A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ''top brass'' over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $924K by Rob L. Johnson, President-WBI Holdings at MDU Resources Group Inc (MDU). Read More »

In trading on Monday, shares of Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $7.34, changing hands as low as $7.15 per share. Korea Electric Power Corp shares are currently trading off about 5.2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of KEP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itself. For the Invesco RAFI Strategic US ETF (IUS), we found that the implied analyst target price for the ETF based upon its underlying holdings is $51.68 per unit. Read More »

New Jersey Resources Corp (NJR) has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying utility stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among utilities, NJR shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at New Jersey Resources Corp, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of Flex LNG Ltd (FLNG) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $28.86, changing hands as high as $28.99 per share. Flex LNG Ltd shares are currently trading up about 3.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of FLNG shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of Vital Energy, Inc (VTLE) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $50.20, changing hands as low as $49.80 per share. Vital Energy, Inc shares are currently trading off about 2.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of VTLE shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of PBF Energy Inc (PBF) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $49.13, changing hands as low as $49.12 per share. PBF Energy Inc shares are currently trading down about 1.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of PBF shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Friday, shares of Sunoco LP (SUN) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $54.10, changing hands as low as $53.91 per share. Sunoco LP shares are currently trading off about 1.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SUN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of York Water Co (YORW) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $37.55, changing hands as high as $38.34 per share. York Water Co shares are currently trading up about 2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of YORW shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Sitio Royalties Corp (STR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $23.70, changing hands as high as $24.29 per share. Sitio Royalties Corp shares are currently trading up about 3.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of STR shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Brookfield Infrastructure Corp (BIPC) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $34.74, changing hands as high as $35.04 per share. Brookfield Infrastructure Corp shares are currently trading up about 1.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of BIPC shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Noble Corporation plc (NE) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $47.52, changing hands as high as $47.91 per share. Noble Corporation plc shares are currently trading up about 2.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of NE shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Kenon Holdings Ltd (KEN) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $23.43, changing hands as high as $23.53 per share. Kenon Holdings Ltd shares are currently trading up about 2% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of KEN shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Thursday, shares of Ultrapar Participacoes SA (UGP) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $4.86, changing hands as low as $4.74 per share. Ultrapar Participacoes SA shares are currently trading off about 9.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of UGP shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of PBF Energy Inc (PBF) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $50.02 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVE) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $21.56, changing hands as low as $21.50 per share. Tennessee Valley Authority shares are currently trading down about 0.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of TVE shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Nextracker Inc (NXT) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $44.92, changing hands as low as $42.63 per share. Nextracker Inc shares are currently trading down about 7.3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of NXT shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Enerflex Ltd. (EFXT) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $5.41, changing hands as low as $4.91 per share. Enerflex Ltd. shares are currently trading off about 17% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of EFXT shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Enerflex Ltd. (EFX.CA) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $7.31, changing hands as low as $6.76 per share. Enerflex Ltd. shares are currently trading down about 16.6% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of EFX.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Wednesday, shares of Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd (RECO.CA) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $1.11, changing hands as low as $1.08 per share. Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd shares are currently trading down about 3.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of RECO.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

Eversource Energy (ES) has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying utility stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ''DividendRank'' report. The report noted that among utilities, ES shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. For example, the recent ES share price of $61.17 represents a price-to-book ratio of 1.5 and an annual dividend yield of 4.68% — by comparison, the average utility stock in Dividend Channel's coverage universe yields 4.2% and trades at a price-to-book ratio of 2.3. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Eversource Energy, and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data points. Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Crescent Energy Co (CRGY) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $11.76, changing hands as high as $11.92 per share. Crescent Energy Co shares are currently trading up about 9.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CRGY shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Canadian Utilities Ltd (CU.CA) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $30.95, changing hands as high as $31.19 per share. Canadian Utilities Ltd shares are currently trading up about 1.5% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CU.CA shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP (CLMT) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $16.38, changing hands as high as $16.77 per share. Calumet Specialty Product Partners LP shares are currently trading up about 3% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of CLMT shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

In trading on Tuesday, shares of Delek US Holdings Inc (DK) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $27.46, changing hands as high as $28.47 per share. Delek US Holdings Inc shares are currently trading up about 3.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of DK shares, versus its 200 day moving average: Read More »

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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has declared a cash dividend for the third quarter of 2019 of $0.95 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on September 10, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 27, 2019. The ex-dividend date is August 26, 2019. Read More »

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As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy — they expect to make money. So let's look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. Read More »

Ally Financial (ALLY) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share of the company's common stock, a $0.02 per share increase relative to Ally's prior quarterly cash dividend, payable on February 15, 2019 to stockholders of record on February 1, 2019. Read More »

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Ford Motor Company declared a second quarter regular dividend of $0.15 per share on the company's outstanding Class B and common stock. The second quarter regular dividend maintains the same level as the dividends paid in 2017 and in the first quarter of 2018. The second quarter regular dividend is payable on June 1, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2018. Read More »

International Paper (IP) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.475 per share for the period from October 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, inclusive, on its common stock, par value $1.00. This dividend is payable on December 15, 2017, to holders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2017. Read More »

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The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) is now the #47 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot. Read More »

Antero Resources Midstream Management declared a cash distribution of $0.30 per unit ($1.20 per unit annualized) for the first quarter of 2017. The distribution represents a 28% increase compared to the prior year quarter and a 7% increase sequentially. The distribution is the Partnership's ninth consecutive quarterly distribution increase since its initial public offering in November 2014 and will be payable on May 10, 2017 to unitholders of record as of May 3, 2017. Read More »

The iShares Edge MSCI Multifactor USA ETF (LRGF) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Thursday, with over 220,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 185,000. Shares of LRGF were up about 0.4% on the day. Read More »

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) is now the #88 analyst pick, moving up by 3 spots. Read More »

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has declared a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents per share, an increase of 4.2 percent. The increased dividend is payable 12 September 2016 to stockholders of record 19 August 2016, and raises the annual rate from $1.44 per share to $1.50 per share. Read More »

Realty Income (O) has declared the 550th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.199 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.388 per share, is payable on May 16, 2016 to shareholders of record as of May 2, 2016. Read More »

Alliant Energy Corporation (LNT) announced that quarterly dividends on common stock were declared by the Board of Directors. The quarterly common stock dividend is $0.5875 per share payable on February 12, 2016, to shareowners of record on close of business January 29, 2016. Read More »

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) paid a quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share of common stock on September 1, 2015. The Board of Directors has declared an increased quarterly dividend of 7 cents per share payable December 1, 2015, to shareholders of record on November 2, 2015. Read More »

Constellation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per share of Class A Common Stock and $0.28 per share of Class B Common Stock, payable on November 24, 2015, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 9, 2015. Read More »

Carnival Corporation (CCL) has announced that it has increased its quarterly dividend to $0.30 per share. The company's board of directors approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of August 21, 2015, and a payment date of September 11, 2015. Read More »

General Motors (GM) Bdeclared a second quarter 2015 dividend of 36 cents per share on its common stock, an increase of 20 percent from the 30-cent quarterly dividend paid since the first quarter of 2014. This increase is consistent with the company's capital allocation framework to generate high returns on investments in the business, maintain an investment-grade balance sheet and return capital to shareholders. The second quarter dividend is payable Tuesday, June 23, 2015 to all common stockholders of record as of Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Read More »

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 3.6%. Year to date, Goodyear Tire & Rubber has lost about 6.0% of its value. Read More »

Schlumberger (SLB) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on April 10, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 11, 2015. Read More »

In early trading on Tuesday, shares of Celgene (CELG) topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 3.6%. Year to date, Celgene registers a 8.4% gain. Read More »

Core Laboratories (CLB) has announced a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of common stock payable in the fourth quarter of 2014. The quarterly $0.50 per share cash dividend will be payable on 25 November 2014 to shareholders of record on 17 October 2014. Dutch withholding tax will be deducted from the dividend at a rate of 15%. Read More »

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys. Read More »