Raven Industries, Inc.

  • Following The Motley Fool's Investing Steps For Long-Term Returns

    By Fani Kelesidou - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: DE, GGG, RAVN

    The Motley Fool co-founders Tom and David Gardner devoted themselves to helping the world invest better. They came up with a set of investing rules aiming to guide do-it-yourself investors through the Wall Street maze. All investors need to do is follow 13 simple steps to big returns. Asset allocation is the 8th--and most important--step.

    Finding a winning stock is one thing, but managing your risk tolerance is more »

  • Following The Motley Fool's Investing Steps For Long-Term Returns

    By Fani Kelesidou - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: DE, GGG, RAVN

    The Motley Fool co-founders Tom and David Gardner devoted themselves to helping the world invest better. They came up with a set of investing rules aiming to guide do-it-yourself investors through the Wall Street maze. All investors need to do is follow 13 simple steps to big returns. Asset allocation is the 8th--and most important--step.

    Finding a winning stock is one thing, but managing your risk tolerance is more »

  • Following Motley Fool's Investing Steps For Long-Term Returns

    By Fani Kelesidou - April 14, 2013 | Tickers: DE, GGG, RAVN

    Motley Fool Co-founders, Tom and David Gardner, devoted themselves to helping the world invest better. Staying committed to their goal they came up with a set of investing rules aiming to guide do-it-yourself investors through the Wall Street maze. All investors need to do is follow 13 simple steps. Asset allocation is the 8th- and most definitely of paramount importance- step.

    Finding a winning stock is one thing, but more »

  • The Quest for Great Small Cap Machinery Stocks

    By Chris Hodge - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: BGG, MKSI, RAVN

    Small caps are great because they have a lot of potential room to grow, and I like diversified machinery stocks because their underlying companies tend to have stability because their bread and butter is long-term contracts. Let's see whether a few candidates from this group warrant your further attention.

    Briggs & Stratton (NYSE: BGG) carries a $1.15 billion market cap and trades at a reasonable 2.5 times book more »

  • The Quest for Great Small Cap Machinery Stocks

    By Chris Hodge - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: BGG, RAVN

    Small caps are great because they have a lot of potential room to grow due to their generally low share prices, and I like diversified machinery stocks because their underlying companies tend to have stability because their bread and butter is long-term contracts. Let's see whether a few candidates from this group warrant your further attention.

    Briggs & Stratton carries a $1.15 billion market cap and trades at an more »

  • This Small Company Is a Good Long-Term Investment

    By Anh HOANG - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: DE, GGG, RAVN

    In a recent Forbes list of 100 America’s Best Small Companies, there is one conglomerate that impressed me with its growing and consistent historical operating performance. In the past ten years, this company has consistently delivered double-digit return on invested capital. Moreover, it has increased dividends overtime.

    The company in question is Raven Industries (NASDAQ: RAVN). Let’s take a closer look to check whether or not we should more »

  • Finding Your Way Through the Wall Street Maze

    By Fani Kelesidou - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: NOV, RAVN, SWKS

    Discovering the next compelling candidate for a stock portfolio is not an easy task to fulfill. The financial world contains an unimaginably large number of data and investing tools. In order to extract wisdom out of them, investors often have to keep their nose to the grindstone. However, stock screeners can take some burden off investors' shoulders and provide them with intriguing investment opportunities in the blink of an eye more »

  • This Company Is Guiding Investors to Profits

    By Josh Kohn-Lindquist - February 1, 2013 | Tickers: DE, LMT, RAVN, TRMB

    With the world's population exploding from 3 billion people to 7 billion people in just over 50 years, reliable crop production has never been more important.  From the planting and harvesting of crops, to the distribution of them to those in need, many companies are taking part in making the world a better, more efficient place.  While companies with this greater good in mind should be applauded, not all more »

  • A Defensive Multi Industry Play

    By Ashish Sharma - August 22, 2012 | Tickers: MMM, RAVN

    3M Company (NYSE: MMM) is renowned as an defensive investment as it tends to experience far lower core revenue attrition during times of recession, supported by exposures to Healthcare, Consumer and Safety end markets.  Last month, 3M reported 2Q12 EPS of $1.66 (vs. consensus estimates of $1.65) including a $0.03 restructuring headwind and $0.02 benefit from insurance recoveries. Operating margins were better than expected with 130 more »