20 Cheap Dividend Contenders With Real Low Debt Figures

Dividend Contenders with low debt and cheap price ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Contenders have raised their dividend payments over 10 years in a row but not more than 25 consecutive years. There are over 200 stocks with such an impressive dividend growth history but not all of them are really good. Every stock has a something that an investor loves and hates. The perfect stock does not exist.

Today I would like to screen the Dividend Contenders category by cheap stocks (forward P/E below 15) with the lowest debt ratios. For passive investors, it's very important to own low leveraged growth stocks because they can expect further dividend hikes. If you purchase them at reasonable prices, you can increase the possibility for a good return.

Twelve of the 20 cheap Contenders with very low debt to equity ratios have a buy or better rating and four yield over three percent. Many insurer and banks are on the list. The financial sector is very strong.

16 Top Dividend Contenders From Abroad

Foreign Dividend Contenders originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Everybody seeks for great opportunities on the stock market. If your equity base is not big enough in your home country, you need to look abroad for investment opportunities.

Today I like to show you all foreign Dividend Contenders (stocks with a dividend hike history between 10-25 years) with an U.S. Listing. 16 stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one is a High-Yield and nine are currently recommended to buy.

19 Dividend Contenders With Real Big Dividend Growth Potential

Dividend growth stocks with low payout and debt ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". When I consider buying a stock, I always look at the fundamentals of a company. The current yields and P/E’s are a first step but both are only two of hundreds criteria.

If you like to evaluate the future dividend growth you should definitely look at the debt situation and the payout ratio. Also important is the expected growth. Only a growing company can hike its dividends in the long-run without paying out capital assets and destroying shareholder values.

Today I like to present Dividend Contenders with the highest dividend payout potential. If they succeed to hike further dividends over the next few years, they can become a Dividend Champion very soon. These are my criteria:

- Payout ratio below 30 percent

- Long-Term Debt to equity under 0.2

- Market Capitalization over 300 million

Nineteen companies fulfill the above mentioned criteria. Ten have a current buy or better rating.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) has a market capitalization of $9.55 billion. The company employs 10,929 people, generates revenue of $11.359 billion and has a net income of $593.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $719.72 million. The EBITDA margin is 6.34 percent (the operating margin is 5.95 percent and the net profit margin 5.23 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.47 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 43.14 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.66. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.34 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.26, the P/S ratio is 0.84 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.34. The dividend yield amounts to 2.37 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.65.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Lincoln Electric Holdings (NASDAQ:LECO) has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion. The company employs 10,000 people, generates revenue of $2.853 billion and has a net income of $257.22 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $448.31 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.71 percent (the operating margin is 12.69 percent and the net profit margin 9.01 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.10. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.71 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.04, the P/S ratio is 1.71 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.63. The dividend yield amounts to 1.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.59.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion. The company employs 10,900 people, generates revenue of $1.939 billion and has a net income of $162.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $266.50 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.74 percent (the operating margin is 12.06 percent and the net profit margin 8.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.76 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 20.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.26 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.65. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.36 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.54, the P/S ratio is 1.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.79. The dividend yield amounts to 1.24 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.00.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of A. O. Smith (AOS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of A. O. Smith (AOS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of A. O. Smith (AOS)

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) has a market capitalization of $14.32 billion. The company employs 16,000 people, generates revenue of $9.721 billion and has a net income of $786.76 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.457 billion. The EBITDA margin is 14.99 percent (the operating margin is 13.01 percent and the net profit margin 8.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 4.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.49 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 48.27 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.53. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.42, the P/S ratio is 1.47 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.14. The dividend yield amounts to 1.04 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.73.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Ross Stores (ROST)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Ross Stores (ROST)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Ross Stores (ROST)

Take a closer look at the full list of Dividend Contenders with big potential to hike future dividends. The average P/E ratio amounts to 15.64 and forward P/E ratio is 14.22. The dividend yield has a value of 1.59 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.01 and price to sales ratio 2.31. The operating margin amounts to 21.10 percent and the beta ratio is 0.93. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.13.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Dividend Contenders With High Dividend Growth Potential (Click to enlarge)

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12 Safe Dividend Contenders With Low P/E Multiples

Dividend Contenders with low P/E and beta ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Safety and growth is a good combination but hard to find. 

Safe stocks don’t exist because with your shares you are a part of the business and must carry all fluctuations. But there are more or less risky businesses.

Growth is your wealth driver. A growing business is a good business and makes you richer when your company employs more people and generates higher sales and incomes over a couple of years. 

In order to realize a return you must care about the current price ratios. The price you pay for growth should be acceptable in order to make a good return. Normally you have to pay a higher P/E with bigger growth expectations.

Today I try to combine all three factors: Growth, Bargains and Safeness. I like to screen dividend growth stocks with 10 to 25 years of consecutive dividend growth by low P/E and beta ratios: The P/E should be under 15 and the beta ratio must below 0.5.

Twelve stocks fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which three have a buy or better rating. Insurer, banks and telecom stocks are main contributors to the screen. Somehow strange - How banks fundamentals have changed over the recent years. They show low debt figures and good dividends but the banks in my screen are very low capitalized and have a greater risk.

16 Really Cheap International Dividend Achievers

Bargains from the International Dividend Achievers Index originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". If you like to make money with dividend stocks or you are a dividend growth investor, you should have a quiet overview of the best dividend paying stocks from abroad.

Sure, I know that you can enumerate all Dividend Achievers from the United States. Those stocks have raised their dividends over a period of more than 10 consecutive years. But if you should do the same with European stocks, you would fail.

What is different compared to U.S. Dividend Achievers? The effort in dividend growth is lighter. Stocks need to increase dividends uninterrupted over 5 years or more. In additon, the stocks must be incorporated outside the U.S. but must be listed on a U.S. or U.K. Stock Exchange.

Why is dividend investing so important? I am a private trader and made most of my wealth through trading of high-quality dividend growth stocks. Over the recent 10 years, around 1/3 of my performance was made with dividend payments.

Today I try to find some really cheap stocks below the International Dividend Achievers Index. The forward P/E should be under 10. Only 16 of 51 stocks meet these criteria. Eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.