Public Storage Getting Ready To Report First Quarter 2022 Earnings
April 27, 2022
Image Shown: Public Storage, a longtime idea in our High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, has seen its share price skyrocket over the past year with room for additional upside, in our view. By Callum Turcan After the market close on May 3, the self-storage real estate investment trust (‘REIT’) Public Storage (PSA) intends to report its first-quarter earnings for 2022, which will be followed up by an earnings conference call a day later. Shares of PSA have been a long-time idea in the High Yield Dividend Newsletter portfolio, and we continue to be enormous fans of the name. The high end of our fair value estimate range sits at $445 per share of Public Storage, indicating that shares of PSA have
Dividend Growth Idea Lockheed Martin Doing Its Best to Arm Western Allies
April 26, 2022
Image Shown: Dividend growth idea Lockheed Martin Corporation is very shareholder friendly. The defense contractor is doing its best to arm Ukraine and other Western allies during these difficult times. Image Source: Lockheed Martin Corporation – First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and simmering geopolitical tensions in East Asia between Western aligned nations and China over Taiwan and other issues have created a backdrop that is conducive to significant increases in national defense spending. Though we hope peace prevails soon, the realities on the ground in Ukraine and elsewhere call for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (‘NATO’) member nations and other Western aligned nations to ramp up their
High-Yielding Philip Morris Adeptly Navigating Exogenous Shocks
April 25, 2022
Image Shown: In the face of major exogenous shocks, Philip Morris International Inc was still able to put up solid operational and financial performance in the first quarter of 2022. Image Source: Philip Morris International Inc – First Quarter of 2022 IR Earnings Presentation By Callum Turcan There are a lot of reasons to like Philip Morris International Inc (PM) as a high-yielding income growth opportunity. Its portfolio includes numerous top selling cigarette brands including Marlboro, L&M, Chesterfield, Parliament, and others. After splitting with Altria Group Inc (MO) back in 2008, Philip Morris has the right to sell these cigarette brands in international markets while Altria Group has the right to sell these branded tobacco products in the US market.
ESG Newsletter Portfolio Idea ASML Holding May Further Boost Longer Term Guidance
April 22, 2022
Image Shown: How ASML Holding Inc’s photolithography systems are used to produce semiconductor components, including the most cutting edge “chips” along with more mature semiconductor components. Image Source: ASML Holding Inc – Fiscal 2021 Annual Report By Callum Turcan The maker of advanced photolithography systems that are used to produce the most cutting edge semiconductor components or “chips” is the Dutch firm ASML Holding NV (ASML). It has a virtual monopoly at the high-end of this market due to its technological prowess in this space and focus on R&D. The firm also produces photolithography systems to make more mature chips and offers services that are primarily geared towards its installed systems base. ASML Holding reported first quarter earnings for fiscal
Dividend Growth Idea UnitedHealth Group Boosts Guidance
April 21, 2022
Image Shown: Dividend growth idea UnitedHealth Group Inc has seen its share price surge higher over the past year. By Callum Turcan One of our favorite dividend growth ideas is UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH). The company runs an expansive portfolio of domestic health care operations including large health insurance businesses, pharmacy benefits managers (‘PBMs’) and specialty pharmacy businesses, outpatient surgical centers, in-home health care service providers, analytical services, and services geared towards administrative activities, among many other operations involving health care. Its four business reporting segments are Optum Health (national health care delivery platform), Optum Insight (services, analytics, and platforms aimed at generating insights and efficiencies while improving patient outcomes), Optum Rx (portfolio of pharmacy care services), and UnitedHealthcare (portfolio
Shares of Newsletter Portfolio Idea Johnson & Johnson Off to the Races!
April 20, 2022
Image Shown: Shares of Johnson & Johnson, an idea in both our Best Ideas Newsletter and Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolios, are shifting higher. By Callum Turcan On April 19, Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported first-quarter earnings for 2022 that missed consensus top-line estimates but beat consensus bottom-line estimates. The company lowered its guidance for 2022, but shares of JNJ rallied during regular trading hours that day as its underlying performance remains strong. J&J suspended guidance for its coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) vaccine sales, though we want to stress that these sales were not needle-moving as it concerns our estimate of the company’s fair value. The firm was selling the vaccines on a not-for-profit basis and didn’t intend to change that until the
AT&T and Warner Bros. Discovery Go Their Separate Ways
April 19, 2022
Image Shown: AT&T Inc is spending heavily to grow its 5G wireless network while expanding the reach of its broadband footprint. Image Source: AT&T Inc – March 2022 Analyst & Investor Day Event Presentation By Callum Turcan On April 8, AT&T Inc (T) closed the merger of the WarnerMedia business with Discovery to create a powerhouse in the media and entertainment industry after then-Discovery shareholders voted to approve the deal on March 11. The new entity, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc (WBD), is home to various streaming services (HBO Max, discovery+, CNN+) along with linear and premium TV channels (Discovery Channel, HBO, TNT, HGTV, CNN, Animal Planet, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network). Warner Bros. Discovery began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange
Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week April 15
April 15, 2022
Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending April 15. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Agree Realty (ADC): now $0.234 per share monthly dividend, was $0.227. Aon (AON): now $0.56 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.51. Artesian Resources (ARTNA): now $0.2729 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2675. BrasilAgro – Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate (LND): now $0.404 per share dividend, was $0.2030. Costco (COST): now $0.90 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.79. Crestwood Equity (CEQP): now $0.655 per share quarterly dividend, was
We’re Still Bullish; GDP Continues To March Ever Higher!
April 14, 2022
By Brian Nelson, CFA We believe there will be continued strength in the equity markets during the back half of this year and into 2023. There are myriad headwinds to this bullish underlying thesis, but big-cap company fundamentals remain strong, and we think this will become evident during first-quarter 2022 earnings season, which is already upon us. — We think the market is paying attention to all of the wrong things. Certainly, interest rates are important and Fed rate hikes could dampen growth, but the reality is that interest rates are still at all-time lows, and we doubt that the Fed will do anything to impact the wealth effect it fought so hard to preserve during the depths of the COVID-19
Weekly: We’re Bullish on This Self-Inflicted Market Sell-Off; Plus Meta (Facebook), PayPal, Consumer Staples, and HPQ
April 14, 2022
Dear members: — This Valuentum Weekly is not taking on its traditional form for a number of important reasons as we want to hammer home some of our opinions in this volatile market environment. — First, I want to highlight the Recession Resistant/Consumer Staples industry, which comprises 30 fine names, many with strong dividend growth prospects. All of their stock and dividend reports have been refreshed on the website for your convenience. The stock reports for the Recession Resistant/Consumer Staples industry can be accessed by link below this introductory note. — Second, I wanted to address the sell-off that the markets have experienced to start 2022. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF is down roughly 6% so far year-to-date. Nothing
