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Demand for new ATMs has suffered in the past few years, particularly as COVID-19 accelerated the shift to online shopping. In response, these two ATM makers are expanding into maintenance and other services as well as self-serve checkout terminals. Their cost-cutting plans should also help improve their profitability....
A: Illinois Tool Works, $229.00, symbol ITW on NYSE (Shares outstanding: 316.5 million; Market cap: $72.1 billion; www.itw.com), is a multi-industry manufacturing company operating in 53 countries. Known as ITW, it has roughly 43,000 employees.
The company’s diversified range of industrial products includes aerospace technology, bridges, wind turbines, restaurant appliances, packaging solutions, electronics, deep-sea welding products, and a range of automotive components such as fasteners, door handles, powertrain, and refuelling systems....
The company’s diversified range of industrial products includes aerospace technology, bridges, wind turbines, restaurant appliances, packaging solutions, electronics, deep-sea welding products, and a range of automotive components such as fasteners, door handles, powertrain, and refuelling systems....
The shares of Travel + Leisure and Hilton Grand Vacations are both up about 40% since the start of 2021 as the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines help to spur travel volumes. We feel their latest acquisitions will further add to your returns.
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The breakup of multinational chemical maker DowDuPont into three separate firms—Dupont de Nemours, Dow, and Corteva—is a great example of how spinoffs can unlock hidden value for investors.
Looking at the two new firms, Dow has gained roughly 30% while Corteva has jumped 60%....
A: PagerDuty Inc., $39.27, symbol PD on New York (Shares outstanding: 79.5 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; www.pagerduty.com), operates a platform that collects real-time data from software systems and devices and then notifies its IT customers of incidents that might adversely affect their operations.
As it receives data, the company uses analytics and artificial intelligence to “learn on the go,” so the same adverse events don’t hit clients again....
As it receives data, the company uses analytics and artificial intelligence to “learn on the go,” so the same adverse events don’t hit clients again....
Q: Hi, Pat. What do you think about Kimberley-Clark? Thanks for all your good advice over the years!
A: Kimberley-Clark Corp., $142.29, symbol KMB on New York (Shares outstanding: 338.0 million; Market cap: $47.0 billion; www.kimberley-clark.com), is a leading maker of personal-care and tissue products. Its brands include Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Viva and WypAll.
The consumer goods giant has been in business for 149 years and its wide range of family, baby, and feminine care brands are sold in over 175 countries....
The consumer goods giant has been in business for 149 years and its wide range of family, baby, and feminine care brands are sold in over 175 countries....
DEFIANCE NEXT-GEN SPAC DERIVED ETF $25.84 (New York symbol SPAK) invests in special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs) and companies spawned from SPACs.
SPACs are companies with no commercial operations that are established solely to raise capital from investors to acquire operating businesses....
SPACs are companies with no commercial operations that are established solely to raise capital from investors to acquire operating businesses....
Electronic payment processor PayPal has soared nearly 215% during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the government-ordered shutdown of stores accelerated the shift to online shopping. We see this as the start of a lasting shift in the payments business and that should give PayPal many more years of growth ahead.
That’s partly because the company continues to benefit from its 2015 spin-off from eBay....
That’s partly because the company continues to benefit from its 2015 spin-off from eBay....
TELUS, $25.59, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 1.3 billion; Market cap: $34.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.telus.com) has now sold 51.3 million new common shares at $25.35 a share for a total of $1.3 billion....