Dividend Growth Stocks From The Past Week Compiled

34 Top Energy Dividend Dogs

17 Dividend Stocks With Most Recent Dividend Growth

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 17 stocks announced to raise their dividends last week. It’s good to see that dividend growth still works despite the fact the total number of stocks is still very weak.

United Technologies is the biggest dividend riser from the last week. The company announced to boost its future dividends by 10 percent. Other big stocks are Gladstone Investment and Johnson Outdoors.

You can find a detailed list about all dividend growth stocks from last week in the attached list. There is also a small sheet with price ratios which makes it easier to compare the results.

Most of the long-term dividend growers are high quality stocks with expensive price ratios. Only five shares have a current forward P/E of less than 15. 

Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Highest YTD Performance And Which Are Still Cheap

Basic material dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material stock category were the real losing sector this year. Stocks from the sector are down 2.6 percent this year while the best performing sector, healthcare stocks, gained 24.3 percent.

But not all basic materials are loser. There are stocks that doubled its price since the beginning of this year. Others are up 50 percent. Below, you can find a small list of the 20 top basic material stocks. I excluded all companies with a market capitalization below USD 300 million and those without a dividend.

The 20 top dividend paying results gained from 44.58 percent to 65.14 percent. Three of the results have a market cap below a billion and additional seven are valuated between one or two billion. Small and mid-cap stocks are the main performance driver of the sector. Despite the strong stock price hikes, fourteen companies still have a buy or better rating.

16 Stocks And 3 Funds Hiked Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The dividend growth slows over the recent weeks. At the peak, nearly 70 stocks announced a dividend hike per week. Last week we had 19 companies and funds combined.

My favorite player is Qualcomm who hiked its dividend by 40 percent. Another well known company is the fast food chain Burger King. BKW raised dividends by 20 percent. All in all, the results are very mixed.

In total, 16 stocks and 3 funds increased its dividend payments over the recent week. Five of them are High-Yields and nine have a current buy or better recommendation. The average dividend growth amounts to 39.23 percent.

20 Stocks With Over 4% Dividend Yield And Highest Earnings Growth

Income stocks with highest earnings per share growth and yields over 4% originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". We all have a small problem if we have money which must be invested. The yields for high quality stocks go rapidly down. It’s hard to find stocks with a dividend yield of more than 3 percent and a longer dividend growth history. Low yields couldn’t help you to grow your wealth and protect your assets against inflation.

Today I started a screen of the most successful stocks in terms of earnings per share growth of the recent 10 years. I implemented a 4% barrier as well as a minimum market capitalization of at least USD 1 billion.
Linked are the results of the highest growing long-term stocks with yields still above the 4% mark. Many oil and gas companies as well as mining stocks are below the results but in total they are well mixed.

A past performance does not guarantee a good future. Some of them had special economic situations and benefited from under capacities. Especially stocks from the commodity sector must be mentioned here. It’s very important to look at the future business environment and price developments of the underlying assets they produce and sell.

Top 5 North American Energy Royalty Trusts and Corporations Who Pays Monthly Dividends

Investors are always searching other investment opportunities of funds and bonds, energy and royalty trusts are a safe and long-term investment with dividend. It’s generally offer the investors a high dividend yield on a monthly basis, avoid double taxation. Royalty trusts are mostly found in the U.S. and Canada.

Below I am sharing five high yielding securities which offer monthly distributions or dividends.

- Marine Petroleum Trust (NYSE: MARPS): - Marine Petroleum Trust ("Marine") is a royalty trust that was founded in 1956 under the laws of the State of Texas. Marine Petroleum Corporation operates as a royalty trust in the U.S. as of Sep. 19, 2012. The stock has a low market cap of $29.16 million, with around a million in cash and no debt. This royalty trust was developed for the sole purpose of providing an orderly and practical means for the administration and liquidation of rights to payments from certain oil and natural gas leases- primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. The best thing of this royalty trust is high dividend yield i.e. 9.10%.

- SandRidge Mississippian Trust I (NYSE: SDT):- SandRidge is the leading operator in the Mississippian Oil Play of northern Oklahoma and western Kansas. This is focused on drilling low-risk; conventional, high rate-of-return oil wells in shallow carbonate reservoirs. SDT engages in the acquisition and holding of royalty interests particularly in oil and natural gas properties which is located in the United States. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Austin, Texas. The market cap is 406.28 million. This trust pays out a dividend yield of 18.40%.

- Baytex Energy (NYSE: BTE): - Baytex energy is a developer and producer of crude oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and in the Williston Basin in the United States. This company pays a monthly dividend on its common shares which are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BTE. In 2013 the production rate is expected 56,000 to 58,000 Boe per day. The market cap is 5.19 billion. This trust pays out a dividend yield of 5.90%.

- Enerplus (NYSE: ERF): - Enerplus was a Canadian royalty trust now this is converted into a traditional energy exploration and production company. This is an income-oriented investment in the oil and gas industry. The main objective of this company is creating value for investors by providing organic growth in production and reserves complemented by a monthly dividend. In the U.S. holds large stakes in the Bakken and Marcellus Shale assets. The market cap is 2.85 billion. This pay out a dividend yield of 7.30%.

- BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (NYSE: BPT): - BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust is a United State oil and natural gas royalty trust. The company holds overriding royalty interests constituting a non-operational interest in minerals in the Prudhoe Bay oil field located on the North Slope in Alaska. The market cap is 1.70 billion. This trust pays out a dividend yield of 11.60%.

In brief:

Royalty trusts offer high yields and monthly income, but sometimes its price is high and securities are specific oil field. These trusts prove a better investment field if you believe the stability of oil price, even it is happening in the case of natural gas prices.  In the end, investors should beware and careful while assessing high yielding monthly distributions and dividends in this sector. These securities are fluctuating in the prices therefore investor should have patience and risk holding capacity.

All financial data obtained from Yahoo Finance. For further assistance of North American energy royalty trusts and corporation’s securities, commodities and dividend stocks you can visit the site http://www.dividendinvestor.com/

7 High-Yield Canadian Energy Trusts With Monthly Dividend Payments

Canadian Energy Trusts with very high yields and monthly dividends originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Investing money into stocks is hard work and very painful if you make the wrong choices. If you have a focus on dividends like me then you should have a quiet overview of the best dividend paying stocks. 

You should also know some of the stocks that pay money to investors on a monthly basis. More than 300 companies pay dividends each month but most of them are trash. I introduced some higher yielding stocks with monthly payments in the past and like to proceed today with seven Canadian Energy Trusts.

Let me clarify one thing. It doesn’t matter how often a company pays its shareholders. It is more important to have a high quality growth stock with a trustful management than a company with a high yield and monthly dividend payments.

Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of August 2012

Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of stocks with interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from that list are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double-digit long-term earnings growth rates. The companies are traded at AMEX, NYSE, NASDAQ and part of the Dow Jones, S&P 500 or Nasdaq Composite. Date of the screen is August 01, 2012. The list is selected by the following criteria and sorted by dividend yield.

Market capitalization: > 1 Billion

Price/Earnings Ratio: > 0 < 100

Dividend Yield: > 3 < 20

Return on investment: > 10 < 100

Operating Margin: > 10 < 100

10 Year Revenue Growth: > 8 < 200

10 Year EPS Growth: > 10 < 100

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For April 12, 2012

Here is a current overview of 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 April 12, 2012. In total, 29 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 14 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.12 percent.

The Best Basic Material Dividend Stocks

Basic Material Dividend Stocks With High Return On Investments And Big Operating Margins Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Basic materials are the source of all economic activities but their prices are very cyclic and something like the fever curve of the economy. In booming times, basic resources are rare and prices high; therefore margins are very high.

I screened the basic material sector by the most profitable stocks (stocks with an operating margin and return on investment over 20 percent) with a dividend yield over 1 percent. Because of the huge amount of results (24 stocks), I selected only those stocks with a market capitalization above USD 2 billion. Thirteen companies’ fulfilled these criteria of which five are high yields and nine are recommended to buy or better.

16 Solid Financed Dividend Stocks With Best Yields

Big Dividend Paying Stocks With Low Debt And Good Yields Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The level of debt is important for dividend investors. A high leveraged company has problems to finance dividends and growth in the same way. We love stocks with low payout ratios, low debt and strong cash flows. That’s why we made a screen of stocks with very low debt to equity ratios (a value of less than 0.1) with a minimum dividend yield of three percent. Exactly 147 companies fulfilled these criteria but the big part of the results has a small market capitalization and includes a higher risk for a dividend cut. Only 16 stocks have a capitalization over USD 2 billion and, who has known, six are high yields and additional six are recommended with a buy or better rating.

14 Of The Fastest Growing Energy Stocks With Highest Dividend Yield

Energy Growth Stocks With Best Dividend Yield Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Energy is of huge importance for the growth of the economy. The demand is steady growing and the political change away from nuclear power to renewable energy slows the supply growth of energy. I screened stocks from the investment theme by the best growth over the past ten years. I decided to select only stocks with a double digit sales growth and a dividend yield of more than three percent. Fourteen stocks fulfilled my criteria. The highest growth was realized by Penn Virginia Resource Partners (PVR) who had a yearly growth of 40.3 percent. One company has a yield of more than 50 percent.