30 Highest Yielding Dividend Challenger Growth Stocks

Dividend Challengers are the third class of the best dividend growth stocks. They raised cash distributions to shareholders in form of dividends over a period of between 5 and 10 years without a break.

In total, there are 30 companies with a yield of more than 5 percent and nearly half of the results are recommended to buy.

Some Challengers have the potential to become Champions but most of them will fail over the next five or ten years. I personally would not use the dividend growth criteria as a big requirement. The biggest capital gains will be made with good growth picks.

AmeriGas Partners (APU) has a market capitalization of $3.95 billion. The company employs 8,660 people, generates revenue of $2.921 billion and has a net income of $12.67 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $307.52 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.53 percent (the operating margin is 5.38 percent and the net profit margin 0.43 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 52.64 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 166.40 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -1.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.01. Last fiscal year, the company paid $3.10 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 42.24, the P/S ratio is 1.35 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.80. The dividend yield amounts to 7.52 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.36.






AstraZeneca (AZN) has a market capitalization of $55.70 billion. The company employs 57,200 people, generates revenue of $27.973 billion and has a net income of $6.327 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10.666 billion. The EBITDA margin is 38.13 percent (the operating margin is 29.13 percent and the net profit margin 22.62 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 19.26 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 43.43 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.81 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.98. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 8.97, the P/S ratio is 1.98 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.35. The dividend yield amounts to 6.27 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.63.






Reynolds American (RAI) has a market capitalization of $24.82 billion. The company employs 5,000 people, generates revenue of $8.304 billion and has a net income of $1.272 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2.345 billion. The EBITDA margin is 28.24 percent (the operating margin is 26.66 percent and the net profit margin 15.32 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 30.77 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 96.92 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.99. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.33 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.58, the P/S ratio is 2.99 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.72. The dividend yield amounts to 5.26 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.58.






Take a closer look at the full list of 30 High-Yield Dividend Challengers. The average P/E ratio amounts to 21.46 and forward P/E ratio is 19.01. The dividend yield has a value of 7.31 percent. Price to book ratio is 2.71 and price to sales ratio 4.19. The operating margin amounts to 28.28 percent and the beta ratio is 0.77. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 1.71.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):


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