Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images AGNC (NASDAQ:AGNC), an Agency Residential Mortgage REIT, reported on April 22nd giving shareholders an even clearer picture of its path forward. Investors questioning the dividend safety with its high yield near 15% certainly have valid reasons. This article adds to our others such as Status Of AGNC Investment’s Dividend And…
peeterv Earnings of Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:HAFC) will likely decline this year on the back of margin contraction. Pressure on asset yields was already visible during the first quarter. I’m expecting the company to report earnings of $2.18 per share for 2024, down 16.8% year-over-year. Compared to my last report on the company, I’ve…
The world is becoming an increasingly unstable place politically and economically speaking. Many people all over the world are currently living somewhere presenting serious risks to their livelihood and well being, everything from totalitarian and persecutory governments to the general state of the economy deteriorating so badly that their ability to sustain themselves is in…
simarts Last week, UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) released its nine-month accounts with a full inclusion of Credit Suisse assets. Post H1 results, we reaffirmed a neutral rating valuation for the combined entity. This was mainly due to a Price-to-book value analysis and a higher execution risk for the integration. In Q4, the largest Swiss banking…
PictureNet Corporation A family friend who knows I worked in finance recently asked me about Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE:UP). He saw that the company was recently featured as a weekly top gainer by Seeking Alpha and knew several celebrities like Tom Brady had endorsed it, so he wondered if now might be a good…
Justin Sullivan Investment thesis The stock market continues growing impressively in 2024, with big tech and semiconductors continuing to fuel the rally. In my opinion, the greedier investors are, the higher is the probability of a stock market correction. Since growth stocks are usually more vulnerable to corrections, I am now looking at potential high-yield…
McKevin Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) seems one of the most coveted BDCs on the Street as the company has delivered consistent net asset value per-share growth over the life of the company. While Main Street consistently handed dividend raises to its shareholders, the BDC seems overpriced with a 58% premium to net asset value… which…
Olga Kaya/E+ via Getty Images Ladder Capital (NYSE:LADR) is a mortgage lender focused chiefly on short term, variable rate balance sheet first mortgage loans. The REIT has been confronted with concerns about the quality of its loan book due to a growing CECL reserve. While there are risks in the portfolio, especially as they concern…
airdone Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NYSE:BXMT) proved its value to passive income investors in February with a well-received earnings release for 4Q-23: The commercial mortgage real estate investment trust comfortably covered its dividend pay-out with distributable earnings, though it was forced to increase its CECL reserve for credit losses again. With that being said, Blackstone…
Nikolay Ponomarenko I follow Green Thumb Industries (OTCQX:GTBIF) closely and have done so since it went public in 2018. I think that the company has a decent business and the best balance sheet of the large MSOs. The company, which will report its Q4 on Tuesday afternoon, seems overvalued to me relative to peers. I…
Over the past decade, Coinbase has reached millions of cryptocurrency traders and expanded to become the largest crypto exchange in the US. Despite its solid reputation, Coinbase did not avert scrutiny and skepticism. It has intensified in the past two years, driven by the sharp upsurge and plunge in crypto prices in a short period….
Kena Betancur Introduction Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) is probably one of the most known electronic retailers in the world. The retailer has been around for decades, and I remember shopping there in my early years in search of the latest electronic gadgets. Although they are known for their tech retail & support, the Geek Squad, they…
Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Holding Steady, Dominion Gas Deal Not A Game Changer Note: All dollar values mentioned are in Canadian dollars unless specifically indicated otherwise. I last covered Enbridge common stock (NYSE:ENB) (TSX:ENB:CA) in September 2023 when a deal was announced for Enbridge to acquire three US-based natural gas distribution utilities from Dominion Energy…
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 13, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Loukas Barmparis – President Konstantinos Adamopoulos – Chief Financial Officer Polys Hajioannou – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Omar Nokta – Jefferies Climent Molins – Value Investor’s Edge Operator Thank you for standing by, ladies…
NYCstock Quick Overview With banks making headlines this week again, I wanted to touch upon a subsector of the financials segment that is often under-covered but often presents an interesting investing opportunity as I’ve written about in the last year, and that is insurance. Though it may not be the mainstream media’s hip and cool…
CreativeNature_nl Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) is a widely recognized yield-focused stock, which offers a combination of attractive dividend yield and durable business operations. If we look at the historical yield level of ET, we will notice that currently, the dividend yield revolves around its historical average (excluding the outliers in 2016 and 2020 that were brought…
SHansche/iStock via Getty Images Introduction Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB) is another mid-size bulk carrier company. It is an exciting proposition with its fleet of 46 vessels at an average age of ten years. Twenty-two ships are equipped with scrubbers, and 100% have a ballast water treatment system. SB has a solid balance sheet with 57% total…
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Today I’d like to discuss an outdoor apparel company that been around since the 1930’s. This historic company has risen tremulously under the tenure of it’s long-time CEO. However, the last five years have been rough as the company has under-performed the market and like many retailers has struggled managing…
Jakraphong Pongpotganatam Small caps are where the money is to be made in investing. Having said that, you have to pick the right ones. Even if you do that, you still have to pick them at the right price. Insteel Industries (NYSE:IIIN) is a producer of steel rod products and similar goods intended primarily for…
MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist. Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXLC) and Eagle Point Credit Co. (NYSE:ECC) are highly popular income investments that often cause a flurry of passionate debates on whether they are worthwhile or not. They invest in the lowest tranches of the collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”)…
Marat Musabirov The BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust (NYSE:BDJ) is a closed-end fund that income-seeking investors can employ to accomplish their goals. The fund’s 8.94% current distribution yield is certainly a testament to this, as that yield is substantially higher than the 1.44% current distribution yield of the S&P 500 Index (SPY). Thus, it is…
Olivier Le Moal Summary This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering large discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks….
fotofrog Thesis The Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FSTA) is an equities exchange traded fund. The vehicle invests at least 80% of its assets in securities included in MSCI USA IMI Consumer Staples 25/50 Index, and uses a representative sampling indexing strategy. Consumer staples are considered a defensive sector in the equity market given…
Daenin Arnee/iStock via Getty Images Ennis, Inc. (NYSE:EBF) manufactures forms and other products for businesses. I believe the company’s risk profile is very low, providing investors with a safe choice in the current economy. Although the company’s growth history isn’t very promising, I believe the current valuation leaves a good safety margin for investors with…
Diy13 You work hard for decades, plan for retirement, save as much as you can, and reduce your spending so that when the time comes you can enjoy the golden years. There are many ways to save for retirement including investing in individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, CEFs, REITs, and BDCs, many of which…
Fahroni Safe & Green Holdings (NASDAQ:SGBX) delivers exactly what its name suggests – high quality, environmentally sound buildings and components. The Company exploits repurposed and recycled materials and completes manufacturing in a controlled and efficient central location. Minimal assembly work on location reduces site disruption and saves as much as 50% of construction time. The…
Olivier Le Moal Author’s Note: This is our monthly series on Dividend Stocks, usually published in the first week of every month. We scan the universe of roughly 7,500 stocks listed and traded on U.S. exchanges and use our proprietary filtering criteria to select five relatively safe stocks that may be trading cheaper compared to…
jetcityimage 3M Company’s (NYSE:MMM) stock has been under pressure for quite a while as can be seen in the stock’s price, which is down: 52% in the last 5 years 30% in the last year 20% YTD 9% in the last 6 months 3M Chart (Seekingalpha.com) A vast majority of this pressure is attributed to…
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