But more important than a dividend
hike is the intensiveness of the dividend growth. A one percent hike each year is
good but it won’t help you over the time. What you need is a stronger growth, something
in the range around the 10 percent level.
Today I run my screen of
the 50 fastest dividend growers from last month. Below the results are
again some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates. All stocks still
have a double digit-growth rate. The average dividend growth of the 50 best
stocks amounts to 49.42 percent. The average yield is at 3.47 percent.
Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
Coach (NYSE:COH) has a market capitalization of $16.46 billion. The company employs 18,000 people, generates revenue of $4.763 billion and has a net income of $1.038 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.644 billion. The EBITDA margin is 34.53 percent (the operating margin is 31.74 percent and the net profit margin 21.81 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.75 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 57.63 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.70. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders. COH raised dividends by 12.50 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.83, the P/S ratio is 3.41 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.26. The dividend yield amounts to 2.34 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.56.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Coach (COH) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Coach (COH) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Coach (COH) |
Bunge (NYSE:BG) has a market capitalization of $10.40 billion. The company employs 36,000 people, generates revenue of $60.991 billion and has a net income of $378.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.489 billion. The EBITDA margin is 2.44 percent (the operating margin is 0.86 percent and the net profit margin 0.62 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 21.44 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 53.85 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.49 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.97. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.06 in the form of dividends to shareholders. BG raised dividends by 11.10 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.82, the P/S ratio is 0.17 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.02. The dividend yield amounts to 1.70 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.13.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Bunge (BG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Bunge (BG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Bunge (BG) |
Bristow Group (NYSE:BRS) has a market capitalization of $2.40 billion. The company employs 3,281 people, generates revenue of $1.508 billion and has a net income of $131.68 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $285.72 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.94 percent (the operating margin is 13.87 percent and the net profit margin 8.73 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 49.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.36 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.56. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders. BRS raised dividends by 25.0 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.64, the P/S ratio is 1.57 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.48. The dividend yield amounts to 1.53 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.41.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Bristow Group (BRS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Bristow Group (BRS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Bristow Group (BRS) |
Take a closer look at the full list of the 50 top stocks with fastest
dividend growth from last month. The average P/E ratio amounts to 18.30. The
dividend yield has a value of 3.47 percent. Price to book ratio is 5.57 and
price to sales ratio 3.85.
Here is the full list of the fastest growing dividend stocks:
These are the market price ratios:
Ticker
|
Company
|
P/E
|
P/S
|
P/B
|
Dividend Yield
|
HGT
|
Hugoton Royalty Trust
|
17.68
|
16.21
|
3.50
|
8.22%
|
MARPS
|
Marine Petroleum Trust
|
11.28
|
10.32
|
28.86
|
7.87%
|
GYLD
|
Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
7.86%
|
HQH
|
H&Q Healthcare Investors
|
3.75
|
N/A
|
1.17
|
7.50%
|
HQL
|
H&Q Life Sciences Investors
|
3.51
|
N/A
|
1.21
|
7.14%
|
LGP
|
Lehigh Gas Partners LP
|
N/A
|
0.10
|
27.97
|
7.03%
|
PBT
|
Permian Basin Royalty Trust
|
11.68
|
11.46
|
N/A
|
5.39%
|
CRT
|
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
|
12.25
|
11.93
|
14.74
|
5.33%
|
TAI
|
Transamerica Income Shares Inc.
|
7.68
|
14.66
|
0.95
|
4.71%
|
HT
|
Hersha Hospitality Trust
|
N/A
|
3.28
|
1.47
|
4.01%
|
TIS
|
Orchids Paper Products Company
|
20.01
|
1.92
|
2.47
|
4.00%
|
AHC
|
A. H. Belo Corporation
|
N/A
|
0.35
|
1.65
|
3.45%
|
NOC
|
Northrop Grumman Corporation
|
10.42
|
0.77
|
2.04
|
2.97%
|
UMPQ
|
Umpqua Holdings Corporation
|
15.72
|
3.48
|
0.89
|
2.89%
|
JPM
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
9.75
|
3.77
|
1.00
|
2.78%
|
AWR
|
American States Water Company
|
18.36
|
2.24
|
2.29
|
2.60%
|
UFCS
|
United Fire & Casualty Company
|
16.38
|
0.86
|
0.93
|
2.57%
|
AIRT
|
Air T Inc.
|
18.98
|
0.26
|
0.89
|
2.49%
|
CNBC
|
Center Bancorp Inc.
|
11.41
|
3.67
|
1.25
|
2.39%
|
EXR
|
Extra Space Storage Inc.
|
36.20
|
10.92
|
3.19
|
2.32%
|
DIA
|
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2.18%
|
ALD
|
WisdomTree Asia Local Debt ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2.16%
|
HPQ
|
Hewlett-Packard Company
|
N/A
|
0.40
|
2.10
|
2.15%
|
BGC
|
General Cable Corp.
|
N/A
|
0.28
|
1.33
|
2.06%
|
COH
|
Coach, Inc.
|
15.83
|
3.29
|
7.34
|
2.05%
|
PPS
|
Post Properties Inc.
|
33.94
|
7.85
|
2.38
|
2.03%
|
M
|
Macy's, Inc.
|
14.54
|
0.69
|
3.18
|
2.02%
|
SJT
|
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
|
21.99
|
21.04
|
60.88
|
2.02%
|
BAH
|
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
|
12.40
|
0.42
|
14.17
|
2.02%
|
KEY
|
KeyCorp
|
12.07
|
3.68
|
0.96
|
1.86%
|
MSL
|
Midsouth Bancorp Inc.
|
19.18
|
2.62
|
0.90
|
1.83%
|
SPTN
|
Spartan Stores Inc.
|
13.47
|
0.15
|
1.22
|
1.73%
|
SSI
|
Stage Stores Inc.
|
23.83
|
0.46
|
1.66
|
1.70%
|
BG
|
Bunge Limited
|
23.80
|
0.17
|
0.94
|
1.53%
|
ASH
|
Ashland Inc.
|
N/A
|
0.88
|
1.70
|
1.52%
|
LII
|
Lennox International, Inc.
|
23.43
|
1.08
|
7.18
|
1.49%
|
JBT
|
John Bean Technologies Corporation
|
17.24
|
0.70
|
5.95
|
1.29%
|
BRS
|
Bristow Group, Inc.
|
23.32
|
1.63
|
1.47
|
1.20%
|
LUV
|
Southwest Airlines Co.
|
27.98
|
0.60
|
1.50
|
1.12%
|
DCI
|
Donaldson Company, Inc.
|
23.12
|
2.25
|
5.12
|
1.06%
|
SEIC
|
SEI Investments Co.
|
23.96
|
5.23
|
4.88
|
1.03%
|
WRB
|
W.R. Berkley Corporation
|
11.79
|
0.93
|
1.27
|
0.88%
|
FFCO
|
FedFirst Financial Corp.
|
23.42
|
3.33
|
0.84
|
0.86%
|
MNRO
|
Monro Muffler Brake Inc.
|
34.57
|
2.10
|
4.19
|
0.84%
|
ACAT
|
Arctic Cat Inc.
|
16.63
|
0.94
|
3.50
|
0.84%
|
NOV
|
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
|
12.81
|
1.45
|
1.49
|
0.73%
|
LWAY
|
Lifeway Foods Inc.
|
40.93
|
3.26
|
6.74
|
0.41%
|
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