Goodyear Tire & Rubber

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $13.60 (New York symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 281.0 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; No dividends paid) is the world’s largest tire maker. It operates over 60 plants in 25 countries.

In the three months ended September 30, 2011, the company’s sales rose 22.1%, to a record $6.1 billion from $5.0 …read more »

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $13.34 (New York symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 247.0 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; No dividends paid) is the world’s largest tire maker. The company operates over 60 plants in 25 countries.

In the three months ended June 30, 2011, the company’s sales rose 24.1%, to a record $5.6 billion from …read more »

YAMANA GOLD $11.68 (Toronto symbol YRI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-815-0220; www.yamana.com; Shares outstanding: 741.9 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%) has raised its quarterly dividend by 50%, to $0.045 a share from $0.03 a share. This is the second time this year that the company has raised its payout: it increased its quarterly dividend by 50%, to $0.03 …read more »

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $14.48 (New York symbol GT; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 242.9 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; No dividends paid) reported better-than-expected sales and earnings in the latest quarter.

In the three months ended December 31, 2010, sales rose 14.3%, to $5.1 billion from $4.4 billion a year earlier. Before a one-time charge related …read more »

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $17.35 (New York symbol GT; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (www.goodyear.com; 330-796-2121; Shares outstanding: 241.9 million; Market cap: $4.2 billion) expects to save $555 million over four years as a result of concessions from its labour union. In return, Goodyear has agreed to spend $600 million over four years on upgrading plants represented by the union.

To …read more »

TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $20.51 (Toronto symbol TIH; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667-5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion) operates in two business segments: the equipment group and the compression group.

The equipment group’s Caterpillar dealership, which covers Ontario, Manitoba, Newfoundland, and most of Labrador and Nunavut, is one of the world’s largest. It also includes rental operations. Also …read more »

ADOBE SYSTEMS $25.94 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; SI Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 531.0 million; Market cap: $13.8 billion) reported earnings in the latest quarter that exceeded consensus expectations. Excluding one-time items, earnings per share in the three months ended August 29, 2008 rose 11.1%, to $0.50 from $0.45 a year earlier. That beat expectations of $0.46 a share. Revenues …read more »

TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $31 (Toronto symbol TIH; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (416-667-5511; www.toromont.com; Shares outstanding: 65.1 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion) operates in two business segments: the Equipment Group and the Compression Group.

The Equipment Group includes one of the world’s largest Caterpillar dealerships by revenue and geographic territory in addition to rental operations. Also part of this group is Toromont …read more »

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $26.76 (New York symbol GT; SI Rating: Extra Risk) (www.goodyear.com; 330-796-2121; Shares outstanding: 240.2 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion) plans to cut up to 500 jobs and reduce tire production at two of its plants in Amiens, France. The two plants employ about 2,700 people. Goodyear will outsource some tire production to lower-cost factories in …read more »

ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK $33.55 (Nasdaq symbol ATNI; SI Rating: Speculative) (340-777-8000; www.atni.com; Shares outstanding: 15.2 million; Market cap: $510.7 million) gets about 57% of its revenue from its 80% interest in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The rest comes from its wireless interests in the Caribbean and its expanding telecom interests in the United States.

GT&T is the sole local, long …read more »