6 Attractive Dividend Growth Stocks That Could Double Dividends Soon

Dividend stocks can be the foundation of a great retirement portfolio. Dividend payments put money into your pocket, which can help hedge against any dips in the stock market, but they're usually a sign of a financially sound company.

Dividends also give investors a painless opportunity to reinvest in a stock, thus boosting future payouts and compounding gains over time. Yet not all income stocks live up to their full potential.

Using the payout ratio, or the percentage of profits a company returns in the form of a dividend to its shareholders, we can get a good bead on whether a company has room to increase its dividend. Ideally, we like to see healthy payout ratios between 50% and 75%.

I rund a screen in order to find a few attractive dividend growth stocks that could grow earnings and dividends for the years the come.

Leading criteria in my screen are debt-to-equity, 5-Year EPS growth, payout ratio and past sales growth as indicator for the future.

6 income stocks with payout ratios currently below 50% poped on and each of them could potentially double their dividends in the following years.

Here are the results in detail...

8 Reliable Dividend Payers To Watch

A stock's dividend yield equals the dollar value of the dividend it pays, divided into the dollar value of the stock that pays it. When the price on that equation gets smaller, the number on the other side of the equation gets bigger -- and the dividend yield increases.

For dividend hunters like me, falling stock prices are good. I will only receive a higher dividend when the company pays the same dividend in the future. Reliability is a key issue when you put money into stocks. 

The most important figure to evaluate business stability is to look at the 10 year fundamentals of the company. If you see earnings changes only at a small level, you might have found a non cyclic business model with a solid dominated market position.

Most of our long-term dividend growth stocks have such a not accounted asset. The price we pay for this invisible value is a premium on the book value on the company accounted assets.

Today I like to show you some interesting Dividend Achievers, stocks with more than 10 years of consecutive dividend growth, with attractive fundamentals.

Here are my screening criteria:

- Beta under 0.5

- 5 Year EPS growth predictions over 5%

- Sales of the past 5 years grown over 5%

- Debt to equity under 0.5

Here are the results in detail...

18 Most Attractive Mid-Cap Dividend Growth Stocks

I'm a big fan of large capitalized stocks due to the higher degree of safeness I could enjoy. But the price I pay for those extra points is return.

High quality large cap stocks often give you a smaller return than companies with a small capitalization.

Mid-cap stocks combine attributes of both large and small companies. Similar to large companies, these mid-size companies can have seasoned management teams, a strong market presence and access to capital markets, for instance.

They can also grow quickly, with fewer layers of management and bureaucracy, and offer a more entrepreneurial spirit than large competitors.

Attached I've tried to list some smaller capitalized dividend growth stocks with a market cap under 10 billion and a history of consecutive dividend of more than 10 years.

Exactly 210 companies have such a long dividend growth history. In order to limit my selection, I've tighten my criteria.

Each of the stocks must fulfill the following restrictions:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Debt-to-equity under 0.5

- 5-Year estimated EPS growth over 5%

18 small- and mid capitalized stocks survived my screening criteria of which five yield over 3 percent. 8 of the results have a buy or better rating.

Here are the top yielding results in detail...

6 Mid-Cap Dividend Growth Stocks With Return Potential

When investors consider financial ratios individually, they may put their money in stocks that do not really fit in their profile. 

For instance, a high EPS alone doesn’t say too much about a company, if one doesn’t look into the company’s revenues, net income, and sustained dividend payments and so on.

Conversely, a high EPS combined with a good dividend yield above 3% and consistency in good, strong financial results, may suggest a great investment.

The article introduces 6 mid-capitalized stocks with fast growing earnings while price multiples for 2015 earnings are still low. The main focus is on smaller capitalized stocks, companies with a market cap below 2 billion and a consistent dividend growth history of more than a decade.

Here are the top results, sorted by yield...

20 Solid Dividend Growth Stocks With A Reasonable Pricing

When we look for good investments, we do have a strong focus on stocks with cheap price ratios, solid growth forecasts and solid debt ratios as well.

As a reader of my blog, you might know that I'm creating screens on a regular basis with these input factors. 

Today I've discovered my dividend grower’s lists with the following criteria:

- 5 year earnings growth forecasts over 5 percent yearly

- Debt-to-equity ratio under 0.5

- Low forward P/E

- Market capitalization over 2 billion

20 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which 13 yield over 2 percent. Insurer and banks are dominating the results. Those belong to the financial sector and offer risks due to the link to the financial market who might offer external shocks.

These are my favorite stocks from the list. Attached, you can find my full results with some essential fundamentals. Which do you like? Please let me know.

These are the results:

18 Services Stocks With Low Debt And Payout Ratios To Boost Future Dividends

Services dividend paying stocks with low payout ratios and relatively small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to continue my article serial about low leveraged stocks with small payout ratios. I believe that those stocks can pay higher dividends in the future or they have the ability to grow further without capital increases.

The services sector ha s many corporate stocks with small dividend payouts but the most of the stocks are working with small profit margins or they have a modest capitalization. I decided to look only at stocks with more than $2 billion market capitalization in order to get the best results. My other criteria are still the same: Debt to equity under 0.5 with a dividend payout ratio of less than 20 percent.

Eighteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

20 Cheap Dividend Contenders With Real Low Debt Figures

Dividend Contenders with low debt and cheap price ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Contenders have raised their dividend payments over 10 years in a row but not more than 25 consecutive years. There are over 200 stocks with such an impressive dividend growth history but not all of them are really good. Every stock has a something that an investor loves and hates. The perfect stock does not exist.

Today I would like to screen the Dividend Contenders category by cheap stocks (forward P/E below 15) with the lowest debt ratios. For passive investors, it's very important to own low leveraged growth stocks because they can expect further dividend hikes. If you purchase them at reasonable prices, you can increase the possibility for a good return.

Twelve of the 20 cheap Contenders with very low debt to equity ratios have a buy or better rating and four yield over three percent. Many insurer and banks are on the list. The financial sector is very strong.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On June 04, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks June 04, 2013. In total, 12 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.46%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Weingarten Realty Investors	WRI	3.88B	66.42	2.58	7.52	3.83%
Cinemark Holdings Inc.	CNK	3.38B	21.26	3.08	1.39	2.86%
Northrim Bancorp Inc.	NRIM	144.98M	11.25	1.05	3.24	2.69%
Amcol International Corp.	ACO	1.03B	16.65	2.25	1.05	2.50%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBD	67.86B	12.60	1.99	3.04	2.48%
CEC Entertainment Inc.	CEC	712.09M	15.71	4.43	0.88	2.40%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	67.20B	11.94	1.97	2.69	2.31%
Perceptron, Inc.	PRCP	60.59M	21.42	1.13	1.06	2.12%
The Home Depot, Inc.	HD	114.91B	24.89	7.13	1.51	1.98%
Bebe Stores, Inc.	BEBE	431.01M	-	1.53	0.87	1.83%
FXCM Inc.	FXCM	514.16M	31.52	2.61	1.17	1.73%
Aaron's, Inc.	AAN	2.13B	14.12	1.79	0.95	0.25%

Best Services Stock Picks For 2013 | A Selection Of Growth Stocks

Dividend income investors seeking for a high income stream from dividends. In addition, capital gains from stocks trades are a welcome bonus for a long-term investor like me. Over a long period, such capital gains are much higher than the amount of dividends. I personally have a ratio of 1:2. This means for every dollar in dividends I could generate additional two dollars of stock gains. Most of my capital gains are unrealized because I hold them for a very long time.

However, I started a new screen from the services sector. I wanted to know what stocks picks could be the best for next year. Last year’s picks gained 31.16 percent while the sector was up 23.16 percent compared to the previous year.

These are my criteria:

- Forward P/E under 15

- Past 5Y Sales growth over 10 percent

- Earnings per share growth for the next five years over 10 percent

- Operating Margin over 10 percent

- Market capitalization above USD 2 billion

Fourteen stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight pay dividends and twelve are currently recommended to buy. The results are dominated by business services stocks and discount, variety store concepts. 

My Favorite Dividend Contender Picks For 2013 | Dividend Growth At Fair Value

Everybody loves dividends and dividend growth and everybody wanted to buy high dividend stocks with growth potential as well. But making money with stocks is not easy. It’s more than buying cheap stocks and selling them at a higher price. You need to take care of your risks and your trading limits.

I love stocks with rising sales and earnings that raise their distributions to shareholders every year. For me as investor, it is a great source to boost my dividend income without hard work. That’s the main reason why I am looking for buy opportunities of best dividend paying stocks worldwide. Today I like to progress with my best dividend picks for 2013. I screened my Dividend Contenders database by cheap stocks to buy with interesting valuation figures.

Dividend Contenders are “middle class” dividend growth stocks. They raised their dividend payments over a period of more than 10 consecutive years but less than 25 years. For the time being, 180 Contenders are available for stock trading. I selected only those with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion, a forward P/E ratio of less than 15 as well as double-digit expected earnings per share growth. In addition, the company should have shown a past sales growth of more than 10 percent yearly and the operating margin should be over 10 percent. Thirteen wonderful dividend growth stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eleven are currently rated with a buy or strong buy.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Nov 05 - 11, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week And The best Ones To Invest In by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 25 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent. Exactly 11 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (High-Yield); 21 above three percent. 31 companies are currently recommended to buy.

Below is a selection of the four best dividend growth stocks to invest in. Not all of the results are cheap stocks but they have some kind of value in their business model.

11 Dividend Challengers With Highest Dividend Payout Potential

Dividend Challengers With Significant Payout Potential Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of consecutive dividend hikes of more than 5 years but less than 10. Exactly 195 companies raised dividends over such a long history but the potential for additional increases is still high. I made a screen of the best yielding Dividend Challengers with the highest dividend payout potential. First, I selected all stocks with a debt to equity ratio of less than 0.5 and a current payout ratio below 20 percent. Second, the company needs to grow in earnings over the mid-term. Because of this, I decided to screen all stocks with 5-year earnings per share growth of at least 10 percent. Eleven companies remained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.