As you might have noticed, my blog covers dividend growth stocks and companies with fresh stock buyback announcements.
It's not a real investment strategy, but both are activities for investors.
Each week, you can find a list of all dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies on this site.Â
Within the past week, only eight companies raised their dividend payments and additional nine stocks announced a stock buyback program.
Both are shareholder-friendly activities which could be helpful for normal investors like me and you.
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Back to dividend growth: No large-cap stock was in the list of the latest dividend grower. The biggest fish in the pool was the insurer American Financial Group who raised dividends by 13.64 percent.
7 of my favorite dividend growth stocks and share buyback announcements of the past week are...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL, Financial) has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion. The company employs 72,000 people, generates revenue of $2,683.68 million and has a net income of $132.13 million. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $276.03 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.29 percent (the operating margin is 7.77 percent and the net profit margin 4.92 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.93 percent of Cracker Barrel's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 75.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.10 percent was realized by Cracker Barrel. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.51. Last fiscal year, Cracker Barrel paid $3.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.95, the P/S ratio is 0.93 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.71. The dividend yield amounts to 3.83 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.80. - See #2 -#7 here: 7 Top Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week...
The article also includes all 15 stocks from the past week with a dividend growth event or share buyback activity.
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