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The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 15 – 21, 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 13 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.75 percent. Exactly 8 stocks have a yield over three percent and 16 are currently recommended to buy.


Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE:KMP) has a market capitalization of $29.40 billion. The company employs 8,120 people, generates revenue of $8,211.20 million and has a net income of $1,268.40 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,617.60 million. The EBITDA margin is 31.88 percent (operating margin 20.34 percent and net profit margin 15.45 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 53.18 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 170.74 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 1.16 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.63. Last fiscal year, the company paid $4.61 in form of dividends to shareholders. KMP announced to raise dividends by 2.4 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.30, P/S ratio 3.58 and P/B ratio 3.93. Dividend Yield: 5.95 percent. The beta ratio is 0.36.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYSE: KMP) (Click to enlarge)

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion. The company employs 739 people, generates revenue of $543.87 million and has a net income of $50.24 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $129.66 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.84 percent (operating margin 20.87 percent and net profit margin 9.24 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 63.56 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 305.72 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.56 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.18. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.86 in form of dividends to shareholders. BGS announced to raise dividends by 7.4 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.34, P/S ratio 2.74 and P/B ratio 5.81. Dividend Yield: 4.04 percent. The beta ratio is 1.20.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of B&G Foods (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of B&G Foods (BGS) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) (Click to enlarge)

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has a market capitalization of $59.27 billion. The company employs 32,600 people, generates revenue of $36,793.00 million and has a net income of $4,442.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,034.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 21.84 percent (operating margin 16.77 percent and net profit margin 12.07 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 49.30 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 646.66 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.65 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $10.39. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders. GS announced to raise dividends by 8.7 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.89, P/S ratio 1.61 and P/B ratio 0.89. Dividend Yield: 1.62 percent. The beta ratio is 1.40.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Goldman Sachs (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Goldman Sachs (GS) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) (Click to enlarge)

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS) has a market capitalization of $5.23 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenue of $4,102.00 million and has a net income of $297.64 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $733.79 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.89 percent (operating margin 13.16 percent and net profit margin 7.26 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 30.88 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.06 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.36. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.54 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.75, P/S ratio 1.28 and P/B ratio 2.48. Dividend Yield: 1.53 percent. The beta ratio is 0.93.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Cintas Corporation (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Cintas Corporation (CTAS) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) (Click to enlarge)



Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 36.75 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 7.17 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 20.95. The average P/S ratio is 5.17 and P/B 4.38.

Here is the full table:

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

Here are the market ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
MCEP
Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP
11.94
6.32
6.38
8.79%
MSB
Mesabi Trust
11.52
11.17
66.80
8.60%
CMLP
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP
33.32
5.25
1.94
8.34%
CLMT
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP
10.27
0.45
2.06
7.49%
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.
25.94
8.26
2.78
6.97%
EFR
Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Trust
18.84
12.46
1.05
6.81%
EFT
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
26.21
12.52
1.06
6.40%
KMP
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
84.71
3.72
3.94
5.81%
CZNC
Citizens & Northern Corp.
9.47
3.72
1.26
4.84%
KMI
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
60.29
4.49
2.79
4.00%
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
15.82
1.78
1.56
3.92%
MTS
Montgomery Street Income Securities Inc.
17.04
21.84
0.97
3.89%
WHG
Westwood Holdings Group Inc.
20.85
4.36
4.34
3.84%
MVC
MVC Capital, Inc.
N/A
11.04
0.76
3.83%
BGS
B&G Foods Inc.
24.31
2.53
5.75
3.76%
MCHX
Marchex, Inc.
N/A
1.01
0.92
3.51%
IDA
IdaCorp, Inc.
12.59
2.15
1.32
3.41%
SHLM
A. Schulman, Inc.
15.73
0.33
1.42
3.16%
WTR
Aqua America Inc.
23.81
4.78
2.71
2.77%
EV
Eaton Vance Corp.
17.14
2.77
6.02
2.64%
PCBK
Pacific Continental Corp.
22.20
2.82
0.91
2.64%
LBAI
Lakeland Bancorp Inc.
13.75
2.56
1.08
2.42%
SUSQ
Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.
17.68
2.89
0.74
2.38%
MNRK
Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc.
9.18
1.42
0.76
1.96%
USTR
United Stationers Inc.
11.14
0.22
1.63
1.88%
CASS
Cass Information Systems Inc.
18.73
9.15
2.59
1.62%
PAG
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
14.04
0.22
2.31
1.55%
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
18.42
1.74
0.82
1.49%
CTAS
Cintas Corporation
17.75
1.26
2.43
1.29%
MBWM
Mercantile Bank Corp.
3.84
11.94
2.24
95.00%






Average

20.95
5.17
4.38
7.17%

Related Stock Ticker:
SHLM, WTR, BGS, CLMT, CASS, CTAS, CZNC, CMLP, EV, EFR, EFT, GS, GSpD, IDA, KMI, KMP, LBAI, MCHX, MBWM, MSB, MCEP, MNRK, MTS, MVC, OHI, PCBK, PAG; PNW, SUSQ, USTR, WHG