These updates will enhance your portfolio: Briggs & Stratton Corp., Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

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BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. $5.55 is still a hold, but its also a good choice for your tax-loss selling. The company (New York symbol BGG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 42.1 million; Market cap: $233.7 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.1; Dividend yield: 3.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.briggsandstratton.com) makes lawnmower engines, portable power generators, pressure washers, and snowblowers and throwers. The stock has rebounded somewhat since plunging to $3.96 in August 2019 after Briggs cut its dividend by 64.3%. Due to its currently depressed stock price, the new annual rate of $0.20 a share yields a high 3.6% for investors. For the quarter ended September 29, 2019, Briggs’s revenue rose 12.4%, to $313.7 million from $279.0 million a year earlier. Investors continue to benefit from strong demand for lawnmower engines, which offset weaker power generator sales. However, losses worsened to $0.67 a share from $0.51, on higher tariffs for imported parts. ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $45 remains a buy. The stock (New York symbol…