The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (May 21 – May 27, 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, 21 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 14 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 19.29 percent. Exactly four stocks have a yield over five percent and seven are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Dividends Between May 28 – June 03, 2012

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading week. If your broker settles your trade before the ex-date, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 28 – June 03, 2012. In total, 228 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 88 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.97 percent.

The Best Dogs Of The Dow Jones As Of May 2012

Dogs of the Dow Jones by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index. The ten cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.90 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 10.60. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.35 and P/S ratio is 1.78. The two best results are still AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). Both companies come from the domestic telecom services industry. The second strongly represented industry is the major drug manufacturing industry, covering the following positions. The only new stock in our list is JP Morgan Chase (JPM) who replaced Kraft Foods (KFT).

12 S&P 500 High Yields With Highest Earnings Growth

S&P 500 High Yields With Fastest Expected Earnings Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The S&P 500 is of huge importance for the asset allocation of investors. The index has over USD 5.58 trillion benchmarked, with index assets comprising approximately US$ 1.31 trillion of this total. The index includes 500 leading companies in leading industries of the U.S. economy, capturing 75 percent coverage of U.S. equities.

I screened the index by stocks with high yields and fastest (over 5 percent) earnings per share growth for the upcoming five years. Twenty-four companies within the index have a yield over five percent but only twelve stocks have an estimated earnings per share growth of more than five percent yearly.

12 Most Powerful Dividend Stocks

Dividend Stocks With Biggest Fire Power Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend investors are looking for stocks with great dividend payments. One criterion is the history of consecutive rising dividends. Others are fundamentals like margins, debt ratios or even growth rates. I like to discover those dividend stocks with the highest fire power in terms of dividend payments. First, the stock should have a consecutive dividend growth of at least 25 years (Dividend Champions). Second, the payout ratio should below 30 percent and the debt to equity ratio under 0.3. Stocks with such ratios have enough space to raise dividends when earnings are getting weak.

Twelve companies fulfilled these criteria of which nine have a current buy or better rating.

Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of May 2012

Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Earnings Per Share Growth By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps with the highest expected growth for the upcoming fiscal year. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and earnings per share are expected to grow for at least 20 percent. Despite the strong growth, they still have a P/E ratio of less than 15 and a P/S ratio of less than 2. Twenty-five companiesfulfilled the mentioned criteria of which twenty-one companies pay dividends and the same number of stocks has a buy or better recommendation.


The best yielding stock is the Argentinean bank Banco Bilbao (BBVA) with a yield of 8.93 percent. The company is followed by the oil and gas pipeline operator Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and the gas utility National Grid (NGG).

The Cheapest Stocks With Double-Digit Yields

Stocks With Double-Digit Yields And Cheap P/E Ratios Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Stocks with very high yields (more than 10 percent) helping you to get big cash dividends with small money. But most of the stocks have such high yields because the company could pay only one quarter this big dividends. At the markets are 103 stocks with a double-digit yield. I made a screen of stocks from the investment category with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion as well as a cheap P/E ratio of less than 15. Thirteen stocksremained of which nine have a buy or better recommendation.

The screen is dominated by REIT companies and foreign stocks

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2012 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2012 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q1/2012 (March 31, 2012). In total, he has 35 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 75,300,250,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added seven additional stocks. The biggest influence had Wal-Mart (WMT) and Wells Fargo (WFC). Both had an impact of more than 0.5 percent of his portfolio. He decreased seven stocks and closed one.

The Best Dividends On May 22, 2012

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 22, 2012. In total, 25 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 13 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.03 percent.