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PepsiCo Fights off Forex Headwinds as it Gets Ready to Take on Amazon

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Image Source: PepsiCo Inc – IR Presentation By Callum Turcan While foreign currency headwinds are proving quite troublesome, PepsiCo continues to post strong organic growth that helped drive its outperformance during the first quarter of 2019. That strong performance will be needed as Amazon gets ready to enter the energy beverage arena. PepsiCo Inc’s (PEP) shares shot up to record highs on April 17 after posting first quarter results that clearly impressed the market. With shares now trading around $127 as of this writing, the beverage and snack giant yields 2.9% with decent dividend coverage going forward. The company beat consensus top and bottom-line estimates while reaffirming 2019E guidance, which signals to the market that management is confident in PepsiCo’s … Read more

Earnings Not So Hot, High Yield Dividend Newsletter Archives

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No change to newsletter portfolios. By Brian Nelson, CFA Against a backdrop of US-China trade tensions, a Fed that continues to balance the need to hike rates with caution against purposefully and meaningfully inverting the yield curve, US GDP growth humming along at 2%-3%, and news from Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, who says something big is in store for tonight. Incidentally, he changed his Twitter name to Elon Tusk. Was it to match our typo yesterday? Elon – if you’re listening, give us a shout out! We love Tesla’s future expected free cash flow! Just some housekeeping items before we get started. For our High Yield Dividend Newsletter members and our Exclusive members, we do not house the archived … Read more

Cola Giants Fourth Quarter Earnings and Valuation Distributions

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Image Source: Sean Loyless Coca-Cola and PepsiCo expect mid-single-digit organic revenue growth to continue in 2019, but currency headwinds are impacting reported figures. We’re less than enthused about the near-term free cash flow expectations of both companies, and tepid macroeconomic growth expectations and potentially elevated costs, such as freight, are weighing on near-term outlooks. By Kris Rosemann Coca-Cola’s Cautious 2019 Guidance Disappoints Image Shown: shares of Coca-Cola are trading in the ~$46 range as of this writing, which is just below the upper bound of our fair value range for shares. Shares of Coca-Cola (KO) tumbled following its fourth quarter 2018 earnings report, results released February 14, as it issued cautious guidance for 2019 due to, in the words of … Read more

Valuentum Stock Screeners

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This article was sent to members via email December 29. That email can be accessed at the link that follows this article. By Brian Nelson, CFA Hi everyone, I wanted to provide an update with respect to Valuentum’s stock screeners. We believe our stock screeners are among the most robust when it comes to providing forward-looking data, or data that is important with respect to the investment decision-making process. We publish screens in each of the monthly newsletters, but we also provide a basic weekly screener for download on the left column of the website, “Download Weekly Stock Screener (xls) — login required.”   We also have other products. The more robust DataScreener, for example, is part of the quarterly Financial … Read more

Market Mayhem — Alerts for Members

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During these extremely volatile times, it’s important to stay focused. On December 15, we informed all of our members to “Pay Attention.” Shortly thereafter, we notified members of the potential for a stock market technical breakdown. This morning, we offered a pre-market briefing about the importance of thinking about portfolio protection. For Best Ideas Newsletter and Dividend Growth Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=e2406cd6-c113-4344-8731-493f33fc44a4&id=preview For High Yield Dividend Newsletter members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=b3ba530f-38b3-489a-ac96-2961dca89c6b&id=preview For Exclusive members: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?preview=true&m=1110817109903&ca=ba6d90c0-4433-48b2-9b8a-aac4ddf9006e&id=preview We’re here for any questions. Please just let us know how we can help! Kind regards, Brian Nelson, CFA  brian@valuentum.com

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of September 13

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending September 13. 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                          Absa Group Limited (AGRPY): now $0.5992 per share dividend, was $0.5707. AFC Gamma (AFCG): now $0.33 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15. Altria (MO): now $1.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.98. ANTA Sports Products Limited (ANPDY): now $3.712 per share semi-annual dividend, was $3.602. Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Company Limited (BDUUY): now $0.3199 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.3095. Benchmark Electronics (BHE): … Read more

Stock Market Outlook for 2021

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By Valuentum Analysts February 8, 2021 2020 was one for the history books. We covered our thoughts and reflections on the past year in our “2020 Won’t Soon Be Forgotten” article (link here), and now we are looking towards the future. Global health authorities should be able to bring an end to the ongoing coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic sooner than many had expected as several vaccines have already been improved for emergency use and several others appear increasingly likely to get approved. Global vaccine distribution activities are currently underway, and this should allow the world to slowly return to pre-pandemic activities. Before then, immense stimulus measures launched primarily in developed nations should support global economic activities until the public health crisis … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week May 28

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending May 28. 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 American Financial (AFG): now $14.00 per share special dividend, was $0.50. American Tower (AMT): now $1.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.24. Avnet (AVT): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21. Capital Federal Financial (CFFN): now $0.40 per share true-up dividend, was $0.085. Capital Southwest (CSWC): now $0.53 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.52. CBB Bancorp (CBBI): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend. Century Communities … Read more

2,350-2,750 on the S&P? Could the Coronavirus Catalyze a Financial Crisis?

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Image: We think a rather modest sell-off in the market to the target range of 2,350-2,750 on the S&P 500 is rather reasonable in the wake of one of the biggest economic shocks since the Global Financial Crisis. The chart above shows how far markets have advanced since 2011, and an adjustment lower to the target range of 2,350-2,750 is rather modest in such a context and would only bring markets to late 2018 levels (note red box as the target range). The range reflects ~16x S&P 500 12-month forward earnings estimates, as of February 14, adjusted down 10% due to COVID-19. When companies like Visa talk about a couple percentage points taken off of growth rates, one knows that … Read more

Update: Frequently Asked Questions About Valuentum Securities, Inc.

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What is Valuentum Securities? Valuentum (val∙u∙n∙tum) [val-yoo-en-tuh-m] Securities Inc. is an independent investment research publisher, offering premium equity reports and dividend reports, as well as commentary across all sectors/companies, a Best Ideas Newsletter (spanning market caps, asset classes), a Dividend Growth Newsletter, modeling tools/products, and more. Independence and integrity remain our core, and we strive to be a champion of the investor. Valuentum is based in the Chicagoland area. Valuentum is not a money manager, broker, or financial advisor. Valuentum is a publisher of financial information. How do I subscribe to Valuentum’s investment research services? 1)    Click the following link: signup-page. 2)    Select your membership plan. 3)    Enter your contact details. 4)    Click ‘Sign Up.’ 5)    Complete your purchase. 6)   Your payment profile may be recurring, so please check … Read more