Shares With Highest Dividend Growth by Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of companies with fastest dividend growth compared to the previous dividend declaration. The dividend growth is often a good indicator for the financial health of a stock. Companies with a strong increase in dividends judge the future of their company rosy and they want to give money back to shareholders that they don’t need for their business.

In total, the 50 fastest dividend growth companies realized an average dividend growth of 73.09 percent. The average dividend yield of the stocks amounts to 3.29. The P/E ratio is 22.05, P/B 3.41 and P/S finally 4.51.

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX), the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, reported its financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported that net income per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended May 29, 2010, increased 24.2% to $0.77 compared with $0.62 for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 ended May 30, 2009. analysts average $0.76. FDO beats by $0.01