Ex-Dividend Growth Stocks As Of September 14, 2018 - #Cato #Merck #Amphenol #Allegion

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Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	Get the PDF via Mail…
SALM	Salem Media Group, Inc.	-	12.38	0.39	0.45	6.67%	Stock Report of SALM
CATO	The Cato Corporation	17.96	16.5	0.63	1.56	6.15%	Stock Report of CATO
OMI	Owens & Minor, Inc.	-	11.18	0.12	1.35	5.72%	Stock Report of OMI
CHS	Chico's FAS, Inc.	13.93	13.31	0.5	1.7	3.90%	Stock Report of CHS
HBAN	Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	15.19	11.47	4.82	1.7	3.53%	Stock Report of HBAN
DTE	DTE Energy Company	15.91	17.96	1.54	2.08	3.12%	Stock Report of DTE
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	47.95	15.2	4.54	5.76	2.75%	Stock Report of MRK
SYBT	Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.	17.67	15.49	7.25	2.5	2.62%	Stock Report of SYBT
AIG	American International Group, Inc.	304.19	9.66	0.97	0.77	2.45%	Stock Report of AIG
JEF	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	23.54	12.97	0.88	0.77	2.18%	Stock Report of JEF
NEU	NewMarket Corporation	22.37	17.95	1.97	8.34	1.77%	Stock Report of NEU
AIMC	Altra Industrial Motion Corp.	24.51	12.31	1.23	2.71	1.76%	Stock Report of AIMC
PFLT	PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.	14.54	11.24	7.52	0.96	1.65%	Stock Report of PFLT
FFIN	First Financial Bankshares, Inc.	31.4	26.01	15.35	4.17	1.38%	Stock Report of FFIN
APH	Amphenol Corporation	25.36	24.11	3.77	7.65	0.96%	Stock Report of APH
ALLE	Allegion plc	25.44	18.4	3.35	16.84	0.94%	Stock Report of ALLE
FCNCA	First Citizens BancShares, Inc.	16.39	-	4.73	1.62	0.30%	Stock Report of FCNCA

Ticker	Company	Sales past 5Y	Sales Q/Q	EPS Q/Q	EPS next 5Y	Perf Year
SALM	Salem Media Group, Inc.	2.80%	0.30%	-273.1%	7.0%	-37.10%
CATO	The Cato Corporation	-2.10%	-53.20%	-69.0%	10.0%	62.50%
OMI	Owens & Minor, Inc.	1.00%	-46.50%	-576.6%	4.7%	-36.93%
CHS	Chico's FAS, Inc.	-2.40%	-5.90%	-25.9%	15.0%	5.83%
HBAN	Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	12.20%	14.80%	30.4%	14.7%	24.08%
DTE	DTE Energy Company	7.50%	10.60%	30.7%	5.5%	1.55%
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	-3.20%	5.40%	-10.5%	7.2%	6.72%
SYBT	Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.	5.00%	18.50%	28.2%	10.0%	10.60%
AIG	American International Group, Inc.	-7.10%	-7.10%	-13.6%	34.6%	-14.51%
JEF	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	6.70%	11.60%	-82.5%	18.0%	-0.56%
NEU	NewMarket Corporation	-0.10%	9.50%	-14.4%	7.7%	-6.21%
AIMC	Altra Industrial Motion Corp.	3.70%	6.20%	23.7%	15.1%	-16.61%
PFLT	PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.	37.50%	28.30%	-55.4%	-	-6.60%
FFIN	First Financial Bankshares, Inc.	9.00%	17.80%	30.1%	10.0%	51.62%
APH	Amphenol Corporation	10.30%	18.90%	36.4%	10.1%	16.46%
ALLE	Allegion plc	3.50%	12.40%	8.3%	12.2%	10.79%
FCNCA	First Citizens BancShares, Inc.	1.90%	11.50%	-30.7%	-	36.56%

Ticker	Company	ROA	ROE	ROI	Oper- Margin	Debt/ Equity
SALM	Salem Media Group, Inc.	3.70%	9.30%	3.7%	6.4%	1.11
CATO	The Cato Corporation	3.20%	4.90%	4.9%	2.5%	-
OMI	Owens & Minor, Inc.	-4.00%	-14.70%	3.7%	-1.3%	2.08
CHS	Chico's FAS, Inc.	8.10%	13.60%	12.8%	5.3%	0.10
HBAN	Huntington Bancshares Incorporated	1.30%	13.20%	13.0%	78.1%	0.95
DTE	DTE Energy Company	3.40%	11.90%	7.0%	12.0%	1.34
MRK	Merck & Co., Inc.	1.50%	3.90%	8.7%	12.3%	0.72
SYBT	Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.	1.30%	12.90%	26.9%	89.2%	-
AIG	American International Group, Inc.	-1.30%	-10.00%	1.9%	3.6%	0.55
JEF	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	1.40%	6.50%	2.8%	6.2%	2.01
NEU	NewMarket Corporation	10.20%	29.00%	20.2%	13.1%	1.38
AIMC	Altra Industrial Motion Corp.	5.80%	13.40%	7.7%	9.6%	0.63
PFLT	PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.	3.90%	6.40%	4.7%	58.5%	0.73
FFIN	First Financial Bankshares, Inc.	1.90%	14.50%	21.2%	93.0%	-
APH	Amphenol Corporation	7.50%	18.40%	15.1%	20.5%	0.91
ALLE	Allegion plc	11.10%	66.00%	22.4%	19.5%	2.89
FCNCA	First Citizens BancShares, Inc.	0.90%	9.40%	19.9%	94.9%	0.07

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