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MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC. $45 (Nasdaq symbol MDLZ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $72.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mondelezinternational.com) makes cookies and biscuits (Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Ritz), chocolate bars (Cadbury, Toblerone), gum and candy (Trident, Chiclets) and Halls cough drops. In July 2015, Mondelez merged its packaged coffee business with European coffee maker D.E. Master Blenders. Under the deal, Mondelez contributed its coffee brands, including Jacobs, Gevalia and Tassimo, to a new firm called Jacobs Douwe Egberts. In return, it received $4.2 billion in cash and 43.5% of the new company. If you exclude unusual items, such as a $6.9-billion gain on this sale, Mondelez earned $678 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015, down 20.1% from $849 million a year earlier. Earnings per share fell 16.0%, to $0.42 from $0.50, on fewer shares outstanding. The sale of the coffee business cut Mondelez’s sales by 17.8%, to $6.8 billion from $8.3 billion. However, if you adjust for the sale and foreign exchange rates, sales improved 3.7%....
These telecom firms’ recent acquisitions cut their reliance on traditional telephones and let them profit from growing markets, like Latin America, and highdemand services, such as mobile video. AT&T INC. $34 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 6.2 billion; Market cap: $210.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 126.4 million subscribers. It also sells phone, TV and high-speed Internet access to 64.1 million users. The company recently completed its $48.5-billion purchase (70% stock and 30% cash) of DirecTV, which has 19.6 million satellite TV customers in the U.S. and 12.5 million in Latin America....
HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD. ADRs $33 (New York symbol HMC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $59.4 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.honda.com) has received approval from U.S. regulators to start selling its new business plane, called the HondaJet. The aircraft’s engines are on top its wings instead of below; it’s 15% more fuel efficient than comparable models; and it has 20% more cargo room. The company has orders for over 100 of these planes, which it is currently building at its North Carolina plant. It should begin delivering them in 2016. Honda is a buy.
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $70 (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 176.7 million; Market cap: $12.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) is buying Airwave, which provides two-way radio and other communications services to over 300 emergency and public service agencies in the U.K. The company will pay $1.2 billion for Airwave when it completes the purchase in the first quarter of 2016. The deal will immediately add to Motorola’s earnings and cut its reliance on North America, which currently supplies 65% of its sales. However, big purchases like this add risk. Motorola Solutions is a hold....