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The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 01 – 07, 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, 20 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 9 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.02 percent. Exactly 6 stocks have a yield over three percent and 9 are currently recommended to buy.

Here are my favorite stocks with fast dividend growth:
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Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) has a market capitalization of $15.18 billion. The company employs 3,800 people, generates revenue of $34,275.00 million and has a net income of $994.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,530.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 4.46 percent (operating margin 3.79 percent and net profit margin 2.90 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 33.80 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 95.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.47 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.86. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.96 in form of dividends to shareholders. PAA announced to raise dividends by 1.9 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.21, P/S ratio 0.44 and P/B ratio 2.74. Dividend Yield: 4.69 percent. The beta ratio is 0.52.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Plains All American Pipeline (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE: PAA) (Click to enlarge)

Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) has a market capitalization of $19.80 billion. The company employs 28,800 people, generates revenue of $7,890.00 million and has a net income of $2,805.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,651.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.60 percent (operating margin 21.47 percent and net profit margin 35.55 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 8.59 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 11.34 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.87 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.43. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.23 in form of dividends to shareholders. GLW announced to raise dividends by 20.0 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.29, P/S ratio 2.51 and P/B ratio 0.96. Dividend Yield: 2.71 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Corning Incorporated (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Corning Incorporated (GLW) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) (Click to enlarge)

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has a market capitalization of $48.74 billion. The company employs 244,000 people, generates revenue of $29,777.98 million and has a net income of $2,824.93 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,465.09 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.99 percent (operating margin 13.00 percent and net profit margin 9.49 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 63.64 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.77. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.35 in form of dividends to shareholders. ACN announced to raise dividends by 20.0 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.77, P/S ratio 1.65 and P/B ratio 11.76. Dividend Yield: 2.29 percent. The beta ratio is 0.88.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Accenture (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Accenture (ACN) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Accenture (NYSE: ACN) (Click to enlarge)

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) has a market capitalization of $28.85 billion. The company employs 12,400 people, generates revenue of $200,614.00 million and has a net income of $4,780.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,515.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 3.75 percent (operating margin 3.30 percent and net profit margin 2.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.38 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.68. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.00 in form of dividends to shareholders. PSX announced to raise dividends by 25.0 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.99, P/S ratio 0.14 and P/B ratio 1.27. Dividend Yield: 2.17 percent. The beta ratio is not calculable.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Phillips 66 (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Phillips 66 (PSX) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) (Click to enlarge)


Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.02 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.20 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 23.57 The average P/S ratio is 8.75 and P/B 2.53.

Here is the full table:


The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Click to enlarge)


These are the market ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
8.11
0.21
1.23
9.20%
MFV
MFS Special Value Trust
124.83
15.42
1.09
8.95%
ZF
Zweig Fund Inc.
N/A
N/A
N/A
8.55%
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
20.31
24.99
1.03
8.24%
ZTR
Zweig Total Return Fund Inc.
44.07
33.85
0.90
7.79%
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.
N/A
N/A
N/A
7.51%
KED
Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company
19.47
23.47
1.19
6.06%
NAUH
National American University Holdings, Inc.
23.95
0.98
2.29
3.52%
NPV
Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund
8.23
15.04
1.05
3.33%
ACN
Accenture plc
18.28
1.65
11.02
2.29%
GLW
Corning Inc.
9.30
2.54
0.93
2.26%
CVGW
Calavo Growers Inc.
25.78
0.67
3.47
2.18%
AFG
American Financial Group Inc.
9.20
0.74
0.79
1.82%
PSX
Phillips 66
5.99
0.15
1.52
1.74%
NMY
Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund
7.42
13.80
0.99
1.60%
OZRK
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.
16.26
5.90
2.60
1.51%
EPHC
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
22.44
6.04
8.41
1.36%
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
23.46
1.49
2.69
1.34%
ALCO
Alico Inc.
13.56
1.86
1.83
0.50%






Average

23.57
8.75
2.53
4.20%


Related Stock Ticker:
ACN, ALCO, AFG, OZRK, CVGW, GLW, EPHC, KED, KMF, MIN, MFV, NAUH, NMY, NPV, PFLT, PSX, PAA, WST, ZF, ZTR