One of my main thought related to investments is "how fast can the company pay my money back".
It's one of the basic principals in investing. Put your money into stocks that drive you cash back in a very short period of time. The smaller the pace, the bigger your return will be.
Warren Buffett bought BNSF Railway in November 3, 2009 for around USD 44 billion. It sounds like a huge amount of money but the railroad company who travelled 169 million miles in 2010 paid warren since his acquisition around $15 billion in dividends. Not bad for an old-school business.
Below I've compiled like each week stocks that have raised dividends during the past week. In addition, you can also find a list of those stocks which have released a share buyback program.
Receiving money, direct or indirect should help passive investors like me to hedge a minimum amount of return.
#1 Buckeye Partners (NYSE:BPL) has a market capitalization of $10.08 billion. The company employs 1,270 people, generates revenue of $5,054.10 million and has a net income of $351.60 million. Buckeye Partners’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $645.05 million. The EBITDA margin is 12.76 percent (the operating margin is 9.46 percent and the net profit margin 6.96 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 47.37 percent of Buckeye Partners’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 108.25 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.78 percent was realized by Buckeye Partners.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.04. Last fiscal year, Buckeye Partners paid $4.22 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.10, the P/S ratio is 1.99 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.98. The dividend yield amounts to 5.67 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.54.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Buckeye Partners (BPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Buckeye Partners (BPL) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Buckeye Partners (BPL) |
Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW) has a market capitalization of $60.54 billion. The company employs 52,186 people, generates revenue of $57,080.00 million and has a net income of $4,816.00 million.
Dow Chemical’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $7,499.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.14 percent (the operating margin is 11.95 percent and the net profit margin 8.44 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 25.84 percent of Dow Chemical’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 66.77 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 22.17 percent was realized by Dow Chemical.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.97. Last fiscal year, Dow Chemical paid $1.28 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.28, the P/S ratio is 1.06 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.70. The dividend yield amounts to 3.27 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.65.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Dow Chemical (DOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Dow Chemical (DOW) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Dow Chemical (DOW) |
Kimberly Clark (NYSE:KMB) has a market capitalization of $41.96 billion. The company employs 57,000 people, generates revenue of $21,152.00 million and has a net income of $2,016.00 million.
Kimberly Clark’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,071.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 19.25 percent (the operating margin is 15.17 percent and the net profit margin 9.53 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 33.51 percent of Kimberly Clark’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 130.54 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 43.53 percent was realized by Kimberly Clark.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.65. Last fiscal year, Kimberly Clark paid $3.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.95, the P/S ratio is 1.98 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.83. The dividend yield amounts to 2.98 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.19.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Kimberly Clark (KMB) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Kimberly Clark (KMB) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kimberly Clark (KMB) |
Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) has a market capitalization of $38.46 billion. The company employs 47,355 people, generates revenue of $41,660.00 million and has a net income of $-626.00 million.
Prudential Financial’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $-834.00 million. The EBITDA margin is -2.00 percent (the operating margin is -4.04 percent and the net profit margin -1.50 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 4.03 percent of Prudential Financial’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 83.69 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of -1.85 percent was realized by Prudential Financial.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.90. Last fiscal year, Prudential Financial paid $1.73 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.13, the P/S ratio is 0.92 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.10. The dividend yield amounts to 2.76 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.59.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Prudential Financial (PRU) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Prudential Financial (PRU) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Prudential Financial (PRU) |
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) has a market capitalization of $41.17 billion. The company employs 61,000 people, generates revenue of $12,206.50 million and has a net income of $1,502.60 million.
Automatic Data Processing’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,559.10 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.97 percent (the operating margin is 18.09 percent and the net profit margin 12.31 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 6.81 percent of Automatic Data Processing’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 32.75 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.37 percent was realized by Automatic Data Processing.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.18. Last fiscal year, Automatic Data Processing paid $1.88 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.63, the P/S ratio is 3.35 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.10. The dividend yield amounts to 2.31 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.85.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) |
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| 10-Year Stock Performance (click to enlarge) |
Dividend Growth
Company | Yield in % | Dividend Growth | |
Sprague Resources LP | 7.55 | 3.51% | |
Buckeye Partners | 5.72 | 1.12% | |
CBL&Assocs Properties | 5.67 | 8.16% | |
Scorpio Tankers | 5.42 | 20.00% | |
PPLUS FR Call Ser GSC-2 | 4.05 | 2.17% | |
Natl Bankshares | 3.82 | 5.45% | |
Cogent Comms Hldgs | 3.73 | 3.33% | |
STRATS Dom Res Ser 05-06 | 3.52 | 3.34% | |
Dow Chemical | 3.36 | 13.51% | |
MDU Resources Grp | 2.91 | 2.82% | |
Prudential Financial | 2.72 | 9.43% | |
PC-Tel | 2.42 | 25.00% | |
Automatic Data | 2.3 | 2.08% | |
j2 Global | 2.04 | 2.70% | |
StanCorp Financial Group | 1.89 | 18.18% | |
Griffon | 1.27 | 33.33% | |
Aramark | 1.21 | 15.00% | |
STRATS Tr Allstate 2006-3 | 1.15 | 0.59% | |
Matthews Intl Cl A | 1.09 | 18.18% | |
STRATS Sers 2006-1 P&G . Ser 2006-1 | 0.94 | 3.61% | |
GAMCO Investors | 0.32 | 16.67% | |
Cantel Med | 0.24 | 11.11% |
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| Dividend Growth Stocks of the Week by Market Capitalization (click to enlarge) Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com |
Fresh Share buybacks
Company | Stock Buyback Volume or No. Of Shares |
UTStarcom Holdings Corp. | $40 Mln |
Detrex Corp | $3 Mln |
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. | 10 Mln |
SS&C Technologies Inc | $200 Mln |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc | $100 Mln |
Pinnacle Bankshares Corp. | $300 K |
Clearfield Inc. | $8 Mln |
Kimberly-Clark Corp | $5 Bln |
CNO Financial Group, Inc. | $400 Mln |
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd | $500 Mln |
Vascular Solutions Inc | $20 Mln |
CALAMOS ASSET MGMT INC. | 3 Mln |
HERITAGE OAKS BANCP | $5 Mln |
Dow Chemical Co | $5 Bln |
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD. | US$15.0 Mln |
CNB Financial Corp. | 500 K |
Tetra Tech Inc | $200 Mln |
Iteris Inc. | $3 Mln |
Skyworks Solutions Inc. | $300 Mln |
Fossil Inc | $1 Bln |
Service Corp. International | $300 Mln |
Old Dominion Freight Line | $200 Mln |
Century Communities, Inc. | 2 Mln |
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| Share Buyback Stocks of the Week by Market Capitalization (click to enlarge) Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com |
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