Stock Downgrades From 2011/11/23

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades (Brokerage Up- And Downgrades). Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Downgrades:

Resolute Forest Products (ABH) has a market capitalization of $1.47Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “RBC Capital Mkts” from “Outperform” to ”Sector Perform ($18)”. The stock price closed at $15.12 and has changed by -5.03% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 0.44, Price/Sales 0.30 and Price/Book 0.40. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 30.07% for next year and 5.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Resolute Forest Products (Click to enlarge)

Big Lots (BIG) has a market capitalization of $2.41Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Barclays Capital” from “Overweight” to ”Equal Weight ($38)”. The stock price closed at $36.83 and has changed by -5.00% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 12.79, Price/Sales 0.49 and Price/Book 3.03. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 16.55% for next year and 12.50% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Big Lots (Click to enlarge)

E-House China (EJ) has a market capitalization of $465.46Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Maxim Group” from “Hold” to ”Sell ($5)”. The stock price closed at $5.75 and has changed by -6.20% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 41.07, Price/Sales 1.20 and Price/Book 0.52. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 90.48% for next year and 33.33% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of E-House China (Click to enlarge)

Frontline (FRO) has a market capitalization of $219.57Million. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “FBR Capital” from “Mkt Perform” to ”Underperform ($1.5)”. The stock price closed at $2.82 and has changed by -7.84% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is -, Price/Sales 0.24 and Price/Book 0.31. The earnings per share is expected to grow by -2.70% for next year and 0.00% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Frontline (Click to enlarge)

Gilead Sciences (GILD) has a market capitalization of $29.78Billion. The company was downgraded by the brokerage firm “Argus” from “Buy” to ”Hold”. The stock price closed at $39.64 and has changed by 2.27% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.49, Price/Sales 3.64 and Price/Book 4.91. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 14.21% for next year and 15.49% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Gilead Sciences (Click to enlarge)

Stock Upgrades From 2011/11/23

Daily Upgrades And Downgrades (Brokerage Up- And Downgrades). Upgrades and downgrades are positive (negative) changes in the rating of a security. An upgrade is usually triggered by a steady improvement in the fundamentals and financials of the entity that has issued the security. Downgrade ratings are vice versa. Changes in the analyst rating could hit the company’s stock price significantly. Watch out the current rating decisions. Here is a current list of recent company upgrades and downgrades by brokerage firms for investors.

Upgrades:

Crestwood Midstream Partners (CMLP) has a market capitalization of $3.35Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “UBS” from “Neutral” to ”Buy ($32)”. The stock price closed at $20.57 and has changed by -1.06% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 19.78, Price/Sales 8.18 and Price/Book 1.37. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 4.90% for next year and 7.80% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Crestwood Midstream Partners (Click to enlarge)

Senior Housing (SNH) has a market capitalization of $1.13Billion. The company was upgraded by the brokerage firm “Stifel Nicolaus” from “Hold” to ”Buy ($23)”. The stock price closed at $28.68 and has changed by -0.42% compared to the previous day.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 30.51, Price/Sales 6.36 and Price/Book 2.45. The earnings per share is expected to grow by 19.67% for next year and 9.23% for the upcoming 5 years.

1-Year Chart Of Senior Housing (Click to enlarge)

12 Stocks With Very High Yields And Additional Growth Potential

Dividend Shares With Big Growth Potential Predicted By Analysts by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of stock with a double digit dividend yield as well as high future earnings per share growth forecasts. The EPS should grow by at least 15 percent for the next year as well as the upcoming five years. These are very strong EPS estimates. Only 12 stocks met these criteria.

Here are the 3 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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Och-Ziff Capital Management (NYSE:OZM) has a market capitalization of $2.81 billion. The company employs 405 people, generates revenues of $924.50 million and has a net income of $-1,198.95 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $-1,157.18 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is -125.17 percent (operating margin -127.06 percent and the net profit margin finally -129.69 percent).


The total debt representing 30.54 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 149.54 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to -95.38 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-3.12 of which $0.88 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 3.21 and Price/Book ratio 6.83. Dividend Yield: 13.53 percent. The beta ratio is 2.01.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Och-Ziff Capital Manag... (Click to enlarge)

PennyMac Mortgage Investment (NYSE:PMT) has a market capitalization of $436.24 million. The company employs 232 people, generates revenues of $44.05 million and has a net income of $24.48 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $27.85 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 63.22 percent (operating margin 61.35 percent and the net profit margin finally 55.57 percent).


The total debt representing 0.00 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 0.00 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 7.73 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $2.10 of which $1.19 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.45, Price/Sales 10.38 and Price/Book ratio 0.86. Dividend Yield: 12.19 percent. The beta ratio is not calculable.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of PennyMac Mortgage Inve... (Click to enlarge)

Banco Santander (NYSE:STD) has a market capitalization of $57.82 billion. The company employs 191,350 people, generates revenues of $71,471.47 million and has a net income of $12,331.89 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $27,850.17 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 38.97 percent.


The total debt representing 17.96 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 291.53 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 11.42 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.26 of which $0.81 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 5.43, Price/Sales 1.09 and Price/Book ratio 0.61. Dividend Yield: 11.66 percent. The beta ratio is 1.72.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Banco Santander, S.A. ... (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

12 Stocks With Very High Yields And Additional Growth Potential (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 12.7 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 9.6. The dividend yield has a value of 11.9 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.6 and price to sales ratio 2.3. The operating margin amounts to 16.0 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:

OZM, PMT, STD, SDT, NPD, TICC, HIMX, CDR, BMA, CLMT, YPF, HTGC

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Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of November 2011

Cheapest Large Capitalized Stocks With Highest Earnings Per Share Growth By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of America’s cheapest Large Caps that have the highest expected growth for fiscal 2012. Stocks from the sheet have a market capitalization of more than USD 10 billion and an expected earnings per share growth of at least 20 percent for the next year but have a price to earnings ratio of less than 20 and a price to sales ratios of less than 2.The list is sorted by dividend yield. 31 stocks fulfilled these criteria of which 2 yielding above 4 percent.

Here are the 3 best yielding stocks from the screen:

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Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) has a market capitalization of $10.75 billion. The company employs 14,755 people, generates revenues of $23,999.22 million and has a net income of $1,663.58 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,614.49 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.06 percent (operating margin 8.44 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.93 percent).


The total debt representing 4.35 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 49.71 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 8.71 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.17 of which $1.40 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.74, Price/Sales 0.47 and Price/Book ratio 0.70. Dividend Yield: 7.28 percent. The beta ratio is 1.62.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Sun Life Financial Inc... (Click to enlarge)

Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) has a market capitalization of $19.14 billion. The company employs 24,000 people, generates revenues of $36,918.28 million and has a net income of $-1,486.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,712.28 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 4.64 percent (operating margin -6.13 percent and the net profit margin finally -4.03 percent).


The total debt representing 5.82 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 54.12 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to -6.92 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.99 of which $0.51 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.74, Price/Sales 0.54 and Price/Book ratio 0.88. Dividend Yield: 4.64 percent. The beta ratio is 2.07.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Manulife Financial Cor... (Click to enlarge)

Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) has a market capitalization of $11.78 billion. The company employs 20,500 people, generates revenues of $15,844.63 million and has a net income of $206.32 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,034.89 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 6.53 percent (operating margin 1.69 percent and the net profit margin finally 1.30 percent).


The total debt representing 31.29 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 61.19 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.82 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.98 of which $1.44 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.81, Price/Sales 0.76 and Price/Book ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 3.80 percent. The beta ratio is 1.09.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Nucor Corporation (Click to enlarge)

Take a look at the full list of cheap large capitalized stocks with highest expected earnings per share. The average P/E ratio amounts to 13.48 while the forward price to earnings ratio amounts to 9.86. Price to sales ratio is 0.91 and price to book ratio 1.8. The expected earnings growth for next year amounts to 84.55 and 17.39 percent for the upcoming five years.

Here is the table with some fundamentals (TTM):

Cheapest Large Caps With Highest Expected Growth As Of November 2011 (Click to enlarge)

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SLF, MFC, NUE, BCS, GGB, TWC, WPPGY, MMC, TRV, AMAT, CVE, JCI, NTT, LFC, CMCSA, CAT, PCAR, HMC, CBS, GS, MS, BHI, NWSA, HAL, NJ, DTV, BRFS, HCA, AIG, MITSY, ESRX

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Best Yielding Stock Of Investment Guru Bruce Berkowitz (Fairholme Fund)

Best Yielding Stocks Of Bruce Berkowitz - Fairholme Fund By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of the best yielding stocks at Bruce Berkowitz fund portfolio as of Q3/2011 (August 31, 2011). In total, he has 17 stocks with a portfolio worth of USD 9,824,377,000. 7 of them pay dividends. Here are the results:

Winthrop Realty Trust (NYSE:FUR) has a market capitalization of $284.48 million. The company employs people, generates revenues of $55.37 million and has a net income of $18.48 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $35.18 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 63.55 percent (operating margin 34.98 percent and the net profit margin finally 33.38 percent).


The total debt representing 41.94 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 79.89 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 7.09 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.82 of which $0.65 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 10.55, Price/Sales 5.37 and Price/Book ratio 0.82. Dividend Yield: 7.22 percent. The beta ratio is 0.96.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Winthrop Realty Trust (Click to enlarge)

Jefferies Group (NYSE:JEF) has a market capitalization of $2.04Billion. The company employs 3,842 people, generates revenues of $2,797.35 million and has a net income of $240.27 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $431.97 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 15.44 percent (operating margin 14.18 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.59 percent).


The total debt representing 11.61 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 172.07 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 9.03 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $1.37 of which $0.30 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 7.42, Price/Sales 0.73 and Price/Book ratio 0.70. Dividend Yield: 2.95 percent. The beta ratio is 1.61.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Jefferies Group, Inc. (Click to enlarge)

Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) has a market capitalization of $16.48 billion. The company employs 18,000 people, generates revenues of $13,623.00 million and has a net income of $3,195.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $3,303.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 24.25 percent (operating margin 24.48 percent and the net profit margin finally 23.45 percent).


The total debt representing 41.05 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 221.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 11.21 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $3.89 of which $0.52 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 6.85, Price/Sales 2.44 and Price/Book ratio 1.22. Dividend Yield: 1.92 percent. The beta ratio is 1.46.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Brookfield Asset Manag... (Click to enlarge)

Also look at Bruce Berkowitz's latest portfolio update as of Q3/2011.

Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital Q3-2011 Fund Portfolio

Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital Q3-2011 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Here is a current portfolio update of Glenn Greenberg’s - Brave Warrior Capital  portfolio movements as of Q3/2011 (September 30, 2011). In total, he has 12 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 1,027,583,000.

Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital Q3-2011 fund postions with actual share movements:

Sym - Stock	Portfolio Weight	Recent activity	Reported Price*
GOOG - Google Inc.	14.51	Add 0.06%	$514.38
VRX - Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l	13.93	Add 9.15%	$37.12
FISV - FIserv Inc.	12.61	Add 0.04%	$50.77
AON - Aon Corp.	10.51	Add 12.33%	$41.98
MSI - Motorola Solutions Inc.	9.78	Buy	$41.90
CMCSK - Comcast Corp. CL A Spl	9.53	Add 11.93%	$20.69
MA - Mastercard Inc.	8.45	Reduce 33.30%	$317.16
USB - U.S. Bancorp	6.57	Add 5.65%	$23.54
LH - Laboratory Corp. of America Holding	6.38	Reduce 15.55%	$79.05
PRI - Primerica, Inc.	2.88	Buy	$21.56
WFC - Wells Fargo	2.71	Buy	$24.12
V - Visa Inc.	2.13	Buy	$85.72

Related Stock Ticker of Glenn Greenberg - Brave Warrior Capital:

GOOG, VRX, FISV, AON, MSI, CMCSK, MA, USB, LH, PRI, WFC, V

High Dividend Stocks Perform Better Than Other Stocks

High Dividend Payers the Place to Be By Bespoke Investment Group. High dividend payers typically outperform in times of uncertainty, and this has certainly been the case during the current pullback. I feel very comfortable recommending the purchase of dividend aristocrats, especially international companies tapping into high growth countries, during market corrections.



Source: Bespoke Group

The Best Yielding Office REITs

Best Yields From The Office REIT Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of the best dividend paying stocks from the office REITs industry. The whole industry has a total market capitalization of USD 59 billion. One year before, I screened the industry by the best yielding office Reits as of 2010. Since the first day of screening, the number of stocks has significantly changed as well as the industry capitalization. Today, 17 of 18 companies pay dividends and 10 of them have a yield of more than 10 percent.

Here are the 4 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:

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Government Properties (NYSE:GOV) has a market capitalization of $980.56 million. The company generates revenues of $116.77 million and has a net income of $27.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $59.45 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.91 percent (operating margin 30.15 percent and the net profit margin finally 23.80 percent).


The total debt representing 17.28 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21.71 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 5.01 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.94 of which $1.62 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.18, Price/Sales 8.55 and Price/Book ratio 1.13. Dividend Yield: 7.92 percent.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Government Properties ... (Click to enlarge)

Corporate Office Properties (NYSE:OFC) has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion. The company employs 411 people, generates revenues of $564.48 million and has a net income of $40.28 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $282.85 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.11 percent (operating margin 23.26 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.14 percent).


The total debt representing 60.44 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 189.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 2.07 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.37 of which $1.61 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 2.76 and Price/Book ratio 1.18. Dividend Yield: 7.60 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Corporate Office Prope... (Click to enlarge)

Piedmont Office Realty (NYSE:PDM) has a market capitalization of $2.87 billion. The company employs 110 people, generates revenues of $588.84 million and has a net income of $126.22 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $341.77 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 58.04 percent (operating margin 32.75 percent and the net profit margin finally 21.44 percent).


The total debt representing 32.07 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 50.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 4.62 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.58 of which $1.26 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.82, Price/Sales 4.98 and Price/Book ratio 1.06. Dividend Yield: 7.42 percent.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Piedmont Office Realty... (Click to enlarge)

Franklin Street Properties (NYSEAMEX:FSP) has a market capitalization of $871.67 million. The company employs 44 people, generates revenues of $123.12 million and has a net income of $17.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $60.58 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 49.20 percent (operating margin 13.66 percent and the net profit margin finally 14.54 percent).


The total debt representing 22.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.93 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.26 of which $0.76 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 41.15, Price/Sales 7.36 and Price/Book ratio 0.96. Dividend Yield: 6.96 percent. The beta ratio is 0.97.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Franklin Street Proper... (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

The Best Yielding Office REITs (Click to enlarge)

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 40.0 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 28.3. The dividend yield has a value of 5.6 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.3 and price to sales ratio 4.3. The operating margin amounts to 19.1 percent.

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GOV, OFC, PDM, FSP, CLI, MSW, LSE, LRY, DRE, HIW, DLR, HPP, AAT, KRC, ARE, PKY, BXP

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