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The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (July 23 – July 29, 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, 71 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 36 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.19 percent. Exactly 24 stocks have a yield over five percent and 51 are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
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Williams Partners (NYSE:WPZ) has a market capitalization of $17.03 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $6,729.00 million and has a net income of $1,378.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,250.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.44 percent (operating margin 24.40 percent and net profit margin 20.48 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 50.33 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 138.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.77 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.72. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.96 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.48, P/S ratio 2.54 and P/B ratio 2.99. Dividend Yield: 5.88 percent. The beta ratio is 1.11.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Williams Partners (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Williams Partners (WPZ) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Williams Partners (NYSE: WPZ) (Click to enlarge)


Western Gas Partners (NYSE:WES) has a market capitalization of $4.15 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $664.08 million and has a net income of $157.04 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $263.94 million. The EBITDA margin is 39.75 percent (operating margin 26.43 percent and net profit margin 23.65 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.30 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.90 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.65. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.39 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.20, P/S ratio 6.47 and P/B ratio 2.76. Dividend Yield: 4.28 percent. The beta ratio is 0.38.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Western Gas Partners (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Western Gas Partners (WES) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Western Gas Partners (NYSE: WES) (Click to enlarge)


Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) has a market capitalization of $16.87 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenue of $13,198.00 million and has a net income of $1,229.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,345.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.77 percent (operating margin 14.97 percent and net profit margin 9.31 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 50.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 342.73 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 62.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.38. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.67 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.97, P/S ratio 1.28 and P/B ratio 9.58. Dividend Yield: 3.73 percent. The beta ratio is 0.45.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Kellogg Company (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Kellogg Company (K) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) (Click to enlarge)


Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) has a market capitalization of $32.87 billion. The company employs 48,500 people, generates revenue of $13,893.00 million and has a net income of $2,256.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,510.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.26 percent (operating margin 20.22 percent and net profit margin 16.24 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.24 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 78.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 33.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.26 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.68, P/S ratio 2.37 and P/B ratio 5.09. Dividend Yield: 3.02 percent. The beta ratio is 0.51.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Baxter International (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Baxter International (BAX) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.19 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.05 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 19.16. The average P/S ratio is 4.34 and P/B 2.93.

Here is the full table:




Here are the market ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
NMM
Navios Maritime Partners L.P.
11.46
4.67
1.46
11.91%
NDRO
Enduro Royalty Trust
24.13
23.92
0.86
9.67%
CLMT
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP
14.42
0.24
2.16
8.93%
GLP
Global Partners LP
57.62
0.04
1.53
8.68%
VNR
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC
9.06
3.90
1.64
8.39%
UAN
CVR Partners, LP
12.48
5.63
3.82
8.37%
LGCY
Legacy Reserves Lp
8.17
3.57
2.70
8.36%
PVR
Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP
N/A
1.77
4.73
8.06%
RNF
Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P.
23.49
5.06
9.52
7.91%
KFN
KKR Financial Holdings LLC
5.33
3.00
0.93
7.86%
SDR
Sandridge Mississippian Trust II
27.64
26.68
2.43
7.75%
CRT
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
12.89
12.60
17.57
7.49%
TAL
TAL International Group, Inc.
10.21
2.13
1.95
6.91%
TCP
TC Pipelines LP
15.87
10.89
1.82
6.81%
NRGM
Inergy Midstream LLC
32.25
13.05
2.54
6.65%
DPM
DCP Midstream Partners LP
18.51
1.27
2.08
6.42%
EPB
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.
18.19
5.11
4.43
6.20%
MWE
MarkWest Energy Partners LP
24.81
2.35
3.60
6.04%
WPZ
Williams Partners L.P.
14.49
2.50
2.64
5.77%
NGL
NGL Energy Partners LP
N/A
0.57
1.82
5.77%
RRMS
Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.
N/A
0.83
0.71
5.68%
HEP
Holly Energy Partners L.P
21.70
7.52
5.43
5.61%
EVEP
EV Energy Partners LP
12.72
8.47
1.98
5.48%
GMLP
Golar LNG Partners LP
11.86
6.76
N/A
5.35%
MXA
Minnesota Municipal Income Portfolio Inc.
6.02
16.63
1.15
4.62%
CZNC
Citizens & Northern Corp.
10.07
3.89
1.38
4.55%
OKS
ONEOK Partners, L.P.
15.74
1.11
2.84
4.40%
MMP
Magellan Midstream Partners LP
21.16
4.91
6.04
4.30%
OILT
Oiltanking Partners, L.P.
37.40
10.88
4.69
4.23%
WES
Western Gas Partners LP
27.18
6.18
2.87
4.10%
TLLP
Tesoro Logistics LP
24.90
11.12
10.24
4.10%
K
Kellogg Company
13.96
1.28
8.16
3.64%
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp Inc.
11.96
3.45
1.39
3.58%
BHB
Bar Harbor Bankshares
11.75
2.63
1.10
3.38%
RYN
Rayonier Inc.
22.19
3.93
4.35
3.35%
MXIM
Maxim Integrated Products Inc.
21.96
3.25
3.16
3.26%
INTC
Intel Corporation
11.03
2.40
2.69
3.23%
RSG
Republic Services, Inc.
18.29
1.27
1.35
3.12%
NPBC
National Penn Bancshares Inc.
14.66
4.09
1.15
3.08%
SRCE
1st Source Corporation
10.99
2.91
1.02
2.87%
CNL
Cleco Corporation
13.68
2.48
1.86
2.83%
CR
Crane Co.
86.48
0.90
2.61
2.61%
SPG
Simon Property Group Inc.
31.78
11.05
8.00
2.49%
UBNK
United Financial Bancorp
19.18
3.26
0.95
2.44%
BAX
Baxter International Inc.
14.67
2.34
5.09
2.24%
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
17.27
1.61
3.75
2.24%
SMBC
Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.
5.68
1.84
0.79
2.13%
MPC
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
6.80
0.20
1.74
2.13%
MDH
MHI Hospitality Corp.
N/A
0.47
1.18
2.08%
KFFG
Kaiser Federal Financial Group, Inc.
16.27
3.22
0.86
1.91%
MSI
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
29.66
1.68
3.42
1.84%
BMRC
Bank of Marin Bancorp
12.75
2.93
1.44
1.80%
RELL
Richardson Electronics Ltd.
47.62
1.30
0.99
1.62%
MOFG
MidWest One Financial Group, Inc.
12.55
2.58
1.12
1.61%
KMT
Kennametal Inc.
10.05
1.12
1.76
1.48%
VPFG
Viewpoint Financial Group
21.31
5.30
1.37
1.34%
PROV
Provident Financial Holdings Inc.
15.92
2.54
0.93
1.32%
HOMB
Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)
15.87
5.03
1.80
1.30%
RS
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
10.15
0.44
1.14
1.21%
CBS
CBS Corporation
15.61
1.48
2.18
1.19%
IACI
IAC/InterActiveCorp.
26.79
1.96
2.39
0.89%
ALTR
Altera Corp.
17.84
6.08
3.73
0.89%
FWRD
Forward Air Corp.
19.22
1.74
3.08
0.82%
SONA
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.
16.64
2.44
0.84
0.82%
IFSIA
Interface Inc.
35.25
0.80
2.96
0.63%
CE
Celanese Corporation
9.34
0.88
3.88
0.63%
LNN
Lindsay Corporation
23.18
1.73
3.08
0.49%
LSTR
Landstar System Inc.
19.75
0.86
7.12
0.44%
MSFG
Mainsource Financial Group
10.86
2.04
0.75
0.33%
TOFC
Tower Financial Corporation
8.00
1.92
0.86
N/A
STSA
Sterling Financial Corp.
26.73
3.12
1.39
N/A






Average

19.16
4.34
2.93
4.05%


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