The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (July 23 – July 29, 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, 71 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 36 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.19 percent. Exactly 24 stocks have a yield over five percent and 51 are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Williams Partners (NYSE:WPZ) has a market capitalization of $17.03 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $6,729.00 million and has a net income of $1,378.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,250.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.44 percent (operating margin 24.40 percent and net profit margin 20.48 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 50.33 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 138.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.77 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.72. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.96 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.48, P/S ratio 2.54 and P/B ratio 2.99. Dividend Yield: 5.88 percent. The beta ratio is 1.11.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Williams Partners (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Williams Partners (WPZ) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Williams Partners (NYSE: WPZ) (Click to enlarge)

Western Gas Partners (NYSE:WES) has a market capitalization of $4.15 billion. The company employs people, generates revenue of $664.08 million and has a net income of $157.04 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $263.94 million. The EBITDA margin is 39.75 percent (operating margin 26.43 percent and net profit margin 23.65 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.30 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.82 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.90 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.65. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.39 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.20, P/S ratio 6.47 and P/B ratio 2.76. Dividend Yield: 4.28 percent. The beta ratio is 0.38.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Western Gas Partners (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Western Gas Partners (WES) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Western Gas Partners (NYSE: WES) (Click to enlarge)

Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) has a market capitalization of $16.87 billion. The company employs 30,700 people, generates revenue of $13,198.00 million and has a net income of $1,229.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,345.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 17.77 percent (operating margin 14.97 percent and net profit margin 9.31 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 50.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 342.73 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 62.84 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.38. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.67 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 13.97, P/S ratio 1.28 and P/B ratio 9.58. Dividend Yield: 3.73 percent. The beta ratio is 0.45.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Kellogg Company (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Kellogg Company (K) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) (Click to enlarge)

Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) has a market capitalization of $32.87 billion. The company employs 48,500 people, generates revenue of $13,893.00 million and has a net income of $2,256.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,510.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.26 percent (operating margin 20.22 percent and net profit margin 16.24 percent). 


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.24 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 78.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 33.82 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.07. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.26 in form of dividends to shareholders. 


Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.68, P/S ratio 2.37 and P/B ratio 5.09. Dividend Yield: 3.02 percent. The beta ratio is 0.51.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Baxter International (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Baxter International (BAX) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 18.19 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.05 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 19.16. The average P/S ratio is 4.34 and P/B 2.93.

Here is the full table:

Here are the market ratios:

Ticker	Company	P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend Yield
NMM	Navios Maritime Partners L.P.	11.46	4.67	1.46	11.91%
NDRO	Enduro Royalty Trust	24.13	23.92	0.86	9.67%
CLMT	Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP	14.42	0.24	2.16	8.93%
GLP	Global Partners LP	57.62	0.04	1.53	8.68%
VNR	Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC	9.06	3.90	1.64	8.39%
UAN	CVR Partners, LP	12.48	5.63	3.82	8.37%
LGCY	Legacy Reserves Lp	8.17	3.57	2.70	8.36%
PVR	Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP	N/A	1.77	4.73	8.06%
RNF	Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P.	23.49	5.06	9.52	7.91%
KFN	KKR Financial Holdings LLC	5.33	3.00	0.93	7.86%
SDR	Sandridge Mississippian Trust II	27.64	26.68	2.43	7.75%
CRT	Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	12.89	12.60	17.57	7.49%
TAL	TAL International Group, Inc.	10.21	2.13	1.95	6.91%
TCP	TC Pipelines LP	15.87	10.89	1.82	6.81%
NRGM	Inergy Midstream LLC	32.25	13.05	2.54	6.65%
DPM	DCP Midstream Partners LP	18.51	1.27	2.08	6.42%
EPB	El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.	18.19	5.11	4.43	6.20%
MWE	MarkWest Energy Partners LP	24.81	2.35	3.60	6.04%
WPZ	Williams Partners L.P.	14.49	2.50	2.64	5.77%
NGL	NGL Energy Partners LP	N/A	0.57	1.82	5.77%
RRMS	Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.	N/A	0.83	0.71	5.68%
HEP	Holly Energy Partners L.P	21.70	7.52	5.43	5.61%
EVEP	EV Energy Partners LP	12.72	8.47	1.98	5.48%
GMLP	Golar LNG Partners LP	11.86	6.76	N/A	5.35%
MXA	Minnesota Municipal Income Portfolio Inc.	6.02	16.63	1.15	4.62%
CZNC	Citizens & Northern Corp.	10.07	3.89	1.38	4.55%
OKS	ONEOK Partners, L.P.	15.74	1.11	2.84	4.40%
MMP	Magellan Midstream Partners LP	21.16	4.91	6.04	4.30%
OILT	Oiltanking Partners, L.P.	37.40	10.88	4.69	4.23%
WES	Western Gas Partners LP	27.18	6.18	2.87	4.10%
TLLP	Tesoro Logistics LP	24.90	11.12	10.24	4.10%
K	Kellogg Company	13.96	1.28	8.16	3.64%
CTBI	Community Trust Bancorp Inc.	11.96	3.45	1.39	3.58%
BHB	Bar Harbor Bankshares	11.75	2.63	1.10	3.38%
RYN	Rayonier Inc.	22.19	3.93	4.35	3.35%
MXIM	Maxim Integrated Products Inc.	21.96	3.25	3.16	3.26%
INTC	Intel Corporation	11.03	2.40	2.69	3.23%
RSG	Republic Services, Inc.	18.29	1.27	1.35	3.12%
NPBC	National Penn Bancshares Inc.	14.66	4.09	1.15	3.08%
SRCE	1st Source Corporation	10.99	2.91	1.02	2.87%
CNL	Cleco Corporation	13.68	2.48	1.86	2.83%
CR	Crane Co.	86.48	0.90	2.61	2.61%
SPG	Simon Property Group Inc.	31.78	11.05	8.00	2.49%
UBNK	United Financial Bancorp	19.18	3.26	0.95	2.44%
BAX	Baxter International Inc.	14.67	2.34	5.09	2.24%
IFF	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.	17.27	1.61	3.75	2.24%
SMBC	Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc.	5.68	1.84	0.79	2.13%
MPC	Marathon Petroleum Corporation	6.80	0.20	1.74	2.13%
MDH	MHI Hospitality Corp.	N/A	0.47	1.18	2.08%
KFFG	Kaiser Federal Financial Group, Inc.	16.27	3.22	0.86	1.91%
MSI	Motorola Solutions, Inc.	29.66	1.68	3.42	1.84%
BMRC	Bank of Marin Bancorp	12.75	2.93	1.44	1.80%
RELL	Richardson Electronics Ltd.	47.62	1.30	0.99	1.62%
MOFG	MidWest One Financial Group, Inc.	12.55	2.58	1.12	1.61%
KMT	Kennametal Inc.	10.05	1.12	1.76	1.48%
VPFG	Viewpoint Financial Group	21.31	5.30	1.37	1.34%
PROV	Provident Financial Holdings Inc.	15.92	2.54	0.93	1.32%
HOMB	Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR)	15.87	5.03	1.80	1.30%
RS	Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.	10.15	0.44	1.14	1.21%
CBS	CBS Corporation	15.61	1.48	2.18	1.19%
IACI	IAC/InterActiveCorp.	26.79	1.96	2.39	0.89%
ALTR	Altera Corp.	17.84	6.08	3.73	0.89%
FWRD	Forward Air Corp.	19.22	1.74	3.08	0.82%
SONA	Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc.	16.64	2.44	0.84	0.82%
IFSIA	Interface Inc.	35.25	0.80	2.96	0.63%
CE	Celanese Corporation	9.34	0.88	3.88	0.63%
LNN	Lindsay Corporation	23.18	1.73	3.08	0.49%
LSTR	Landstar System Inc.	19.75	0.86	7.12	0.44%
MSFG	Mainsource Financial Group	10.86	2.04	0.75	0.33%
TOFC	Tower Financial Corporation	8.00	1.92	0.86	N/A
STSA	Sterling Financial Corp.	26.73	3.12	1.39	N/A
Average		19.16	4.34	2.93	4.05%

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