Make A Wise Investment With New Zealand Stocks

The New Zealand is a very straightforward place to do business. It has an efficient, market oriented economy, a stable and secure business environment with zero corruption. 

Investing in New Zealand offers unique opportunities of leverage dynamic ideas and creative intellect in specialized high value industries such as Information and communication Technology, Biotechnology, Screen production, Niche manufacturing, Wood processing and Call centers. Below are some New Zealand dividend stocks which have a good yield and can play a safe investment for the investors.

Methven Limited (NZE: MVN) –

Methven Limited is New Zealand’s longest established, largest supplier and leading designer of showerheads, faucets and hot water valves to home renovators, plumber and the building industry. The company designs, manufactures and supplies shower ware, tap ware and water control valves. Its shower skincare includes the four-step process, aromatherapy, NZ Botanicals, Water Purity, Skin Cleansing, Skin Conditioning and Skin Nourishing. Its kitchen and laundry products include sink, mixer, sink faucets, sink taps and washing machine taps.

The company has a market capitalization of 82.59 Million, EPS is 0.08, P/E ratio is 14.80 and the dividend yield is 7.26% at the annual dividend payout of 0.05.

The Colonial Motor Company Limited (NZE: CMO) –

The Colonial Motor Company Limited is a New Zealand company. It is engaged in operating franchised motor vehicle dealerships. It operates in New Zealand. The company owns motor vehicle dealerships. As of June 30, 2011 it had 12 dealerships whose primary focus is Ford, seven of these dealerships also had the Mazda franchise. Its subsidiaries include Southpac Stevens Motors Ltd, Capital City Motors Ltd, M.S Motors Ltd, Hutchinson Motors, Ltd, Avon City Motors Ltd, Avon City Motorcycles Ltd, Timaru Motors Ltd, Southland Tractors Ltd, Advance Agricentre Ltd, Dunedin City Motors Ltd and Macaulay Motors Ltd.

It has a market capitalization of 119.34 Million, EPS is 0.50, P/E ratio is 7.36 and the dividend yield is 6.85% at the annual dividend payout of 0.09.

Contact Energy Limited (NZE: CEN) –

Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator, natural gas wholesaler and electricity, natural gas, and LPG retailer. It is the second largest electricity generator in New Zealand which is generating 22% of electricity in the year ending 31 December 2011. The company has the second-largest market share of electricity retailers. The company’s power stations consist of three gas turbine facilities, in Auckland, Hamilton and Taranaki; four geothermal stations north of Taupo; two hydroelectric dams on the Clutha River, a gas fired peaker in Taranaki and a diesel fired peaker in Hawkes Bay.

It has a market capitalization of 3.73 Billion, EPS is 0.29, P/E ratio is 17.32 and the dividend yield is 4.52% at the annual dividend payout of 0.11.

Opus International Consultants Ltd (NZE: OIC) –

Opus international Consultants Limited is a supplier of multidisciplinary consultancy and project management services across a range of disciplines including civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and planning, environmental, architectural and property management. It has four business segments: New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada. On February 29, 2012, it acquired 100% interest of the Australian based rail engineering consultancy, Coffey Rail Pty Ltd and its related company, Asia Pacific Rail Pty Ltd.

It has a market capitalization of 256.84 Million, EPS is 0.16, P/E ratio is 10.77 and the dividend yield is 5.09% at the annual dividend payout of 0.05.

Comvita Limited (NZE: CVT) –

Comvita Limited is a New Zealand-based company which is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing natural health and beauty products. The company operates in five segments: New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe and Medical. Its Subsidiaries include Comvita New Zealand Limited, Comvita Taiwan Limited, Comvita landowner Share Scheme Trustee Limited, Kiwi Extracts Limited, Kiwi Bee Medical Limited and Jonno Development Limited.

It has a market capitalization of 105.33 Million, EPS is 0.28, P/E ratio is 13.27 and the dividend yield is 3.78% at the annual dividend payout of 0.09.

To get additional data related to New Zealand dividend please visit the site Dividendinvestor.com

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.

China Mobile: The Next Pick For The Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio

I started my screen last Friday to scout for the next attractive pick of my Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio (DYPI). I’ve screened 443 dividend growth stocks with a payment increase of at least five consecutive years by the cheapest forward P/E’s. One higher yielding company from China jumped direct into my eyes. It was China Mobile.

China Mobile Limited is an investment holding company. The Company and its subsidiaries provide mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. As of December 31, 2012, its total customer reached 710 million. The Company's products and services include voice services, which refers to the business where customers make and receive calls with a mobile phone at any point within the coverage of the Company's mobile telecommunications networks; data services, which comprise short message service and multimedia messaging service (SMS & MMS), wireless data traffic, and applications and information services.

I bought 25 shares for $55.32 or $1,383 in total. CHL yields at 3.72% and has only a current P/E of 10.70. The forward price to earnings ratio amounts to 10.89 because of lower expected earnings. That’s the big burden of the stock. Earnings are expected to fall by 3.42 percent for the next year and 5.60 percent for the upcoming five years.

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I like CHL because it’s a big infrastructure company in China. 100 percent of sales come from Asian countries. China Mobile has no significant long-term debt but $71 billion cash and generates around $230 billion operating cashflows per year. Over the recent 10 years, CHL tripled sales and fivefold net income.

China Mobile is a classic Dividend Contender. The company managed to raise dividends over a period of seven consecutive years.

The new stake will give me around $55 bucks per year. The total dividend income is now estimated at $1,681. With still $52,992 in cash on banks, I have enough potential to boost the passive income to a level over $3,000 by the end of this year. All I need to do is to find each week a stock with a yield over 3 percent.

As of now, the current portfolio yield is far above the magic ratio, at 3.53 percent. Because of the small capital gain, the current portfolio yield is at 3.16 percent.

Stocks from the portfolio are up 11.5 percent in average. Because of the high cash amount (50 percent of the money is still not invested), the current portfolio performance since the date of funding is at 5.89 percent.

Here is the income perspective:

Sym	Name	P/E Ratio	Dividend Yield		Buy	# Shrs	Income	Value
TRI	Thomson Reuters C	16.33	3.74		28.90	50	$64.25	$1,725.50
LMT	Lockheed Martin C	12.01	4.13		92.72	20	$86.00	$2,128.20
INTC	Intel Corporation	11.96	3.7		21.27	50	$44.25	$1,202.00
MCD	McDonald's Corpor	18.75	2.91		87.33	15	$44.10	$1,523.10
WU	Western Union Com	9.87	2.74		11.95	100	$45.00	$1,665.00
PM	Philip Morris Int	18.35	3.52		85.42	20	$67.18	$1,913.60
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	23.75	2.79		69.19	20	$48.80	$1,761.80
MO	Altria Group Inc	17.2	4.65		33.48	40	$69.20	$1,497.60
SYY	Sysco Corporation	20.28	3.15		31.65	40	$44.00	$1,405.60
DRI	Darden Restaurant	16.1	3.79		46.66	30	$60.00	$1,602.90
CA	CA Inc.	13.19	3.66		21.86	50	$50.00	$1,384.50
PG	Procter & Gamble	17.97	2.85		68.72	25	$57.20	$2,000.50
KRFT	Kraft Foods Group	20.63	3.56		44.41	40	$80.00	$2,244.40
MAT	Mattel Inc.	20.08	2.79		36.45	40	$51.60	$1,871.60
PEP	Pepsico Inc. Com	21.46	2.57		70.88	20	$43.00	$1,676.00
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Co	22.57	2.92		86.82	15	$45.45	$1,565.25
COP	ConocoPhillips Co	10.13	3.17		61.06	20	$52.80	$1,266.20
GIS	General Mills In	18.49	2.62		42.13	30	$39.60	$1,510.80
UL	Unilever PLC Comm	21.69	2.97		39.65	35	$44.91	$1,512.70
NSRGY	NESTLE SA REG SHR	19.43	3.15		68.69	30	$65.31	$2,086.20
GE	General Electric	17.24	3.09		23.39	65	$46.80	$1,524.90
ADP	Automatic Data Pr	24.14	2.34		61.65	25	$41.50	$1,799.75
K	Kellogg Company C	25.86	2.66		61.52	25	$43.75	$1,641.50
KO	Coca-Cola Company	22.55	2.43		38.83	40	$41.80	$1,718.80
RTN	Raytheon Company	11.51	3.12		57.04	20	$41.00	$1,337.80
RCI	Rogers Communicat	13.6	3.48		51.06	30	$48.69	$1,425.00
GPC	Genuine Parts Com	19.28	2.53		77.06	20	$40.44	$1,625.00
TSCDY	TESCO PLC SPONS A	N/A	4.13		17.98	70	$49.63	$1,220.10
APD	Air Products and	16.62	2.83		85.71	15	$39.45	$1,414.95
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline P	19.05	4.5		52.16	30	$70.38	$1,566.60
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	15.47	2.21		79.25	20	$34.72	$1,557.40
BTI	British American	18.06	3.62		114.6	13	$53.82	$1,490.32
CHL	China Mobile Limi	10.84	3.97		55.32	25	$54.90	$1,383.00
							$1,680.95	$53,248.57
							Average Yield	3.16%
							Yield On Cost	3.53%