20 Stocks Hiked Dividends Last Week | A Full Compilation Of The Best Growth Stocks

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Within the past week, 20 companies announced a dividend hike. I’ve the feeling that the number of hikes go down for a few weeks. I remember times when 70 stocks a week hiked its dividends. But I think it’s only a span and the number will rise in the future.

The most promising hike was in my view made by Raytheon. The military supplier for the government suffers under the fear of budget cuts. The current hike is a clear statement to investors that they have strong fundamentals and could hike dividends despite potential sales and earnings declines.

Another stock with a wonderful growth announcement was Air Products and Chemicals. The major diversified chemical company will raise dividend payments to shareholders by 10.9 percent. A reader of my blog asks me recently for my view about the stock. He thought that APD has a great market position in the H and Helium market and could start to boom if prices go up.

Below 20 stocks with dividend growth from last week are 15 with a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.92 percent. Linked is a full free list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are two High-Yields; 11 companies have a current buy or better rating.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On January 08, 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 08, 2013. In total, 15 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.16%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
AT&T, Inc.	T	200.11B	45.75	1.99	1.57	5.11%
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	126.43B	41.40	3.36	1.11	4.65%
National Health Investors Inc.	NHI	1.64B	24.59	3.72	17.16	4.56%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	DRI	6.01B	13.24	3.21	0.73	4.30%
WGL Holdings Inc.	WGL	2.09B	14.93	1.61	0.86	3.95%
UDR, Inc.	UDR	6.00B	-	1.97	8.37	3.67%
CH Energy Group Inc.	CHG	976.24M	24.83	1.87	1.06	3.40%
General Mills, Inc.	GIS	27.01B	15.41	3.86	1.58	3.16%
OGE Energy Corp.	OGE	5.71B	16.24	2.06	1.54	2.89%
Brady Corp.	BRC	1.77B	-	1.71	1.35	2.19%
Aetna Inc.	AET	15.21B	8.66	1.40	0.43	1.76%
Lincoln National Corp.	LNC	7.73B	19.52	0.51	0.69	1.71%
Hingham Institution for Savings	HIFS	139.90M	10.77	1.55	2.88	1.58%
Intuit Inc.	INTU	18.43B	25.71	6.71	4.36	1.09%
West Coast Bancorp	WCBO	441.55M	13.87	1.31	4.76	0.87%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks On October 05, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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-dividend date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on October 05, 2012. In total, 21 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 8 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.74%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Verizon Communications	VZ	131.85B	46.28	3.55	1.17	4.45%
WGL Holdings	WGL	2.05B	20.19	1.57	0.84	4.02%
UDR	UDR	6.12B	-	1.97	8.46	3.60%
Darden Restaurants	DRI	7.18B	15.21	3.86	0.89	3.59%
Covanta Holding Corporation	CVA	2.26B	27.82	2.28	1.36	3.54%
General Mills	GIS	25.92B	15.69	3.90	1.54	3.29%
OGE Energy	OGE	5.51B	16.01	2.11	1.45	2.81%
Gap	GPS	17.67B	20.53	6.07	1.18	1.36%
Lincoln National	LNC	6.89B	38.94	0.49	0.64	1.33%
Vail Resorts	MTN	2.04B	146.67	2.54	1.99	1.31%
Intuit	INTU	18.04B	24.62	6.57	4.35	1.11%
Mastercard	MA	59.13B	28.32	9.44	8.30	0.25%

The Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Between October 01 - 07, 2012

The Best And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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-dividend date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks between October 01-07, 2012. In total, 94 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend - of which 44 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.24%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, large capitalized Ex-Dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.	CLI	2.34B	33.25	1.26	3.25	6.77%
Enerplus Corporation	ERF	3.28B	-	0.92	2.66	6.58%
AT&T, Inc.	T	217.49B	50.27	2.12	1.71	4.67%
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	129.82B	45.57	3.49	1.15	4.52%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	BMY	56.67B	16.23	3.52	2.77	4.03%
WGL Holdings Inc.	WGL	2.07B	20.43	1.58	0.85	3.98%
Kimco Realty Corporation	KIM	8.25B	57.91	1.65	8.79	3.75%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD	76.16B	11.96	1.58	3.49	3.74%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	DRI	7.19B	15.23	3.87	0.89	3.59%
UDR, Inc.	UDR	6.21B	-	2.00	8.58	3.55%
Raytheon Co.	RTN	18.98B	9.94	2.20	0.77	3.50%
Covanta Holding Corporation	CVA	2.28B	28.13	2.30	1.37	3.50%
Sysco Corp.	SYY	18.34B	16.46	3.91	0.43	3.45%
Erie Indemnity Co.	ERIE	3.03B	22.87	3.97	0.62	3.44%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de CV	PAC	2.43B	19.77	1.40	6.31	3.38%
Campbell Soup Co.	CPB	11.00B	14.45	12.26	1.43	3.33%
General Mills, Inc.	GIS	25.71B	15.57	3.87	1.52	3.31%
Eaton Corporation	ETN	15.96B	11.31	2.01	0.99	3.22%
General Dynamics Corp.	GD	23.33B	9.65	1.71	0.72	3.09%
Gentex Corp.	GNTX	2.46B	14.40	2.24	2.23	3.06%