Last week, 25 companies announced a raise of their dividend
distributions to shareholders. Many REITs and closed-end funds
are on the list of the dividend grower.
My favorite is General Mills (
GIS
). General Mills increased its dividends by 15.2%. That's a
pretty good value in my view especially when you consider that
General Mills is not a fast growing stock. I also put shares of
GIS into my Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio. With the
latest hike, the current yield is back above the 3% mark.
Another stock with monthly paying dividends is Realty Income. It
seems ambitious how fast they grow dividends. The latest hike was
0.2% on a monthly basis. The dividend payments of Realty Income
are still higher than the earnings per share income - How long
can this go on?
From 25 stocks with dividend growth from last week 15 have a
dividend growth of more than 10%. The average dividend growth
amounts to 34.58%. Linked is a full free list of all companies
and funds with some price ratios to compare.
Below are the results of the high-yields; 13 companies have a
current buy or better rating.
Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:
Realty Income (
O
)
has a market capitalization of $8.00 billion. The company employs
97 people, generates revenue of $475.51 million and has a net
income of $145.97 million. The firm's earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $420.14
million. The EBITDA margin is 88.36% (the operating margin is 31%
and the net profit margin 30.70%).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 52.98% of the
company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 119.52%. Due to the financial situation, a return on
equity of 5.45% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per
share reached a value of $0.76. Last fiscal year, the company
paid $1.78 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 58.64, the P/S ratio is 18.25 and the P/B ratio is
finally 3.31. The dividend yield amounts to 4.86% and the beta
ratio has a value of 0.75.
General Mills (
GIS
)
has a market capitalization of $29.90 billion. The company
employs 35,000 people, generates revenue of $16.657 billion and
has a net income of $1.5 billion. The firm's earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts
to $3.10 billion. The EBITDA margin is 18.63% (the operating
margin is 15.38% and the net profit margin 9.01%).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.22% of the
company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 115.70%. Due to the financial situation, a return on
equity of 24.51% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings
per share reached a value of $2.71. Last fiscal year, the company
paid $1.22 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 17.06, the P/S ratio is 1.79 and the P/B ratio is
finally 4.67. The dividend yield amounts to 2.85% and the beta
ratio has a value of 0.17.
Zimmer Holdings (
ZMH
)
has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion. The company
employs 9,300 people, generates revenue of $4.471 billion and has
a net income of $752.90 million. The firm's earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts
to $1.410 billion. The EBITDA margin is 31.54% (the operating
margin is 23.42% and the net profit margin 16.84%).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 20.20% of the
company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 31.07%. Due to the financial situation, a return on
equity of 13.28% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings
per share reached a value of $4.30. Last fiscal year, the company
paid $0.54 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 17.19, the P/S ratio is 2.80 and the P/B ratio is
finally 2.17. The dividend yield amounts to 1.08% and the beta
ratio has a value of 1.11.
Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent
dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 34.58 %
and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.18%. Stocks from the
sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 33.35.The average P/S
ratio is 7.28 and the P/B ratio is 2.37.
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