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16 Stocks Hiked Dividends In The Past Week

What a Week! Scotland vote no and belong further to the United Kingdom but more important to me were the dividend growth announcements of the week which I cover.

I love dividend growth stocks and made a significant amount of money with them as a long-term orientated investor. My strategy is somewhat between growth and value. I’m a fan of Warren Buffett but I have my own experience and strategy.

Within the past week, sixteen stocks hiked dividends. Big names like Microsoft and McDonalds are part of the list.

Below is a small overview of my favorites by biggest market capitalization. At the end of this article, you will also find a full list of all dividend grower and buyback announcements.

Dividend growth and share buybacks are two essential ways to give shareholders directly and indirect more money into their pocket.

It also show in most cases that the firm is doing well and like to share their success with the owner of the company.

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) has a market capitalization of $6.90 billion. The company employs 19,500 people, generates revenue of $3,025.92 million and has a net income of $99.96 million. Iron Mountain’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $820.27 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.11 percent (the operating margin is 14.83 percent and the net profit margin 3.30 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 62.70 percent of Iron Mountain’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 400.65 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 8.80 percent was realized by Iron Mountain. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.90. Last fiscal year, Iron Mountain paid $1.08 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.80, the P/S ratio is 2.28 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.57. The dividend yield amounts to 5.32 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.86.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Iron Mountain (IRM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Iron Mountain (IRM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Iron Mountain (IRM)

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $91.79 billion. The company employs 440,000 people, generates revenue of $28,105.70 million and has a net income of $5,585.90 million. McDonald's Corporation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $10,080.40 million. The EBITDA margin is 35.87 percent (the operating margin is 31.18 percent and the net profit margin 19.87 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 38.58 percent of McDonald's Corporation’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 88.26 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 35.69 percent was realized by McDonald's Corporation. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.52. Last fiscal year, McDonald's Corporation paid $3.12 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.09, the P/S ratio is 3.27 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.78. The dividend yield amounts to 3.47 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.36.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of McDonald's Corporation (MCD)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of McDonald's Corporation (MCD)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of McDonald's Corporation (MCD)

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) has a market capitalization of $2.76 billion. The company employs 2,011 people, generates revenue of $1,246.21 million and has a net income of $182.29 million. IDACORP’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $423.85 million. The EBITDA margin is 34.01 percent (the operating margin is 23.41 percent and the net profit margin 14.63 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 31.15 percent of IDACORP’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.30 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 10.16 percent was realized by IDACORP. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.50. Last fiscal year, IDACORP paid $1.57 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.78, the P/S ratio is 2.21 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.49. The dividend yield amounts to 3.13 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.64.


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

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $384.64 billion. The company employs 128,000 people, generates revenue of $86,833.00 million and has a net income of $22,074.00 million. Microsoft’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $33,098.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 38.12 percent (the operating margin is 31.85 percent and the net profit margin 25.42 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 13.14 percent of Microsoft’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 25.22 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.17 percent was realized by Microsoft. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.63. Last fiscal year, Microsoft 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 18.06, the P/S ratio is 4.43 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.28. The dividend yield amounts to 2.66 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.97.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Microsoft (MSFT)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Microsoft (MSFT)

Kroger (NYSE:KR) has a market capitalization of $25.66 billion. The company employs 375,000 people, generates revenue of $98,375.00 million and has a net income of $1,531.00 million. Kroger’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $4,428.00 million. The EBITDA margin is 4.50 percent (the operating margin is 2.77 percent and the net profit margin 1.56 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 38.63 percent of Kroger’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 210.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 31.43 percent was realized by Kroger. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.08. Last fiscal year, Kroger paid $0.62 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.96, the P/S ratio is 0.26 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.95. The dividend yield amounts to 1.41 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.71.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Kroger (KR)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Kroger (KR)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Kroger (KR)

Sanderson Farms (NASDAQ:SAFM) has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion. The company employs 1,327 people, generates revenue of $2,682.98 million and has a net income of $130.62 million. Sanderson Farms earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $267.90 million. The EBITDA margin is 9.99 percent (the operating margin is 7.67 percent and the net profit margin 4.87 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 4.35 percent of Sanderson Farms assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 5.99 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 20.78 percent was realized by Sanderson Farms. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $8.72. Last fiscal year, Sanderson Farms paid $0.68 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.39, the P/S ratio is 0.79 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.15. The dividend yield amounts to 0.87 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.15.


Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Sanderson Farms (SAFM)
Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Sanderson Farms (SAFM)
Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Sanderson Farms (SAFM)


5-Year Performance (Click to enlarge)

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Dividend Growth of the week overview:



Company
Yield in %

 Dividend Growth
Idacorp
3.41

9.30%
Kroger Co
1.42

12.12%
McDonald's
3.6

4.94%
Sanderson Farms
0.97

10.00%
W. P. Carey Inc.
5.53

4.44%
Washington Trust Bancorp
3.7

10.34%
WSFS Financial Corp.
0.81

25.00%
Apollo Residential Mtg
10.78

4.76%
Artesian Resources Cl A
4.17

1.51%
Covanta Holding Corp.
4.64

38.89%
First Of Long Island
3.09

7.69%
Microsoft
2.66

10.71%
U.S. Bncp Pfd Ser A
4.31

1.10%
US Bancorp Dep pfd.
4.09

1.10%
Great North Iron Ore Prop
42.87

4.00%
Iron Mountain
5.34

75.93%
MS Non-Cum. pfd.Ser A
5.04

1.10%
Blackstone Mortgage Cl A
7.1

4.17%
Frisch's Restaurants
2.96

11.11%

Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com

16 Dividend Grower of the past week (Click to enlarge)
Research Results By long-term-investments.blogspot.com

Share Buyback Announcements of the week:


Company
Stock Buyback Volume or No. Of Shares
Rockwell Collins
$500 Mln
American DG Energy Inc.
1 Mln
NAPCO Security Technologies Inc.
1 Mln
Oracle Corp.
$13.0 Bln
WSFS Financial Corp.
470 K
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
$105 Mln
Prudential Bancorp Of Pennsylvania
950 K
Autobytel Inc.
$1 Mln
Humana Inc
$2 Bln
Eureka Financial Corp.
122547


Oracle was the biggest player with an additional buyback plan of USD 13 billion, that's 7.2 percent of its current market capitalization. But without Larry Ellison as CEO of the company, we should wait what happens with earnings over the next quarters.