The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (September 10 – September 16, 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, 11 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 6 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 19.85 percent. Exactly four stocks have a yield over three percent and six are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) has a market capitalization of $150.84 billion. The company employs 78,100 people, generates revenue of $76,346.00 million and has a net income of $8,879.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14,325.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.76 percent (operating margin 17.46 percent and net profit margin 11.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 52.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8,098.25 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 457.40 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.82 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.76, P/S ratio 1.98 and P/B ratio 674.39. Dividend Yield: 3.80 percent. The beta ratio is 0.85.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Philip Morris International (PM) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) (Click to enlarge)

The Kroger Company (NYSE:KR) has a market capitalization of $12.53 billion. The company employs 339,000 people, generates revenue of $90,374.00 million and has a net income of $596.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,916.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 3.23 percent (operating margin 1.41 percent and net profit margin 0.66 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.78 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 205.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.89 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.09. 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 21.86, P/S ratio 0.14 and P/B ratio 3.35. Dividend Yield: 2.52 percent. The beta ratio is 0.39.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of The Kroger Company (KR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of The Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) (Click to enlarge)

Omnicare (NYSE:OCR) has a market capitalization of $3.96 billion. The company employs 13,300 people, generates revenue of $6,182.92 million and has a net income of $161.53 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $566.08 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.16 percent (operating margin 7.00 percent and net profit margin 2.61 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 52.56 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 4.24 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.31. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.15 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.12, P/S ratio 0.64 and P/B ratio 1.06. Dividend Yield: 1.58 percent. The beta ratio is 0.83.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Omnicare (OCR) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Omnicare (NYSE: OCR) (Click to enlarge)

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL) has a market capitalization of $6.72 billion. The company employs 60,300 people, generates revenue of $7,537.26 million and has a net income of $607.42 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,634.05 million. The EBITDA margin is 21.68 percent (operating margin 12.36 percent and net profit margin 8.06 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 42.90 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 101.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.45 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.19. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.20 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.11, P/S ratio 0.89 and P/B ratio 0.80. Dividend Yield: 1.56 percent. The beta ratio is 2.97.

Long-Term Stock History Chart Of Royal Caribbean Cruises (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividends History of Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE: RCL) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of the stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 19.85 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 4.91 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 32.19. The average P/S ratio is 2.60 and P/B 2.60.

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
GNI	Great Northern Iron Ore Properties	4.84	4.19	8.16	18.48%
LBF	DWS Global High Income Fund, Inc.	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.73%
LSE	CapLease, Inc.	87.17	2.23	0.82	4.97%
PM	Philip Morris International, Inc.	17.75	1.94	N/A	3.44%
ARE	Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.	52.50	8.17	1.40	2.66%
KR	The Kroger Co.	21.83	0.14	3.31	1.93%
RCL	Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.	14.09	0.87	0.81	1.30%
OCR	Omnicare Inc.	27.12	0.64	1.08	0.79%
Average		32.19	2.60	2.60	4.91%

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