In
total, the 43 fastest dividend growth companies realized an average dividend
growth of 20.62 percent. The average dividend yield of the stocks amounts to 3.37.
The P/E ratio is 16.55, P/B 2.53 and P/S finally 3.16.
Here are the stocks with
fast dividend growth:
Altria Group (NYSE:MO) has a market capitalization of $70.32 billion. The company employs 9,900 people, generates revenue of $23,800.00 million and has a net income of $3,393.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,321.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 26.56 percent (operating margin 25.50 percent and net profit margin 14.26 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 371.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 76.13 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.16. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.58 in form of dividends to shareholders. MO increased dividends by 7.3 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.98, P/S ratio 2.95 and P/B ratio 19.17. Dividend Yield: 5.10 percent. The beta ratio is 0.39.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Altria Group (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Altria Group (MO) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Altria Group (NYSE: MO) (Click to enlarge) |
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has a market capitalization of $102.85 billion. The company employs 71,825 people, generates revenue of $46,061.00 million and has a net income of $8,041.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,667.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.50 percent (operating margin 21.85 percent and net profit margin 17.46 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.79 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.83 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.28 in form of dividends to shareholders. CSCO increased dividends by 75 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.91, P/S ratio 2.24 and P/B ratio 2.01. Dividend Yield: 2.91 percent. The beta ratio is 1.26.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Cisco Systems (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Cisco Systems (CSCO) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) (Click to enlarge) |
Brinker (NYSE:EAT) has a market capitalization of $2.58 billion. The company employs 100,400 people, generates revenue of $2,820.72 million and has a net income of $151.23 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $356.89 million. The EBITDA margin is 12.65 percent (operating margin 8.22 percent and net profit margin 5.36 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 198.54 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.39 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.64 in form of dividends to shareholders. EAT increased dividends by 25 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.47, P/S ratio 0.90 and P/B ratio 8.28. Dividend Yield: 2.32 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Brinker Intl. (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Brinker Intl. (EAT) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Brinker Intl. (NYSE: EAT) (Click to enlarge) |
Stage Stores (NYSE:SSI) has a market capitalization of $656.68 million. The company employs 14,000 people, generates revenue of $1,511.92 million and has a net income of $30.96 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $112.78 million. The EBITDA margin is 7.46 percent (operating margin 3.38 percent and net profit margin 2.05 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 6.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 11.99 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.33 in form of dividends to shareholders. SSI increased dividends by 11.1 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.73, P/S ratio 0.43 and P/B ratio 1.54. Dividend Yield: 1.91 percent. The beta ratio is 1.66.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Stage Stores (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Stage Stores (SSI) (Click to enlarge) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Stage Stores (NYSE: SSI) (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with the highest dividend growth within the recent month, August 2012. In total, the 43 fastest dividend growth companies realized an average dividend growth of 20.62 percent. The average dividend yield of the stocks amounts to 3.37. The P/E ratio is 16.55, P/B 2.53 and P/S finally 3.16.
Here is the full table:
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| 43 Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In August 2012 (Click to enlarge) |
Here are the market ratios:
Ticker
|
Company
|
P/E
|
P/S
|
P/B
|
Dividend Yield
|
PSEC
|
Prospect Capital Corporation
|
6.52
|
6.01
|
1.07
|
10.50%
|
HYLD
|
Peritus High Yield ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
8.16%
|
ARCP
|
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
|
N/A
|
13.43
|
1.45
|
7.76%
|
FCT
|
First Trust Senior Floating Rat
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
6.83%
|
ARCT
|
American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
|
N/A
|
10.96
|
1.70
|
5.93%
|
GME
|
GameStop Corp.
|
7.92
|
0.27
|
0.82
|
5.37%
|
ESBK
|
Elmira Savings Bank
|
N/A
|
2.10
|
1.03
|
4.74%
|
MO
|
Altria Group Inc.
|
16.01
|
2.89
|
16.47
|
4.74%
|
O
|
Realty Income Corp.
|
46.87
|
12.59
|
3.05
|
4.25%
|
CINF
|
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
|
23.22
|
1.60
|
1.21
|
4.23%
|
PKY
|
Parkway Properties Inc.
|
5.01
|
2.30
|
0.74
|
3.92%
|
DHS
|
WisdomTree Equity Income
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
3.80%
|
CBU
|
Community Bank System Inc.
|
13.97
|
4.03
|
1.27
|
3.79%
|
DGAS
|
Delta Natural Gas Co. Inc.
|
24.79
|
1.78
|
2.01
|
3.63%
|
CHFC
|
Chemical Financial Corp.
|
13.16
|
3.02
|
1.09
|
3.59%
|
WSBC
|
WesBanco Inc.
|
11.98
|
2.51
|
0.84
|
3.51%
|
ALNC
|
Alliance Financial Corporation
|
14.55
|
3.40
|
1.20
|
3.37%
|
MGEE
|
MGE Energy Inc.
|
19.11
|
2.19
|
2.06
|
3.14%
|
PFG
|
Principal Financial Group Inc.
|
14.00
|
0.97
|
0.87
|
3.05%
|
NRIM
|
Northrim Bancorp Inc.
|
11.59
|
2.92
|
1.01
|
2.96%
|
CSCO
|
Cisco Systems, Inc.
|
12.89
|
2.23
|
2.01
|
2.92%
|
DTN
|
WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2.92%
|
HRS
|
Harris Corp.
|
9.87
|
0.99
|
2.78
|
2.78%
|
CFFI
|
C&F Financial Corp.
|
9.26
|
1.70
|
1.37
|
2.70%
|
BANF
|
BancFirst Corporation
|
13.14
|
3.50
|
1.29
|
2.54%
|
BKYF
|
Bank of Kentucky Financial Corp.
|
10.70
|
2.95
|
1.14
|
2.54%
|
MTSC
|
MTS Systems Corp.
|
15.75
|
1.52
|
3.26
|
2.37%
|
HOME
|
Home Federal Bancorp Inc.
|
259.75
|
2.71
|
0.80
|
2.31%
|
EAT
|
Brinker International Inc.
|
18.46
|
0.93
|
8.49
|
2.29%
|
ITC
|
ITC Holdings Corp.
|
21.69
|
4.77
|
2.81
|
2.07%
|
HCC
|
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.
|
10.83
|
1.33
|
0.97
|
2.02%
|
BOLT
|
Bolt Technology Corp.
|
21.83
|
2.58
|
1.69
|
1.94%
|
SSI
|
Stage Stores Inc.
|
19.65
|
0.42
|
1.57
|
1.71%
|
INTU
|
Intuit Inc.
|
23.79
|
4.17
|
6.32
|
1.15%
|
WLK
|
Westlake Chemical Corp.
|
15.56
|
1.22
|
2.36
|
1.08%
|
ATRI
|
ATRION Corp.
|
18.98
|
3.84
|
3.10
|
1.01%
|
SLH
|
Solera Holdings Inc.
|
27.42
|
3.61
|
4.22
|
0.97%
|
TW
|
Towers Watson & Co.
|
15.57
|
1.14
|
1.60
|
0.85%
|
VVI
|
Viad Corp
|
511.75
|
0.45
|
1.07
|
0.78%
|
BTH
|
Blyth, Inc.
|
19.08
|
0.65
|
6.23
|
0.47%
|
Average
|
38.93
|
3.16
|
2.53
|
3.37%
|
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