Top pick Barrick Mining just raised its dividend a whopping 140% as it generates record earnings and continues its strategic asset reorganization.
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ARC Resources keeps returning its cash flow to shareholders through a growing dividend and substantial share buybacks.
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WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL $13.70 (New York symbol WTW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (212-589-2700; www.weightwatchers.com; Shares outstanding: 63.6 million; Market cap: $852.9 million; No dividends paid) offers weight-loss services in 23 countries. The company promotes a program of lifestyle changes through 36,000 weekly meetings and its website. Oprah Winfrey bought 10% of the company in October 2015. She also joined its board of directors. Her goal has been to promote the company and help it reverse a steady decline over the last few years. In the three months ended January 2, 2016, Weight Watchers’ revenue fell 20.8% to $259.2 million from $327.8 million a year earlier. The company lost $0.03 a share in the latest quarter, compared to a profit of $0.09 a year ago....
ATLANTIC TELE-NETWORK $72.81 (Nasdaq symbol ATNI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (340- 777-8000; www.atni.com; Shares outstanding: 16.1 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) owns wireless and wireline (traditional telephone and Internet) operations in the U.S. Southwest, New England, New York State, Bermuda, parts of the Caribbean, and Guyana. It also owns solar power plants that sell their electricity under long-term contracts. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, the company’s revenue fell 6.3%, to $82.9 million from $88.5 million a year earlier. The decline was mostly due to the sale of its Turks and Caicos business in early 2015. At the same time, Atlantic spent heavily on its network to support increased traffic. Earnings per share dropped 69.4%, to $0.22 from $0.72, on more shares outstanding....
FAIR ISAAC CORP. $102.33 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415-472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 31.4 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.1%) is now applying its FICO credit-scoring software expertise to other businesses. Fair Isaac plans to soon launch a cybersecurity product that uses artificial intelligence to find abnormal activity on corporate networks. That technology is similar to what banks use to identify fraud. A number of FICO’s existing customers tested the new security product. It was in development for more than two years....
LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $14.25 (Toronto symbol LNF; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (416-243-7880; www.leons.ca; Shares outstanding: 71.5 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%) has steadily increased its number of stores, from 27 in 2003 to 80 today. The company more than quadrupled in size overnight with the $700 million purchase of its main rival, The Brick, in March 2013. That chain has 221 locations across Canada and continues to operate separately. Leon’s plans to expand again: it’s taking over the leases on eight Sears Home stores, operated by money losing Sears Canada. It will convert those showrooms to Leon’s stores over the summer....