Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week December II/2011
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Companies that generate excess cash flows are more likely to maintain and increase their dividends. Not at all, if you look at dividends, you also have look at the dividend growth. If companies have a stable business and solid financials, they can consider an adequate increase in dividend payments. Good running dividend growth stocks raise dividends every 4 quarter by around 5-10 percent but better running stocks boost dividends. Last week, 35 companies announced to raise dividends of which 16 had a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounted to 21.31 percent. Here is an overview of the stocks with highest dividend hikes from last week:
Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) has a market capitalization of $10.32 billion. The company employs 14,150 people, generates revenues of $10,520.00 million and has a net income of $731.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,116.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 10.61 percent (operating margin 9.47 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.95 percent). The total debt representing 19.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 47.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 14.71 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $8.58 of which $0.11 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.61, Price/Sales 0.97 and Price/Book ratio 1.91. Dividend Yield: 0.70 percent. The beta ratio is 1.56. The company announced to raise its semi-dividends by 309.1 percent.
| Long-Term Stock Chart Of Agrium Inc. (USA) (Click to enlarge) |
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) has a market capitalization of $12.82 billion. The company employs 10,300 people, generates revenues of $6,146.22 million and has a net income of $764.79 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,701.34 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 26.68 percent (operating margin 19.06 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.49 percent). The total debt representing 29.13 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 274.22 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.73 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $4.06 of which $0.08 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.97, Price/Sales 1.97 and Price/Book ratio 2.01. Dividend Yield: 1.01 percent. The beta ratio is 1.44. The company announced to raise its quarter dividends by 66.7 percent.
| Long-Term Stock Chart Of Discover Financial Ser... (Click to enlarge) |
The Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE) has a market capitalization of $793.09 million. The company employs 1,614 people, generates revenues of $3,393.79 million and has a net income of $64.88 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $133.10 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 3.92 percent (operating margin 3.07 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.91 percent). The total debt representing 31.92 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 120.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 15.26 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $5.30 of which $0.36 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.10, Price/Sales 0.23 and Price/Book ratio 1.70. Dividend Yield: 1.06 percent. The beta ratio is 1.47. The company announced to raise its quarter dividends by 36.4 percent.
| Long-Term Stock Chart Of The Andersons, Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) has a market capitalization of $9.57 billion. The company employs 59,000 people, generates revenues of $14,079.10 million and has a net income of $781.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,662.80 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.81 percent (operating margin 8.86 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.55 percent). The total debt representing 18.43 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 10.09 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.05 of which $0.28 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.28, Price/Sales 0.67 and Price/Book ratio 1.25. Dividend Yield: 2.11 percent. The beta ratio is 1.77. The company announced to raise its quarter dividends by 33.3 percent.
| Long-Term Stock Chart Of Ingersoll-Rand PLC (Click to enlarge) |
Corn Products Intl. (NYSE: INGR) has a market capitalization of $3.70 billion. The company employs 10,700 people, generates revenues of $4,367.00 million and has a net income of $176.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $484.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 11.08 percent (operating margin 7.67 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.03 percent). The total debt representing 34.88 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 89.52 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.21 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $4.77 of which $0.56 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal. Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.23, Price/Sales 0.84 and Price/Book ratio 1.87. Dividend Yield: 1.65 percent. The beta ratio is 1.30. The company announced to raise its quarter dividends by 25 percent.
| Long-Term Stock Chart Of Corn Products Intl., Inc. (Click to enlarge) |
Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with dividend growth form last week. In total, 35 stocks raised dividends of which 16 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.31 percent.
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