The 10 Best Growth Investments – Low Dividends, High Growth And Return

The Best Growing Companies With Highest 3-Year Total Return Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Growth stocks are very good investment vehicles to boost your wealth if you have paid an acceptable price for the business in the past. If so, your return on investment should high enough to compensate all underlying risks. I screened the best 100 growth stocks from with the highest rate of 3-year total return. Below the ten best stocks are only two that pay dividends; eight are currently recommended to buy and four of the 100 best growth stocks have a triple-digit return. Remarkable is the low debt and high growth from the stocks. Sometimes it makes really sense to accept a low dividends or to renounce dividends in exchange for growth and return.

100 Of Americas Fastest Growing Stocks That Made Investors Rich

The Fastest Growing Companies At The Stock Markets Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Sometimes I ask myself how it could be to be an owner of a small company that would be 10 times bigger in five or ten years. If I pay an acceptable price for the company, I could make a significant amount of money with these stocks. Well, stop dreaming! I screened companies with the currently highest growth and return figures from the actual business year and made them available in my 100 fastestgrowing stocks list.

Below is a short overview of the 10 best stocks. Only four of them pay dividends but most of the companies are very cash rich and could initiate a dividend if the growth slows.  

Stock Downgrades From 2011/11/04

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company downgrades by brokerage firms.

Downgrades:

Accelrys (ACCL) has a market capitalization of $357.60Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Northland Securities from “Outperform” to “Market Perform”. The stock price closed at $6.47 and has changed by -4.85% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 2.78 and Price/Book 1.52. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 9.38% for next year and 22.25% for the upcoming 5 years.

CommonWealth REIT (CWH) has a market capitalization of $1.31Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus from “Hold” to “Sell”. The stock price closed at $18.19 and has changed by -4.31% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 55.12, Price/Sales 1.56 and Price/Book 0.39. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -2.59% for next year and 1.10% for the upcoming 5 years.

Exterran Holdings (EXH) has a market capitalization of $744.90Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Howard Weil from “Market Outperform” to “Market Perform ($15)”. The stock price closed at $11.65 and has changed by 1.30% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.30 and Price/Book 0.44. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 50.00% for next year and 25.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

Frontier Communications (FTR) has a market capitalization of $5.63Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Hilliard Lyons from “Buy” to “Neutral”. The stock price closed at $5.66 and has changed by -1.22% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 35.37, Price/Sales 1.04 and Price/Book 1.15. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 20.83% for next year and 0.50% for the upcoming 5 years.

Gap (GPS) has a market capitalization of $10.03Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Standpoint Research from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $19.65 and has changed by -0.30% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.80, Price/Sales 1.00 and Price/Book 0.58. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 107.70% for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

GMX Resources (GMXR) has a market capitalization of $114.80Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus from “Hold” to “Sell”. The stock price closed at $1.89 and has changed by -1.56% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.68 and Price/Book 3.32. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 14.86% for next year and 9.57% for the upcoming 5 years.

KAR Auction Services (KAR) has a market capitalization of $1.77Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Barrington Research from “Outperform” to “Mkt Perform”. The stock price closed at $12.97 and has changed by 0.15% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 30.16, Price/Sales 1.40 and Price/Book 7.29. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 8.62% for next year and 8.29% for the upcoming 5 years.

Kellogg (K) has a market capitalization of $18.07Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $49.91 and has changed by 0.00% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.12, Price/Sales 0.96 and Price/Book 1.34. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.46% for next year and 17.20% for the upcoming 5 years.

Magellan Midstream (MMP) has a market capitalization of $7.22Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Ladenburg Thalmann from “Buy” to “Neutral”. The stock price closed at $64.08 and has changed by 1.68% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.36, Price/Sales 0.82 and Price/Book 3.13. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 21.33% for next year and 21.25% for the upcoming 5 years.

Medifast (MED) has a market capitalization of $231.90Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Northland Securities from “Outperform” to “Market Perform ($17)”. The stock price closed at $15.01 and has changed by -2.21% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.14, Price/Sales 0.54 and Price/Book 1.14. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 3.87% for next year and 20.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

Multi-Fineline (MFLX) has a market capitalization of $464.17Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Needham from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $19.26 and has changed by -18.04% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.33, Price/Sales 4.43 and Price/Book 4.96. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 2.61% for next year and 5.34% for the upcoming 5 years.

Openwave (OPWV) has a market capitalization of $149.19Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Dougherty & Company from “Buy” to “Neutral ($2)”. The stock price closed at $1.74 and has changed by 10.83% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.96 and Price/Book 3.48. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 200.00% for next year and 27.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

Pioneer Drilling (PDC) has a market capitalization of $544.95Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Morgan Keegan from “Outperform” to “Mkt Perform ($10.5)”. The stock price closed at $10.06 and has changed by 2.13% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.90 and Price/Book 1.38. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 125.00% for next year and 9.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

RealNetworks (RNWK) has a market capitalization of $273.68Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Brigantine from “Buy” to “Hold ($8.5)”. The stock price closed at $8.00 and has changed by -14.53% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 33.33, Price/Sales 1.79 and Price/Book 0.77. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 54.22% for next year and 16.50% for the upcoming 5 years.

SandRidge Energy (SD) has a market capitalization of $3.24Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Stifel Nicolaus from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $7.86 and has changed by -4.73% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.77 and Price/Book 0.68. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 116.70% for next year and 5.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

Sapient (SAPE) has a market capitalization of $1.69Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm BB&T Capital Mkts from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $12.16 and has changed by -5.44% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 29.66, Price/Sales 1.73 and Price/Book 3.41. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 32.65% for next year and 24.70% for the upcoming 5 years.

Sun Life (SLF) has a market capitalization of $12.73Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Barclays Capital from “Equal Weight” to “Underweight”. The stock price closed at $21.84 and has changed by -3.75% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.05, Price/Sales 2.67 and Price/Book 2.25. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by - for next year and 10.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

Transocean (RIG) has a market capitalization of $16.03Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Morgan Keegan from “Outperform” to “Mkt Perform ($48)”. The stock price closed at $50.12 and has changed by 2.29% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.60 and Price/Book 0.78. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 323.60% for next year and 9.78% for the upcoming 5 years.

TreeHouse Foods (THS) has a market capitalization of $2.16Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm BB&T Capital Mkts from “Buy” to “Hold”. The stock price closed at $60.25 and has changed by -2.62% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.32, Price/Sales 1.10 and Price/Book 2.11. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 15.70% for next year and 11.75% for the upcoming 5 years.

Ultralife (ULBI) has a market capitalization of $76.86Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Ardour Capital from “Accumulate” to “Hold ($4.5)”. The stock price closed at $4.44 and has changed by -2.84% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 0.44 and Price/Book 1.11. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 229.41% for next year and 17.50% for the upcoming 5 years.

Watts Ind (WTS) has a market capitalization of $1.32Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Longbow from “Buy” to “Neutral”. The stock price closed at $35.67 and has changed by -0.70% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.62, Price/Sales 3.25 and Price/Book 2.01. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 10.71% for next year and 18.88% for the upcoming 5 years.

Whiting Petroleum (WLL) has a market capitalization of $5.52Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm Global Hunter Securities from “Buy” to “Neutral ($60)”. The stock price closed at $47.02 and has changed by -1.80% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.51, Price/Sales 1.04 and Price/Book 1.52. Dividend Yield: percent. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.85% for next year and 12.20% for the upcoming 5 years.

100 Best Small Cap Stocks To Place Your Money

Small cap stocks with a strong growth and best dividends to buy, originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Everybody loves growth. If you own an investment and it starts to grow by double-digit rates over a few years, when the stock price explode and you feel like a bird in heaven. I felt a few times like this. But it is also necessary that you sell partly your position over the time. I personally reduce my stocks positions when they have doubled or more. Certainly you can’t get very rich with this rule but you hedge your stock gains and believe me by selling stocks with gains, nobody become poor.

I recently viewed a nice list at Forbes. The list was a research result of the 100 best small cap growth stocks in America. Stocks from the table are public and tradeable in America. They all have a total sales volume below the USD 1 billion mark and fantastic years of recent growth. As you can see at the list, the GDP growth is America is still weak but out there are still investment opportunities to discover.

I discovered the ten best dividend stocks from the small cap growth picks. I needed to screen more than 50 companies in order to find ten stocks with positive dividend payments. Most of the small cap growth stocks don’t pay dividends. But the debt situation is very comfortable. Most of them are free of debt and have bigger cash amounts to their balance sheets in order to finance future growth. The average stock grew in sales by 19 percent yearly. Earnings followd by 31 percent growth yearly and the average return on equity amounted to 20 percent. See the full list of the 100 best small cap growth stocks at the end of this post.

Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Past Week - #Amgen #Graco #AES #Ventas #WD40 #Medifast #Balchem

Dear Reader, find below a list of Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Past Week. The list is sorted by yield. Which stock do you like or still own or have you sold one?

Company	Ticker	New Yield	New Dividend	Old Dividend	Payment Period	Dividend Growth in %	Donate and receive the 19-Pages Investor Factbook
Park Hotels&Resorts	PK	13.94	1	0.43	Quarterly	132.56%	Stock Report of PK
Annaly Capital Mgmnt	NLY	11.74	0.3	0.22174	Quarterly	35.29%	Stock Report of NLY
Hunt Cos. Fin Pfd.	HCFT.PA	9.78	0.2066	0.1823	Monthly	13.33%	Stock Report of HCFT.PA
GMAC Capital Tr Ser2	ALLY.PA	8.49	0.53674	0.51742	Quarterly	3.73%	Stock Report of ALLY.PA
Exantas Capital	XAN	6.45	0.175	0.15	Quarterly	16.67%	Stock Report of XAN
Urstadt Biddle Properties	UBP	5.82	0.245	0.24	Quarterly	2.08%	Stock Report of UBP
Urstadt Biddle Prprts A	UBA	5.21	0.275	0.27	Quarterly	1.85%	Stock Report of UBA
Ventas	VTR	4.89	0.7925	0.79	Quarterly	0.32%	Stock Report of VTR
FR STRATSs 2006-2 GS Grp	GJS	4.11	0.06848	0.06698	Monthly	2.24%	Stock Report of GJS
CubeSmart	CUBE	4.08	0.32	0.3	Quarterly	6.67%	Stock Report of CUBE
Realty Income	O	4.07	0.221	0.2205	Monthly	0.23%	Stock Report of O
CenterPoint Energy	CNP	3.92	0.2875	0.2775	Quarterly	3.60%	Stock Report of CNP
AES	AES	3.47	0.1365	0.13	Quarterly	5.00%	Stock Report of AES
Franklin Resources	BEN	3.25	0.26	0.23	Quarterly	13.04%	Stock Report of BEN
Amgen	AMGN	2.99	1.45	1.32	Quarterly	9.85%	Stock Report of AMGN
Erie Indemnity Cl A	ERIE	2.76	0.9	0.84	Quarterly	7.14%	Stock Report of ERIE
PNM Resources	PNM	2.63	0.29	0.265	Quarterly	9.43%	Stock Report of PNM
Marriott Vacations	VAC	2.44	0.45	0.4	Quarterly	12.50%	Stock Report of VAC
Guaranty Bancshares	GNTY	2.31	0.17	0.15	Quarterly	13.33%	Stock Report of GNTY
Medifast	MED	2.19	0.75	0.48	Quarterly	56.25%	Stock Report of MED
Hanover Insurance Grp	THG	2.16	0.6	0.54	Quarterly	11.11%	Stock Report of THG
Winnebago	WGO	2.13	0.11	0.1	Quarterly	10.00%	Stock Report of WGO
FortuneBrandsHome&Sec	FBHS	2.09	0.22	0.2	Quarterly	10.00%	Stock Report of FBHS
National Research	NRC	1.91	0.19	0.17	Quarterly	11.76%	Stock Report of NRC
Graco Inc	GGG	1.53	0.16	0.1325	Quarterly	20.75%	Stock Report of GGG
WD-40	WDFC	1.36	0.61	0.54	Quarterly	12.96%	Stock Report of WDFC
SEI Investments	SEIC	1.33	0.33	0.3	SemiAnnual	10.00%	Stock Report of SEIC
Ivy Focused Value Next	IVFVC	0.75	0.1889	0.15	Quarterly	25.93%	Stock Report of IVFVC
Zoetis Inc.	ZTS	0.72	0.164	0.126	Quarterly	30.16%	Stock Report of ZTS
Balchem	BCPC	0.59	0.47	0.42	Annual	11.90%	Stock Report of BCPC

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