The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (February 27 - March 04, 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, 34 stocks and funds raised distributions of which 15 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 28.32 percent. The biggest hike was announced by North Central Bancshares (FFFD). The NASADQ listed company raised its quarterly dividends from $0.01 to $0.0625, representing a growth of 525 percent.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) has a market capitalization of $14.17 billion. The company employs 17,483 people, generates revenues of $10,036.00 million and has a net income of $1,355.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,722.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 27.12 percent (operating margin 17.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.50 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 32.57 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 110.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.39 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.62. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.47, P/S ratio 1.41 and P/B ratio 1.44. Dividend Yield: 4.08 percent. The beta ratio is 0.54.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Sempra Energy (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Sempra Energy (SRE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) (Click to enlarge)

Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) has a market capitalization of $202.09 billion. The company employs 2,100,000 people, generates revenues of $446,950.00 million and has a net income of $16,454.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $34,688.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 7.76 percent (operating margin 5.94 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.68 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 27.62 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 74.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.55 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.54. 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 12.99, P/S ratio 0.45 and P/B ratio 2.83. Dividend Yield: 2.69 percent. The beta ratio is 0.34.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) (Click to enlarge)

ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) has a market capitalization of $13.20 billion. The company employs 8,000 people, generates revenues of $2,842.70 million and has a net income of $605.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,213.20 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 42.68 percent (operating margin 27.94 percent and the net profit margin finally 21.30 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 28.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.92. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.58, P/S ratio 4.64 and P/B ratio 1.21. Dividend Yield: 2.63 percent. The beta ratio is 1.29.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of ENSCO PLC (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of ENSCO PLC (ESV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of ENSCO PLC (NYSE: ESV) (Click to enlarge)

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) has a market capitalization of $33.19 billion. The company employs 61,300 people, generates revenues of $32,012.50 million and has a net income of $2,799.20 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,903.20 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.44 percent (operating margin 13.19 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.74 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 55.16 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 391.01 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.76 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.52 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.23, P/S ratio 1.03 and P/B ratio 4.91. Dividend Yield: 2.24 percent. The beta ratio is 1.53.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Deere & Company (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Deere & Company (DE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 28.32 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 2.81 percent. Stocks from the sheet are highly valuated because of the P/E ratio of 19.16. The average P/S ratio is 2.39 and P/B 2.10.

Here is the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes:

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

Here are the current price ratios sorted by dividend yield:

Ticker	N/A	P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend Yield
HTGC	Hercules Technology Growth Capital	10.66	6.07	1.09	8.42%
BOX	SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.	8.77	2.09	1.6	5.83%
EXL	Excel Trust	N/A	7.35	0.95	5.53%
CBL	CBL & Associates Properties	42.4	2.48	2.09	4.72%
WR	Westar Energy	14.26	1.61	1.25	4.63%
WM	Waste Management	17.1	1.2	2.65	3.90%
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Corporation	18.13	1.37	5.18	3.87%
WGL	WGL Holdings	20.23	0.77	1.64	3.85%
TSH	Teche Holding Company	10.93	1.99	0.96	3.83%
PSA	Public Storage	40.67	13.02	2.74	3.30%
SRE	Sempra Energy	10.57	1.44	1.46	3.26%
MGRC	McGrath Rentcorp	15.75	2.26	2.39	2.93%
PNM	PNM Resources	N/A	0.91	0.98	2.76%
TCO	Taubman Centers	71.01	6.1	N/A	2.59%
HRS	Harris Corp.	10.14	0.83	2.2	2.56%
SWX	Southwest Gas Corporation	19.24	1.06	1.64	2.49%
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	13	0.45	2.83	2.47%
ESV	Ensco plc	19.56	4.63	1.21	2.45%
SYA	Symetra Financial Corporation	6.8	0.64	0.46	2.31%
CY	Cypress Semiconductor Corporation	19.58	2.71	6.73	2.07%
OFG	Oriental Financial Group	18.81	1.72	0.7	2.03%
IPHS	Innophos Holdings	12.99	1.33	2.74	2.01%
DE	Deere & Company	12.41	1.04	4.89	1.99%
TDS	Telephone & Data Systems	13.56	0.52	0.68	1.74%
WYN	Wyndham Worldwide Corporation	17.54	1.52	2.91	1.36%
CHS	Chico's FAS	18.7	1.16	2.49	1.32%
MRX	Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.	21.44	2.96	2.47	0.92%
GIFI	Gulf Island Fabrication	N/A	1.58	1.47	0.83%
KMGB	KMG Chemicals	20.17	0.71	1.98	0.58%
CUB	Cubic Corporation	14.24	0.93	2.15	0.39%
FFFD	North Central Bancshares	17.76	1.53	0.6	0.17%
Average		19.16	2.39	2.10	2.81%

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