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Flower Foods increases dividend
Printable Version.
I developed an interest in Flower Foods (FLO: 25.19 -0.07 -0.28%) some time back but did not follow up on further research. It was nice to get the email today announcing that they are increasing the dividend by 17%. This come on a sales increase of 19% in the most recent quarter.
Management is projecting [...]
Can the financial media read?
I was taking a look at one of the stocks I follow on this site and a couple of the news headlines caught my eye. Troubled Atlas Pipeline Partners (APL: 14.24 -0.10 -0.70%) released their first quarter results a couple of weeks ago and here a a couple of lingering headlines:
From TradingMarkets.com: Atlas Pipeline Holdings [...]
Headwaters swings to a loss in the 1st quarter
For the first quarter of their 2009 fiscal year Headwaters, Inc. (HW: 5.17 +0.13 +2.58%) reported a net loss of 2¢ per share against the consensus estimate of a 4¢ profit. For the same quarter in the prior year HW had a 1¢ per share loss excluding discontinued and sold business lines.
I started following Headwaters [...]
Buyout bid of Terra Industries sucks!
Note: I wrote this article last Friday and somehow forgot to hit the publish button, my apologies.
Terra Industries weighs $2.1B takeover bid: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance.
This bid by CF Industries (CF: 94.50 -1.12 -1.17%) sucks for Terra Industries (TRA: 45.99 -0.13 -0.28%) shareholders. I think the stock is grossly undervalued. I wrote here that [...]
Adding new stocks to Portfolio
Today I am adding small positions of two stocks to this site’s Opportunities Portfolio.
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional [[SID] Brazilian iron minor & steel maker has been a long time favorite. Wish I would have added this one a few weeks ago.
Layne Christenson Co. (LAYN: 28.90 -0.24 -0.82%) Small position in this mining and water infrastructure company. [...]
