High Dividend Growth Rate ADRs

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When analyzing dividend stocks its important to not only look at the current yield but also other other factors like payout ratio, dividend growth rate, etc. The rate at which a company is able to increase dividends year after year matters the most. When the dividend growth rate is high rate it shows that the company generates enough profits each year to afford dividend increases. So in this post lets look at a few foreign dividend stocks whose 5-year average dividend growth rate is high.Photo: Tuscany, Italy.

1. Royal Bank of Canada – RY
Dividend growth rate 5-year avg: 28.49%

2. Banco Bilbao Zizcaya – BBV
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg: 21.31%

3. Westpac Banking Corp- WBK
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg : 15.45%

4.Eni Spa – E
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg : 16.84%

5.Unibanco Uniao De Bancos – UBB
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg : 58.23%

6.Banco De Chile – BCH
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg : 18.68%

7.Veolia Environnement – VE
Dividend growth rate 5-Year avg : 13.94%

Five Foreign Utilities

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Here is list of foreign utility stocks with the current dividend yields:

1.VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT – VE
Dividend Yield: 5.80%

2.NATIONAL GRID PLC – NGG
Dividend Yield: 6.20%

3.COMPANHIA ENER MINAS GER – CIG
Dividend Yield: 2.20%

4.ENERSIS SA – ENI
Dividend Yield: 3.60%

5.ULTRAPAR PARTICIPACOES – UGP
Dividend Yield: 5.70%

ADR Dividend History – R Stocks

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The dividend history of ADR stock(s) whose ticker begin with “R” are listed below:

1. Company: REPSOL YPF, S.A.
Ticker: REP
Country: Spain

Repsol Dividend History

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2. Company: ROLLS ROYCE GROUP PLC
Ticker: RYCEY
Country: UK

ROLLS ROYCE GROUP PLC Dividend History

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3. Company: RWE AG
Ticker: RWEOY
Country: Germany

RWE AG Dividend History

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New Foreign Utilities ETF !

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For many years now there were no ETFs or mutual funds that concentrated only on international utility stocks. State Street seems to have figured out this problem. Recently they have launched the first foreign utilities ETF.This ETF is great for investors looking to invest in foreign utilities but cannot afford to pick many stocks.

Here are some details:

ETF: SPDR®S&P® International Utilities Sector ETF
Ticker: IPU
Sector: Foreign utilities only
Market cap: About $6.0 Mil (as of August 1,2008)
Expense Ratio: 0.5%

The top five country weights in the portfolio:
Germany – 20.72%
United Kingdom – 15.51%
France – 15.15%
Spain – 14.32%
Japan – 13.76%

The total number of stocks in the fund = 52. The complete holdings of this ETF are as follows:

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The dividend yield information is not posted yet. So we will keep an eye on this new fund.

Royal and Imperial Stocks

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In this post, lets look at five stocks whose name contain either the word ‘Royal’ or ‘Imperial’:

1.Company: Royal Bank of Canada
Ticker: RY
Country: Canada
Sector: Banking

2.Company: Royal Bank of Scotland
Ticker: RBS
Country: UK
Sector: Banking

3.Company: Imperial Tobacco Group plc
Ticker: ITY
Country: UK
Sector: Consumer Goods

4.Company: Imperial Oil Ltd.
Ticker: IMO
Country: Canada
Sector: Oil producer and gas distributor

5.Company: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Ticker: CM
Country: Canada
Sector: Banking