7 Top Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week

As you might have noticed, my blog covers dividend growth stocks and companies with fresh stock buyback announcements.

It’s not a real investment strategy but both are activities for investors.

You can find each week a list of all dividend growth stocks and share buyback companies on this site. It’s the only source who compiles this on the internet.

Within the past week, only eight companies raised their dividend payments and additional nine stocks announced a stock buyback program.

Both are shareholder-friendly activities which could be helpful for normal investors like me and you.

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Back to dividend growth: No large-cap stock was in the list of the latest dividend grower. The biggest fish in the pool was the insurer American Financial Group who raised dividends by 13.64 percent.

7 of my favorite dividend growth stocks and share buyback announcements of the past week are…

#1 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ:CBRL) has a market capitalization of $2.44 billion. The company employs 72,000 people, generates revenue of $2,683.68 million and has a net income of $132.13 million. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $276.03 million. The EBITDA margin is 10.29 percent (the operating margin is 7.77 percent and the net profit margin 4.92 percent).

Financial Analysis: The total debt represents 27.93 percent of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 75.67 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 26.10 percent was realized by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.51. Last fiscal year, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store paid $3.25 in the form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation: Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.95, the P/S ratio is 0.93 and the P/B ratio is finally 4.71. The dividend yield amounts to 3.83 percent and the beta ratio has a value of 0.80. – See #2 -#7 here: 7 Top Dividend Growth And Share Buyback Stocks Of The Week…

The article also includes all 15 stocks from the past week with a dividend growth event or share buyback activity.