10 High Quality Growth Dividend Contenders Looking Really Cheap

Long term orientated investors need growth to lift its portfolio value. 

Dividends are good but the real boost will come from growth. Only growth can make you rich in the long term.

Today I've screened the Dividend Contenders by cheap stocks with double-digit earnings growth for the next five years.

Exactly 10 stocks fulfilled the following criteria:

- Market capitalization over 2 billion
- Low forward P/E of less than 15
- EPS growth for the next five years over 10%
- Positive return on assets
- Debt/Equity under 1

Here are the results...

8 Cheap Long-Term Dividend Growth Stocks Growing At Double-Digit Rates

I like dividend growth stocks and they should be bought at a reasonable price. If so, you can expect a solid return on your invested capital.

One important criteria to measure this issue is the PEG ratio. Toady I will not use this ratio but therefore stay at the P/E and EPS growth figures.

Well, I screened the Dividend Contenders list, stocks with consecutive dividend growth of more than 10 year, by the cheapest stocks with double-digit EPS growth expectations.

These are the criteria in detail:

- Market Capitalization over 2 billion
- EPS growth for the next five years over 10%
- Return on Assets over 10%
- Sales growth over the past 5 year's positive
- Low Forward P/E
- Debt/Equity under 1

Only eight stocks fulfilled my criteria. These are the results...

18 Fast Growing Dividend Jewels You Should Consider

The Brexit dominates the market in several ways. He creates massive uncertainty, especially within the foreign exchange market which affects so many businesses around the world. 

The news is that those effects are limited. The big cake is still in America and the rest of the world. That’s also one reason why I want to screen the domestic market by stocks which are less affected by currency fluctuations. 

I like high margin companies that are big enough to finance its own growth without taking debt or issuing shares.

Finally, shareholders should get a decent amount of money as compensation for their risk and rental for their money. 

Today’s stock market screen tries to capture this issue in a special way. 

Here are my criteria: 

- Market Capitalization over USD 2 Billion
- Positive Dividend Yield 
- EPS to Grow By More Than 10% for The Next Half Decade 
- Debt/Equity Under 0.5 
- Operating Margin over 15% 
- Positive Return on Assets 
- Forward P/E under 15 

Exactly eighteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which five paying dividends over 3 percent. 

16 of the results are currently recommended to buy. 

These are my five favorites from the screening results...

20 Highest Yielding NASDAQ And NYSE Dividend Achievers

There are numerous studies suggesting that dividend-paying stocks are effective tools for accumulating wealth over an extended time horizon.

Simply investing in dividend-paying stocks, however, hardly limits the investable universe or indicates a realistic strategy. 

More than two-thirds of the stocks in the S&P 500 pay dividends, including the majority of the larger companies in the benchmark. 

Globally, there are thousands of dividend-paying stocks. There are a number of strategies that further refine the idea of dividend investing, focusing only on dividend payers that meet certain yield, consistency, or balance sheet criteria. 

The good thing for us normal investors is that we can easily discover some the most popular indices with focus on long term dividend growth in order to select high-quality dividend stocks. 

Today I like to show you some of the 20 highest yielding stocks from the NASDAQ and NYSE Dividend Achievers Index. The strategy is ideal for high-income investors who don't want to invest into junk.

The NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index includes dividend-paying stocks that meet the following requirements:

- Be incorporated in the United States.
- Trade on the NYSE or NASDAQ.
- Have increased its annual dividend for the last ten or more consecutive years.
- Meet volume requirements.
- The NASDAQ OMX maintains the NASDAQ US Dividend Achievers Select Index.

These are 20 highest yielding, selected Dividend Achievers, sorted by Dividend Yield...

19 Modestly Valueated Dividend Stocks To Buy And Hold For The Next 20 Years

Though it's undeniably gratifying to watch any stock you own skyrocket in value over short periods of time, the best way to predictably generate wealth is to buy and hold shares of great companies over the long term.

And we're not talking periods of just weeks or months, but rather years or -- better yet -- decades. So attached I've tried to compile a dozen stocks that might be the ideal investment for the long term.

The basis for me was a strong established corporate structure with big brands which drive billions of dollars each year into the company without a low Capex desire.

Dividend Achievers often have such a big footprint in their industry and they become stronger with every recession over decades.

These are the criteria of my screen:

- Sales growth in the past five years positive
- Expected EPS growth for the next five years over 5 percent yearly
- Low forward P/E
- Debt to equity under 0.5

19 stocks fulfilled my above mentioned criteria of which four have a dividend yield over 3 percent. The screen is not focused on yield but more on financial stability and future growth. Pick the right growth stock and you could get rich. Remember McDonalds in the 80ies. What a wonderful investment.

Here are some of my ideas you might get for an attractive price...

19 Dividend Achievers With Strong Fundamentals, Solid Growth And Cheap Price Ratios

Investors looking for income usually go for dividends instead on betting on stocks that offer capital gains for wealth creation. 

Dividend-paying stocks also provide a cushion against equity market volatility. With Wall Street swinging between bull and bear markets, there are chances of high volatility in the near future. 

While a series of mergers and acquisitions gave a boost to the technology market, the unknown impact of the interest rate hike, an aging bull market, the strengthening dollar, lower oil prices and global growth concerns like the Greece crisis and the slowdown in China, are testing investors’ patience.

This instability has compelled many to play safe and depend on dividend-paying stocks for steady returns. After all, such stocks have been the proven outperformers over the long term and are relatively safer bets. 

Usually, an investor’s risk tolerance is a major factor that determines how the portfolio is organized. However, it is prudent to have a mix of both growth and dividend-yielding stocks. 

Also, while some companies may offer a special dividend to distribute a windfall, it is advisable to choose a consistent performer with strong fundamentals.

Attached you will find a couple of stocks with such strong fundamentals. I restricted my research on long-term dividend growth stocks in order to keep the quality high.

These are my screening criteria in detail:

- Dividend Growth Over 10 Consecutive Years
- Positive Past Sales Growth
- Expected Mid-Term Earnings Growth Over 5%
- Debt To Equity Under 0.5
- Low Forward P/E Under 15

19 stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which four yields over 3 percent. 

Here are the results...

17 Oversold Dividend Achievers Trading At Very Attractive Levels

The market pullback is serving up a yield bonanza, and investors who rely on dividends to supplement their income have a wide variety of stocks to choose from. 

 Super-sized payouts should probably be avoided because they come with higher risks and you don’t want to step in just before the distribution gets a nasty haircut. There are, however, a handful of stocks with rock-solid dividends that are now trading at very attractive levels.

Each of the attached stocks have a long dividend growth history of more than 10 years. In addition, the forward P/E is under 15, the debt to equity under 1 and earnigs should grow by more than 5 percent yearly for the next 5 years.

Finally every stock in the attached list is oversold by a RSI value of 0.4.

Here are some of my current ideas....

18 Stocks With Higher Dividend Payments Of The Past Week

Attached is a nice compilation of stocks with dividend growth from the past week. Only a few stocks, in total 18 companies, announced a higher dividend.

The best known stocks are Clarcor, Thor, DineEquity, Masco, LTC Properties, Enterprise Products Partners and Bank or Ozarks.

The biggest hike came from Synnex followed by Riverview Bancorp and American Financial.

Here is the full compilation....

18 Stocks With Higher Dividend Payments Of The Past Week (click to enlarge),
Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com

13 Stocks With Fresh New Dividend Hikes

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 13 stocks and 4 funds announced a dividend hike within the recent week.

I’ve attached a list with all stocks and included a few fundamentals for you. So it would be easier to compare the current valuation.

Two High-Yields are part of the results but they are both very small capitalized. The biggest stocks with the most recent dividend growth are Accenture and Phillips 66. Only four companies have a P/E of less than 15. The market gets more and more expensive, a fact that is also reasonable to the low interest policy of Bernanke.

5 Stocks and 5 Funds Announced A Dividend Growth Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. We’ve reached new lows in weekly dividend hikes. Last week, only five stocks and five additional funds announced a dividend hike. That’s not much but the big dividend growth stocks have increased their payments earlier this year. The others still have 6 month or more to met the straight criteria of a real dividend Champion, Challenger or Contender.

Below is a detailed look of the five dividend growth stocks from last week. You can find additional information in the attached table. Despite the low number of dividend growth stocks and funds, the power of is still impressive. 62.35 percent, that’s the rate of dividend growth.

19 Stocks Hiked Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 19 companies increased its dividend payments last week and additional 7 other vehicles like funds boosted dividends to new levels.

The retailer TJX Companies is a popular name on the list. The company announced to raise dividends by 26.1 percent. Another big player is the financial services group PNC who operates money center banks within the states. PNC Financial Services announced to raise its dividends by 10 percent.  

In total, 26 stocks and fund vehicles increased its dividend payments last week of which six are High-Yields and 10 are currently recommended to buy. The average dividend growth amounts to 16.83 percent.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 16, 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.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks January 16, 2013. In total, 13 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 5 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.58%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Horizon Technology Finance	HRZN	144.36M	13.13	0.92	5.80	9.14%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.01B	8.96	1.83	12.06	5.63%
Friedman Industries Inc.	FRD	74.80M	9.65	1.14	0.49	4.73%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	1.54B	14.95	3.82	0.59	3.08%
Commercial Metals Company	CMC	1.83B	13.76	1.40	0.24	3.06%
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad	EOC	13.62B	19.09	2.58	2.72	2.99%
Enersis S.A.	ENI	12.21B	17.81	1.51	0.87	2.94%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.01B	13.69	2.19	0.84	2.16%
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.	OZRK	1.20B	16.27	2.50	5.99	1.74%
West Pharmaceutical Services	WST	1.88B	24.69	2.62	1.51	1.38%
Oxford Industries Inc.	OXM	826.01M	24.92	3.64	1.01	1.20%
Whole Foods Market, Inc.	WFM	16.54B	35.38	4.35	1.41	0.90%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.93B	-	2.02	1.88	0.82%

Dividend Growth | The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

I love dividends and dividend growth stocks. That’s the main reason why I make a regular screen of the latest stocks with dividend growth on my blog “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 

I believe that those companies could have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. 

Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 5 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 2 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 17.0 percent.

Below the results is one high-yield stock from the closed-end debt industry. Three of the growth stocks have a current buy or better recommendation.

The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (October 01 – 07, 2012)

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 20 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 9 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 14.02 percent. Exactly 6 stocks have a yield over three percent and 9 are currently recommended to buy.

Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth January 2012

Shares With Highest Dividend Growth by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration. The dividend growth is often a good indicator for the financial health of a stock. Companies with a strong increase in dividends judge the future of their company rosy. They give money back to shareholders that they don’t need for their business. In total, 40 stocks increased dividends of which 14 raised dividends by more than 10 percent.

The biggest dividend hike was realized by Marcy (M) and DDR Corporation (DDR). M doubled dividends and DDR raised distributions by 50 percent. The average dividend yield of all growth stocks amounts to 3.79 percent and the dividend growth is 11.35.

Here are my favorites with fast dividend growth:

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AmeriGas Partners (NYSE: APU) has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion. The company employs 5,460 people, generates revenues of $2,537.96 million and has a net income of $140.92 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $284.43 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.21 percent (operating margin 8.07 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.55 percent).

The total debt representing 57.30 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 303.85 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 36.92 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.30. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.89 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.40, Price/Sales 0.94 and Price/Book ratio 7.12. Dividend Yield: 7.08 percent. The beta ratio is 0.40.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (APU) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APU) (Click to enlarge)

Alliant Energy (NYSE: LNT) has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion. The company employs 4,704 people, generates revenues of $3,416.10 million and has a net income of $308.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $848.40 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 24.84 percent (operating margin 16.28 percent and the net profit margin finally 9.02 percent).


The total debt representing 29.65 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 87.72 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.21 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.58 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.13, Price/Sales 1.40 and Price/Book ratio 1.66. Dividend Yield: 4.16 percent. The beta ratio is 0.52.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Alliant Energy Corpora... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Alliant Energy Corpora... (LNT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Alliant Energy Corpora... (NYSE: LNT) (Click to enlarge)

Pentair (NYSE: PNR) has a market capitalization of $3.71 billion. The company employs 14,300 people, generates revenues of $3,030.77 million and has a net income of $202.95 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $416.65 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 13.75 percent (operating margin 11.03 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.70 percent).


The total debt representing 17.80 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 33.80 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.17. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.76 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.31, Price/Sales 1.21 and Price/Book ratio 1.75. Dividend Yield: 2.37 percent. The beta ratio is 1.07.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Pentair, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Pentair, Inc. (PNR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) (Click to enlarge)

Macy's (NYSE: M) has a market capitalization of $15.04 billion. The company employs 166,000 people, generates revenues of $25,003.00 million and has a net income of $847.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,085.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.34 percent (operating margin 7.58 percent and the net profit margin finally 3.39 percent).


The total debt representing 35.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.64 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.21, Price/Sales 0.59 and Price/Book ratio 2.71. Dividend Yield: 2.26 percent. The beta ratio is 1.63.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Macy's, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Macy's, Inc. (M) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) (Click to enlarge)

The McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) has a market capitalization of $13.61 billion. The company employs 20,755 people, generates revenues of $6,168.33 million and has a net income of $851.87 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,817.47 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 29.46 percent (operating margin 23.04 percent and the net profit margin finally 13.81 percent).


The total debt representing 17.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 54.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 40.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in form of dividends to shareholders.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.71, Price/Sales 2.19 and Price/Book ratio 6.41. Dividend Yield: 2.17 percent. The beta ratio is 1.07.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The McGraw-Hill Compan... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The McGraw-Hill Compan... (MHP) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The McGraw-Hill Compan... (NYSE: MHP) (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table of dividend growth stocks from last month:

Stocks With Fastest Dividend Growth January 2012 (Click to enlarge)

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