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Summary of 13F from Tepper's Appaloosa
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 5:09pm | 923Tepper's Appaloosa Management releases 13F: David Tepper's Appaloosa Management released its 13F earlier and saw a slight increase in its value from $4.61billion to $4.71 billion. (All units are in millions of shares) Raised: • Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) from 3.42 to 3.62 • Celanese (NYSE: CE)...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest Dividend Yield
Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:46am | 115Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Protective Life (NYSE: PL) has a dividend yield of 1.90%. Protective Life's shares closed at $37.14 on Friday. Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE: RGA) has a dividend yield of 1.60%. Reinsurance...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest EPS
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 3:16am | 133Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE: RGA) is $8.52. Reinsurance Group's operating margin for the same period is 10.42%. The trailing-twelve-...
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Earnings Scheduled For February 6, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 4:18am | 698Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) is expected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.67 per share on revenue of $3.51 billion. Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is projected to report its Q3 earnings at $2.19 per share on revenue of $1.85 billion. Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is estimated to report its Q4 earnings at $1.75...
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Lincoln National's Board of Directors Approves 50% Increase in Dividend to $0.12 per Share
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 8:15am | 155Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) today announced that its Board of Directors approved raising the quarterly dividend on its common shares to $0.12 per share. The newly declared dividend represents a 50% increase over the prior-year level. "We are pleased to once again announce an increase...
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Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy - Disaster Recovery Planning
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 4:05pm | 1082Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy - Disaster Recovery Planning - By George Mentz JD MBA As a business person affected by Hurricane Katrina, there are many lessons learned that most people around the world discover during their lifetimes. The first is that survival is a priority, and you...
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5 Life Insurance Stocks With The Highest Revenue Estimates
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 7:49am | 161Below are the top life insurance stocks in terms of revenue estimate for the current year. Analysts expect MetLife (NYSE: MET) to post revenue of $68.05 billion for the year ending December, 2012. MetLife's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $71.09 billion. Prudential plc (NYSE: PUK) is likely to...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest Profit Margin
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 3:12am | 124Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of profit margin. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Torchmark (NYSE: TMK) is 15.57%. Torchmark's ROE for the same period is 13.76%. The trailing-twelve-month profit margin at Protective Life (NYSE: PL) is...
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US Stock Futures Up As Investors Await Fed Decision
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 5:29am | 506US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 47 points to 12,996.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 4.80 points to 1,379.40. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 12 points to 2,648.50. US stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Earnings Scheduled For August 1, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 3:06am | 540American Tower (NYSE: AMT) is expected to report its Q2 earnings at $0.40 per share on revenue of $698.47 million. Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $5.58 on revenue of $1.88 billion. AMERIGROUP (NYSE: AGP) is estimated to report its Q2 EPS at $0.69 on revenue of $2.18...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest Cash
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 3:02am | 124Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Lincoln National (NYSE: LNC) had $6.64 billion in total cash and $5.91 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) had $5.97 billion in total cash and $9.98 billion in...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Highest ROE
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 11:04pm | 132Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Torchmark (NYSE: TMK) is 13.76%. Torchmark's revenue for the same period is $3.45 billion. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market Gainers
Thursday, June 7, 2012 - 7:18am | 131Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) surged 17.28% to $24.50 in the pre-market session. LNC appointed Andrew DeLoreto as National Sales Manager for the newly created Financial Institutions channel. Digital Generation Inc (NASDAQ: DGIT) moved up 7.17% to $13 in the pre-market session. DGIT...
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Top 4 Mid-Cap Stocks In The Life Insurance Industry With The Lowest PEG Ratio
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 11:29pm | 117Below are the top mid-cap life insurance stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE: LNC) has a PEG ratio of 0.65. LNC's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $10.63 billion. Torchmark Corp (NYSE: TMK) has a PEG ratio of 0.85. TMK's trailing-twelve-...
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Buying cheap stocks on this market rally
Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 2:31am | 1327Author: Mark Holder, Stone Fox Capital Covestor model: Opportunistic Arbitrage After a difficult performance in 2011, the model delivered a 25% gain in January easily outperforming the 4.4% advance for the S&P500. We spent most of the month accumulating cheap stocks in order to take...