10 Dividend Aristocrats With The Highest Possibility To Grow Dividends At The Fastest Pace

I've discovered many investing strategies and found out that low dividend paying stocks with little debt and high EPS growth have outperformed the market over years.

Dividend growth is an important issue within the investing space. Investors need to look at several fundamental like debt, payout and growth ratios in order to get a feeling of how fast the company can increase its dividends in the future.

Today I've compiled 10 Dividend Aristocrats with a debt-to-equity under 1 as well as 5-year expected earnings per share growth of more than 10 percent. In addition the dividend payout ratio is under 40 percent.

Dividend Aristocrats managed to increase dividends over more than 25 consecutive years. You can finde a full list here: Dividend Aristocrats.

Those criteria are a first sign for investors to expect a growing future dividend. Below are 10 stocks that fulfilled my criteria. Which stocks do you like? Please leave a comment. Thank you!

These are the 4 highest yielding results in detail...

13 Cheap S&P 500 Dividend Achievers

Today I like to introduce some dividend growth stocks with the cheapest valuation on the S&P 500. Those stocks have a forward P/E of less than 15.

Buying cheap stocks doesn't mean that you could make a quick return. Mostly the cheapness has reasons which you need to discover. 

For the time being, there are only 26 solid stocks but many have a huge debt burden to wear. If we exclude those stocks by implementing a debt-to-equity limit of 0.5, the results shrink to 13 companies. The list is attached. 

It's hard to find good growing stocks especially when the Fed offers money for free. But what should we do elsewhere? Compared to fixed income assets, equities are quiet cheap and they offer an inflation hedge.

Are you investing money into stocks too? Please share your thoughts related to my ideas here on my blog. Thank you so much.

Here are my 5 favorites, sorted from highest to lowest yield....

21 Stock Ideas To Benefit From Weak Oil Prices

The oil price is in free fall and lost half of its value within the recent month. I love it when something changes in such a short period because often it could be a good sign for investors to find new investment targets.

The oil and gas or energy sector is very complicated. There are working many companies in this field and some of them suffering deeply under low oil prices. 

The bad news is that many stocks from the sector did not fall in the same amount as oil prices. One of the main reasons could be that market actors anticipate a mid or long-term oil price forecast of USD 100. That's enough for most of the industry leaders to make money and solid returns.

Not only basic material dividend stocks like Exxon or Chevron are the top picks. 

Indirect, companies with an energy intensive business model like industrial stocks, retailers, auto or restaurant stocks could get a short-term boost.

However, Today I like to share some investment ideas around the energy sector, who are not cheap now but could become an interesting investment.

Indirect oil related investment ideas

6 Dividend Champs With Double-Digit EPS Growth Prospects

One investment strategy is to look for stocks with high growth and pay a solid price for it. If we transfer this reflection to the dividend growth area of the capital market, we get six top results.

Below is a list of the results with the highest expected earnings growth forecast of 103 Dividend Champions. 

Those stocks increased dividends over a period of more than 25 consecutive years. Which stocks do you like? 

6 Dividend Champs with double-digit EPS growth prospects are... 

11 Dividend Achievers With Strong Buy Rating

Are you looking for stocks that are worth to buy? Sure, we all do! Today I like to show you some of the stocks with the highest buy rating within the Dividend Growth space.

I've compiled all Dividend Achievers, stocks that have raised dividends over a period of at least 10 years without a break, and selected them by the highest analyst rating.

Currently, 167 companies (nearly half of the results) have a buy or better rating. Finally, eleven stocks got a strong buy rating. These are my 4 favorite results:

7 Stocks With The Longest Dividend Growth History

Many investors love dividend growth but there is only a dozen of stocks with a dividend history over 50 consecutive years. Those stocks are called "Dividend Kings".

Today I like to highlight stocks that could hit a new record this year by jumping over the magic 60th years barrier.

As of today, only one stock has managed this goal; it's the water utility American States Water. Attached are seven top stocks that could hit the magic 60 rule within the next two years.

6 Dividend Growth Stocks With A Big Footprint And Inimitable Business

Dividend investing is a large field for investors who seek for a return. People with focus on passive and regular income are the main target group for this topic.

In my view there are too many speculators on the market who don't understand the philosophy of dividend growth investing.

They like to make money fast with high momentum stocks or they like to make a capital gain by trading shares within a day or a week.

Those strategies could work but it’s in my view like a lottery because no one has a crystal ball to see how the stock prices develop in the next days. It's like gambling of which I have no plan how it works.

These are 3 big myth of dividend investing who let investors stay away from the dividend investing space:

1. Only high dividends are good dividends

2. Dividends don't matter because of their low yields

3. Dividends are not stable

Those thoughts could sometimes be right but often it is not true.

I'm a long-term investor and hope you are too. I do look at fundamentals and at the business strength and brand awareness of the company as well.

I like to invest in long-term growing stocks with a big and strong footprint in several industries. That's one of my key philosophies which helped me to avoid big risks. Below are six big names with such a big footprint.

All of the stocks have a long-term growth track record and they are classified as Dividend Aristocrats or Champions.

I Hope you could get some inspirations by reading my articles and subscribe to my blog. I try to help normal investors like you, everything for free.


6 Dividend Growth Stocks With A Big Footprint And Unimitable Business are...

9 Most Undervalued Dividend Stocks On The Market

Most investors look for undervalued stocks. They like to buy below the intrinsic value, wait and sell when the market carries the stock far above core price.

Dividend stocks often fall off the radars of investors looking for total returns but dividend paying stocks greatly outperformed non-dividend paying stocks from the period from 1972 through 2013. 

Sure, Dividend Stocks are not a one-way ticket for success. There are also many companies that have underperformed the market in recent years, remember Avon Products.

Dividend paying stocks have been a better investment than non-dividend paying stocks over the past 40 years. Investing in those stocks is not the only strategy that has a long history of outperformance.

Below are 10 stock ideas for investors who look for undervalued stocks with growth perspectives and dividends.

The most underestimated stock are...

18 Cheap And Perfect Dividend Stocks To Consider

I write a lot about investments, mostly about dividend paying stocks which have grown payments over a long period of time.

I personally believe that those companies offer true values for normal do-it-yourself investors like you and me.

The great risk is always that the company is leaving its growth path and cannot hike dividends in the future.

Today I try finding a perfect stock. It is a cheaply valuated company with solid debt and growth perspectives. In addition the corporate should generate a double-digit return on investment.

16 stocks fulfilled my criteria. I've selected only companies with a large market cap. I love bigger capitalized companies because they are often more secure than small and midcaps. Safety is a key element in my investment philosophy.

Attached is the list of my 16 results. Most of them are low yielders but in times of low interest rates, it is no shame to own stocks with a yield below 3 percent. 

What is your perfect stock? Please leave a comment at the end of this article. I hope you have enjoyed reading my stuff and keep following my news by subscribing. Thank you so much.

These are my 6 top results from the list:

5 Dividend Champions With Higher Dividends In 3 Months

No one has a crystal-ball but when we look forward in the dividend growth space we have a great possibility to find stocks that may raise dividends in the near future in order to keep their status.

Today I like to introduce some Dividend Champions that need to hike dividends over the next three month. They did grow dividend over more than 25 years, why stopping now?

In total, 13 stocks must grow dividends of which two are High-Yields. For sure most of the 13 stocks have grown their dividends by a low rate of less than 10 percent annually. The fastest Champ was Archer-Daniels-Midland with a 5-Year dividend growth rate of 7.9 percent.

Small dividend hikes are not bad. Remember, the inflation is also low and a 3 percent dividend hike could hedge your investment.

The best performing stock from the list was the financial services company McGraw Hill. Since 2010, the company went up 150 percent while the worst performer, AT&T realized only a gain of around 18 percent.

These are my 5 favorites...

16 Dividend Paying Growth Stocks That Could Double Sales and Income

As a long-term investor, I'm seeking stocks that grow over the long-term. My optimum case by selecting a stock is that the company is acting within a positive business environment and could grow sales over the past decade by around 100 percent.

There are a lot of companies out there who have doubled sales and over doubled net income within the recent 10 years. That’s no joke and quiet possible.

Today I like to show you 16 growth stocks with a good growth history that pay currently solid dividends and have no or nearly no debt. In addition, analysts predict a 5+ percent EPS growth for the next five years.

I love stocks with financial flexibility because those stocks have one problem less and could focus themselves more on business development. 

These are my 5 top picks from the list…

Capital For Shareholders: 8 Top Picks Of The Week

Let's face the latest dividend growth stocks. During the recent week, 29 stocks announced to pay a higher dividend in the future. I've compiled all stocks in the list and hope you can find some great values in it.

The biggest stocks are Disney, MasterCard and American Tower. Also big stocks with dividend growth are Franklin Resources, Stryker and Ecolab as well.

In addition, 15 stocks posted a fresh share buyback program. MasterCard, Northrop Grumman and Henry Schein are the biggest corporate in this space.

If you like to receive the latest dividend growers and share buyback stocks each week, please subscribe to my newsletter! It's completely free.

Here are my eight shareholder friendly favorites from the past week...

6 Stocks Giving Investors Potential Dividend Hikes In December

Dividend growth stocks need to hike dividends each year in order to keep its status as dividend grower in the investor community.

Let us take a look ahead to companies that are expected to announce dividend increases in December 2014. 

There are only a few weeks to close the trading book for the full year. Maybe we can find there some great expectations.

13 Fastest Growing Restaurant Dividend Stocks By EPS

13 Fastest Growing Restaurant Dividend Stocks By EPS originally appeard on long-term-investments. American's restaurant operators are very competitive and offer real values for dividend investors.

Some stocks from the sector hit recently All-Time highs and they are steadily growing.

Today I would like to highlight some of the best dividend paying growth picks from the restaurant industry.

Below I've highlighted those stocks with the highest expected EPS growth for the next five years. 

Here are the 5 Top results in detail and eight summarized in a table below...

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions

20 Of The Safest Dividend Champions originally appeard on long-term-investments. More and more people talk about an overvaluation of the market. Sure P/E ratios skyrocket within the past five years but earnings did also improve.

You might agree with me that the risk of a market correction is improving with rising stock prices. What investors like you and me need to do is to hedge their risks.

I personally look for low beta stocks. Those have a lower correlation to the overall market and should fall less. Below are 20 of the safest Dividend Champions by beta ratio.

I've created a detailed snapshot of my 4 favorites and attached the full list. Let's go forward...

16 Incredible Stocks Converting Growth In Pure Return

Growth is wonderful but makes only sense when the company has a high return on assets. 

It's a massive money creating strategy to take cash and upscale a high returning business.

Today I've discovered some growth stock ideas with double digit returns on assets and operating margins with low price and debt ratios.

These are my criteria in detail:

- Large Cap

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Debt to Equity under 1

- Expected 5-Year EPS Growth over 5 percent

- Past 5-Year Sales Growth over 5 percent

- Forward P/E under 15

- 10 Percent ROA and Operating Margin

There were exactly 16 stocks that met my tight criteria. I'm also impressed by the sector diversification. A broad range of stocks from completely different industries stopped with these restrictions but technology stocks still dominating my results.

Technology is not the same. There are old-techs and new-tech companies. The first category delivers "commodities" for the following, new companies. Oracle, Microsoft and AT&T are such investments.

Below are my five favorites from the results, you can also find a table with the full results attached. I hope you enjoy my work and get more stock trading ideas. My focus is dividend, value and growth driven.

5 Top Dividend Paying Growth Stocks with Big Return on Assets are...

8 Stocks to Beat Warren Buffett's Portfolio Return Easily

Warren Buffett is one of the most trusted investors in the world. When he put money on the table, many institutional investors follow his moves and discover if they could make any money with the stocks he has chosen.

When I look at the recent earnings figures of some of his investments, I saw that many stocks reported results not in-line with investor’s expectations. As a result, they got sold massively out.

IBM, Coca Cola, Tesco, Exxon and now diabetes drug maker Sanofi who lost yesterday nine percent. Are these long-term opportunities or will they run flat in the future? I don't know but what I know is that some of the past results of those companies are not comparable to the current economic environment.

I personally checked some of his new investments and came to the result that Warren is building a new investment company, based on energy and capital intensive stocks. 

I'm a fundamental driven growth investors who love to see that the company is paying a good part of its free cash flow to shareholders.

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The market has many great companies to offer which have doubled sales in the past decade and paid 40 percent of the current stock price in dividends over the recent ten years. That's a good number in my view.

Today, when the markets have recovered, I start a new screen of high-quality dividend stocks with attractive fundamentals. I know that it is hard to find cheap companies in highly valuated markets but sometimes we must be creative to calculate the real values.

Below are five ideas with double digit-expected earnings per share growth figures for the next five years. They have also a lower beta than the overall market and acceptable debt-to-equity ratios.

I've compiled many stocks from different sectors and industries in order to create a good diversification. What do you think about my new ideas? Are they good enough to buy or do you still have some of them? Please let me know and thank you for reading and commenting.

These are my results:

My 5 Favorite Stocks With Dividend Growth Of The Week

During the past Week, 64 companies increased their dividend payments. The biggest stocks are AbbVie, Visa, Halliburton, Energy Transfer Equity and the apparel company V.F. Corporation.

Four stocks from the dividend growers list have a forward P/E of less than 10 and eleven have a dividend yield over 5 percent. Below are my five favorites. You might agree or not.

Most of them are different and they don’t look like real Dividend Aristocrats or Dividend Champions as in the past articles.

My focus for this selection was mainly on Large Cap. I personally have no shares of them and don’t like to buy some in the near future but it’s always good to know what companies have hiked dividends because in five years or so, they could become to a new Dividend Challenger.

Big names on the Buyback side were Pfizer, AbbVie, Canadian National Railway, Parker-Hannfin, Nielsen and CarMax.

In total, 27 stocks announced a new, additional or increased share buyback program. The total buyback volume for the future is over USD 25 billion.

Warren Buffett Buys An Auto Dealer - Here Are 5 Top Dividend Paying Alternatives

Yesterday, news jumped into the market: The oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett the mastermind behind the investment holding Berkshire Hathaway, bought an auto dealer. What - Auto and Dealer?

Yes, Buffett acquired an auto dealer. He still owns shares of car manufacturer General Motors and adds a fully business from the distribution site. The company named Van Tuyl Group and generated sales of just under USD 8 billion.

Van Tuyl Group says it is the biggest privately owned auto dealership group in the U.S. It has 78 independently operated dealerships and more than 100 franchises in 10 states. The company will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway Automotive and be based in Dallas.

The deal comes amid ongoing consolidation in the industry. Publicly traded giants, including Florida-based AutoNation and Oregon-based Lithia Motors have been snapping up smaller retail chains, often run by families who have been selling cars for generations.

It also could be possible that Buffett buys the Van Tuyl Group in order to create a new channel to sell auto insurance policies.

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I've also had some of my eyes on auto parts and car dealers in the past. The main problem was for me that they have no good diversification abroad. Most companies generate revenues in the United States but they have shown strong growth.

Below are five dividend paying alternatives from the auto dealership industry. Most of the industry members pay no dividends but for nearly all, double-digit earnings growth is predicted. If you like to follow my stories, please subscribe my blog news.

5 dividend paying auto dealers are..

3 Fairly Priced High-Margin Stocks Warren Buffett Would Like

Everybody wants to make money, big money over the long-haul. You put money into a stock and get twice of this amount back in 10 years. That's great and I have often invested into stocks that doubled in a decade easily.

Today I like to come back to return. It's very important to see that the company makes good profits on its annual sales. The higher the margin, net or operational, the better is the market dominance of the firm.

I like companies with high margins, Google and Apple have unbelievable high margins. You might wonder but they have no direct competition and can charge customers each price they want, there is no alternative and if you need those products or you think you must have them, you must pay the bill.

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Warren Buffett is also a great investor who invested into stocks that produce high returns on invested capital. It's the guarantee that the firm makes internal revenues which could be used to pay investors.

I ran a screen that searched for the accompanying criteria: 

- Average returns on invested capital > 12% over the last 5 years
- Current return on invested capital > its 5-year average 

I sifted further for organizations with a long history of solid sales and profit improvements combined with robust, and enhancing, net revenues that are not profoundly leveraged by debt. I added the accompanying extra criteria: 

- Average sales growth > 10% over the last 5 years

- Average EPS growth > 10% over the last 5 years

- Average operating profit margin > 10% over the last 5 years

- Current operating profit margin > its 5-year average

3 companies jumped on top of my screen. Very informative...