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, 37 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 14 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 12.58 percent.
Here are the biggest stocks with fast dividend growth:
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) has a market capitalization of $23.24 billion. The company employs 47,500 people, generates revenues of $19,675.00 million and has a net income of $1,667.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,096.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 36.07 percent (operating margin 20.68 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.47 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 55.39 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 355.14 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.97. 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 14.83, Price/Sales 1.20 and Price/Book ratio 3.09. Dividend Yield: 3.04 percent. The beta ratio is 0.73.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Time Warner Cable Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) (Click to enlarge) |
Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) has a market capitalization of $24.43 billion. The company employs 28,559 people, generates revenues of $11,172.00 million and has a net income of $1,916.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,075.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 36.48 percent (operating margin 28.76 percent and the net profit margin finally 17.15 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 26.42 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 76.08 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.45. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.66 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.57, Price/Sales 2.22 and Price/Book ratio 2.46. Dividend Yield: 2.54 percent. The beta ratio is 1.10.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Norfolk Southern Corp. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) (Click to enlarge) |
Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) has a market capitalization of $33.70 billion. The company employs 23,230 people, generates revenues of $9,019.88 million and has a net income of $2,454.79 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,176.24 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 46.30 percent (operating margin 36.51 percent and the net profit margin finally 27.22 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 25.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.57 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.40. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.30 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.11, Price/Sales 3.74 and Price/Book ratio 3.16. Dividend Yield: 1.95 percent. The beta ratio is 1.04.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Canadian National Rail... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Canadian National Rail... (CNI) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Canadian National Rail... (NYSE: CNI) (Click to enlarge) |
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (NYSE:POT) has a market capitalization of $40.75 billion. The company employs 5,486 people, generates revenues of $8,715.00 million and has a net income of $3,081.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,398.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.46 percent (operating margin 49.41 percent and the net profit margin finally 35.35 percent).
Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 27.91 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 57.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.52. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.28 in form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.50, Price/Sales 4.68 and Price/Book ratio 5.19. Dividend Yield: 1.18 percent. The beta ratio is 1.09.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Potash Corp./Saskatche... (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Potash Corp./Saskatche... (POT) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Potash Corp./Saskatche... (NYSE: POT) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 9.81 percent.
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| Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 4/2012 (Click to enlarge) |
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