Sure, I know that you can enumerate all Dividend
Achievers from the United States. Those stocks have raised their dividends over
a period of more than 10 consecutive years. But if you should do the same with European
stocks, you would fail.
What is different compared to U.S. Dividend
Achievers? The effort in dividend growth is lighter. Stocks need to increase
dividends uninterrupted over 5 years or more. In additon, the stocks must be incorporated
outside the U.S. but must be listed on a U.S. or U.K. Stock Exchange.
Why is dividend investing so important? I am a
private trader and made most of my wealth through trading of high-quality dividend
growth stocks. Over the recent 10 years, around 1/3 of my performance was made with dividend payments.
Today I try to find some really cheap stocks
below the International Dividend Achievers Index. The forward P/E should be under 10.
Only 16 of 51 stocks meet these criteria. Eleven of them are currently recommended
to buy.
Here are the 3 best yielding International Dividend Achiever:
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me on Facebook or Twitter)Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) has a market capitalization of $123.98 billion. The company employs 86,373 people, generates revenue of $74.717 billion and has a net income of $11.272 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16.689 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.34 percent (the operating margin is 24.10 percent and the net profit margin 15.09 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 24.80 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 45.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.46 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.56. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.53 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 1.66 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.01. The dividend yield amounts to 6.07 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.73.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Vodafone Group (VOD) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Vodafone Group (VOD) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Vodafone Group (VOD) |
AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) has a market capitalization of $58.73 billion. The company employs 57,200 people, generates revenue of $33.591 billion and has a net income of $10.016 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14.792 billion. The EBITDA margin is 44.04 percent (the operating margin is 38.09 percent and the net profit margin 29.82 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.66 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 40.13 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 42.98 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.90. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.63, the P/S ratio is 1.75 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.62. The dividend yield amounts to 6.04 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.65.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of AstraZeneca (AZN) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of AstraZeneca (AZN) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AstraZeneca (AZN) |
Delhaize Group (NYSE:DEG) has a market capitalization of $4.07 billion. The company employs 78,945 people, generates revenue of $27.951 billion and has a net income of $628.66 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.850 billion. The EBITDA margin is 6.62 percent (the operating margin is 3.84 percent and the net profit margin 2.25 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.33 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 59.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.06 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.87. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.30, the P/S ratio is 0.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.57. The dividend yield amounts to 5.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.80.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Delhaize Group (DEG) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Delhaize Group (DEG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Delhaize Group (DEG) |
Take a closer look at the full list of the cheapest International Dividend Achiever.
The average P/E ratio amounts to 10.36 and forward P/E ratio is 8.20. The
dividend yield has a value of 3.30 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.63 and
price to sales ratio 1.63. The operating margin amounts to 21.54 percent and
the beta ratio is 0.88. The average stock from the screening results has a debt
to equity ratio of 0.65. If you like you can get a full Fact Book of the International
Dividend Achievers Index here.
Here is the full table with
some fundamentals (TTM):
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| International Dividend Achievers (Click to enlarge) |
Related stock
ticker symbols:
VOD, AZN, DEG,
STO, BTI, SNY, PRE, AXS, TEVA, SU, NE, BG, RNR, VALE, TEF, DCM
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