“Winning” may be President Trump’s motto, but Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) isn’t feeling the warm and fuzzies. Last year sparked a stellar performance in BAC stock, with shares returning nearly 33% for jubilant contrarians. Though Trump had previously caused concerns, his business acumen apparently boosted market confidence once in office.
And to be fair, Bank of America stock is still up in positive territory. Year-to-date, shares have gained 4.4%. But investors have reason for concern. The vanilla benchmark SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) is right on the cusp of double-digit territory. Therefore, blindly picking a basket of blue chips has netted stronger returns than jumping on BAC.
More critically, BAC stock is really a bellwether investment. As a member of the “Big Four,” which includes JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup (NYSE:C), and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), BofA demands significant attention. Simply put, if customers aren’t knocking on their doors for loans and other financial services, the economy isn’t that great.
Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Becton, Dickinson and Company(BDX)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Keith Speights]
Dividend Yield
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) Drugs $109 billion 19.37 1.88% AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) Drugs $93 billion 19.70 3.97% Becton Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) Medical supplies $60 billion 17.74 1.29% DexCom (NASDAQ: DXCM) Medical devices $8 billion N/A N/A Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) Drugs $85 billion 14.91 2.77% Insulet (NASDAQ: PODD) Medical devices $5 billion 273.03 N/A Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Drugs, medical devices $325 billion 14.16 2.57% Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LXRX) Drugs $1 billion N/A N/A MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD) Drugs $270 million N/A N/A Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) Medical devices $117 billion 15.36 2.14% Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) Drugs $159 billion 12.99 3.22% Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) Drugs $116 billion 18.29 2.61% Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) Drugs $209 billion 11.62 3.82% Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) Drugs $32 billion 13.95 N/A Sanofi (NYSE: SNY) Drugs $95 billion 10.75 4.64% Senseonics Holdings (NYSEMKT: SENS) Medical devices $447 million N/A N/A Tandem Diabetes Care (NASDAQ: TNDM) Medical devices $711 million N/A N/AData source: Yahoo! Finance. P/E = price-to-earnings ratio; N/A = not applicable. Data as of May 25, 2018.
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Becton Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) is a medical device and medical technology company dating back to 1897, when it was founded by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh Dickinson. The company targets diabetes care, medication management, pharmaceutical systems, diagnostic systems, and biosciences. You may not know its key brands by name, but chances are you have seen the company's products if you have been to a doctor's office, hospital, or any medical facility.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Buckingham Capital Management Inc. decreased its holdings in Becton Dickinson and Co (NYSE:BDX) by 6.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 12,270 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock after selling 828 shares during the quarter. Buckingham Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Becton Dickinson and were worth $2,939,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Shares of Becton Dickinson and Co (NYSE:BDX) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the eighteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and thirteen have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $239.67.
- [By Brian Orelli]
Becton, Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) reported wacky results for its second fiscal quarter. This is the first quarter that the medical supply company has included results from its acquisition of C.R. Bard. But looking at the two companies on a comparable basis, it was a solid quarter for the newly combined company.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
McQueen Ball & Associates Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of Becton Dickinson and Co (NYSE:BDX) by 1.9% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 15,033 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock after selling 295 shares during the quarter. Becton Dickinson and makes up 2.2% of McQueen Ball & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. McQueen Ball & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Becton Dickinson and were worth $3,601,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Ingles Markets Incorporated(IMKTA)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
News articles about Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ingles Markets earned a news impact score of 0.20 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media headlines about the company an impact score of 46.3498595843486 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Joseph Griffin]
BidaskClub lowered shares of Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report report published on Tuesday.
IMKTA has been the topic of several other reports. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Ingles Markets from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 15th. ValuEngine raised shares of Ingles Markets from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 31st.
- [By Logan Wallace]
BidaskClub upgraded shares of Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKTA) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research report report published on Wednesday.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ:IMKTA) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 3rd, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Thursday, July 12th will be given a dividend of 0.165 per share on Thursday, July 19th. This represents a $0.66 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 11th.
- [By Brian Stoffel]
But over the past five years, the industry has been turned upside down by changes in business models, a focus on delivery, and mass consolidation. While the dust is far from settled, here are 10 of the largest publicly traded grocers you can buy stock in.
Company Market Cap Stores Regions Chains Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) $780 billion 500 USA Whole Foods Walmart (NYSE:WMT) $250 billion 11,700 Worldwide Walmart Costco (NASDAQ:COST) $86 billion 750 USA Costco Kroger (NYSE:KR) $21 billion 2,800 USA Kroger, Roundy's, Ralph's, Food 4 Less Sprouts (NASDAQ: SFM) $3 billion 300 Western and Southern U.S. Sprouts Farmer's Market Weis Market (NYSE: WMK) $1.3 billion 200 Mid-Atlantic U.S. Weis Market SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) $630 million 100 Midwestern U.S. Cub Foods, Shopper's Food, Hornbacher Ingles Market (NASDAQ: IMKTA) $580 million 200 Southeastern U.S. Ingles Market, Sav-Mor Smart & Final (NYSE: SFS) $360 million 350 Western U.S. Smart & Final, Cash & Carry Natural Grocers (NYSE: NGVC) $230 million 150 Western U.S. Natural GrocersData source: Yahoo! Finance, company websites.
Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Duke Realty Corporation(DRE)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Max Byerly]
Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of Duke Realty Corp (NYSE:DRE) by 10.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,957,540 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after acquiring an additional 275,717 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc owned about 0.83% of Duke Realty worth $78,303,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Duke Realty Corp (NYSE:DRE)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallJan. 31, 2019, 3:00 p.m. ET
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- [By Shane Hupp]
California State Teachers Retirement System decreased its position in Duke Realty Corp (NYSE:DRE) by 10.2% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 593,124 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 67,199 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in Duke Realty were worth $15,706,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Eaton vance Floating-Rate Income Plus Fund(EFF)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Joseph Griffin]
Eaton Vance FloatingRate Incme Plus Fund (NYSE:EFF) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, September 4th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Friday, September 14th will be given a dividend of 0.076 per share on Friday, September 21st. This represents a $0.91 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 13th.
Top 5 Blue Chip Stocks To Watch Right Now: Minerva Neurosciences, Inc(NERV)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Shane Hupp]
AnaptysBio (NASDAQ: NERV) and Minerva Neurosciences (NASDAQ:NERV) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
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- [By Max Byerly]
Minerva Neurosciences (NASDAQ:NERV) was upgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a hold rating to a buy rating.
Nuvectra (NASDAQ:NVTR) was upgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a hold rating to a buy rating.
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