Top pick Barrick Mining just raised its dividend a whopping 140% as it generates record earnings and continues its strategic asset reorganization.
Warner Music Group Corp. is well-positioned for higher-margin catalog revenues, added streaming adoption, and new AI monetization opportunities.
ARC Resources keeps returning its cash flow to shareholders through a growing dividend and substantial share buybacks.
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SONY CORP. ADRs $26 (New York symbol SNE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $33.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield 0.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.sony.com) has also had to shut down two plants in Japan due to earthquake damage. These facilities make image sensors for smartphones. The company has also warned that slowing demand for high-end smartphones has hurt sales of these sensors. In addition, negative interest rates in Japan are hurting earnings at Sony’s banking and insurance operations. The company has now cut its operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, by about 9% to $2.6 billion. Sony is a hold.
NVIDIA CORP. $37 (Nasdaq symbol NVDA; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 544.6 million; Market cap: $20.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nvidia .com) is a leading designer of 3D-capable video chips, which help video games run more smoothly and appear more lifelike. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, Nvidia’s revenue rose 7.0%, to a record $5.0 billion from $4.7 billion a year earlier. Sales of its graphic video chips (84% of the total revenue) gained 9.1%. That’s because Nvidia is doing a good job developing chips for virtual reality devices, self-driving cars and data centres. However, sales of its Tegra chips for mobile devices (11%) fell 3.5%. Licensing revenues (5%) were flat. Nvidia earned $929 million in fiscal 2016. That’s up 16.0% from $801 million a year earlier. Per-share profits rose 17.6%, to $1.67 from $1.42, on fewer shares outstanding....
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. ADRs $28 (New York symbol PHG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 917.1 million; Market cap: $25.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.philips.com) had a deal to sell 80.1% of its Lumileds subsidiary, which makes lightemitting- diode (LED) components, to a Chinese firm. However, U.S. regulators blocked the sale. As a result, Phillips now plans to sell shares in its entire lighting division, including Lumileds, to the public. That could raise $6 billion, and set the stage for a possible spinoff. It would also allow the company to focus on its health care products, including X-ray scanners and ultrasound systems, and consumer goods such as electric shavers and coffee makers. Philips is still a buy....
MICROSOFT CORP. $51 (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.9 billion; Market cap: $402.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.6; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) is the world’s largest software company. Its Windows operating system powers about 90% of the world’s personal computers. Microsoft’s other main product— its Office suite, which includes a word processor (Word) and spreadsheet program (Excel)— controls 90% of its market. The company also makes computer-hardware products, including its Xbox video game console and Surface tablet computer. High U.S. dollar dampens results ...