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Sales of ATMs have suffered lately as more people bank online and pay for goods with credit cards. In response, Diebold and NCR are cutting costs and expanding their more profitable service operations. We still see both as buys. DIEBOLD INC. $25 (New York symbol DBD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 65.2 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 4.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.diebold.com) is a leading maker of automated teller machines. It also makes safes and vaults. Diebold is buying German ATM maker, Wincor Nixdorf AG, for $1.8 billion in cash and shares. The purchase will make Diebold the world’s largest maker of ATMs, with roughly 35% of the global market. It should complete the purchase in the second half of 2016....
BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. $22 (New York symbol BGG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 43.3 million; Market cap: $952.6 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.briggsandstratton.com) makes lawn mower engines, portable power generators, pressure washers and snow blowers. Briggs recently lost a lawsuit accusing it of violating the patent of a rival lawn mower manufacturer. A judge has ordered it to pay $50 million in damages. To put that in context, Briggs earned $34.9 million, or $0.79 a share, in the nine months ended March 31, 2016. The company plans to appeal the ruling....
NCR CORP. $30 (New York symbol NCR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 123.9 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ncr.com) makes automated teller machines, cash registers, self-serve checkouts and kiosks for theatres and arenas. In the quarter ended March 31, 2016, NCR’s revenue fell 2.2%, to $1.4 billion from $1.5 billion a year earlier. Lower sales of ATMs offset higher revenue from its software and services operations. If you factor out currency rates, revenue was flat. Earnings in the quarter fell 16.4%, to $61 million from $73 million. Due to fewer shares outstanding, earnings per share declined at a slower rate of 11.6%, to $0.38 from $0.43....
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. $45 (New York symbol A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 328.0 million; Market cap: $14.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 1.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.agilent.com) makes specialized testing equipment, such as mass spectrometers, for medical research labs. In its fiscal 2016 second quarter, which ended April 30, 2016, the company earned $145 million. That’s up 12.4% from $129 million a year earlier. Per-share earnings gained 15.8%, to $0.44 from $0.38, on fewer shares outstanding. Revenue rose 5.8%, to $1.0 billion from $963 million. These gains reflect strong demand for Agilent’s products from food companies and pharmaceutical firms. The company is also benefiting from last year’s $235 million purchase of Seahorse Bioscience. This firm makes equipment that researchers use to measure the response of cells to new drugs....