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Dividend Champions With Over 15% Earnings Growth

Some people say that growth can justify each price. That might be truth but means also that most the risk is assigned to the investor.

When Twitter and Facebook have valuation multiples of over 50x of the expected earnings, you have to fear of downside when the growth does not come.

I love investing on classical fundamentals like P/E, CAPEX, Free Cash-Flow, net debt ratios and business predictability.

It's only a small idea of my criteria I do check when I discover a company. Let me mention one thing: There is no perfect stock that fulfills all of the essential criteria.

Today I like to show you some of the fastet growing stocks within the Dividend Champions League. Those stocks have risen dividends over more than 25 consecutive years and forecast EPS growth of more than 15%.

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Many smaller capitalized stocks are on the attached list. It's easily to understand that smaller companies can growth faster because of their size in relation to the market potential but when you look at Apple you also may understand that it's only a question of definition. Each company, whoever great it may be, should grow at a high rate.

You also may like my article about 11 oversold dividend stocks of the recent weeks; not uninteresting for anti-cyclic investors.


These are some of the top results in detail...

Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $15.22 billion. The company employs 22,300 people, generates revenue of $21,105.14 million and has a net income of $815.79 million.

Nucor’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,084.75 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.88 percent (the operating margin is 6.45 percent and the net profit margin 3.87 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 29.36 percent of Nucor’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 58.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.26 percent was realized by Nucor.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.22. Last fiscal year, Nucor 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 21.45, the P/S ratio is 0.72 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.96. The dividend yield amounts to 3.12 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.34.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Nucor (NUE)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Nucor (NUE)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nucor (NUE)


Stepan (NYSE:SCL) has a market capitalization of $902.40 million. The company employs 2,015 people, generates revenue of $1,880.79 million and has a net income of $72.34 million.

Stepan’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $166.59 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.86 percent (the operating margin is 5.80 percent and the net profit margin 3.85 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 23.19 percent of Stepan’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 49.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.14 percent was realized by Stepan.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.69. Last fiscal year, Stepan paid $0.65 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.10, the P/S ratio is 0.48 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.64. The dividend yield amounts to 1.78 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Stepan (SCL)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Stepan (SCL)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Stepan (SCL)

Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has a market capitalization of $69.49 billion. The company employs 167,000 people, generates revenue of $53,417.00 million and has a net income of $2,286.00 million.

Lowe's Companies’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,757.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.78 percent (the operating margin is 7.77 percent and the net profit margin 4.28 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 32.14 percent of Lowe's Companies’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.66 percent was realized by Lowe's Companies.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.53. Last fiscal year, Lowe's Companies paid $0.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.20, the P/S ratio is 1.30 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.21. The dividend yield amounts to 1.29 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.11.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Lowe's Companies (LOW)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Lowe's Companies (LOW)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lowe's Companies (LOW)

Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) has a market capitalization of $4.72 billion. The company employs 5,966 people, generates revenue of $1,704.02 million and has a net income of $246.77 million.

Nordson’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $404.10 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.71 percent (the operating margin is 21.54 percent and the net profit margin 14.48 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 35.78 percent of Nordson’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.18 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.53 percent was realized by Nordson.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.85. Last fiscal year, Nordson paid $0.76 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.79, the P/S ratio is 2.77 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.25. The dividend yield amounts to 1.16 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.46.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Nordson (NDSN)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Nordson (NDSN)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nordson (NDSN)


Dividend Champions With 15% Earnigns Growth Forecast (Click to enlarge),
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