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Consumer Staple Stocks May Provide Shelter
David Hunkar submits: The S&P 500 is down 4.25% YTD. The consumer staples sector in the S&P 500 index is down only 2.11% YTD. In 2008 when the global credit crisis ravaged markets worldwide, consumer staples was the best performing sector with a decline of 16.61%. For example the financials were down about 50% that year. (Source: Periodic Table of Style Rotation — Why Diversification Matters, American Century Investments). Generally consumer staple companies that make basic necessities of every day life such as dish washing liquids, soaps, toothpaste, etc. tend to offer stable growth and offer downside protection in adverse market conditions. People rarely cut down on consumer staples even when the economy is in recession. Items such as toothpaste, deodorant, soaps, etc. are cheap to afford. Companies in this sector make profits using economies of scale and product differentiation strategies. Investors looking for shelter in the coming storm this year may want to check out some of the stocks in this sector. Complete Story »
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| Monday, February 01, 2010 |
| 10:48 AM |
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Ecolab Introduces New Hospital Program to Improve Hygiene in Patient Rooms
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| Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
| 04:23 PM |
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Ecolab Schedules Webcast and Conference Call on February 11th
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| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
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Ecolab enters into collaboration with AvidBiotics
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| 08:30 AM |
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Ecolab to Collaborate with AvidBiotics to Develop New Technology Targeting Food Safety in Meat
E. coli O157:H7
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| Monday, January 25, 2010 |
| 04:22 PM |
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Ecolab Licenses Surgical Fluid Warming Technology from C Change Surgical
New Technology Enhances Ecolab’s Patient Warming Product Offering
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| Monday, January 18, 2010 |
| 08:10 PM |
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Ecolab to Donate More Than $500,000 to Haiti Relief Efforts
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| Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |
| 09:12 AM |
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Ecolab (ECL) Showing Bullish Technicals With 4 Star Buy Rating From S&P
Ecolab (NYSE: ECL) closed yesterday at $46.43. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $29.27 and 52-week high of $47.88. Ecolab stock has been showing support around 45.54 and resistance in the 46.9...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)
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| Monday, January 11, 2010 |
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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades for January 11th- Daily Stock Picks
Amdocs (DOX: 28.82 +1.16%) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman…
Aruba Networks (ARUN: 11.41 +1.97%) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman…
ASML Holdings (ASML: 32.74 -2.12%) upgraded and price target raised to $50 from $18 at FBR…
AvalonBay Communities (AVB: 80.48 +1.37%) upgraded to Hold from Underweight at KeyBanc…
Barclays (BCS: 20.63 +0.24%) upgraded to Buy at [...]
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| 08:30 AM |
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Ecolab Develops Breakthrough Cleaning Solution for Food Processing Plants Utilizing Zero Trans Fat Oils
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| 08:13 AM |
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AvidBiotics and Ecolab Working to Develop New Technology Targeting Food Safety in Meat
Companies agree to collaborate on Avidocin(TM) Protein Platform Targeting E. coli O157:H7 Contamination in Red Meat
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| 07:54 AM |
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Soleil Securities Reiterates a 'Buy' on Ecolab (ECL); Raises Estimates & PT
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| Tuesday, January 05, 2010 |
| 09:58 AM |
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Chemical Industry Update (PPG, SHW, VAL, ALB, ASH)
Analysts at Longbow Research have released their monthly report on the chemical industry. According to the report the chemical industry will face rising raw material costs in 2010 after a period of low raw material costs and stable pricing.
Resin prices have been rising throughout 2009 due to the rising feedstock costs, tightening supply and steadying demand according to the report. Apart from these, paint companies such as PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE: PPG), Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) and The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) have been feeling the squeeze as titanium dioxide producers have been steadily increasing prices throughout the year.
The report mentions that energy costs have been rising steadily and will affect those companies also that have little exposure to raw materials as energy and transportation costs make up an appreciable portion of COGS. Analysts believe that many of the recent strong results in the chemical industry were fueled primarily by lower raw material costs and restructuring. Analysts believe that companies such as Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), The Valspar Corporation, Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL), FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC), Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ: SIAL) and Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ) are positioned to outperform their peers but earnings will remain a risk until volume recovery materializes.
Analysts at Longbow believe that companies with exposure to housing, construction and auto manufacturing are at most risk for underperformance. This includes Spartech Corporation (NYSE: SEH), Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE), PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), A. Schulman Inc (NASDAQ: SHLM), H.B.Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), PPG Industries Inc. and Sherwin-Williams Company.
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| Monday, January 04, 2010 |
| 09:50 AM |
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Goldman Sachs Lifts Price Targets On Chemical Stocks (DOW, ALB, DD, EMN, more...)
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| Monday, December 14, 2009 |
| 01:36 PM |
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Bank Of America Expects Ecolab (ECL) To Expand Its Operating Margins
Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) was given a Buy rating by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The rationale for the rating was Bank of America’s expectation that 1) Ecolab will grow EPS by 11%, despite having negative volume growth in 2009, 2) The factors that helped expanding operating margins will persist in 2010, 3) Volume growth and 4) Forward P/E multiple expansion back towards the historical average.
The stock is currently trading at $45.38.
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| 07:54 AM |
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Inside investor reaction to Darling International Inc. recent earnings; DAR, SCL, CHD, ECL
| Earnings season can make investing tricky. Many investors try to time trades based on earnings announcements, but usually find such trading is inconsistent and risky. It is often better to take a look at how the market has reacted to a company’s results a few weeks after the initial announcement. Darling International Inc. (DAR) released its earnings announcement on 11/12. The company reported a change in quarter-over-quarter sales of -32.30% and posted an EPS (trailing twelve months) of .23. {loadposition link_newslink1} | | | | {loadposition livevideopromo} | | | | | | {loadposition homeaccordion2} | | | {loadposition contentad} | | | | | By now the market has had time to settle in and look closely at the numbers. A stock’s performance in the few weeks following an announcement, compared to other stocks in its industry, the industry as a whole, and market as a whole, really tells you how investors and analysts felt about the announcement. Compared to the rest of the “Cleaning Products” industry Since the DAR announcement (about 30 days ago), the stock has posted a 2.56% gain. Over that same period, the stock’s industry, Cleaning Products, saw a .37% gain. That means DAR that has outperformed its industry as a whole 591.89% since the earnings announcement. Small differences aren’t significant, but when the spread is large it indicates the stock is either much more or much less favored than its group as a whole. Compared to peers Another way to gauge performance is look at a stock compared to other stocks in its industry with similar market caps. DAR peer Stepan Company (SCL) has seen a 6.46% stock price gain over about the last month, while another peer, Church & Dwight Co. Inc. (CHD) saw a .75% gain. So with a return of 2.56%, Darling International Inc. saw less price gain than SCL and beat CHD’s price performance over the last month. Ecolab Inc. (ECL) is one of the largest stocks in the industry in terms of market cap, and over the same period has returned -2.31% in price. Compared to the S&P 500 Index Finally, let’s see how Darling International Inc. stock performance compares to the rest of the market by looking at it compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (.INX). Since 11/12, the S&P 500 index has returned around 1.2%, and again, DAR saw about a 2.56% gain during that time. Not bad. So by putting the returns in context by these comparisons, we can see how a stock’s performance since earnings really measures up and make our investing decisions on DAR accordingly. {loadposition link_nowtime} {loadposition followus} |
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| Monday, December 07, 2009 |
| 12:00 PM |
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Ecolab management to meet with Oppenheimer
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8 Dividend Achievers Strike Back
It was only a few months ago that many experts declared dividend investing dead, after almost all financial companies in the US cut or eliminated their distributions to shareholders. [More...]
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4 Dividend Stocks Showing You the Money
Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than the obvious.
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| 06:51 AM |
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Eight Dividend Achievers Strike Back
Dobromir Stoyanov submits:It was only a few months ago that many experts declared dividend investing dead, after almost all financial companies in the US cut or eliminated their distributions to shareholders. In recent months there has been a slow but steady trend of many companies showing their confidence in the economic rebound by raising distributions. Over the past week several dividend payers announced that their boards of directors have approved increases in cash dividends they send out to their stockholders quarterly. Especially bullish was the fact that most of the companies were established dividend payers with long histories of consistent dividend increases.
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