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IBM Corp. offers double-digit software and AI-fueled growth as its leadership in quantum computing could be a major growth spur.
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Conagra Brands Inc. offers a very high 10.7% yield while trading at a discount, but the underlying business should benefit from innovation.
Top pick Russel Metals Inc. offers a solid 2.8% payout while trading cheaply despite strong revenue and the stock hitting all-time highs.
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PLEASE NOTE: This is our last Hotline for 2015. Our next Hotline will go out on Friday, January 8, 2016. 3M COMPANY, $146.92, New York symbol MMM, makes over 55,000 consumer and industrial goods, including Post-It notes, Scotch tape, Scotch-Brite cleaning products, Scotchguard fabric protection and Thinsulate insulation. Slowing sales of TV sets, smartphones and tablet computers are hurting demand for 3M’s films, adhesives and coatings. At the same time, weak demand for industrial machinery is cutting sales of its other products, like abrasives....
PLEASE NOTE: This is our last Hotline for 2015. Our next Hotline will go out on Friday, January 8, 2016. ENCANA CORP., $7.02, Toronto symbol ECA, fell 15% this week after cutting its dividend and 2016 capital spending plans. In response to the weak outlook for oil and natural gas, Encana has cut its quarterly payout by 78.6%, to $0.015 a share from $0.07 (all amounts except share price in U.S. dollars). The new annual rate of $0.06 yields 1.2%. Encana will also eliminate the 2% discount it offers to shareholders who reinvest their dividends in additional shares. In all, these moves will save it $185 million a year....
It pays to be wary of companies that use acquisitions to expand instead of internal growth. This strategy can work well at times, but one bad takeover can wipe out gains from a dozen good ones. Stanley Black & Decker is a good example of a company that grows by acquisition without taking on excessive risk. That’s because it has a long history of successfully merging new businesses and boosting their profits. That cuts the risk of a large writedown. Even though the stock has doubled since Stanley bought Black & Decker in 2010, we feel it still has plenty of gains ahead....