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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks That May Keep Up Their Rally in Q1 (DTV, MHS MCD, CL, GIS)
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 1:39pm | 350Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) has a quick ratio of 0.7, which indicates less-than-ideal liquidity. However, CL’s leverage is better than the ideal level, as the company’s debt-to-equity ratio is 1.1. CL’s shares have risen 21% over the past year, exceeding the Dow Jones Industrial Average, albeit...
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Top 5 Large-Cap Stocks In The Consumer Goods Sector With The Highest Revenue Estimates (HMC, F, PC, PG, SNE)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 7:56am | 209Below are the top 5 large-cap consumer goods stocks on the NASDAQ and the NYSE in terms of revenue estimates. The revenue estimate for Honda Motor Co Ltd (NYSE: HMC) for this quarter is $121.11 billion. HMC’s market capitalization is $125.9 billion. HMC has total cash of $10.15 billion in the most...
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top 6 consumer goods stocks for 2010
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 4:55pm | 545I don't normally do this but I can't help linking to this article by TheStreet.com. The Street is touting 6 names as the Top 6 Consumer Goods Stocks for 2010, and by George I own 4 of them. Scotts Miracle Gro (SMG)Clorox (CLX)Procter & Gamble (PG)Phillip Morris (PM)Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)...
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Buying Value for 2010
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 4:23am | 496Investors are constantly labeled and grouped into certain camps. Bull or bear. Fundamental or technical. And of course value or growth. The truly successful investors find ways to merge all of these styles for the best portfolio diversification and protection, so it’s certainly a good idea to...
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Clorox (CLX) Has Robust Product Pipeline With Likely Margin Upside
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:37pm | 111Deutsche Bank has maintained the Buy rating and revised the price target by 6.1% to $70 (from $66) for Clorox (NYSE: CLX). It has noted that volume acceleration at Clorox remains uncertain, the Glad brand is struggling, portfolio has less foreign exchange exposure, new product pipeline is robust,...
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Top Consumer Goods Stocks in 2010 (CLX, SMG, PG, PMI, JNJ)
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 2:05pm | 432According to a report published in The Street, some of the key stocks that are set to see a surge in 2010 are: Clorox (NYSE: CLX): CLX’s products, including the company’s namesake bleach, salad dressing and cat litter, can be seen across retailers, from big ones like Wal-Mart to small mom-and-pop...
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Tag Heuer Latest Sponsor To Drop Tiger Woods
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:14pm | 109Tag Heuer, the Swiss watchmaker, has dropped its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, following the golfer's admission of marital infedelity. Tag Heuer joins a growing list of companies to part ways with the top ranked golfer. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) have dropped Woods from their...
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International Absorbents (IAX) Announces Q3 and Nine Months Results
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 9:02am | 77International Absorbents Inc. (NYSE: IAX), reported financial results for the Q3 and nine months ended October 31, 2009. Sales for the Q3 of fiscal year 2010 were down at $8,358,000 versus $9,603,000 for the Q3 of fiscal year 2009. Sales for the first nine months of fiscal year 2010 were $26,094,...
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Staples Industry May Outperform The Market (CL, EL, KO, PG, PM)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 3:14pm | 308Analysts at Goldman Sachs maintain their “neutral” rating on the Consumer Staples sector in 2010. However, the sector is expected to perform in-line with the broader market. According to Goldman Sachs, the Staples industry may marginally outperform the market in the current stage of the cycle....
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Fast Money Picks For December 15th (ABX, CLX, GOOG, CLF)
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 8:45pm | 225CNBC's Fast Money Tim Seymour likes Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)(FREE stock trend analysis) (NYSE: ABX)(FREE stock trend analysis) and thinks investors should take a look at this company. Barrick Gold (BCX) gained 0.81% today. Gary Kaminsky thinks that The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX)(FREE stock...
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Fast Money Picks For December 14th (CHD, LLL, BSX, DHR)
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 9:25pm | 113CNBC's Fast Money Joe Terranova thinks that investors who own Church & Dwight Co. (NYSE: CHD) should sell some on Monday. Church & Dwight Co. (CHD) fell 0.38% to $60.18. Guy Adami would buy L3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), which gained 1.99% and closed at $83.64. L3 Communications (LLL) had a...
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Schwab Launches Growth and Value ETFs
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 6:21pm | 534Schwab launched two more ETFs today (12/11/09): Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (SCHG) and Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Value ETF (SCHV). Both funds will have an expense ratio of 0.15% and commission-free trading in Schwab brokerage accounts. Schwab made a grand entrance into the ETF business about...
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Procter & Gamble Buys Sara Lee’s Ambi Pur
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 3:57pm | 151Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)(FREE stock trend analysis) is to buy Sara Lee’s (NYSE: SLE)(FREE stock trend analysis) Ambi Pur air freshener line. The deal is worth 320 million euros ($470 million). With Ambi Pur, PG will now have a strong product line in the air freshener segment, particularly in...
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US Household, Personal Products Sales Fall
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 1:31pm | 196Analysts at Bernstein say that the sales US Household and Personal Products fell by 1.6% in the four weeks ended November 28, 2009, representing the biggest decline in at least two years. According to Bernstein, private label sales grew 5.5% in the four weeks. The share of private label in the...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (SYNA, EP, MCRS, ENR, CNTY, EW, CLWR)
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 10:19am | 291Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA) was today upgraded by Broadpoint AmTech Research from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $35. Synaptics is now trading at $26.10, 0.04% up. The 52-week trading range for SYNA is $13.85 - $40.94. El Paso Corporation (NYSE: EP) has climbed 2.57% to $9.57 in...