The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (April 16 – April 22, 2012)

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, 42 stocks and funds raised dividends of which fifteen have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.10 percent. Fourteen stocks have a yield over five percent and all nineteen are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) has a market capitalization of $46.37 billion. The company employs 6,900 people, generates revenues of $44,313.00 million and has a net income of $2,088.30 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,736.30 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 8.43 percent (operating margin 6.45 percent and the net profit margin finally 4.71 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 42.58 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 119.94 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.37. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.44 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 1.2 percent.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.95, P/S ratio 1.04 and P/B ratio 3.83. Dividend Yield: 4.82 percent. The beta ratio is 0.58.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Enterprise Products Pa... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Enterprise Products Pa... (EPD) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Enterprise Products Pa... (NYSE: EPD) (Click to enlarge)

The Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) has a market capitalization of $24.41 billion. The company employs 30,000 people, generates revenues of $25,446.00 million and has a net income of $1,426.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,416.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 25.21 percent (operating margin 5.31 percent and the net profit margin finally 5.60 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 6.31 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.98 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.67 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.46. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.59 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 12.2 percent.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.15, P/S ratio 0.96 and P/B ratio 1.01. Dividend Yield: 2.93 percent. The beta ratio is 0.67.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of The Travelers Companie... (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of The Travelers Companie... (TRV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Travelers Companie... (NYSE: TRV) (Click to enlarge)

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has a market capitalization of $15.46 billion. The company employs 38,400 people, generates revenues of $14,885.00 million and has a net income of $1,212.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,195.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.75 percent (operating margin 10.73 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.14 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 25.60 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 113.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 31.80 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.57. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.26 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 3.5 percent.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.17, P/S ratio 1.04 and P/B ratio 4.74. Dividend Yield: 2.33 percent. The beta ratio is 1.32.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of PPG Industries, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: PPG) (Click to enlarge)

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) has a market capitalization of $55.67 billion. The company employs 34,700 people, generates revenues of $36,793.00 million and has a net income of $4,442.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,034.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 21.84 percent (operating margin 16.77 percent and the net profit margin finally 12.07 percent).


Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 31.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 412.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 3.65 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by 31.4 percent.


Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.59, P/S ratio 1.51 and P/B ratio 0.81. Dividend Yield: 1.64 percent. The beta ratio is 1.44.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 20.10 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.48 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 39.56. The average P/S ratio is 3.42 and P/B 2.60.

Here is the full table of recent stocks with dividend growth:

Dividend Growth Stocks From Last Week (Click to enlarge)

Here are the price ratios of the companies:

Ticker	Company	P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend Yield
BBEP	Breitburn Energy Partners L.P.	11.24	2.61	0.82	9.94%
LRE	LRR Energy, L.P.	44.30	5.10	1.99	9.75%
CLMT	Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP	30.37	0.44	1.91	7.84%
OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.	46.04	7.53	2.49	7.74%
LGCY	Legacy Reserves Lp	16.74	4.07	2.80	7.69%
VOC	VOC Energy Trust	16.30	15.83	2.94	7.61%
CMLP	Crestwood Midstream Partners LP	27.00	5.61	2.35	7.26%
TOO	Teekay Offshore Partners LP	N/A	1.93	4.59	6.98%
TLI	LMP Corporate Loan Fund Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.43%
NGL	NGL Energy Partners LP	N/A	0.54	1.64	6.42%
SEP	Spectra Energy Partners, LP	19.37	15.15	1.83	6.02%
PBA	Pembina Pipeline Corporation	29.28	2.91	5.13	5.56%
KMP	Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP	338.00	3.45	3.79	5.49%
PBCT	People's United Financial Inc.	21.77	4.23	0.85	5.08%
EPD	Enterprise Products Partners LP	21.98	1.04	3.83	4.76%
HARL	Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation	11.06	1.62	1.06	4.67%
OKS	ONEOK Partners, L.P.	16.51	1.07	3.28	4.41%
SO	Southern Company	17.97	2.25	2.13	4.12%
WES	Western Gas Partners LP	28.88	6.28	2.77	3.83%
CZNC	Citizens & Northern Corp.	9.90	3.78	1.38	3.79%
SON	Sonoco Products Co.	15.66	0.75	2.37	3.48%
KMI	Kinder Morgan, Inc.	43.57	3.09	8.76	3.43%
SOMH	Somerset Hills Bancorp	15.92	3.24	1.10	3.38%
XTXI	Crosstex Energy Inc.	N/A	0.34	4.17	3.07%
RCKB	Rockville Financial Inc.	46.60	4.55	1.03	2.75%
TRV	The Travelers Companies, Inc.	18.73	0.96	1.01	2.61%
PPG	PPG Industries Inc.	14.70	1.04	4.74	2.25%
COL	Rockwell Collins Inc.	14.47	1.72	6.49	1.73%
LHO	LaSalle Hotel Properties	210.93	3.52	1.40	1.49%
PAG	Penske Automotive Group, Inc.	14.20	0.21	2.16	1.47%
ETH	Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.	25.06	0.90	2.19	1.27%
SUSQ	Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.	22.16	2.08	0.68	1.26%
GS	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	25.44	1.51	0.78	1.25%
CFNL	Cardinal Financial Corp.	12.56	3.35	1.34	1.02%
AYT	Barclays GEMS Asia-8 ETN	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.01%
Average		39.56	3.42	2.60	4.48%

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