The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Nov 05 – 11, 2012)
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Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week And The best Ones To Invest In byDividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 45 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 25 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent. Exactly 11 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (High-Yield); 21 above three percent. 31 companies are currently recommended to buy.
Below is a selection of the four best dividend growth stocks to invest in. Not all of the results are cheap stocks but they have some kind of value in their business model.
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Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
The Wendy’s Company (WEN) has a market capitalization of $1.74 billion. The company employs 42,800 people, generates revenue of $2.431 billion and has a net income of $17.91 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $281.80 million. The EBITDA margin is 11.59 percent (the operating margin is 5.64 percent and the net profit margin 0.74 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 31.55 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 67.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 0.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $-0.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.08 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to double dividends.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, the P/S ratio is 0.72 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.87. The dividend yield amounts to 3.60 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.94.
HollyFrontier (HFC) has a market capitalization of $8.29 billion. The company employs 2,382 people, generates revenue of $15.439 billion and has a net income of $1.059 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.876 billion. The EBITDA margin is 12.15 percent (the operating margin is 11.12 percent and the net profit margin 6.86 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.34 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 34.68 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.55. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.34 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by one third.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.40, the P/S ratio is 0.54 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.64. The dividend yield amounts to 1.96 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.96.
DeVry (DV) has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion. The company employs 10,863 people, generates revenue of $2.089 billion and has a net income of $142.38 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $292.93 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.02 percent (the operating margin is 9.77 percent and the net profit margin 6.81 percent).
Financial Analysis: DV has no long-term debt outstanding. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.31 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.74. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.30 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 13.30 percent.
Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has a market capitalization of $21.86Billion. The company employs 39,000 people, generates revenue of $11.725 billion and has a net income of $1.019 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.108 billion. The EBITDA margin is 17.98 percent (the operating margin is 10.62 percent and the net profit margin 8.70 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.19 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.73 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.13 in the form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 15.40 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.33, the P/S ratio is 1.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.50. The dividend yield amounts to 0.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.78.
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 42.41 percent and the average dividend yield has a value of 3.64 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 18.16. The average P/S ratio is 4.77 and P/B 1.92.