The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls include American Airlines, Boeing, Cabot Oil & Gas, Pandora Media, Southern Co. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
Here are six defensive utilities with upside to the consensus analyst target prices from firms we cover on Wall Street and Thomson Reuters, each with solid dividends.
24/7 Wall St. has conducted a review of the top dividends from America’s largest companies. There were 25 such companies paying a yield of 3.5% or more — and some much higher.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday include Broadcom, Ciena, GoPro, National Oilwell Varco, Snap, Expedia and Palo Alto Networks.
Kinder Morgan is reaping the benefit of dressing up its balance sheet while Enterprise is being judged on criteria more closely linked to the ups and downs of the energy industry.
Crude oil prices improved by more than a third in the second quarter, and that put some extra cash in Kinder Morgan's pocket. What will the company do with it?
The country's two largest energy pipeline and infrastructure companies made some positive news recently for quite different reasons.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Thursday morning include Barrick Gold, Coeur Mining, Procter & Gamble, Southern Company, Wynn Resorts and SLM.
Credit Suisse's John Edwards reiterated his Neutral rating on Kinder Morgan but raised the price target on Tuesday, July 12.
As the broad markets are recovering, we are starting to realize that the Brexit was a great opportunity to buy into the markets. The Brexit pulled markets back across the board. However,…
PowerSecure International has now landed its shareholders in the midst of a high-premium acquisition.
Jon C. Ogg This year has not been very kind to the utilities sector, ahead of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate hike cycle into 2016.
Stock pickers, particularly those with a focus on value and income stocks, are finding many great bargains out there.
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Jon C. Ogg Credit Suisse appreciates the longer-term motivations behind Southern Company's deal to acquire AGL Resources.
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