13 Unleveraged Dividend Challengers With Yields Over 2% | Dividend Income Growth

Dividend Challengers with very low debt to equity ratios and great initial dividend yields originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 

If you read my blog for a longer time you should have noticed that dividend growth is one of the most important wealth drivers for long-term dividend investors.

I also talked about the difference between high dividend yields at a low growth and low yielding stocks with a high dividend growth.

The answer of this question is a between solution: Look at good initial yields with growing dividends over the longer period. I talk about mentionable yields and growth rates above the inflation level.

Today I would like to combine both, good growth with an acceptable initial dividend yield. In addition I love it to find stocks with low or no long-term debt. This increases the chance for further big dividend hikes or an accelerated growth.

Only a low leveraged company has more flexibility to grow sales and income much easier. Let’s take a look into the third dividend growth stock category - Dividend Challengers.

Thirteen stocks from the Dividend Challengers list (stocks with dividend growth between 5 to 10 consecutive years) fulfilled my above mentioned criteria. One stock has a high yield close to the double-digit yield ratio and five got a buy or better rating by brokerage firms. Most of the companies from the screening results are low capitalized; eight of them have a market capitalization under USD 2 billion.

15 Cheap International Dividend Achievers | Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Cheap international Dividend Achievers originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The search for high quality dividend stocks is the basis of my research. I always look for stocks with a good dividend history and potential to hike future dividends.

My results often come from the American stocks but you can find overseas also some good dividend growth players with potential to grow further. For sure the rest of the world doesn’t have so many stocks with a long history of rising dividends but there are a few attractive candidates.

Today I would like to look at some International Dividend Achievers. Those stocks have raised dividends for at least five consecutive years. In this article, I will present you the 15 cheapest stocks with positive 5-Year earnings per share growth expectations. Two High-Yields are part of the results and seven of the cheapest foreign dividend stocks have a current buy or better rating.

20 Cheap Large Cap Dividend Challengers With Double-Digit Earnings Growth

Large capitalized Dividend Challengers with strong growth at a low valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. 

If you have read my blog for a longer time, you would have noticed that I often write about dividend growth stocks and dividends in general. One dividend growth category is the Dividend Challengers category. Those stocks have raised their dividend cash payments to shareholders over a period of more than 5 consecutive years but less than 10 years in a row.

Because of the rising market valuation, I wanted to know which of the Dividend Challengers are still fair or even cheap priced compared to its growth forecasts by analysts. 

I selected all stocks from the dividend growth category with a market cap over $10 billion and a low forward P/E below 15. In addition, the expected earnings per share growth should be above 5 percent yearly. Exactly 20 companies fulfilled these criteria.

14 of the results have a current buy or better rating and five stocks yielding over the three percent mark.

20 Big Dividend Challengers With Highest Margins

Dividend income growth stocks with high margins and big market capitalization originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Every dividend is only half worth as it should be when the dividend payments are not sustainable or from a low margin business that needs money to keep the business running.

What investors want is a high profitability, a high margin. The strong dividend comes from alone in the long-run.

Today I like to focus on dividend growth stocks that have raised their payments over a period of more than five years but less than 10 years in a row. I like to show you, which of the higher capitalized companies work at the highest margins on the market. 

It’s quite different to compare unequal business models but that’s the nature of economic. Investors look for the most profitable opportunities and they want to put their money into the most promising vehicle. Tobacco delivers a greater return than food. But food gives you a better return than retail.

The results show the top 20 companies with margins between 17.57 percent and 32.67 percent. Eleven of the results have a current buy or better recommendation.

20 Biggest Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Large capitalized dividend growth stocks from foreign countries originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe is still on fire. The economy is in a triple dip recession and the European member states cut spending. The unemployment is high but every economic depression could be a solid basis for future engagements in the stock market. Today I like to scout for some dividend growth opportunities outside the United States.

I screened my database of stocks with a consecutive dividend increase of at least five years by foreign stocks. Around 35 (approx. 8 percent) of them have headquarters abroad. Below is a small list of the 20 biggest results. 11 of them are currently recommended to buy. Canada is the most represented country in the screen.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 17, 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 April 17, 2013. In total, 18 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 7 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.18%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital	PFLT	-	-	-	-	7.48%
Kayne Anderson Energy Development	KED	267.75M	10.99	1.08	24.77	6.77%
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.05B	8.49	1.62	11.55	6.19%
Telefonica Brasil, S.A.	VIV	29.18B	12.90	1.31	1.70	5.94%
Vale S.A.	VALE	84.41B	11.88	1.14	1.77	4.76%
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.	CMTL	389.55M	19.79	0.94	1.03	4.75%
Friedman Industries Inc.	FRD	64.53M	9.12	1.04	0.44	3.37%
PNM Resources, Inc.	PNM	1.84B	17.62	1.14	1.37	2.86%
US Ecology, Inc.	ECOL	479.69M	18.62	4.27	2.84	2.76%
Smith & Nephew plc	SNN	10.52B	14.32	2.70	2.54	2.72%
Luxfer Holdings PLC	LXFR	822.53M	6.43	3.75	1.54	2.49%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	1.91B	17.04	4.40	0.72	2.49%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.02B	12.97	2.11	0.81	2.39%
Bon-Ton Stores Inc.	BONT	268.38M	-	2.39	0.09	1.52%
Resource America, Inc.	REXI	172.69M	7.52	1.20	2.81	1.40%
Oxford Industries Inc.	OXM	937.40M	29.88	4.08	1.10	1.28%
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	3.84B	56.55	2.01	1.82	0.83%
ARM Holdings plc	ARMH	18.81B	76.25	10.08	21.26	0.59%

Next Week's 20 Top Yielding Ex-Dividend Stocks

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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks April 15 - 21, 2013. In total, 37 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 14 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.60%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Main Street Capital Corporation	MAIN	1.08B	8.75	1.67	11.89	6.00%
Telefonica Brasil, S.A.	VIV	29.99B	13.59	1.35	1.78	5.78%
Senior Housing Properties Trust	SNH	5.25B	34.93	1.86	8.15	5.58%
Vale S.A.	VALE	89.97B	12.66	1.21	1.89	4.46%
Comtech Telecommunications	CMTL	415.29M	21.10	1.00	1.10	4.46%
LTC Properties Inc.	LTC	1.33B	27.67	2.87	14.12	4.28%
Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	QCOR	1.65B	8.94	10.24	3.25	3.54%
PNM Resources, Inc.	PNM	1.89B	18.09	1.17	1.41	2.78%
US Ecology, Inc.	ECOL	483.37M	18.76	4.30	2.86	2.74%
Smith & Nephew plc	SNN	10.53B	14.33	2.70	2.54	2.72%
Xyratex Ltd.	XRTX	304.79M	18.49	0.80	0.26	2.66%
Luxfer Holdings PLC	LXFR	837.00M	6.54	3.82	1.57	2.45%
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	CBRL	1.97B	17.54	4.52	0.75	2.42%
Foot Locker, Inc.	FL	5.18B	13.38	2.18	0.84	2.32%
Colgate-Palmolive Co.	CL	55.29B	22.98	25.35	3.24	2.30%
Hormel Foods Corp.	HRL	10.84B	21.89	3.70	1.30	1.66%
CVS Caremark Corporation	CVS	71.42B	18.92	1.88	0.58	1.56%
West Pharmaceutical Services	WST	2.20B	27.60	2.99	1.73	1.20%
Apache Corp.	APA	29.42B	15.42	0.94	1.72	1.07%
Oxford Industries Inc.	OXM	952.34M	28.68	4.18	1.16	1.05%