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Best Dividend Achiever Picks For 2012

December 29, 2011 – Comments (0) | RELATED TICKERS: MDT , BEN , SYK

Top Dividend Achiever To Buy For 2012 by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of Dividend Achiever (stocks that have raised dividends for at least 10 year in a row without a break) with an interesting market valuation, a great growth performance as well as good earnings situation. Such stocks have a forward price to earnings ratio of less than 15, a sales growth over the past five years of more than 5 percent as well as an operating margin above 20 percent. Exactly 13 stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion fulfilled these criteria. Five of them have a yield above 3 percent.

Here is the full table with some fundamentals:
Best Dividend Achiever Picks For 2012...

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 13.42 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.97. The dividend yield has a value of 2.46 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.23 and price to sales ratio 2.90. The operating margin amounts to 32.35 percent.

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PBCT, PPL, SBSI, EV, LLTC, MDT, BDX, PRSP, SYK, NDSN, BEN, EGN, HP

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