So please let me know in the comment section if I missed a company that you own or are monitoring. Would love to aggregate as large of a listing as possible for everyone to potentially use when making an investment decision!
Here are the companies that should announce a dividend increase before December!
Starbucks -- Yield: 1.82%
Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) employs 254,000 people, generates revenue of $21,315.90 million and has a net income of $2,818.90 million. The current market capitalization stands at $79.18 billion.Starbucks’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,933.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.14% (the operating margin is 19.57% and the net profit margin 13.22%).
Financials: The total debt represents 25.05% of Starbucks assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.93%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 48.16% was realized by Starbucks.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.97. Last fiscal year, Starbucks paid $0.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.80, the P/S ratio is 3.71 and the P/B ratio is finally 13.61. The dividend yield amounts to 1.82%.
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Starbucks (SBUX) |
Automatic Data Processing -- Yield: 1.96%
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) employs 58,000 people, generates revenue of $12,379.80 million and has a net income of $1,733.40 million. The current market capitalization stands at $51.66 billion.Automatic Data Processing’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,642.90 million. The EBITDA margin is 21.35% (the operating margin is 20.45% and the net profit margin 14.00%).
Financials: The total debt represents 5.39% of Automatic Data Processing assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 50.35%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.99% was realized by Automatic Data Processing.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.85. Last fiscal year, Automatic Data Processing 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 30.22, the P/S ratio is 4.17 and the P/B ratio is finally 13.01. The dividend yield amounts to 1.96%.
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
SYSCO Corporation -- Yield: 2.37%
SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) employs 66,500 people, generates revenue of $55,371.14 million and has a net income of $1,142.50 million. The current market capitalization stands at $29.08 billion.SYSCO Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,218.22 million. The EBITDA margin is 5.81% (the operating margin is 3.71% and the net profit margin 2.06%).
Financials: The total debt represents 46.15% of SYSCO Corporation assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 344.10%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 38.99% was realized by SYSCO Corporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.08. Last fiscal year, SYSCO Corporation paid $1.28 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.72, the P/S ratio is 0.53 and the P/B ratio is finally 12.38. The dividend yield amounts to 2.37%.
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of SYSCO Corporation (SYY) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of SYSCO Corporation (SYY) |
Hormel Foods Corporation -- Yield: 2.18%
Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL) employs 19,500 people, generates revenue of $9,523.22 million and has a net income of $890.52 million. The current market capitalization stands at $16.45 billion.Hormel Foods Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,418.17 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.89% (the operating margin is 13.90% and the net profit margin 9.35%).
Financials: The total debt represents 3.92% of Hormel Foods Corporation assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 5.62%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.08% was realized by Hormel Foods Corporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.62. Last fiscal year, Hormel Foods Corporation paid $0.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.29, the P/S ratio is 1.73 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.70. The dividend yield amounts to 2.18%.
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) |
Lancaster Colony -- Yield: 1.76%
Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) employs 2,800 people, generates revenue of $1,201.84 million and has a net income of $115.31 million. The current market capitalization stands at $3.44 billion.Lancaster Colony’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $199.65 million. The EBITDA margin is 16.61% (the operating margin is 14.54% and the net profit margin 9.59%).
Financials: The total debt represents 0.00% of Lancaster Colony assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.13% was realized by Lancaster Colony.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.77. Last fiscal year, Lancaster Colony paid $2.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.25, the P/S ratio is 2.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.97. The dividend yield amounts to 1.76%.
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lancaster Colony (LANC) |