6 Dividend Champs With Double-Digit EPS Growth Prospects

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Jan 10, 2015

One investment strategy is to look for stocks with high growth and pay a solid price for it. If we transfer this reflection to the dividend growth area of the capital market, we get six top results.

Below is a list of the results with the highest expected earnings growth forecast of 103 Dividend Champions.

Those stocks increased dividends over a period of more than 25 consecutive years. Which stocks do you like?

6 Dividend Champs with double-digit EPS growth prospects are...

#1 Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $15.16 billion. The company employs 22,300 people, generates revenue of $19,052.05 million and has a net income of $585.53 million.

Nucor's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,543.66 million. The EBITDA margin is 8.10 percent (the operating margin is 4.90 percent and the net profit margin 3.07 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 29.54 percent of Nucor's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 58.74 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 6.36 percent was realized by Nucor.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.10. Last fiscal year, Nucor paid $1.47 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.63, the P/S ratio is 0.80 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.37. The dividend yield amounts to 3.10 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.29.

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#2 Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV) has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion. The company employs 1,403 people, generates revenue of $1,450.29 million and has a net income of $304.44 million.

Eaton Vance's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $541.26 million. The EBITDA margin is 37.32 percent (the operating margin is 35.84 percent and the net profit margin 20.99 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 39.01 percent of Eaton Vance's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 110.75 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 44.79 percent was realized by Eaton Vance.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.46. Last fiscal year, Eaton Vance paid $0.91 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 16.00, the P/S ratio is 3.24 and the P/B ratio is finally 7.16. The dividend yield amounts to 2.51 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.68.

#3 Parker-Hannifin (NYSE:PH) has a market capitalization of $18.73 billion. The company employs 57,450 people, generates revenue of $13,215.97 million and has a net income of $1,041.42 million.

Parker-Hannifin's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,859.75 million. The EBITDA margin is 14.07 percent (the operating margin is 11.78 percent and the net profit margin 7.88 percent).

Financials: The total debt represents 17.51 percent of Parker-Hannifin's assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 16.79 percent was realized by Parker-Hannifin.

Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $7.11. Last fiscal year, Parker-Hannifin paid $1.86 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.73, the P/S ratio is 1.42 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.83. The dividend yield amounts to 1.99 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.67. - See more at: 6 Dividend Champs With Double-Digit EPS Growth Prospects...