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, 21 stocks and funds raised dividends of
which 14 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The
average dividend growth amounts to 19.29 percent. Exactly four
stocks have a yield over five percent and seven are currently
recommended to buy.
Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:
H.J. Heinz Company (
HNZ
)
has a market capitalization of $17.11 billion. The company
employs 34,800 people, generates revenues of $11,649.08 million
and has a net income of $939.91 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $1,746.87 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 15.00 percent (operating margin 12.46 percent
and the net profit margin finally 8.07 percent).
Financial Analysis: The company has USD 4.65 billion in long-term
debt outstanding. Twelve trailing months earnings per share
reached a value of $2.85. Last fiscal year, the company paid
$1.92 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced
to raise dividends by 7.3 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 18.77, P/S ratio 1.47 and P/B ratio is not
calculable. Dividend Yield: 3.85 percent. The beta ratio is 0.53.
Hewlett-Packard Company (
HPQ
)
has a market capitalization of $44.15 billion. The company
employs 349,600 people, generates revenues of $127,245.00 million
and has a net income of $7,074.00 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $14,661.00 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 11.52 percent (operating margin 7.61 percent and
the net profit margin finally 5.56 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 23.65 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 79.31 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 17.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $2.58. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $0.40 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 10.0
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 8.65, P/S ratio 0.35 and P/B ratio 1.15. Dividend
Yield: 2.36 percent. The beta ratio is 1.08.
Bunge Limited (
BG
)
has a market capitalization of $8.91Billion. The company employs
32,000 people, generates revenues of $58,743.00 million and has a
net income of $896.00 million. The firm's earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts
to $1,685.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin
is 2.87 percent (operating margin 1.60 percent and the net profit
margin finally 1.53 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 17.53 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 34.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, a
return on equity of 8.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing
months earnings per share reached a value of $5.08. Last fiscal
year, the company paid $0.98 in form of dividends to
shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 8.0
percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 12.01, P/S ratio 0.15 and P/B ratio 0.81. Dividend
Yield: 1.77 percent. The beta ratio is 1.19.
Ralph Lauren (
RL
)
has a market capitalization of $13.84 billion. The company
employs 24,000 people, generates revenues of $6,859.50 million
and has a net income of $681.00 million. The firm's earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)
amounts to $1,264.60 million. Because of these figures, the
EBITDA margin is 18.44 percent (operating margin 15.15 percent
and the net profit margin finally 9.93 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt representing 5.07 percent of
the company's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity
amounts to 7.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return
on equity of 19.58 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months
earnings per share reached a value of $7.13. Last fiscal year,
the company paid $0.80 in form of dividends to shareholders. The
company announced to raise dividends by 100.0 percent.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The
P/E ratio is 21.00, P/S ratio 2.03 and P/B ratio 3.79. Dividend
Yield: 1.07 percent. The beta ratio is 1.53.
Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent
dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 19.29
percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 2.54 percent.
Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 15.86. The
average P/S ratio is 1.75 and P/B 2.02.
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