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We’ve had great success over the years in picking stocks with underappreciated assets. ConAgra, a long-time favourite, is a prime example. It has just handed out shares in its Lamb Weston subsidiary to its investors. Parents and spinoffs tend to outperform comparable stocks....
In addition to Alphabet, we also like the outlook for these three tech leaders. However, after their recent price gains, only two are buys.
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $104 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 497.2 million; Market cap: $51.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.4; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www....
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $104 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 497.2 million; Market cap: $51.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.4; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www....
WAL-MART STORES INC. $71 (New York symbol WMT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 3.1 billion; Market cap: $220.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.walmart.com) will begin offering special price discounts at its e-commerce operations on the day after U.S....
In November 2014, the old Agilent set up its Keysight subsidiary as a separate company and gave its shareholders one Keysight share for every two Agilent shares they held.
Since then, Keysight is up 12% while the new Agilent is down 15%. We still like the outlook for both companies, but see Agilent as the better buy for now....
Since then, Keysight is up 12% while the new Agilent is down 15%. We still like the outlook for both companies, but see Agilent as the better buy for now....
L BRANDS INC. $72 (New York symbol LB; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 286.0 million; Market cap: $20.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.lb.com) owns lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret as well as Bath & Body Works outlets....
Oil prices have moved up from January 2016 lows. However, they are likely to remain volatile for the next year or two due to the slow-growing global economy and uncertainty over OPEC production cuts. We still like the long-term prospects of our two oil stocks—Chevron and Apache—but see only one as a buy for right now....
BOEING CO. $150 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 617.2 million; Market cap: $92.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend yield: 2.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) aims to improve the profitability of its defense and space businesses by shutting two plants in Texas and Virginia....
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $80 (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 166.0 million; Market cap: $13.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 2.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) paid $1.0 billion for Airwave in February 2016....
GANNETT CO., INC. $9.68 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 116.6 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 6.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.gannett.com) publishes over 100 U.S....
IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $120 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 89.7 million; Market cap: $10.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.2; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) makes equipment that veterinarians use to detect diseases in pets....