50 Shares With Fastest Dividend Growth In July 2013

Stocks with highest dividend growth researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividends are back: The numbers of shares with a solid dividend grow accelerated within the recent weeks to old levels and a few big names are below the fastest growing dividend stocks from the past month. Names like McKesson, Wendy’s or Hershey. You might have noticed the dividend growth if you read some of the latest articles on my blog.

Today would like to give you an update of the 50 fastest dividend growers from the recent month. Below the results are again some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 45.11 percent. Four of the 50 dividend growers have a double-digit dividend yield and ten a high-yield over 5 percent. Around half of the results still have a buy or better rating.

Latest Dividend Growth: Norfolk Southern And Wendy's Hiked Dividends

Yesterday, eleven companies announced a dividend hike and one stock, Walter Industries, cut dividends from 12.5 cents per share to 1 cent. The biggest dividend hike came from BBCN Bancorp who raised its cash distributions by 50 percent. The current yield of BBCN is at 1.95 percent.

Two big names are on the list of the latest dividend growth companies: Wendy's and Norfolk Southern. 

The railroad company Norfolk Southern hiked its dividends by 4 percent and yields at 2.79 percent. The operating margin of the transportation stock is still very high at 27.90 percent. The company benefits from the current shale gas boom.

The fast food chain Wendy's announced a 25 percent dividend hike. That's a great increase if you look at the fundamentals of the company but the earnings outlook is good. Earnings are expected to grow by 14.33 percent for the next five years. The dividend yield of Wendy's amounts to 2.25 percent.

These are the latest dividend growth stocks from yesterday:

Company	Dividend Yield in %	Dividend Growth	Payment Period	Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Payment Date
Access National	2.86	10.00%	Quarterly	8/5/2013	8/23/2013
Atlas Pipeline Partners	6.33	5.08%	Quarterly	8/5/2013	8/14/2013
Bar Harbor Bankshares	3.12	1.61%	Quarterly	8/13/2013	9/13/2013
Barnes Group	1.34	10.00%	Quarterly	8/23/2013	9/10/2013
BBCN Bancorp	1.95	50.00%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/16/2013
Global Partners	6.14	0.86%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/14/2013
MPLX L.P.	3.14	4.59%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Norfolk Southern	2.79	4.00%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	9/10/2013
StoneMor Partners	9.22	0.84%	Quarterly	8/1/2013	8/15/2013
SunCoke Energy Partn.	7.38	37.58%	Quarterly	8/13/2013	8/30/2013
Wendy's Co	2.81	25.00%	Quarterly	8/29/2013	9/17/2013

20 Most Hated Dividend Stocks From The Services Sector

Most sold short services dividend stocks originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". The services sector is a big part of the economy and the financial markets. Roughly 850 companies have a relationship to the sector – That’s around 13.3 percent of the overall market by number of constituents.

Today I like to show you which services dividend stocks are most hated within the financial industry. Investors hate such stocks by selling them short. They believe in a falling stock price and want to profit from it.

My screen includes only mid- and large capitalized companies with a float short ratio of more than 5 percent.

The 20 most hated stocks have a float short ratio between 8.79 and 29.31 percent. Gamestop is the most sold company. Seven of the results have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 30, 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 May 30, 2013. In total, 49 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 16 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.21%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Realty Income Corp.	O	9.57B	68.72	1.70	17.90	4.45%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	34.52B	12.43	114.63	0.74	4.27%
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.	AEM	4.94B	19.19	1.43	2.65	3.08%
Kellogg Company	K	23.80B	25.58	8.42	1.63	2.72%
The Wendy's Company	WEN	2.40B	-	1.22	0.96	2.62%
Principal Financial Group Inc.	PFG	11.15B	15.14	1.15	1.21	2.42%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.60B	14.93	0.89	3.65	2.06%
Polaris Industries, Inc.	PII	6.40B	20.16	8.73	1.95	1.80%
ITC Holdings Corp.	ITC	4.66B	24.25	3.20	5.47	1.70%
ManpowerGroup	MAN	4.43B	25.22	1.77	0.22	1.60%
Expeditors International of Washington	EXPD	8.18B	24.74	3.89	1.37	1.52%
Hillshire Brands Company	HSH	4.36B	55.31	10.32	1.09	1.41%
Nike Inc.	NKE	56.55B	25.11	5.30	2.25	1.33%
Alliant Techsystems Inc.	ATK	2.58B	9.46	1.70	0.59	1.32%
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	13.96B	-	0.64	0.50	1.31%
Imperial Oil Ltd.	IMO	33.27B	9.69	2.01	1.08	1.20%
Silgan Holdings Inc.	SLGN	3.03B	22.88	5.93	0.84	1.18%
Ball Corporation	BLL	6.62B	17.87	6.16	0.76	1.17%
Fluor Corporation	FLR	10.47B	22.95	3.00	0.37	1.00%
Lufkin Industries Inc.	LUFK	2.99B	33.19	3.64	2.27	0.57%

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On February 27, 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 February 27, 2013. In total, 91 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 32 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.03%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
TransAlta Corp.	TAC	4.07B	-	1.36	1.81	7.25%
Lorillard, Inc.	LO	6.10B	14.52	-	0.92	5.39%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	28.44B	10.51	732.33	0.60	5.23%
Realty Income Corp.	O	7.94B	58.37	2.45	16.69	4.89%
Northeast Utilities	NU	12.88B	21.48	1.37	2.05	3.58%
Brookfield Properties Corporation	BPO	8.39B	7.45	0.73	3.68	3.37%
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	30.55B	15.73	1.90	2.14	3.32%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	96.52B	17.94	6.95	3.50	3.20%
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.	CFR	3.69B	15.59	1.53	5.85	3.20%
SLM Corporation	SLM	8.67B	9.73	1.68	1.42	3.20%
The Wendy's Company	WEN	2.13B	-	1.08	0.85	2.94%
L-3 Communications Holdings	LLL	7.08B	9.41	1.31	0.54	2.92%
Pepsico, Inc.	PEP	116.00B	19.18	5.21	1.77	2.86%
Compass Minerals International	CMP	2.49B	28.16	4.93	2.65	2.64%
GATX Corp.	GMT	2.30B	16.98	1.85	1.85	2.53%
Sealed Air Corporation	SEE	4.10B	-	2.41	0.53	2.47%
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.	CHRW	9.15B	15.47	6.08	0.81	2.47%
Weyerhaeuser Co.	WY	15.66B	40.54	3.84	2.22	2.36%
Flowers Foods, Inc.	FLO	3.84B	3.99	4.48	1.26	2.30%
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	2.38B	14.03	0.82	3.31	2.26%