Election ads boost Tegna’s earnings

TEGNA INC. $12 (New York symbol TGNA, Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares o/s: 215.3 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.tegna.com) owns 47 TV stations and two radio stations in 39 markets. It also offers online services, including… Read More

Pfizer lifts value for shareholders

PFIZER INC. $42 (New York symbol PFE; Income Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 5.8 billion; Market cap: $243.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.6; Dividend yield: 3.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.pfizer.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of prescription drugs. Its top-selling brands include Lyrica… Read More

Their latest acquisitions continue to pay off

Each of these two firms recently completed a big acquisition. So far, those new businesses fit nicely with their existing operations and have expanded their overall profit.
FEDEX CORP. $163 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 263.5 million; Market cap: $43.0 billion;… Read More

Purchase adds to uncertain outlook

MCKESSON CORP. $111 (New York symbol MCK; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 195.4 million; Market cap: $21.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.1; Dividend yield 1.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.mckesson.com) is the largest wholesale drug distributor in the U.S. and Canada. It also operates drugstores in… Read More

Assets up despite market slide

T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $88 (Nasdaq symbol TROW; Aggressive Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 240.7 million; Market cap: $21.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.0; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.troweprice.com) sells mutual funds and wealth management services.
Fee income for T. Rowe Price rises… Read More

Non-bank stocks diversify your portfolio

Most investors limit their U.S. Finance-sector holdings to big banks like J.P. Morgan. That’s mainly due to the high dividends of those industry leaders.
However, the American market offers a variety of non-banking stocks in the Finance sector such as the three we analyze below. While… Read More

AT&T ups its dividend

AT&T INC. $30 (New York symbol T; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 7.3 billion; Market cap: $219.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 6.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. It also offers traditional phone and satellite TV services.
In June… Read More

Cloud focus fuels Microsoft

Microsoft recently surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company (based on market cap). That’s because it continues to expand in the fast-growing field of cloud-computing, which lets users run computer programs over the Internet.
That strategy relies on a subscription model and has cut the… Read More