Philips Electronics
New York symbol PHG, makes consumer electronic products, such as TV sets, DVD players and kitchen appliances. The company also makes lighting equipment and high-end medical equipment.
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $23 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $23.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.philips.com) is transferring its struggling television manufacturing operations to a new joint venture with Hong Kong-based TPV Technology. The company will own 30% of this joint venture, …read more »
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $30 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 946.0 million; Market cap: $28.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.philips.com) earned 0.55 euros per ADR in the three months ended September 30, 2010 (1 euro = $1.32 U.S.; each American Depositary Receipt represents one Philips common …read more »
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $20 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 972.4 million; Market cap: $19.4 billion; WSSF Rating: Average) makes consumer electronic products, such as TV sets, DVD players and kitchen appliances (roughly 50% of revenue). The company also makes lighting equipment (25%) and high-end medical equipment (25%). Each American Depository Receipt …read more »
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $38 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $41.8 billion; WSSF Rating: Average) operates in three main areas: consumer electronics; lighting; and medical equipment. Each American Depository Receipt represents one Philips common share.
Philips is a leading maker of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting systems, which use up …read more »
Growing interest in the environment continues to prompt changes in consumer spending habits. Here are five companies with the technology and size to profit from this trend.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $37 (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 10.0 billion; Market cap: $370.0 billion; WSSF Rating: Above average) is one of the world’s largest industrial …read more »
FIDELITY FOCUS CONSUMER INDUSTRIES FUND $17.49 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (Fidelity Investments Canada, 483 Bay St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2N7. 1-800-263-4077; Web site: www.fidelity.ca. Load fund — available from brokers) invests mainly in U.S. consumer goods and services companies. Consumer spending is a key part of the U.S. economy, accounting for approximately two-thirds of activity.
Fidelity Focus Consumer Industries Fund’s …read more »
Here are three Fidelity funds that hold much of their portfolios in one specific sector. We generally advise against investing in funds that concentrate in one economic sector. For example, a fund concentrating in financial services is particularly vulnerable to any setbacks in that sector, or to interest-rate rises.
However, all of these Fidelity funds stick with high-quality stocks. If you …read more »
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $41 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $45.1 billion; WSSF Rating: Average) continues to sell smaller investments to free up cash for its core medical equipment, lighting and consumer electronics operations. It recently sold its 2.5% stake in Nuance Communications Inc. for 60 million Euros …read more »
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $42 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $46.2 billion; WSSF Rating: Average) earned 0.79 Euros a share in the first quarter of 2007, up sharply from 0.13 Euros a share a year earlier (1 Euro = $1.36 U.S.). Most of the gain came from the …read more »
TEMPLETON GROWTH FUND $12.94 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Franklin Templeton Management Limited, 1 Adelaide Street East, Suite 2101, Toronto, ON. M5C 3B8. 1-800-387-0830; Web site: www.templeton.ca. Buy or sell through brokers) is invested 33.5% in the U.S., 14.4% in the UK, 8% in the Netherlands, 7% in Japan, 5.4% in Spain, 3.8% in Singapore, 3.8% in Switzerland, 3.1% in Germany and …read more »
