The Best Dividend-Growth Stocks

I love dividends and dividend-growth stocks. I believe that those companies could have a well running business and could have a better performance in the long-run. Below is a current list of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 72 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 28 have a dividend growth of more than 10%. The average dividend growth amounts to 48.60%.

Twenty five of the dividend growth stocks/funds from last week are currently recommended to buy.

Stryker (SYK) has a market capitalization of $20.75 billion. The company employs 21,241 people, generates revenue of $8.307 billion and has a net income of $1.345 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.167 billion. The EBITDA margin is 26.09% (the operating margin is 20.30% and the net profit margin 16.19%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 14.25% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 23.01%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.11% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.73. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.75 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.63, the P/S ratio is 2.50 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.71. The dividend yield amounts to 1.94% and the beta ratio has a value of 0.90.



Ecolab (ECL) has a market capitalization of $21.30 billion. The company employs 40,200 people, generates revenue of $6.798 billion and has a net income of $463.30 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.149 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.91% (the operating margin is 11.09% and the net profit margin 6.81%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.86% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 134.76%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.87% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.93. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.72 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 37.74, the P/S ratio is 3.13 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.75. The dividend yield amounts to 1.27% and the beta ratio has a value of 0.69.



Franklin Resources (BEN) has a market capitalization of $27.11 billion. The company employs 8,600 people, generates revenue of $7.101 billion and has a net income of $1.915 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.593 billion. The EBITDA margin is 36.53% (the operating margin is 35.42% and the net profit margin 26.98%).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 18.83% of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.18%. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.66% was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.93. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.08 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.30, the P/S ratio is 3.82 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.94. The dividend yield amounts to 0.91% and the beta ratio has a value of 1.50.



Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 48.60% and the average dividend yield amounts to 3.03%. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 22.53. The average P/S ratio is 14.48 and P/B 2.86.


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