These 15 Stocks Could Double Their Dividends

Dividend growth is more important than yield, that's a major issue from the dividend growth investing space.

The reason is simple, a fast growing stock that reinvest all of their generated money, could overtake every higher yielding and slow growing stock in a few years.

Today I like to show you 15 Dividend Achievers, stocks with a history of growing dividends of more than 10 years without a break, that have potential to double their dividends.

My criteria:
- Debt-to-equity of less than 0.2
- Low payout ratio under 30%
- positive earnings growth over 5% yearly

Here are my favorites...

Accenture -- Yield: 2.13%

Accenture (NYSE:ACN) employs 305,000 people, generates revenue of $31,874.68 million and has a net income of $3,175.96 million. The current market capitalization stands at $62.34 billion.

Accenture’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,903.24 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.38% (the operating margin is 13.49% and the net profit margin 9.96%).

Financials: The total debt represents 0.15% of Accenture assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.47%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 55.02% was realized by Accenture.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.57. Last fiscal year, Accenture paid $1.86 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.93, the P/S ratio is 1.99 and the P/B ratio is finally 10.96. The dividend yield amounts to 2.13%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Accenture (ACN)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Accenture (ACN)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Accenture (ACN)

W W Grainger -- Yield: 1.84%

W W Grainger (NYSE:GWW) employs 22,300 people, generates revenue of $9,964.95 million and has a net income of $812.30 million. The current market capitalization stands at $15.47 billion.

W W Grainger’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,537.12 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.43% (the operating margin is 13.52% and the net profit margin 8.15%).

Financials: The total debt represents 9.18% of W W Grainger assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 15.10%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.53% was realized by W W Grainger.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $11.47. Last fiscal year, W W Grainger paid $2.16 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.51, the P/S ratio is 1.58 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.94. The dividend yield amounts to 1.84%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of W W Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of W W Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of W W Grainger (GWW)

Nike -- Yield: 1.12%

Nike (NYSE:NKE) employs 56,500 people, generates revenue of $27,799.00 million and has a net income of $2,693.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $86.10 billion.

Nike’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,312.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.51% (the operating margin is 13.24% and the net profit margin 9.69%).

Financials: The total debt represents 7.38% of Nike assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 12.68%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.59% was realized by Nike.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.50. Last fiscal year, Nike paid $0.93 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.52, the P/S ratio is 3.10 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.02. The dividend yield amounts to 1.12%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Nike (NKE)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Nike (NKE)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nike (NKE)

FactSet Research -- Yield: 0.98%

FactSet Research (NYSE:FDS) employs 6,887 people, generates revenue of $920.34 million and has a net income of $211.54 million. The current market capitalization stands at $6.67 billion.

FactSet Research’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $336.62 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.58% (the operating margin is 32.84% and the net profit margin 22.99%).

Financials: The total debt represents 0.00% of FactSet Research assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.18% was realized by FactSet Research.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.29. Last fiscal year, FactSet Research 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 30.22, the P/S ratio is 7.25 and the P/B ratio is finally 13.08. The dividend yield amounts to 0.98%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of FactSet Research (FDS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of FactSet Research (FDS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of FactSet Research (FDS)

Sigma-Aldrich -- Yield: 0.66%

Sigma-Aldrich (NASDAQ:SIAL) employs 9,300 people, generates revenue of $2,785.00 million and has a net income of $500.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $16.55 billion.

Sigma-Aldrich’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $847.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 30.41% (the operating margin is 24.45% and the net profit margin 17.95%).

Financials: The total debt represents 10.61% of Sigma-Aldrich assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 14.22%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.60% was realized by Sigma-Aldrich.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.17. Last fiscal year, Sigma-Aldrich paid $0.92 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 33.26, the P/S ratio is 5.94 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.27. The dividend yield amounts to 0.66%.

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