Verizon (NYSE:VZ), America’s top wireless carrier, and Altria (NYSE:MO), the country’s top tobacco company, are generally considered stable blue chip dividend stocks with wide moats. Yet the telco has generated weaker returns than the tobacco maker over the past five years. Shares of Verizon stayed nearly flat, while shares of Altria surged nearly 60%.
Looking ahead, rising interest rates could hurt both stocks as bonds become more attractive for income investments. Let’s take a closer look at these two S&P 500 components and see which stock is better poised to weather the coming storm.
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Comparing Verizon’s and Altria’s businesses
Verizon generates most of its revenues from its wireless business. Verizon Wireless was originally a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone, but Verizon bought out Vodafone’s stake in a $130 billion deal in 2014.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Amira Nature Foods Ltd(ANFI)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Max Byerly]
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Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Wabash National Corporation(WNC)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Tyler Crowe]
It wasn’t that long ago that concerns about a downturn in the truck trailer business had investors concerned that Wabash National’s (NYSE:WNC) best days were behind it. Those concerns seem to have been overblown, though, as demand for Wabash’s products were high enough for management to raise its sales guidance for the year.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Logan Wallace]
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- [By Dan Caplinger]
Wall Street was able to claw back some of its lost ground on Friday, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced back from about 1,250 points’ worth of losses on Wednesday and Thursday. Major benchmarks were up anywhere from 1% to 2%, but some investors weren’t pleased to see that the small-cap Russell 2000 Index wasn’t able to join its larger-cap peers in posting similar gains. Largely forgotten amid the market’s volatility is the fact that third-quarter earnings season is underway, and some stocks suffered from disappointing results. PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC), Wabash National (NYSE:WNC), and Momenta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MNTA) were among the worst performers on the day. Here’s why they did so poorly.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Wabash National Co. (NYSE:WNC) shares reached a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as $17.91 and last traded at $18.09, with a volume of 33824 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $18.51.
- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Broadwind Energy Inc.(BWEN)
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- [By Stephan Byrd]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Matthews International (NASDAQ: MATW) and Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Shane Hupp]
Matthews International (NASDAQ: MATW) and Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ:BWEN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Ingles Markets Incorporated(IMKTA)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Stephan Byrd]
News articles about Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ingles Markets earned a news impact score of 0.20 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media headlines about the company an impact score of 46.3498595843486 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.
- [By Brian Stoffel]
But over the past five years, the industry has been turned upside down by changes in business models, a focus on delivery, and mass consolidation. While the dust is far from settled, here are 10 of the largest publicly traded grocers you can buy stock in.
Company Market Cap Stores Regions Chains
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) $780 billion 500 USA Whole Foods
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) $250 billion 11,700 Worldwide Walmart
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) $86 billion 750 USA Costco
Kroger (NYSE:KR) $21 billion 2,800 USA Kroger, Roundy’s, Ralph’s, Food 4 Less
Sprouts (NASDAQ: SFM) $3 billion 300 Western and Southern U.S. Sprouts Farmer’s Market
Weis Market (NYSE: WMK) $1.3 billion 200 Mid-Atlantic U.S. Weis Market
SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) $630 million 100 Midwestern U.S. Cub Foods, Shopper’s Food, Hornbacher
Ingles Market (NASDAQ: IMKTA) $580 million 200 Southeastern U.S. Ingles Market, Sav-Mor
Smart & Final (NYSE: SFS) $360 million 350 Western U.S. Smart & Final, Cash & Carry
Natural Grocers (NYSE: NGVC) $230 million 150 Western U.S. Natural GrocersData source: Yahoo! Finance, company websites.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ:IMKTA) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 3rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Thursday, July 12th will be given a dividend of 0.165 per share on Thursday, July 19th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 11th.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Logan Wallace]
BidaskClub upgraded shares of Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report report published on Wednesday.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Natural Health Trends Corp.(NHTC)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers
Losers
Natural Health Trends Corp (NASDAQ: NHTC) fell 7.8 percent to $19.80 in pre-market trading after rising 1.46 percent on Friday.
Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) shares fell 6.6 percent to $11.41 in pre-market trading after climbing 4.18 percent on Friday.
Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) shares fell 6.2 percent to $5.15 in pre-market trading after tumbling 11.45 percent on Friday.
Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKDA) fell 6.1 percent to $7.31 in pre-market trading after declining 3.35 percent on Friday.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) fell 5.6 percent to $28.30 in pre-market trading.
Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVFM) fell 5.3 percent to $6.06 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.73 percent on Friday.
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) shares fell 5.2 percent to $28.60 in pre-market trading. Xerox terminated its transaction agreement with Fujifilm and entered into a new agreement with Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. JP Morgan downgraded Xerox from Overweight to Neutral.
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) fell 5.2 percent to $7.02 in pre-market trading. Cellcom is expected to release Q1 results on May 30, 2018.
Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) fell 4.5 percent to $74 in pre-market trading.
Nabriva Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: NBRV) shares fell 4 percent to $4.66 in pre-market trading - [By Max Byerly]
Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ: CENT) and Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Natural Health Trends (NASDAQ:NHTC) was upgraded by equities research analysts at BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note issued on Friday.
Top Blue Chip Stocks To Own Right Now: Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR)
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- [By Money Morning News Team]
One of our best marijuana stocks to buy now is Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. (NYSE: IIPR). It’s a unique play because it does not grow marijuana or sell marijuana-based products. That places the company in a truly sweet spot in the business of legal marijuana.
- [By Sean Williams]
Cannabis-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) was the very first pot stock to list on a major exchange. The company, which acquires growing and processing facilities in the U.S., then leases these properties out for an extended period of time, had its IPO on the NYSE in December 2016. Today, Innovative Industrial Properties has 12 properties in 10 states, although it’s widely expected to continue adding around five properties per year. And since it’s a REIT, Innovative Industrial Properties is also the only pure-play marijuana stock to pay a dividend, with its current yield of 2% more or less on par with the broad-based S&P 500.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Media headlines about Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) have trended positive on Thursday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Innovative Industrial Properties earned a news impact score of 0.50 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the company an impact score of 48.1448106054572 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.