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4 Long-Term Dividend Growth Picks For 2014

Happy new year for all readers! The year 2014 is really fresh and we must look for new stock ideas that could bring us a great return over the year.

This blog discovers primarily dividend growth stocks but has also income in focus. Below are 4 dividend stocks that have grown dividends in the past. Their management is shareholder friendly and has shared their business success with the owner of the company. 


Not enough: The best thing is that they have big potential to boost future dividends. With low payout ratios and high growth rates, these stocks future dividend growth rates will likely double, triple, or even quadruple the rate of inflation for years to come.

4 picks with potential to boost dividends for the year 2014 are....


Tupperware Brands (NYSE:TUP) has a market capitalization of $4.79 billion. The company employs 13,000 people, generates revenue of $2.583 billion and has a net income of $193.00 million. Tupperware Brands’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $447.90 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.33 percent (the operating margin is 11.86 percent and the net profit margin 7.47 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 33.91 percent of Tupperware Brands’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 128.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 39.39 percent was realized by Tupperware Brands. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.81. Last fiscal year, Tupperware Brands paid $1.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.64, the P/S ratio is 1.85 and the P/B ratio is finally 10.67. The dividend yield amounts to 2.62 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.66.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Tupperware Brands (TUP)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Tupperware Brands (TUP)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Tupperware Brands (TUP)

Family Dollar Stores (NYSE:FDO) has a market capitalization of $7.39 billion. The company employs 34,000 people, generates revenue of $10.391 billion and has a net income of $443.58 million. Family Dollar Stores’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $932.44 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.97 percent (the operating margin is 6.62 percent and the net profit margin 4.27 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 13.92 percent of Family Dollar Stores’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 32.30 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 30.63 percent was realized by Family Dollar Stores. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.83. Last fiscal year, Family Dollar Stores paid $0.94 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.96, the P/S ratio is 0.72 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.71. The dividend yield amounts to 1.59 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.30.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Family Dollar Stores (FDO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Family Dollar Stores (FDO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Family Dollar Stores (FDO)

AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) has a market capitalization of $16.17billion. The company employs 12,000 people, generates revenue of $87.959 billion and has a net income of $493.44 million. AmerisourceBergen’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.115 billion. The EBITDA margin is 1.27 percent (the operating margin is 1.02 percent and the net profit margin 0.56 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 7.38 percent of AmerisourceBergen’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.21 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.67 percent was realized by AmerisourceBergen. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.10. Last fiscal year, AmerisourceBergen paid $0.84 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 33.47, the P/S ratio is 0.18 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.98. The dividend yield amounts to 1.34 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of AmerisourceBergen (ABC)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AmerisourceBergen (ABC)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AmerisourceBergen (ABC)

Polaris Industries (NYSE:PII) has a market capitalization of $10.09 billion. The company employs 4,500 people, generates revenue of $3.209 billion and has a net income of $312.31 million. Polaris Industries’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $515.21 million. The EBITDA margin is 16.05 percent (the operating margin is 14.91 percent and the net profit margin 9.73 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 7.21 percent of Polaris Industries’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 15.52 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 52.46 percent was realized by Polaris Industries. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.08. Last fiscal year, Polaris Industries paid $1.48 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.68, the P/S ratio is 3.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 14.49. The dividend yield amounts to 1.15 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.73.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Polaris Industries (PII)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Polaris Industries (PII)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Polaris Industries (PII)
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*I am long TUP. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.


For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.