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Ventas (VTR) Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.5125 per Share
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 7:57am | 100Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) said that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.5125 per share, payable in cash on December 30, 2009 to stockholders of record on December 16, 2009. The dividend is the fourth quarterly installment of the Company’s $2.05 per share 2009 annual...
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Pine Creek’s Textbook Chart
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 12:01am | 191Caught myself watching MadMoney on Friday and decided to look up Pine Creek Timber (NYSE: PCL). With the large, stable dividend and improving business segments, all reasons behind Cramer highlighting it, there is little wonder why the stock has been performing lately; it rebounded off its low of $...
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TOTAL Transfers Oilfield Interest - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 10:45am | 358Recently, TOTAL E&P Russie, a wholly owned subsidiary of TOTAL S.A. (TOT), transferred 10% of its interest in the Kharyaga oil field to state-owned Zarubezhneft of Russia. This new collaboration with Zarubezhneft is expected to further boost the company’s projects in Russia, strengthening its...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (ABCO, IWA, EV, VPRT, HPT)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 11:31am | 176The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) was today upgraded by First Analysis from Equalweight to Overweight at a price target of $30. ABCO is now trading at $25.55, 2.16% up. UBSI rose about 14% so far in 2009. Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA) today Morgan Stanley upgraded IWA...
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Benzinga’s Top Downgrades (HPT, SAP, YGE, IPG, CIEN, UNP, ALNY, ALV)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11:27am | 315Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT) declined 2.83% to $18.23 on 323K shares in the morning trading hours after RBC Capital Markets downgraded HPT to Sector Perform from Outperform. The 52 week trading range for HPT is $8.34 - $21.82. So far in 2009, HPT gained over 20%. SAP AG (ADR) (NYSE:...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (UBSI, DRH, CRM, ADI, IPAR, HTZ, TCB, LKFN)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11:08am | 340United Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: UBSI) was today upgraded by Boenning & Scattergood from Neutral to Out Perform at a price target of $20.50. UBSI is now trading at $17.94, 3.58% up. UBSI declined by around 45% so far in 2009. DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE: DRH) climbed 2.61% to $8.65 in...
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Benzinga’s Top Upgrades (SII, PHM, FIS, ARUN, OHI, ZMH)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 1:04pm | 227Smith International, Inc. (NYSE: SII) was today upgraded by Citi from Hold to Buy at a price target of $35. State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is now trading at $27.87, 3.76% up on 22 million shares. Pulte Homes, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) climbed 4.59% to $10.04 on 5.72 million shares in the morning...
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Volume Talks: Hot Stocks on Heavy Volume & Detailed Buy Write Option Trade
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 10:01am | 1787Here is a list of stocks which traded higher Tuesday November 17, 2009 on unusually higher volume. As always, I will keep an eye on these stocks Wednesday to see if there is continued buying pushing the stocks higher. This method is just one of the ways I use to pick stocks to structure...
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Omega Announces It'll Purchase $565 Million of Long Term Care Facilities From CapitalSource
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 9:18am | 66Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE) and several of its affiliates to purchase entities owning 80 long term care facilities for approximately $565 million. The purchase price...
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Omega (OHI) Announces Agreement to Purchase $565M of Long Term Care Facilities
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 8:00am | 83Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with Capital Source Inc. (NYSE: CSE) and several of its affiliates to purchase entities owning 80 long term care facilities for approximately $565M. The purchase price includes a purchase...
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Senior Housing Properties (SNH) Reports In-Line Revenues and Income
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 9:50pm | 100Senior Housing Properties (NYSE: SNH) reported in line earnings this morning. Both bottom and top line came in as expected with revenues up 24% year over year at $72M and $0.41/share in funds from operations. The company also announced some additional acquisitions made in a continuing attempt to...
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Real Estate Outperforms On a Bad Day (VNQ, SNH)
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 8:24pm | 82Real estate outperformed the general market as gold and commodities fell and the US Dollar gained. The Vanguard REIT Index ETF (NYSE: VNQ) finished the day only down 0.24% compared with a 1.17% loss for the S&P 500. Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) actually was up close to 1% today...
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5 Stocks with Highest TTM Profit Margin (ESGR, NHI, CMO)
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 1:20am | 180Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the highest twelve-month-trailing profit margin. Enstar Group Limited (NASDAQ: ESGR) has a twelve-month-trailing profit margin of 129.23. The earnings per share estimate for this quarter is 5.09. ESGR shares are trading significantly short...
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Sunstone Hotel (SHO) Files To Sell 14M Shares of Stock
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 4:03pm | 43Sunstone Hotel (NYSE: SHO) files to sell 14 million shares of stock. The underwriters on the Sunstone Hotel offering are BofA/Merrill (NYSE: BA) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC).
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Today’s Earnings Preview (JPM, ABT, HST, XLNX, GWW)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 6:25am | 146JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is estimated to report a profit of 49 cents a share in the third quarter, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is expected to report third-quarter earnings of 90 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by...