Showing posts with label Payout. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

6 Top Growth Heros With Potential To Lift Future Dividends

Only a growing dividend is a good dividend. That was one of my major rules when I started my dividend growth investing career. Since then, I quadrupled my net worth, only via dividend stock trading. That's a great feeling to see that it really works, but we must also consider that the markets are irrational valuated.

Today, I would like to share a new screen about dividend stocks that have beaten the market by sales and earnings growth numbers in the past. 


Not enough, they also have low debt, dividend payout ratios. Both are two major criteria to evaluate future dividend growth. These are the criteria in detail:

- Market cap is greater than USD 100 million
- Dividend yield is greater than 2%
- The payout ratio is less than 100%
- Total debt to equity is less than 1.00
- Average annual earnings growth for the past five years is greater than 25%
- Average annual sales growth for the past five years is greater than 10%

Six companies fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which four have a current buy or better rating.

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Friday, November 29, 2013

3 Stocks Warren Buffett Would Pick In His Earlier Years

I've released earlier this week an article about Warren Buffett's latest portfolio moves. Warren acts very cautious. 

He hold much cash and makes only a few big moves per year. People can say that he is a really lazy guy but also a smart investor when you look at his long-term performance.

If you copy Warren Buffett's investment style and cover his latest trades very tight, you will definitely make no bigger return. 

How was it possible to create a $50 billion net worth over 50 years, only by trading stocks?


Warren invested in his earlier year’s money into companies with operational problems. In addition, they were very small compared to the market potential. He bought the potential leaders in a growing market.

Looking into the past doesn’t help us to find new stock ideas. I've always look at higher capitalized stocks because of the bigger degree of safety. But large capitalized stocks are also stocks with modest or slow growth. 

Today I present you 3 long-term dividend growers (stocks that have raised dividends over 25 years or more), with the following criteria:

- Market capitalization under USD 2 billion
- Dividend Payout Ratio below 50 percent
- Debt-To-Equity less than 0.5
- Forward P/E fewer than 20

You can find a company overview of the three results below. I don't own any of them but believe that they cover some values inside.

These are the results:
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

15 High Yields With The Lowest Dividend Payout Ratios

High Yields with dividend payouts of less than 50 percent and room to boost future dividends originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. If you have only small amounts of money available for investing, you need a higher yield. I do know this problem but I always remember that higher dividend yields are also equally with a higher risk.

Today I would like to screen all higher yielding stocks with a dividend yield over 5 percent and a market capitalization above the 2 billion mark by its payout ratios. I’m hunting for opportunities that pay less than 50 percent of its earnings. I believe that there should be more room for a small dividend hike if earnings are not cyclic and grow over the time.

Fifteen high yielding stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eleven are currently recommended to buy.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

12 Consumer Goods Stocks With Big Dividend Potential

Consumer stocks with low debt and dividend payout ratios to boost current yields originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. You know that I love stocks form the consumer goods sector because there are so many companies with a high quality and low cyclic business model. Around 3/4 of my investments have a deep relationship to the consumer sector.

Today I would like to finish my monthly screen about low debt stocks with small dividend payouts. I’ve tried to compile the top picks from the major capital sectors with high potential of a growing dividend.

Here you can find the links to the articles:

The consumer sector offers 12 stocks with a low dividend payout of less than 20 percent combined with a debt to equity ratio below 0.2. Nine of them have a current buy or better rating by brokerage firms.

I own none of the mentioned stocks. This could be reasonable to the fact that most of the results have a very small market capitalization. I do love big companies with strong cash flows and high market entry barriers but those have also high debt burdens.

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

11 Basic Material Stocks With Low Debt And Dividend Payout Ratios

Basic material dividend stocks with low dividend payout ratios and small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The basic material sector is not popular at the capital market for the time being. Over the past year, shares from the sector are the worst performing assets class on the market.

But what others hate does not mean that you cannot make money with basic material stocks. If you are a long-term investor, you should definitely find some good stocks with a cheap valuation. But be careful, raw materials are also more cyclic than consumer or healthcare companies.


Today I would like to continue my monthly screen about dividend stocks with low debt ratios and little dividend payments. I observe stocks from the basic material sector with a dividend payout ratio of less than 20 percent of earnings as well as a debt to equity ratio under 0.2.


Exactly eleven stocks fulfilled these criteria of which eight are currently recommended to buy. Agrichemicals and specialty chemical companies are the dominating player on the list.


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Saturday, October 12, 2013

13 Industrials With Low Dividend Payouts And Little Debt To Boost Shareholder Values

Industrial dividend stocks with low dividend payout ratios and small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Every corporation with small amounts of debt has a better flexibility to grow faster than other stocks with a similar size in the same industry. Corporate debt is a major source to boost growth without issuing new shares.

I’m a real dividend growth investor and I ever look for stocks that pay in 10 years a dividend that is twice as big as today. That’s the reason why I always look beside the growth possibilities also at the dividend payout and debt figures. A company with little debt, high cash and low dividend payouts has much to offer for current shareholders.


Today I would like to screen the industrial sector by stocks with low debt figures and dividend payouts. I selected only those stocks with a 20 percent dividend payout and a debt to equity ratio of less than 0.2.


Only thirteen stocks fulfilled these two criteria of which ten have a current buy or better ratio. The results are dominated by lower capitalized stocks. Only five have a market cap over a billion dollar.


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Thursday, October 10, 2013

13 Large Cap Financials With High Potential To Boost Dividends

Financial dividend stocks with low payout ratios and relatively small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I started an article serial about stocks with low dividend payout ratios and small debt figures this month.

I believe that these two ratios have a big impact to judge the ability of a corporate to grow at a faster pace and hike dividends in the future.

Today I would like to discover the financial sector by stocks with a less than 20 percent dividend payout ratio and a debt to equity leverage of less than one. Because of the huge amount of results, I will only look at those stocks with a market capitalization over USD 10 billion.

Exactly thirteen financial stocks fulfilled these criteria of which one is a High-Yield.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

13 Dividend Aristocrats With Lowest Payout Ratios To Boost Future Dividends

Dividend Aristocrats with low payout ratios and relatively small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Aristocrats are stocks with a very long dividend growth history. Those stocks raised their dividends over more than 25 consecutive years and being selected by the credit agency Standard & Poor’s. The index covers 54 companies from the national stock exchanges.

Dividend Aristocrats are nice because they have a huge trust base for long-term orientated investors but a past performance also did not mean that the future performance would be the same. Some Dividend Aristocrats are full of debt and they pay dividends at a very high level.

I started an article serial this month about stocks with low debt and dividend payout ratios. I believe that those companies are much better positioned from the financial perspective to boost future dividends. In addition, they have much more capabilities to grow at a faster pace.

Today I would like to introduce you some of the Dividend Aristocrats with the lowest dividend payout ratios on the market. Half of the results have also acceptable or low debt ratios.

Only thirteen stocks have a dividend payout ratio of less than 30 percent of which seven are currently recommended to buy.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

18 Services Stocks With Low Debt And Payout Ratios To Boost Future Dividends

Services dividend paying stocks with low payout ratios and relatively small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Today I would like to continue my article serial about low leveraged stocks with small payout ratios. I believe that those stocks can pay higher dividends in the future or they have the ability to grow further without capital increases.

The services sector ha s many corporate stocks with small dividend payouts but the most of the stocks are working with small profit margins or they have a modest capitalization. I decided to look only at stocks with more than $2 billion market capitalization in order to get the best results. My other criteria are still the same: Debt to equity under 0.5 with a dividend payout ratio of less than 20 percent.

Eighteen stocks fulfilled the above mentioned criteria of which ten are currently recommended to buy.

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Monday, October 7, 2013

10 Utilities With The Most Solid Debt And Payout Figures To Boost Future Dividends

Utility dividend paying stocks with low payout ratios and relatively small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. The utility sector is a little bit different compared to the other sectors on the capital market.

There is a huge need for capital when utilities think about expansion but they also deliver solid sales and returns. It’s like an infrastructure investment within the economy.

Today I like to apply my current article serial criteria about stocks with high potential to boost dividend payments to the utility sector. I needed to weaken the efforts a little bit. These are the new criteria:

Dividend Payout Ratio below 50 percent
Debt-To-Equity Ratio under 1

As you might see, only ten utilities fulfilled these criteria of which six are currently recommended to buy. It’s really so sector to find low leveraged stocks with small payout ratios. You should definitely look at the technologyor healthcaresector to find more results.

IdaCorp is the top yielding pick on the list. I recently put them into the Dividend Yield Passive Income Portfolio which generates currently around $2,500 in passive income.

Here are my favorite stocks:
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IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) has a market capitalization of $2.42 billion. The company employs 2,067 people, generates revenue of $1.080 billion and has a net income of $168.93 million. IDACORP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $366.54 million. The EBITDA margin is 33.92 percent (the operating margin is 22.45 percent and the net profit margin 15.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 30.22 percent of IDACORP’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 91.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 9.88 percent was realized by IDACORP. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.75. Last fiscal year, IDACORP paid $1.37 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.85, the P/S ratio is 2.24 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.37. The dividend yield amounts to 3.57 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.45.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of IDACORP (IDA)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of IDACORP (IDA)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of IDACORP (IDA)

Transportadora de Gas Del Sur (NYSE:TGS) has a market capitalization of $343.22 million. The company employs 829 people, generates revenue of $443.04 million and has a net income of $41.16 million. Transportadora de Gas Del Sur’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $161.79 million. The EBITDA margin is 36.52 percent (the operating margin is 27.41 percent and the net profit margin 9.29 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 33.71 percent of Transportadora de Gas Del Sur’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 91.84 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.97 percent was realized by Transportadora de Gas Del Sur. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.29. Last fiscal year, Transportadora de Gas Del Sur paid $0.00 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.32, the P/S ratio is 0.59 and the P/B ratio is finally 0.98. The dividend yield amounts to 15.39 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.63.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Transportadora de Gas Del Sur (TGS)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Transportadora de Gas Del Sur (TGS)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Transportadora de Gas Del Sur (TGS)

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK) has a market capitalization of $488.48 million. The company employs 738 people, generates revenue of $392.50 million and has a net income of $28.86 million. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $79.14 million. The EBITDA margin is 20.16 percent (the operating margin is 14.43 percent and the net profit margin 7.35 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 23.35 percent of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 66.76 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 11.61 percent was realized by Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.34. Last fiscal year, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation paid $1.44 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 1.24 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.90. The dividend yield amounts to 3.03 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.47.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK)

Take a closer look at the full list of utilities with potential to boost dividends. The average P/E ratio amounts to 16.98 and forward P/E ratio is 16.41. The dividend yield has a value of 2.41 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.95 and price to sales ratio 2.38. The operating margin amounts to 22.63 percent and the beta ratio is 1.95. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.70.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Utilities With Potential To Hike Dividends (Click to enlarge)

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Friday, October 4, 2013

10 Dividend Champions With Very Low Payout Ratios - The Next Big Dividend Grower?

Dividend Champions with low payout ratios and small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. Dividend Champions are stocks with a very long history of consecutive dividend hikes. They have achieved to boost dividends year over year for more than 25 years without an interruption.

Only 105 stocks have managed this very important goal for long-term dividend growth investors. I like those stocks but some of them have a really high dividend payout ratio.

Earlier, I talked about the importance of the dividend growth rate and that it would be better to buy lower yielding stocks with a much higher growth rate than stocks with very big yields. Two main criteria for future dividend growth are the debt ratios and dividend payout figures.


This month, I started an article serial about dividend stocks with potential to boost dividends. Today I would like to present you Dividend Champions with the lowest dividend payouts. Only 10 income growth firms have a payout ratio of less than 20 percent. Seven of them are currently recommended to buy.


Most of them are modestly leveraged. Not low but also not too high but the right leverage ratio is also a question of the business model and the strong cash-flow of a corporate as well as the costs for growth.


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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

12 Healthcare Dividend Stocks With High Potential To Boost Growth And Hike Dividends

Healthcare dividend stocks with low payout ratios and small debt figures originally published at long-term-investments.blogspot.com. I love the combination of low debt with little payout ratios. 

The debt situation is one of the most important issues in corporate finance. It also expresses the ability to grow sales and earnings by enlarging the balance sheet with bank loans.

Only a low leveraged corporate has potential to boost sales without taking new investors into the boat that dilute the current earnings per share.

Today I would like to start an article serial about low leveraged stocks from several sectors with currently small dividend payouts. I believe it’s good to see what companies have the biggest potential to give shareholders huge amounts of money back in the near future and believe me, the tech sector is not the only place to be.


My criteria are a low dividend payout ratio of less than 20 percent as well as a debt-to-equity ratio under 0.5. Only twelve stocks fulfilled these very tight defined criteria.


One result is a High-Yield and nine stocks are recommended to buy or better. Most of the results come from the medical appliances & supplies or equipment industry.


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Friday, May 24, 2013

17 High Yields With Additional Potential To Grow Dividends

High yielding stocks with low payout and debt ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Yesterday, I made a screen of Dividend Contenders with low long-term debt to equity ratios as well as slim payouts.

Today I like to widen the latest screen to High-Yields with a market capitalization over USD 300 million. Most of the high yielding stocks are full of debt. The only companies with a smaller amount of loans are such with a lower capitalization. The risks are much higher for those shares. I also needed to lower my screening guidance because of the small amount of results. These are my new criteria:

- Market Capitalization over USD 300 million
- Dividend Yield over 5 percent
- Long-term debt to equity above 0.6
- Payout ratio under 50 percent

Now, twelve stocks fulfill these criteria. Six of the results have a current buy or better rating.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

19 Dividend Contenders With Real Big Dividend Growth Potential

Dividend growth stocks with low payout and debt ratios originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". When I consider buying a stock, I always look at the fundamentals of a company. The current yields and P/E’s are a first step but both are only two of hundreds criteria.

If you like to evaluate the future dividend growth you should definitely look at the debt situation and the payout ratio. Also important is the expected growth. Only a growing company can hike its dividends in the long-run without paying out capital assets and destroying shareholder values.

Today I like to present Dividend Contenders with the highest dividend payout potential. If they succeed to hike further dividends over the next few years, they can become a Dividend Champion very soon. These are my criteria:

- Payout ratio below 30 percent
- Long-Term Debt to equity under 0.2
- Market Capitalization over 300 million

Nineteen companies fulfill the above mentioned criteria. Ten have a current buy or better rating.

Here are my favorite stocks:
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C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:CHRW) has a market capitalization of $9.55 billion. The company employs 10,929 people, generates revenue of $11.359 billion and has a net income of $593.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $719.72 million. The EBITDA margin is 6.34 percent (the operating margin is 5.95 percent and the net profit margin 5.23 percent).


Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 11.47 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21.38 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 43.14 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.66. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.34 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.26, the P/S ratio is 0.84 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.34. The dividend yield amounts to 2.37 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.65.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW)

Lincoln Electric Holdings (NASDAQ:LECO) has a market capitalization of $4.90 billion. The company employs 10,000 people, generates revenue of $2.853 billion and has a net income of $257.22 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $448.31 million. The EBITDA margin is 15.71 percent (the operating margin is 12.69 percent and the net profit margin 9.01 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 0.97 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 1.51 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.43 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.10. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.71 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.04, the P/S ratio is 1.71 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.63. The dividend yield amounts to 1.36 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.59.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO)

A. O. Smith (NYSE:AOS) has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion. The company employs 10,900 people, generates revenue of $1.939 billion and has a net income of $162.60 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $266.50 million. The EBITDA margin is 13.74 percent (the operating margin is 12.06 percent and the net profit margin 8.38 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 10.76 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 20.41 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 14.26 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.65. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.36 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.54, the P/S ratio is 1.86 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.79. The dividend yield amounts to 1.24 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.00.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of A. O. Smith (AOS)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of A. O. Smith (AOS)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of A. O. Smith (AOS)

Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) has a market capitalization of $14.32 billion. The company employs 16,000 people, generates revenue of $9.721 billion and has a net income of $786.76 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1.457 billion. The EBITDA margin is 14.99 percent (the operating margin is 13.01 percent and the net profit margin 8.09 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 4.09 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 8.49 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 48.27 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.53. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.56 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.42, the P/S ratio is 1.47 and the P/B ratio is finally 8.14. The dividend yield amounts to 1.04 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.73.

Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Ross Stores (ROST)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Ross Stores (ROST)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Ross Stores (ROST)


Take a closer look at the full list of Dividend Contenders with big potential to hike future dividends. The average P/E ratio amounts to 15.64 and forward P/E ratio is 14.22. The dividend yield has a value of 1.59 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.01 and price to sales ratio 2.31. The operating margin amounts to 21.10 percent and the beta ratio is 0.93. Stocks from the list have an average debt to equity ratio of 0.13.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Dividend Contenders With High Dividend Growth Potential (Click to enlarge)

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*I am long QCOM, FDS. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.