51 Shares With A Rising Dividend, Announced Last Week

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Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com“. I’ve created a screen for my dividend yield hunters about the stocks with a dividend hike from last week. The list shows a full compilation of all dividend growers of the recent week. 51 companies are on the list and eleven of them have a high yield; 35 are currently recommended to buy.

The average growth slows a bit and hits some of the lowest levels this year. The average dividend growth last week was at 16.65 percent.



Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:

Reynolds American (RAI) has a market capitalization of $26.14 billion. The company employs 5,000 people, generates revenue of $8.304 billion and has a net income of $1.272 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.686 billion. The EBITDA margin is 32.35 percent (the operating margin is 26.66 percent and the net profit margin 15.32 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 30.77 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 96.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.69. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders. RAI announced a dividend hike of 6.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.78, the P/S ratio is 3.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.03. The dividend yield amounts to 4.94 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.61.

Baxter International (BAX) has a market capitalization of $38.63 billion. The company employs 51,000 people, generates revenue of $14.190 billion and has a net income of $2.326 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4.052 billion. The EBITDA margin is 28.56 percent (the operating margin is 20.36 percent and the net profit margin 16.39 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 29.08 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 85.47 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.57 in the form of dividends to shareholders. BAX announced a dividend hike of 8.9 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.10, the P/S ratio is 2.70 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.57. The dividend yield amounts to 2.77 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.51.

American Water Works (AWK) has a market capitalization of $7.47 billion. The company employs 6,700 people, generates revenue of $2.876 billion and has a net income of $374.25 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.238 billion. The EBITDA margin is 43.06 percent (the operating margin is 32.15 percent and the net profit margin 13.01 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 38.01 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 125.88 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.62 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.15. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders. AWK announced a dividend hike of 12.0 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.54, the P/S ratio is 2.60 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.67. The dividend yield amounts to 2.66 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.32.

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 16.65 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.21 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 30.61.The average P/S ratio is 3.23 and P/B 3.30.

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