The Best Stocks With Dividend Growth From Week Ending August 17, 2012

 | Aug 19, 2012 08:05AM ET

Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 20 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 12 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 35.91 percent. Exactly 4 stocks have a yield over five percent and 6 are currently recommended to buy.

Autoliv (NYSE:NDSN ) has a market capitalization of $3.55 billion. The company employs 4,156 people, generates revenue of $1,233.16 million and has a net income of $222.36 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $344.32 million. The EBITDA margin is 27.92 percent (operating margin 25.59 percent and net profit margin 18.03 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 25.18 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 57.50 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 41.32 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.02. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.44 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.29, P/S ratio 2.88 and P/B ratio 6.34.

Dividend Yield: 1.09 percent. The beta ratio is 1.48.