13 Consumer Dividend Stocks With A Strong Increase In Growth

 | Apr 14, 2012 09:52AM ET

For the American economy, the consumer sector is one of the areas with huge importance for the economy that determines growth. Recent figures show that the sector recovers. Big winners are more likely retailer stocks that sell consumer goods products. They are part of the service sector.

In order to find some opportunities from the consumer goods sector, I screened the sector by dividend stocks with an earnings and sales growth of more than five percent over the past five years. In order to catch up only stocks with a gaining earnings momentum, I observed only those stocks with a quarter over quarter sales and earnings per share growth of more than fifteen percent. Exactly thirteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which one is a high yield; eleven are recommended to buy.

Polaris Industries (NYSE:PII) has a market capitalization of $4.94 billion. The company employs 3,900 people, generates revenues of $2,656.95 million and has a net income of $227.58 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $392.22 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.76 percent (operating margin 13.17 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.57 percent).

Financial Analysis:
The total debt representing 8.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21.45 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 52.25 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.20. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.90 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:
Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.53, P/S ratio 1.87 and P/B ratio 9.95. Dividend Yield: 2.04 percent. The beta ratio is 1.78.