13 Dividend Grower With A Strong Buy Rating

Let's take a look at stocks with a current strong buy rating. That's the highest recommendation level a stock can achieve.

The focus is limited on stocks with a dividend growth history of 10 or more years. In total, 13 stocks fulfilled my strong buy rating criteria of which three are High-Yields.

Most of the results have a small market capitalization and offer a higher risk than large and mega caps with billions of free cash flows.

The top results are also full pumped with debt. That's not a good sign. What do you think about the results?

These are the 6 top yielding results....

StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership -- Yield: 8.46%

StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership (NYSE:STON) employs 3,304 people, generates revenue of $288.08 million and has a net income of $-10.77 million. The current market capitalization stands at $887.15 million.

StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $27.21 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.45% (the operating margin is 5.04% and the net profit margin -3.74%).

Financials: The total debt represents 16.92% of StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 137.78%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -6.56% was realized by StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.68. Last fiscal year, StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership paid $2.43 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 3.07 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.13. The dividend yield amounts to 8.46%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership (STON)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership (STON)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of StoneMor Partners Limited Partnership (STON)

Vector Group -- Yield: 7.21%

Vector Group (NYSE:VGR) employs 1,090 people, generates revenue of $1,591.32 million and has a net income of $49.24 million. The current market capitalization stands at $2.57 billion.

Vector Group’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $240.36 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.10% (the operating margin is 13.49% and the net profit margin 3.09%).

Financials: The total debt represents 58.05% of Vector Group assets.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.50. Last fiscal year, Vector Group paid $1.54 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 43.92, the P/S ratio is 1.63 and the P/B ratio is not calculable. The dividend yield amounts to 7.21%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Vector Group (VGR)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Vector Group (VGR)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Vector Group (VGR)

British American Tobacco -- Yield: 4.20%

British American Tobacco (NYSEMKT:BTI) employs 90,118 people, generates revenue of $21,236.07 million and has a net income of $5,157.40 million. The current market capitalization stands at $101.05 billion.

British American Tobacco’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9,735.67 million. The EBITDA margin is 45.84% (the operating margin is 32.54% and the net profit margin 24.29%).

Financials: The total debt represents 46.85% of British American Tobacco assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 222.47%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 51.30% was realized by British American Tobacco.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.06. Last fiscal year, British American Tobacco paid $4.50 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.31, the P/S ratio is 4.82 and the P/B ratio is finally 12.18. The dividend yield amounts to 4.20%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of British American Tobacco (BTI)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of British American Tobacco (BTI)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of British American Tobacco (BTI)

Middlesex Water -- Yield: 3.48%

Middlesex Water (NASDAQ:MSEX) employs 282 people, generates revenue of $117.14 million and has a net income of $18.44 million. The current market capitalization stands at $356.09 million.

Middlesex Water’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $46.58 million. The EBITDA margin is 39.77% (the operating margin is 29.36% and the net profit margin 15.75%).

Financials: The total debt represents 27.95% of Middlesex Water assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 80.58%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.48% was realized by Middlesex Water.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.15. Last fiscal year, Middlesex Water 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 19.15, the P/S ratio is 3.05 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.81. The dividend yield amounts to 3.48%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Middlesex Water (MSEX)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Middlesex Water (MSEX)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Middlesex Water (MSEX)

Connecticut Water Service -- Yield: 2.89%

Connecticut Water Service (NASDAQ:CTWS) employs 265 people, generates revenue of $94.02 million and has a net income of $21.32 million. The current market capitalization stands at $394.34 million.

Connecticut Water Service’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $41.22 million. The EBITDA margin is 43.84% (the operating margin is 31.48% and the net profit margin 22.67%).

Financials: The total debt represents 26.97% of Connecticut Water Service assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 86.12%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.45% was realized by Connecticut Water Service.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.93. Last fiscal year, Connecticut Water Service paid $0.75 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.35, the P/S ratio is 4.23 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.89. The dividend yield amounts to 2.89%.

Stock Charts:

Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Connecticut Water Service (CTWS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Connecticut Water Service (CTWS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Connecticut Water Service (CTWS)

Energy Transfer Equity -- Yield: 2.88%

Energy Transfer Equity (NYSE:ETE) employs 1,609 people, generates revenue of $55,691.00 million and has a net income of $1,060.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $36.73 billion.

Energy Transfer Equity’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,379.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 7.86% (the operating margin is 4.39% and the net profit margin 1.90%).

Financials: The total debt represents 47.56% of Energy Transfer Equity assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 4,617.62%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 71.25% was realized by Energy Transfer Equity.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.41. Last fiscal year, Energy Transfer Equity paid $1.50 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 48.35, the P/S ratio is 0.66 and the P/B ratio is finally 55.22. The dividend yield amounts to 2.88%.

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