The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Last Week (September 24 – September 30, 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, 12 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 7 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 10.47 percent. Exactly 6 stocks have a yield over three percent and 7 are currently recommended to buy.

Here are the stocks with fast dividend growth:

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Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) has a market capitalization of $30.29 billion. The company employs 123,000 people, generates revenue of $46,499.00 million and has a net income of $2,667.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,903.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.54 percent (operating margin 8.56 percent and net profit margin 5.74 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.04 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 645.35 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 118.59 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.54. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.25 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by  15.00 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.94, P/S ratio 0.65 and P/B ratio 30.17. Dividend Yield: 4.93 percent. The beta ratio is 0.93.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Lockheed Martin (LMT) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) (Click to enlarge)

Covidien (NYSE:COV) has a market capitalization of $28.53 billion. The company employs 41,300 people, generates revenue of $11,574.00 million and has a net income of $1,883.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,974.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 25.70 percent (operating margin 20.52 percent and net profit margin 16.27 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 20.65 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 42.86 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.04 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.89. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.83 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by  15.60 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.28, P/S ratio 2.48 and P/B ratio 2.93. Dividend Yield: 1.74 percent. The beta ratio is 0.84.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of Covidien (COV) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Covidien (NYSE: COV) (Click to enlarge)

CLARCOR (NYSE:CLC) has a market capitalization of $2.23 billion. The company employs 5,447 people, generates revenue of $1,126.60 million and has a net income of $124.36 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $213.70 million. The EBITDA margin is 18.97 percent (operating margin 16.09 percent and net profit margin 11.04 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 1.52 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 2.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.59 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.43. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.44 in form of dividends to shareholders. The company announced to raise dividends by  12.50 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.36, P/S ratio 1.98 and P/B ratio 2.68. Dividend Yield: 1.21 percent. The beta ratio is 0.87.

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

Long-Term Dividends History of CLARCOR (CLC) (Click to enlarge)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of CLARCOR (NYSE: CLC) (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 10.47 percent and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.22 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 27.75. The average P/S ratio is 11.02 and P/B 3.40.

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
KYN	Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company	78.10	95.26	1.01	6.75%
UTG	Reaves Utility Income Fund	10.36	14.40	1.01	5.93%
HTCO	Hickory Tech Corp.	16.79	0.81	3.29	5.29%
BWL-A	Bowl America Inc.	41.45	3.30	1.94	4.98%
LMT	Lockheed Martin Corporation	10.93	0.64	13.75	4.28%
ARTNA	Artesian Resources Corp.	21.71	2.94	1.74	3.41%
HBNC	Horizon Bancorp.	9.43	2.48	1.09	1.82%
COV	Covidien plc	15.28	2.39	2.66	1.75%
PLL	Pall Corp.	26.56	2.76	4.89	1.32%
AZZ	AZZ Incorporated	20.42	1.99	3.20	1.32%
CLC	CLARCOR Inc.	18.37	1.97	2.49	1.08%
LMNR	Limoneira Company	63.55	3.33	3.74	0.68%
Average		27.75	11.02	3.40	3.22%

Related Stock Ticker:

ARTNA, AZZ, BWL-A, CLC, COV, HTCO, HBNC, KYN, LMNR, LMT, PLL, UTG