Top Dividend Stocks of the Week: Pepsi
Updated from 6:45 a.m. EDT
Last week was a big week for dividends, as more than 20 companies increased their shareholder payouts and only one stock suspended its dividend. A dividend increase is a sign of a company's strength and management's confidence.
Stockpickr has reviewed the companies that recently raised their dividends and compiled a list of the
Top Dividend-Increasers for the Week
.
One of the biggest dividend increases last week courtesy of
FactSet Research Systems
(FDS) - Get Report
, a producer of financial and economic information and fundamental corporate financial data. The company raised its quarterly dividend by 50% to 18 cents a share. The stock has a price-to-earnings ratio of 26, a P/E-to-growth (PEG) ratio of 1.4 and pays a yield of 0.8%.
FactSet shares are owned by the
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund
, a four-star Morningstar-rated fund managed by John Laporte. The fund also holds shares of
Roper Industries
(ROP) - Get Report
, which has a yield of 0.5%,
Oshkosh
(OSK) - Get Report
, which yields 1%, and
Global Payments
(GPN) - Get Report
, which yields 0.2%.
Barrick Gold
(ABX)
was another stock that upped its dividend last week, raising its semiannual payout by 33% to 20 cents a share. Barrick, the largest gold mining company in the world and a miner of copper, silver and zinc, offers a P/E of 30, a PEG ratio of 2.4 and a yield of 0.7%.
Barrick shows up in the portfolio of the
Jennison Natural Resources Fund
, a four-star Morningstar-rated fund managed by David Kiefer. Jennison also owns shares of
Freeport-McMoRan
(FCX) - Get Report
, yielding 1.5%,
Suncor Energy
(SU) - Get Report
, with a yield of 0.3%, and
Schlumberger
(SLB) - Get Report
, yielding 0.8%.
Another notable dividend increase cam from big recession-proof play,
PepsiCo
(PEP) - Get Report
. The sodamaker raised its annual dividend by 13% to $1.70 a share. The Purchase, N.Y., company just acquired Russia-based beverage company
Sobol-Aqua JSC
. Pepsi offers a P/E of 19, a PEG of 1.7 and a yield of 2.5%.
PepsiCo is a favorite of
, a $4.5 billion fund managed by Louis Navellier. His other stocks include
Potash
(POT)
, which yields 0.2%,
Vimpel-Communications
(VIP)
, yielding 0.8%, and
Lockheed Martin
(LMT) - Get Report
, with a 1.6% yield.
For more newly raised dividend plays, check out the
Top Dividend-Raisers for the Week Ending May 10
at Stockpickr.com.
At the time of publication, Altucher and/or his fund had no positions in stocks mentioned, although positions may change at any time.
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