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Molex, Inc.

  • Consider These Under the Radar Tech Stocks

    By Robert Ciura - May 18, 2013 | Tickers: MXIM, MCHP, MOLX

    Income investors are in a tough spot. Because of the Federal Reserve’s ongoing quantitative easing program, interest rates are at historic lows. As a result, traditional fixed income products such as bank certificates of deposit or government bonds pay little interest. Even riskier fixed income assets, such as corporate bonds, have rallied considerably and now provide yields that are nothing to write home about.

    Consequently, many income investors have more »

  • The Road to Short-Circuiting Your Portfolio?

    By Chris Hodge - March 5, 2013 | Tickers: APH, DLB, MOLX

    Getting into mid-cap stocks is a weird place. On the one hand, they tend to have less room to grow than their tiny counterparts. While Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) is only a $3.2 billion company by market cap, it's still larger than a lot of companies and is thus less likely to experience a huge upsurge in spite of turning 26% profit margins that could easily go into more »

  • Tech Dividends Flying Under the Radar

    By Robert Ciura - January 29, 2013 | Tickers: CSC, MCHP, MOLX

    Investing in technology stocks isn’t usually aligned with dividend investing.  Investors who crave dividends from their stocks generally look to traditional income-producing sectors like utilities and consumer staples.  The truth is that market-surpassing dividend yields can be found within the technology sector.  For an investor willing to dig a little deeper into the universe of dividend-paying technology stocks, some hidden gems can be found that may be worthy of more »

  • Hedge Funds Bought Navistar And These Other Stocks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 6, 2013 | Tickers: BRC, ENZN, MOLX, NAV, PLAB

    13F filings are a very complete picture of what a hedge fund has been doing, but unfortunately they are only released six to seven weeks after the end of a quarter. 13D and 13G filings, while generally restricted to smaller-cap stocks, are much more up to date and therefore allow investors to know that a certain hedge fund manager has been buying a specific stock in the past week or more »

  • Royce & Associates Owns Over 10% of This Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 4, 2013 | Tickers: APH, AVX, MEI, MOLX, TEL

    Royce & Associates, a fund managed by Chuck Royce which tends to prefer investing in small-cap and mid-cap companies, has reported that it owns 8.3 million shares of Molex (NASDAQ: MOLX), a $5 billion market cap manufacturer of electronics components. The 13G filed with the SEC has this figure as 10.3% of the total shares outstanding. See more of Royce's stock picks. Our database of 13F filings shows more »

  • Is Corning a Good Stock to Buy Right Now?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 14, 2012 | Tickers: APH, GLW, LPL, MOLX, TEL

    Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW)’s stock is about flat for the year (significantly underperforming broader market indices), and is trading at about half its price from five years ago. In the second quarter of 2012, Corning (which produces glass screens, telecommunications products, ceramics, and specialty glass materials) saw its revenue come in 5% lower than in Q2 2011. Affiliated companies’ earnings- a significant source of income- were also down and more »

  • The iPhone 5 Ripple Effect

    By Punnoose M.I. - September 19, 2012 | Tickers: APH, AAPL, FLEX, GOOG, JBL, MOLX

    Apple’s new iPhone 5 Launch was awaited by all, top analysts and investors alike.  The effect of the new launch has already started to show in the technology market. The iPhone 5 launch did not show many surprises as it fulfilled many expectations laid out by tech analysts. Post launch Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares ended the day up 1.4 % at $ 669.79.

    Analysts believe though investors are being more »

  • Why is This Insider Buying Belden in Bulk?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 5, 2012 | Tickers: APH, BDC, BGC, MOLX, TEL

    Over the past year, shares of cable manufacturer Belden (NYSE: BDC) have increased 19.6%, outpacing the diversified industrials industry average (17.4%), and its primary competitor General Cable (NYSE: BGC), which has lost 1.5% in value over this time.  The 110-year-old company, which is headquartered in St. Louis, designs, produces, and distributes all types of cables, including those of the copper, composite, and fiber optic variety. 

    Despite a more »