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QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. $162 is a buy for our subscribers. The company (New York symbol KWR; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 17.7 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; P/S ratio: 3.0; Divd. yield: 0.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.quakerchem.com) has completed its acquisition of rival Houghton International as a way to add value for investors....
GREAT-WEST LIFECO, $32.72, is still a hold. The stock (Toronto symbol GWO; shares outstanding: 928.0 million; Market cap: $30.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.greatwestlife-co.com) gives you exposure to Canada’s second-largest in-surance company, after Manulife Financial....
Canada’s second largest mortgage insurer, Genworth MI Canada has the earmarks of an attractive value stock, trading at 8 times forecast earnings with a high 4.2% yield. But the stock faces uncertainty over a Chinese takeover bid for its U.S. parent and a potential slippage in Canada’s housing market.
PFIZER INC., $39, (www.pfizer.com) is a buy. Investors in the company will now benefit from the spinoff of its Upjohn business—the firm’s off-patent and generic drug unit. Those operations will then merge with Netherlands-based Mylan N.V....
PFIZER INC., $37.05, is a buy. Investors in the company (New York symbol PFE; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.5 billion; Market cap: $203.8 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%; TSI Takeover Rating: Lowest; www.pfizer.com) will now benefit from the spinoff of its Upjohn business—the firm’s off-patent and generic drug unit....
Welcome to your latest issue of Spinoffs, Takeovers and Special Situations! This month, we update spinoff opportunities poised to deliver strong, long-term returns for investors. They include Trisura (left), Edgewell and Marathon Petroleum.
In addition, we provide you with key analysis of stocks now in the crosshairs of activist investors—and the business media....
PFIZER INC., $37, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.9 billion; Market cap: $218.3 billion; Dividend yield: 3.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pfizer.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs....
Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects.
CBS CORP. (New York symbols CBS.A $42 [class A: one vote per share] and CBS $38 [class B: non-voting]; Consumer Sector; Shares outstanding: 374.7 million; Market cap: $14.2 billion; Dividend yield: 1.9%; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.cbscorporation.com) has agreed to re-merge with VIACOM INC. (Nasdaq symbols VIA $26 [class A: one vote per share] and VIAB $23 [class B: non-voting]; Consumer Sector; Shares outstanding: 403.4 million; Market cap: $9.3 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; www.viacom.com).
Broadcaster CBS originally spun off Viacom, its movie studio business, on January 1, 2006....
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