8 Predictable Dividend Stocks At Multi-Year Price-To-Book Value Lows

Stocks with a predictable business and historical low P/B ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to use my new gurufocus screener to get new stock ideas. I always hunt for value but I don’t want to add up too much risk in my portfolio.

For sure, there is no free lunch at the market and everybody must accept a fluctuating stock price. But in my view, there are different ways to take risk. Some are natural and others are not calculable risks, created by the company or the environment in which the corporate acts.

Let’s come back to my value stock screener. I would like to try out the Low P/B Companies screener by gurufocus and I’m glad to share the top yielding results with you here.

The screener supports only stocks that have grown sales and earnings over the past decade consistently. They are somehow predictable and high-quality stocks. The screener compares the current P/B ratios with the 10-Year average values of the ratio and plots the top 25 companies with the lowest spreads.

Only eight stocks of the top 25 results have a yield over 2 percent and three of them got a buy or better rating.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 08, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks August 08, 2013. In total, 12 stocks go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.59%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.	AHGP	3.87B	18.14	8.36	1.79	4.86%
PetMed Express Inc.	PETS	326.10M	18.26	4.93	1.40	3.65%
Artisan Partners Asset Managem.	APAM	661.91M	273.68	-	1.01	3.31%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	427.39B	11.62	3.46	2.52	2.62%
Southern National Bancorp of Virg.	SONA	113.47M	20.40	1.08	3.09	2.45%
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.	GROW	40.74M	263.00	1.08	2.05	2.28%
Rockwell Automation Inc.	ROK	13.95B	19.08	6.95	2.21	2.09%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	11.61B	23.37	3.37	6.57	1.66%
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.	PAG	3.50B	16.33	2.58	0.26	1.65%
PPG Industries Inc.	PPG	23.15B	21.58	4.59	1.55	1.51%
National Security Group Inc.	NSEC	17.61M	-	0.58	0.30	1.40%
First Bancshares Inc.	FBMS	40.53M	10.57	0.81	1.54	1.15%

22 Dividend Boosters From Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 13 stocks and 9 funds announced a dividend hike within the recent week. The number of dividend growers remains weak.

The biggest names on the list are United Health and Lowe’s as well as Fedex. In addition, five companies cut dividends and one announced a special initial dividend.

I know it’s hard to manage dividend growth especially when the company is acting within a very cyclic industry. But dividend growth is an expression to shareholders about the company’s success and the willingness to share profits with the ownership of the company.

10 of the 13 stocks are currently recommended to buy.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On February 07, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 07, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 2 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.32%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
AmeriGas Partners LP	APU	4.10B	58.89	2.87	1.40	7.24%
Olin Corp.	OLN	1.90B	12.80	1.90	0.87	3.38%
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	231.43M	51.59	0.71	3.25	2.67%
Access National Corp.	ANCX	159.39M	9.04	1.75	4.34	2.33%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	429.94B	10.38	3.38	2.61	2.32%
Monarch Financial Holdings	MNRK	67.69M	8.66	0.81	1.51	2.14%
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia	SONA	113.00M	17.11	1.10	3.01	2.05%
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.	GROW	64.24M	80.60	1.64	3.05	1.49%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	11.06B	20.06	3.31	6.20	1.16%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On November 08, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex-dividend dates. The ex-dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day.

In total, 11 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 4 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.04%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Intersil Corporation	ISIL	982.44M	110.00	0.95	1.54	6.23%
Seaspan Corp.	SSW	1.06B	52.66	0.97	1.65	5.93%
TECO Energy, Inc.	TE	3.85B	15.12	1.68	1.26	4.93%
Hudson Valley Holding Corp.	HVB	322.29M	109.40	1.10	2.71	4.39%
Rockwell Automation Inc.	ROK	11.14B	15.32	5.79	1.78	2.38%
Richardson Electronics Ltd.	RELL	177.56M	25.07	0.92	1.17	2.08%
CNA Financial Corporation	CNA	7.89B	9.54	0.62	0.84	2.05%
Metals USA Holdings Corp.	MUSA	560.95M	8.54	1.82	0.28	1.59%
Altera Corp.	ALTR	10.21B	17.79	3.13	5.67	1.26%
Carriage Services Inc.	CSV	206.43M	27.21	1.57	1.04	0.87%
Landstar System Inc.	LSTR	2.42B	18.96	6.50	0.86	0.46%

12 Dividend Challengers With Huge Potential To Become A Dividend Hero

Best Dividend Challengers Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of rising dividends of more than 5 years in a row but less than 10 years. 190 companies have fulfilled these dividend growth criteria but only a few have the potential to become a big dividend growth stock like Coca Cola or Procter&Gamble.

In order to find the best dividend paying growth stocks from the investment class Dividend Challengers, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent as well an operating margin over 15 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.5. Twelve Dividend Challengersremained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.

20 Of The Best Dividend Paying Technology Stocks

Best Dividend Paying Technology Stocks Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The technology sector is a great investment field with fantastic growth potential. The whole sector has a total market capitalization of USD 120.21 trillion and summarizes 881 companies. The average dividend yield amounts to 2.85 percent and the P/E ratio is 17.55.

In order to find the best dividend paying stocks within the sector, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than ten percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. In order get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.3. Twenty technology companies remained of which six yielding over three percent and thirteen are currently recommended to buy.

11 Dividend Challengers With Highest Dividend Payout Potential

Dividend Challengers With Significant Payout Potential Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of consecutive dividend hikes of more than 5 years but less than 10. Exactly 195 companies raised dividends over such a long history but the potential for additional increases is still high. I made a screen of the best yielding Dividend Challengers with the highest dividend payout potential. First, I selected all stocks with a debt to equity ratio of less than 0.5 and a current payout ratio below 20 percent. Second, the company needs to grow in earnings over the mid-term. Because of this, I decided to screen all stocks with 5-year earnings per share growth of at least 10 percent. Eleven companies remained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.

50 Stocks With The Best Dividend Growth In July 2012

Shares With Highest Dividend Growth by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration. The dividend growth is often a good indicator for the financial health of a stock. Companies with a strong increase in dividends judge the future of their company rosy and they want to give money back to shareholders that they don’t need for their business.

In total, the 50 fastest dividend growth companies realized an average dividend growth of 89.54 percent. The average dividend yield of the stocks amounts to 4.86. The P/E ratio amounts to 22.69, P/B 3.97 and P/S finally 3.70.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (July 23 – July 29, 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, 71 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 36 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.19 percent. Exactly 24 stocks have a yield over five percent and 51 are currently recommended to buy.

William Von Mueffling - Cantillon Capital Management Q4-2011 Fund Portfolio

William Von Mueffling - Cantillon Capital Management Q4-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of John William Von Mueffling’s - Cantillon Capital Management - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 16 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,889,918,000.

William Von Mueffling’s fund positions as of Q4/2011 with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
GOOG - Google Inc.	13.89	Add 5.55%	$645.90
KO - Coca Cola Co.	13.2	Add 6.59%	$69.97
ADI - Analog Devices	11.58	Add 5.24%	$35.78
ORCL - Oracle Corp.	10.98	Add 6.51%	$25.65
PM - Philip Morris Intl.	9.79	Add 6.81%	$78.48
CL - Colgate-Palmolive	9.1	Add 5.26%	$92.39
WSH - Willis Group Holdings Plc	8.74	Add 6.81%	$38.80
SLH - Solera Holdings Inc.	4.1	Add 6.71%	$44.54
PCLN - Priceline.com Inc.	4.01	Buy	$467.71
BBD - Banco Bradesco	3.98	Add 6.77%	$16.68
ABV - Companhia De Bebidas	3.87	Add 6.71%	$36.09
WAT - Waters Corp.	2.82	Add 6.60%	$74.05
ALTR - Altera Corp.	2.32	Add 7.60%	$37.10
OPEN - OpenTable Inc.	1.1	Buy	$39.13
UL - Unilever PLC	0.28	0	$33.52
BTI - British American Tobacco plc	0.24	0	$94.88

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