Buying big companies with strong cash flows and competitive advantages is one of my key philosophies when I think about investments.
I also like such companies that grow and give more and more money back to shareholders.
I also like such companies that grow and give more and more money back to shareholders.
I believe that each company should work for its owners and give them a good and solid return.
That's one of the reasons why I'm scouting each week for the latest stocks with dividend growth and share buyback announcements.
That's one of the reasons why I'm scouting each week for the latest stocks with dividend growth and share buyback announcements.
Below are seven large caps with shareholder-friendly activities. I've tried to select a good mix from several sectors and industries but you can also find more by looking at the full list of dividend growers at the end of this article. I hope you get some inspirations.
7 good stocks with dividend growth or share buyback announcement are....
Regency Energy Partners (NYSE:RGP) has a market capitalization of $12.28 billion. The company employs 1,187 people, generates revenue of $2.521 billion and has a net income of $27.00 million.
Regency Energy Partners’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $350.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.88 percent (the operating margin is 2.18 percent and the net profit margin 1.07 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 37.69 percent of Regency Energy Partners’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 68.30 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 0.76 percent was realized by Regency Energy Partners.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.08. Last fiscal year, Regency Energy Partners paid $1.87 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 375.75, the P/S ratio is 4.87 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.62. The dividend yield amounts to 6.61 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.57.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Regency Energy Partners (RGP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Regency Energy Partners (RGP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Regency Energy Partners (RGP) |
Access Midstream Partners (NYSE:ACMP) has a market capitalization of $12.01 billion. The company employs 1,411 people, generates revenue of $1,073.22 million and has a net income of $341.15 million.
Access Midstream Partners’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $628.08 million. The EBITDA margin is 58.52 percent (the operating margin is 30.93 percent and the net profit margin 31.79 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 41.04 percent of Access Midstream Partners’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 79.27 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 7.80 percent was realized by Access Midstream Partners.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.16. Last fiscal year, Access Midstream Partners paid $1.94 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 53.83, the P/S ratio is 11.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.00. The dividend yield amounts to 3.91 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.46.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Access Midstream Partners (ACMP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Access Midstream Partners (ACMP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Access Midstream Partners (ACMP) |
Intl. Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) has a market capitalization of $162.65 billion. The company employs 431,212 people, generates revenue of $99,751.00 million and has a net income of $16,483.00 million.
Intl. Business Machines’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $24,505.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 24.57 percent (the operating margin is 19.57 percent and the net profit margin 16.52 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 31.47 percent of Intl. Business Machines’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 174.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 79.15 percent was realized by Intl. Business Machines.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $15.93. Last fiscal year, Intl. Business Machines paid $3.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.32, the P/S ratio is 1.63 and the P/B ratio is finally 7.61. The dividend yield amounts to 2.68 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.64.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Intl. Business Machines (IBM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Intl. Business Machines (IBM) |
AFLAC (NYSE:AFL) has a market capitalization of $27.20 billion. The company employs 8,859 people, generates revenue of $24,138.00 million and has a net income of $3,158.00 million.
AFLAC’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $6,451.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 26.73 percent (the operating margin is 21.17 percent and the net profit margin 13.08 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 4.04 percent of AFLAC’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 33.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.64 percent was realized by AFLAC.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.38. Last fiscal year, AFLAC paid $1.42 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.36, the P/S ratio is 1.11 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.88. The dividend yield amounts to 2.61 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.54.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of AFLAC (AFL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AFLAC (AFL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AFLAC (AFL) |
Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:TEVA) has a market capitalization of $53.24 billion. The company employs 44,945 people, generates revenue of $20,314.00 million and has a net income of $1,293.00 million.
Teva Pharmaceuticals’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,603.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.58 percent (the operating margin is 8.12 percent and the net profit margin 6.37 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 24.74 percent of Teva Pharmaceuticals’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 52.09 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 5.60 percent was realized by Teva Pharmaceuticals.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.04. Last fiscal year, Teva Pharmaceuticals paid $1.27 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.61, the P/S ratio is 2.62 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.37. The dividend yield amounts to 2.42 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.65.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Teva Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) |
TD Ameritrade (NYSE:AMTD) has a market capitalization of $18.13 billion. The company employs 5,429 people, generates revenue of $3,129.00 million and has a net income of $787.00 million.
TD Ameritrade’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,470.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 46.98 percent (the operating margin is 41.07 percent and the net profit margin 25.15 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 5.25 percent of TD Ameritrade’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 26.35 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.70 percent was realized by TD Ameritrade.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.42. Last fiscal year, TD Ameritrade paid $0.48 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.76, the P/S ratio is 5.79 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.83. The dividend yield amounts to 1.81 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.41.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of TD Ameritrade (AMTD) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of TD Ameritrade (AMTD) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of TD Ameritrade (AMTD) |
Visa (NYSE:V) has a market capitalization of $147.47 billion. The company employs 9,500 people, generates revenue of $11,778.00 million and has a net income of $4,980.00 million.
Visa’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,639.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 64.86 percent (the operating margin is 61.33 percent and the net profit margin 42.28 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 0.00 percent of Visa’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 18.21 percent was realized by Visa.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.78. Last fiscal year, Visa paid $1.32 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 27.50, the P/S ratio is 12.52 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.62. The dividend yield amounts to 0.81 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.81.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Visa (V) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Visa (V) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Visa (V) |
Dividend Growth
Company | Yield in % | Dividend Growth | |
SandRidge Permian Trust | 26.42 | 3.80% | |
Alon USA Partners L.P. | 20.98 | 684.62% | |
DCT Industrial Trust | 13.07 | 300.00% | |
Apollo Global Mgmt A | 12.84 | 386.67% | |
TriplePoint Venture Grwth | 10.05 | 12.50% | |
EV Energy Partners LP | 9.89 | 0.13% | |
StoneMor Partners | 9.36 | 1.64% | |
Midcoast Energy Partners | 8.71 | 3.85% | |
Atlas Pipeline Partners | 6.99 | 1.59% | |
Regency Energy Partners | 6.42 | 2.55% | |
Chambers Street Prop | 6.21 | 1.19% | |
Emerge Energy Services LP | 6.16 | 17.95% | |
Macquarie Infrastructure | 5.55 | 3.16% | |
DCP Midstream Ptnrs | 5.55 | 1.65% | |
Atlas Energy | 5.54 | 6.12% | |
STAG Industrial | 5.53 | 2.27% | |
Oaktree Capital Group | 5.22 | 12.73% | |
Enable Midstream Ptrs | 4.95 | 22.77% | |
Delek Logistics Partners | 4.72 | 3.16% | |
Summit Midstream Partners | 4.68 | 3.85% | |
Piedmont Office Realty A | 4.35 | 5.00% | |
Crown Castle Intl | 4.2 | 134.29% | |
ACNB | 4.09 | 5.26% | |
DineEquity | 3.98 | 16.67% | |
Access Midstream Partners | 3.86 | 3.36% | |
JMP GP | 3.84 | 16.67% | |
West Bancorp | 3.69 | 16.67% | |
Empire District Elec | 3.66 | 1.96% | |
First Fincl Bancorp | 3.65 | 6.67% | |
Tompkins Financial | 3.56 | 5.00% | |
Microchip Tech | 3.31 | 0.14% | |
Wynn Resorts | 3.23 | 20.00% | |
Territorial Bancorp | 2.98 | 6.67% | |
First Mid-Illinois Bcsh | 2.76 | 11.54% | |
Aflac | 2.6 | 5.41% | |
Selective Ins Group | 2.22 | 7.69% | |
Utd Bancshares | 2.17 | 14.29% | |
Associated Banc | 2.16 | 11.11% | |
SB Financial Group Inc. | 1.98 | 12.50% | |
Allison Transmission | 1.85 | 25.00% | |
Prosperity Bancshares | 1.83 | 13.54% | |
TD Ameritrade Hldg | 1.82 | 25.00% | |
Chase Corp | 1.73 | 33.33% | |
Lincoln Electric Hldgs | 1.66 | 26.09% | |
UMB Financial Corp. | 1.61 | 4.44% | |
Comfort Systems USA | 1.58 | 9.09% | |
Columbia Sportswear Co | 1.56 | 7.14% | |
Rock-Tenn | 1.52 | 7.14% | |
Huntington Ingalls Ind | 1.51 | 100.00% | |
Lincoln Natl Corp | 1.51 | 25.00% | |
South State Corp. | 1.49 | 4.76% | |
Techne | 1.41 | 3.23% | |
Gorman-Rupp | 1.38 | 11.11% | |
Hennessy Advisors | 1.08 | 25.00% | |
ArcBest Corp. | 0.63 | 100.00% | |
Jones Lang Lasalle | 0.37 | 8.70% |
Share Buybacks
Company | Stock Buyback Volume or No. Of Shares |
southeastern bank financial corp. | 300 K |
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. | $100 Mln |
Madison Square Garden Inc. | $500 Mln |
Huntington Ingalls Industries | $300 Mln |
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | $500 Mln |
Orion Marine Group Inc | $40 Mln |
PBF Energy Inc. | $100 Mln |
jmp group inc. | 1 Mln |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited | $3 Bln |
AXT Inc | $5 Mln |
Provident Financial Holdings Inc. | 453.21 K |
AptarGroup Inc. | $350 Mln |
Lincoln Electric | $300 Mln |
Tessera Technologies Inc. | $100 Mln |
Harman International Industries Inc | $500 Mln |
OMNOVA Solutions Inc | $20 Mln |
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc | 1.5 Mln |
First Financial Bankshares Inc. | 1.50 Mln |
Hornbeck Offshore Services | $150 Mln |
Brookline Bancorp Inc. | $10 Mln |
Insight Enterprises Inc. | $25 Mln |
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. | $15 Mln |
ITUS Corp. | $5 Mln |
Visa Inc. | $5.0 Bln |
Comfort Systems USA, Inc. | 1 Mln |
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. | $50 Mln |
Farmland Partners Inc. | $10 Mln |
Park Sterling Corp. | 2.2 Mln |
Diamond Resorts International, Inc. | $100 Mln |
3Pea International Inc. | 2.7 Mln |
Ultratech Inc. | $100 Mln |
International Business Machines Corp. | $5 Bln |
Dorman Products Inc. | $50 Mln |
DineEquity, Inc | $100 Mln |
Sparton Corp. | $5 Mln |
Owens Illinois Inc. | $500 Mln |
Standard-Pacific Corp. | $100 Mln |
HCA Holdings Inc | $1 Bln |
Associated Banc-Corp. | $120 Mln |
AutoNation Inc. | $250 Mln |
Commercial Metals Company | $100 Mln |
Lincoln Electric | $300 Mln |
Micron Technology | $1 Bln |
Cree Inc. | $550 Mln |
Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. | $100 Mln |
Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc. | $100 Mln |
Madison Square Garden Inc. | $500 Mln |
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. | $150 Mln |
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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.
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