Williams Partners (WPZ) Hiked Dividends By 1.77% And 7 Others Followed

Yesterday was a good day in terms of dividend growth. Eight companies raised their dividend payments. The biggest stock was the specialty chemical company Williams Partners. WPZ announced a 1.76 percent dividend hike and yields at 6.67 percent. The company has a rosy future. Analysts are expecting earnings per share to grow by at least 12 percent over the next five years. Only the high debt to equity ratio of 4.20 gives investors a bad taste.

Seven of eight companies with dividend growth on the last trading day have a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion. Oil and gas companies are the most represented stocks.

The highest yielding stock is the drilling and explorations company Legacy Reserves with a 8.22 percent dividend yield. LGCY raised its quarterly dividends by 0.87 percent, yesterday.

The latest Dividend Growth Stock List

Company	Dividend Yield in %	Dividend Growth	Payment Period	Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Payment Date
Blueknight Engy Ptrs GP	5.50	2.13%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Calumet Specialty Prdts	8.25	0.74%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Crane Co	1.90	7.14%	Quarterly	8/28/2013	9/10/2013
Legacy Reserves LP	8.29	0.87%	Quarterly	7/30/2013	8/14/2013
Northwest Bancorp	3.66	8.33%	Quarterly	7/30/2013	8/15/2013
Oiltanking Partners LP	3.55	4.94%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/14/2013
Rayonier Inc.	3.34	11.36%	Quarterly	9/12/2013	9/30/2013
Williams Partners	6.67	1.77%	Quarterly	7/31/2013	8/9/2013

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Industrial Dividend Stocks With Highest Performance And Still Cheap Price Ratios

Industrial dividend stocks with highest performance year-to-date originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Warren Buffett likes industrials, not as much as consumer or healthcare stocks, but he owns a few players from the sector. I personally own some good names from the Dividend Champions list and be happy that I have purchased them a few years before.

Today I would like to screen the investment sector by the best performing dividend stocks since the beginning of the year. Below is a detailed view on cheapest results.

The 20 industrial dividend stocks with highest year-to-date performance generated a return between 37.67 percent and 129.11. Small and mid-cap stocks are the performance driver of the year. 13 of the results have a market capitalization below USD 2 billion.

The whole sector is up 13.8 percent over the recent six month, the third best value on the capital market. I believe that stocks with a good stock performance are healthy. Capital investors are confident about the future prospects of the company and they like to pay a higher price to participate on the future of the business.

Not all of the best performing stocks are now expensive. 13 of the results have a low forward P/E and 10 are currently recommended to buy.

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