The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week | Fiscal Cliff Matters

I love dividends and dividend growth stocks. That’s the main reason why I make a regular screen of the latest stocks with dividend growth on my blog “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I believe that those companies could have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 56 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 37 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 129.26 percent.

22 of the dividend growth stocks/funds from last week are currently recommended to buy. Last Week’s dividend hikes are also affected by the fiscal cliff. Companies try to hedge against automated tax increases on dividends and pay extraordinary dividends before 2013.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend Shares November 29, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 29, 2012. In total, 67 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 23 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.34%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	30.13B	10.63	12.35	0.64	4.94%
Realty Income Corp.	O	5.26B	46.41	2.16	11.35	4.61%
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.	AJG	4.52B	21.63	2.76	1.86	3.74%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	86.26B	16.18	6.22	3.14	3.58%
Kellogg Company	K	19.87B	16.80	8.15	1.46	3.17%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	33.03B	15.15	1.34	3.66	3.08%
M&T Bank Corporation	MTB	12.63B	15.39	1.26	4.34	2.84%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.23B	13.41	0.76	3.11	2.46%
The Interpublic Group of Companies	IPG	4.43B	14.46	2.11	0.64	2.34%
City National Corp.	CYN	2.64B	12.96	1.12	2.99	2.04%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	3.97B	21.99	2.94	4.89	1.96%
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	9.11B	21.76	0.39	0.37	1.91%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	3.35B	210.92	10.80	0.82	1.82%
Schlumberger Limited	SLB	92.76B	17.08	2.71	2.20	1.57%
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU	50.81B	10.81	1.26	1.29	1.57%
Expeditors International of Washington	EXPD	7.73B	23.11	3.70	1.30	1.51%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	9.51B	-	2.80	4.94	1.46%
Ashland Inc.	ASH	5.51B	179.13	1.37	0.67	1.29%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	8.84B	14.66	2.40	0.33	1.21%
Jack Henry & Associates Inc.	JKHY	3.32B	20.88	3.28	3.17	1.19%

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 7/2012

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week 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, 42 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 18 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 29.00 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Associated Banc (ASBC) and Fidelity National (FIS). ASBC raised dividends by 400 percent and FIS by 300 percent. 14 stocks yielding above 3 percent and 28 have a buy or better rating.

13 Safest Foreign Dividend Stocks

The Safest International Dividend Stocks by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of foreign stocks with a beta ratio of less than 0.5. This means if the market changes one percent, the mentioned stock moves only 0.5 percent in the same direction and vice versa. In addition, the dividend yield of the observed companies should above one percent. 13 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which six operate within the gold industry. Three have a buy or better recommendation.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) has a market capitalization of $199.17 billion. The company employs 170,019 people, generates revenues of $76,619.45 million and has a net income of $18,952.16 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $37,430.29 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 48.85 percent (operating margin 31.07 percent and the net profit margin finally 24.74 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 1.16 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.74 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.10 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.79. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.05 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.36, Price/Sales 2.59 and Price/Book ratio 2.19. Dividend Yield: 4.11 percent. The beta ratio is 0.48.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of China Mobile Ltd. (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of China Mobile Ltd. (ADR) (CHL) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of China Mobile Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: CHL) (Click to enlarge)

Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) has a market capitalization of $1.78 billion. The company employs 12,317 people, generates revenues of $2,670.13 million and has a net income of $175.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $339.49 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.71 percent (operating margin 7.77 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.57 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 17.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 64.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.39 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.76. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.44 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.05, Price/Sales 0.67 and Price/Book ratio 1.83. Dividend Yield: 3.47 percent. The beta ratio is 0.96.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Elbit Systems Ltd. (ADR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Elbit Systems Ltd. (ADR) (ESLT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Elbit Systems Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ: ESLT) (Click to enlarge)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NASDAQ:TEVA) has a market capitalization of $40.56 billion. The company employs 42,000 people, generates revenues of $16,121.00 million and has a net income of $3,363.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,744.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 29.43 percent (operating margin 23.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 20.86 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 18.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.35 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.18 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.36. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.78 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.62, Price/Sales 2.67 and Price/Book ratio 1.87. Dividend Yield: 1.89 percent. The beta ratio is 0.31.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Teva Pharmaceutical In... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Teva Pharmaceutical In... (TEVA) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Teva Pharmaceutical In... (NASDAQ: TEVA) (Click to enlarge)

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) has a market capitalization of $46.94 billion. The company employs 20,034 people, generates revenues of $10,924.00 million and has a net income of $3,217.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,649.15 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 42.56 percent (operating margin 42.10 percent and the net profit margin finally 29.45 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 20.08 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 35.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.48 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.36. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.44 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.77, Price/Sales 4.30 and Price/Book ratio 2.46. Dividend Yield: 1.28 percent. The beta ratio is 0.42.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Barrick Gold Corp. (USA) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Barrick Gold Corp. (USA) (ABX) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Barrick Gold Corp. (USA) (NYSE: ABX) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 23.34 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 9.88. The dividend yield has a value of 2.59 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.55 and price to sales ratio 2.47. The operating margin amounts to 20.47 percent.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

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