Dividend Growth Alert: 38 Stocks With Higher Dividends

Within the recent week, 38 companies have raised their dividend distributions - A good number in my view. On the list are again higher capitalized stocks with a solid track record. I talk about General Electric or 3M.

You can find, like each week, a detailed overview about the biggest stocks below. In addition, there is a full list of all stocks and funds attached.

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5 Great Dividend Paying Stocks With Double-Digit Short-Term Dividend Growth

As dividend investor, I always look for great investment opportunites that pays-off within a decade or so. Only a quick return can ensure a good total performance.

The biggest problem with my desk research is that I ever find tons of stock ideas that have performed very well in the past and have hiked dividends with high rates over decades but over the time, they have weaken and show a slowing dividend growth rate. That's not what I like to see.

Today I would highlight five of the top dividend growth stocks that have kept a strong dividend increasing rate over the short-term. Those stocks have raised their dividend distributions over the past year by more than 10 percent.

These are some great dividend stock ideas with highest short-term dividend growth rate ratios:

Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) has a market capitalization of $144.11 billion. The company employs 87,100 people, generates revenue of $77.393 billion and has a net income of $9.154 billion. Philip Morris International’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $14.827 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.16 percent (the operating margin is 17.89 percent and the net profit margin 11.83 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 60.63 percent of Philip Morris International’s assets. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.28. Last fiscal year, Philip Morris International paid $3.24 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Dividend growth rate: 10.4 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.99, the P/S ratio is 1.85 and the P/B ratio is finally not calculable. The dividend yield amounts to 4.21 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.93.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Philip Morris International (PM)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Philip Morris International (PM)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Philip Morris International (PM)

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has a market capitalization of $233.93 billion. The company employs 62,000 people, generates revenue of $241.909 billion and has a net income of $26.336 billion. Chevron Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $59.975 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.79 percent (the operating margin is 19.15 percent and the net profit margin 10.89 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 5.23 percent of Chevron Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.93 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.30 percent was realized by Chevron Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $12.22. Last fiscal year, Chevron Corporation paid $3.51 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Dividend growth rate: 11.1 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.90, the P/S ratio is 0.97 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.73. The dividend yield amounts to 3.30 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.95.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Chevron Corporation (CVX)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Chevron Corporation (CVX)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Chevron Corporation (CVX)

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has a market capitalization of $53.55 billion. The company employs 122,402 people, generates revenue of $65.875 billion and has a net income of $5.708 billion. Caterpillar’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12.167 billion. The EBITDA margin is 18.47 percent (the operating margin is 13.01 percent and the net profit margin 8.66 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 44.92 percent of Caterpillar’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 228.97 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 37.36 percent was realized by Caterpillar. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.25. Last fiscal year, Caterpillar paid $2.02 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Dividend growth rate: 14.3 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.02, the P/S ratio is 0.81 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.15. The dividend yield amounts to 2.85 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.96.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Caterpillar (CAT)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Caterpillar (CAT)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Caterpillar (CAT)

General Electric (NYSE:GE) has a market capitalization of $273.27 billion. The company employs 305,000 people, generates revenue of $147.359 billion and has a net income of $14.902 billion. General Electric’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $29.339 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.91 percent (the operating margin is 11.81 percent and the net profit margin 10.11 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 60.42 percent of General Electric’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 336.56 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 12.24 percent was realized by General Electric. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.40. Last fiscal year, General Electric paid $0.70 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Dividend growth rate: 11.8 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.34, the P/S ratio is 1.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.29. The dividend yield amounts to 2.81 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.84.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of General Electric (GE)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of General Electric (GE)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of General Electric (GE)

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) has a market capitalization of $53.75 billion. The company employs 103,000 people, generates revenue of $105.156 billion and has a net income of $2.061 billion. Costco Wholesale’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.999 billion. The EBITDA margin is 3.80 percent (the operating margin is 2.90 percent and the net profit margin 1.96 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.50 percent of Costco Wholesale’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.14 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.58 percent was realized by Costco Wholesale. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.63. Last fiscal year, Costco Wholesale paid $8.17 in the form of dividends to shareholders. Dividend growth rate: 13.6 percent.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 26.57, the P/S ratio is 0.51 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.95. The dividend yield amounts to 1.01 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.65.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Costco Wholesale (COST)

Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Costco Wholesale (COST)

Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Costco Wholesale (COST)

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Dogs Of The Dow Jones: A Compilation Of The Cheapest Stocks From The Index

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Investing is hard work, especially when you don’t have a system or strategy to follow. An investing strategy helps you to avoid big failures and keeps you on track. One popular investing scheme is the dogs of the Dow Jones Strategy.

The Dogs of the Dow Jones Strategy is a popular investment rule or strategy which is used by many investors. The success is controversial. Some studies say that you can create an outperformance by following this rule; others say you don’t have a benefit from it.

The philosophy behind is to buy ten stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the ten best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones index.

I’ve attached a full list of the current dogs of the Dow Jones in this article.

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100 Most Bought Stocks By Investment Gurus

100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. I love it to see how the big investors act on the market. Some of them have a really interesting and creative investing strategy which works only with huge amounts of capital.

Some hedge funds play with money and try to boost its return by ignoring a good diversification. But if they know the business and management team the risk might be lower as for desk research investors like us.

However, each month I publish a little list about the largest stock buys from 49 super investors. I analyze how often a stock was bought over the recent six months and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. All super gurus combined bought 655 stocks within the recent half year.

In my view, it’s a good tool to look at the activities of guru investors in the market because they have big money in their pockets and if they invest combined, they could change the market very easily.

Their attitude to stocks is also lightning the way to return, not always but sometimes because the media notices the portfolio changes of the hedge fund managers and create additional publicity.

Technology is still the place to be for the investment guru’s. I think that they have noticed the huge cash reserves of Apple and the other stocks. Not enough, most of them are very profitable and grow further despite they don’t have new technologies developed.

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10 Top Dogs of the Dow Jones Index - September 2013 List

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The Dogs of the Dow Jones Strategy is a popular investment rule or strategy which is used by many investors. The success is controversial. Some studies say that you can create an outperformance by following this rule; others say you don’t have a benefit from it.

The philosophy behind is to buy ten stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the ten best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones index.

Today you can find a full List of the cheapest stocks from the Dow Jones, also named as Dogs of the Dow Jones in the attached list.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.53 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 12.20. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.67 and P/S ratio is 2.48.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On September 19, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

In total, 17 stocks go ex dividend - of which 9 yield more than 3 percent. Here is a full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date within the current week.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
New York Mortgage Trust Inc.	NYMT	393.85M	6.75	0.98	1.78	16.17%
Pengrowth Energy Corporation	PGH	3.03B	-	0.80	2.47	7.85%
Total	TOT	129.04B	10.21	1.36	0.55	4.71%
Universal Insurance Holdings	UVE	271.74M	7.11	1.74	0.92	4.28%
New Jersey Resources Corp.	NJR	1.78B	14.19	1.99	0.59	3.75%
CapLease, Inc.	LSE	753.07M	-	1.90	4.38	3.62%
DDR Corp.	DDR	5.08B	-	1.75	6.02	3.37%
General Electric Company	GE	250.93B	17.46	2.05	1.72	3.11%
Federal Realty Investment Trust	FRT	6.56B	44.38	4.86	10.42	3.10%
Equity Residential	EQR	19.62B	606.11	1.91	8.81	2.93%
EXCO Resources Inc.	XCO	1.54B	-	4.04	2.64	2.80%
Pinnacle Foods Inc.	PF	3.17B	43.76	2.09	1.29	2.61%
Huntsman Corporation	HUN	4.67B	46.43	2.73	0.43	2.56%
American Tower Corporation	AMT	29.23B	46.20	8.31	9.45	1.46%
Omnicare Inc.	OCR	5.78B	27.13	1.65	0.94	1.00%
IF Bancorp, Inc.	IROQ	67.44M	19.72	0.79	3.83	0.63%

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100 Most Bought Stocks By Investment Gurus

100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Big investors are sometimes better informed about the issues of a company. They know where to find low hanging fruits and to make profits. It could make sense for us normal investors to observe the activities from the big investors in order to get a feeling about the good and bad companies, stocks that investors love and hate.

Each month, I develop a little screen about the largest stock buys from 49 super investors. I analyze how often a stock was bought over the recent six months and ranked them in my 100 best guru buy list. All super gurus combined bought 631 stocks within the recent half year; they seem to be more bullish.

In my view, it’s a good tool to look at the activities of the guru investors in the market because they have huge amounts of capital and if they invest combined, they can change the market very easy. Their attitude to stocks is also lightning the way to return, not always but sometimes because the media notices the portfolio changes of the hedge fund managers and create additional publicity.

Technology is still the place to be for the investment guru’s. The top three results from the guru 100 best buy list are all tech stocks: Oracle, Apple and Microsoft.

…and investors bet more on dividends: Now, 80 percent of the equities they bought pay a dividend. But most of them are low yielding stocks, around 11 stocks yielding over 3 percent. Investment guru’s still look for growth and don’t seek for high cash compensation.

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Dogs of the Dow Jones Index As Of August 2013

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. As you might know, I also cover some popular indices and investing strategies and present great picks from the selection.

One investment strategy that I cover and would like to update today is the Dogs of the Dow Jones investing rule. The popular investment theory was introduced by Michael O’Higgins in 1991 and became very popular over the time.

The philosophy behind is to buy ten stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the ten best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones index.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.56 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 24.62. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.65 and P/S ratio is 2.46.

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15 Cheap High Beta Industrial Dividend Stocks

Industrial dividend stocks with high beta ratios at a cheap valuation originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love it to look for cheap stocks but bargains at the market are really hard to find especially because of the hundreds of thousands metrics you can use to identify an undervalued stock.

A major criterion which is often used by many investors is the price to earnings ratio. It tells you how many years do you need to get your investment back in corporate earnings. The lower the ratio, the cheaper your investment is. A P/E of 10 also means that the earnings yield is at 10 percent.
This month, I’ve created an article serial about high beta stocks. Those stocks are stronger correlated than the overall market and tend to outperform the broad S&P 500 in bullish times. They also tend to lose performance when the markets are going down.

Today I would like to screen high beta dividend stocks from the industrial sector with a cheap forward P/E ratio. Only fifteen stocks from the sector fulfilled these criteria and eleven of them are currently recommended to buy.

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Dogs of the Dow Jones Index As Of July 2013

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. I love it to make profits with stocks but I also need to accept that I will lose some money in the stock market if I’m too greedy and take big risks. There are hundreds and thousands of assets strategies out there and every tactic to gain money from the stock market could work and give you a passive income if you are disciplined.

One investment strategy I would like to update today is the Dogs of the Dow Jones investing rule. The popular investment theory was introduced by Michael O’Higgins in 1991 and became very popular.

The philosophy behind is to buy ten stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the ten best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones index.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.43 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 12.44. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.73 and P/S ratio is 2.53.

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Dogs of the Dow Jones Index As Of June 2013

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Today I like to deliver you an update of the price ratios from the current Dogs of the Dow Jones. The two telecom carrier AT&T as well as Verizon are still the top yielding stocks on the list. They are followed by semiconductor company Intel and drug producers Merck and Pfizer. Nothing new compared to the results from last month.

The philosophy behind is to buy ten stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the ten best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones index.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.50 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 12.20. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.72 and P/S ratio is 2.48.

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10 Cheapest Growth Picks From The Dow Jones Index – Dogs Of The Dow Theory

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Today, I like to highlight the current Dogs of the Dow.

The philosophy behind is to buy 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. They have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index.

Summarized, the 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.45 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 12.31. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.72 and P/S ratio is 2.49.

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Diversified Industrial Technology Company 3M Completes The Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio

Despite the small correction within the financial markets, the asset prices for high-quality dividend growth stocks are still high. We need a bigger correction to get back to normal prices but the current forces are too strength. It’s a process of valuation adjustments – stock yields come down to bond yields.

Last Friday, I put 15 shares of the industrial conglomerate into the Dividend Yield Passive Income (DYPI) Portfolio. I bought the company at 110.27 which resulted into a total purchase amount of $ 1,654.05. Below is a graph of the latest earnings and dividend developments from the recent five years.

Earnings and Dividends of MMM 3M

3M Company is a diversified technology company with a presence in the industrial and transportation; health care; consumer and office; safety, security and protection services; display and graphics, and electro and communications businesses. 3M manages its operations in six business segments: Industrial and Transportation; Health Care; Consumer and Office; Safety, Security and Protection Services; Display and Graphics, and Electro and Communications. 

MMM is also not cheap but compared to other dividend champions lower valuated. The current P/E amounts to 17.42 while the forward P/E is calculated at 15.02. Investors get a yield of 2.30%.

Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio (Click to enlarge)

Latest Portfolio Transactions (Click to enlarge)

The 3M position is the eleventh biggest position within the DYPI-Portfolio. The portfolio has now 34 constituents and was funded on October 04, 2012. I plan to purchase each week one stake at cost between $1 to $2k. As a result, the cash reduced from $100k to $51. It’s a strategy of slow purchase and if the markets go further strong up, I need to close my acquisition process and rest on cash. The current valuation is too high to get good long-term yields.

What happened with my current holdings? They realized a gain of 10.24 percent. Because of the high cash amount (around 50 percent of the portfolio is still not invested), the portfolio performance life-to-date amounts to 5.46%.

The new stake will give me around $37 bucks per year in additional dividend income. The full year estimated passive dividend income is now at $1,718.

Here is the income perspective of the portfolio:

Sym	Name	P/E Ratio	Dividend Yield		Buy	# Shrs	Income	Value
TRI	Thomson Reuters C	16.66	3.68		28.90	50	$64.50	$1,761.50
LMT	Lockheed Martin C	12.28	4.05		92.72	20	$86.00	$2,141.20
INTC	Intel Corporation	12.02	3.68		21.27	50	$44.25	$1,196.15
MCD	McDonald's Corpor	18.74	2.91		87.33	15	$44.10	$1,504.35
WU	Western Union Com	9.9	2.73		11.95	100	$45.00	$1,645.00
PM	Philip Morris Int	18.13	3.56		85.42	20	$67.18	$1,882.40
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	23.69	2.86		69.19	20	$49.80	$1,736.40
MO	Altria Group Inc	17.06	4.69		33.48	40	$69.20	$1,483.60
SYY	Sysco Corporation	20.09	3.18		31.65	40	$44.00	$1,392.80
DRI	Darden Restaurant	16.23	3.76		46.66	30	$60.00	$1,584.90
CA	CA Inc.	13.21	3.66		21.86	50	$50.00	$1,370.00
PG	Procter & Gamble	17.63	2.91		68.72	25	$57.20	$2,047.00
KRFT	Kraft Foods Group	21.14	3.51		44.41	40	$80.00	$2,280.40
MAT	Mattel Inc.	19.72	2.84		36.45	40	$51.60	$1,825.20
PEP	Pepsico Inc. Com	21.04	2.62		70.88	20	$43.00	$1,651.60
KMB	Kimberly-Clark Co	22.31	2.95		86.82	15	$45.45	$1,552.65
COP	ConocoPhillips Co	10.19	4.2		61.06	20	$52.80	$1,250.60
GIS	General Mills In	17.89	2.7		42.13	30	$39.60	$1,469.40
UL	Unilever PLC Comm	21.71	2.96		39.65	35	$44.91	$1,513.05
NSRGY	NESTLE SA REG SHR	19.11	3.2		68.69	30	$65.31	$2,049.00
GE	General Electric	17.53	3.04		23.39	65	$46.80	$1,529.45
ADP	Automatic Data Pr	23.79	2.37		61.65	25	$41.50	$1,746.25
K	Kellogg Company C	25.42	2.71		61.52	25	$43.75	$1,611.25
KO	Coca-Cola Company	21.94	2.49		38.83	40	$41.80	$1,689.60
RTN	Raytheon Company	11.71	3.07		57.04	20	$41.00	$1,334.60
RCI	Rogers Communicat	13.65	3.46		51.06	30	$48.69	$1,390.50
GPC	Genuine Parts Com	19.79	2.47		77.06	20	$40.44	$1,628.00
TSCDY	TESCO PLC SPONS A	N/A	4.05		17.98	70	$49.63	$1,212.40
APD	Air Products and	16.87	2.79		85.71	15	$39.45	$1,408.95
GSK	GlaxoSmithKline P	19.27	4.45		52.16	30	$70.38	$1,589.10
WMT	Wal-Mart Stores	15.04	2.27		79.25	20	$34.72	$1,546.20
BTI	British American	17.81	3.67		114.6	13	$53.82	$1,466.53
CHL	China Mobile Limi	10.5	1.98		55.32	25	$26.33	$1,330.50
mmm	3M Company Common	17.41	2.22		110.27	15	$36.75	$1,654.05
							$1,718.95	$54,474.58
							Average Yield	3.16%
							Yield On Cost	3.49%

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