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The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Nov 05 - 11, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week And The best Ones To Invest In 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, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 25 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent. Exactly 11 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (High-Yield); 21 above three percent. 31 companies are currently recommended to buy.

Below is a selection of the four best dividend growth stocks to invest in. Not all of the results are cheap stocks but they have some kind of value in their business model.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
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The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ:WEN) has a market capitalization of $1.74 billion. The company employs 42,800 people, generates revenue of $2.431 billion and has a net income of $17.91 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $281.80 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.59 percent (the operating margin is 5.64 percent and the net profit margin 0.74 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 31.55 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 67.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 0.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.08 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to double dividends.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.72 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.87. The dividend yield amounts to 3.60 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Wendy's Company (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of The Wendy's Company (WEN) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) (Click to enlarge)

HollyFrontier (NYSE:HFC) has a market capitalization of $8.29 billion. The company employs 2,382 people, generates revenue of $15.439 billion and has a net income of $1.059 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.876 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.15 percent (the operating margin is 11.12 percent and the net profit margin 6.86 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.34 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.68 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.55. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.34 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by one third.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.40, the P/S ratio is 0.54 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.64. The dividend yield amounts to 1.96 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.96.


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

DeVry (NYSE:DV) has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion. The company employs 10,863 people, generates revenue of $2.089 billion and has a net income of $142.38 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $292.93 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.02 percent (the operating margin is 9.77 percent and the net profit margin 6.81 percent).

Financial Analysis: DV has no long-term debt outstanding. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.31 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.74. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.30 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 13.30 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.30, the P/S ratio is 0.76 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.19. The dividend yield amounts to 1.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.54.


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

Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) has a market capitalization of $21.86 billion. The company employs 39,000 people, generates revenue of $11.725 billion and has a net income of $1.019 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.108 billion. The EBITDA margin is 17.98 percent (the operating margin is 10.62 percent and the net profit margin 8.70 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.19 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.73 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.13 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 15.40 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.33, the P/S ratio is 1.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.50. The dividend yield amounts to 0.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.78.


Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Thermo Fisher Scientific (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividends History of Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) (Click to enlarge)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE: TMO) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.64 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 18.16. The average P/S ratio is 4.77 and P/B 1.92.

Here is the full list of stocks with recent dividend growth:


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

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

Here are the market price ratios to compare:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
CHKR
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust
9.62
8.87
1.94
13.59%
ECT
ECA Marcellus Trust I
9.05
8.85
1.25
11.95%
TCRD
THL Credit, Inc.
11.58
8.17
1.06
9.14%
PMT
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
8.53
7.50
1.26
8.99%
HQH
H&Q Healthcare Investors
5.53
N/A
0.98
8.20%
SBR
Sabine Royalty Trust
11.65
11.20
N/A
7.89%
ABR
Arbor Realty Trust Inc.
N/A
1.55
0.71
7.43%
BOX
SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.
8.00
1.85
1.48
6.69%
TGH
Textainer Group Holdings Limited
7.64
3.60
1.97
5.61%
AYR
Aircastle LTD
7.76
1.28
0.55
5.33%
T
AT&T, Inc.
43.56
1.50
1.90
5.25%
VVC
Vectren Corporation
14.76
1.05
1.58
4.89%
MCHP
Microchip Technology Inc.
19.63
4.36
2.94
4.59%
GXP
Great Plains Energy Incorporated
16.12
1.33
0.95
4.19%
UVV
Universal Corp.
14.72
0.46
0.95
4.07%
WRLS
Telular Corp.
31.17
2.62
2.60
4.03%
ATO
Atmos Energy Corporation
15.73
0.85
1.34
3.95%
EMCI
EMC Insurance Group Inc.
12.76
0.57
0.74
3.71%
MHLD
Maiden Holdings, Ltd.
9.32
0.35
0.77
3.65%
EMR
Emerson Electric Co.
15.29
1.50
3.52
3.19%
PACW
PacWest Bancorp
16.58
2.80
1.48
3.12%
UTMD
Utah Medical Products Inc.
13.75
3.05
2.82
2.76%
PRU
Prudential Financial, Inc.
7.50
0.47
0.65
2.75%
EXR
Extra Space Storage Inc.
37.15
9.45
2.89
2.27%
RGR
Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc.
15.81
2.13
5.43
2.14%
BXP
Boston Properties Inc.
52.60
8.46
3.04
2.13%
NTE
Nam Tai Electronics, Inc.
N/A
1.08
1.95
1.96%
AE
Adams Resources & Energy Inc.
5.18
0.04
1.07
1.83%
WEN
The Wendy's Company
N/A
0.71
0.87
1.80%
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited
N/A
68.63
0.98
1.60%
CORE
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.
16.32
0.06
1.28
1.57%
ACRE
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation
23.55
9.38
0.90
1.48%
HFC
HollyFrontier Corporation
5.75
0.42
1.56
1.47%
BBSI
Barrett Business Services Inc.
29.06
0.60
4.61
1.38%
LNC
Lincoln National Corp.
38.02
0.61
0.46
1.36%
DV
DeVry, Inc.
14.40
0.77
1.16
1.20%
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories Inc.
19.35
3.75
3.36
1.12%
FNV
Franco-Nevada Corporation
N/A
19.54
2.79
1.01%
BKMU
Bank Mutual Corporation
32.54
2.34
0.72
0.95%
MLI
Mueller Industries Inc.
21.57
0.57
2.51
0.90%
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
19.39
1.79
1.45
0.86%
WFM
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
39.13
1.52
4.64
0.61%
DK
Delek US Holdings Inc.
7.33
0.17
1.93
0.60%
PRGO
Perrigo Co.
25.26
3.12
5.33
0.30%
AAN
Aaron's, Inc.
13.71
1.04
2.06
0.20%






Average

18.16
4.77
1.92
3.64%

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