Honda Motor

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice on a wide range of topics, including the best strategies to use in international stock markets. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you …read more »

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami severely disrupted the operations of these two Japanese carmakers. Honda appears to be in a better position to recover from the disaster than Toyota.

TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs $82 (New York symbol TM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $139.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.3%; TSINetwork …read more »

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away.

Today’s tip: “The top 3 ways to …read more »

Toyota and Honda are facing challenges on two main fronts: both are seeing falling car sales, and both are dealing with the high Japanese yen, which has hurt the value of their North American and European sales. However, both stand to gain from the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler. They are also leaders in hybrid and other fuel-saving technologies. …read more »

HONDA MOTOR CO. ADRs $27 (New York symbol HMC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $48.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; WSSF Rating: Above average) is Japan’s second-largest carmaker. It’s also the world’s largest motorcycle producer.

Honda sold 3.5 million vehicles in fiscal 2009. That’s down 10.4% from 3.9 million in the prior year. However, …read more »

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $8.67 (American Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through a broker) is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Japan index. The fund charges a fee of 0.59% of assets.

The fund’s top holdings include: Toyota Motor, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Canon Inc., Nintendo, Sumitomo Mitsui …read more »

TENNANT CO. $25 (New York symbol TNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 18.3 million; Market cap: $457.5 million; WSSF Rating: Average) earned $0.57 a share in the three months ended September 30, 2008, up 29.5% from $0.44 a year earlier. These figures exclude non-recurring items. Revenue grew 15.3%, to $185.9 million from $161.3 million, thanks to …read more »

SYSCO CORP. $32 (New York symbol SYY) plans to buy back 20 million of its shares, or about 3% of the total outstanding. It will also repurchase the remaining 3 million shares remaining under its previous authorization. Share buybacks boost per share earnings and increase the proportionate ownership of the remaining stockholders. However, rising gasoline and other costs have hurt …read more »

ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND $12.25 (American Exchange symbol EWJ; buy or sell through a broker) is an exchange-traded mutual fund that tries to match the return of the MSCI Japan Index (Morgan Stanley Capital International Japan Index). The MSCI Japan Index is a benchmark for Japanese equity performance. The iShares Japan Index Fund charges a fee of 0.59% of …read more »

HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD. ADRs $33 (New York symbol HMC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $59.4 billion; WSSF Rating: Above average) gets just over 50% of its revenue from North America, so it’s more vulnerable to a falling U.S. dollar than Toyota.

In Honda’s latest six-month period, overall car sales rose 5.8%. Sales …read more »