Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally
published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”.
The summer season is going to reach its high and the list of dividend growers shrinks
to new lows. Last week, only 9 companies and three funds announced a dividend
hike. Only four of them have a current buy or better rating. The average
dividend growth of the top dividend growers from last week amounts to 13.29
percent.Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:
Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) has a market capitalization of $6.89 billion. The company employs 181,468 people, generates revenue of $8.552 billion and has a net income of $412.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.043 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.20 percent (the operating margin is 6.11 percent and the net profit margin 4.82 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 39.11 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 131.74 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.15 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.13. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.0 in the form of dividends to shareholders. DRI announced a 10.0 percent dividend hike last week.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.10, the P/S ratio is 0.77 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.34. The dividend yield amounts to 4.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.87.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Darden Restaurants (DRI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Darden Restaurants (DRI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Darden Restaurants (DRI) |
Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) has a market capitalization of $47.66 billion. The company employs 27,885 people, generates revenue of $19.624 billion and has a net income of $1.746 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6.621 billion. The EBITDA margin is 33.74 percent (the operating margin is 15.85 percent and the net profit margin 8.90 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.59 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 99.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.44 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.31. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.03 in the form of dividends to shareholders. DUK announced a 2.0 percent dividend hike last week.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.39, the P/S ratio is 2.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.16. The dividend yield amounts to 4.62 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.30.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Duke Energy (DUK) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Duke Energy (DUK) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Duke Energy (DUK) |
Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion. The company employs 1,677 people, generates revenue of $253.76 million and has a net income of $75.52 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $129.94 million. The EBITDA margin is 51.21 percent (the operating margin is 30.56 percent and the net profit margin 24.40 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 5.49 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 47.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.11. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.53 in the form of dividends to shareholders. GBCI announced a 7.1 percent dividend hike last week.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.97, the P/S ratio is 5.16 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.77. The dividend yield amounts to 2.70 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Glacier Bancorp (GBCI) |
Worthington Industries (NYSE:WOR) has a market capitalization of $2.23 billion. The company employs 10,500 people, generates revenue of $2.534 billion and has a net income of $125.35 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $163.67 million. The EBITDA margin is 6.46 percent (the operating margin is 4.01 percent and the net profit margin 4.95 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.42 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 76.55 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.21. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.48 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WOR announced a 15.4 percent dividend hike last week.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.37, the P/S ratio is 0.89 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.09. The dividend yield amounts to 1.89 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.61.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Worthington Industries (WOR) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Worthington Industries (WOR) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Worthington Industries (WOR) |
Take a closer look at the full
table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts
to 13.29 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.81 percent. Stocks
from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 17.62. The average P/S ratio is
7.45 and P/B 1.97.
Here is the full list of the latest dividend growth stocks:
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| Latest Dividend Growth Stocks (Click to enlarge) |
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These are the market price ratios of the latest dividend growth stocks:
Ticker
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Company
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P/E
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P/S
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P/B
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Dividend Yield
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ROYT
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Pacific Coast Oil Trust
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12.02
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11.83
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2.62
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10.15%
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KED
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Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company
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10.95
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24.91
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1.09
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6.79%
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CSP
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American Strategic Income Portfolio III
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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6.40%
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KYN
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Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company
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13.89
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N/A
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1.26
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5.97%
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TAI
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Transamerica Income Shares Inc.
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7.31
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13.95
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0.90
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5.53%
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WPC
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W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
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44.71
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10.89
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2.34
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4.96%
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DUK
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Duke Energy Corporation
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20.39
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2.17
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1.16
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4.53%
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DRI
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Darden Restaurants, Inc.
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15.39
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0.78
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3.35
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3.96%
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WAYN
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Wayne Savings Bancshares Inc.
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16.69
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1.88
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0.72
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2.84%
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GBCI
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Glacier Bancorp Inc.
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19.99
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6.55
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1.75
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2.52%
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MATX
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Matson, Inc.
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18.12
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0.67
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3.75
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2.40%
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WOR
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Worthington Industries, Inc.
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14.35
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0.83
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2.71
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1.64%
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Average
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17.62
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7.45
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1.97
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4.81%
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CSP, CLV, DRI, DUK, GBCI, JWA,
KED, KMF, KYN, MATX, ROYT, TAI, WPC, WAYN, WOR, ZFC,
