10 Dividend Growers Institutional Investors Like

Goldman Sachs is projecting that nearly half of stock returns over the next decade will be from dividends. That's a huge number and based on historically data.

This is certainly good news for dividend investors. Unfortunately the stock market is trading at an elevated price-to-earnings ratio. As a result, total stock market returns are expected to average just 5% a year over the next decade.

If you are looking for more return, you must select the good stocks and eliminate the bad ones. By following the dividend growth rule, dividend growth stocks should perform better than the overall market.

Below are 10 that could fit the dividend growth rule. Which do you like?

10 Top Dividend Growers to consider are....

18 Cheap And Perfect Dividend Stocks To Consider

I write a lot about investments, mostly about dividend paying stocks which have grown payments over a long period of time.

I personally believe that those companies offer true values for normal do-it-yourself investors like you and me.

The great risk is always that the company is leaving its growth path and cannot hike dividends in the future.

Today I try finding a perfect stock. It is a cheaply valuated company with solid debt and growth perspectives. In addition the corporate should generate a double-digit return on investment.

16 stocks fulfilled my criteria. I've selected only companies with a large market cap. I love bigger capitalized companies because they are often more secure than small and midcaps. Safety is a key element in my investment philosophy.

Attached is the list of my 16 results. Most of them are low yielders but in times of low interest rates, it is no shame to own stocks with a yield below 3 percent. 

What is your perfect stock? Please leave a comment at the end of this article. I hope you have enjoyed reading my stuff and keep following my news by subscribing. Thank you so much.

These are my 6 top results from the list:

16 Incredible Stocks Converting Growth In Pure Return

Growth is wonderful but makes only sense when the company has a high return on assets. 

It's a massive money creating strategy to take cash and upscale a high returning business.

Today I've discovered some growth stock ideas with double digit returns on assets and operating margins with low price and debt ratios.

These are my criteria in detail:

- Large Cap

- Positive Dividend Yield

- Debt to Equity under 1

- Expected 5-Year EPS Growth over 5 percent

- Past 5-Year Sales Growth over 5 percent

- Forward P/E under 15

- 10 Percent ROA and Operating Margin

There were exactly 16 stocks that met my tight criteria. I'm also impressed by the sector diversification. A broad range of stocks from completely different industries stopped with these restrictions but technology stocks still dominating my results.

Technology is not the same. There are old-techs and new-tech companies. The first category delivers "commodities" for the following, new companies. Oracle, Microsoft and AT&T are such investments.

Below are my five favorites from the results, you can also find a table with the full results attached. I hope you enjoy my work and get more stock trading ideas. My focus is dividend, value and growth driven.

5 Top Dividend Paying Growth Stocks with Big Return on Assets are...

8 High-Return Creating Stocks

When you invest in dividend stocks you need also look at internal return rates. The most popular ratios are return on equity and return on investment.

A company that has a big return on equity and also low debt ratios means that the high ratio was not created by taking debt and boosting earnings. Great for us investors; we own a piece of a high income generating company.

If the company can scale up its sales by taking more debt and issuing new shares, our return could boost. That's also one reason why I look at low debt with good return on equity ratios. If the company also do stock buybacks and hiked dividends, great!

My experience is that no companies fulfill everything. It's no shame when a company suffers and do not meet every optimum value. Each business is volatile and risky.

I've tried to create a screen, based on some return figures. Below are my 8 favorites. At the end of this article, you can find a list with 16 additional stocks.

These are my main criteria:
- Midcap+
- Forward P/E under 15
- Operating Margin over 15 percent
- Debt-to-equity under 1
- Return on Equity 15%+
- Payout half of profits
- Mid-digit Earnigns growth forecasts

8 high return creating stocks, low debt and price ratios included are...

6 Top Long-Term Dividend Growth Stocks With A 20% Return On Investment

The markets hit new highs and valuations grow steadily. I notice that the fight for real and high quality assets is very hard. Today, investors pay 30 times for a solid and slow growing free cash flow. That's crazy in my view because you cannot make a good return with such a high price; it's a 3.3 percent initial yield.

Bonds yielding much lower at a yield of 2.5 for US Bonds to 1.5 percent or less for the German Government Paper. That's a damn low ratio.

But investors like you and me need a good yield to head off market fluctuations and to compensate inflation pressure, but most of the high-quality dividend growth stocks yielding below 3 percent.

My goal for today is to present you those stocks that pay more than the expected inflation rate and have a return on investment ratio above 20 percent. In addition, they should grow at a pace of 5 percent or more over the next five years. 

Below are those 6 results that have matched the above mentioned criteria and hiked dividends for 10 years or more. The results are very limited but can give you a good idea about the current market situation.

6 top long-term dividend growth stocks...

5 Stocks Warren Buffett Keeps An Eye On...

Attached are five more stocks with fundamentals that meet Warren Buffett target criteria. 

I've introduced a few more stocks in this blog earlier this month and I believe that it's a good tool to get new stock ideas in a hot market.

The markets are not cheap for the time being and high-quality stocks have a much higher premium rate. But the good thing is that this should not make it impossible to find new investment targets.

You must have patience to get the right investments at the right prices. Only the disciplined investor makes the better return.

5 stocks with Warren Buffett like criteria are...

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...

Warren Buffett's Targets Part I: Potential White Elephants Of The Guru Investor

Warren Buffett is one of the most trusted and popular investors on the market. He made from a dozen dollars over USD 58 billion. On this blog, I also cover the activities of the guru investor and publish his trades and thoughts.

There are several speculations on the market what Warren Buffett buys next. He has around USD 15 billion in cash, a number that is growing monthly. Some of Warren Buffett's criteria are:

- Market Capitalization from $15 Billion to $40 Billion

- Capital Expenditures / Net Fixed Assets > 10%

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

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

- Return on Common Equity > 10%

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

By screening the market with the above mentioned criteria, there are popping out a few interesting stocks. Some are often discussed like General Mills or Hershey, W.W. Grainger or FedEx.

Big takeovers make sense for Warren Buffett, also when they are higher valuated. More important are the stable cash flows. The strategy is to buy stocks that have big brands and produce products. They buy commodities and create wonderful things for people all over the world.

5 picks that Warren Buffett would like to consider....

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) has a market capitalization of $30.78 billion. The company employs 41,000 people, generates revenue of $17.774 billion and has a net income of $1.793 billion. General Mills’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.443 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.37 percent (the operating margin is 16.04 percent and the net profit margin 10.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.17 percent of General Mills’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 119.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.34 percent was realized by General Mills. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.69. Last fiscal year, General Mills paid $0.99 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.31, the P/S ratio is 1.73 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.73. The dividend yield amounts to 3.08 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.20.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of General Mills (GIS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Mills (GIS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Mills (GIS)

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) has a market capitalization of $21.45 billion. The company employs 12,100 people, generates revenue of $6.644 billion and has a net income of $660.93 million. Hershey’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.399 billion. The EBITDA margin is 21.07 percent (the operating margin is 16.72 percent and the net profit margin 9.95 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 40.10 percent of Hershey’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 183.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 69.79 percent was realized by Hershey. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.45. Last fiscal year, Hershey paid $1.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.80, the P/S ratio is 3.21 and the P/B ratio is finally 20.71. The dividend yield amounts to 2.02 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.21.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Hershey (HSY)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Hershey (HSY)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Hershey (HSY)

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $17.65 billion. The company employs 21,100 people, generates revenue of $8.950 billion and has a net income of $698.85 million. W.W. Grainger’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.357 billion. The EBITDA margin is 15.16 percent (the operating margin is 12.64 percent and the net profit margin 7.81 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.26 percent of W.W. Grainger’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 18.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.97 percent was realized by W.W. Grainger. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $11.25. Last fiscal year, W.W. Grainger paid $3.06 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.61, the P/S ratio is 1.97 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.84. The dividend yield amounts to 1.46 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.92.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of W.W. Grainger (GWW)

CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) has a market capitalization of $37.00 billion. The company employs 20,930 people, generates revenue of $14.089 billion and has a net income of $1.669 billion. CBS Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.594 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.51 percent (the operating margin is 20.95 percent and the net profit margin 11.85 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.38 percent of CBS Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 57.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.24 percent was realized by CBS Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.94. Last fiscal year, CBS Corporation paid $0.44 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 20.96, the P/S ratio is 2.63 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.80. The dividend yield amounts to 0.78 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 2.27.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of CBS Corporation (CBS)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of CBS Corporation (CBS)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of CBS Corporation (CBS)

FedEx (NYSE:FDX) has a market capitalization of $44.34 billion. The company employs 112,000 people, generates revenue of $44.287 billion and has a net income of $1.561 billion. FedEx’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.538 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.50 percent (the operating margin is 5.76 percent and the net profit margin 3.52 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 8.91 percent of FedEx’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 17.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.72 percent was realized by FedEx. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.19. Last fiscal year, FedEx 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 27.37, the P/S ratio is 1.00 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.60. The dividend yield amounts to 0.42 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.50.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of FedEx (FDX)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of FedEx (FDX)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of FedEx (FDX)

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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.

11 Great Dividend Growth Stocks With Low Debt

Great dividend paying stocks with low debt ratios originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend growth is wonderful but it does not mean a good return in the end. Out there are also stocks that hiked dividends over 10 years or more but they delivered only a 3 percent annual return of which 2 percent are explainable to cash dividend payments.

A good dividend growth stocks is a pick that delivers adequate returns far above the expected inflation rate. Nobody knows which stock can give you this but one critical factor is the amount of debt. A low leveraged stock has more possibilities to grow in an easy way.

Today I would like to share some great dividend stocks with low debt ratios. Great dividend stocks are those stocks that have delivered good growth and high returns combined in the past.

I used a restriction of a debt to equity ratio of 0.5 percent. Eleven stocks fulfilled my criteria of which six are recommended to buy.

21% Return With Investments in American Oil fields

The following post is a sponsored article to review a new investment opportunity of Viscount Resources. They plan to offer their clients a basic material investment opportunity within the Schwarz Oil Wells, an oil field in Illinois Basin.

I know that you are real dividend investors but some of you also like direct investments in oil and gas ventures. America experiences a big energy boom for the time being. There is a huge potential of exploring and drilling oil and shale gas within the United States. Railroads and Pipeline stocks have benefited from higher prices for delivering these energy products and the best is yet to come.

Development of the world's energy production (click to enlarge)

Oil and natural gas accounting for more than half of the world’s energy demand. Combined with coal, fossil fuels dominate the global energy consumption with a market share of around 87 percent. Why are they so dominant? It’s easy to explain: The humans don’t need to pay the price of production from fossil fuels. That’s a major competitive advantage compared to new energy sources like solar, biogas or even wind power.

Today I would like to introduce a company that has a great experience in research of investments within the basic material sector. Viscount Resources, based in Gibraltar, are experts in oil and gas investment management. The company plans to manage a drilling and exploring oil venture in Illinois and wants to purchase a license agreement in the Swartz Oil Wells, an area of 640 acres in the Dale Consolidated Oil Field, a known producing area in the Illinois Basin, USA.  The Project Coordinators, Sunset Oil and Gas LLC, along with Drilling Contractor, George N. Mitchell Drilling Inc, have many years of experience operating together within the Illinois Basin.

You can get a full overview about the partners of the project in the Viscount Swartz Brochure. The project offers a double-digit annual return and should run over a lifespan of around 20 years.

The investment opportunity:

-With a 10,000 GBP investment to generate 10 barrels a day (1.365% Share).

- When oil is found investors will earn between GBP 2,400 & GBP 2,800 per annum (on average).

- Estimated return of 21% for the year after fees

- Monthly paid return when oil is being pumped out of the ground

- Potential to gain a higher return if the oil reserves are bigger than estimated

- A Rising oil price can increase your return

- Long Investment Period of 20 Years

- Currency Gains for a non UK-Investor

Risks:

- Decreasing GBP/USD currency pair for non UK-Investors

- Risk of lower than estimated oil reserves

- Shrinking oil price can reduce your return

- Operational risks e.g. exploring and drilling risk

Costs:

- 5% the fee which is GBP 120 and the small maintenance fee which will be on average GBP 155 for the year (both paid directly out of profits)

You can get a detailed overview about the project’s geological situation in the Swartz Geological Report. The report was prepared on November 17, 2012 and shows the potential of the whole area.

Direct investments in oil and gas are definitely riskier than normal investments in high-quality dividend stocks but they offer a great opportunity for risk-taking and yield seeking investors.

If you like to receive more information about the project or how to become a part of the project, you can submit your request or jump on a call with Viscount Resources at +44 (0) 203 397 6738.

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Reader Question: How To Double Your Investments In 5 Years

A reader of my blog long-term-investments.blogspot.com, Barnard, wrote me on Facebook a question. Here are his words:

“Tom your advice on dividend buying and reinvestment has been informative. I will make a donation to the cause. I hope you can elaborate on how to turn dividend growth stocks into growth that can double ones assets the quickest. Would such a feat be possible even in 1/2 a decade?”

Well that’s a really good question and I give you the answer short. Yes you can double your investment in a half decade. I did it over the recent two years. But its work and luck combiend. You also need to sell some positions with a higher valuation and put the fresh money into new alternatives with bigger growth potential. The basis assumption is that you have really good running capital markets which give you tail wind. As example: The whole market doubled since the market lows in March 2009. It’s easy to make money in markets that go up in a short time.

It’s hard to predict growth. Analysts do this but they revise their predictions with every new quarter report. I personally look at the long-term growth from the past. If I see a stock with a 10 year dividend growth of 10% and the 1 year, 3 year and 5 year growth is in the same range, it should be possible that the company raise dividends at the same rate in the near future. A few points make is easier to predict the possibility for a stable, growing or even slowing rate:

- Payout ratios

A company with low payout ratios has a bigger possibility to grow dividends on a higher rate.

- Expected Earnings Growth

A strong growth could be a good sign that the company raises dividends by the same amount of the earnings growth or even better if the cash flow is strong and the current payout ratios are too low.

- Debt ratios

Low debt amounts or even big mountains of cash are good indicators for growing dividends.

Back to your question. If you like to double your investments in five years, you need to find stocks with a yearly grow rate (dividends included) of 14% or more.

I will not give you tips of stocks to buy or sell because I have no idea where the stock market is in 5 years. The truth is that I can’t tell you because I don’t know it and everybody else don't know it too. 

I buy stocks because of the good looking fundamentals. In addition, I try to eliminate the risks from stocks with diversification. I avoid an overweighting of a single stock – Not more than 1% of my net worth should be invested in a non-core stock. This rule gives me the possibility to realize a higher return by investing more money into faster growing stocks.

I hope my answers helped you to understand my investment strategy a bit more. If not, feel free to submit a comment on my Facebook-Page. I always try my best to help others.

The 10 Best Growth Investments – Low Dividends, High Growth And Return

The Best Growing Companies With Highest 3-Year Total Return Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Growth stocks are very good investment vehicles to boost your wealth if you have paid an acceptable price for the business in the past. If so, your return on investment should high enough to compensate all underlying risks. I screened the best 100 growth stocks from with the highest rate of 3-year total return. Below the ten best stocks are only two that pay dividends; eight are currently recommended to buy and four of the 100 best growth stocks have a triple-digit return. Remarkable is the low debt and high growth from the stocks. Sometimes it makes really sense to accept a low dividends or to renounce dividends in exchange for growth and return.

6 Most Profitable Stocks With Double-Digit Yields

Stocks With Highest Return On Investment And Biggest Dividend Yields Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. High Yields are good but stocks with very high yields (dividend yield over 10 percent) are even better. At the capital markets are unbelievable 160 stocks with a double-digit yield but most of the companies have hidden business models with a small market capitalization.

I screened all stocks with very high yields by the highest return on investment (yields over 10 percent). In order to reduce the risk of dividend cuts, I decided to select only those stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 2 billion. Six companies remained.

15 Most Profitable Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend Aristocrats With Highest Return On Investment Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a history of rising dividend of more than 25 years in a row. In addition they are selected and part of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index. Dividend Aristocrats have a high reliability but which one is currently the best in terms of profitability?

I screened the 52 Dividend Aristocrats by the highest return on investment (ROI) and observed only the stocks with a return on investment of more than 15 percent. Fifteen companies fulfilled the mentioned criteria of which eight are currently recommended to buy.

10 Most Profitable Dividend Challengers To Consider

Dividend Challengers With Highest Return On Investment Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Challengers are stocks with a history of rising dividend of more than 5 years in a row but less than 10 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 189 Dividend Challengers by the highest return on investment (ROI) and observed only the stocks with the highest figures. Ten companies have currently the highest ROI of more than 25 percent.

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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