I believe that those companies have a well running business and could have a better performance in the
long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend
increase within the recent week. In total, 62 stocks and funds raised dividends
of which 32 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average
dividend growth amounts to 25.73 percent.
Below the best dividend hike
stocks/funds are 20 companies with a high yield. 40 of the results are currently
recommended to buy or even have a strong buy rating. Basic material and financial stocks are still the dominant sectors.
Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:
Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:
Realty Income (NYSE:O) has a market capitalization of $5.80 billion. The company employs 92 people, generates revenue of $421.06 million and has a net income of $151.14 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $383.44 million. The EBITDA margin is 91.07 percent (the operating margin is 36.24 percent and the net profit margin 35.89 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 46.50 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 91.14 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.41 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.85. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.74 in the form of dividends to shareholders. O announced to raise dividend by 19.2 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 51.10, the P/S ratio is 13.78 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.02. The dividend yield amounts to 4.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.75.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Realty Income (O) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Realty Income (O) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Realty Income (O) |
Unilever (NYSE:UL) has a market capitalization of $113.76 billion. The company employs 171,000 people, generates revenue of $69.082 billion and has a net income of $6.660 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $11.021 billion. The EBITDA margin is 15.95 percent (the operating margin is 13.62 percent and the net profit margin 9.64 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.14 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 67.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.42 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.31 in the form of dividends to shareholders. UL announced to raise dividend by 2.4 percent
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.42, the P/S ratio is 1.73 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.58. The dividend yield amounts to 3.12 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.76.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Unilever (UL) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Unilever (UL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Unilever (UL) |
Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) has a market capitalization of $185.06 billion. The company employs 265,000 people, generates revenue of $48.391 billion and has a net income of $19.368 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $33.579 billion. The EBITDA margin is 69.39 percent (the operating margin is 33.07 percent and the net profit margin 22.50 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 12.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 117.14 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.16 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.36. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.88 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WFC announced to raise dividend by 13.6 percent
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.45, the P/S ratio is 2.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.28. The dividend yield amounts to 2.85 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.39.
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| Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Wells Fargo (WFC) |
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| Long-Term Dividends History of Wells Fargo (WFC) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Wells Fargo (WFC) |
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 25.73 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.36 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 35.30.The average P/S ratio is 4.18 and P/B 3.89.
Here is the full list:
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| Stocks With Recent Dividend Growth I (Click to enlarge) |
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| Stocks With Recent Dividend Growth (Click to enlarge) |
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Here are the market ratios:
Ticker
|
Company
|
P/E
|
P/S
|
P/B
|
Dividend Yield
|
BPT
|
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust
|
8.27
|
8.22
|
N/A
|
11.66%
|
MEMP
|
Memorial Production Partners LP
|
208.11
|
8.33
|
1.49
|
10.57%
|
LRE
|
LRR Energy, L.P.
|
N/A
|
4.36
|
1.76
|
10.04%
|
HCLP
|
Hi-Crush Partners LP
|
6.43
|
7.18
|
5.62
|
10.01%
|
MCEP
|
Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP
|
17.86
|
7.67
|
7.36
|
8.91%
|
LGCY
|
Legacy Reserves Lp
|
231.64
|
4.22
|
2.56
|
8.87%
|
SPH
|
Suburban Propane Partners LP
|
88.31
|
2.27
|
2.21
|
8.04%
|
GSJK
|
Compressco Partners, L.P.
|
22.12
|
3.05
|
1.70
|
7.90%
|
MTR
|
Mesa Royalty Trust
|
11.13
|
10.03
|
8.07
|
7.86%
|
ARP
|
Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.
|
N/A
|
3.58
|
1.20
|
7.49%
|
NGL
|
NGL Energy Partners LP
|
N/A
|
0.55
|
1.55
|
7.39%
|
GLP
|
Global Partners LP
|
23.86
|
0.05
|
1.97
|
6.92%
|
APL
|
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP
|
33.24
|
1.77
|
1.45
|
6.79%
|
HGT
|
Hugoton Royalty Trust
|
10.89
|
10.31
|
3.10
|
6.77%
|
WPZ
|
Williams Partners L.P.
|
19.61
|
2.71
|
2.06
|
6.41%
|
MWE
|
MarkWest Energy Partners LP
|
116.57
|
4.78
|
2.95
|
6.04%
|
GMLP
|
Golar LNG Partners LP
|
8.87
|
6.28
|
9.65
|
5.93%
|
BKEP
|
Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.
|
28.04
|
1.58
|
2.93
|
5.73%
|
BLX
|
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A
|
9.38
|
4.56
|
1.09
|
5.18%
|
HEP
|
Holly Energy Partners L.P
|
25.16
|
7.52
|
2.92
|
5.07%
|
RRMS
|
Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.
|
N/A
|
0.92
|
0.89
|
4.78%
|
OKS
|
ONEOK Partners, L.P.
|
16.43
|
1.26
|
2.94
|
4.75%
|
HCN
|
Health Care REIT, Inc.
|
123.43
|
9.34
|
1.58
|
4.70%
|
SJT
|
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
|
15.34
|
14.84
|
61.35
|
4.50%
|
O
|
Realty Income Corp.
|
51.15
|
12.51
|
2.38
|
4.19%
|
TLLP
|
Tesoro Logistics LP
|
27.24
|
14.77
|
N/A
|
4.10%
|
ALE
|
ALLETE, Inc.
|
19.13
|
1.85
|
1.51
|
4.09%
|
MMP
|
Magellan Midstream Partners LP
|
28.13
|
6.27
|
7.49
|
3.99%
|
WES
|
Western Gas Partners LP
|
34.25
|
6.00
|
3.13
|
3.92%
|
OILT
|
Oiltanking Partners, L.P.
|
22.06
|
11.79
|
5.38
|
3.80%
|
AJG
|
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.
|
21.42
|
1.86
|
2.74
|
3.78%
|
MDH
|
MHI Hospitality Corp.
|
N/A
|
0.40
|
1.20
|
3.49%
|
BHB
|
Bar Harbor Bankshares
|
11.31
|
2.71
|
1.06
|
3.44%
|
SXL
|
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.
|
15.21
|
0.44
|
4.60
|
3.31%
|
CLP
|
Colonial Properties Trust
|
249.89
|
5.13
|
1.71
|
3.20%
|
UL
|
Unilever plc
|
20.92
|
1.84
|
6.17
|
3.05%
|
UN
|
Unilever NV
|
20.97
|
1.85
|
6.17
|
3.05%
|
ATLS
|
Atlas Energy, L.P
|
N/A
|
1.25
|
4.06
|
2.97%
|
BMTC
|
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.
|
14.09
|
4.07
|
1.48
|
2.87%
|
ONB
|
Old National Bancorp.
|
13.41
|
3.85
|
1.10
|
2.80%
|
FCBC
|
First Community Bancshares, Inc. (Bluefield)
|
14.32
|
3.11
|
0.90
|
2.79%
|
HCSG
|
Healthcare Services Group Inc.
|
39.40
|
1.57
|
7.38
|
2.70%
|
BBT
|
BB&T Corporation
|
11.43
|
3.12
|
1.05
|
2.59%
|
WFC
|
Wells Fargo & Company
|
10.46
|
3.82
|
1.17
|
2.50%
|
GEO
|
The GEO Group, Inc.
|
26.85
|
1.42
|
1.90
|
2.46%
|
RES
|
RPC Inc.
|
10.78
|
1.63
|
3.52
|
2.20%
|
ANCX
|
Access National Corp.
|
10.52
|
4.22
|
1.67
|
2.13%
|
PX
|
Praxair Inc.
|
19.92
|
2.96
|
5.52
|
1.97%
|
VLO
|
Valero Energy Corporation
|
19.05
|
0.15
|
1.22
|
1.84%
|
CMA
|
Comerica Incorporated
|
12.58
|
3.40
|
0.91
|
1.78%
|
SONA
|
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.
|
17.78
|
2.80
|
1.01
|
1.76%
|
EWBC
|
East West Bancorp, Inc.
|
12.89
|
3.15
|
1.42
|
1.71%
|
CNI
|
Canadian National Railway Company
|
15.61
|
4.13
|
3.57
|
1.59%
|
MLHR
|
Herman Miller Inc.
|
25.71
|
0.83
|
4.95
|
1.49%
|
ROL
|
Rollins Inc.
|
33.16
|
2.90
|
9.87
|
1.29%
|
MPX
|
Marine Products Corp.
|
24.42
|
1.68
|
2.46
|
1.26%
|
EGN
|
Energen Corp.
|
16.98
|
2.36
|
1.33
|
1.16%
|
PROV
|
Provident Financial Holdings Inc.
|
11.83
|
3.93
|
1.31
|
1.08%
|
COBZ
|
CoBiz Financial Inc
|
8.14
|
2.87
|
1.23
|
1.03%
|
MSFG
|
Mainsource Financial Group
|
10.71
|
2.38
|
0.78
|
0.92%
|
FHN
|
First Horizon National Corporation
|
N/A
|
3.13
|
1.12
|
0.39%
|
TSBK
|
Timberland Bancorp Inc.
|
15.00
|
1.74
|
0.61
|
N/A
|
Average
|
35.30
|
4.18
|
3.89
|
4.34%
|
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