price to sales ratio

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $27 (Toronto symbol FTT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 168.2 million; Market cap: $4.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) sells, rents and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment.


Western Canada (B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Northwest Territories and parts of Nunavut) supplied 50% of the company’s revenue in 2016....
CAMPBELL SOUP CO. $58 (New York symbol CPB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 308.0 million; Market cap: $17.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.campbellsoupcompany.com) is the world’s largest maker of canned soups....
These four technology companies continue to dominate their specific industries. They also spend large sums on the development of products. That makes it difficult for new competitors to cut into their market share.


That high research spending depresses their current earnings and makes them look more expensive in relation to their projected earnings....
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $75 (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 117.1 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing.


In the 2017 third quarter, ended March 31, 2017, revenue jumped 46.4%, to $1.0 billion from $688.8 million a year earlier....
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $122 (New York symbol UTX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 801.2 million; Market cap: $97.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.utc.com) has four main businesses: Climate, Controls & Security makes heating/air conditioning systems (under the Carrier brand) as well as building alarms; Otis makes elevators; Aerospace Systems manufactures aircraft parts; and Pratt & Whitney makes jet engines.


In the three months ended March 31, 2017, United Technologies’ overall sales rose 3.4%, to $13.8 billion from $13.4 billion a year earlier....
Toyota and Honda have moved down since the start of 2017, partly due to fears that the U.S. will impose new tariffs on foreign automakers. However, their well-known brands should continue to spur sales in developing nations.


TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs $107 (New York symbol TM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & In dustry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $160.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 3.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.toyota....
FORD MOTOR CO. $11 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.9 billion; Market cap: $42.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 5.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.ford.com) is the world’s fourth-largest carmaker.


The company sold 1.7 million vehicles in the quarter ended March 31, 2017, down 1.0% from a year earlier....
GANNETT CO., INC. $7.59 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 113.7 million; Market cap: $863.0 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 8.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.gannett.com) publishes over 100 U.S....
FEDEX CORP. $193 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 267.4 million; Market cap: $51.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) delivers packages in the U.S....
ABB LTD. ADRs $25 (New York symbol ABB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $50.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.abb.com) makes transformers, transmission systems and circuit breakers for electrical utilities....