Latest Stock Advice
ARC Resources keeps returning its cash flow to shareholders through a growing dividend and substantial share buybacks.
Gen Digital Inc. is trading quite cheaply for a firm that just grew revenue nearly 26% while providing plenty of cash flow for innovation, dividends and buybacks.
AT&T Inc. offers a 4.2% yield at an attractive valuation as it’s tapped to generate over $18 billion in free cash flow while continuing to build ultrafast wireless and fibre-optic networks.
What is the best way to save for retirement? The answer depends on individual investors and the goals they have for retirement. However, starting your retirement investing early and utilizing proven strategies and investment types will help you save the most.
Become a Successful Investor
Staying away from the most volatile penny stocks will help you build a more stable and diversified portfolio of higher-quality stocks
Helium stocks, often associated with balloons and airships, is not just about a light-hearted gas; helium is a vital element.
GENERAL MILLS INC. $61 (New York symbol GIS, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 593.4 million; Market cap: $36.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.generalmills.com) plans to change the labels on its packaged food products to indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). That’s mainly to comply with new GMO-labelling rules in Vermont. They take effect in July 2016. The change will also help the company prepare for the likelihood of new national labelling standards. General Mills is currently phasing out GMO versions of oats in its cereals. However, it will continue to use GMO crops for other products. That’s because they use corn and wheat, and finding sufficient supplies of non-GMO versions would be difficult....
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. $85 (New York symbol KWR; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 13.2 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.quakerchem.com) make lubricants that keep mechanical parts from rusting. Sales in 2015 fell 3.7%, to $737.6 million from $765.9 million in 2014. That’s mainly due to unfavourable exchange rates and lower demand from steel producers. However, a cost-cutting plan lifted its earnings per share by 4.0%, to $4.43 from $4.26. Quaker needs oil to make its products, so lower crude prices are cutting its costs. Its earnings should improve to $4.58 a share in 2016. The stock trades at a reasonable 18.6 times that forecast....
SYMANTEC CORP. $19 (Nasdaq symbol SYMC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 652.2 million; Market cap: $12.4 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.symantec.com) has launched a new service that aims to improve the security of Internet websites. Called “Encryption Everywhere,” this software makes it easier for web hosting firms to embed encryption when they create new websites. This will help protect users from cybercriminals and online intruders. Symantec is giving away this software for free. It feels this approach will encourage hosting firms to adopt the technology and eventually buy more security services and software. Just 3% of the world’s websites use encryption technology, so there’s plenty of room to grow. Symantec is a buy.
HP INC. $12 (New York symbol HPQ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $20.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.hp.com) makes personal computers. It earned $645 million in its fiscal 2016 first quarter, which ended January 31, 2016. That’s down 15.7% from $765 million a year earlier. Earnings per share fell 12.2%, to $0.36 from $0.41, on fewer shares outstanding. Sales declined 11.6%, to $12.2 billion from $13.9 billion. Personal computer sales (62% of the total) fell 12.8%. Weak demand for new machines forced HP to cut its selling prices. Sales of printers (38%) dropped 17.0%. HP holds cash of $3.7 billion, or $2.12 a share. Its long-term debt of $6.7 billion is a manageable 33% of its market cap....