Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, May 16, 2025

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC., $309.05, symbol ROK on New York, provides industrial automation hardware and software products.

The company’s Intelligent Devices segment accounts for 45% of sales, with its Software and Control business generating 28%, and its Lifecycle Services business contributing the remaining 27%.

Rockwell has customers in… Read More

Here’s 3 more utilities with bright futures

Utility stocks like Fortis (see page 31) remain solid choices for investors looking to lower tariff-related risk.
Here are three more utilities that we feel are excellent choices for most portfolios. All of them are expanding their rate-regulated businesses, which will help them profit from increasing… Read More

PayPal has a bright outlook

PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC. $72 is a buy, but only for aggressive investors. The company (Nasdaq symbol PYPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 989.2 million; Market cap: $71.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.paypal.com) processes online transactions on millions of websites,… Read More