Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris reported lower-than-expected profits Thursday morning, but investors don't seem to mind much. Could that big dividend yield have anything to do with it?
Paul Ausick According to the Harris 2019 corporate reputation survey, the U.S. government was at the bottom of the results. Even tobacco company Philip Morris and bankrupt retailer Sears ranked higher.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday included Benefitfocus, Chubb, Dominion Energy, Home Depot, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Mylan, Philip Morris and Weight Watchers.
It’s worth noting that dividend yields change all the time and as of Tuesday’s closing prices, these are the highest yielding stocks in the S&P 500.
Stifel analysts continue to favor staples, health care, utilities and telecom for 2019. These companies in those categories paid the highest dividends and their stocks look like solid picks for investors.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Friday include Adobe, Dell, Diamondback Energy, Lending Tree, Oxford Industries, Philip Morris and Wingstop.
Tuesday was a positive day for the broad U.S. markets. Each of the major exchanges bounced back a little after the market carnage that took place on Monday. Crude oil posted another…
Philip Morris is scheduled to release its most recent quarterly results before the markets open on Thursday.
Chris Lange The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday included Adobe, Bank of America, Boston Scientific, Facebook, Las Vegas Sands, Merck, Tilray, TJX Companies and Valero Energy.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Bank of America, Netflix and some of the other major companies posting their quarterly results this week.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Wednesday include Broadcom, China Life, Crocs, Eli Lilly, Lockheed Martin, Philip Morris, Rio Tinto and Spotify.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Thursday include American Electric Power, Facebook, Microsoft, PayPal, Philip Morris, Spotify and Under Armour.
Phillip Morris International reported better-than-expected quarterly results before the markets opened on Thursday.
Chris Lange The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Applied Materials, BioCryst, Costco, Generac, Goodyear, Intel, Microsoft and Netflix.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Bank of America, Philip Morris and some of the other top companies reporting their latest results in the coming week.
