Increased Dividends For 69 Stocks And Funds Last Week

SLast week was an additional strong week with 69 dividend hike announcements. The most popular hike was released by Wal-Mart, who increased dividend payments by 18.2 percent. I own shares of WMT and was impressed. When I bought the stock, I knew that there is potential to double dividends at flat earnings because of the low payout figures.

Additional highlights from last week’s best dividend growth stocks are Texas Instruments (Dividends are up by 1/3), Kimberly Clark (+9.5 percent dividend increase) and Coca Cola (+9.8 percent).

To recap: 69 stocks and funds raised dividends, of which 48 have a dividend growth of over 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 34.90 percent. Linked is a small list of all companies and funds with some price ratios to compare.

Below the results are six High-Yields. 33 companies have a current buy or better rating.

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) has a market capitalization of $10.79 billion. The company employs 29,800 people, generates revenue of $13.013 billion and has a net income of $648.04 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.117 billion. The EBITDA margin is 8.59 percent (the operating margin is 7.83 percent and the net profit margin 4.98 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 7.35 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 16.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.57 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.14. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.98 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.79, the P/S ratio is 0.83 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.60. The dividend yield amounts to 3.09 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.72.






Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) has a market capitalization of $172.15 billion. The company employs 146,200 people, generates revenue of $48.017 billion and has a net income of $9.086 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12.827 billion. The EBITDA margin is 26.71 percent (the operating margin is 22.59 percent and the net profit margin 18.92 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 99.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.00 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.97. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.02 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.59, the P/S ratio is 3.60 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.25. The dividend yield amounts to 2.91 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.51.






Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) has a market capitalization of $172.15 billion. The company employs 146,200 people, generates revenue of $48.017 billion and has a net income of $9.086 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12.827 billion. The EBITDA margin is 26.71 percent (the operating margin is 22.59 percent and the net profit margin 18.92 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 37.84 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 99.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.00 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.97. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.02 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios for the company: The P/E ratio is 19.59, the P/S ratio is 3.60 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.25. The dividend yield amounts to 2.91 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.51.






Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN) has a market capitalization of $37.88 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 22.60, the P/S ratio is 2.99 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.46. The dividend yield amounts to 2.46 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.10.






Take a closer look at the full table of stocks with recent dividend hikes. The average dividend growth amounts to 34.90 percent, and the average dividend yield amounts to 2.91 percent. Stocks from the sheet are valuated with a P/E ratio of 19.88.The average P/S ratio is 3.22 and P/B 3.30.

Here is the full list:




These are the market ratios:


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