No one has a crystal-ball but when we look forward in the dividend growth space we have a great possibility to find stocks that may raise dividends in the near future in order to keep their status.
Today I like to introduce some Dividend Champions that need to hike dividends over the next three month. They did grow dividend over more than 25 years, why stopping now?
In total, 13 stocks must grow dividends of which two are High-Yields. For sure most of the 13 stocks have grown their dividends by a low rate of less than 10 percent annually. The fastest Champ was Archer-Daniels-Midland with a 5-Year dividend growth rate of 7.9 percent.
Small dividend hikes are not bad. Remember, the inflation is also low and a 3 percent dividend hike could hedge your investment.
The best performing stock from the list was the financial services company McGraw Hill. Since 2010, the company went up 150 percent while the worst performer, AT&T realized only a gain of around 18 percent.
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McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHFI) has a market capitalization of $23.66 billion. The company employs 17,000 people, generates revenue of $4.875 billion and has a net income of $903.00 million.
McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHFI) has a market capitalization of $23.66 billion. The company employs 17,000 people, generates revenue of $4.875 billion and has a net income of $903.00 million.
McGraw Hill Financial’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,542.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 31.63 percent (the operating margin is 28.82 percent and the net profit margin 18.52 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 13.18 percent of McGraw Hill Financial’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 78.53 percent was realized by McGraw Hill Financial.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.26. Last fiscal year, McGraw Hill Financial paid $1.12 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.55, the P/S ratio is 4.82 and the P/B ratio is finally 18.03. The dividend yield amounts to 1.39 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.13.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI) |
Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) has a market capitalization of $18.65 billion. The company employs 14,648 people, generates revenue of $12,354.00 million and has a net income of $1,062.00 million.
Consolidated Edison’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,268.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 26.45 percent (the operating margin is 18.16 percent and the net profit margin 8.60 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 30.57 percent of Consolidated Edison’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 101.48 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.81 percent was realized by Consolidated Edison.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.23. Last fiscal year, Consolidated Edison paid $2.46 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.17, the P/S ratio is 1.52 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.53. The dividend yield amounts to 3.93 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.18.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Consolidated Edison (ED) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Consolidated Edison (ED) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Consolidated Edison (ED) |
3M (NYSE:MMM) has a market capitalization of $99.87 billion. The company employs 140 people, generates revenue of $30,871.00 million and has a net income of $4,721.00 million.
3M’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,056.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 26.10 percent (the operating margin is 21.59 percent and the net profit margin 15.29 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 17.91 percent of 3M’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.33 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.56 percent was realized by 3M.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.28. Last fiscal year, 3M paid $2.54 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.84, the P/S ratio is 3.30 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.03. The dividend yield amounts to 2.58 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.08.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of 3M (MMM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of 3M (MMM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of 3M (MMM) |
Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) has a market capitalization of $31.82 billion. The company employs 31,100 people, generates revenue of $89,804.00 million and has a net income of $1,354.00 million.
Archer Daniels Midland’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,039.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 3.38 percent (the operating margin is 2.08 percent and the net profit margin 1.51 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 15.70 percent of Archer Daniels Midland’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.08 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.87 percent was realized by Archer Daniels Midland.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.92. Last fiscal year, Archer Daniels Midland paid $0.76 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.89, the P/S ratio is 0.35 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.61. The dividend yield amounts to 1.95 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.84.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) |
AT&T (NYSE:T) has a market capitalization of $166.61 billion. The company employs 247,700 people, generates revenue of $128,752.00 million and has a net income of $18,553.00 million.
AT&T’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $48,873.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 37.96 percent (the operating margin is 23.67 percent and the net profit margin 14.41 percent).
Financials: The total debt represents 26.92 percent of AT&T’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 82.20 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 19.91 percent was realized by AT&T.
Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.26. Last fiscal year, AT&T paid $1.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.85, the P/S ratio is 1.29 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.85. The dividend yield amounts to 5.72 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.45.
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| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of AT&T (T) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of AT&T (T) |
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| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of AT&T (T) |
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| Stock Performance (click to enlarge) |
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| 13 Dividend Champions (click to enlarge) Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com |
Company | No. | DGR |
Name | Yrs | 5-yr |
AT&T Inc. | 30 | 2.4 |
California Water Service | 47 | 1.8 |
HCP Inc. | 29 | 2.9 |
SJW Corp. | 47 | 2.5 |
Consolidated Edison | 40 | 1.0 |
3M Company | 56 | 4.9 |
Black Hills Corp. | 44 | 1.7 |
Bemis Company | 31 | 3.4 |
Archer Daniels Midland | 39 | 7.9 |
McGraw Hill Financial | 41 | 4.9 |
Sherwin-Williams Co. | 36 | 7.4 |
Old Republic International | 33 | 1.4 |
Tootsie Roll Industries | 48 | 2.8 |
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