Stocks With Biggest Dividend Hikes From Last Week by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies that have announced a dividend increase within the recent week. In total, 49 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 24 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 19.91 percent. Exactly 19 stocks/funds have a yield over five percent (high yield); 25 above three percent. 35 companies are currently recommended to buy.

Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) said it expects to meet or exceed the higher end of its prior 2011 earnings-per-share guidance range of $4 to $4.30 , excluding a second-quarter $1.14 per-share gain from the company's South American utility acquisitions. Sempra Energy fourth-quarter and full-year 2011 financial results are scheduled to be announced Feb. 28, 2012 .