If you are a real dividend growth investor, you look more at the pace of the dividend growth than on the yield of the stock.
A stock that is raising dividends very fast will hit the yield of a slow growing high yielder very soon.
I've also predicted in the past that it makes more sense to bet on fast growing stocks that are reasonable priced than on stocks with high yields and decreasing earnings growth.
Today I like to show you some of the 20 stocks from the Dividend Champions list with the fastest dividend growth over the recent decade.
These are the 5 Dividend Champions with fastest 10-Year dividend growth...
#1 Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) has a market capitalization of $61.52 billion. The company employs 167,000 people, generates revenue of $53.417 billion and has a net income of $2.286 billion.
Lowe's Companies’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5.757 billion. The EBITDA margin is 10.78 percent (the operating margin is 7.77 percent and the net profit margin 4.28 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 32.14 percent of Lowe's Companies’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.66 percent was realized by Lowe's Companies.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.41. Last fiscal year, Lowe's Companies paid $0.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.20, the P/S ratio is 1.15 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.49. The dividend yield amounts to 1.46 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.17.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lowe's Companies (LOW) |
Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP) has a market capitalization of $7.48 billion. The company employs 11,901 people, generates revenue of $3,719.71 million and has a net income of $708.77 million.
Helmerich & Payne’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,558.75 million. The EBITDA margin is 41.91 percent (the operating margin is 28.36 percent and the net profit margin 19.05 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 1.19 percent of Helmerich & Payne’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.64 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 15.10 percent was realized by Helmerich & Payne.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $6.45. Last fiscal year, Helmerich & Payne paid $2.62 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.71, the P/S ratio is 2.01 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.53. The dividend yield amounts to 3.98 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.35.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Helmerich & Payne (HP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Helmerich & Payne (HP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Helmerich & Payne (HP) |
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $93.21 billion. The company employs 440,000 people, generates revenue of $28,105.70 million and has a net income of $5,585.90 million.
McDonald's Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10,080.40 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.87 percent (the operating margin is 31.18 percent and the net profit margin 19.87 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 38.58 percent of McDonald's Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.69 percent was realized by McDonald's Corporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.09. Last fiscal year, McDonald's Corporation paid $3.12 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.82, the P/S ratio is 3.32 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.93. The dividend yield amounts to 3.55 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.34.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) |
Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $17.00 billion. The company employs 22,300 people, generates revenue of $19,052.05 million and has a net income of $585.53 million.
Nucor Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,543.66 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.10 percent (the operating margin is 4.90 percent and the net profit margin 3.07 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 29.54 percent of Nucor Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 58.74 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.36 percent was realized by Nucor Corporation.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.10. Last fiscal year, Nucor Corporation paid $1.47 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 25.38, the P/S ratio is 0.89 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.63. The dividend yield amounts to 2.78 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.31.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Nucor Corporation (NUE) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Nucor Corporation (NUE) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Nucor Corporation (NUE) |
Walgreen (NYSE:WAG) has a market capitalization of $64.41 billion. The company employs 175,000 people, generates revenue of $76,392.00 million and has a net income of $2,031.00 million.
Walgreen’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $5,295.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 6.93 percent (the operating margin is 5.49 percent and the net profit margin 2.66 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 12.13 percent of Walgreen’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 22.05 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.68 percent was realized by Walgreen.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.00. Last fiscal year, Walgreen paid $1.26 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 33.86, the P/S ratio is 0.84 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.15. The dividend yield amounts to 1.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.36.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Walgreen (WAG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Walgreen (WAG) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Walgreen (WAG) |
Here is the full list...
...sorted by dividend yield...
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| 20 Dividend Champs With Highest 10-Year Dividend Growth (click to enlarge), Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com |
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| 10-Year Performance (Click to enlarge) |
...sorted by 10 year dividend growth...
Company | Ticker | No. | DGR | DGR | DGR | DGR |
Name | Symbol | Yrs | 1-yr | 3-yr | 5-yr | 10-yr |
Lowe's Companies | LOW | 52 | 13.3 | 19.3 | 15.6 | 29.2 |
Helmerich & Payne Inc. | HP | 42 | 364.3 | 80.8 | 46.9 | 23.3 |
McDonald's Corp. | MCD | 39 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 22.8 |
Nucor Corp. | NUE | 41 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 22.1 |
Walgreen Company | WAG | 39 | 18.0 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 22.0 |
Target Corp. | TGT | 47 | 19.7 | 23.4 | 21.4 | 19.8 |
Raven Industries | RAVN | 28 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 19.2 |
Donaldson Company | DCI | 28 | 42.9 | 26.4 | 17.6 | 18.4 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | WMT | 41 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 18.0 |
Becton Dickinson & Co. | BDX | 43 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 17.6 |
W.W. Grainger Inc. | GWW | 43 | 17.3 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 17.2 |
Computer Services Inc. | CSVI | 43 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 17.0 |
AFLAC Inc. | AFL | 32 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 16.8 |
MSA Safety Inc. | MSA | 43 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 16.5 |
T. Rowe Price Group | TROW | 27 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 16.2 |
Eaton Vance Corp. | EV | 34 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 15.2 |
Medtronic Inc. | MDT | 37 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 14.9 |
Franklin Resources | BEN | 34 | 6.4 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 14.6 |
Weyco Group Inc. | WEYS | 33 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 14.5 |
Automatic Data Proc. | ADP | 40 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 13.7 |
VF Corp. | VFC | 42 | 20.8 | 14.6 | 9.5 | 13.7 |
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