Industrial conglomerate�Valmont Industries� (NYSE: VMI ) �will pay a�regular quarterly cash dividend�of $0.25 per share, representing an 11.1% increase in the payout to shareholders.
The payment will be made on July 15 to the holders of record at the close of business on June 28, the company announced Monday.
Valmont has paid a quarterly dividend consistently since 1992, with the just-declared quarterly dividend up from its prior distribution of $0.225. The dividend has increased every year since 2005.
Valmont designs and manufactures poles, towers, and structures for lighting and traffic, wireless communication, and utility markets, industrial access systems, and highway safety barriers. It also provides protective coating services and mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture.
Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd (BGM.V)
Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of gold mineral properties in British Columbia, Canada. The company controls 117,691 hectares of mineral tenure, including 3 historic groups of contiguous crown-granted mineral claims, such as Cariboo Group, Island Mountain Group, and Mosquito Creek Group, as well as a block of primarily contiguous mineral tenures roughly centered on the Town of Wells located to the east of Quesnel, British Columbia. It also operates the QR mine and mill that is located to the southeast of Quesnel in the Cariboo Mining District. The company was formerly known as International Wayside Gold Mines Ltd. and changed its name to Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. in January 2010. Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: W.R. Berkley Corporation(WRB)
W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company, operates as commercial lines writers in the property casualty insurance business primarily in the United States. The company operates in five segments: Specialty, Regional, Alternative Markets, Reinsurance, and International. The Specialty segment underwrites third-party liability risks, primarily excess, and surplus lines, including premises operations, professional liability, commercial automobile, products liability, and property lines. The Regional segments provide commercial insurance products to small-to-mid-sized businesses, and state and local governmental entities primarily in the 45 states of the United States. The Alternative Markets segment develops, insures, reinsures, and administers self-insurance programs and other alternative risk transfer mechanisms. This segment offers its services to employers, employer groups, insurers, and alternative market funds, as well as provides a range of fee-based servic es, including consulting and administrative services. The Reinsurance segment engages in the underwriting property casualty reinsurance on a treaty and a facultative basis, including individual certificates and program facultative business; and specialty and standard reinsurance lines, and property and casualty reinsurance. The International segment offers personal and commercial property casualty insurance in South America; commercial property casualty insurance in the United Kingdom and continental Europe; and reinsurance in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Canada. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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China Kangda Food Company Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, processing, sale, and distribution of food products in China. The company is involved in the production and trading of food products; breeding and sale of livestock and poultry; development and sale of rabbits; planting and sale of vegetables; testing and checking of livestock; feed processing; sale of feed products; and provision of guarantee services. It provides chilled and frozen rabbit meat; chilled and frozen chicken meat; processed foods, including instant soup, curry food, chicken based cooked products, roasted rabbit food, meatballs, de-oxygenated consumer packed chestnuts, and seafood; and other products, such as pet food, dehydrated vegetables, poultry, rabbit organs, fruits, dried chili, pig liver, and seasoning products. The company distributes its products in 26 provinces and 30 cities in the People�s Republic of China and exports to approximately 20 countries and cities, including Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and various countries in the European Union. China Kangda Food Company Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Qingdao, the People�s Republic of China.
Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: Guardian Exploration Inc (GX.V)
Guardian Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of petroleum and natural gas properties in western Canada and the state of Montana. It holds a farm-in agreement with Deckland Inc. to earn a 50% working interest in the well located in the Jenner area of Alberta, Canada. The company was formerly known as Guardian Resources Inc. and changed its name to Guardian Exploration Inc. in May 2001. Guardian Exploration Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc.(AFFM)
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NQ Exploration Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mining properties in Canada. The company primarily explores for base metals and precious metals. The company�s principal assets comprise 11 mining properties located in the Abitibi and James Bay territory in Quebec. NQ Exploration focuses on the mining districts of the former Selbaie mine for base and precious metals, and Lac Shortt mine for precious metals. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.
Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ALXN)
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biologic therapeutic products for treating patients with severe and life-threatening disease states in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on developing products for the treatment of diseases in the areas of hematology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and cancer. The company develops and commercializes Soliris (eculizumab), a therapeutic product for the treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a blood disorder. It also conducts various Phase II clinical trail programs on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of cold agglutinin disease; atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; presensitized renal transplant; kidney transplant for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; ABO incompatible renal transplant; dense deposit disease; myasthenia gravis; neuromyelitis optica; and dry a ge-related macular degeneration. In addition, the company conducts Phase IV clinical trails on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of PNH registry; and Phase I clinical trails on Samalizumab for the treatment of oncology diseases, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. serves specialty distributors and specialty pharmacies, which supply physician office clinics, hospital outpatient clinics, infusion clinics, or home health care providers; government agencies; and hospitals, hospital buying groups, pharmacies, other healthcare providers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut.
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Top 10 Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Invest In 2014: American Express Company(AXP)
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. The company?s product portfolio consists of charge and credit card products; expense management products and services; consumer and business travel services; stored value cards, including travelers cheques and other prepaid products; network services; merchant acquisition and processing, point-of-sale, servicing and settlement, and marketing and information products and services for merchants; and fee services comprising market and trend analyses and related consulting services, fraud prevention services, and the design of customer loyalty and rewards programs. In addition, it publishes luxury lifestyle magazines; business and travel resources; general interest, cooking, travel, wine, cocktail, financial, and time management books; and international and electronic editions. The company sells its products and services to consumer s, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through direct mail, on-line applications, targeted direct and third-party sales forces, and direct response advertising worldwide. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Louis Navellier]
American Express (NYSE:AXP) is best known for its charge and credit payment card products. Since last March, American Express stock has gained 29%. AXP stock gets a “B” grade for operating margin growth, a “B” grade for earnings growth, a “B” grade for the magnitude in which earnings projections have increased over the past months, a “B” grade for cash flow, and an “A” grade for return on equity.
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