19 Dividend Achievers Below Book Value

In a rising stock market, all eyes are on the income statement. But in a flat or falling market, the balance sheet moves into the spotlight. Investors want to know the real core accounted values of the company. 

If you look at the book value per share, you can easily identify stocks that are traded below their accounted assets.

If a company’s P/B ratio is less than one, the shares are selling for less than the value of the company’s assets.

What Is Book Value?

Book value is a measure of all of a company's assets: stocks, bonds, inventory, manufacturing equipment, real estate, etc. In theory, book value should include everything down to the pencils and staples used by employees, but for simplicity's sake companies generally only include large assets that are easily quantified.

Today I’ve screened my Dividend Achievers list by stocks with a current P/B ratio below one. 19 stocks matched exactly my criteria. The attached list shows all of them, sorted by the lowest ratio to the highest.

Here are the highest yielding results in detail…

19 International Dividend Achievers With Double-Digit Earnings Growth Forecasts

International Dividend Achievers stock list with high predicted earnings per share growth for the mid-term originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth investors like you or me should always have a focus on stocks from abroad. It diversifies your portfolio and gives you more opportunities from different countries.

But you always have a currency risk if you stock is traded in a foreign currency. But you also own these risks with U.S. stocks that have a huge share of foreign sales. The corporate manages these risks for you.
Today I would like to discover my International Dividend Achievers list by stocks with the highest earnings per share growth forecast for the mid-term (5 Years). You can find a list attached about those stocks with double-digit earnings predictions by brokerage firms.

Only 19 of 55 dividend growth stocks from abroad with a dividend growth history of more than 5 consecutive years fulfilled my restrictions. Six of them still have a low forward P/E of less than 15 and eleven got a current buy or better rating. The yields are low in this environment thanks to Ben Bernanke who said that the tapering must wait until the economy improves stronger. The highest yielding stock from the list has a 3.45 percent yield.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On September 20, 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.

In total, 9 stocks go ex dividend - of which 2 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CYS Investments Inc	CYS	1.48B	-	0.83	4.75	15.96%
Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc.	PNY	2.54B	18.05	2.10	2.02	3.69%
KAR Auction Services, Inc.	KAR	3.86B	37.44	2.64	1.87	2.71%
Vina Concha y Toro S.A.	VCO	1.37B	28.00	1.65	1.53	2.56%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	17.02B	17.71	5.57	1.18	2.42%
QAD Inc.	QADA	216.46M	55.92	3.75	0.85	2.16%
Allied World Assurance Company	AWH	3.35B	10.51	0.99	1.55	2.05%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	RCL	8.84B	118.50	1.06	1.13	1.19%
PulteGroup, Inc.	PHM	6.91B	23.59	2.97	1.30	1.12%

15 Cheap International Dividend Achievers | Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Cheap international Dividend Achievers originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The search for high quality dividend stocks is the basis of my research. I always look for stocks with a good dividend history and potential to hike future dividends.

My results often come from the American stocks but you can find overseas also some good dividend growth players with potential to grow further. For sure the rest of the world doesn’t have so many stocks with a long history of rising dividends but there are a few attractive candidates.

Today I would like to look at some International Dividend Achievers. Those stocks have raised dividends for at least five consecutive years. In this article, I will present you the 15 cheapest stocks with positive 5-Year earnings per share growth expectations. Two High-Yields are part of the results and seven of the cheapest foreign dividend stocks have a current buy or better rating.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On June 21, 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 21, 2013. In total, 5 stocks, preferred shares or funds go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.08%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding ex-dividend stocks and funds:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Pembina Pipeline Corporation	PBA	9.80B	32.16	2.07	2.27	4.96%
Iron Mountain Inc.	IRM	5.44B	36.68	4.88	1.81	3.77%
Portland General Electric Company	POR	2.30B	16.32	1.31	1.28	3.62%
Allied World Assurance Company	AWH	3.19B	7.75	0.93	1.44	2.17%
Kimball International, Inc.	KBALB	398.32M	21.35	1.00	0.34	1.91%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 14, 2012

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.

In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.61%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Apollo Investment Corporation	AINV	1.68B	7.31	0.98	4.06	9.69%
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.	NM	378.99M	13.21	0.36	0.58	6.49%
Covanta Holding Corporation	CVA	2.43B	41.00	2.49	1.48	3.25%
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	HBAN	5.35B	9.47	0.92	2.76	2.56%
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings	AWH	2.84B	4.26	0.83	1.27	1.86%
Altra Holdings, Inc.	AIMC	548.56M	15.34	2.27	0.76	1.18%
Primoris Services Corporation	PRIM	754.41M	14.39	2.39	0.53	0.82%
First M&F Corp.	FMFC	61.87M	14.91	0.53	0.97	0.60%
Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc.	CUBA	28.10M	-	0.96	53.87	-