I'm a passionate dividend investor and I also like to see my dividends growing. For sure, dividend growth is no safe bet or a strategy that makes you quick rich but it can deliver a solid return.
I've build a database with dividend growth stocks and stocks that have announced a share buyback program in order to monitor potential investment opportunities.
Each day and week, I sit down and watch that list and switch stock by stock with hopes to find the next ten-bagger that could generate millions for my portfolio.
Below is an overview of the latest dividend grower. Those stocks have raised dividends within the past week. This time, only 10 companies hiked their payments to shareholders.
The biggest fish in the pool was Philip Morris, followed by American Tower and Yum! Brands.
Big is beautiful but they also have a high debt burden in common.
#1 Realty Income (NYSE:O) has a market capitalization of $9.46 billion. The company employs 116 people, generates revenue of $778.38 million and has a net income of $179.18 million. Realty Income's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $684.52 million. The EBITDA margin is 87.94 percent (the operating margin is 46.61 percent and the net profit margin 23.02 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 41.99 percent of Realty Income's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 77.37 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 4.15 percent was realized by Realty Income. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $0.79. Last fiscal year, Realty Income paid $2.15 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 53.88, the P/S ratio is 12.16 and the P/B ratio is finally 1.85. The dividend yield amounts to 5.17 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.57. See #2 - #10 here: 10 Stocks Giving Investors More Money
