Stocks with highest dividend
growth originally published at Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment.
Let’s take a look at to the
stocks with the fastest dividend growth during August 2013. There were a huge number
of stocks which announced to pay a higher dividend in the future. Each week, I publish
lists of all these stocks on my blog.
Today would like to give
you an update of the 50 fastest dividend growers from the recent month. Below
the results are again some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates. The
average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 36.19 percent.
Three of the 50 dividend growers have a double-digit dividend yield and four a high-yield over 5
percent. 8 percent of the results have a buy or better rating.
Here are the biggest stocks with fast dividend growth:
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 39.28 percent of Altria Group’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 438.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 121.70 percent was realized by Altria Group. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.19. Last fiscal year, Altria Group paid $1.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MO announced to raise dividends by 9.1 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.49, the P/S ratio is 2.76 and the P/B ratio is finally 21.53. The dividend yield amounts to 5.66 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.43.
Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Altria Group (MO) |
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Altria Group (MO) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Altria Group (MO) |
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) has a market capitalization of $24.75 billion. The company employs 4,639 people, generates revenue of $7.486 billion and has a net income of $929.00 million. Williams Companies’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.368 billion. The EBITDA margin is 31.63 percent (the operating margin is 21.53 percent and the net profit margin 12.41 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 44.13 percent of Williams Companies’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 225.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.91 percent was realized by Williams Companies. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.93. Last fiscal year, Williams Companies paid $1.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders. WMB announced to raise dividends by 3.9 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 38.96, the P/S ratio is 3.31 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.19. The dividend yield amounts to 4.04 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.38.
Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Williams Companies (WMB) |
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Williams Companies (WMB) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Williams Companies (WMB) |
Gap (NYSE:GPS) has a market capitalization of $18.97 billion. The company employs 136,000 people, generates revenue of $15.651 billion and has a net income of $1.135 billion. Gap’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.509 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.03 percent (the operating margin is 12.41 percent and the net profit margin 7.25 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.68 percent of Gap’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.18 percent was realized by Gap. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, Gap paid $0.49 in the form of dividends to shareholders. GPS announced to raise dividends by 33.3 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.01, the P/S ratio is 1.22 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.51. The dividend yield amounts to 1.97 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.35.
Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Gap (GPS) |
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Gap (GPS) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Gap (GPS) |
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) has a market capitalization of $18.88 billion. The company employs 8,500 people, generates revenue of $4.171 billion and has a net income of $823.00 million. Intuit’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.465 billion. The EBITDA margin is 35.12 percent (the operating margin is 29.56 percent and the net profit margin 19.73 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 9.10 percent of Intuit’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 14.13 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.23 percent was realized by Intuit. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.74. Last fiscal year, Intuit paid $0.17 in the form of dividends to shareholders. INTU announced to raise dividends by 11.8 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.23, the P/S ratio is 4.53 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.35. The dividend yield amounts to 1.20 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.
Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Intuit (INTU) |
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Intuit (INTU) |
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intuit (INTU) |
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 17.76. The
dividend yield has a value of 3.16 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.05 and
price to sales ratio 3.83.
Here are the 50 fastest growing dividend stocks:
50 Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth (Click to enlarge) |
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These are the market price ratios:
Ticker
|
Company
|
P/E
|
P/S
|
P/B
|
Dividend Yield
|
DOM
|
Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust
|
10.10
|
7.93
|
4.01
|
11.24%
|
ROYT
|
Pacific Coast Oil Trust
|
10.07
|
10.00
|
2.66
|
10.37%
|
NDRO
|
Enduro Royalty Trust
|
10.52
|
10.37
|
0.86
|
10.27%
|
CRT
|
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust
|
14.13
|
13.70
|
14.62
|
8.19%
|
PBT
|
Permian Basin Royalty Trust
|
17.99
|
17.36
|
N/A
|
6.29%
|
MTR
|
Mesa Royalty Trust
|
12.82
|
12.08
|
8.22
|
5.48%
|
MO
|
Altria Group Inc.
|
15.50
|
2.79
|
N/A
|
5.19%
|
AMJ
|
JPMorgan Alerian MLP Index ETN
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4.71%
|
JEM
|
iPath GEMS Index ETN
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
4.49%
|
ESCA
|
Escalade Inc.
|
N/A
|
0.71
|
1.31
|
3.97%
|
WMB
|
Williams Companies, Inc.
|
38.95
|
3.44
|
5.27
|
3.89%
|
FISI
|
Financial Institutions Inc.
|
12.09
|
2.69
|
1.18
|
3.70%
|
DGAS
|
Delta Natural Gas Co. Inc.
|
18.97
|
1.85
|
2.00
|
3.48%
|
CBU
|
Community Bank System Inc.
|
17.36
|
4.91
|
1.59
|
3.19%
|
CHFC
|
Chemical Financial Corp.
|
14.67
|
3.62
|
1.25
|
3.03%
|
MGEE
|
MGE Energy Inc.
|
17.42
|
2.15
|
2.05
|
2.97%
|
YYY
|
YieldShares High Income ETF
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2.72%
|
HRS
|
Harris Corp.
|
13.55
|
1.19
|
3.90
|
2.62%
|
WSBC
|
WesBanco Inc.
|
14.03
|
3.95
|
1.17
|
2.62%
|
NRIM
|
Northrim Bancorp Inc.
|
11.35
|
3.33
|
1.07
|
2.60%
|
TOWN
|
Towne Bank
|
12.82
|
2.67
|
1.04
|
2.51%
|
ROC
|
Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
|
53.69
|
1.49
|
3.60
|
2.50%
|
KEQU
|
Kewaunee Scientific Corp.
|
13.82
|
0.36
|
1.32
|
2.47%
|
BANF
|
BancFirst Corporation
|
15.42
|
4.42
|
1.48
|
2.23%
|
BOBE
|
Bob Evans Farms Inc.
|
N/A
|
0.91
|
2.38
|
2.19%
|
EAT
|
Brinker International Inc.
|
18.36
|
1.00
|
N/A
|
1.96%
|
GSM
|
Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.
|
N/A
|
1.29
|
2.11
|
1.92%
|
IGT
|
International Game Technology
|
16.98
|
2.12
|
3.85
|
1.89%
|
HCC
|
HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.
|
10.60
|
1.66
|
1.21
|
1.54%
|
OPOF
|
Old Point Financial Corporation
|
16.02
|
2.02
|
0.73
|
1.54%
|
GPS
|
Gap Inc.
|
15.02
|
1.18
|
5.51
|
1.47%
|
ACET
|
Aceto Corp.
|
19.99
|
0.86
|
2.25
|
1.43%
|
FLO
|
Flowers Foods, Inc.
|
19.31
|
1.25
|
4.44
|
1.43%
|
AYT
|
Barclays GEMS Asia-8 ETN
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
1.29%
|
INTU
|
Intuit Inc.
|
23.21
|
4.54
|
5.29
|
1.07%
|
FFG
|
FBL Financial Group Inc.
|
12.03
|
1.71
|
1.02
|
0.98%
|
SLH
|
Solera Holdings Inc.
|
38.64
|
4.46
|
5.02
|
0.94%
|
NDSN
|
Nordson Corporation
|
19.06
|
2.75
|
5.48
|
0.89%
|
WLK
|
Westlake Chemical Corp.
|
15.17
|
1.99
|
3.22
|
0.73%
|
MOV
|
Movado Group, Inc.
|
19.21
|
2.18
|
2.63
|
0.46%
|
DDS
|
Dillard's Inc.
|
9.93
|
0.52
|
1.75
|
0.26%
|
BXS
|
BancorpSouth, Inc.
|
22.77
|
4.07
|
1.29
|
0.20%
|
Average
|
17.76
|
3.83
|
3.05
|
3.16%
|
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