52 Top Stocks Raised Dividends Last Week | A Full Compilation

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks with dividend growth often indicate that they have too much cash and a well-running business which produces more and more cash. They like to share their success with shareholders.

I believe that those companies 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, 52 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 22 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 22.59 percent.

Below the dividend growth stocks/funds are 12 with a high yield. 37 of the results are currently recommended to buy or even have a strong buy rating.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On February 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 February 04, 2013. In total, 22 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.27%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.	ARP	1.02B	-	1.22	3.65	8.21%
MarkWest Energy Partners LP	MWE	6.96B	120.04	3.04	4.92	5.87%
Delek Logistics Partners, LP	DKL	621.36M	53.94	5.17	0.65	5.79%
Access Midstream Partners, L.P.	ACMP	6.07B	24.99	2.25	9.65	4.77%
Dime Community Bancshares Inc.	DCOM	491.77M	11.80	1.27	2.51	4.06%
Magellan Midstream Partners LP	MMP	11.45B	29.25	7.79	6.52	3.83%
IdaCorp, Inc.	IDA	2.33B	14.41	1.32	2.19	3.28%
Atlas Energy, L.P	ATLS	1.97B	-	4.30	1.32	2.81%
Xilinx Inc.	XLNX	9.52B	20.73	3.38	4.34	2.41%
StellarOne Corporation	STEL	345.34M	17.38	0.80	2.96	2.14%
MetLife, Inc.	MET	40.74B	18.21	0.62	0.60	1.98%
Columbia Banking System Inc.	COLB	801.74M	17.26	1.05	3.23	1.78%
Beam, Inc.	BEAM	9.76B	26.67	2.18	4.08	1.34%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBD	70.30B	12.76	2.16	3.43	0.54%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	66.12B	12.10	2.04	2.78	0.52%
Cash America International, Inc.	CSH	1.38B	14.09	1.43	0.77	0.29%
Winmark Corp.	WINA	322.75M	22.08	18.91	6.20	0.25%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On November 05, 2012

The Best 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-dividend 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 05, 2012. In total, 41 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 23 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.17%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP	PVR	2.26B	-	2.64	2.20	8.43%
CVR Partners, LP	UAN	2.02B	14.17	4.23	6.22	8.26%
Inergy, L.P.	NRGY	2.64B	-	2.42	1.23	7.50%
New York Community Bancorp	NYB	6.19B	12.48	1.10	3.42	7.09%
Alliance Resource Partners LP	ARLP	2.44B	11.94	2.55	1.67	6.43%
MarkWest Energy Partners LP	MWE	6.45B	21.96	3.13	3.94	5.83%
FirstEnergy Corp.	FE	18.78B	16.45	1.39	1.13	4.90%
Access Midstream Partners, L.P.	ACMP	2.83B	24.27	2.21	4.62	4.68%
EV Energy Partners LP	EVEP	2.79B	17.81	2.37	10.23	4.65%
Intel Corporation	INTC	111.37B	9.72	2.26	2.07	4.04%
Cablevision Systems Corporation	CVC	4.73B	21.82	-	0.71	3.44%
Cleco Corporation	CNL	2.63B	15.18	1.79	2.49	3.12%
Xilinx Inc.	XLNX	8.77B	18.09	3.19	3.99	2.63%
City National Corp.	CYN	2.77B	13.65	1.19	3.14	1.93%
AptarGroup, Inc.	ATR	3.54B	21.00	2.63	1.53	1.66%
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc.	MSM	4.62B	18.73	4.10	2.05	1.63%
Wynn Resorts Ltd.	WYNN	12.35B	23.50	35.94	2.37	1.63%
Beam, Inc.	BEAM	8.80B	48.33	2.03	3.75	1.48%
Brown & Brown Inc.	BRO	3.70B	20.90	2.09	3.24	1.40%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	51.15B	9.43	1.63	2.35	0.83%

16 Best Growing Dividend Paying Consumer Goods Stocks

Best Dividend Stocks From The Consumer Goods Sector Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stocks from the consumer sector are important for the U.S. Economy. At the capital markets are 403 consumer goods stocks tradeable. The whole market capitalization of them amounts to USD 165.60 trillion. The average dividend yield has a value of 2.59 percent and the P/E ratio is 20.40.

In order to find the best dividend paying large cap growth stocks from the investment sector, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent and an operating margin over 10 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under one. Finally, the market capitalization should be above USD 2 billion. Sixteen consumer stocks remained of which twelve are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Dividends On May 07, 2012

Here is a current overview of the best yielding stocks with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 07, 2012. In total, 25 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 8 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.37 percent.

Bill Ackman - Pershing Square Capital Management Q4/2011 Portfolio

Bill Ackman - Pershing Square Capital Management Q4/2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Bill Ackman’s - Pershing Square Capital Management - portfolio movements as of Q4/2011 (December 31, 2011). In total, he has 10 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 7,765,656,000. Bill made major changes within the recent quarter. He bought Beam (BEAM) and Fortune Brands (FBHS). Finally, he added Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). His biggest sale was Fortune Brands (FO).

Three Of The Next Big Dividend Stocks?

I've searched around Fooldom and dug up three potential candidates for the next great dividend stock. Let me just say now that dedicated income investors probably won't be too impressed with the yields I've collected here. Normally, I look for yields above or at least approaching 3%. For the purposes of this exercise, I've put a greater emphasis on growth, so I'm willing to settle for a smaller dividend. In theory, as the company grows, so should the dividend yield.

Here are the results:

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) has a market capitalization of $14.01 billion. The company employs 7,600 people, generates revenues of $4,447.00 million and has a net income of $418.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $667.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.00 percent (operating margin 10.55 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.40 percent).

The total debt representing 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.95 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.15 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.12, Price/Sales 3.15 and Price/Book ratio 1.42. Dividend Yield: 1.35 percent. The beta ratio is 0.60.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) (Click to enlarge)

Kennametal (NYSE: KMT) has a market capitalization of $3.28 billion. The company employs 11,612 people, generates revenues of $2,403.49 million and has a net income of $232.28 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $415.14 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.27 percent (operating margin 13.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.66 percent).

The total debt representing 11.36 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 19.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.56 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.22. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.48 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.81, Price/Sales 1.36 and Price/Book ratio 2.04. Dividend Yield: 1.36 percent. The beta ratio is 1.64.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Kennametal Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) (Click to enlarge)

BEAM Inc (NYSE: BEAM) has a market capitalization of $7.99 billion. The company employs 24,600 people, generates revenues of $7,141.50 million and has a net income of $496.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,006.30 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.09 percent (operating margin 10.70 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.95 percent).

The total debt representing 33.77 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 75.49 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.06 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.10. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.76 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 46.52, Price/Sales 1.12 and Price/Book ratio 1.39. Dividend Yield: 1.48 percent. The beta ratio is 1.56.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of BEAM Inc (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from BEAM Inc (NYSE: BEAM) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of BEAM Inc (NYSE: BEAM) (Click to enlarge)

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