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In March 2019, activist investment firm Sachem Head Capital Management announced that it had acquired 8.9% of Eagle Materials. It now owns around 7% of the company.
Sachem originally pushed the company to sell its fracking sands business, which has struggled in recent years as oil producers opt instead to use brown sand from suppliers close to their wells....
Sachem originally pushed the company to sell its fracking sands business, which has struggled in recent years as oil producers opt instead to use brown sand from suppliers close to their wells....
A: The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF, $31.17, symbol SDOG on New York (Units outstanding: 34.5 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.alpssectordividenddogs.com), is an ETF that applies the “Dogs of the Dow” theory on a sector-by-sector basis using the stocks in the S&P 500....
A: Verisk Analytics, $136.39, symbol VRSK on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 163.1 million; Market cap: $21.2 billion; www.verisk.com), offers risk-assessment services for property/casualty insurers and other businesses....
A: Cematrix Corp., $0.33, symbol CVX on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 60.4 million; Market cap: $19.9 million; www.Cematrix.com), is a Calgary-based manufacturer and installer of what it promotes as technologically advanced cellular concrete products.
Cellular concrete is an innovative construction material consisting of cement, water, a proprietary pre-formed foaming agent, and compressed air....
Cellular concrete is an innovative construction material consisting of cement, water, a proprietary pre-formed foaming agent, and compressed air....
A: The First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF, $22.81, symbol CIBR on Nasdaq (Units outstanding: 46.3 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.ftportfolios.com), gives you direct exposure to companies in the cybersecurity industry....
The human and economic damage from Covid-19 so far is minor, compared to what may happen in the coming weeks and months. The stock-market drop to date partly reflects investor guesswork on that future damage may be. Investors are taking their cue from published predictions about the great damage still to come....
To protect investor value, in the past few years Transcontinental has shifted its focus to packaging and away from its cyclical commercial printing business. That cuts your risk. In fact, the company is so confident about that move and its future it has just raised your dividend.
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....
TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....
ANDREW PELLER LTD. (A shares) is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbols ADW.A $7.98 and ADW.B $8.00; Income Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 44.2 million; Market cap: $352.7 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 1.8%; www.andrewpeller.com) is Canada’s second-largest wine producer, after Arterra Wines.
In its fiscal 2020 third quarter, ended December 31, 2019, Peller’s sales dipped 1.5%, to $101.6 million from $103.2 million a year earlier....
In its fiscal 2020 third quarter, ended December 31, 2019, Peller’s sales dipped 1.5%, to $101.6 million from $103.2 million a year earlier....
We’re promoting four stocks from our Power Growth Investor newsletter to our Successful Investor Aggressive Growth Portfolio. The move reflects their now-large market caps and their established dividend histories. That means they now warrant your consideration.
While they remain riskier than many of our TSI recommendations, these four are leaders in their fields and are using acquisitions to stay on top....
While they remain riskier than many of our TSI recommendations, these four are leaders in their fields and are using acquisitions to stay on top....
A: Illinois Tool Works, $158.23, symbol ITW on NYSE (Shares outstanding: 318.9 million; Market cap: $49.3 billion; www.itw.com),is a multi-industry manufacturing company operating in 53 countries....