5 Dividend Growth Stocks For The Long Term
Dividend Yield | Nov 12, 2012 05:05AM ET
Stock investing is hard work. Do you often feel depressed because you buy a wonderful stock with good dividends and solid fundamentals but the stock price goes in the other direction than your strategy has planed? As a result, you have stopped buying stocks and searched for a long investment management.
The good news is if did your due diligence, your stock will likely recover over the long-run because it has significant competitive advantages.
To manage your private wealth like a professional, select the best companies and stay by them for the long-term. Here are some excellent dividend growth stocks with reliable long-term track records.
Kimberly Clark (KMB) has a market capitalization of $32.53 billion. The company employs 57,000 people, generates revenue of $20.846 billion and has a net income of $1.523 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3.533 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.95 percent (the operating margin is 11.71 percent and the net profit margin 7.31 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 34.48 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 127.24 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 28.50 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $4.75. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.80 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 17.52, the P/S ratio is 1.56 and the P/B ratio is finally 6.27. The dividend yield amounts to 3.56 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.31.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has a market capitalization of $192.18 billion. The company employs 117,900 people, generates revenue of $65.030 billion and has a net income of $9.672 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $15.993 billion. The EBITDA margin is 24.59 percent (the operating margin is 19.01 percent and the net profit margin 14.87 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 17.27 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 34.39 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 17.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.04. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.95, the P/S ratio is 2.96 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.33. The dividend yield amounts to 3.49 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.55.
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Procter & Gamble (PG) has a market capitalization of $183.22 billion. The company employs 126,000 people, generates revenue of $83.680 billion and has a net income of $9.317 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $16.496 billion. The EBITDA margin is 19.71 percent (the operating margin is 15.88 percent and the net profit margin 11.13 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 22.52 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.94 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 13.86 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.06. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.14 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 21.86, the P/S ratio is 2.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 2.96. The dividend yield amounts to 3.35 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.45.
United Technologies (UTX) has a market capitalization of $69.51 billion. The company employs 199,900 people, generates revenue of $58.190 billion and has a net income of $5.374 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $9.387 billion. The EBITDA margin is 16.13 percent (the operating margin is 13.92 percent and the net profit margin 9.24 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 16.70 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 46.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 23.02 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.78. Last fiscal year, the company 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 13.11, the P/S ratio is 1.19 and the P/B ratio is finally 3.14. The dividend yield amounts to 2.82 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 1.05.
Coca-Cola (KO) has a market capitalization of $162.77 billion. The company employs 146,200 people, generates revenue of $46.542 billion and has a net income of $8.634 billion. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $12.596 billion. The EBITDA margin is 27.06 percent (the operating margin is 23.06 percent and the net profit margin 18.55 percent).
Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 35.72 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 90.31 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 27.37 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $1.92. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.94 in the form of dividends to shareholders.
Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.94, the P/S ratio is 3.50 and the P/B ratio is finally 5.19. The dividend yield amounts to 2.81 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.51.
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