Each
growth investor needs to take a look at future earnings growth. The higher the
expected earnings growth, the bigger the valuation multiples of the corporate
but the art is not to overpay a growth company and to balance growth and price.
Of course, when you’re searching for impressive
earnings growth, you also want to make sure the companies in question are big
enough to offer some stability, and traded with enough volume to provide some
liquidity.
It's always good to make first selection with
high-quality stocks. One way is to screen only the Dividend Aristocrats Index.
The Dividend Aristocrats Index is comprised of 51
stocks that have paid dividends for 25+ consecutive years. Dividend Aristocrats
are large cap, blue chip companies from many different industries, but they
have all demonstrated a healthy balance between capital growth and dividend
income.
Today I like to show you those dividend Aristocrats
with the highest by analysts predicted earnings growth. Each of the 20 top
results has a double-digit earnings growth.
These are the results...
These are the results...
AbbVie -- Yield: 4.16%
AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) employs 26,000 people, generates revenue of $19,960.00 million and has a net income of $1,774.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $89.65 billion.AbbVie’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,549.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 22.79% (the operating margin is 17.09% and the net profit margin 8.89%).
Financials: The total debt represents 54.44% of AbbVie assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 859.76%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 56.91% was realized by AbbVie.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.71. Last fiscal year, AbbVie paid $1.66 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.96, the P/S ratio is 4.49 and the P/B ratio is finally 50.10. The dividend yield amounts to 4.16%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of AbbVie (ABBV) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AbbVie (ABBV) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AbbVie (ABBV) |
Automatic Data Processing -- Yield: 2.67%
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) employs 55,000 people, generates revenue of $10,938.50 million and has a net income of $1,376.50 million. The current market capitalization stands at $36.65 billion.Automatic Data Processing’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,293.30 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.97% (the operating margin is 18.42% and the net profit margin 12.58%).
Financials: The total debt represents 0.03% of Automatic Data Processing assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.19%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.98% was realized by Automatic Data Processing.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.00. Last fiscal year, Automatic Data Processing paid $1.95 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.80, the P/S ratio is 3.35 and the P/B ratio is finally 7.71. The dividend yield amounts to 2.67%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
Lowe's Companies -- Yield: 1.53%
Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) employs 175,000 people, generates revenue of $56,223.00 million and has a net income of $2,698.00 million. The current market capitalization stands at $67.05 billion.Lowe's Companies’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,406.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.39% (the operating margin is 8.52% and the net profit margin 4.80%).
Financials: The total debt represents 35.71% of Lowe's Companies assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 114.03%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 24.58% was realized by Lowe's Companies.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.17. Last fiscal year, Lowe's Companies paid $0.87 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.02, the P/S ratio is 1.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 7.06. The dividend yield amounts to 1.53%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
Hormel Foods -- Yield: 1.46%
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) employs 20,700 people, generates revenue of $9,263.86 million and has a net income of $687.26 million. The current market capitalization stands at $21.01 billion.Hormel Foods’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,198.40 million. The EBITDA margin is 12.94% (the operating margin is 11.52% and the net profit margin 7.42%).
Financials: The total debt represents 7.08% of Hormel Foods assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 10.88%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.05% was realized by Hormel Foods.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.54. Last fiscal year, Hormel Foods paid $1.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 30.93, the P/S ratio is 2.27 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.25. The dividend yield amounts to 1.46%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Hormel Foods (HRL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Hormel Foods (HRL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hormel Foods (HRL) |
Sherwin-Williams -- Yield: 1.09%
Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) employs 39,674 people, generates revenue of $11,129.53 million and has a net income of $865.89 million. The current market capitalization stands at $22.94 billion.Sherwin-Williams’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,504.42 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.52% (the operating margin is 11.72% and the net profit margin 7.78%).
Financials: The total debt represents 31.64% of Sherwin-Williams assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 181.18%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 63.06% was realized by Sherwin-Williams.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $10.43. Last fiscal year, Sherwin-Williams paid $2.20 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.13, the P/S ratio is 2.06 and the P/B ratio is finally 23.42. The dividend yield amounts to 1.09%.
Stock Charts:
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) |
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| 20 Dividend Aristocrats With Double-Digit Earnings Growth Forecasts (click to enlarge) |
