If you are a real dividend growth investor, you look more at the pace of the dividend growth than on the yield of the stock.
A stock that is raising dividends very fast will hit the yield of a slow growing high yielder very soon.
I've also predicted in the past that it makes more sense to bet on fast growing stocks that are reasonable priced than on stocks with high yields and decreasing earnings growth.
Today I like to show you some of the 20 stocks from the Dividend Champions list with the fastest dividend growth over the recent decade.
These are the 5 Dividend Champions with the fastest 10-Year dividend growth...
#1 Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has a market capitalization of $61.52 billion. The company employs 167,000 people, generates revenue of $53.417 billion and has a net income of $2.286 billion.
Lowe's Companies' earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.757 billion. The EBITDA margin is 10.78 percent (the operating margin is 7.77 percent and the net profit margin 4.28 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 32.14 percent of Lowe's Companies' assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.66 percent was realized by Lowe's Companies.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.41. Last fiscal year, Lowe's Companies paid $0.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.20, the P/S ratio is 1.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.49. The dividend yield amounts to 1.46 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.17. See #2 - #20 here: 20 Dividend Champs With Highest 10-Year Dividend Growth
