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Computer technology continues to change— and spread— rapidly. We feel the best way to profit from this growth is by investing in well-established companies that lead their markets, like the four we analyze below. All of them have strong earnings and balance sheets. That lets them spend heavily on product development and buy smaller firms with attractive technologies. We have a high opinion of all four, but we see only two as buys right now....
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. $121 (New York symbol IBM, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 970.1 million; Market cap: $117.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ibm.com) recently paid $130 million for Ustream, a private firm specializing in cloud-based videostreaming services. Its clients include NASA, Samsung, Facebook, Nike and the Discovery Channel. The purchase will help IBM with its plan to bring its analyticssoftware expertise to online video content. This will help its clients make better use of their video libraries and protect their copyrighted material. The company expects the market for cloud-based video services and software to total $105 billion by 2019. IBM is a buy....
BHP BILLITON LTD. ADRs $21 (New York symbol BHP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $33.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 11.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bhpbilliton.com) will write down its U.S. onshore oil holdings by $4.9 billion (after taxes) in response to the decline in oil prices. In 2011, it spent $20.6 billion on acquisitions of U.S. shale oil and gas properties. The company is also seeing sharply lower prices for its other commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. The resulting decline in BHP’s cash flow will probably prompt it to cut its $2.48 dividend, which yields a high 11.8%. BHP Billiton is still a hold....
BHP BILLITON LTD. ADRs $21 (New York symbol BHP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $33.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 11.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bhpbilliton.com) will write down its U.S. onshore oil holdings by $4.9 billion (after taxes) in response to the decline in oil prices. In 2011, it spent $20.6 billion on acquisitions of U.S. shale oil and gas properties. The company is also seeing sharply lower prices for its other commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. The resulting decline in BHP’s cash flow will probably prompt it to cut its $2.48 dividend, which yields a high 11.8%. BHP Billiton is still a hold.