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Nordic American Tanker, $15.10, symbol NAT on New York (Shares outstanding: 89.2 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; www.nat.bm), operates 23 Suezmax vessels that ship crude oil. Suezmaxes are the largest tankers able to go through the Suez Canal. In July 2015, Nordic American announced the purchase of two more Suezmax vessels. The first joined the fleet in September, and the second will be delivered shortly. In addition, the company signed a deal for the construction of two more Suezmaxes in December 2014 that are slated for delivery in August 2016 and January 2017. Nordic’s shares have moved up lately, despite lower oil prices, for two main reasons:...
Brookfield Property Partners LP, $29.75, symbol BPY.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 262.8 million; Market cap: $21.3 billion; www.brookfieldpropertypartners.com), owns, operates and invests in commercial real estate worldwide. Its portfolio includes:
- 243 office properties totalling over 114 million square feet, mainly in leading commercial markets like New York, London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Sydney, Toronto, Houston, Calgary and Perth;
- 172 regional malls and stand-alone stores containing 154 million square feet in the U.S. and Brazil. The company mainly holds its retail properties through its 29% interest in General Growth Properties, Inc. and its 33% stake in Rouse Properties, Inc.;
- Roughly 44 million square feet of industrial space across 164 properties, mainly consisting of warehouses in North America and Europe, with an additional 11 million square feet under construction;
- About 26,900 multi-family units across 89 properties in the U.S. and Canada;
- Eleven hotels with over 8,560 rooms across North America and Australia; and
- Over 300 properties leased to automotive dealerships in the U.S. and Canada.
CVS Health Corp., $93.79, symbol CVS on New York (Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $103.7 billion; www.cvshealth.com), has two main businesses:
- The Pharmacy Services division (66% of revenue) helps employers, insurers, unions and government agencies manage their drug-coverage plans. It also distributes prescription drugs to patients through the mail, as well as to 68,000 U.S. pharmacies.
- The Retail Pharmacy division (34%) operates over 7,900 drugstores in 44 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Brazil. Many of these outlets also feature walk-in clinics.