Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Altria, General Motors, Intel, Netflix, Paychex and Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Some investors are wondering where to keep their money safer than the broad stock market. Historically, that means defensive stocks with solid dividends.
By revenue, earnings and market cap, Phillip Morris is bigger than Altria. And since the last major bear market bottom in 2009, its shares have generally outperformed Altria.
ThinkstockReynolds American Inc. (NYSE: RAI) and Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: LO) are near sealing the deal where Reynolds will purchase Lorillard. The closing date is set for Friday, June 12, and is subject…
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has identified five coming dividend hikes that investors can bank on this summer -- though one of the five actually announced its hike before this was published.
Based on current trends among smokers in the United States, Altria's plan is to increase the price of cigarettes could have large implications for the tobacco industry as a whole.
Chris Lange A new research report from Savita Subramanian and her well-regarded team at Merrill Lynch points out that some of the biggest positive surprises have been from the mega-cap stocks.
ThinkstockAltria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) released its first-quarter financial results Thursday before the market opened as $0.63 in earnings per share (EPS) and $5.8 billion in revenue. That compared to Thomson Reuters…
Chris Lange We combined two Merrill Lunch ideas that secular contrarians should be long, or own now, and screened the firm's stocks universe for large-cap dividend yield stocks that are rated Buy.
Historically, industries in the consumer staples arena are the real beneficiaries of a drop in oil prices, especially when the savings rate rises.
A new research note from RBC points out that when looking at stock valuations from a dividend perspective, stocks have not been this cheap in the 15 years.
Altria reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 results before markets opened Friday morning.
Paul Ausick Before the opening bell on Friday morning, Altria is scheduled to report fourth-quarter and full-year earnings.
Paul Ausick Tuesday's leading analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from top research calls from around Wall Street include Altria, Bank of America, Intel, SanDisk, Viacom and Time Warner.
Cowen has a long list of stocks that are out of favor at many other firms on Wall Street. These five are leaders in their respective sectors and have big dividends.
