Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 5/2012

Stocks With Biggest 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, 31 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 23 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 24.69 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Blackstone Group (BX). The company raised dividends from $0.1 to $0.22, representing a growth of 120 percent. The highest yielding stock is Pitney Bowes (PBI) who offers a yield of 7.67 percent. The new dividend yield is now 7.8 percent.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) has a market capitalization of $3.85 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenues of $5,425.25 million and has a net income of $328.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $951.31 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.53 percent (operating margin 9.85 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.06 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 50.84 percent of the company’s assets. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.84. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.46 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.48, Price/Sales 0.71 and Price/Book ratio not calculable. Dividend Yield: 7.78 percent. The beta ratio is 1.03.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pitney Bowes Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) (Click to enlarge)

Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) has a market capitalization of $4.63 billion. The company employs 5,800 people, generates revenues of $4,002.16 million and has a net income of $397.75 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $739.14 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.47 percent (operating margin 14.81 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.94 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 34.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.78 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.91. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.34, Price/Sales 1.16 and Price/Book ratio 3.05. Dividend Yield: 4.02 percent. The beta ratio is 0.95.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Hasbro, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) (Click to enlarge)

TECO Energy (NYSE:TE) has a market capitalization of $3.94 billion. The company employs 4,233 people, generates revenues of $3,343.40 million and has a net income of $272.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $946.30 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.30 percent (operating margin 18.59 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.16 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 41.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 135.60 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.29 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.86 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.50, Price/Sales 1.18 and Price/Book ratio 1.74. Dividend Yield: 4.81 percent. The beta ratio is 0.81.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of TECO Energy, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of TECO Energy, Inc. (TE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 24.69 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week February 2012 (Click to enlarge)

Lets take a look at the current yields:

Ticker	Company	Dividend Yield
ZTR	Zweig Total Return Fund Inc.	11.04%
MIN	MFS Intermediate Income Trust	8.66%
PBI	Pitney Bowes Inc.	7.67%
VVR	Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust	6.26%
EVF	Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust	6.18%
TE	TECO Energy, Inc.	4.70%
MCHP	Microchip Technology Inc.	3.62%
AVY	Avery Dennison Corporation	3.50%
HAS	Hasbro Inc.	3.35%
BMS	Bemis Company, Inc.	3.03%
MAT	Mattel Inc.	2.92%
ONB	Old National Bancorp.	2.82%
BX	The Blackstone Group	2.38%
HSY	Hershey Co.	2.26%
PX	Praxair Inc.	2.04%
TUP	Tupperware Brands Corporation	1.96%
MRO	Marathon Oil Corporation	1.86%
LTD	Limited Brands, Inc.	1.81%
NP	Neenah Paper, Inc.	1.78%
SUN	Sunoco, Inc.	1.56%
PAG	Penske Automotive Group, Inc.	1.51%
NATI	National Instruments Corporation	1.46%
HFWA	Heritage Financial Corp.	1.39%
VPFG	Viewpoint Financial Group	1.38%
SMP	Standard Motor Products Inc.	1.25%
NUS	Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.	1.21%
MKTX	MarketAxess Holdings Inc.	1.05%
JBHT	JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.	1.01%
BRCM	Broadcom Corp.	0.96%
AGM	Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.	0.94%
FLR	Fluor Corporation	0.84%

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AVY, BMS, BX, BRCM, EVF, AGMA, AGM, FLR, HAS, HFWA, HSY, JBHT, VVR, LTD, MIN, MRO, MKTX, MAT, MCHP, NATI, NP, NUS, ONB, PAG, PBI, PX, APTS, SMP, SUN, TE, TUP, VPFG, ZTR