% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of THQ Inc (Click to enlarge)

Valero Energy (VLO) has a market capitalization of $11.69Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Top Pick” to ”Outperform ($32)”. The stock price closed at $20.88 and has changed by -5.35% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.34, Price/Sales 0.10 and Price/Book 0.70. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -9.09% for next year and 27.16% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Valero Energy (Click to enlarge)

MEMC Elec (WFR) has a market capitalization of $967.97Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Wunderlich” from “Buy” to ”Sell ($3)”. The stock price closed at $4.20 and has changed by -0.24% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.34 and Price/Book 0.43. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 46.34% for next year and 0.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of MEMC Elec (Click to enlarge)

High Yield Stocks With Recent Insider Buys From 2011/12/07

Daily Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with insider transactions send often a clear signal for your own asset allocation. Insiders, those persons who know the company better as every analyst or investor, show their attitude to the company’s future. A stock often rises after insiders bought stocks from the company. Similar is it vice versa. The stock price often decline after insiders sold stocks from the company. Here are the recent insider transactions of the best yielding stocks:

Dividend Stocks With Recent Insider Buys:

Rurban Financial Corp. (RBNF) is acting within the “Regional - Midwest Banks” industry and has a market capitalization of $13.12Million. The company has 4.86Million shares outstanding of which 0.29% were owned by insiders and 11.19% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 244.26% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 1.87%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.47
- Price/Book: 0.28
- Dividend yield: 13.33%.

6-Month Chart of Rurban Financial Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Inergy, L.P. (NRGY) is acting within the “Gas Utilities” industry and has a market capitalization of $3.13Billion. The company has 131.27Million shares outstanding of which 1.07% were owned by insiders and 35.68% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -4.27% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.64%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 85.14
- Price/Sales: 1.45
- Price/Book: 2.48
- Dividend yield: 11.83%.

6-Month Chart of Inergy, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) is acting within the “Staffing & Outsourcing Services” industry and has a market capitalization of $607.61Million. The company has 48.30Million shares outstanding of which 0.12% were owned by insiders and 39.69% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 0.08% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -2.64%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 96.77
- Price/Sales: 0.34
- Price/Book: 1.33
- Dividend yield: 11.45%.

6-Month Chart of Compass Diversified Holdings (Click to enlarge)

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NRF) is acting within the “REIT - Retail” industry and has a market capitalization of $432.87Million. The company has 95.98Million shares outstanding of which 0.09% were owned by insiders and 43.40% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -23.34% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 0.70%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.78
- Price/Book: 0.39
- Dividend yield: 11.09%.

6-Month Chart of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) is acting within the “Shipping” industry and has a market capitalization of $306.22Million. The company has 30.47Million shares outstanding of which 7.41% were owned by insiders and 99.81% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 2.19% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -6.83%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.30
- Price/Book: 0.19
- Dividend yield: 8.71%.

6-Month Chart of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (Click to enlarge)

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (DNP) is acting within the “Closed-End Fund - Equity” industry and has a market capitalization of $2.63Billion. The company has 240.40Million shares outstanding of which 0.15% were owned by insiders and 2.65% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 0.28% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 1.43%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 4.92
- Price/Sales: 19.09
- Price/Book: 1.24
- Dividend yield: 7.14%.

6-Month Chart of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Park National Corp. (PRK) is acting within the “Regional - Midwest Banks” industry and has a market capitalization of $940.78Million. The company has 15.41Million shares outstanding of which 0.08% were owned by insiders and 42.00% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by 0.05% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 0.47%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 14.07
- Price/Sales: 2.80
- Price/Book: 1.24
- Dividend yield: 6.16%.

6-Month Chart of Park National Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Valley National Bancorp (VLY) is acting within the “Regional - Northeast Banks” industry and has a market capitalization of $2.06Billion. The company has 170.21Million shares outstanding of which 1.08% were owned by insiders and 39.54% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by -4.17% over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by -0.74%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: 13.94
- Price/Sales: 3.07
- Price/Book: 1.58
- Dividend yield: 5.69%.

6-Month Chart of Valley National Bancorp (Click to enlarge)

State Auto Financial Corp. (STFC) is acting within the “Property & Casualty Insurance” industry and has a market capitalization of $478.81Million. The company has 40.27Million shares outstanding of which 62.94% were owned by insiders and 90.33% by institutional financial institutions. Insiders changed their positions by - over the past 6 month while institutional investors modified their positions by 0.06%.

Here are the price ratios of the company:
- P/E ratio: -
- Price/Sales: 0.32
- Price/Book: 0.79
- Dividend yield: 5.05%.

6-Month Chart of State Auto Financial Corp. (Click to enlarge)

Stock Upgrades And Downgrades From 2011/12/07

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades. Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

Atwood Oceanics (ATW) has a market capitalization of $2.68Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Morgan Keegan” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Outperform”. The stock price closed at $41.25 and has changed by -2.00% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.92, Price/Sales 4.15 and Price/Book 1.62. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 24.17% for next year and 15.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Atwood Oceanics (Click to enlarge)

Blackstone (BX) has a market capitalization of $16.69Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Argus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($20)”. The stock price closed at $14.85 and has changed by 0.20% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 4.88 and Price/Book 4.05. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 44.07% for next year and 14.67% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Blackstone (Click to enlarge)

Comstock (CRK) has a market capitalization of $954.43Million. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Oppenheimer” from “Perform” to ”Outperform ($30)”. The stock price closed at $20.03 and has changed by 3.67% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 2.43 and Price/Book 0.90. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 300.00% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Comstock (Click to enlarge)

Downgrades:

Darden Restaurants (DRI) has a market capitalization of $5.72Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Argus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $43.43 and has changed by 3.85% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.81, Price/Sales 0.75 and Price/Book 3.01. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 13.49% for next year and 12.73% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Darden Restaurants (Click to enlarge)

Fastenal (FAST) has a market capitalization of $12.28Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Buy” to ”Neutral ($43)”. The stock price closed at $41.60 and has changed by -2.19% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 36.49, Price/Sales 4.65 and Price/Book 8.72. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.67% for next year and 16.94% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Fastenal (Click to enlarge)

Summit Hotel (INN) has a market capitalization of $345.77Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “KeyBanc Capital Mkts” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $9.25 and has changed by -4.54% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 2.38 and Price/Book 1.07. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 25.40% for next year and - for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Summit Hotel (Click to enlarge)