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  • These 2 Utility Companies Are Vulnerable to Activist Investors

    By Anh HOANG - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: LNT, AEE, WEC

    Recently, Rotary Gallop, featured on Dealbook, gathered and analyzed share ownership at 459 of the companies in the S&P 500, and listed out several potential candidates for takeover, either by their big shareholders or by activist investors. Rotary Gallop argued that an activist investor, who has more than 14% stake in a company, would have a high chance of winning a takeover battle.

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  • These Two Utility Companies are Vulnerable to Activist Investors

    By Anh HOANG - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: LNT, AEE, WEC

    Recently, Rotary Gallop, featured in Dealbook, has gathered and analyzed share ownership at 459 of the companies in the S&P 500, and list out several potential candidates for takeover, either by their big shareholders or by activist investors. Rotary Gallop argued that activist investor, who has more than 14% stake would have a high chance of winning a takeover battle. In this article, I will take a closer look more »

  • Are These Companies Awful or What?

    By Chris Hodge - November 14, 2012 | Tickers: LNT, EFII, FCS, HOLX

    This isn't going to be a nice article. So if you own any of the companies listed herein, I apologize for everything I'm going to say. But if I could've gone back and warned myself of some of the awful holdings I've had in the past, I would've definitely done so. Consider this tough love -- these companies are still around to the best of my more »

  • Getting Women On Board

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - October 31, 2012 | Tickers: LNT, AVP, CHDX, MTSC

    Few U.S. companies have "binders full of women" on their board of directors. After perusing a list of 1148 companies on the Women on Board campaign site I only found four with 50% or over representation of women on their board of directors. A recent Credit Suisse report concluded companies with at least one woman on the board have better performance in return on equity, share appreciation, and profit more »

  • Buyers Beware: Defensive Stocks May Peak Soon

    By John Mylant - July 30, 2012 | Tickers: LNT, TEG, WEC, XEL

    All types of investors continue to flock to defense-minded dividend stocks even as the writing is on the wall that the nice ride may not last much longer. Here we have had a perfect storm: Defensive stocks growing in value yielding high dividends! Wow, I am in heaven. But signs of these companies becoming over-valued are cropping up. Stocks of large, dividend-paying companies have been a popular yield play at more »

  • Is Duke Energy The Next Dividend Blowup?

    By Chad Henage - May 23, 2012 | Tickers: LNT, ED, DUK, SO

    Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has gotten a lot of respect recently for its dividend payments and consistency. I've personally talked to investors who believe Duke's dividend is about as solid as they come. I'm sure the expectation that Duke will continue to raise their dividend, has a lot to do with the over 12% increase in the price of Duke shares in the last year. Investors will bid up shares of utilities on the expectation of continued dividend increases. There is just one problem, investors don't seem to remember Duke's history.