Updating Apache Corp., Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADRs and Verizon Communications Inc.

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APACHE CORP. $48 (New York symbol APA; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 380.4 million; Market cap: $18.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.3; Dividend yield: 2.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.apachecorp.com) produces oil and natural gas from properties in the U.S., Canada, Egypt and the U.K. Pipeline outages have hurt Apache’s operations in the North Sea. As a result, it expects production for its international operations averaged just 138,000 to 140,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day for the fourth quarter of 2017. That’s down 3% from a year earlier. However, higher-thanexpected production at the company’s properties in Texas likely helped offset that shortfall. Apache is still a hold. HONDA MOTOR CO. LTD. ADRs $36 (New York symbol HMC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $64.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.honda. com) is Japan’s second-largest car-maker and the world’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer. Honda sold 1.29 million vehicles in its fiscal…