14 Stocks Where Inventory Grows Faster Than Sales

Income investors often use the Cash flow as key element of their stock valuation. The figure is calculated as net income plus several positions from the income statement.

- Start with net income. 
- Add back non-cash expenses. (Such as depreciation and amortization) 
- Adjust for gains and losses on sales on assets. 
- Add back losses Subtract out gains Account for changes in all non-cash current assets. 
- Account for changes in all current assets and liabilities except notes payable and dividends payable.

Source: http://www.investopedia.com

The problem is often the inventory. If sales run flat and inventory grows, there could be a massive risk for investors.

Goldman’s research shows that in a number of sectors inventory growth is outpacing sales growth and is also above normalized levels. Elevated inventory levels could help companies manipulate cash flow figures throughout 2016.

Here are a few stocks, discovered by Goldman Sachs where inventory sales could outpace sales growth...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On September 25, 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, 44 stocks go ex dividend - of which 13 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
Healthcare Trust of America	HTA	2.47B	274.00	1.86	8.09	5.29%
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.	HE	2.51B	18.43	1.54	0.76	4.87%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Comm.	CM	32.40B	10.17	2.08	2.82	4.59%
Staples, Inc.	SPLS	9.64B	-	1.60	0.40	3.25%
Nucor Corporation	NUE	15.91B	38.37	2.11	0.86	2.95%
Sempra Energy	SRE	21.44B	22.12	2.00	2.05	2.86%
Bancolombia S.A.	CIB	12.30B	14.55	2.06	2.91	2.86%
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.	ELS	2.93B	35.97	3.97	4.10	2.84%
Ryder System, Inc.	R	3.07B	13.83	1.98	0.48	2.28%
ProAssurance Corporation	PRA	2.85B	8.81	1.22	3.87	2.17%
Protective Life Corp.	PL	3.35B	11.09	0.87	0.92	1.90%
Weight Watchers International	WTW	2.11B	8.85	-	1.18	1.86%
Axiall Corporation	AXLL	2.66B	12.61	1.10	0.68	1.68%
Stantec Inc.	STN	2.44B	19.46	3.18	1.49	1.21%
Regal Beloit Corporation	RBC	3.06B	16.14	1.53	0.99	1.17%
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited	CP	21.97B	32.05	4.03	3.81	1.08%
Ralph Lauren Corporation	RL	14.98B	20.86	3.98	2.14	0.97%
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.	ZMH	14.17B	20.67	2.41	3.14	0.95%
Flowserve Corp.	FLS	8.89B	20.17	5.18	1.84	0.90%
Whole Foods Market, Inc.	WFM	21.63B	40.17	5.72	1.68	0.69%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On June 28, 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 28, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.54%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
The Bank Of Nova Scotia	BNS	63.98B	10.47	1.72	3.69	4.40%
Flowserve Corp.	FLS	2.60B	6.17	1.46	0.54	3.11%
Village Super Market Inc.	VLGEA	446.14M	17.04	1.91	0.30	3.03%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	59.68B	10.60	1.75	2.39	2.60%
Rent-A-Center Inc.	RCII	2.16B	12.34	1.45	0.70	2.25%
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Cla	ARCO	2.45B	30.03	3.52	0.64	2.05%
Quest Diagnostics Inc.	DGX	9.67B	16.66	2.30	1.33	1.96%
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd.	FORTY	294.08M	14.42	1.26	0.42	1.71%
Agilent Technologies Inc.	A	14.61B	14.70	2.75	2.12	1.13%

50 Top Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In February 2013

Shares with highest dividend growth researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend growth is wonderful. It helps you to grow your own wealth and build up a passive income without hard work.

Growth is a must have for every investor who wants to increase their net worth. You also need growth in order to boost your passive income for an earlier retirement especially when you have not a high paid job or rich parents. This is how it works: If you purchase a stock today with 3 percent yield, growth can lift up your yield on cost to 30 percent in 20 years.

Today I like to show you the 50 fastest dividend growth stocks and funds from the last 30 days. There are some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates which indicate a strong business health. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 72.68 percent. The average yield is still at 3.61 percent.

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.

11 Dividend Challengers With Highest Dividend Payout Potential

Dividend Challengers With Significant Payout Potential Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of consecutive dividend hikes of more than 5 years but less than 10. Exactly 195 companies raised dividends over such a long history but the potential for additional increases is still high. I made a screen of the best yielding Dividend Challengers with the highest dividend payout potential. First, I selected all stocks with a debt to equity ratio of less than 0.5 and a current payout ratio below 20 percent. Second, the company needs to grow in earnings over the mid-term. Because of this, I decided to screen all stocks with 5-year earnings per share growth of at least 10 percent. Eleven companies remained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (February 20-26, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest 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, 44 stocks and fund vehicles raised dividends of which 26 have had a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.19 percent. The biggest hike was announced by Gannett (GCI) who increased its quarter dividends by 150 percent from 8 cents to 20 cents. 10 stocks yielding above 3 percent and 23 have a buy or better rating.