Best Performing Dividend Contenders Over The Past Year

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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Price	Target Price
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	46.01	-	31.27	43.79	0.12%	847.00	-
ENSG	The Ensign Group, Inc.	27.45	18.93	1.02	3.67	0.47%	38.10	36.29
HEI	HEICO Corporation	52.41	43.26	6.12	8.93	0.13%	89.67	95.30
BR	Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.	34.51	24.81	3.43	13.57	1.53%	124.96	134.60
NKE	NIKE, Inc.	31.91	25.54	3.44	13.11	1.00%	79.93	87.69
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	24.33	20.34	1.81	13.16	1.41%	110.67	114.84
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	28.79	22.76	7.84	10.41	1.64%	110.93	123.55
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	15.75	11.71	0.6	-	3.28%	46.09	46.53
ROST	Ross Stores, Inc.	23.34	20.79	2.41	11.03	0.95%	95.24	99.91
UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	23.56	18.51	5.53	6.26	1.95%	163.30	166.84
COLM	Columbia Sportswear Company	43.23	22.96	2.4	3.82	0.98%	89.18	97.13
CSX	CSX Corporation	24.81	18.34	5.54	4.6	1.18%	74.15	77.61
KR	The Kroger Co.	8.68	12.98	0.19	3.14	1.93%	29.29	30.77
V	Visa Inc.	40.09	27.32	16.3	11.67	0.58%	142.57	162.35
QCOM	QUALCOMM Incorporated	-	16.33	4.66	4.56	3.48%	71.18	72.62
RHI	Robert Half International Inc.	21.96	17.86	1.52	7.45	1.64%	67.22	66.44
NWFL	Norwood Financial Corp.	17.99	-	6	2.08	2.28%	38.50	-
HI	Hillenbrand, Inc.	29.32	19.6	1.89	4.69	1.59%	52.06	56.00
KWR	Quaker Chemical Corporation	70.16	28.07	3.12	6.27	0.74%	199.77	167.80
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	33.55	26.13	0.73	7.91	1.04%	222.90	241.48

Ticker	Company	Sales past 5Y	Sales Q/Q	EPS Q/Q	EPS next 5Y	Perf Year
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	32.30%	128.50%	160.6%	-	109.94%
ENSG	The Ensign Group, Inc.	17.60%	10.70%	74.5%	15.0%	65.71%
HEI	HEICO Corporation	11.20%	19.00%	45.8%	18.4%	56.90%
BR	Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.	12.20%	-1.90%	8.9%	13.4%	55.34%
NKE	NIKE, Inc.	7.50%	12.80%	7.0%	13.8%	53.55%
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	6.70%	11.60%	37.2%	11.5%	49.44%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	7.20%	17.50%	9.0%	12.4%	47.60%
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	1.90%	0.80%	-2.1%	7.8%	46.43%
ROST	Ross Stores, Inc.	7.80%	8.90%	26.9%	12.1%	44.41%
UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	0.30%	8.00%	36.6%	18.0%	43.63%
COLM	Columbia Sportswear Company	8.10%	20.70%	184.0%	10.9%	43.36%
CSX	CSX Corporation	-0.60%	5.80%	83.1%	20.5%	42.41%
KR	The Kroger Co.	4.90%	1.00%	61.2%	6.5%	40.43%
V	Visa Inc.	12.00%	14.80%	16.2%	19.1%	36.82%
QCOM	QUALCOMM Incorporated	3.10%	4.20%	41.2%	10.6%	36.03%
RHI	Robert Half International Inc.	5.10%	11.40%	39.3%	18.7%	33.28%
NWFL	Norwood Financial Corp.	5.80%	8.30%	28.7%	-	32.95%
HI	Hillenbrand, Inc.	10.10%	12.70%	9.8%	12.5%	32.42%
KWR	Quaker Chemical Corporation	3.00%	10.30%	61.4%	12.8%	31.84%
COST	Costco Wholesale Corporation	5.40%	12.10%	-1.1%	11.5%	30.98%

20 Cheap Dividend Growth Stocks By Free Cash Flow

Price earnings ratios are calculated on accounting principals. A better figure to evaluate the real financial power of a company is the Free Cash Flow.

Attached, I've compiled the 20 cheapest Dividend Contenders by P/FCF Ratio.

What does this ratio mean? For example, if the stock price for two companies is $25 per share and one company has a cash flow of $5 per share (25/5=5) and the other company has a cash flow of $10 per share (25/10=2.5), then if all else is equal, the company with the higher cash flow (lower ratio, P/CF=2.5) has the better value. Also like a P/E ratio, the lower the number, the better. Currently, the average Priceto Cash Flow (P/CF) for the stocks in the S&P 500 is 14.05. But just like the P/Eratio, a value of less than 15 to 20 is generally considered good.

What is the difference between cash flow and free cash flow? Cash flow refers to a stream of revenue or expense that alters a cash account over a specified time frame. Free cash flow (FCF) is a measure of a business's financial performance. It is calculated as the difference between cash flow and capital expenditures.

Here are the results:

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	P/FCF
AEL	American Equity Investment Life	12.69	8.11	0.68	0.93	1.39
PRU	Prudential Financial, Inc.	9.27	8.12	0.74	0.82	3.65
PFG	Principal Financial Group, Inc.	10.37	9.9	1.24	1.37	5.04
RNR	RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.	-	12.53	2.62	1.34	5.48
DGICA	Donegal Group Inc.	61.9	12.4	0.59	0.95	6.64
TCP	TC PipeLines, LP	9.94	10.06	5.21	2.35	6.76
TMK	Torchmark Corporation	4.27	12.99	2.31	1.56	7.17
EBMT	Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc.	17.83	11.51	4.08	1.22	7.5
AFG	American Financial Group, Inc.	17.8	13.2	1.43	1.83	7.77
THG	The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.	22.5	13.59	0.97	1.67	8.43
CMCSA	Comcast Corporation	15.75	12.08	1.82	2.24	9.17
EVR	Evercore Inc.	15.53	12.85	2.47	7.63	9.94
LAZ	Lazard Ltd	9.71	11.73	2.56	5.27	10.69
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.	56.41	16.45	5.65	1.44	10.95
HI	Hillenbrand, Inc.	18.07	17.97	1.82	3.95	12.06
TRV	The Travelers Companies, Inc.	17.51	12	1.28	1.57	12.46
VSEC	VSE Corporation	19.05	-	0.72	1.85	12.52
MCK	McKesson Corporation	6.87	10.65	0.14	2.52	12.65
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	14.65	10.25	1.55	4.52	12.77
EAT	Brinker International, Inc.	13.58	10.3	0.56	-	13.56

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The Latest Dividend Growth Stocks

Invest in high quality dividend paying companies that can manage their cash flow and payout ratio and be rewarded with constant dividend increases. 

A dividend increase is something every dividend growth investor can get excited about. Who wouldn’t love earning a little more from an investment without having to add additional capital? I enjoy highlighting these dividend raises every now and then. 

Let’s run down the list and see if any of these recent dividend raisers are in your portfolio.

Here are the latest dividend growth stocks....

21 Stocks With Bigger Dividends

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Attached you find a full list of the latest dividend growers of the recent week. In total, 21 companies raised their dividend cash distributions to shareholders of which 18 are currently recommended to buy.

Big names are on the list like Siemens or Disney.