24 Stocks With Fresh Dividend Hikes

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 24 companies increased its dividends within the recent week. Compared to 15 stocks from the previous week, it’s a small improvement but not the big numbers of 50 or more. The average dividend growth amounts to 32.07 percent.

Several recent dividend growth stocks have a market capitalization over $10 billion. Those are big names like McDonald’s, or Microsoft. The technology and software giant also announced to buy back $40 billion in own shares. That’s around 14 percent of the current market value.

I’ve attached a list for you of all dividend growers from the past week. You can also find there a list of the current valuations of the stocks. Half of the results still have a low forward P/E below 15 and eleven received a buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

34 Stocks With A Growing Dividend From Last Week | 24 Shares Have A Buy Rating

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 34 stocks announced a dividend hike last week. That’s a pretty increase compared to the recent weeks with only around 10 dividend hikers. We come back to old strength.

The biggest names on the list are the Brazil bank Itau Unibanco Holding, the oil and gas pipeline operator Kinder Morgan as well as the healthcare medical equipment stock Covidien.

24 of the dividend growth stocks from last week have a current buy or better rating and 10 are valuated with a P/E below 15.

20 Big Dividend Challengers With Highest Margins

Dividend income growth stocks with high margins and big market capitalization originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Every dividend is only half worth as it should be when the dividend payments are not sustainable or from a low margin business that needs money to keep the business running.

What investors want is a high profitability, a high margin. The strong dividend comes from alone in the long-run.

Today I like to focus on dividend growth stocks that have raised their payments over a period of more than five years but less than 10 years in a row. I like to show you, which of the higher capitalized companies work at the highest margins on the market. 

It’s quite different to compare unequal business models but that’s the nature of economic. Investors look for the most profitable opportunities and they want to put their money into the most promising vehicle. Tobacco delivers a greater return than food. But food gives you a better return than retail.

The results show the top 20 companies with margins between 17.57 percent and 32.67 percent. Eleven of the results have a current buy or better recommendation.

20 Biggest Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Large capitalized dividend growth stocks from foreign countries originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe is still on fire. The economy is in a triple dip recession and the European member states cut spending. The unemployment is high but every economic depression could be a solid basis for future engagements in the stock market. Today I like to scout for some dividend growth opportunities outside the United States.

I screened my database of stocks with a consecutive dividend increase of at least five years by foreign stocks. Around 35 (approx. 8 percent) of them have headquarters abroad. Below is a small list of the 20 biggest results. 11 of them are currently recommended to buy. Canada is the most represented country in the screen.

20 Dividend Challengers With Fastest Growing Dividends

Dividend Challengers with fastest growing dividend payments originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Recently I screened Dividend Champs with the fastest rate of dividend growth. Mc Donald’s was my best yielding pick. I noticed that the top 20 stocks had a 10 year dividend growth performance of remarkable 10 to 30 percent yearly but for most of them, the performance slowed within the recent years.

It’s not possible of any company to raise dividends at a very high rate over a longer period. It’s also not possible to raise dividend payments with a gaining momentum. Every company that does this must reduce its growth speed over the time.

Today, I like to introduce some of the fastest growing dividend payers that have raised their distributions at least for five consecutive years but less than ten years. Here, the best results have grown their dividend payments over the recent five years with a rate of 90 to 30 percent. That’s definitely a higher growth figure but as I told, very growth rate will come down.

Below the top results of my screen are eleven stocks with a buy or better rating. Three of them are High-Yields.

20 Best Yielding Healthcare Stocks With A Lower Volatility Than The Market

Healthcare dividend stocks that are less volatile than the market originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". This month I like to show you the best yielding large cap stocks from all sectors that are less volatile than the market. I will start today with the healthcare sector.

It’s very important when you invest money that you have a view on your risk exposure. It doesn’t make sense in my view to enter big risks without a higher return. Every loss you can avoid is also a return you don’t need to work out.

Linked is a sheet of the 20 best yielding healthcare dividend stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion as well as a beta ratio under one. Two of the results are High-Yields and fourteen are recommended to buy. The majored drug manufactures is still the dominating group in the screen, followed by a gaining medical instruments and supplies industry.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 02, 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 April 02, 2013. In total, 12 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which one yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.09%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
CapLease, Inc.	LSE	483.74M	91.00	0.98	2.99	4.87%
ABM Industries Inc.	ABM	1.22B	18.69	1.41	0.28	2.70%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBD	71.61B	12.99	2.08	3.48	2.35%
Acme United Corp.	ACU	38.28M	11.29	1.25	0.47	2.30%
Rent-A-Center Inc.	RCII	2.15B	11.95	1.46	0.70	2.27%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	72.24B	12.93	2.10	2.77	2.15%
Silicom Ltd.	SILC	197.68M	5.89	0.75	1.26	1.95%
PH Glatfelter Co.	GLT	1.00B	17.19	1.85	0.63	1.71%
Covidien plc	COV	32.02B	17.26	2.95	2.67	1.53%
ESCO Technologies Inc.	ESE	1.08B	26.36	1.74	1.59	0.78%
HopFed Bancorp Inc.	HFBC	80.55M	28.26	0.77	1.97	0.74%
Celadon Group Inc.	CGI	478.32M	15.92	2.34	0.78	0.38%

20 Of Europe’s Best Recommended Dividend Stocks

Best yielding dividend stocks from Europe with buy rating published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe’s roof is on fire due to the debt crises. That was one of the major headlines in the press of the recent year. Sure, the fire still burns but the worst seems to be over.

Europe’s economy still has values. It’s also an export-driven mainland with a GDP of 13,076 billion, the second largest figure in the world. Certainly, the economy is weak, unemployment rates are at a high level of 11.8 percent and growth slows with a contracting GDP growth of -0.6 percent year over year.

But the currency market turns and reaches the highest value since the debt crises was debated. More and more money comes back to Europe mainly because the ECBs easing policy which is one of the most reserved below the leading industrialized national banks.

Europe is not dead and I like to show you the best yielding investment opportunities with a current buy rating and a listing in the United States. 162 companies with headquarter in Europe are listed on an American Stock Exchange. 102 of them pay dividends and 57 have a current buy or better rating. In order to exclude the stocks with a higher risk due to a small business model, I selected only stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion. 41 stocks still remain.

You can find a list of the 20 most recommended stocks below. The list shows that Europe has still completive companies with a dominant market position. I think about Novo Nordisk or Anheuser Bush. Also Deutsche Bank and National Grid are leading players.

100 Stocks At All-Time-Highs | 58 Dividend Stocks At New Highs

People love it to watch stocks that are going up and never stop to rise. In my blog “long-term-investments.blogspot.com” I present on a regular basis some interesting stocks at new 52-Week Highs or even better, stocks at All-Time Highs. Recently, 100 companies realized price marks they have never seen before. 58 of them pay dividends.

All-Time Highs are very good signals showing the strong investor confidence and they are indicating a well-running business as well.

If I look the huge number of stocks at All-Time Highs I can’t believe that it is really true. Remember the world economy is still in a recession and growth is weaker than predicted but the financial markets do not care about it. Stocks rally and we are close to All-Time Highs in some of the world’s most important indices. The main question for me is: Is this rally sustainable and correct or do you believe that this is a small bubble which becomes bigger and bigger. Let me know and we will discuss it in the comment area.

Below is a small list of the 20 most recommended dividend stocks which realized a new All-Time High within the recent trading days. Two high-yields are part of the results.

The Best And Most Recommended Healthcare Stocks For 2013

Herbalife (HLF)
Best Yielding Healthcare Stock

Best Healthcare stocks with buy ratings originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". This month I like to discover the best recommended stocks from all sectors at the capital market. I like to start with the healthcare sector, one of the biggest ones. Here are some facts for our statistical lovers:

The healthcare sector has 540 companies with a health related business model. The total market capitalization of all stocks is 64.5 trillion. Stocks from the healthcare sector have an average P/E ratio of 20.78 and they pay in average a dividend yield of 3.37 percent. The best dividend paying industries are major drug manufactures and Biotechnology companies. Biotech’s are now the second best yielding category with an average industry yield of 2.13 percent.

Below is a small list with some fundamentals about the most recommended higher capitalized stocks from the healthcare sector. I excluded stocks with a market capitalization below USD 2 billion because I think the risk should be much higher as for mid-capitalized stocks.

These are the results: Nine of the 20 best rated stocks pay dividends. Half of the results are large caps and all stocks have positive expected mid-term earnings per share growth. Yes, healthcare is still a growth opportunity.

20 Highly Recommended Dividend Challengers

Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of consecutive rising dividends of more than 5 years but less than 10 years. If you believe this is a criterion only fulfilled by a few companies, you are right. There are only 113 stocks with such a dividend growth history.

Dividend growth is very important for your retirement funds. If you buy several of the best dividend growth shares, you could double your passive income from dividend in ten years easily. Over twenty years, your dividends should quadruple.

Smart investors like you are always looking for simple stock trade ideas of highly recommended stocks. I like to combine both criteria. I screened all Dividend Challengers by the best rating notes from brokerage firms. In order to eliminate the risks of lower capitalized stocks, the market capitalization should be over $2 billion.

The Best Healthcare Growth Picks Of The Next Five Years

Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Highest Expected EPS Growth Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I like healthcare companies because the sector is a long-term growth area due to the ongoing aging population. The sector is a 46.1 trillion bet on stronger than expected health diseases with a current dividend yield of 3.20 percent. We know that the sector is very political driven because heath is a question of cost and money. 80 percent of the world’s population cannot finance a solid medical-aid, medical-care ore even an old-care. The best dividend stocks within the sector still come from the major drug manufacturing industry as well as from the medical practitioners industry.

I made a little screen of the best large capitalized stocks with the highest expected earnings per share growth for the next five years. The industry with the biggest earnings forecast is definitely the biotechnology industry, followed by medical appliances and equipment stocks. But those companies pay no dividends. I focused on stocks with a positive yield and a double-digit earnings growth. Finally, fourteen companies remained of which all are currently recommended to buy. The mostly represented companies are from the healthcare plans industry.

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 09, 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 October 09, 2012. In total, 12 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.95%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III	HPS	635.90M	-	-	-	7.26%
RAIT Financial Trust	RAS	266.02M	-	0.32	1.17	6.75%
Ingles Markets	IMKTA	394.71M	9.68	0.88	0.11	4.06%
Waddell & Reed Financial	WDR	2.75B	16.29	4.82	2.29	3.12%
Sovran Self Storage	SSS	1.72B	47.46	2.57	7.58	3.08%
Marsh & McLennan Companies	MMC	18.92B	18.30	3.02	1.60	2.65%
Intercontinental Hotels Group	IHG	7.78B	13.61	11.12	4.33	2.25%
Covidien	COV	29.02B	15.54	2.70	2.43	1.72%
Aetna	AET	13.92B	8.22	1.36	0.40	1.68%
Patterson Companies	PDCO	3.90B	18.06	2.86	1.09	1.58%
HB Fuller	FUL	1.54B	22.30	2.18	0.85	1.10%
Franco-Nevada	FNV	8.82B	357.94	2.87	20.07	0.99%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Between October 08-14, 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 week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks between October 08 - 14, 2012. In total, 89 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 36 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.10%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Banco Santander-Chile	SAN	76.81B	8.34	0.77	1.91	10.46%
Sasol	SSL	28.37B	9.33	1.74	1.39	4.94%
ConocoPhillips	COP	69.93B	11.12	1.52	1.08	4.58%
Freeport-McMoRan	FCX	38.45B	12.20	2.32	2.09	3.09%
WPP	WPPGY	17.78B	12.62	1.60	1.07	2.87%
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	112.38B	23.17	4.59	2.85	2.85%
Marsh & McLennan Companies	MMC	18.92B	18.30	3.02	1.60	2.65%
PNC Financial Services Group	PNC	34.31B	13.39	0.93	3.28	2.47%
Accenture	ACN	49.01B	18.28	11.02	1.65	2.29%
General Growth Properties	GGP	18.16B	-	2.27	6.59	2.27%
Tyco International	TYC	12.97B	10.11	0.90	0.73	2.13%
Yum! Brands	YUM	30.09B	20.69	14.16	2.26	2.03%
Potash	POT	36.04B	14.56	4.10	4.33	2.00%
Chesapeake Energy	CHK	12.80B	6.33	0.73	1.02	1.82%
Phillips 66	PSX	28.85B	5.99	1.52	0.15	1.74%
Covidien	COV	29.02B	15.54	2.70	2.43	1.72%
Aetna	AET	13.92B	8.22	1.36	0.40	1.68%
Goldcorp	GG	37.47B	28.18	1.72	7.09	1.17%
Oracle	ORCL	151.27B	15.54	3.50	4.10	0.76%
Roper Industries	ROP	10.88B	24.18	3.19	3.77	0.49%