3 Ex-Dividend Stocks With Buy Ratings
NEW YORK (
) -- These stocks go ex-dividend Friday, meaning an investor must purchase the shares Thursday to qualify for the next dividend payment:
Intel
(INTC) - Get Report
,
FirstEnergy
(FE) - Get Report
and
Pall
(PLL) - Get Report
.
Each of these stocks received a buy rating from
TheStreet Ratings
.
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Intel
Intel is a chipmaker.
"We think that Intel has a strong lineup of products that will help it gain microprocessor market share," Wells Fargo analysts wrote in a Jan. 30 report. "Intel also has a history of strong road map execution, enabling the company to maintain a leadership position in microprocessor technology."
Forward Annual Dividend Yield:
3.1%
Rated "A+ (Buy)" by TheStreet Ratings:
The company's fourth-quarter gross profit margin was basically the same as it was a year ago.
Intel has strong liquidity. Its Quick Ratio is 1.54, which demonstrates the company can meet its short-term cash needs.
In the fourth quarter, stockholders' net worth decreased 7.11% from the previous year.
TheStreet Ratings'
price target is
. The stock closed Wednesday at $26.55.
FirstEnergy
The energy company is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 28. Analysts, on average, anticipate earnings of 74 cents a share on revenue of $5.19 billion.
FirstEnergy also announced last week that it would close six coal-fire powered plants by Sept. 1.
Jefferies analysts increased their fourth-quarter per-share earnings estimates by 10 cents to 80 cents on Tuesday and raised their 2011 EPS estimates 25 cents to $3.45, because of changes in FirstEnergy's pension accounting.
"The company announced a change in its pension accounting on January 26,2012 under which it will recognize actuarial gains/losses in the year in whichthey occur," Jefferies analysts wrote in the Jan. 26 report. "Previously the company had amortized these losses over roughly a ten year period."
Forward Annual Dividend Yield:
5.2%
Rated "A- (Buy)" by TheStreet Ratings:
The company's third-quarter gross profit margin increased from the prior year.
First Energy has very weak liquidity. Its Quick Ratio is 0.45, which demonstrates a lack of ability to meet its short-term cash needs.
In the third quarter, stockholders' net worth increased 49.66% from the previous year.
TheStreet Ratings'
price target is
. The stock closed Wednesday at $42.55.
Pall
The filtration system company announced on Wednesday an agreement with Dart Aerospace to work together on new upgrades for Pall's Centrisep engine advanced protection system.
William Blair analysts upgraded Pall to an outperform on Jan. 11.
"We believe the company is well positioned to generate EPS of roughly $4.30;$4.60 in fiscal 2014," William Blair analysts wrote in a report on Jan. 11. "Even if the multiple does not quite reach the peer;group average (peers currently trade with a forward P/E of better than 19 times), we see the potential for 30%;45% upside in the stock over the next 18 months."
Forward Annual Dividend Yield:
1.4%
Rated "A+ (Buy)" by TheStreet Ratings:
The company's first-uarter gross profit margin was basically the same as one year ago.
Pall has strong liquidity. Its Quick Ratio is 1.54, which shows the company can meet its short-term cash needs.
In the first quarter, stockholders' net worth increased 19.46% from the previous year.
TheStreet Ratings'
price target is
. The stock closed Wednesday at $60.47.
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