Meridian Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:VIVO) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on September 30, 2017. Meridian Bioscience Inc is an integrated life science company. It is engaged in development, manufacture, sale and distribution of diagnostic test kits for certain gastrointestinal, viral, respiratory and parasitic infectious diseases. Meridian Bioscience Inc has a market cap of $614.054 million; its shares were traded at around $14.55 with a P/E ratio of 28.52 and P/S ratio of 3.11. The dividend yield of Meridian Bioscience Inc stocks is 3.44%. Meridian Bioscience Inc had annual average EBITDA growth of 4.50% over the past ten years. GuruFocus rated Meridian Bioscience Inc the business predictability rank of 4-star.
For the last quarter Meridian Bioscience Inc reported a revenue of $49.7 million, compared with the revenue of $47.00 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $200.8 million, an increase of 2.4% from last year. For the last five years Meridian Bioscience Inc had an average revenue growth rate of 2.6% a year.
Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2018: Microchip Technology Incorporated(MCHP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Microchip Technology (MCHP) sunk to the bottom of the S&P 500 today as semiconductor stocks got clobbered.
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Shares of Microchip Technology tumbled 7.5% to $61.23 today, while the S&P 500 declined 0.4% to 2,191.08. The SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) fell 4.8% to $52.29, while the VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) dropped 4.8% to $67.68.
Today’s slaughter comes two days after Microchip Technology narrowed its third-quarter guidance. Stifel’s Kevin Cassidy and team had the details:
Microchip upwardly revised its December ending quarter…Non-GAAP EPS guidance was updated to $0.87 – $0.94 compared to $0.85 – $0.95 previously…The According to management, the upside is coming from better than expected integration of recent acquisitions. Management pointed out that significant gross margin improvements may be recognized as the inventory of higher cost products from the now closed Micrel fab is depleted. We have revised our revenue and non-GAAP earnings estimates and increased our 12-month target price to $70.
Microchip Technology’s market capitalization fell to $13.2 billion from $14.3 billion yesterday. It report net income of $324 million on sales of $2.2 billion in fiscal 2016.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
My colleague Tiernan Rey at Barron’s Tech Trader Daily quoted B. Rileys Craig Ellis in a post today, who called the selloff yesterday an unusually attractive entry opportunity forApplied Materials andMicrochip Technology (MCHP) buyers.
Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2018: Cellcom Israel Ltd.(CEL)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]
That’s why Cramer said he’ll be listening for news coming from Celgene (CEL) , Amgen (AMGN) , Allergan (AGN) , an Action Alerts PLUS holding, and Regenron (REGN) , all of which are set to present. Of the four, Cramer said he’s sticking with Allergan and Amgen.
Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2018: Nucor Corporation(NUE)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Peter Graham]
A long term performance chart shows shares of United States Steel Corporation performing better than Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSEARCA: SLX); but now underperforming large cap Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) andmid cap Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD):
- [By Rich Smith]
This is not how things were supposed to work out. Last week, AK Steel rivals Nucor (NYSE:NUE) and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) both delivered earnings reports that were generally well received, encouraging some analysts (Macquarie Capital, I’m talking to you) to clamber out on a limb and predict good things for every steelmaker in sight.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Then there are the steel plays. United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) was up 7.4% at $27.61 late on Monday. It has a market cap of $4.5 billion. Over the past five trading days the stock has gained 30%. Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE) was last seen up 1% at $59.34. Nucor has a total market cap of $18.8 billion. Over the past fivetrading days the stock has gained 17%.
- [By Merrick Weingarten]
Steel stocks were up big on Tuesday ahead of the Department of Commerce hearing on the Section 232 probe. The DoC is set to come out with more details regarding the impact steel imports has on U.S. national security.
Stock Movements
United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X): Up 5.27 percent. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS): Up 9.55 percent. Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE): Up 3.54 percent. Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: STLD): Up 4.08 percent. Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WOR): Up 3.29 percent.
Analyst CommentaryA Jefferies research analyst suggested a high probability of the DoC institutes more incremental trade defense measures but noted most of the investigation remains unknown going into Wednesday.
Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2018: SPX Corporation(SPW)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Damon Churchwell]
These companies manufacture processing products used by industries such as food and beverages, oil & gas, and wastewater treatment, among others. They serve a wide range of end markets that are mostly poised for increased earnings and are likely to spend on capital projects. While these positive trends persist, flow technology companies’ prospects ought to remain favorable. Let’shighlight several sector participants, starting with a top selection,SPX(NYSE: SPW),.
Top 5 Dividend Stocks To Watch For 2018: ConocoPhillips(COP)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Chris Dier-Scalise]
Among the brands being sold were Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) and Ford Motor Company(NYSE: F), which both paid out dividends in December. The financial and oil sectors also experienced a sell-off to finish 2016. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) were net sold as each reached new year-to-date highs and investors unloaded ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) as their prices normalized with the rise in the price of oil.
- [By Jayson Derrick]
Other stocks that were net sold include ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Kinder Morgan Inc (NYSE: KMI). Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) was also sold by clients after the electric vehicle maker saw its stock hit a new all-time high in the middle of the month.
- [By Dustin Parrett]
Specifically, the oil supermajors are ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), BP Plc. (NYSE: BP), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Royal Dutch Shell Plc. (NYSE ADR: RDS.A), Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP), Eni SpA (NYSE ADR: E), and Total SA (NYSE ADR: TOT).
