Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019

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Johnson Controls International (NYSE: JCI) and Tencent (OTCMKTS:TCEHY) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

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Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Johnson Controls International 2 8 6 0 2.25 Tencent 0 0 4 0 3.00

Johnson Controls International presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.88%. Tencent has a consensus price target of $65.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.66%. Given Johnson Controls International’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Johnson Controls International is more favorable than Tencent.

Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019: Tyco International Ltd.(Switzerland)

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Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019: Summit State Bank(SSBI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of Summit State Bank (NASDAQ:SSBI) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Saturday.

  Separately, TheStreet raised Summit State Bank from a c+ rating to a b rating in a report on Wednesday, February 14th.

Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019: CRB Futures Index(CR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) insider Brendan Curran sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $91.07, for a total transaction of $273,210.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 14,346 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,306,490.22. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Crew Energy Inc (TSE:CR) has received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the ten analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is C$1.89.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shares of Crew Energy (TSE:CR) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Buy” by the eleven research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$3.37.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Crew Energy (TSE:CR) had its price objective lowered by equities research analysts at Canaccord Genuity from C$4.50 to C$4.00 in a report issued on Tuesday. Canaccord Genuity’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 101.01% from the stock’s previous close.

Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019: ONEOK Inc.(OKE)

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• [By Reuben Gregg Brewer]

  Investing in retirement requires a different focus, usually one that includes a prominent place for dividend income. If dividend-paying stocks are what you're looking for, then you should take a closer look at high-yielding Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK), ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE), and W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC). They offer dividend yields of 4%, 5%, and 6%, respectively... income that could materially increase your retirement "paycheck" and help to supplement Social Security.

• [By Keith Speights]

  Three high-yield dividend stocks definitely disprove the view that high yields are linked to low growth. Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX), ONEOK (NYSE:OKE), and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) have trounced the market so far in 2018. But are these stocks too risky for many investors? Here's what you need to know.

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  Stocks to Watch Today: KHC, HD, JWN, M, AAPL Kraft Heinz Co. (NYSE: KHC) is still licking its wounds after an abysmal earnings report on Thursday and a weak 2019 outlook. The consumer goods giant is looking to reshape its business as consumer tastes continue to evolve. According to reports, the firm – backed heavily by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) – is considering a deal to sell its Maxwell House brand. Warren Buffett is also affecting shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Although AAPL stock added 0.4% in pre-market hours, Buffett said he would not purchase more shares of the company stock at these levels. However, should AAPL stock pull back in the near future, the "Oracle of Omaha" would consider purchasing more. Earnings season may be winding down, but concerns about the U.S. brick-and-mortar retail industry are always high. This week, Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD), Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), and Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) will report earnings from the holiday quarter. Look for earnings reports from American States Water Co. (NYSE: AWR), Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), Etsy Inc. (NASDAQ: ETSY), Life Storage Inc. (NYSE: LSI), Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS), Oneok Inc. (NYSE: OKE), Potbelly Corp. (NASDAQ: PBPB), Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE: APTS), Rent-A-Center Inc. (NASDAQ: RCII), Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHAK), and Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC).

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Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2019: United Bancshares Inc.(UBOH)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  United Bancshares Inc. OH (NASDAQ:UBOH) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now

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Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Canadian National Railway Company(CNI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) saw some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Traders acquired 1,956 put options on the company. This is an increase of 1,818% compared to the typical volume of 102 put options.

• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) and Canadian Pacific (NYSE:CP) have been seeing an uptick in crude-by-rail volumes this year because of pipeline issues in their home country. Canadian National, for example, has transported 50% more oil by rail on a revenue-per-ton mile basis so far in the third quarter of 2018 than it did in the same period of last year. Meanwhile, Canadian Pacific's crude volumes rose 13% in the second quarter to about 134,000 barrels per day (BPD). 

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: 3M Company(MMM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Wealthsource Partners LLC acquired a new stake in 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 1,323 shares of the conglomerate’s stock, valued at approximately $260,000.

• [By Lee Samaha]

  3M Company's (NYSE:MMM) rich valuation meant that any kind of growth mishap in 2018 was going to hurt the stock, and that's just what happened after the company's recent first-quarter earnings report. That said, after Boeing, 3M Company is the largest industrial company by market cap, and it's often a good idea to buy into a great company after it stumbles momentarily. So is it now time to buy into the Dividend Aristocrat? Here are four reasons to avoid the stock and two reasons to buy it.

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  3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) has noted that it has paid its shareholders for more than 100 consecutive years. The diversified conglomerate, which manufactures many products used by households and businesses every day, has increased its annual dividend for 60 consecutive years. The company's market cap is over $120 billion.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  For a second consecutive week, 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) is once again the Dow’s cellar dweller. The industrial giant’s stock added more than 4% last week but even that was not enough to climb out of the basement. 3M shares are now trading down 8.1% for the year to date.

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Plains All American Pipeline L.P.(PAA)

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  Stocks to Watch Today: DIS, TMUS, BP, S Shares of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will lead a busy day of earnings reports. Wall Street is expecting a small decline in revenue for the first quarter. Disney is still in the process of absorbing most of Fox's assets from a deal last June. In addition, Disney will be launching its streaming service, Disney+, and investors will be looking for updates on the project. In deal news, T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is looking to sweeten an offer to regulators to ensure a merger with rival Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). The telecom giant told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it would freeze the prices of many plans if it receives approval for a deal. T-Mobile has offered $26 billion to buy Sprint. Shares of BP Plc. (NYSE: BP) rallied more than 3.7% after the global energy giant topped 2018 earnings expectations. The firm's big bets on shale developments have paid off. Profitability more than doubled over the previous year, while production topped out at 3.7 million barrels per day. Look for earnings reports from Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC), Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM), Becton, Dickenson & Co. (NYSE: BDX), BP Plc. (NYSE: BP), Chubb Ltd. (NYSE: CB), Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), Estee Lauder Co. Inc. (NYSE: EL), Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ), Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA), Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL), Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), and Tableau Software Inc. (NASDAQ: DATA).

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  Want proof? We asked a team of our Motley Fool investors to each highlight a little-known income stock that they are quite fond of. Here's why they called out Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW), Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA), and LaMaitre Vascular (NASDAQ:LMAT). 

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Finally, ExxonMobil is working with Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) to develop a large-scale oil pipeline out of the Permian. Exxon, Plains All American, and another partner recently agreed to move forward with construction on the Wink-to-Webster pipeline, which would transport 1 million barrels of oil per day from the Permian to refineries and export terminals along the Gulf Coast when it comes online in the first half of 2021. However, the companies are in discussions with the developers of a rival project to combine them into one large-scale pipeline, which is currently on track to start up by the middle of next year.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Two years ago, Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) and Plains GP Holdings (NYSE:PAGP) took a step to simplify their corporate structure by eliminating the costly incentive distribution rights (IDRs) that Plains All American paid to Plains GP. In exchange, Plains GP acquired a 34.8% stake in the MLP. While that deal was certainly a step in the right direction, the companies could eventually take the next logical progression by combining into one entity.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Back in June, Exxon and oil pipeline company Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA) signed a letter of intent to pursue the creation of a joint venture that would build another oil pipeline out of the Permian Basin. Exxon and Plains All American envisioned a more than 1 million barrel-a-day pipeline that would move oil produced by Exxon and others to refining and export markets along the Gulf Coast.

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Natural Gas(NG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Wells Fargo & Company MN lowered its stake in shares of NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:NG) (TSE:NG) by 5.1% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,071,600 shares of the mining company’s stock after selling 57,571 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN’s holdings in NovaGold Resources were worth $4,640,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Novagold Resources (NASDAQ:NG) was upgraded by equities research analysts at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  Canadian gold mining company NovaGold Resources Inc. (NYSE: NG) shows an even starker change in sentiment. In the last 12 months, the volume of short bets on the stock declined 79%, to 522,400.

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.(NUS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Federated Investors Inc. PA raised its holdings in Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:NUS) by 20.7% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 125,726 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 21,522 shares during the quarter. Federated Investors Inc. PA’s holdings in Nu Skin Enterprises were worth $9,267,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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  Pivotal Research reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE:NUS) in a research report sent to investors on Wednesday morning. They currently have a $85.00 target price on the stock.

Top Canadian Stocks To Buy Right Now: Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc(VRX)

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  Other recent false "tells" of "unusual call activity" have included Lowe's (LOW) , Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) , Walmart (WMT) and Walt Disney Co. (DIS) . All of these stocks tanked within one or two weeks of the unusual call trading.

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  Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) : "I think they're doing a good job. I don't want to sell it. "

  Dominion Energy (D) : "At a 5% yield, I'm pulling the trigger right here. Buy."

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  In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on Salesforce.com (CRM) , American Airlines (AAL) , Align Technology (ALGN) , Procter & Gamble (PG) , United Bankshares (UBSI) , Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) and Dominion Energy (D) .

Stock market's gain the last 10 years is one of its best runs since the 1800s

Ten years off the financial crisis bottom, the stock market scored one of its best decades in nearly 140 years.

According to Goldman Sachs, the 10-year trailing annual return for the S&P 500 of 15 percent ranks in the 94th percentile of all 10-year periods going all the way back to 1880. The typical 10-year trailing return since 1880 is 9 percent.

(Note the S&P 500 goes back to the 1920s so Goldman likely used a proxy for equity returns back to the 19th century.)

"One of the unique parts about the decade-long bull market is that it's been driven by a couple different things in its life," said Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report Research. "In the beginning it was the Fed ... the round after round of QE. That's what really got us going."

"Then that transitioned to something more traditionally sustainable, which was an economic resurgence. We saw that in the middle of the decade. And then tax cuts created a earnings-based bull market," he added.

Back close to record high

The market regained more than 300 percent from its financial crisis intraday low of 666 hit in March 2009. The S&P 500 hit an all-time high in August 2018 on pro-business policies such as corporate tax cuts. And 2019 has been a record-setting year so far as stocks posted their best start to a year in at least 30 years.

The S&P 500 is now just under 5 percent from that August all-time high.

But it wasn't all smooth sailing. The most recent market crash happened at the end of 2018 when the stock market suffered its worst December since the Great Depression. Triggered by fears of a too-aggressive Federal Reserve and a possible recession, the S&P 500 plunged 20 percent from its high on an intraday basis through Christmas Eve, dipping into a technical bear market within a bull market.

Momentum running out?

After this historic decade-long run, there are signs that enthusiasm could be waning. Investors have pulled money from the stock market so far this year. Citi's equity strategist Robert Buckland called stocks' 2019 rally a "flowless" one as the market shoots up despite a whopping $31 billion net outflows from equity funds. Buybacks, instead of investor inflows, are now driving the market, Buckland said.

The December sell-off "was really jarring because everyone is aware how old this expansion is. Bull markets do not last forever. So any sign that the party is over and the bull market is ending really strikes fear in investors' minds because the last bad sell-off we went through was 10 years ago and it was a disaster. Even 10 years on, I think people definitely have not forgotten that," Essaye said.

But if investors do start to buy in again, it could add momentum to the rally, Citi said. Some industry players think the market's bull run got a new lease on life after December's wipeout and could now carry on for an 11th year as the Fed turned more dovish.

Cramer Remix: Why I still have faith in Boeing

Financial news have been "correctly" dominated by the Federal Aviation Administration's order that Boeing 737 Max jets be grounded in the United States after two of the planes were involved in fatal crashes in less than five months, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Wednesday.

The "Mad Money" host addressed questions he has been asked about how the event could affect the stock. Shares of the airplane manufacturer saw a 0.46 percent bump during the session, but he said it's "too soon" to assess the impact.

But Cramer isn't giving up on the company.

"I have total confidence in the Boeing company to get to the bottom of this and to restore any trust lost in the company," he said. "If that's enough, you should buy it."

Hear Cramer react to Boeing's woes here

Time for munchies Scott Olson | Getty Images Kraft and Heinz products

Innovative companies have been some of the biggest winners when the stock market rises and it's a theme that established names should take note of, Cramer said.

All of the major markets made gains during the session—the Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 148 points, the S&P 500 increased 0.7 percent to top 2,800, the Nasdaq closed up 0.7 percent—powered by the tech and semiconductor sectors.

Facebook, Google-parent Alphabet, and Amazon with their targeted ads have disrupted traditional advertising and ad-supported media, which is getting behind subscription models and paywalls, Cramer said. Financial technology stocks like Visa, PayPal, and Square, among others, are changing the way people bank and manage their money, he added.

"Trying to reinvent your business has its risks, but standing still may be an even dicier proposition," the host said. "You either disrupt or you get disrupted—the companies that do nothing have the stocks that should be sold."

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Leaving the house for TJ Maxx Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The reflection of shoppers are seen in a window at a TJ Maxx store in Peoria, Illinois.

Amazon has been ripping through traditional retail, but TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Home Goods' parent company TJX hasn't lost much of a beat, Cramer said.

The bears have been skeptical about the sustainability of the company's business model, but TJX is adding more brick-and-mortar locations and investing little online, he said. The stock plummeted after it delivered good quarterly results with shaky guidance last November, but it turned out that there was nothing to fear, he added.

Cramer thinks there's a chance that investors could pull the trigger and buy the stock.

Find out when to buy TJX here

Getting in the cloud Brendan McDermid | Reuters Dell CEO Michael Dell speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 2, 2018

Dell Technologies is no longer just a PC company now that it is equipped to help companies adapt to the future of technology and focused on being inclusive of people that have been left out, CEO Michael Dell told CNBC Wednesday.

The information technology corporation, which began trading publicly again in late December after a nearly five-year hiatus, has adopted a new purpose since acquiring majority stakes in VMware, the former EMC Corporation, and Pivotal Software in recent years.

We "really have positioned ourselves as a company that can help our customers with the digital transformation: their journey to the cloud, and modernizing their IT environments, their workforce environment, and also IT security," he said in a sit-down interview with Cramer.

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How far can Wells Fargo's rebound go? Erin Scott | Reuters Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing titled: "Holding Megabanks Accountable: An Examination of Wells Fargo's Pattern of Consumer Abuses" in Washington, March 12, 2019.

Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan faced the House Financial Services Committee and its Chairwoman Maxine Waters on Tuesday. Cramer pointed out that members of the committee questioned the banker's integrity and sincerity as he defended the institution's clean up following the fake account scandal.

But the stock barley took a hit, the host said, and it's up more than 8 percent this year. Has the smoke cleared on Wells Fargo?

Listen to Cramer's thoughts here

Overcharge? Steve Marcus | Reuters A man walks through light rain in front of the Hey Google booth under construction at the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for the 2018 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 8, 2018.

Cramer loves Apple, Facebook, and Alphabet, but the host said he's a bit nervous about the stocks' multiple expansions. That's when investors pay more for the same amount of earnings, he explained.

Cramer thinks the stocks fell too low in the fourth quarter, but he said he winces about the recent action. Apple and Alphabet are up about 15 percent this year and Facebook is up more than 32 percent—but there hasn't been much major development in either of the companies.

Stocks shouldn't rally only on "hope," he said.

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Cramer's lightning round: I'm not betting against this guy

In Cramer's lightning round, the "Mad Money" host gave callers his thoughts on their stock picks.

Aphria Inc.: "The guy who actually I think runs it day to day is Irwin Simon, our old friend from Hain Celestial, and I think that Irwin can pull something off here. I'm not betting against him. I don't want to."

NovaGold Resources Inc.: "You know, NovaGold—look it's just really, really speculative. It has not worked out for a lot of people. I say you gotta stick with [CEO Mark] Bristow and Barrick [Gold Corp]. That's what I want you to do."

Inspire Medical Systems Inc.: "Yeah, I actually know this company—neurostimulation. I think it's a good [speculation] 'cause neurostimulation is the future as we know because when we interviewed ... Medtronic [CEO] Omar Ishrak, he talked about it being terrific, that technology."

Disclosure: Cramer's charitable trust owns shares of Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon, and PayPal.

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Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now

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Penny stocks – those stocks that trade for low prices, often with share prices of less than a dollar per share – are dangerous. Period. Indeed, with a few exceptions, investors should steer clear of these uber-cheap stocks, which typically trade over-the-counter and not on a major exchange.

Call them penny stocks, microcaps or OTC stocks; by any name, they're bad news. Promises of quick and easy riches are easier to fall for when an investment can be made with so little money up front. An investor might think, "How risky could it be?"

Plenty. Per the Securities and Exchange Commission: "Academic studies find that OTC stocks tend to be highly illiquid; are frequent targets of alleged market manipulation; generate negative and volatile investment returns on average; and rarely grow into a large company or transition to listing on a stock exchange."

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Kohl's Corporation(KSS)

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  The relationship between the P/E ratio and the dividend yield is important to understand here. The lower a company's valuation is, the more valuable the dividend becomes as the dividend yield increases. For instance, with a P/E ratio of about 12, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) could be considered a value stock, and its dividend yields a respectable 3.9%. Its payout ratio -- the percentage of earnings that go to its dividend or dividend per share divided by earnings per share -- is also modest at 48%. Eighty percent is considered the maximum that dividend stocks should aim for in order to leave adequate cash flow for other needs.

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  In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Vincent Shen and senior Motley Fool contributor Adam Levine-Weinberg dive into the latest developments from Macy's (NYSE:M), Kohl's (NYSE:KSS), and Dillard's (NYSE:DDS), which have all enjoyed bullish rallies of 30% in the past month.

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Monday Today will feature a light day of earnings reports, but things will heat up later this week for traditional retail stocks. We'll be looking for stronger earnings thanks to improved consumer confidence and spending. Retail firms reporting earnings include Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS), Ross Stores Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST), Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Foot Locker Inc. (NYSE: FL), and TJX Co. Inc. (NYSE: TJX). PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) announced it will purchase the at-home carbonated drink manufacturer SodaStream International Ltd. (Nasdaq: SODA) in a deal worth $3.2 billion. The news sent SODA shares up 32% this morning and gives Pepsi a distribution channel to reach customers outside of traditional stores and vending machines. Pepsi appears to be getting out ahead of the growing trend of consumers purchasing groceries online instead of at traditional retail locations. Shares of PEP added 0.4% before the opening bell. Football season is now just three weeks away from kicking off. And America's top spectator sport is trying to resurrect itself from an ongoing public relations battle over the National Anthem. Here's the thing: Esports don't face such a problem… and they are on their way to becoming the world's largest sport in the world – scoring more fans than baseball, basketball, football, and soccer combined within two decades. Best of all, we found the perfect stock to help Money Morning readers cash in on this booming trend. Follow topicMorning Market Alert

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  Macy's (M) was downgraded by Morgan Stanley, which is hurting shares of Kohl's (KSS) , according to TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  California State Teachers Retirement System trimmed its stake in shares of Kohl’s Co. (NYSE:KSS) by 3.4% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 325,416 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,625 shares during the quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Kohl’s were worth $21,318,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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  It's a smart move. Instead of going more upscale to try and compete with the fancier boutiques, Macy's is now emulating the discount model that has served Kohl's Corp. (NYSE: KSS) and TJX Cos. (NYSE:TJX) so well.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Compass Minerals Intl Inc(CMP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Shares of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $74.33.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Compcoin (CURRENCY:CMP) traded flat against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 11:00 AM E.T. on October 13th. During the last seven days, Compcoin has traded up 12.6% against the US dollar. One Compcoin coin can currently be purchased for approximately $12.20 or 0.00130307 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Compcoin has a total market cap of $0.00 and approximately $0.00 worth of Compcoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

• [By Motley Fool Transcription]

  Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Feb. 12, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) was downgraded by investment analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note issued to investors on Monday.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Rent-A-Center Inc.(RCII)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  AerCap (NYSE: AER) and Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  An issue of Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) bonds fell 1% against their face value during trading on Thursday. The high-yield issue of debt has a 6.625% coupon and will mature on November 15, 2020. The debt is now trading at $99.07 and was trading at $100.50 one week ago. Price moves in a company’s bonds in credit markets often predict parallel moves in its stock price.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp decreased its holdings in shares of Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) by 52.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 72,200 shares of the company’s stock after selling 79,200 shares during the period. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp owned about 0.14% of Rent-A-Center worth $623,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Rent-A-Center (RCII)

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Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: S&P GSCI(GD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Smith]

  Five years ago, General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) was struck by disaster.

  Years of acquisitions in the IT space, designed to turn the defense giant best known for its battle tanks and nuclear submarines into a cybersecurity specialist, had failed to produce significant profit growth. Instead, realizing that it had overpaid for its new subsidiaries, General D acknowledged its mistake, took a $2.9 billion charge to earnings, fired its IT division head (or allowed him to retire "to pursue new professional opportunities"), and reported only its second full-year net loss in the last 30 years.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Summit Financial Group Inc. lowered its position in General Dynamics Co. (NYSE:GD) by 26.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,470 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 2,000 shares during the quarter. Summit Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in General Dynamics were worth $1,020,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) are two of the most interesting defense companies to watch right now, each with an impressive list of programs benefiting from increased Pentagon spending but each with issues that have caused investor concerns.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.(XPO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  XPO Logistics (NYSE:XPO)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by research analysts at Bank of America in a research note issued on Friday. They presently have a $105.00 target price on the transportation company’s stock. Bank of America’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 4.86% from the stock’s previous close.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on XPO Logistics (XPO)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Mutual of America Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in XPO Logistics Inc (NYSE:XPO) by 32.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,125 shares of the transportation company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,740 shares during the quarter. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in XPO Logistics were worth $714,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated(UNH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Trey Thoelcke]

  UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s (NYSE: UNH) death cross came this week, and on last look both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages were on the decline. This stock also makes the list of best dividend stocks for retirees to own. Since the beginning of the year, its shares are up 9% or so, and Wall Street analysts on average recommend buying the shares.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) traded up 3.08% at $223.90 in a 52-week range of $164.60 to $250.79. Volume of about 3.5 million shares was about 10% below the daily average. The company had no specific news.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its stake in UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) by 115.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 26,953 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock after buying an additional 14,448 shares during the quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in UnitedHealth Group were worth $6,663,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:

  Get UnitedHealth Group alerts: Medical Software Rallies As Health Care’s Tech Conversion Accelerates (investors.com) What Are UnitedHealth's Key Sources of Revenue? (trefis.com) Humana (HUM) and Monida Ink Deal, Enhances In-Network Access (finance.yahoo.com) Is UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Outperforming Other Medical Stocks This Year? (finance.yahoo.com) UnitedHealth Group (UNH) Price Target Increased to $285.00 by Analysts at BMO Capital Markets (americanbankingnews.com)

  A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $275.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of UnitedHealth Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $278.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $275.00 price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 18th. Piper Jaffray Companies reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $270.00 price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group in a report on Wednesday, April 18th. Finally, Credit Suisse Group increased their price objective on shares of UnitedHealth Group from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 18th. Twenty-seven research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $257.58.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc.(WEN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  The Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 21, 2019, 8:30 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Todd Campbell]

  He's been the non-executive chairman of Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) since June 2007 and a director at Wendy's since 1993. He's also an independent director of Sysco, a food distributor; an independent director of Madison Square Garden; and a former director at H.J. Heinz and Kraft Heinz Foods.

• [By Chris Lange]

  Wendy's Co. (NASDAQ: WEN) shares saw a handy gain on Thursday after the company announced that it accepted an offer to sell its 12.3% ownership interest in Inspire Brands back to that company for $450 million. This is a solid win for Nelson Peltz and Wendy's in general.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Papa John's International (NASDAQ:PZZA) was reportedly willing to sell itself, and Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) might have been interested in buying, until comments deemed racially insensitive by the pizzeria's founder John Schnatter led to his resignation as company chairman -- and caused the burger joint to back away from further negotiations.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Sirius XM Radio Inc.(SIRI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Hill]

  Lastly, the Fools answer a classic question from a listener: "When should an investor start taking profits on a multibagger stock? Or should he just hold on forever?" Since the answer to this depends a lot on the company, they both talk generally and address the case of the listener's stock -- Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) -- which is up around 500% since he bought it.

• [By Chris Lange]

  It was announced on Monday that Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) would be acquired by Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI). While this deal might look good at first glance, one analyst believes that Pandora shareholders will shoot down any acquisition hopes.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Sirius XM Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SIRI) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 196,142,023 shares, an increase of 1.7% from the August 15th total of 192,889,327 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 11,084,621 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 17.7 days. Approximately 14.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI) is putting a little more change in the pockets of its shareholders. The satellite radio provider is increasing its payout, boosting its quarterly dividend by 10% to $0.0121 a share. 

• [By Daniel B. Kline]

  SiriusXM (NASDAQ:SIRI) has quietly become a sort of default option for many car owners. Since the service is built into many new vehicles, people get to sample it, and it's very easy to keep the service beyond the initial trial.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: International Business Machines Corporation(IBM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Leo Sun]

  Investors often consider Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) to be mature tech stocks that are owned more for stability and income than for growth. Yet over the past 12 months, Cisco's stock surged nearly 50% as IBM advanced just 1%. Let's see why investors were excited about Cisco but less thrilled about Big Blue's prospects -- and whether or not that trend will continue.

• [By Keith Noonan, Rich Smith, and Timothy Green]

  With that in mind, we asked three Motley Fool investors to identify a top high-yield stock that's worth holding forever. Read on to see why they picked UBS (NYSE:UBS), International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), and AT&T (NYSE:T).

• [By Chris Lange]

  International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is expected to report its first-quarter results on Tuesday. The analysts' consensus forecast is EPS of $2.52 on $8.26 billion in revenue. Shares were changing hands at $156.71 as last week came to a close. The consensus price target is $170.75, and the stock has a 52-week range of $139.13 to $171.69.

• [By Money Morning News Team]

  Plus, this ETF gives you exposure to IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), and Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL).

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Invest In Right Now: USG Corporation(USG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Warren Buffett likes to hold his stock positions for the long run, and his experience with USG (NYSE:USG) has been typical of his other long-term investments. The Oracle of Omaha started buying shares of the manufacturer of Sheetrock drywall and other building materials back in 2000, accumulating a sizable stake that has ballooned to more than 30% of the company. USG ended up going through bankruptcy in order to get a handle on its asbestos liability claims, but thanks largely to Buffett's involvement, the building materials company not only survived bankruptcy but also saw share prices soar briefly on hopes that USG would once again fully participate in the then-strong housing boom.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on USG (USG)

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WARNING: “USG (USG) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results” was originally posted by Ticker Report and is owned by of Ticker Report. If you are viewing this report on another publication, it was stolen and republished in violation of U.S. and international trademark & copyright laws. The correct version of this report can be read at https://www.tickerreport.com/banking-finance/4157507/usg-usg-issues-quarterly-earnings-results.html.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on USG (USG)

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of USG (NYSE:USG) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a report published on Tuesday.

  A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Credit Suisse Group upgraded shares of USG from an underperform rating to a neutral rating and dropped their target price for the company from $35.00 to $24.00 in a research note on Friday, April 27th. Jefferies Group reiterated a hold rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of USG in a research note on Monday, April 23rd. SunTrust Banks boosted their target price on shares of USG from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 17th. Buckingham Research boosted their target price on shares of USG from $34.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Monday, April 16th. Finally, Nomura boosted their target price on shares of USG from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a neutral rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $39.00.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now

tags:GBCI,TRXC,WTS,SMLR,HTY,VLY,

Ridgewood, NJ, based Investment company Advisors Capital Management, LLC buys Aircastle, Alphabet, Gaming and Leisure Properties, Agilent Technologies, AECOM, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Allergan PLC, NVR, Ciena, Quest Diagnostics, sells Kinder Morgan, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Ares Capital, AT&T, Six Flags Entertainment during the 3-months ended 2017-03-31, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Advisors Capital Management, LLC. As of 2017-03-31, Advisors Capital Management, LLC owns 175 stocks with a total value of $1.2 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells.

New Purchases: AYR, GOOG, GLPI, A, ACM, BUD, AGN, CIEN, DGX, AR, Added Positions: NVR, Reduced Positions: KMIPRA, BXMT, ARCC, T, SIX, CY, MIC, IBM, GM, MO, Sold Out: MSFT, TREX, SWNC, EFA, PEG, SWN,

For the details of Advisors Capital Management, LLC's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Advisors+Capital+Management%2C+LLC

These are the top 5 holdings of Advisors Capital Management, LLCKinder Morgan Inc (KMIPRA) - 27,070 shares, 2.33% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 94.85%Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc (BXMT) - 26,166 shares, 2.25% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 96.84%Broadcom Ltd (AVGO) - 24,851 shares, 2.14% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 78.4%Qualcomm Inc (QCOM) - 24,706 shares, 2.13% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 91.4%Ares Capital Corp (ARCC) - 24,487 shares, 2.11% of the total portfolio. Shares reduced by 98.18%New Purchase: Aircastle Ltd (AYR)

Advisors Capital Management, LLC initiated holdings in Aircastle Ltd. The purchase prices were between $21.11 and $25.65, with an estimated average price of $23.15. The stock is now traded at around $23.56. The impact to the portfolio due to this purchase was 1.72%. The holdings were 19,983 shares as of 2017-03-31.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Glacier Bancorp, Inc.(GBCI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  News articles about Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Glacier Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the bank an impact score of 46.4959679542028 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next several days.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Glacier Bancorp (GBCI)

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Glacier Bancorp (GBCI)

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• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Swiss National Bank lifted its position in Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) by 2.2% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 135,800 shares of the bank’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,900 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned about 0.16% of Glacier Bancorp worth $5,212,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: TransEnterix, Inc.(TRXC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By George Budwell]

  Shares of the robotic surgery company TransEnterix (NYSEMKT:TRXC) ended the day higher by a healthy 12.8%. The catalyst? 

  The robotic surgery company's shares perked up in response to a bullish note by RBC Capital analyst Glenn Novarro. Specifically, Novarro stated that the commercial launch of TransEnterix's newly approved Senhance system should only continue to gain momentum going forward, and the system's sales should more than double from current levels before year's end.

• [By Brian Feroldi]

  In response to reporting first-quarter results, shares of TransEnterix (NYSEMKT:TRXC), a commercial-stage company focused on robotic surgery, jumped 18% as of 11:05 a.m. EDT on Wednesday.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  But Blink and our other penny stocks to watch are unlikely to continue to lock in such spectacular gains in June. After looking at our 10 top penny stocks to watch this month, we'll show you a small-cap stock with great profit potential in its future…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Month's Gain  Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) $7.07 439.85% Senes Tech Inc. (Nasdaq: SNES) $1.27 175.40% Vivis Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) $0.77 150.41% Adomani Inc. (Nasdaq: ADOM) $1.49 137.68% NF Energy Saving Co. (Nasdaq: NFEC) $2.34 134.88% Vaalco Energy Inc. (NYSE: EGY) $2.15 109.06% Heat Biologics Inc. (Nasdaq: HTBX) $2.35 99.12% ArQule Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) $4.88 90.74% LiqTech International Inc. (NYSE: LIQT) $0.66 85.60% Transenterix Inc. (NYSE: TRXC) $3.46 77.84%

  While last month's gains are tremendous, they also illustrate the inherent dangers that come with investing in penny stocks.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.(WTS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Watts Water Technologies Inc (NYSE:WTS) major shareholder Timothy P. Horne sold 3,719 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.00, for a total transaction of $301,239.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 29,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,405,700. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Major shareholders that own at least 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA lessened its stake in Watts Water Technologies Inc (NYSE:WTS) by 40.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,698 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 9,975 shares during the quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA’s holdings in Watts Water Technologies were worth $1,142,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) by 0.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 952,176 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 3,219 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp owned approximately 2.79% of Watts Water Technologies worth $73,984,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Watts Water Technologies (NYSE: WTS) and ARC Group WorldWide (NASDAQ:ARCW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  First Trust Advisors LP lifted its position in Watts Water Technologies Inc (NYSE:WTS) by 20.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 157,253 shares of the technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 26,663 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Watts Water Technologies were worth $12,329,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Semler Scientific, Inc.(SMLR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Semler Scientific (OTCMKTS:SMLR) and ENDRA Life Sciences (NASDAQ:NDRA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and dividends.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Biosig Technologies (NASDAQ:BSGM) and Semler Scientific (OTCMKTS:SMLR) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: John Hancock Tax-Advantaged Global Shareholder Yield Fund(HTY)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  John Hancock Tax-Advntgd Glbl SH Yld Fd (NYSE:HTY) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 23rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.16 per share on Friday, September 28th. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.68%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 13th.

Best Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Valley National Bancorp(VLY)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) by 213.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 164,630 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 112,156 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Valley National Bancorp were worth $2,002,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  New Mexico Educational Retirement Board reduced its position in Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) by 14.7% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 62,100 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 10,700 shares during the quarter. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board’s holdings in Valley National Bancorp were worth $755,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Media headlines about Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Valley National Bancorp earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.7359041169613 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the nine brokerages that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $13.96.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a sell rating. According to Zacks, “Valley National Bancorp is a bank holding company whose principal subsidiary is Valley National Bank. Valley National Bank provides a full range of commercial and retail banking services through branch offices located in northern New Jersey. These services include the following: the acceptance of demand, savings and time deposits; extension of consumer, real estate, Small Business Administration and other commercial credits; title insurance; investment services; and full personal and corporate trust, as well as pension and fiduciary services. “

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Valley National Bank (NYSE:VLY) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 22nd, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.11 per share by the financial services provider on Tuesday, July 3rd. This represents a $0.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.39%.

HSA Taxes in 2019: 4 Must-Know Facts

Health savings accounts don't have the following that retirement accounts have, but used properly, they offer tax breaks that surpass what even an IRA or a 401(k) account can provide. Moreover, given the need to save money toward six-figure healthcare expenses in retirement, one could argue that an HSA really is a tax-favored retirement account.

Not everyone can use an HSA, because the accounts are only available to those who have a particular type of healthcare coverage. Nevertheless, it's worth checking your health insurance policy to see if it lets you use an HSA, or if you can switch to another policy that does. Below, you'll find four key facts about health savings accounts that you need to know to make a smart decision about using them.

1. Why HSA tax breaks can't be beaten

With most tax-favored accounts, you have to make a choice between two primary tax benefits. Some accounts, such as a traditional IRA, let you get an upfront deduction for the money that you set aside toward retirement. In exchange, though, you have to pay tax on traditional IRA withdrawals when you take money out after you retire. Conversely, other accounts, such as Roth IRAs, let you take out money tax-free in retirement, but you don't get any upfront deduction when you contribute.

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Health savings accounts give you both of these favorable tax treatments in one package. Not only do you get to deduct your contributions, but you also get to treat withdrawals as being tax-free -- as long as you use them toward paying qualifying healthcare expenses.

Those who have HSAs as a workplace benefit can sometimes get even better treatment under an HSA. Some employers make their own contributions to HSAs, and again, as long as you spend that money on healthcare, there aren't any tax consequences.

2. High-deductible health plans and HSAs

Only those who have high-deductible health plans are allowed to open health savings accounts. In order for a health insurance policy to comply with HSA rules, it needs to have certain deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. For 2019, here are the limits:

Deductibles must be at least $1,350 for self-only insurance policies, or $2,700 for policies offering family coverage. Maximum out-of-pocket amounts are $6,750 for self-only coverage, or $13,500 for family coverage.

It's possible to have some limited supplemental insurance policies in specialized areas, such as dental or vision coverage, without jeopardizing your HSA status. However, if your health plan has lower deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums than the standards above, then you won't be able to use an HSA.

3. HSA contribution limits are on the rise

For 2019, the maximum contribution amounts for HSAs are on the rise. Most people can put up to $3,500 into an HSA if they have coverage only for themselves individually, or $7,000 for a policy offering family coverage. Those numbers are up $50 and $100, respectively, from their corresponding 2018 limits.

If you're 55 or older, you also get to make a catch-up contribution if you want. That boosts the total permitted contribution by $1,000, taking it up to $4,500 or $8,000, depending on whether your policy covers just yourself or also includes your whole family.

Like IRAs, you have a few extra months to contribute to an HSA for a given tax year. The deadline for 2018 HSA contributions is April 15, though, so you don't have much more time to get moving.

4. You can use HSA funds for a lot of purposes -- or keep them for future years

The IRS is pretty lenient about what you can use HSA money for. Basic medical services on either an inpatient or outpatient basis are generally permitted, as are prescription drugs, medical equipment, and just about any other expense that would qualify for the medical expense deduction elsewhere under the tax laws. You can use HSA money for your own healthcare or for those of a spouse, child, or other dependents.

Unlike some savings vehicles for medical expenses, you don't have to forfeit your HSA money if you don't use it each year. Instead, HSA money carries forward year after year, and you can name a specified beneficiary to inherit the account if you don't use it up before you die.

Take a closer look at HSAs

A health savings account is a great way to save, with many hidden benefits that few people know about. You might not qualify, but if you do, you won't want to miss the opportunities HSAs offer.

No Lyft Stock for Me, Thank You Very Much

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Tim Melvin

I finally got around to reading the prospectus for Lyft stock this morning.

The cover is a pretty pink slide that suggests that the company has a mission to improve people's lives with better transportation.

The next few pretty in pink pages outline the number of rides and drives the company has and how big the market for ride-sharing services is and how much revenue the company produced in the last year.

The first section is a prospectus summary that is a letter from management to potential shareholders outlining their vision of the future.

Lyft leadership tells us that "We believe that the world is at the beginning of a shift away from car ownership to Transportation-as-a-Service or TaaS. Lyft is at the forefront of this massive societal change. Our ridesharing marketplace connects drivers with riders, and we estimate it is available to over 95% of the U.S. population, as well as in select cities in Canada. In 2018, almost half of our riders reported that they use their cars less because of Lyft, and 22% reported that owning a car has become less important. As this evolution continues, we believe there is a massive opportunity for us to improve the lives of our riders by connecting them to more affordable and convenient transportation options."

Sounds pretty, doesn't it?

That's until you take a deeper look and see what financial troubles are hiding in plain sight behind those rose tinted glasses.

Follow The Dollar Signs, Not Some Magical Rainbow

To be as frank as I can ever be, I have one major problem with it all.

As I went through the document, my overriding thought was that the more I learned about the company, the less I would ever consider it as a long-term investment.

In short, it is pretty much a load of crap.

The company is simply not profitable.

In fact, on revenues of $2.2 billion, they managed to lose over $900 million.

Lest you think that the loss is from extensive R&D spending to grow the company from its current "Unicorn" status to the "Unicorn on a Magic Carpet" level, I will assure you that most of the loss is from existing operations.

R&D is an impressive $300 million, which leaves a loss from operations of more than $600 million.

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There is a lot of talk about people giving up their cars and just using ride-sharing companies of their future transportation needs in the filing.

While that may be the case in dense urban areas, it severely underestimates the love of the average American for their car.

No one ever waited tables or bussed tables to save up for their first LYFT ride, but there are hundreds of thousands of teens asking if you want fries with that to put together enough scratch for their first ride as I type this.

I must confess that my wife and I use both Lyft and Uber.

I had never used it until I was out in Chicago to see the kids and go to the 2016 World Series.

When I was getting ready to call a cab to the airport, my son-in-law snatched the phone out of my hands and downloaded one of the apps.

Upon my return home, we discovered that when we were heading out to dinner using a ride-sharing service meant we didn't have to flip a coin to see who could have a cocktail before dinner and who could drink away.

Using Lyft or Uber means we don't have to worry about parking or traffic in the tourist areas where all the best dining spots can be found.

I tell you this to point out that I am not against the whole ride-sharing concept.

When we use them, we find that at times they are incredibly cost-effective and useful.

However, I am against owning companies that have negative stockholder equity, lose money, and have significant competition.

That's what we have with Lyft.

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Why Array BioPharma Stock Soared 22.9% in February

What happened

Shares of Array BioPharma (NASDAQ:ARRY) gained 22.9% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is up 63% in 2019 through March 5.

The Boulder, Colorado-based biotech is focused on developing targeted small molecule drugs to treat patients afflicted with cancer.

For some context, the S&P 500 index returned 3.2% in February and has returned 11.7% so far this year.

Image source: Getty Images.

So what 

We can attribute Array BioPharma stock's strong performance last month to the company's Feb. 4 release of fiscal second-quarter 2019 results that were better than expected. Following the release, shares gained 11% on Feb. 5 and continued to move higher during the month. 

In the quarter, Array BioPharma's revenue grew 45% year over year to $82.5 million, breezing by the $52.4 million that Wall Street was expecting. Its net loss narrowed to $0.05 per share, from $0.17 per share in the year-ago period. The Street was looking for a loss of $0.15 per share. 

Data source: YCharts.

U.S. sales of its two drugs to treat metastatic melanoma in patients with a BRAF mutation, Braftovi and Mektovi, totaled $22.7 million, a 62% increase from the previous quarter. Collaboration and license revenue contributed $50.9 million, $40 million of which was a milestone payment from Loxo Oncology (NASDAQ:LOXO), and reimbursement revenue added $8.9 million to total revenue.

The drug combination is being rolled out in Europe and, in January, received approval in Japan.

In the earnings release, Array BioPharma provided an update on its clinical trial progress for its drug combination targeting BRAF-mutant, metastatic colorectal cancer. The combination produced overall survival of 15.3 months in a safety lead-in of Phase 3 trial. BRAF mutations occur in about 15% of colorectal cancer patients.

Now what

Investors should be getting some material news by the end of the first half of this year. The company said that if top-line data for its colorectal cancer study is positive, it plans to ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an accelerated approval.

Here's Why Old Dominion Shares Climbed 10.9% in February

What happened

Shares of Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) were up 10.9% in February, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the trucking company posted fourth-quarter results that exceeded expectations. This was due to impressive revenue growth and cost management.

So what

Old Dominion recorded fourth-quarter earnings of $1.95 per share, 62% higher than a year prior and well above the $1.75 per-share average analysts were expecting. Revenue increased 15% year over year, to $1.026 billion, also ahead of estimates, and operating income grew 43% from a year prior, to $218.8 million.

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The growth is nice, but Old Dominion is a standout for its ability to control costs. The company recorded an operating ratio -- a measure of total expenses relative to its revenue -- of 78.7%, it's third-consecutive quarter with a sub-80% ratio. For the year, Old Dominion recorded its first-ever operating ratio below 80%, despite increasing employee headcount in 2018.

Now what

Old Dominion intends to add 10 service centers in 2019, up from six in 2018, in an effort to gain market share and better handle increased volumes through its network. Still, overall capital spending for the year is expected to decline to $490 million in 2019 from $588 million last year.

Shares of Old Dominion have more than doubled over the past three years as the company and its shareholders have benefited from a strong economy, the growth of e-commerce, and new driver regulations that disproportionately hurt smaller operators.

As long as the U.S. economy remains healthy, Old Dominion should continue to post good results. And when economic conditions do turn south, Old Dominion's efficient operations should help ensure it's able to weather the storm.

Meet Fifth Wall: The VC firm helping digital retailers open physical stores

There's a wave of digital retailers moving from the internet and into some of the empty mall space left vacant by companies in bankruptcy, like Sears and Payless ShoeSource, or trimming back their real estate, like Gap.

One venture-capital firm is at the center of the new normal in retail as traditional sellers scale back their footprint while digitally native companies open some of their first brick-and-mortar locations.

Headquartered in Venice, California, Fifth Wall Ventures has backed more than a dozen businesses to date, including electronic scooter maker Lime, co-working platform Industrious and real-estate analytics company VTS. It has $305 million in assets under management, investing mostly in tech and real estate. Now, it has its eyes set on retail.

Fifth Wall has raised $64.5 million as of November, with a target of $200 million, for a new retail fund, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

So far, the firm has invested in facial company Heydey, shoe maker Taft, furniture brand Interior Define, shirt company Untuckit, hair salon chain Madison Reed and grocer and food delivery platform Foxtrot, according to its website. And it's just getting started, according to the firm's co-founder Brendan Wallace.

"In retail, there's a sea of change happening, where retail landlords are being exposed to the demise of bad brick-and-mortar retail," Wallace told CNBC.

But real estate owners have arguably been slow to move as stores keep going dark at malls. That's partly why Fifth Wall decided it could expand its own business and create a new fund structure to raise capital and "promote collaboration" between landlords and burgeoning brands, Wallace explained. Up-and-coming retailers — like Taft and Interior Define — want "expertise and connections to large retail landlords," he said. Fifth Wall aims to be the glue between the two industries.

Some real estate owners have, meanwhile, been slow to accept the fact that the next wave of growth isn't going to come from traditional clothiers like Victoria's Secret and Gap, but from digital retailers — most of which are privately held. Already this year, roughly 4,300 store closures have been announced across a wide swath of consumer product sellers, ranging from J.C. Penney to Tesla. But online brands like Rebag, Rockets of Awesome and Cuyana are raising money with massive growth ambitions.

"There really isn't a fund that's expressly and explicitly focused on helping brands and technologies that are very young expand into brick and mortar," he said. "There's no shortage of funds that can help with marketing and supply chain ... [but] we have dozens of large real estate corporations that we work with across our funds."

The third-biggest mall owner in the U.S., Macerich, is a limited partner in Fifth Wall and renting space to one of their investments — menswear company Untuckit, helping the apparel brand reach its goal of having 100 stores open in four years.

Building on the strengths of each other, Fifth Wall and Macerich take meetings in Santa Monica together each month to discuss hot brands coming to market — ones that are looking to open stores — and how they can all collaborate.

Macerich is "by far the most forward-looking and innovative" mall owner today, Wallace said. "They're using capital to build relationships with new technologies and new brands." One example of this is its newly launched business called BrandBox where Macerich is carving out spaces at its malls for a handful of young brands to come together and sell there on a rotating basis.

"The savvy operators in this space, like Untuckit, realize retail [has been] an underappreciated channel to acquire customers." -Kevin Campos, Fifth Wall Principal

Fifth Wall has, meanwhile, beefed up its staff with former retail execs.

"Eighty-five percent of commerce is still happening offline," said Dan Wenhold, the former head of retail at men's formalwear brand Black Tux who's now at Fifth Wall. "The majority of customers still shop offline. Brands have to go offline."

Consumers, who like the convenience of shopping online, still sometimes like to go to stores to try things on and pick up orders.

"There used to not be a single digitally native brand in a mall. But ... now malls are having those conversations much earlier," he said.

Macerich The inside of Macerich's Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, where the mall owner opened its first BrandBox location.

At the ShopTalk conference in Las Vegas this week, Fifth Wall will be launching some new tools for retailers and real estate owners, including a map of digitally native brands opening stores across the U.S. Jones Lang LaSalle has estimated 850 stores will be opened by e-commerce retailers over the next five years, but it's been difficult to track this growth because many of these companies are moving stealthily or are just getting started.

"We hope to connect the dots by facilitating new partnerships that can empower a digitally native brand to thrive in its first physical space, or help more traditional companies realize the power of retail tech," Fifth Wall Partner Natalie Bruss said.

Other limited partners in Fifth Wall include commercial real estate services firm CBRE, office building developer Hines, Lowe's, industrial real estate investment trust Prologis and home builder Lennar.

Somewhat Positive Press Coverage Very Unlikely to Impact Boeing (BA) Share Price

Media stories about Boeing (NYSE:BA) have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Boeing earned a daily sentiment score of 0.77 on their scale. InfoTrie also assigned press coverage about the aircraft producer an news buzz score of 2 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.

Here are some of the news articles that may have effected Boeing’s score:

Get Boeing alerts: Boeing lands huge British Airways order after A380’s demise (news.yahoo.com) SpaceX to launch capsule to space station in key milestone (finance.yahoo.com) Why This MiG-21 Vs. F-16 Dogfight Heats Up A $15 Billion Fighter Contest (finance.yahoo.com) U.S. Air Force grounds Boeing’s KC-46 tankers over debris issue (feeds.reuters.com) Boeing Lands Big British Airways Order for New 777-9 Jetliner (laht.com)

Several research analysts recently issued reports on BA shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “buy” rating and set a price target on shares of Boeing in a report on Wednesday, January 30th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Boeing in a report on Wednesday, January 9th. ValuEngine raised shares of Boeing from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 2nd. Credit Suisse Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $456.00 price target on shares of Boeing in a report on Tuesday, December 18th. Finally, Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and set a $445.00 price target on shares of Boeing in a report on Tuesday, December 18th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eighteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $416.13.

Shares of Boeing stock opened at $440.62 on Friday. Boeing has a 12-month low of $292.47 and a 12-month high of $446.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.99, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $239.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.52, a P/E/G ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.31.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 30th. The aircraft producer reported $5.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $4.52 by $0.96. Boeing had a net margin of 10.34% and a negative return on equity of 4,286.60%. The company had revenue of $28.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $26.76 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.04 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Boeing will post 20.13 earnings per share for the current year.

Boeing announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, December 17th that allows the company to repurchase $20.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the aircraft producer to purchase up to 11.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 8th were given a $2.055 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 7th. This is a positive change from Boeing’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.71. This represents a $8.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. Boeing’s dividend payout ratio is currently 51.34%.

In other news, CFO Gregory D. Smith sold 19,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $401.38, for a total value of $7,826,910.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Timothy John Keating sold 26,557 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $395.47, for a total transaction of $10,502,496.79. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 72,247 shares of company stock worth $28,922,977 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.24% of the company’s stock.

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Boeing Company Profile

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sales, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; Global Services; and Boeing Capital.

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