The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (August 13 – August 19, 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, 20 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 12 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 35.91 percent. Exactly 4 stocks have a yield over five percent and 6 are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) has a market capitalization of $5.96 billion. The company employs 39,947 people, generates revenue of $8,232.40 million and has a net income of $627.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,151.30 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.98 percent (operating margin 10.73 percent and net profit margin 7.62 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.89 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 19.99 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.91 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.58. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.78 in form of dividends to shareholders. 

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.20, P/S ratio 0.72 and P/B ratio 1.67. Dividend Yield: 3.01 percent. The beta ratio is 1.99.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Autoliv (ALV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Autoliv (NYSE: ALV) (Click to enlarge)

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has a market capitalization of $102.10 billion. The company employs 71,825 people, generates revenue of $46,061.00 million and has a net income of $8,041.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12,667.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.50 percent (operating margin 21.85 percent and net profit margin 17.46 percent). 

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.79 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.83 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.49. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.28 in form of dividends to shareholders. 

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.81, P/S ratio 2.22 and P/B ratio 1.99. Dividend Yield: 2.94 percent. The beta ratio is 1.26.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Cisco Systems (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Cisco Systems (CSCO) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) (Click to enlarge)

Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) has a market capitalization of $3.55 billion. The company employs 4,156 people, generates revenue of $1,233.16 million and has a net income of $222.36 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $344.32 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.92 percent (operating margin 25.59 percent and net profit margin 18.03 percent).  

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.18 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 57.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 41.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.44 in form of dividends to shareholders. 

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.29, P/S ratio 2.88 and P/B ratio 6.34. Dividend Yield: 1.09 percent. The beta ratio is 1.48.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Nordson Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Nordson Corporation (NDSN) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 35.91 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 2.88 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 17.66. The average P/S ratio is 3.97 and P/B 2.44.

Here is the full table:

 Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (Click to enlarge)

Here are the market ratios:

Ticker	Company	P/E	P/S	P/B	Dividend Yield
GHI	Global High Income Fund, Inc.	31.20	15.09	0.97	7.84%
EFR	Eaton Vance Senior Floating Rate Trust	18.36	12.15	1.02	6.76%
SGL	Strategic Global Income Fund Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.84%
BTO	John Hancock Bank and Thrift Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.12%
GFY	Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc.	37.78	15.97	0.98	4.83%
GME	GameStop Corp.	7.71	0.26	0.82	3.23%
ALV	Autoliv, Inc.	11.20	0.72	1.67	3.01%
CTWS	Connecticut Water Service Inc.	24.13	3.70	2.36	2.98%
BOBE	Bob Evans Farms Inc.	16.36	0.68	1.75	2.49%
KINS	Kingstone Companies, Inc.	6.24	0.66	1.16	2.40%
ITC	ITC Holdings Corp.	21.83	4.80	2.88	1.92%
BMI	Badger Meter Inc.	23.86	1.75	3.21	1.81%
CSCO	Cisco Systems, Inc.	14.12	2.24	2.00	1.68%
CECE	CECO Environmental Corp.	16.09	0.97	2.96	1.53%
PAAS	Pan American Silver Corp.	5.57	2.79	0.92	0.92%
NDSN	Nordson Corporation	18.29	2.88	6.15	0.91%
PRI	Primerica, Inc.	12.08	1.55	1.38	0.68%
MLHR	Herman Miller Inc.	15.61	0.68	4.74	0.44%
BTH	Blyth, Inc.	19.82	0.67	6.46	0.34%
Average		17.66	3.97	2.44	2.88%

Related Stock Ticker:

AVO, ALV, BMI, BTH, BOBE, CECE, CSCO, CTWS, EFR, GME, GHI, BTO, MLHR, ITC; KINS, NDSN, PAAS, PRI, SGL, GFY