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Buffett Planning to Scoop Up a Valuentum Favorite

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We’re hearing that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) is nearing a deal to buy one of our favorite commercial aerospace suppliers and former Best Ideas Newsletter holding Precision Castparts (PCP). We’ve always been fans of Precision Castparts and believe its management team is one of the best in all of the industrial sector. This was likely something that convinced the Oracle that Precision Castparts was right for the Berkshire portfolio. As we’ve yet to hear specific deal terms, we believe Berkshire can pay up to $34 billion in equity value, or ~$240 per share and still make this deal work from an economic-value standpoint. Precision Castparts’ shares closed at ~$194 each Friday. We expect aerospace suppliers to catch a … Read more

Commercial Aerospace Flying High

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Valuentum’s President Brian Nelson talks about the resiliency of the commercial aircraft making business and the massive backlogs that offer a nice tailwind to the supply chain. Source of Images: Boeing (BA), Randy Tinseth (20-year Current Market Outlook, July 2014). If you cannot see the video, please click here. Aerospace Suppliers: AIR, AIRI, AL, ATRO, COL, HEI, HXL, ISSC, PCP, SPR, TATT, TDY, TXT Airlines – Major: AAL, ALK, DAL, JBLU, LUV, SAVE, UAL

Valuentum Economic Castleâ„¢ Rating Update

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Read: Keeping the Horse Before the Cart: Valuentum’s Economic Castle™ Rating The Economic Castle Focuses on the Magnitude of Economic Value Creation The Valuentum Economic Castle™ rating is an enhancement of the competitive advantage framework (commonly known as economic moat analysis) that has become widespread and ubiquitous within the investing world. Whereas an economic moat framework evaluates a firm on the basis of the sustainability and durability of its competitive advantages, Valuentum’s Economic Castle™ rating evaluates a firm on the basis of the firm’s future economic profit spread (return on invested capital less its weighted average cost of capital). The companies with the strongest Valuentum Economic Castle™ ratings are poised to generate the most economic value for shareholders in the … Read more

Nelson: The 16 Most Important Steps To Understand The Stock Market

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A previous version of this article appeared on our website July 21, 2013. Refreshed and updated throughout, as of July 2018. By Brian Nelson, CFA After earning my MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and training stock and credit analysts from large organizations over the past decade or so, I have heard just about every question (though I admit I am still surprised by many things and remain a very humble student of the markets). I’ve also spent years perfecting the discounted cash flow process for large research organizations such as Morningstar and studied under one of the most famed aggressive growth investors of all time, Richard Driehaus. My knowledge runs the gamut from value through … Read more

How to Think About Corporate Tax Reform

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Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 4

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 4. 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                Air Lease (AL): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18. Amcor (AMCR): now $0.1225 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1200. American Financial (AFG): now $2.00 per share special dividend, was $0.63. AmerisourceBergen (ABC): now $0.485 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.460. Arbor Realty Trust (ABR): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.39. ARC Resources (ARX:CA): now CAD 0.15 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 10

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 10. 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                          Air Lease (AL): now $0.21 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Airtel Africa Plc (AAFRF): now $0.0238 per share semi-annual dividend. Artesian Resources (ARTNA): now $0.2897 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2840. Assurant (AIZ): now $0.72 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.70. Atmos Energy (ATO): now $0.805 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.740. Autoliv (ALV): now $0.68 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.66. Automatic … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending December 15

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending December 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 Abbot Laboratories (ABT): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.265. AES (AES): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.12. Air Lease (AL): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.075. Altius Minerals (ATUSF): now CAD 0.04 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.03. Amgen (AMGN): now $1.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.15. AT&T (T): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.49. Balchem … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 8

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 8. 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                          Air Lease (AL): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21. Aker BP (AKRBF): now $0.600 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.174. American Financial (AFG): now $4.00 per share special dividend, was $0.80. Arch Capital (ACGL): now $5.00 per share special dividend. Artesian Resources (ARTNA): now $0.3014 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2955. Atmos Energy (ATO): now $0.87 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.81. … Read more