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Symantec Corp (NASDAQ:SYMC) files its latest 10-K with SEC for the fiscal year ended on March 31, 2017. Symantec Corp provides security, backup and availability solutions. Its products and services protect people and information in any environment, from the smallest mobile device, to the enterprise data center, to cloud-based systems. Symantec Corp has a market cap of $17.55 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.02 with and P/S ratio of 4.48. The dividend yield of Symantec Corp stocks is 1.02%.

For the last quarter Symantec Corp reported a revenue of $1.1 billion, compared with the revenue of $873.0 million during the same period a year ago. For the latest fiscal year the company reported a revenue of $4 billion, an increase of 11.6% from last year. For the last five years Symantec Corp had an average revenue decline of 12.3% a year.

The reported loss per diluted share was 17 cents for the year, compared with the earnings per share of $1.26 in the previous year. The Symantec Corp had an operating margin of -2.49%, compared with the operating margin of 12.69% a year before. The 10-year historical median operating margin of Symantec Corp is 11.47%. The profitability rank of the company is 3 (out of 10).

what is investment: Welltower Inc.(HCN)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Matthew Frankel]

    The first of two REITs in this discussion, Welltower (NYSE:HCN) is the largest real estate investment trust focused on healthcare properties.

    Welltower owns over 1,400 healthcare properties in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, and is well-positioned to take advantage of favorable demographic trends in the healthcare industry. About 70% of Welltower’s portfolio is made of senior housing properties, and the senior citizen population in Welltower’s target markets is expected to grow rapidly over the next few decades.

  • [By Brian Feroldi]

    Investors in their 60’s should start to favor low-risk stocks that offer up big dividend payouts. Below are three stocks — Waste Management (NYSE:WM), United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS), and Welltower (NYSE:HCN) — that perfectly fit that description.

  • [By Matthew Frankel]

    Health care real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE:HCN), as you might expect, makes the majority of its money from its healthcare properties, but you might be surprised to learn that rental income isn’t the company’s largest source of revenue.

what is investment: Viacom Inc.(VIA)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Keith Noonan]

    While 2016 played host to a range of films that underperformed, the biggest flops belonged to Disney (NYSE:DIS), Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB) and Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF.A). Click through the presentation below to get the details on the year’s five biggest film flops and to learn what last year’s movie misfires mean for the companies involved.

  • [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

    The Pillsbury Doughboy is the mascot of the Pillsbury Company, which is owned by General Mills (NYSE: GIS) and J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM). The Doughboy was created by Pillsburys advertising agency almost 50 years ago. Pikachu are characters owned by The Pokemon Company International and appear in card games, video games, TV shows, movies and comic books. Founded in 1998, the Japanese company has achieved total games sales of almost 280 million. SpongeBob SquarePants was created for Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA). The show premiered in 1999 and has spawned movies, video games and theme park rides. Ronald McDonald is a c

what is investment: Stage Stores, Inc.(SSI)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Stage Stores Inc. (NYSE: SSI) dropped nearly 20% on Monday to post a new 52-week low of $3.21 after closing at $4.00 on Friday. Volume was more than 5 times the daily average of about 650,000 shares. The company posted poor holiday season sales last Friday and lowered its guidance.

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Stage Stores Inc (NYSE: SSI) was down, falling around 16 percent to $3.35 as the company reported a drop in its holiday season same-store sales and lowered its earnings guidance. The retailer’s same-store sales dropped 7.3 percent for the nine-week period ending December 31, 2016.

what is investment: Digital Realty Trust Inc.(DLR)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Benzinga News Desk]

    Last year was brutal for hedge fund investors — but you wouldn’t know it from the fund managers’ paychecks: Link

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    ANALYST RATINGS
    Jefferies Upgraded ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) from Hold to Buy
    JPMorgan Upgraded Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) From Neutral to Overweight
    Morgan Stanley Upgrades TJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) From Equal-Weight to Overweight
    Macquarie Downgraded Disney (NYSE: DIS) from Outperform to Neutral
    Deutsche Bank Downgraded AvalonBay (NYSE: AVB) from Buy to Hold
    Wells Fargo Downgrades Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) From Outperform To Market Perform


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  • [By Lisa Levin]

    DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: DFT) shares shot up 10 percent to $61.07. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) announced plans to merge with DuPont Fabros.

what is investment: Meredith Corporation(MDP)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

    Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP), the publishing, database and television station owner, has been described in several media reports as the most likely buyer of Time Inc. (NYSE: TIME). However, there are reports that the talks have stalled over valuation, which many experts believe will need to be above $20 a share to get the approval of Time’s board.

  • [By Jon C. Ogg]

    Meredith Corp. (NYSE: MDP) was maintained as Hold but the price target was raised to $65 (versus a $62.75 close) at Benchmark.

    Norfolk Southern Co. (NYSE: NSC) was downgraded to Underperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital Markets.

what is investment: Methanex Corporation(MEOH)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Jim Robertson]

    Back in February of last year, we suggested Methanex Corporation (MEOH), which ended up providing us with some pretty good gains in a fairly short amount of time, and based on what’s happening with the stock technically right now, it could be another gainer over the next several days to few weeks.

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