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  • The Companies That Will Be Most Affected If Food Prices Spike

    By Daniel Cawrey - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: DOLE, MCD, PEP

    If you believe the forecasts of Jim Rogers, then you might be a proponent of his theory that food prices are going to soar. We all know that rising food prices are a fact of life, but Rogers think that the price of food is going to move higher than the rate of inflation. 

    Why? He sees agriculture as a market that is in disarray. A lack of farmers, a more »

  • Betting on This Turnaround With Nearly 40% Upside Potential

    By Anh HOANG - April 27, 2013 | Tickers: CQB, DOLE, FDP

    Since the beginning of the year, Chiquita Brands International (NYSE: CQB) has experienced some volatility. Its stock price dropped from $8.25 per share to only $6.10 per share in March 4, then it bounced back to more than $7.20 at the time of writing.

    Interestingly, in the middle of March, Chiquita’s president and CEO purchased 50,800 shares of the company at an average price of more »

  • 3 Companies Insiders Love

    By Mohsin Saeed - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: AEGR, DOLE, JNS

    An interesting method of assessing the direction a stock can take is by monitoring insider purchases. This is because company insiders hold information about catalysts and industry trends, which is not available to other investors. Institutional investors also have vast resources at their disposal to assess the potential of stocks.

    This makes following insider and institutional buying trends an effective investment strategy. The following few companies have seen significant insider more »

  • Dole Poised for a New Era of Growth

    By Arturo Cuevas - March 2, 2013 | Tickers: DOLE, TFM, WFM

    Dole Food (NYSE: DOLE) definitely deserves a slot in the watch list of punters these days. Come this April, close to $1.7 billion in cash will be infused into this company which produces, markets, and distributes fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. By that month, Dole would have completed the sale of its Asian fresh produce and its worldwide packaged foods operations to the Itochu conglomerate of Japan. Itochu’s more »

  • 3 Appetizing Food Companies for Return Hungry Investors

    By Josh Kohn-Lindquist - January 14, 2013 | Tickers: DOLE, HRL, UNFI, WFM

    Confined to an industry that is famous for its low margins, most food companies are seen as "recession proof holdings", or slow growing behemoths with little chance of bringing large returns to investors.  Often heavily indebted, these food stocks rely on their wide moat to raise cash for debt payments or to make acquisitions.  Their straightforward "people need food and we sell it" mantra must certainly leave a few investors more »

  • Is This Egg In The Basket?

    By MihirMehta - January 14, 2013 | Tickers: CALM, DOLE, GIS, MDLZ

    For decades, this company has served scores of people across the globe, who consume its products on a daily basis. Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ: CALM) is the largest fresh egg producer in the United States; selling eggs to supermarket chains, food distributors, egg product manufacturers as well marketed under brand names Cal-Maine, Farmhouse among others.

    The Number Game

    Cal-Maine beat street estimates on revenue, but missed expectations on the earnings per more »

  • A Cheap Commodity Stock with Upside Potential

    By Ishfaque Faruk - January 10, 2013 | Tickers: CQB, CORE, DOLE, FDP, SYY

    A great long term investment requires a look at a company's business prospects from various angles. In my previous post on Fresh Del Monte (NYSE: FDP), I highlighted why Fresh Del Monte will benefit from struggling competitors, primarily based on its much stronger relative position in the fresh produce space. It operates in a generic agricultural commodity marketplace, however, Fresh Del Monte has separated itself from the pack with more »

  • New Rules Could Be Worse, but They Still Aren't Good

    By Reuben Brewer - January 8, 2013 | Tickers: CVGW, CQB, DOLE, FDP

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's rules can throw a ratchet into a company's operations if the agency requires big, expensive-to-make changes. The recent round of deadly food based outbreaks left a big question mark about FDA action. With two proposed rules out for comment, the impact of a shift from a reactionary to a proactive stance may be less serious than feared for some companies, though others are likely to feel a bigger pinch.

  • Despite "Fiscal Cliff," Fundamentals Still Win

    By Joshua Graham - January 2, 2013 | Tickers: DOLE, ZIP

    For the past four months we have heard of this looming "fiscal cliff" that we might fall off of like a Mission Impossible stunt gone wrong.  Fear gripped some, followed by optimism once Congress announced they had reached a deal.  But what does this fairytale cliff really mean?  Nothing.  Fundamentals are still the most important factor.  They tell the real story.  Investors and traders who keep fundamentals at the forefront more »

  • A Juicy Food Company With Room to Run

    By Ishfaque Faruk - December 3, 2012 | Tickers: CQB, CORE, DOLE, FDP, SYY

    Most food producing companies are usually fairly valued, because of their stable demand/supply characteristics especially during economic downturns. Screening the large universe of food companies, it is often hard to find a good bargain.  Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP) happens to have a lot of bang for the buck.

    Fresh Del Monte is a leading global producer, marketer and distributor of fruits, vegetables and prepared foods including fresh more »

  • Should You Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful?

    By Palwasha Saaim - November 26, 2012 | Tickers: CQB, CORE, DOLE, FDP, SYY

    Dole (NYSE: DOLE) reported its third quarter earnings last week. The fresh and packaged foods manufacturer missed both earnings and revenue forecasts. The company reported a loss per share of -$0.06, which is a huge miss compared to the EPS of $0.14 that analysts were expecting. Revenues of $1.96 billion also fell short of expected $2.07 billion. Directly after the earnings announcement, the stock plummeted almost more »

  • Transition From a Value Trap to a Value Stock

    By Palwasha Saaim - September 25, 2012 | Tickers: CQB, DOLE, FDP

    The speculation that surrounded Dole's Chairman Board David Murdoch’s hefty insider buying is finally news. We’ve been hearing about the likely spin-off of Dole Foods (NYSE: DOLE) for quite some time. The confirmation of a sell-off came earlier this week when Dole finally officially announced its plans for restructuring. Up until last week, my stance was different. For me, Dole has been a value trap until this more »

  • Billionaire Investor Jim Rogers: "I'll probably make more money in agriculture..."

    By Jonathan Yates - September 14, 2012 | Tickers: CAT, CSX, DOLE, HRL, POT

    About investing opportunities ahead, legendary investor Jim Rogers stated in an interview that, "Agriculture prices are still, on a historic basis, extremely depressed, and in my view I'll probably make more money in agriculture than other things."

    While food commodity prices are up do to the recent drought, there are many opportunities with companies in the agricultural sector that have slumped due to declining economic growth around the world more »

  • Is Dole Foods a Value Trap?

    By Palwasha Saaim - September 10, 2012 | Tickers: CQB, CORE, DOLE, FDP, SYY

    He buys it. He buys more of it. And he can't get enough of it. David Murdock, 89 year old CEO and Chairman of Dole Foods (NYSE: DOLE) has recently been seen on a buying spree. Over the last two months, he's amassed millions worth of Dole shares. His latest stock purchase, for which he paid a price of $12.5 apiece (which also happens to be the more »

  • Should We Join the Insiders and Buy These Stocks as Well?

    By Ali Ghorbanzadeh - August 22, 2012 | Tickers: DOLE, GIS, SIRI, STRZA

    In these unnerving times (for that matter all the time), finding ways to outperform the market is much easier said than done. However, one screening tool that has proven to be effective in determining whether a stock is moving higher is insider buying due to one simple reason: they buy stocks, just like us, to make more money. In addition, they arguably have the best view of the company being more »

  • When Stock is Falling with the CEO Buying Millions of Shares, Investors Should Follow

    By Jonathan Yates - August 22, 2012 | Tickers: BSX, DOLE, OPK, SFD, TSN

    Investing legend Peter Lynch has stated that there are many factors that result in insiders selling shares of a company stock, but only one for buying.  Reasons to sell, according to Lynch, who guided the Fidelity Magellan mutual fund to annualized returns of 29.2% from 1977 to 1990, could include the need for cash to buy a home or pay tuition.  The insider selling could also be part of more »

  • Big Food, Little Food

    By Kevin Gill - August 21, 2012 | Tickers: CORE, DOLE, NAFC, SYY, CHEF

    No matter what the stock market does or what the economy, even the global one, does there are certain things that have potential and appeal. Looking at the basic human needs of food, water and shelter opens the door to investment strategies. Regardless of what sectors are doing well, it is given that something is providing a dividend or doing well in the areas of food, water and shelter. Yes more »

  • Why is This Insider Buying Shares of Dole?

    By Soroush Pour - August 14, 2012 | Tickers: CQB, DOLE, FDP, LANC

    As the old adage goes, there are many reasons why a corporate insider would sell shares of their company’s stock, but only one, very bullish reason why they would buy.  In a financial world filled with uncertainty, insider trading activity can provide a good starting point for further research, and has proven to be a solid market-beating strategy time and time again.  Over the past decade, a range of more »

  • Stay Away from This Beef Provider

    By Himanshu Poddar - August 10, 2012 | Tickers: DOLE, SFD, TSN

    Rains are the most beautiful aspect of nature. But apart from their beauty, they play a very important part in our life. Though we fail to understand their importance in our regular life, farmers are the ones who can deeply realize their value. Even meat companies who depend on crops to feed animals are highly dependent on rains.

    This was affirmed by lackluster results of the players in the meat more »

  • 5 Great Stocks That You May Not Know

    By TS Davis - July 25, 2012 | Tickers: BAX, CELG, DOLE, NATH, STE

    Do you ever get tired of the same stocks being fed to you on a daily basis by the media? Like the stock market only consists of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Apple, right? For those of you looking for investments not so mainstream but that have a good track record, here are 5 stocks worth a look.

    Nathan's Famous Inc (NASDAQ: NATH) is a small-cap company that distributes its more »

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