There are two popular ways to give money back to shareholders and boost the stock price: Dividend growth and share buybacks.
Below are some big names that have raised their dividend payment within the recent trading day.
Dividend growth is often a good sign for shareholders because the management gives money back and shares its success with the owner of the company.
The top stocks with recent dividend growth are...
Herman Miller (MLHR) increased its current dividend payments by 12%. The company plans to pay $0.14 per share in the future (previous payment: $0.125). The new yield amounts to 1.88%. The stock belongs to the Business Equipment industry.
The stock performance of Herman Miller over the past years:
| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Herman Miller (MLHR) |
| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Herman Miller (MLHR) |
| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Herman Miller (MLHR) |
Herman Miller stock has a market beta ratio of 1.35. These are a few market and fundamental ratios related to Herman Miller share:
P/E: 24.77
Forward P/E: 14.64
Price-to-Sales Ratio: 0.97
Price-to-Book Ratio: 5.12
Debt to Equity Ratio: 0.73
Operating Margin: 6.70%
Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) increased its current dividend payments by 6.31%. The company plans to pay $0.06730 per share in the future (previous payment: $0.06330). The new yield amounts to 6.16%. The stock belongs to the Independent Oil & Gas industry.
The stock performance of Permian Basin over the past years:
| Long-Term Stock Price Chart Of Permian Basin (PBT) |
| Long-Term Dividend Payment History of Permian Basin (PBT) |
| Long-Term Dividend Yield History of Permian Basin (PBT) |
Permian Basin Royalty Trust stock has a market beta ratio of 0.79. These are a few market and fundamental ratios related to Permian Basin Royalty Trust share:
P/E: 15.61
Forward P/E: N/A
Price-to-Sales Ratio: 15.20
Price-to-Book Ratio: 655.50
Debt to Equity Ratio: 0.00
Operating Margin: 97.30%
These are the latest dividend grower:
Company
|
Dividend Yield in %
|
Dividend Growth
|
Payment Period
|
Ex-Dividend Date
|
Dividend Payment Date
|
Herman Miller
|
1.88
|
12.00%
|
Quarterly
|
2/26/2014
|
4/15/2014
|
Permian Basin
|
6.16
|
6.32%
|
Monthly
|
12/27/2013
|
1/15/2014
|
Special Opps Fd 3% Pfd
|
2.58
|
2.17%
|
Quarterly
|
12/26/2013
|
12/31/2013
|