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. 

10 Stocks And 2 Funds Hiked Their Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The number of dividend hikers remains low. Only 10 stocks and two additional funds announced to increase their dividend payments last week.

On the list are some well known big players like Conoco Philips, Walgreen, Paychex or Cummins. It’s ever good to see that some stocks keep their dividend growth path. Seven of the results have a current 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.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

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, 9 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 5 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.22 percent.

Below the best dividend hike stocks/funds are two with a high yield. Seven of the results are currently recommended to buy.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 2/2012

Stocks With 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, 9 stocks raised dividends of which 4 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 9.90 percent.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Plains All American Pipelines (NYSE: PAA) has a market capitalization of $10.97 billion. The company employs 3,500 people, generates revenues of $25,893.00 million and has a net income of $514.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,016.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 3.92 percent (operating margin 2.96 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.99 percent).


The total debt representing 43.47 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 137.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.01 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.18. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.76 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.56, Price/Sales 0.44 and Price/Book ratio 2.45. Dividend Yield: 5.58 percent. The beta ratio is 0.48.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Plains All American Pi... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from Plains All American Pi... (NYSE: PAA) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Plains All American Pi... (NYSE: PAA) (Click to enlarge)

ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) has a market capitalization of $23.50 billion. The company employs 16,000 people, generates revenues of $16,006.00 million and has a net income of $3,108.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,212.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 38.81 percent (operating margin 22.81 percent and the net profit margin finally 19.42 percent).


The total debt representing 5.59 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 20.28 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.58 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.37. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.30 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.98, Price/Sales 1.47 and Price/Book ratio 1.02. Dividend Yield: 2.69 percent. The beta ratio is 0.76.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of ACE Limited (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term History of Dividends from ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 9.90 percent.

Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week 2/2012 (Click to enlarge)

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