Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Week 20/2016

Dividend growth investing is a popular model followed by the investing community to build assets. 

Companies which not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year have been shown to perform better overall for investor returns. 

Following companies announced dividend increases this week. These are the dividend grower from the past week... If you like them to receive in the future, just subscribe to my free newsletter.

Company	Ticker	New Yield	Dividend Growth in %
Connecticut Water Service	CTWS	2.31	5.61%
Hawthorn Bancshares	HWBK	1.34	3.99%
Mesa Royalty Trust	MTR	3.14	8.66%
MetLife Floating Ser A	META	4.08	1.10%
Clorox Co	CLX	2.5	3.90%
Group 1 Auto	GPI	1.53	4.55%
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	3	9.09%
Leggett&Platt	LEG	2.8	6.25%
Northrop Grumman	NOC	1.68	12.50%
Blue Hills Bancorp	BHBK	0.81	50.00%
First Financial Indiana	THFF	2.81	2.04%
Monro Muffler Brake	MNRO	1.1	13.33%
Republic Bancorp KY Cl A	RBCAA	3.08	5.56%
Southwest Airlines	LUV	0.95	33.33%
Towne Bank	TOWN	2.5	8.33%
United Fire Group	UFCS	2.42	13.64%
Brocade Comm Systems	BRCD	2.76	22.22%
Gentex	GNTX	2.27	5.88%
Houlihan Lokey Cl A	HLI	2.94	13.33%
KeyCorp	KEY	2.72	13.33%
Kilroy Realty	KRC	2.42	7.14%
Marsh&McLennan	MMC	2.12	9.68%
Medical Properties Tr	MPW	6.53	4.55%

19 Dividend Stocks With A Cash Return Yield Over 10%

Dividends and share buybacks help increase value for people holding a stock, and there's a lot of money to be had as companies shovel record amounts of cash back to shareholders.

We recognize activist investors often agitate for firms to return excess cash to shareholders via buybacks. However, while repurchases may lift share prices in the near term, they are a questionable use of cash at the current time when the median S&P 500 multiple is so high. In our view, acquisitions – particularly in the form of stock deals – represent a more compelling strategic use of cash than buybacks given the current stretched valuation of US equities.

I've compiled a list of the top 19 stocks, all with a total cash return yield of more than 10%. Below include how much of the return is from dividends or buybacks. You'll also find a comment about cash returns from company executives on the during their latest quarterly earnings call.

Check out the 19 stocks here...

War Stocks: 8 Interesting Military, Aerospace & Defense Dividend Stocks Income Investors Need

Military expenditure shrunk in 2013 by 1.9% but not all countries are spending less. 

Military spending in North America and in Western and Central European countries has continued to decline, while other countries such as Brazil and Russia have increased their arms investments. 

 I'm not a military guy but my guess is that it could be possible to come back to cold war times. Maybe Europe is creating an own army to fight against Russia. There is a lot of rumor in the market. 

Who might benefit? Defense and Aerospace stocks. Today, I've created a small overview of defense stocks with good dividends that might catch a good part of military budget. 

You can also get more dividend ideas from the military and defense industry in my recent articles.

Which stocks do you like? 

These are the highlights....

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...

5 Stocks That Warren Buffett Would Love: Part II

Yesterday, I wrote about stocks that Warren Buffett would love. 

I introduced five picks that are often mentioned when analysts talk about potential takeover targets by the guru investor from Omaha.

Today I will continue this stock idea spinning by showing you additional companies that fulfill the following criteria:

- Market Capitalization from $15 Billion to $40 Billion

- Capital Expenditures / Net Fixed Assets under 10%

- 5-Year Average Growth in ROIC in Highest 50%

- P/E Ratio Below Average Company Value in Home Market

- Return on Common Equity over 10%

- Excludes Banks, Brokerages, Asset Managers, Technology, Biotechnology Companies

There are a few stocks available on the market that fulfill these restrictions. Some of those stocks are still in his latest portfolio but there are also many fresh ideas as you might have seen in the first part of this article serial.

Additional 5 stocks that Warren Buffett would love are...

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On August 29, 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, 64 stocks go ex dividend - of which 18 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.69%. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the upcoming week.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Realty Income Corp.	O	7.83B	56.38	1.76	12.93	5.45%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	39.50B	13.79	57.01	0.85	3.74%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	94.97B	17.37	6.26	3.42	3.25%
NV Energy, Inc.	NVE	5.59B	17.32	1.57	1.90	3.20%
Kellogg Company	K	22.43B	23.26	8.77	1.51	2.99%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	5.38B	28.34	1.57	3.09	2.82%
The Wendy's Company	WEN	2.98B	253.00	1.52	1.18	2.64%
Northrop Grumman Corporation	NOC	21.75B	11.54	2.27	0.86	2.63%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	44.19B	16.82	1.73	4.51	2.59%
M&T Bank Corporation	MTB	14.67B	12.91	1.49	4.94	2.45%
GameStop Corp.	GME	5.82B	-	2.70	0.68	2.23%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	ANF	2.78B	13.13	1.65	0.63	2.22%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	3.98B	21.74	8.24	1.02	2.16%
Nordstrom Inc.	JWN	11.07B	15.02	5.45	0.89	2.12%
Hartford Financial Services	HIG	13.39B	-	0.70	0.47	2.02%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.69B	15.09	0.96	3.79	1.98%
The Interpublic Group of Comp.	IPG	6.66B	20.08	3.14	0.95	1.92%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	4.62B	23.83	3.07	5.23	1.91%
Martin Marietta Materials Inc.	MLM	4.44B	45.36	3.16	2.17	1.66%
Dun & Bradstreet Corp.	DNB	3.97B	15.07	-	2.42	1.59%

Find more stocks with ex-dividend date on August 29, 2013 here.

15 Cheap High Beta Industrial Dividend Stocks

Industrial dividend stocks with high beta ratios at a cheap valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love it to look for cheap stocks but bargains at the market are really hard to find especially because of the hundreds of thousands metrics you can use to identify an undervalued stock.

A major criterion which is often used by many investors is the price to earnings ratio. It tells you how many years do you need to get your investment back in corporate earnings. The lower the ratio, the cheaper your investment is. A P/E of 10 also means that the earnings yield is at 10 percent.
This month, I’ve created an article serial about high beta stocks. Those stocks are stronger correlated than the overall market and tend to outperform the broad S&P 500 in bullish times. They also tend to lose performance when the markets are going down.

Today I would like to screen high beta dividend stocks from the industrial sector with a cheap forward P/E ratio. Only fifteen stocks from the sector fulfilled these criteria and eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.

50 Fastest Growing Dividend Stocks In May 2013

Stocks with highest dividend growth originally researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. When a company raises dividends, it’s always a good sign. A firm with a growing dividend let your passive income grow and could put you on the next level of your financial freedom.

But more important than a dividend hike is the intensiveness of the dividend growth. A one percent hike each year is good but it won’t help you over the time. What you need is a stronger growth, something in the range around the 10 percent level.

Today I run my screen of the 50 fastest dividend growers from last month. Below the results are again some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates. All stocks still have a double digit-growth rate. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 49.42 percent. The average yield is at 3.47 percent.

Industrial Dividend Stocks With Cheapest Forward P/E's

Dividend stocks from the industrial sector with very low forward P/E ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The cheapest large cap industrial dividend stocks, measured by the lowest forward P/E, are valuated between 8.27 and 14.08. Sixteen of the 20 cheapest industrial stocks have a current buy or better rating.

Industrials are more cyclic by its nature but they can give you a boost for your portfolio, especially when the economy is in a rush. My favorite buying sector is still the consumer sector. I love consumer stocks because of the high-margins and strong consumer loyalty which results in relative robust sales. Consumer stocks are subject of my analysis within the next week.

Best Ex-Dividend Stock List Between November 19-25, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on November 19 - 25, 2012. In total, 120 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 46 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.66%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Vodafone Group plc	VOD	133.00B	11.75	1.01	1.80	5.87%
Arcelor Mittal	MT	23.13B	-	0.42	0.26	5.06%
Thomson Reuters Corporation	TRI	22.64B	-	1.33	1.68	4.67%
Applied Materials Inc.	AMAT	12.56B	12.23	1.51	1.36	3.55%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	190.76B	22.76	3.15	2.89	3.53%
Northrop Grumman Corporation	NOC	15.60B	8.19	1.43	0.62	3.46%
Carnival Corporation	CCL	28.94B	20.47	1.20	1.87	2.68%
3M Co.	MMM	62.02B	14.16	3.47	2.09	2.67%
Carnival plc	CUK	29.99B	21.21	1.24	1.93	2.59%
Marathon Petroleum Corporation	MPC	18.38B	7.25	1.79	0.23	2.58%
Valero Energy Corporation	VLO	16.25B	14.68	0.94	0.12	2.38%
Hershey Co.	HSY	16.01B	25.08	16.30	2.48	2.34%
Target Corp.	TGT	40.93B	14.30	2.57	0.57	2.30%
Marathon Oil Corporation	MRO	21.80B	12.10	1.27	1.38	2.20%
Limited Brands, Inc.	LTD	13.28B	19.41	-	1.30	2.16%
Cummins Inc.	CMI	18.20B	10.00	2.81	1.01	2.09%
Tenaris SA	TS	22.14B	12.71	1.98	2.04	2.03%
Progressive Corp.	PGR	13.64B	15.13	2.08	0.83	1.81%
Marriott International, Inc.	MAR	10.86B	21.93	-	0.92	1.51%
Broadcom Corp.	BRCM	17.19B	23.99	2.31	2.22	1.31%