50 Stocks With The Highest Dividend Growth In February 2013

Dividend growth is wonderful. It helps you to grow your own wealth and build up a passive income without hard work.

Growth is a must have for every investor who wants to increase their net worth. You also need growth in order to boost your passive income for an earlier retirement especially when you have not a high paid job or rich parents. This is how it works: If you purchase a stock today with 3 percent yield, growth can lift up your yield on cost to 30 percent in 20 years.

Today I'd like to show you the 50 fastest dividend growth stocks and funds from the last 30 days. There are some pretty good stocks with very good growth rates which indicate strong business health. The average dividend growth of the 50 best stocks amounts to 72.68 percent. The average yield is at 3.61 percent.

Texas Instruments (TXN) has a market capitalization of $38.00 billion. The company employs 34,759 people, generates revenue of $12.825 billion and has a net income of $1.759 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.272 billion. The EBITDA margin is 25.51 percent (the operating margin is 15.38 percent and the net profit margin 13.72 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 28.34 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 51.87 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.05 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.51. 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 22.67, the P/S ratio is 2.95 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.47. The dividend yield amounts to 3.27 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.10.






Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) has a market capitalization of $244.93 billion. The company employs 2,200,000 people, generates revenue of $469.162 billion and has a net income of $17.756 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $36.302 billion. The EBITDA margin is 7.74 percent (the operating margin is 5.93 percent and the net profit margin 3.78 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.65 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 70.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.59 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.27, the P/S ratio is 0.51 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.21. The dividend yield amounts to 2.62 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.35.






The Home Depot (HD) has a market capitalization of $101.76 billion. The company employs 331,000 people, generates revenue of $70.395 billion and has a net income of $3.883 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8.234 billion. The EBITDA margin is 11.70 percent (the operating margin is 9.46 percent and the net profit margin 5.52 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 26.63 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 60.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 21.11 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.83. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.04 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 24.09, the P/S ratio is 1.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.80. The dividend yield amounts to 1.72 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.86.






Halliburton Company (HAL) has a market capitalization of $38.30 billion. The company employs 70,000 people, generates revenue of $28.503 billion and has a net income of $2.587 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.787 billion. The EBITDA margin is 20.30 percent (the operating margin is 14.59 percent and the net profit margin 9.08 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.58 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.57 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.80 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.78. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.36 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 14.86, the P/S ratio is 1.32 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.38. The dividend yield amounts to 1.23 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.61.






Take a closer look at the full list of the 50 top stocks with fastest dividend growth from last month. The average P/E ratio amounts to 21.88. The dividend yield has a value of 1.93 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.73 and price to sales ratio 4.14.

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


Here are the market price ratios from the stocks:


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Disclosure: I am long WMT. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.