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Share splits don’t fundamentally alter the value of a company or its stock,even if they have a fleeting impact on stock marketing trading. After a conventional stock split, good news often follows.
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. $28 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol MFI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 124.0 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mapleleaffoods.com) sells fresh and prepared meats under the Maple Leaf and Schneider labels....
Becton Dickinson & Co.’s presence in virtually every country delivers global reach and resources to capitalize on multiple healthcare trends across diverse markets.
MEDTRONIC PLC, $82.98, symbol MDT on New York, develops, makes and distributes a wide range of healthcare-related devices and equipment. Based on revenue, the company is the world’s largest medical device provider.
Medtronic operates in 150 countries and employs over 90,000 people....
Medtronic operates in 150 countries and employs over 90,000 people....
WALMART INC., $98.24, New York symbol WMT, remains a buy.
The company is the world’s biggest retailer, with 10,784 outlets in 19 countries.
Walmart reported strong-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter. However, concerns that upcoming price hikes in response to tariffs caused the stock to fall 5%.
In the fiscal 2026 first quarter, ended April 30, 2025, sales rose 2.5%, to $165.61 billion from $161.51 billion a year earlier....
The company is the world’s biggest retailer, with 10,784 outlets in 19 countries.
Walmart reported strong-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter. However, concerns that upcoming price hikes in response to tariffs caused the stock to fall 5%.
In the fiscal 2026 first quarter, ended April 30, 2025, sales rose 2.5%, to $165.61 billion from $161.51 billion a year earlier....
New stock issues can be in the form of a spinoff or an IPO. One option is a much better investment than the other
You Can See Our Spinoff Stock Portfolio For June 2025 Here.
Why we like spinoffs so much
We think that spinoffs are the closest thing you can find to a sure thing for two main reasons:
1) The management of a parent company will only hand out shares in a subsidiary to its own investors if it’s all but certain that business, and the parent, will be better off after the spinoff.
2) Spinoffs involve a lot of work and legal fees....
S&P GLOBAL INC. $512 is hold. The company (New York symbol SPGI; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 306.7 million; Market cap: $157.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.8%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.spglobal.com) provides a wide variety of financial information products, including credit ratings, mainly to banks, insurance providers and other financial firms....
Honeywell makes most of its products in the very markets it is selling them to. Even so, it expects new tariffs in the U.S. and other countries will cost it $500 million in 2025.
To offset that, Honeywell will increase some prices and find alternatives for various inputs....
To offset that, Honeywell will increase some prices and find alternatives for various inputs....
MCKESSON CORP. $682 is a buy for aggressive investors. The company (New York symbol MCK; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 125.1 million; Market cap: $85.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.4%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.mckesson.com) is the largest wholesale drug distributor in the U.S....