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26 Stocks Raised Dividends Over The Past Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth matters and has significant influence to your asset strategy. A higher dividend in the future also lifts your passive income from stock investing. It’s a good method to boost your total return.

Out there are many studies, telling you that nearly half of the average return on the stock market is responsible to dividend payments. That’s a huge number in my view but what if we are trying to find the best dividend stocks, stocks that are better than the average? I think about companies that pay in ten years more dividends to you than you have ever paid for the whole investment.

I strongly believe that this strategy will deliver good returns. The only problem is to discover these growth stocks that are willing to give you huge amounts of money back.

However, one way to get some ideas of the greatest dividend growth stocks is to look at the current lists of dividend growers. On my blog I publish on a regular basis these lists.

Last week, 26 companies announced a higher dividend. I’ve published all stocks with dividend growth from the recent week in the attached dividend list for you. In average, stocks from the list of the latest dividend growth stocks have increased their dividend payments by 25.49 percent.

Five of the results have a high yield of more than five percent. Analysts and brokerage firms recommend 16 of the latest dividend growth stocks.

Here some of the biggest dividend growth stocks:
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Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) has a market capitalization of $15.76 billion. The company employs 13,200 people, generates revenue of $7,059.00 million and has a net income of $384.00 million. Weyerhaeuser’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,201.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.01 percent (the operating margin is 10.41 percent and the net profit margin 5.44 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.08 percent of Weyerhaeuser’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 105.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.24 percent was realized by Weyerhaeuser. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.09. Last fiscal year, Weyerhaeuser paid $0.62 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WY announced to pay a 10 percent higher dividend in the future.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.82, the P/S ratio is 2.23 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.61. The dividend yield amounts to 3.25 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.48.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Weyerhaeuser (WY)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Weyerhaeuser (WY)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Weyerhaeuser (WY)

ITC Holdings (NYSE:ITC) has a market capitalization of $4.54 billion. The company employs 503 people, generates revenue of $830.54 million and has a net income of $187.88 million. ITC Holdings’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $580.38 million. The EBITDA margin is 69.88 percent (the operating margin is 51.90 percent and the net profit margin 22.62 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 56.56 percent of ITC Holdings’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 222.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.87 percent was realized by ITC Holdings. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.74. Last fiscal year, ITC Holdings paid $1.46 in the form of dividends to shareholders. ITC announced to pay a 12.6 percent higher dividend in the future.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.16, the P/S ratio is 5.47 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.20. The dividend yield amounts to 1.96 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.56.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of ITC Holdings (ITC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of ITC Holdings (ITC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of ITC Holdings (ITC)

Cinemark Holding (NYSE:CNK) has a market capitalization of $3.56 billion. The company employs 6,570 people, generates revenue of $2,473.53 million and has a net income of $171.42 million. Cinemark Holding’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $546.58 million. The EBITDA margin is 22.10 percent (the operating margin is 15.29 percent and the net profit margin 6.93 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 49.55 percent of Cinemark Holding’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 176.57 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.92 percent was realized by Cinemark Holding. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.11. Last fiscal year, Cinemark Holding paid $0.84 in the form of dividends to shareholders. CNK announced to pay a 19.0 percent higher dividend in the future.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.81, the P/S ratio is 1.44 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.27. The dividend yield amounts to 3.24 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.06.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Cinemark Holding (CNK)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Cinemark Holding (CNK)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cinemark Holding (CNK)

Group 1 Automotive (NYSE:GPI) has a market capitalization of $1.84 billion. The company employs 11,000 people, generates revenue of $7,476.10 million and has a net income of $100.21 million. Group 1 Automotive’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $268.81 million. The EBITDA margin is 3.60 percent (the operating margin is 3.08 percent and the net profit margin 1.34 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 55.82 percent of Group 1 Automotive’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 196.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.39 percent was realized by Group 1 Automotive. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.31. Last fiscal year, Group 1 Automotive paid $0.59 in the form of dividends to shareholders. GPI announced to pay a 6.3 percent higher dividend in the future.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.48, the P/S ratio is 0.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.99. The dividend yield amounts to 0.90 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.71.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Group 1 Automotive (GPI)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Group 1 Automotive (GPI)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Group 1 Automotive (GPI)

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 25.49 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.91 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 22.24. The average P/S ratio is 2.89 and P/B 2.90.

Here are the latest dividend growth stocks:

Latest Dividend Growth Stocks (Click to enlarge)

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These are the market price ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
GHI
Global High Income Fund, Inc.
7.28
10.19
0.75
9.13%
LGP
Lehigh Gas Partners LP
54.06
0.10
14.61
6.70%
MAIN
Main Street Capital Corporation
9.26
9.86
1.54
6.40%
SUSP
Susser Petroleum Partners LP
0.01
0.15
8.37
5.91%
PBA
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
31.81
2.24
2.04
4.99%
EVOL
Evolving Systems Inc.
16.31
3.58
3.21
3.77%
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties Inc
1.05
0.09
N/A
3.40%
CTWS
Connecticut Water Service Inc.
19.63
3.89
1.78
3.17%
WY
Weyerhaeuser Co.
24.83
1.90
2.55
2.96%
CIB
Bancolombia S.A.
13.15
2.85
2.04
2.86%
SID
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
N/A
0.61
1.34
2.86%
CNK
Cinemark Holdings Inc.
27.81
1.40
3.19
2.72%
ITC
ITC Holdings Corp.
23.14
5.08
2.98
1.74%
BOLT
Bolt Technology Corp.
62.53
2.92
2.34
1.49%
GK
G&K Services Inc.
20.74
1.12
2.26
1.46%
BMI
Badger Meter Inc.
28.80
2.12
3.84
1.43%
SCBT
SCBT Financial Corp.
25.45
4.58
1.79
1.38%
ATRI
ATRION Corp.
19.97
4.02
3.51
0.90%
GPI
Group 1 Automotive Inc.
17.49
0.21
1.77
0.85%
LSBI
LSB Financial Corp.
14.11
2.51
0.96
0.81%
HVT
Haverty Furniture Companies Inc.
28.30
0.81
2.12
0.62%
MRTN
Marten Transport Ltd.
20.28
0.90
1.72
0.39%






Average

22.19
2.78
3.08
3.00%

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AHH, ATRI, BMI, CIB, BOLT, CNK, SID, CTWS, ETO, EVOL, SCBT, FGB, GK, GHI, GPI, HVT, HVT-A, HTBK, ITC, LGP, LSBI, MAIN, MRTN, PBA, SGL, SUSP, WY