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.

Allegheny Technologies Inc (NYSE:ATI) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on September 28, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 20, 2011.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated engages in the production and sale of specialty metals worldwide.