Equities analysts predict that Lennar Co. (NYSE:LEN) will report earnings per share of $1.27 for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Four analysts have made estimates for Lennar’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $1.42 and the lowest is $1.19. Lennar posted earnings per share of $1.06 during the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year over year growth rate of 19.8%. The firm is scheduled to announce its next quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, October 2nd.
On average, analysts expect that Lennar will report full-year earnings of $5.24 per share for the current year, with EPS estimates ranging from $4.95 to $5.51. For the next fiscal year, analysts expect that the firm will report earnings of $6.89 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $6.16 to $7.45. Zacks’ earnings per share calculations are an average based on a survey of research firms that follow Lennar.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Masonite International Corporation(DOOR)
Masonite International Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells interior and exterior doors worldwide. The company offers molded panel, flush, stile and rail, routed medium-density fiberboard (MDF), steel, or fiberglass residential doors. It also provides various door products, including interior door facings, wheat straw door cores, MDF, wood cut-stock components, various critical door components, wood veneer door skins, and mineral and particleboard door cores to the building materials industry. The company offers its products under the Masonite, Marshfield, Premdor, Mohawk, Megantic, Algoma, Birchwood Best, Lemieux, Door-Stop, and Harring Doors brands to remodeling contractors, builders, homeowners, retailers, dealers, lumberyards, commercial and general contractors, and architects through various wholesale and retail distribution channels. It serves the residential new construction; the residential repair, renovation, and remodeling; and the non-residential building construction markets. Masonite International Corporation was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
- [By Max Byerly]
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- [By Shane Hupp]
Trexquant Investment LP lowered its stake in Masonite International Corp (NYSE:DOOR) by 48.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,134 shares of the company’s stock after selling 10,364 shares during the period. Trexquant Investment LP’s holdings in Masonite International were worth $800,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.(BHLB)
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. provides retail and commercial banking, wealth management and investment, and insurance services. The company operates through two segments, Banking and Insurance. It offers various deposit accounts, including interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking demand, regular savings, money market savings, time certificates of deposit, and retirement deposit accounts; and loans, such as residential mortgages, commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and consumer loans. The company also provides wealth management services comprising investment management, trust administration, and estate planning; and investment products, financial planning, and brokerage services. In addition, it offers personal and commercial property, and casualty insurance; employee benefits insurance; and life, health, and financial services insurance products. Further, the company provides retail and commercial electronic banking, commercial cash management, and commercial interest rate swaps; and debit cards and other electronic fee producing payment services to transaction account customers. It serves retail, commercial, not-for-profit, and municipal customers. The company operates 91 full-service banking offices in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont; and commercial and retail lending offices located in eastern Massachusetts. Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) – Jefferies Financial Group issued their Q2 2019 earnings per share estimates for shares of Berkshire Hills Bancorp in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 9th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst C. Haire forecasts that the savings and loans company will post earnings of $0.75 per share for the quarter. Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for Berkshire Hills Bancorp’s Q3 2019 earnings at $0.80 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.77 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $3.13 EPS.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:BHLB) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the ten research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $40.00.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(GLMD)
Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of liver diseases. It is developing Aramchol, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the treatment of non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis in patients who also suffer from obesity and insulin resistance. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ACHN)
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of treatments for infectious diseases. The company focuses on the development of antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C; and the development of antibacterials for the treatment of resistant bacterial infections. Its drug candidates for the treatment of chronic HCV include ACH-1625, a protease inhibitor, which is in phase IIa clinical trial for the treatment of chronic HCV; ACH-2684, a pangenotypic protease inhibitor, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of chronic HCV infection; and NS5A inhibitors for the treatment of chronic HCV infection, including ACH-2928, which is to enter a phase I clinical trial, as well as various additional NS5A inhibitors in preclinical development. Its pipeline of product candidates also includes ACH-702 and ACH-2881 for drug resistant bacterial infections; elvucitabine for HIV infection; and AC H-1095 for HCV infection. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.
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- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Old Second Bancorp Inc.(OSBC)
Old Second Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Old Second National Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services. It offers various consumer and commercial products and services, including demand, NOW, money market, savings, time deposit, individual retirement, and Keogh deposit accounts. The company also provides business loans comprising lines of credit for working capital and operational purposes; term loans for the acquisition of equipment; commercial and residential real estate loans; construction loans; and consumer loans, such as motor vehicle, home improvement, home equity, signature loans, and small personal credit lines. In addition, the company offers installment lending services comprising direct and indirect loans to consumers and commercial customers; and residential mortgages, which include conventional, government, and jumbo loans, as well as provides a range of trust, investment, agency, and custodial services for individual, c orporate, and not-for-profit clients. Further, it offers wealth management services; and additional services, such as the acquisition of the United States treasury notes and bonds, the sale of traveler?s checks, money orders, cashier?s checks and foreign currency, direct deposit, discount brokerage, debit and credit cards, and other special services. Additionally, the company provides electronic banking services that comprise Internet banking; and corporate cash management products consisting of remote deposit capture, investment sweep accounts, zero balance accounts, automated tax payments, ATM access, telephone banking, lockbox, automated clearing house transactions, account reconciliation, controlled disbursement, detail and general information reporting, wire transfers, vault services for currency and coin, and checking accounts. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 27 branches and 1 satellite facility in Illinois. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered i n Aurora, Illinois.
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Matrix Service Company(MTRX)
Matrix Service Company provides engineering, fabrication, infrastructure, construction, and maintenance services primarily to the oil, gas, power, petrochemical, industrial, and mining and minerals markets in the United States and Canada. The company operates through four segments: Electrical Infrastructure, Oil Gas and Chemical, Storage Solutions, and Industrial. The Electrical Infrastructure segment offers construction and maintenance services to various power generation facilities, such as combined cycle plants, natural gas fired power stations, and renewable energy installations; and high voltage services comprising construction of new substations, upgrade of existing substations, short-run transmission line installations, distribution upgrades and maintenance, and storm restoration services to investor owned utilities. The Oil Gas and Chemical segment provides turnaround, plant maintenance, and construction services in the downstream petroleum industry; and industrial cleaning services, such as hydro blasting, hydro excavating, chemical cleaning, and vacuum services, as well as performs work in the petrochemical, natural gas, gas processing and compression, and upstream petroleum markets. The Storage Solutions segment is involved in the new construction of crude and refined products aboveground storage tanks comprising floating roof seals; and provision of planned and emergency maintenance services. This segment also undertakes work related to liquefied natural gas, liquid nitrogen/liquid oxygen, liquid petroleum tanks, and other specialty vessels, including spheres; and plant work in storage terminals and tank farms. The Industrial segment constructs and maintains work in the iron and steel, and mining and minerals industries, as well as for bulk material handling, fertilizer production facilities, and other industrial markets clients. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Concrete Pumping (NASDAQ:BBCP) and Matrix Service (NASDAQ:MTRX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and earnings.
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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Caleres, Inc.(CAL)
Caleres, Inc., originally founded as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. in 1878 and incorporated in 1913, is a global footwear retailer and wholesaler with annual net sales of $2.6 billion. In May 2015, the shareholders of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. approved a rebranding initiative that changed the name of the company to Caleres, Inc. (the “Company”). Current activities include the operation of retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites as well as the design, sourcing and marketing of footwear for women and men. Our business is seasonal in nature due to consumer spending patterns, with higher back-to-school and Christmas season sales. Traditionally, the third fiscal quarter accounts for a substantial portion of our earnings for the year.
During 2015, categories of our consolidated net sales were approximately 63% women’s footwear, 23% men’s footwear, 9% children’s footwear and 5% accessories. This composition has remained relatively constant over the past few years. Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Max Byerly]
Caleres Inc (NYSE:CAL) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 14th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 26th will be given a dividend of 0.07 per share by the textile maker on Tuesday, April 9th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.03%.
- [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]
The impending disappearance of Payless ShoeSource from the U.S. retail landscape represents an opportunity for rivals to snap up its customers. The two biggest winners are likely to be DSW (NYSE:DSW) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL).
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Arizona State Retirement System increased its stake in shares of Caleres Inc (NYSE:CAL) by 6.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,526 shares of the textile maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,877 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System owned approximately 0.16% of Caleres worth $1,851,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
- [By Max Byerly]
Shares of Caleres Inc (NYSE:CAL) traded down 8% during trading on Wednesday after the company announced weaker than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as low as $36.61 and last traded at $37.15. 1,252,197 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 232% from the average session volume of 377,650 shares. The stock had previously closed at $40.36.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Union Pacific Corporation(UNP)
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates railroads in the United States. The company offers freight transportation services for agricultural products, including grains, commodities produced from grains, and food and beverage products; automotive products, such as finished vehicles and automotive parts; and chemicals consisting of industrial chemicals, plastics, crude oil, liquid petroleum gases, fertilizers, soda ash, sodium products, and phosphorus rock and sulfur products. It also provides transportation services for coal and petroleum coke; industrial products comprising construction products, minerals, consumer goods, metals, lumber, paper, and other miscellaneous products; and intermodal import and export containers and trailers. Its rail network includes 31,974 route miles linking the Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States gateways. Union Pacific Corporation was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Matthew DiLallo]
Railroads have also been working to fill in the gaps. Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) signed a deal last year to ship to 400,000 barrels per month through the end of this year to help move crude out of the Permian until new pipelines start service. That decision paid off during the fourth quarter, when Union Pacific’s crude oil shipments increased 25% as it helped producers get their oil to higher-priced refining and export markets.
- [By Lou Whiteman]
Shares of Union Pacific Corp. (NYSE:UNP) gained 15.1% in January, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after a strong fourth-quarter performance gave investors confidence the railroad is on track to deliver in 2019.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Scudder Multi-Market Income Trust(KMM)
DWS Multi-Market Income Trust (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income by investing its assets in a range of income producing securities. It invests in United States corporate fixed-income securities, and debt obligations of foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities, either of which may be denominated in foreign currencies, debt obligations of the United States Government and its agencies and instrumentalities, and other income producing securities, including securities which may be denominated in foreign currencies, and of which securities may or may not be rated.
The Fund’s portfolio includes United States dollar-denominated foreign bonds, corporate bonds, loan participations, the United States Treasury obligations, and non-United States, dollar-denominated foreign bonds. The Fund may invest in United States dollar-denominated fixed and floating-rate loans (Loans) arranged through private negotiations between a foreign sovereign entity and one or more financial institutions. The Fund invests in such Loans in the form of participations in Loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. DWS Multi-Market Income Trust invests in various sectors, including consumer discretionary, energy, financials, materials, utilities, industrials, telecommunication services, information technology, consumer staples and healthcare. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
Shaker Financial Services LLC trimmed its position in shares of Scudder Multi-Market Income Trust (NYSE:KMM) by 9.6% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 176,961 shares of the investment management company’s stock after selling 18,837 shares during the quarter. Shaker Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Scudder Multi-Market Income Trust were worth $1,554,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch For 2021: Equity Commonwealth(EQC)
Equity Commonwealth (EQC), incorporated on October 9, 1986, is an internally managed and self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the ownership and operation primarily of office buildings in central business district (CBD) and suburban locations throughout the United States. The Company’s two reportable segments include CBD properties and suburban properties. As of December 31, 2014, its portfolio included 156 properties (262 buildings) with a combined 42.9 million square feet. The Company’s portfolio consisted of 40 properties (53 buildings) with a combined 21.9 million square feet located in CBD locations and 116 properties (209 buildings) with a combined 21.0 million square feet located in suburban locations. Eleven of its properties (11 buildings) with a combined 1.8 million square feet are located in Australia.
As on December 31, 2014, the Company had real estate investments in 156 properties (262 buildings) that were leased to approximately 1,800 tenants and 85.8% of the Company’s total square feet were leased. The Company’s principal source of funds for its operations is rents from tenants at its properties. Its tenants include Office Depot, Inc., Expedia, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Telstra Corporation Limited, PNC Financial Services Group, United States Government, Royal Dutch Shell plc, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Flextronics International Ltd., United Healthcare Services Inc., The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Carmike Cinemas, Inc., Bankers Life and Casualty Company, Jones Day, Wells Fargo & Co, Level 3 Communications, Inc., Towers Watson & Co, Ballard Spahr LLP and RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Tim Melvin]
Zell is the Chairman of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC), an office REIT that he and some activist investors took over back in 2014.
His management team has spent the last five years selling what they consider to be non-core properties.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Ffcm LLC increased its position in Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) by 97.5% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 39,928 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,711 shares during the quarter. Ffcm LLC’s holdings in Equity Commonwealth were worth $1,198,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
