50 Top Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In February 2013

Shares with highest dividend growth researched by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend growth is wonderful. It helps you to grow your own wealth and build up a passive income without hard work.

Growth is a must have for every investor who wants to increase their net worth. You also need growth in order to boost your passive income for an earlier retirement especially when you have not a high paid job or rich parents. This is how it works: If you purchase a stock today with 3 percent yield, growth can lift up your yield on cost to 30 percent in 20 years.

Today I like to show you the 50 fastest dividend growth stocks and funds 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 72.68 percent. The average yield is still at 3.61 percent.

Dividend Growth: 69 Stocks And Funds Increased Dividends Last Week

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. 

Last week was an additional strong week with 69 dividend hike announcements. The most popular hike was released by Wal-Mart who increased dividend payments by 18.2 percent. I own shares of WMT and was impressed. When I bought the stock, I knew that there is potential to double dividends at flat earnings because of the low payout figures.

Additional highlights from last week’s best dividend growth stocks are Texas Instruments (Dividends are up by 1/3), Kimberly Clark (+9.5 percent dividend increase) and Coca Cola (+9.8 percent).

Summarized: 69 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 48 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 34.90 percent. Linked is a small list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are six High-Yields. 33 companies have a current buy or better rating.

20 Of The Best Yielding Healthcare Growth Stocks For The Next Years

Healthcare dividend stocks with best yields and big growth perspectives originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". 

The healthcare sector is one of my favorite sectors behind the consumer goods sector. I love stocks from the medical equipment and appliances industry. Sure they offer a lower dividend but most of the stocks are major diversified in terms of international sales and they have a wonderful growth perspective.

Stocks from the whole healthcare sector have a total market capitalization of USD 66.298 billion. The average stock from the sector has a P/E of 26.63 and yield at 3.32 percent. These are very attractive figures from the earnings perspective. Debt is also high with a long-term debt to equity ratio of 88.63. As a result, the return on equity amounts to 17.61 percent.

Today I like to show you the best yielding healthcare growth opportunities at the market. I screened all healthcare stocks with a positive dividend payment and double-digit earnings per share growth for the next five years.

Nearly 40 companies fulfilled these criteria but some of them pay only very low dividends. Below is a small list of 20 stocks with the highest yield. Eleven of the results have a buy or better rating.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 05, 2012

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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 05, 2012. In total, 59 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 30 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.29%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.	PEG	15.10B	10.74	1.40	1.51	4.76%
Williams Companies, Inc.	WMB	20.44B	30.75	6.61	2.65	3.99%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation	KMB	33.53B	18.04	6.08	1.60	3.45%
Genuine Parts Company	GPC	10.03B	16.24	3.28	0.78	3.06%
Johnson Controls Inc.	JCI	18.65B	15.41	1.61	0.44	2.79%
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.	SWK	11.95B	20.70	1.67	1.09	2.77%
Baxter International Inc.	BAX	36.15B	16.01	5.07	2.58	2.74%
Carnival Corporation	CCL	29.81B	21.09	1.23	1.92	2.61%
Northern Trust Corporation	NTRS	11.52B	17.93	1.53	8.60	2.50%
Carnival plc	CUK	31.34B	22.17	1.30	2.02	2.48%
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	WMT	239.81B	14.68	3.25	0.52	2.23%
Praxair Inc.	PX	31.31B	18.78	5.21	2.79	2.09%
Coach, Inc.	COH	16.51B	16.30	8.28	3.39	2.06%
WellPoint Inc.	WLP	17.03B	7.40	0.74	0.28	2.05%
Fastenal Company	FAST	12.47B	30.50	7.50	4.06	2.00%
QUALCOMM Incorporated	QCOM	107.98B	20.71	3.22	5.65	1.58%
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.	NOV	29.01B	12.09	1.48	1.56	0.77%
Bank of America Corporation	BAC	105.63B	27.22	0.44	1.80	0.41%
Precision Castparts Corp.	PCP	26.45B	19.99	2.92	3.46	0.07%

Next Week's Cheapest Ex-Dividend Stocks

The Best Yielding 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 cheap price ratios (P/E below 15, P/S and P/B under 2) that have their ex date on the next trading week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 03 - 09, 2012. In total, 135 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 61 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.14%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding and cheapest ex-dividend stocks for next week:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd.	BOX	372.73M	8.02	1.51	1.92	6.53%
PPL Corporation	PPL	17.02B	10.52	1.52	1.28	4.91%
Public Service Enterprise Group	PEG	15.22B	10.82	1.41	1.52	4.72%
Westar Energy, Inc.	WR	3.63B	14.72	1.26	1.63	4.60%
Gannett Co., Inc.	GCI	4.11B	9.73	1.69	0.79	4.47%
American National Insurance Co.	ANAT	1.85B	10.21	0.48	0.62	4.46%
Tower Group Inc.	TWGP	648.62M	12.25	0.61	0.34	4.44%
SCANA Corp.	SCG	6.04B	14.90	1.49	1.48	4.27%
Laclede Group Inc.	LG	918.01M	14.54	1.53	0.82	4.18%
Kronos Worldwide Inc.	KRO	1.87B	5.79	1.67	0.93	3.72%
Miller Industries Inc.	MLR	158.30M	13.12	1.02	0.43	3.64%
ManTech International	MANT	924.26M	8.76	0.81	0.35	3.36%
Principal Financial Group Inc.	PFG	7.97B	11.46	0.81	0.89	3.09%
SLM Corporation	SLM	7.65B	7.63	1.55	1.20	3.02%
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.	CVR	19.59M	11.95	0.85	0.59	2.97%
Kohl's Corp.	KSS	10.47B	10.26	1.72	0.55	2.87%
The Travelers Companies, Inc.	TRV	27.01B	10.12	1.04	1.05	2.60%
Acme United Corp.	ACU	34.27M	10.20	1.13	0.42	2.54%
The Men's Wearhouse, Inc.	MW	1.65B	13.75	1.56	0.69	2.22%
WellPoint Inc.	WLP	16.97B	7.37	0.74	0.28	2.06%

The Best Healthcare Growth Picks Of The Next Five Years

Healthcare Dividend Stocks With Highest Expected EPS Growth Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I like healthcare companies because the sector is a long-term growth area due to the ongoing aging population. The sector is a 46.1 trillion bet on stronger than expected health diseases with a current dividend yield of 3.20 percent. We know that the sector is very political driven because heath is a question of cost and money. 80 percent of the world’s population cannot finance a solid medical-aid, medical-care ore even an old-care. The best dividend stocks within the sector still come from the major drug manufacturing industry as well as from the medical practitioners industry.

I made a little screen of the best large capitalized stocks with the highest expected earnings per share growth for the next five years. The industry with the biggest earnings forecast is definitely the biotechnology industry, followed by medical appliances and equipment stocks. But those companies pay no dividends. I focused on stocks with a positive yield and a double-digit earnings growth. Finally, fourteen companies remained of which all are currently recommended to buy. The mostly represented companies are from the healthcare plans industry.