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Flower Foods increases dividend
Printable Version. I developed an interest in Flower Foods (FLO: 25.85 0.00 0.00%) 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 [...]
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: 17.74 0.00 0.00%) released their first quarter results a couple of weeks ago and here a a couple of lingering headlines: From TradingMarkets.com: Atlas Pipeline [...]
Headwaters swings to a loss in the 1st quarter
For the first quarter of their 2009 fiscal year Headwaters, Inc. (HW: 3.22 0.00 0.00%) 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 [...]
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: 93.20 0.00 0.00%) sucks for Terra Industries (TRA: 45.76 0.00 0.00%) shareholders. I think the stock is grossly undervalued. I wrote [...]
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: 24.77 0.00 0.00%) Small position in this mining and water [...]
