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60 Stocks And 6 Funds Raised Dividend Payments Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Last week was an interesting one because some of the big players announced a dividend hike, in-line with the expectations of the market. They are still continuing long-term dividend grower. Below the results are IBM, PepsiCo, Costco, American Express or Royal Dutch. 

In total, 60 shares and six ETFs announced a hike, in average a 30.05 percent increase. Eleven of them pay a high yields; 37 have a current buy or better recommendation. 

The markets are at All-Time-Highs and nobody scares this. I hate it when stocks getting more expensive and yields go rapidly down because I must limit my stock purchases. In such an environment, a dividend growth investor can’t build values when a slow growing stock pays a 1.5 percent yield - a value similar to the bond market yields. Let’s hope that earnings and sales grow in the same amount.

Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:
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PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) has a market capitalization of $128.09 billion. The company employs 278,000 people, generates revenue of $65.492 billion and has a net income of $6.214 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $11.920 billion. The EBITDA margin is 18.20 percent (the operating margin is 13.91 percent and the net profit margin 9.49 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 38.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 127.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.90. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.13 in the form of dividends to shareholders. PEP announced to raise its dividends by 5.6 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.23, the P/S ratio is 1.96 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.71. The dividend yield amounts to 2.74 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.50.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of PepsiCo (PEP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of PepsiCo (PEP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PepsiCo (PEP)

Airgas (NYSE:ARG) has a market capitalization of $7.41 billion. The company employs 15,000 people, generates revenue of $4.746 billion and has a net income of $313.37 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $823.91 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.36 percent (the operating margin is 11.66 percent and the net profit margin 6.60 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 127.59 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.95 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.35. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders. ARG announced to raise its dividends by 20 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.25, the P/S ratio is 1.55 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.24. The dividend yield amounts to 1.98 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.02.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Airgas (ARG)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Airgas (ARG)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Airgas (ARG)

Intl. Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) has a market capitalization of $226.76 billion. The company employs 434,246 people, generates revenue of $104.507 billion and has a net income of $16.604 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $26.394 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.26 percent (the operating margin is 20.96 percent and the net profit margin 15.89 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.91 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 176.40 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 85.15 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $14.50. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.30 in the form of dividends to shareholders. IBM announced to raise its dividends by 11.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.11, the P/S ratio is 2.17 and the P/B ratio is finally 12.12. The dividend yield amounts to 1.86 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM)

American Express (NYSE:AXP) has a market capitalization of $77.16 billion. The company employs 62,400 people, generates revenue of $33.808 billion and has a net income of $4.482 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7.442 billion. The EBITDA margin is 22.01 percent (the operating margin is 19.08 percent and the net profit margin 13.26 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.02 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 332.62 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.53 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.95. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders. AXP announced to raise its dividends by 15.0 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.76, the P/S ratio is 2.28 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.11. The dividend yield amounts to 1.31 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.80.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of American Express (AXP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of American Express (AXP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of American Express (AXP)

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 30.05 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.21 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 30.61.The average P/S ratio is 3.23 and P/B 3.30.

Here are the dividend growth stocks:




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These are the market price ratios:

Ticker
Company
P/E
P/S
P/B
Dividend Yield
NRT
North European Oil Royalty Trust
10.34
9.90
N/A
9.55%
ALDW
Alon USA Partners, LP
43.98
0.47
8.95
8.79%
HTGC
Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.
14.42
8.46
1.38
7.46%
EVEP
EV Energy Partners LP
N/A
6.29
1.84
7.28%
NRF
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
N/A
3.54
1.25
7.27%
APU
AmeriGas Partners LP
45.16
1.36
2.90
7.02%
EXLP
Exterran Partners, L.P.
202.20
3.74
2.92
6.76%
GMLP
Golar LNG Partners LP
9.59
6.52
7.62
6.05%
ARLP
Alliance Resource Partners LP
12.06
1.34
3.86
6.00%
SEP
Spectra Energy Partners, LP
22.10
17.06
2.32
5.30%
HEP
Holly Energy Partners L.P
28.71
7.42
5.96
5.08%
AHGP
Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.
18.14
1.75
8.28
4.97%
RDS-B
Royal Dutch Shell plc
8.42
0.48
1.19
4.82%
SXE
Southcross Energy Partners, L.P.
N/A
1.06
1.62
4.44%
SSW
Seaspan Corp.
28.30
2.18
1.17
4.42%
ACMP
Access Midstream Partners, L.P.
37.26
7.43
1.96
4.24%
SDLP
Seadrill Partners LLC
7.80
2.17
3.60
4.21%
NHI
National Health Investors Inc.
25.13
19.29
4.09
4.14%
MCHP
Microchip Technology Inc.
52.15
4.92
3.81
3.75%
SSBI
Summit State Bank
15.56
2.50
0.73
3.73%
ARTNA
Artesian Resources Corp.
20.74
2.90
1.73
3.46%
DTE
DTE Energy Co.
18.66
1.43
1.70
3.42%
RGR
Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc.
14.19
2.01
10.36
3.17%
ACC
American Campus Communities Inc.
76.74
8.33
1.74
3.09%
UAN
CVR Partners, LP
17.33
6.41
4.35
2.90%
WEYS
Weyco Group Inc.
13.67
0.87
1.47
2.88%
EBMT
Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.
25.45
3.09
0.78
2.71%
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
18.14
1.33
2.03
2.69%
UGI
UGI Corp.
21.60
0.67
1.97
2.65%
UFS
Domtar Corporation
13.02
0.43
0.84
2.62%
PEP
Pepsico, Inc.
21.24
1.95
5.73
2.60%
SID
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional
12.97
2.82
7.94
2.57%
BKR
Michael Baker Corporation
115.09
0.41
1.09
2.53%
LAZ
Lazard Ltd.
50.28
1.99
6.62
2.45%
CAH
Cardinal Health, Inc.
14.06
0.15
2.42
2.37%
TLK
Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk.
16.99
2.98
4.67
2.35%
ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Sureste SA de CV
21.36
8.30
2.58
2.20%
VLO
Valero Energy Corporation
10.10
0.15
1.15
2.13%
IVZ
Invesco Ltd.
21.79
3.42
1.68
2.13%
TBNK
Territorial Bancorp Inc.
16.50
4.39
1.17
2.02%
SONA
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.
18.04
3.17
1.16
1.95%
MPLX
MPLX LP
223.06
6.07
1.72
1.87%
RLI
RLI Corp.
15.71
2.36
1.86
1.75%
IBM
International Business Machines Corp.
14.10
2.20
11.97
1.66%
SU
Suncor Energy Inc.
17.63
1.23
1.23
1.65%
ARG
Airgas Inc.
22.26
1.49
4.03
1.65%
MAN
ManpowerGroup
23.13
0.20
1.62
1.63%
EXPD
Expeditors International of Washington Inc.
23.64
1.28
3.78
1.51%
POOL
Pool Corp.
29.88
1.20
8.21
1.27%
RBC
Regal Beloit Corporation
14.14
0.93
1.51
1.16%
MTRN
Materion Corporation
21.82
0.42
1.28
1.16%
AXP
American Express Company
17.78
2.27
4.06
1.14%
VCO
Vina Concha y Toro S.A.
23.29
1.55
1.66
1.01%
COST
Costco Wholesale Corporation
25.06
0.46
4.74
1.00%
WTS
Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
22.83
1.09
1.68
0.98%
RKT
Rock-Tenn Co.
28.69
0.80
2.11
0.88%
TSCO
Tractor Supply Company
28.61
1.63
7.47
0.72%
VMI
Valmont Industries, Inc.
15.40
1.27
2.71
0.60%
COF
Capital One Financial Corp.
10.28
1.71
0.83
0.34%
CBD
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao
27.93
0.58
3.44
0.32%






Average

30.61
3.23
3.30
3.21%

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