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Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 6/2012

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, 33 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 20 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.79 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Mastercard (MA) and Assured Guaranty (AGO). Both companies showed a growth of 100 percent. Seven stocks yielding above 3 percent and eighteen have a buy or better rating.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
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Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) has a market capitalization of $10.62 billion. The company employs 6,300 people, generates revenues of $5,311.71 million and has a net income of $548.08 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $829.97 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.63 percent (operating margin 15.63 percent and the net profit margin finally 10.32 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 59.15 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 236.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.69 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.31. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.48 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.95, Price/Sales 2.04 and Price/Book ratio 4.43. Dividend Yield: 1.33 percent. The beta ratio is 2.18.


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


Long-Term Dividends History of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HOG) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) (Click to enlarge)


3M Company (NYSE:MMM) has a market capitalization of $60.56 billion. The company employs 84,000 people, generates revenues of $29,611.00 million and has a net income of $4,357.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,178.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 20.86 percent (operating margin 20.86 percent and the net profit margin finally 14.71 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 16.34 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 32.57 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.17 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.64, Price/Sales 2.08 and Price/Book ratio 3.86. Dividend Yield: 2.68 percent. The beta ratio is 0.88.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of 3M Company (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of 3M Company (MMM) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) (Click to enlarge)


L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) has a market capitalization of $7.00 billion. The company employs 63,000 people, generates revenues of $15,169.00 million and has a net income of $968.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,810.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.93 percent (operating margin 10.30 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.38 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 26.61 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 62.11 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.23 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $9.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.80 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.73, Price/Sales 0.46 and Price/Book ratio 1.06. Dividend Yield: 2.84 percent. The beta ratio is 0.96.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of L-3 Communications Hld... (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of L-3 Communications Hld... (LLL) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of L-3 Communications Hld... (NYSE: LLL) (Click to enlarge)


Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) has a market capitalization of $6.78 billion. The company employs 3,600 people, generates revenues of $2,749.30 million and has a net income of $309.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $569.70 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 20.72 percent (operating margin 17.92 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.26 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 8.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 12.36 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.83 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.12. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.68 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.33, Price/Sales 2.48 and Price/Book ratio 3.34. Dividend Yield: 2.02 percent. The beta ratio is 0.34.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividends History of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) (Click to enlarge)


Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD) (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.79 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 2.36 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 6/2012 (Click to enlarge)

Here are is an overview of the yields:

Ticker
Company
Dividend Yield
CHSP
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
4.69%
AVA
Avista Corp.
4.28%
LO
Lorillard, Inc.
4.24%
HME
Home Properties Inc.
4.10%
PRE
PartnerRe Ltd.
3.70%
DBD
Diebold, Incorporated
3.22%
BRE
BRE Properties Inc.
3.03%
UPS
United Parcel Service, Inc.
2.71%
FNF
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
2.71%
OMI
Owens & Minor Inc.
2.68%
SPG
Simon Property Group Inc.
2.63%
LLL
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.
2.57%
MMM
3M Co.
2.52%
TWX
Time Warner Inc.
2.51%
OMC
Omnicom Group Inc.
2.10%
DFZ
R.G. Barry Corporation
2.06%
AIV
Apartment Investment & Management Co.
1.91%
CCE
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
1.90%
EML
Eastern Co.
1.85%
WU
Western Union Co.
1.82%
OXY
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
1.79%
TKR
Timken Co.
1.54%
EXBD
Corporate Executive Board Co.
1.53%
EFX
Equifax Inc.
1.50%
CHD
Church & Dwight Co. Inc.
1.43%
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates Inc.
1.22%
HOG
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
1.08%
AGO
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
1.03%
MA
Mastercard Incorporated
0.15%



Average
2.36%


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AIV, AGO, AVA, BRE, DFZ, CHSP, CHD, CCE, EXBD, DBD, EML, EFX, FNF, HOG, HME, HUBB, JKHY, LLL, LO, MA, OXY, OMC, OMI, PRE, SPG, MMM, TWX, TKR, TYKG, UPS, WU