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:
(Subscribe my Blog via RSS Feed or E-Mail. Alternative, you can follow me on Facebook or Twitter)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.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pitney Bowes Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) (Click to enlarge) |
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| 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.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Hasbro, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) (Click to enlarge) |
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| 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.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of TECO Energy, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of TECO Energy, Inc. (TE) (Click to enlarge) |
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| 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.
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| 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% |
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