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A: Broadcom Ltd., $153.72, symbol AVGO on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 390.3 million; Market cap: $60.9 billion; www.broadcom.com), took its current form on February 1, 2016. That’s when Singapore-based Avago Technologies Ltd. acquired Broadcom for $37 billion in cash and shares. As a result, Broadcom shareholders now own about 32% of the combined company. Following the merger, Avago changed its name to Broadcom. However, it continues to use the AVGO trading symbol. The new company specializes in chips for use in wired networks, wireless communications, enterprise storage and industrial applications. Its products go into devices such as TV set-top boxes, cable modems, high-speed networks, mobile phones and GPS devices....
A: Savaria Corp., $7.29, symbol SIS on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 32.6 million; Market cap: $227.8 million; www.savaria.com), makes products for people with limited mobility. The company has two main businesses: Accessibility (87% of revenue) makes stairlifts, platform lifts and elevators for homes and businesses....
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., $61.88, New York symbol JPM, is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with assets of $2.4 trillion. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, Morgan earned $5.5 billion, or $1.35 per share. That’s a 6.7% drop from $5.9 billion, or $1.45, a year earlier. Even so, earnings beat the consensus forecast of $1.26 a share. Revenue fell 3.0%, to $24.1 billion from $24.9 billion, but that also beat the consensus forecast of $23.4 billion....
BOMBARDIER INC., Toronto symbols BBD.A $1.84 and BBD.B $1.62, announced this week that Latvia-based Air Baltic has exercised its option to buy seven more of the company’s new CSeries passenger jets. The client had previously ordered 13 planes. Bombardier will begin to deliver the aircraft by the end of 2016. The company now has firm orders for 250 CSeries planes. Based on the list price for the aircraft, these orders are worth $18 billion (all amounts except share prices in U.S. dollars). To put that in context, Bombardier’s total revenue was $18.2 billion in 2015. However, the company typically offers discounts to customers that buy multiple planes. So the total value of its CSeries backlog is probably much less than the list price. OUR RECOMMENDATION: Bombardier is still a hold....