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Top Best Ideas Newsletter Portfolio Holding Berkshire Hathaway Reports Solid Third Quarter Performance

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Image Shown: Shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc moved higher on Monday November 4 after reporting a decent third quarter 2019 earnings report on Saturday November 2. By Callum Turcan Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A) (BRK.B) reported solid third quarter 2019 earnings on November 2, and we continue to like Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares as a top holding in our Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. Our fair value estimate for BRK.B stands at $229 per share with room for upside, as the top end of our fair value estimate range sits at $275 per share. Third Quarter Overview We would like to highlight up front that Berkshire Hathaway’s underlying financial performance improved from the third quarter of 2018 to the same quarter … Read more

Covering Best Ideas Newsletter Holding Berkshire Hathaway

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Image Source: Berkshire Hathaway Inc – 2018 Annual Report By Callum Turcan As a top holding in our Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio, Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A) (BRK.B) Class B shares have room to run in our view. Our fair value estimate for BRK.B stands at $229 per share, significantly higher than where shares are trading at as of this writing (~$204 per share). Please note Berkshire Hathaway does not pay out a common dividend at this time. Covering a Tricky Balance Sheet The conglomerate splits its operations into two; ‘Insurance and Other’ and ‘Railroad, Utilities, and Energy,’ with Berkshire Hathaway breaking down the financial performance of each segment when possible. Berkshire Hathaway’s ‘Insurance and Other’ segment had a large net … Read more

Berkshire Hathaway Gets Ready to Put Part of Its Large Cash Pile to Use

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Image Source: Fortune Live Media By Callum Turcan Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.A) (BRK.B), specifically Class B shares trading as BRK.B, is a top holding in Valuentum’s Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio. The massive holding company is invested in much more than just insurance (a portfolio which includes Geico, Cornhusker Casualty Company, General Re, Oak River Insurance Company, and more), Berkshire has exposure to American railroads (through its ownership of BNSF), global consumer goods sales–through its ownership of See’s Candy and stake in Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)–and a slate of other industries. We give shares of BRK.B a fair value estimate of $229, with a fair value range of $183/share – $275/share. As BRK.B trades at the lower end of our fair … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending June 7

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending June 7. 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 Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE): now $1.00 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.97. Boyd Gaming (BYD): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06. Capital Southwest (CSWC): now $0.39 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.38. Cracker Barrel (CBRL): now $1.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.25. Essential Properties (EPRT): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21. Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR): now $0.3591 per share monthly … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending June 1

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending June 1. 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 Ashland (ASH): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.225. Atlantica Yield (AY): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.31. Bank of Montreal (BMO): now CAD 0.96 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.93. Cass Information Systems (CASS): now $0.26 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24. Connecticut Water Service (CTWS): now $0.3125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2975. CVR Energy (CVI): now $0.75 per share … Read more

First Harvey, Now Irma

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Image Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA Sees Irma Strengthen to a Category 5 Hurricane. This visible light image of Hurricane Irma was captured by NOAA’s GOES East satellite as it strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane in the Central Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 5 at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 UTC). NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing valuable satellite imagery to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center, and revealed that Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane on Sept. 5 around 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC). Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. Hurricane season 2017 has not been kind to insurers.  By Brian Nelson, CFA What a disaster-of-a-hurricane-season 2017 is shaping up to be. Our hearts and thoughts go out to … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending May 19

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending May 19. 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 BGC Partners (BGCP): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16. Citi Trends (CTRN): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06. Chubb (CB): now $0.71 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.69. Exchange Bank (EXSR): now $0.85 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.80. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp (FMCB): now $6.75 per share semi-annual dividend, was $6.55. First Midwest (FMBI): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was … Read more

Dividend Increases for the Week Ending May 23

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending May 23. 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 States Water (AWR): now $0.213 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.203. Bristow Group (BRS): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Bunge Limited (BG): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30. CryoLife (CRY): now $0.03 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0275. Daktronics (DAKT): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.09. Donaldson Co (DCI): now $0.165 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.14. Extra … Read more

Dividend Increases for the Week Ending May 24

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This week was packed with companies raising their cash dividends. Below we provide a list of firms that upped their dividends for the week ending May 24. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports, please click here. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week AAON (AAON): now semi-annual dividend of $0.10 per share, was $0.08. American States Water Company (AWR): now $0.405 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.355. Bristow Group (BRS): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20. Bunge Limited (BG): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.27. Center Bancorp (CNBC): now $0.075 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.055. Donaldson (DCI): now $0.13 per share … 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