Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originallypublished at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”.Last week, 36 stocks and two ETFs announced to raise dividends. It’s great to seehow the American dividend stock machine works. Compared to the number of stocksfrom the recent weeks, the current results are still thin but solid. The list ofthe weekly dividend grower is very volatile and the number of constituents is between10 and 100. This week, the average growth rates amounts to 33.8, a value twice asmuch as the results from last week.
I love it to see how companies increase their dividendpayments despite the fact that I would buy only a few of them. The biggest nameson the list are Clorox, Coach, Marriott, Macy’s and Potash. Three of the results are High-Yields and 20 havea current buy or better rating.
Hereare my favorite dividend growth stocks:
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Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) has a market capitalization of $22.65 billion. The company employs 54,000 people, generates revenue of $11.924 billion and has a net income of $1.204 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.178 billion. The EBITDA margin is 18.27 percent (the operating margin is 15.34 percent and the net profit margin 10.10 percent).
Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 17.92 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 44.60 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.95 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.22. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.90 in the form of dividends to shareholders. MMC announced to raise dividends by 8.7 percent.
Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.49, the P/S ratio is 1.90 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.43. The dividend yield amounts to 2.43 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.73.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) |
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE:TIF) has a market capitalization of $9.92 billion. The company employs 9,900 people, generates revenue of $3.794 billion and has a net income of $416.16 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $862.55 million. The EBITDA margin is 22.73 percent (the operating margin is 18.38 percent and the net profit margin 10.97 percent).
Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 20.71 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 36.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.25. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.TIF announced to raise dividends by 6.3 percent.
Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.98, the P/S ratio is 2.61 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.81. The dividend yield amounts to 1.74 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.78.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Tiffany & Co. (TIF) |
FactSet Research (NYSE:FDS) has a market capitalization of $4.29 billion. The company employs 6,048 people, generates revenue of $805.79 million and has a net income of $188.81 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $306.59 million. The EBITDA margin is 38.05 percent (the operating margin is 33.88 percent and the net profit margin 23.43 percent).
Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.38 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.23. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.16 in the form of dividends to shareholders.FDS announced to raise dividends by 12.9 percent.
Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.07, the P/S ratio is 5.33 and the P/B ratio is finally 7.83. The dividend yield amounts to 1.43 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.15.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of FactSet Research (FDS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of FactSet Research (FDS) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of FactSet Research (FDS) |
Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) has a market capitalization of $4.27 billion. The company employs 48,000 people, generates revenue of $3.932 billion and has a net income of $208.84 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $426.66 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.85 percent (the operating margin is 7.36 percent and the net profit margin 5.31 percent).
Financial Analysis:The total debt represents 10.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 24.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.60. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.40 in the form of dividends to shareholders.JLL announced to raise dividends by 10.0 percent.
Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.06, the P/S ratio is 1.09 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.19. The dividend yield amounts to 0.45 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.94.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) |
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. Take a closer look at the full table of stocks withrecent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 16.65 percent andthe average dividend yield amounts to 2.24 percent. Stocks from the sheet arevaluated with a P/E ratio of 17.36. The average P/S ratio is 1.91 and P/B 5.82.
Here are the top dividend growth stocks from last week:
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| Dividend Growth Stocks From Last Week (Click to enlarge) |
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These are the market price ratios:
| Ticker | Company | P/E | P/S | P/B | Dividend Yield |
| ITRN | Ituran Location & Control Ltd. | 13.80 | 2.29 | 4.39 | 8.10% |
| LGP | Lehigh Gas Partners LP | N/A | 0.10 | 25.99 | 4.68% |
| TIS | Orchids Paper Products Company | 18.41 | 1.76 | 2.24 | 4.35% |
| WMB | Williams Companies, Inc. | 31.80 | 3.39 | 5.33 | 3.65% |
| AHC | A. H. Belo Corporation | N/A | 0.32 | 1.56 | 3.64% |
| UG | United-Guardian Inc. | 26.32 | 8.22 | 9.24 | 3.41% |
| NI | NiSource Inc. | 20.97 | 1.78 | 1.63 | 3.22% |
| NSU | Nevsun Resources Ltd. | 4.65 | 1.16 | 1.06 | 3.03% |
| RBCAA | Republic Bancorp Inc. | 9.30 | 3.36 | 0.85 | 2.96% |
| CLX | The Clorox Company | 20.46 | 2.04 | 75.32 | 2.93% |
| SWY | Safeway Inc. | 10.31 | 0.14 | 2.03 | 2.78% |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 10.43 | 0.77 | 2.04 | 2.68% |
| STR | Questar Corporation | 21.76 | 3.94 | 4.20 | 2.63% |
| POT | Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. | 17.79 | 4.55 | 3.61 | 2.57% |
| MMC | Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. | 18.51 | 1.89 | 3.37 | 2.24% |
| UFCS | United Fire & Casualty Company | 16.65 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 2.11% |
| COH | Coach, Inc. | 16.01 | 3.32 | 7.41 | 2.03% |
| BT | BT Group plc | 11.95 | 1.35 | N/A | 1.88% |
| PL | Protective Life Corp. | 11.29 | 0.85 | 0.67 | 1.85% |
| KEY | KeyCorp | 12.13 | 3.70 | 0.96 | 1.85% |
| MNRK | Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. | 9.63 | 2.65 | 1.36 | 1.69% |
| AIZ | Assurant Inc. | 9.53 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 1.69% |
| M | Macy's, Inc. | 14.84 | 0.69 | 3.12 | 1.64% |
| TIF | Tiffany & Co. | 24.00 | 2.61 | 3.81 | 1.64% |
| FMS | Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGAA | 17.31 | 0.74 | 2.26 | 1.47% |
| JBT | John Bean Technologies Corporation | 17.22 | 0.68 | 5.90 | 1.29% |
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | 23.08 | 5.15 | 7.78 | 1.27% |
| LII | Lennox International, Inc. | 23.64 | 1.09 | 7.25 | 1.23% |
| MAR | Marriott International, Inc. | 23.77 | 1.08 | N/A | 1.19% |
| ASH | Ashland Inc. | N/A | 0.88 | 1.69 | 1.01% |
| CW | Curtiss-Wright Corp. | 18.52 | 0.78 | 1.30 | 0.99% |
| GPI | Group 1 Automotive Inc. | 15.35 | 0.20 | 1.51 | 0.94% |
| JLL | Jones Lang Lasalle Inc. | 21.07 | 1.08 | 2.22 | 0.41% |
| FMBI | First Midwest Bancorp Inc. | N/A | 3.44 | 1.07 | 0.29% |
| LUV | Southwest Airlines Co. | 28.20 | 0.60 | 1.51 | 0.28% |
| ACAT | Arctic Cat Inc. | 16.94 | 0.94 | 3.44 | 0.85% |
| Average | 17.36 | 1.91 | 5.82 | 2.24% |
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