Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend
Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of
companies that have announced a dividend increase within the
recent week. In total, 15 stocks and funds raised dividends of
which 7 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The
average dividend growth amounts to 64.05 percent. Exactly five
stocks/funds have a yield over five percent and ten are currently
recommended to buy.
Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
United Technologies (
UTX
)
has a market capitalization of $67.89 billion. The company
employs 199,900 people, generates revenues of $58,190.00 million
and has a net income of $5,374.00 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $9,387.00 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 16.13 percent (operating margin 13.92 percent
and the net profit margin finally 9.24 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 16.70 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 46.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 23.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $5.70. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $1.86 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 11.5
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 13.07, P/S ratio 1.17 and P/B ratio 3.09. Dividend
Yield: 2.87 percent. The beta ratio is 1.04.
Rockwell Automation (
ROK
)
has a market capitalization of $9.88 billion. The company employs
21,000 people, generates revenues of $6,000.40 million and has a
net income of $697.10 million. The firm's earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts
to $1,051.50 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin
is 17.52 percent (operating margin 14.46 percent and the net
profit margin finally 11.62 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 17.12 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 51.77 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 43.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $5.05. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $1.48 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 10.6
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 13.71, P/S ratio 1.65 and P/B ratio 5.62. Dividend
Yield: 2.72 percent. The beta ratio is 1.70.
Target Corporation (
TGT
)
has a market capitalization of $38.68 billion. The company
employs 365,000 people, generates revenues of $69,865.00 million
and has a net income of $2,929.00 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $7,453.00 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 10.67 percent (operating margin 6.38 percent and
the net profit margin finally 4.19 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 37.49 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 110.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 18.71 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $4.34. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $1.15 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 20.0
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 13.49, P/S ratio 0.55 and P/B ratio 2.47. Dividend
Yield: 2.46 percent. The beta ratio is 0.88.
Caterpillar (
CAT
)
has a market capitalization of $56.72 billion. The company
employs 127,238 people, generates revenues of $60,138.00 million
and has a net income of $5,005.00 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $9,592.00 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 15.95 percent (operating margin 11.89 percent
and the net profit margin finally 8.32 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 42.47 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 268.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 41.57 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $7.92. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $1.82 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 13.0
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 10.97, P/S ratio 0.94 and P/B ratio 4.37. Dividend
Yield: 2.39 percent. The beta ratio is 1.85.
Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent
dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 64.05
percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.78 percent.
Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 17.58. The
average P/S ratio is 9.48 and P/B 4.03.
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