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Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 5/2012

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, 31 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 23 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 24.69 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Blackstone Group (BX). The company raised dividends from $0.1 to $0.22, representing a growth of 120 percent. The highest yielding stock is Pitney Bowes (PBI) who offers a yield of 7.67 percent. The new dividend yield is now 7.8 percent.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
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Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) has a market capitalization of $3.85 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenues of $5,425.25 million and has a net income of $328.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $951.31 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.53 percent (operating margin 9.85 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.06 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 50.84 percent of the company’s assets. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.84. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.46 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.48, Price/Sales 0.71 and Price/Book ratio not calculable. Dividend Yield: 7.78 percent. The beta ratio is 1.03.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pitney Bowes Inc. (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) (Click to enlarge)


Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) has a market capitalization of $4.63 billion. The company employs 5,800 people, generates revenues of $4,002.16 million and has a net income of $397.75 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $739.14 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 18.47 percent (operating margin 14.81 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.94 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 34.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.42 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.78 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.91. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.00 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.34, Price/Sales 1.16 and Price/Book ratio 3.05. Dividend Yield: 4.02 percent. The beta ratio is 0.95.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Hasbro, Inc. (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) (Click to enlarge)


TECO Energy (NYSE:TE) has a market capitalization of $3.94 billion. The company employs 4,233 people, generates revenues of $3,343.40 million and has a net income of $272.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $946.30 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.30 percent (operating margin 18.59 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.16 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 41.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 135.60 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.29 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.86 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.50, Price/Sales 1.18 and Price/Book ratio 1.74. Dividend Yield: 4.81 percent. The beta ratio is 0.81.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of TECO Energy, Inc. (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of TECO Energy, Inc. (TE) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of TECO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: TE) (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 24.69 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week February 2012 (Click to enlarge)

Lets take a look at the current yields:

Ticker
Company
Dividend Yield
ZTR
Zweig Total Return Fund Inc.
11.04%
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
8.66%
PBI
Pitney Bowes Inc.
7.67%
VVR
Invesco Van Kampen Senior Income Trust
6.26%
EVF
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust
6.18%
TE
TECO Energy, Inc.
4.70%
MCHP
Microchip Technology Inc.
3.62%
AVY
Avery Dennison Corporation
3.50%
HAS
Hasbro Inc.
3.35%
BMS
Bemis Company, Inc.
3.03%
MAT
Mattel Inc.
2.92%
ONB
Old National Bancorp.
2.82%
BX
The Blackstone Group
2.38%
HSY
Hershey Co.
2.26%
PX
Praxair Inc.
2.04%
TUP
Tupperware Brands Corporation
1.96%
MRO
Marathon Oil Corporation
1.86%
LTD
Limited Brands, Inc.
1.81%
NP
Neenah Paper, Inc.
1.78%
SUN
Sunoco, Inc.
1.56%
PAG
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
1.51%
NATI
National Instruments Corporation
1.46%
HFWA
Heritage Financial Corp.
1.39%
VPFG
Viewpoint Financial Group
1.38%
SMP
Standard Motor Products Inc.
1.25%
NUS
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.
1.21%
MKTX
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
1.05%
JBHT
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.
1.01%
BRCM
Broadcom Corp.
0.96%
AGM
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp.
0.94%
FLR
Fluor Corporation
0.84%


Related Stock Ticker:
AVY, BMS, BX, BRCM, EVF, AGMA, AGM, FLR, HAS, HFWA, HSY, JBHT, VVR, LTD, MIN, MRO, MKTX, MAT, MCHP, NATI, NP, NUS, ONB, PAG, PBI, PX, APTS, SMP, SUN, TE, TUP, VPFG, ZTR