Stocks With 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, 7 stocks and preferred shares announced to raise dividends of which 4 have had a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.80 percent.
Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) has a market capitalization of $948.75 million. The company employs 13 people, generates revenues of $74.30 million and has a net income of $45.52 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $64.19 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 86.39 percent (operating margin 61.26 percent and the net profit margin finally 61.26 percent).
The total debt representing 16.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 20.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.78 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.32. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.58 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.67, Price/Sales 12.77 and Price/Book ratio 2.51. Dividend Yield: 5.56 percent. The beta ratio is 0.87.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of LTC Properties, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) (Click to enlarge) |
Watsco (NYSE: WSO) has a market capitalization of $2.23 billion. The company employs 4,000 people, generates revenues of $2,844.60 million and has a net income of $111.72 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $176.34 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 6.20 percent (operating margin 5.82 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.93 percent).
The total debt representing 0.82 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.32 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.66. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.04 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.39, Price/Sales 0.78 and Price/Book ratio 2.87. Dividend Yield: 3.67 percent. The beta ratio is 0.93.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Watsco, Incorporated (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from Watsco, Incorporated (NYSE: WSO) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Watsco, Incorporated (NYSE: WSO) (Click to enlarge) |
Macy's (NYSE: M) has a market capitalization of $14.51 billion. The company employs 166,000 people, generates revenues of $25,003.00 million and has a net income of $847.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,085.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.34 percent (operating margin 7.58 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.39 percent).
The total debt representing 35.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.64 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.75, Price/Sales 0.58 and Price/Book ratio 2.65. Dividend Yield: 2.31 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Macy's, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) (Click to enlarge) |
Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) has a market capitalization of $1.04 billion. The company employs 1,102 people, generates revenues of $157.97 million and has a net income of $63.92 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $104.45 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 66.12 percent (operating margin 46.68 percent and the net profit margin finally 32.96 percent).
The total debt representing 11.93 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 121.87 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.72 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.93. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.30 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.37, Price/Sales 5.37 and Price/Book ratio 3.23. Dividend Yield: 1.45 percent. The beta ratio is 0.84.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term History of Dividends from Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. (NASDAQ: OZRK) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.80 percent.
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| Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week I/2012 (Click to enlarge) |
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