11 Dividend Contenders With Return On Assets Over 17.50%

Attached you will find those Dividend Contenders with the highest return on assets. This is only a snapshot from the Dividend Growth Excel Sheet. Do receive the full data, you need to donate.

Ticker	Company	P/E	Fwd P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend	ROA
TPL	Texas Pacific Land Trust	46.49	-	30.35	46.09	0.16%	94.00%
MKTX	MarketAxess Holdings Inc.	46.47	37.23	18.63	13.91	0.83%	26.90%
PETS	PetMed Express, Inc.	19.82	14.06	2.76	6.63	2.79%	24.30%
ROST	Ross Stores, Inc.	22.17	18.57	2.23	10.28	1.08%	24.20%
TXN	Texas Instruments	27.53	18.6	7.13	10.29	2.23%	23.50%
FAST	Fastenal Company	25.63	19.42	3.37	7.02	2.79%	21.20%
GGG	Graco Inc.	25.64	22.38	4.95	10.66	1.16%	19.70%
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	21.8	16.08	1.5	10.41	1.83%	19.40%
UNP	Union Pacific Corporation	22.01	16.67	5.09	4.5	2.07%	19.10%
ROL	Rollins, Inc.	54.83	41.47	6.28	16.47	1.12%	18.20%
FDS	FactSet Research Systems Inc.	28.58	20.8	5.88	12.59	1.13%	17.50%

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17 Stocks With Strong Balance Sheets And Growing Dividends

It's better to put money into stocks with growing dividends and strong balance sheets and a solid outlook. For sure you should not expect high rolling returns at triple digit rates but over decades you can expect to grow your invesment.

Stressed assets look like big bargains but you have a face a much bigger risk. Today I would like to focus on those stocks that offer less riks due to a strong balance sheet.

Stong balance sheets have many stocks. Some got a fresh capital injection and swim in cash but their business is cyclic and loses money. Those stocks are not the kind of investment I'm looking for.

In today's screen I've focused on stocks with a 10 year consecutive dividend growth. It's a strong indicator for a stable business.

Here are the best yielding results...

19 Nearly Debt-Free Dividend Achievers To Consider When Interest Rates Rise

Recently I began looking for dividend paying companies that carried no debt (or very little) on their books.

Not every company that I found would fit into my portfolio but several have found a place on my watch list and could prove to be quality investments over a long time period.

A company may have no debt for many reasons, not all are a positive for an investor. From an investor's stand point right away we see the benefit of a company having no debt because if you choose to invest in that company you are not incurring any share of their debt.

By remaining skeptical and cautious we must ask ourselves how they came to have no debt. It could be that their products sell so well they generate enough revenue to cover all their expenses.

On the other end of the spectrum it could be that the company is doing so poorly that nobody is willing to lend them money.

In no way am I saying that debt is bad for a company, or even an individual. Debt can be a tax advantage for many corporations as the interest payments provide a great tax break.

Companies often also utilize debt to finance their operations rather than their equity. If companies continue to sell additional shares to finance their operations it can destroy shareholder value, especially when that money raised does not go toward improving revenue and growth.

On a broader view, companies with no debt and high amounts of cash are better positioned for higher interest rates. If interest payments go up, the company gets more money from its bank and don't need to pay higher loan rates.

Attached you will find the best dividend growth stocks that are nearly debt-free in relation to its equity. The ratio I've discovered was the debt-to-equity ratio. Each of the stocks I've researched has a very low ratio of less than 0.1.

At the end of this article, you can find the full list with more fundamentals of all 19 results. Below are the 5 best yielding stocks in detail.

Here are the results...

These 5 Dividend Heros Offer You Safeness In Crises Times

As fears of a global growth weakness increases, investors should look for safe haven alternatives to survive a potential market crash.

The following five dividend stocks grew sales, GAAP earnings per share, and free cash flow during the 2008/2009 financial crisis, allowing them to raise their dividends and outperform the S&P 500 by more than 25% in 2008.

With global economies facing increased uncertainty and stock markets showing higher volatility in recent weeks, maintaining a dividend portfolio that provides safe income and capital preservation in down markets is more important than ever.

So, here are five dividend stocks that breezed through the financial recession. One of them has even increased its dividends for more than 25 consecutive years, making it one of the 52 dividend aristocrats.

Here are the results...

23 Stocks With Expected Dividend Growth Over The Next 3 Months

Consecutive dividend growth measures the number of years in which the corporate has increased dividends. Everything that a company needs to do is to hike dividends each 12 months or less.

Today I will highlight some special stocks that must increase dividends within the next 3 months in order to keep its dividend grower status alive. 23 companies are on the attached list of which 12 are recommended to buy. The bad thing is that only 4 have a really attractive forward looking P/E ratio of less than 15. The market is still expensive!

15 Dividend Contenders With Over 20% Return on Equity and Return on Investment

Dividend growth stocks with very high returns on equity and returns on investment originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. A solid investment delivers also solid returns over the time. Dividend growth is not the only criteria for a good investment. There are also many dividend growth stocks outside with low or negative return on investments and return on equity ratios.

Today I screened the Dividend Contenders Database by stocks with high return ratios. I fixed the 20 percent level in order to get the best results.

Only 15 companies fulfilled both, a return on equity as well as a return on investment over 20 percent. The difference between those two ratios is that the return on investment does not include the leverage effect. A corporate with high debts will automatically generate high returns on equity. The second ratio is a performance measure that looks only at the investment by dividing the investment return by the costs of the investment.

One High-Yield is below the results and 10 stocks got a buy or better rating by brokerage firms. Leverage is the key for high returns in my screen. As you might see in the attached sheet, the debt ratios are modestly high but in the end, the investor will pay a higher price for a leveraged company.

50 Top Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In January 2013

Shares with highest dividend growth from last month by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend growth is one of the biggest wealth drivers. If you buy a stock with a 2 percent yield you might know that this can’t help you. You are right especially when you have invested only $1,000, your dividend income would only $20. That's not much when you consider that you have around $10 trading costs.

Dividend growth helps you to grow your passive income. Normally, a solid stock should double its dividend payments over ten years. This means that your yield on cost would rise to 4 percent.

I often had stocks in my portfolio that beat this growth rates. Sure they were more risky than stocks like Procter & Gamble or Coca Cola but they all had a margin of safety for me. My yield on cost was after 5 years over 10 percent.

Today I like to show you the 50 fastest dividend growth stocks from the last 30 days. There are some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates which indicate a strong business health. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 68.40 percent. Remember, if you have such stocks, your yield on cost goes up over 10 percent in less than two years!

I personally have no stocks from the list. I don’t know why. Maybe there are too many financial and oil stocks on the list. More than half of the results have a current buy or better rating.

13 Most Profitable Dividend Contenders

Dividend Contenders With Highest Return On Investment Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Contenders are stocks with a history of rising dividend of more than 10 years in a row but less than 25 years. Stocks with such a long dividend growth history have a high reliability but which one are currently the best in terms of profitability?

I screened the 168 Dividend Contenders by the highest return on investment (ROI). Dividend Contenders are normally of higher profitability. 58 companies have a ROI over 10 percent. I observed only the highest figures. Thirteen companies have currently the highest ROI of more than 25 percent.

Here are my favorite stocks:

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Nu Skin Enterprise (NYSE:NUS) has a market capitalization of $2.74 billion. The company employs 3,420 people, generates revenues of $1,743.99 million and has a net income of $153.33 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $266.54 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.28 percent (operating margin 13.40 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.79 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 13.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.78 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 29.33 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.87. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.59 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.09, P/S ratio 1.55 and P/B ratio 4.65. Dividend Yield: 1.87 percent. The beta ratio is 1.26.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Nu Skin Enterpris... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Nu Skin Enterpris... (NUS) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nu Skin Enterpris... (NYSE: NUS) (Click to enlarge)

Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) has a market capitalization of $87.41 billion. The company employs 32,136 people, generates revenues of $11,214.67 million and has a net income of $2,889.96 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,202.84 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 37.48 percent (operating margin 33.72 percent and the net profit margin finally 25.77 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 1.32 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 2.28 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 45.95 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.37 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.23, P/S ratio 5.48 and P/B ratio 11.88. Dividend Yield: 1.85 percent. The beta ratio is 0.55.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Novo Nordisk A/S ... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Novo Nordisk A/S ... (NVO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Novo Nordisk A/S ... (NYSE: NVO) (Click to enlarge)

The TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) has a market capitalization of $30.72 billion. The company employs 168,000 people, generates revenues of $23,191.46 million and has a net income of $1,496.09 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,932.76 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 12.65 percent (operating margin 10.40 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.45 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 9.51 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.54 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 47.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.16. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.38 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.22, P/S ratio 1.33 and P/B ratio 9.67. Dividend Yield: 1.11 percent. The beta ratio is 0.57.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The TJX Companies... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The TJX Companies... (TJX) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The TJX Companies... (NYSE: TJX) (Click to enlarge)

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) has a market capitalization of $14.55 billion. The company employs 14,900 people, generates revenues of $8,608.29 million and has a net income of $657.17 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,223.36 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.21 percent (operating margin 12.23 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.63 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 4.54 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 10.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 46.51 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.05. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.47 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.17, P/S ratio 1.65 and P/B ratio 9.56. Dividend Yield: 0.89 percent. The beta ratio is 0.71.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROST) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of Dividend Contenders with the highest return on investment. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 18.45 and forward P/E ratio is 15.93. The dividend yield has a value of 2.74 percent. Price to book ratio is 6.84 and price to sales ratio 3.77. The operating margin amounts to 38.28 percent and the beta ratio is 0.99. The average stock has a ROI of 30.28 percent.

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

13 Most Profitable Dividend Contenders (Click to enlarge)

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ARLP, UHT, BBL, BHP, LLTC, CHRW, PII, NVO, NUS, FAST, ROL, FDS, TJX, ROST

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For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.