The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week

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Dec 31, 2012
I love dividends and dividend growth stocks. That’s the main reason why I make a regular screen of the latest stocks with dividend growth on my blog long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I believe that these companies could have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 10 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 7 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 234.71 percent.


Only one of the dividend growth stocks/funds from last week is currently recommended to buy, with seven yielding over three percent. The results are dominated by closed-end-funds.


Here are my favorite dividend growth stocks:


Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (BBVA, Financial) has a market capitalization of $49.14 billion. The company employs 112,605 people, generates revenue of $32.703 billion and has a net income of $4.605 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $20,072.15 million. The EBITDA margin is 61.38 percent (the operating margin is 15.16 percent and the net profit margin is 14.01 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 30.63 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 479.70 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.21 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.59. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.26 in the form of dividends to shareholders. BBVA announced to raise dividends by 3 percent.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.52, the P/S ratio is 1.52 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.89. The dividend yield amounts to 5.87 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.87.


Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP, Financial) has a market capitalization of $4.18 billion. The company employs 9,400 people, generates revenue of $3.798 billion and has a net income of $574.92 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $906.66 million. The EBITDA margin is 23.87 percent (the operating margin is 17.48 percent and the net profit margin is 15.13 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.37 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 18.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.13 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.97 in the form of dividends to shareholders. ELP announced to raise dividends by 534.5 percent.


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.39, the P/S ratio is 1 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.72. The dividend yield amounts to 4.11 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.91.


Take a closer look at the full table of stocks and funds with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 234.71 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.64 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 9.14.The average P/S ratio is 7.61 and P/B 0.88.


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