“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, oceans, and land.” That is the clear conclusion from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The news follows the first major review of the science surrounding climate change since 2013. The timing of the news release is clear as a major Glasgow, Scotland climate change summit called COP26 nears. It’s also a wake-up call for clean energy stocks.
The UN chief called the report a “code red for humanity” and several of its findings point to reasons for serious concern. According to the report, the last five years have been the hottest on record since 1850 and recent rates of sea level rise have nearly tripled compared to 1901-1971.
The report concludes that it is very likely, 90% certain, that human influence is the main driver of retreating glaciers since 1990 and decreasing arctic sea ice.
The alarming conclusions of the report were tempered by news that it isn’t too late to reverse the damage. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was clear: “If we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe. But, as today’s report makes clear, there is no time for delay and no room for excuses.”
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.(GSBD)
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc., formerly Goldman Sachs Liberty Harbor Capital, LLC, incorporated on September 26, 2012, is a closed-end management investment company. The Company is a specialty finance company, which is focused on lending to middle-market companies. The Company’s investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation primarily through direct originations of secured debt, including first lien, first lien/last-out unitranche and second lien debt, and unsecured debt, including mezzanine debt, as well as through select equity investments.
The Company focuses on lending to the United States middle-market companies. Its portfolio includes first lien/senior secured debt, first lien/last-out unitranche, second lien/senior secured debt, preferred stock, common stock, and investment funds and vehicles. In addition to investments in the United States middle-market companies, it may invest in investments, such as in large the United States companies, foreign companies, stressed or distressed debt, structured products or private equity. It invests in various sectors, including healthcare providers and services, textiles, apparel and luxury goods, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, automobiles, and energy equipment and services. The geographic composition of its portfolio includes the United States, Germany and Canada. DDDS BL, LLC, is the subsidiary of the Company. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is the investment advisor of the Company.
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Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. (NYSE:GSBD)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 01, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Goldman Sachs BDC (NYSE:GSBD) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a buy rating. Zacks Investment Research currently has $25.00 target price on the stock. According to Zacks, “Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is a specialty finance company. The Company invests primarily in telecommunication services, electronic equipment, instruments and components and real estate management and development industries. Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. is based in NEW YORK, United States. “
- [By Shane Hupp]
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc (NYSE:GSBD) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the eleven analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $22.50.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Wipro Limited(WIT)
Wipro Limited provides information technology (IT) products and services, consumer care and lighting products, and infrastructure engineering services primarily in India, the United States, and Europe. The company?s IT Services segment offers IT and IT enabled services, including software application development, application maintenance, research, and development services for hardware and software design, data center outsourcing services, and business process outsourcing services. Its IT Products segment produces and sells a range of Wipro personal desktop computers, Wipro servers, and Wipro notebooks. This segment also operates as a reseller of desktops, servers, notebooks, storage products, networking solutions, and packaged software for various international brands. The company?s Consumer Care and Lighting segment manufactures, distributes, and sells personal care products, baby care products, lighting products, and hydrogenated cooking oils in India and rest of Asia. Wipro Limited also manufactures and sells hydraulic cylinders, truck cylinders, and their components and solutions to original equipment manufacturers, as well as provides water treatment systems and solutions. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Wipro (NYSE:WIT) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a sell rating. According to Zacks, “WIPRO LTD-ADR provides comprehensive IT solutions and services, including systems integration, Information Systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development and maintenance, and research and development services to corporations globally. Wipro Limited is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level certified IT Services Company globally. “
- [By Logan Wallace]
ClariVest Asset Management LLC cut its stake in shares of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) by 16.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 857,900 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after selling 174,300 shares during the period. ClariVest Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Wipro were worth $4,110,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Millennium Management LLC decreased its holdings in Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) by 87.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 54,188 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after selling 373,205 shares during the quarter. Millennium Management LLC’s holdings in Wipro were worth $280,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) has been given an average rating of “Hold” by the eleven brokerages that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.(DNKN)
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., incorporated on November 22, 2005, is a franchisor of quick service restaurants (QSRs) serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as hard serve ice cream. The Company franchises restaurants under its Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands. The Company operates its business through four segments, which include Dunkin’ Donuts-U.S., Dunkin’ Donuts International, Baskin-Robbins International and Baskin-Robbins-U.S. The Company has over 18,000 points of distribution in approximately 60 countries across the world. It has over 11,750 Dunkin’ Donuts points of distribution, of which approximately 8,430 are in the United States and over 3,320 are international, and approximately 7,610 Baskin-Robbins points of distribution, of which over 5,104 are international and approximately 2,500 are in the United States.
Dunkin’ Donuts-U.S.
The Company’s Dunkin’ Donuts U.S. segment is the United States QSR concept, and markets donut and bagel categories for servings. Dunkin’ Donuts is also the QSR chain for breakfast sandwich servings. Dunkin’ Donuts serves in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee category and the iced regular/decaf/flavored coffee category. Its points of distribution include traditional restaurants consisting of end-cap, in-line and stand-alone restaurants, and gas and convenience locations. In addition, it has alternative points of distribution (APODs), such as self-service kiosks in grocery stores, hospitals, airports, offices and other smaller-footprint properties. Dunkin’ Donuts also has other restaurants consisting of small service restaurants and self-serve kiosks in offices, hospitals, colleges, airports, grocery stores and other footprint properties.
Baskin-Robbins-U.S.
The Company’s Baskin-Robbins-U.S. segment is engaged in serving hard-serve ice cream, and develops and sells a range of frozen ice cream treats, such as cones, cakes, sundaes and frozen beverages. Baskin-Robbins has over 30 flavors offering consumers a different flavor for each day of the month. Baskin-Robbins traditional restaurant formats include free standing restaurants and end-caps. The Company also has other restaurants, consisting of small service restaurants and self-serve kiosks.
Dunkin’ Donuts International
The Company’s Dunkin’ Donuts International segment franchisees are responsible for sourcing their own supplies with its standards. In addition, the Company assists its international franchisees in identifying regional and global suppliers.
Baskin-Robbins International
The Company’s Baskin-Robbins International segment has a manufacturing network, which consists of over 20 facilities. The Company utilizes a facility owned by Dean Foods Co. to produce ice cream products, which it purchases and distributes to its international markets. The Baskin-Robbins brand restaurants in India and Russia are supported by franchisee-owned facilities in those respective countries while the restaurants in Japan and South Korea are supported by the joint venture-owned facilities located within each country.
The Company competes with 7-Eleven, Burger King, Cold Stone Creamery, Cumberland Farms, Dairy Queen, McDonald’s, Panera Bread, Quick Trip, Starbucks, Subway, Taco Bell, Tim Hortons, WaWa and Wendy’s.
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- [By Leo Sun, Jamal Carnette, CFA, and Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
It’s true that Starbucks isn’t firing on all cylinders these days. Customer traffic levels were flat in the U.S. last quarter and fell 2% in the key Chinese market. But the company’s operating trends are improving, and the restaurant chain is putting further distance between itself and rivals such as Dunkin’ Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN), which announced flat sales over the holiday quarter despite having rolled out a new espresso-based beverage platform.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Skylands Capital LLC decreased its stake in shares of Dunkin Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DNKN) by 42.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,300 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 4,700 shares during the period. Skylands Capital LLC’s holdings in Dunkin Brands Group were worth $404,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: New York REIT, Inc.(NYRT)
We are a New York City focused REIT that seeks to provide stockholders with an opportunity to participate in one of the world’s most dynamic real estate markets by primarily owning income-producing commercial real estate in New York City. We were incorporated on October 6, 2009 as a Maryland corporation that qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. We focus on acquiring and owning office and retail properties in Manhattan, the largest and most liquid real estate market in the United States. We purchased our first property and commenced active operations in June 2010. As of December 31, 2015, we owned 22 properties located in New York City. As of December 31, 2015, our properties aggregated 3.4 million rentable square feet, had an occupancy of 95.2% and a weighted-average remaining lease term of 9.6 years. Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
New York REIT (NYSE:NYRT) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
New York REIT Inc (NYSE:NYRT) Director Howard Goldberg acquired 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 12th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $14.23 per share, for a total transaction of $142,300.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 10,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $142,300. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
- [By Paul Ausick]
New York REIT Inc. (NYSE: NYRT) dropped about 0.6% Thursday to set a new 52-week low of $17.01. Shares closed at $17.11 on Wednesday and the stock’s 52-week high is $78.90. Volume was about nine times the daily average of around 100,000. The company had no specific news and managed to close with a small gain for the day.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Northrim BanCorp Inc(NRIM)
Northrim BanCorp, Inc., through its subsidiaries, which provides a range of banking products and services to businesses, professionals, and individuals in Alaska. Its deposit services include noninterest-bearing checking accounts and interest-bearing time deposits, checking accounts, and savings accounts. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial and real estate lending, construction and land development lending, and consumer loans. Northrim BanCorp also offers other customer services, including telebanking, faxed account statements, Internet banking, automated teller services, personalized checks at account opening, overdraft protection from a savings account, extended banking hours, commercial drive-up banking with coin service, automatic transfers and payments, wire transfers, direct payroll deposit, electronic tax payments, automated clearing house origination and receipt, and cash management services. In addition, it provides investment advisory, insurance br okerage, trust, and wealth management services. As of December 31, 2009, the company operated 11 branches, including 7 in Anchorage, 2 in Fairbanks, and 1 each in Eagle River and Wasilla. Northrim BanCorp, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Joseph Griffin]
Kearny Financial (NASDAQ: KRNY) and Northrim BanCorp (NASDAQ:NRIM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Barnes & Noble, Inc.(BKS)
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (Barnes & Noble or the Company), one of the nation’s largest booksellers,1 is a leading content and commerce company providing customers easy and convenient access to trade books and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform. As of April 30, 2016, the Company operates 640 bookstores in 50 states, maintains an eCommerce site, develops digital reading products and operates one of the largest digital bookstores. Barnes & Noble is utilizing the strength of its retail footprint in combination with its online and digital businesses to provide an omni-channel experience for its customers, fulfilling its commitment to offer customers any book, anytime, anywhere and in any format.
Barnes & Noble Retail (B&N Retail) operates 640 retail bookstores, primarily under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers® trade name, and includes the Company’s eCommerce site. B&N Retail also includes Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Motley Fool Staff]
The e-commerce revolution has done a number on plenty of retail niches, but few have suffered as thorough a routing as bookstores. Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) is still standing, of course, but what it isn’t doing is growing. On Thursday it produced its fourth-quarter report, which featured virtually flat sales and a guidance cut for full-year earnings. And that was with the bright spot of comps sales growth of 1.1%, the best it has managed in years.
- [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]
So far, Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has survived this big shakeout despite being one of the first companies to have its business disrupted by Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). That said, the bookseller’s recent results suggest it could be living on borrowed time.
- [By Motley Fool Transcribing]
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) Q3 2019 Earnings Conference CallMarch 7, 2019 10:00 a.m. ET
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Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: SailPoint Technologies Holdings(SAIL)
SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. provides enterprise identity security solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. The company offers software and software as a service (SaaS) solutions, which help organizations to govern the digital identities of employees, contractors, business partners, software bots, and other human and non-human users, as well as manage their constantly changing access rights to enterprise applications and data across hybrid IT environments, spanning on-premises, cloud and mobile applications, and file storage platforms. Its solutions include IdentityNow, a cloud-based multi-tenant identity security platform; IdentityIQ, an on-premises identity security solution; and SailPoint Identity Services, a multi-tenant SaaS subscription service. The company sells its products and solutions to commercial enterprises, financial institutions, and governments directly, as well as through system integrators, technology partners, and value-added resellers. SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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Sailpoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SAIL) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 5, 2019 5:00 p.m. ET
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- [By Shane Hupp]
Sailpoint Technologies Holdings Inc (NYSE:SAIL) Director William G. Bock sold 4,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.00, for a total transaction of $128,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.
- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Kelly Services Inc.(KELYA)
Kelly Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides workforce solutions to various industries worldwide. The company offers trained employees who work in word processing, data entry, and as administrative support staff; staff for contact centers, technical support hotlines, and telemarketing units; substitute teachers; support staff for seminars, sales, and trade shows; technicians for the technology, aerospace, and pharmaceutical industries; maintenance workers, material handlers, and assemblers; and temporary and full-time placement services, as well as direct-hire placement and vendor on-site management services. It also provides scientific and clinical research workforce solutions; chefs, porters, and hospitality representatives; manual workers to semi-skilled professionals in trade, non-trade, and operational positions; engineering professionals for various disciplines, such as aeronautical, chemical, civil/structural, electrical/instrumentation, environmen tal, industrial, mechanical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, quality, and telecommunications; and employees for creative services positions. In addition, the company offers professionals for corporate finance departments, accounting firms, and financial institutions; talent management solutions; healthcare specialists and professionals for hospitals, ambulatory care centers, HMOs, and other health insurance companies; information technology specialists; legal professionals, such as attorneys, paralegals, contract administrators, compliance specialists, and legal administrators; and mid- to senior-level search and selection services, as well as consulting services. Further, it provides recruitment process and contingent workforce outsourcing, independent contractor solutions, payroll and business process outsourcing, career transition and organizational effectiveness, and executive search services. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.
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- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
BidaskClub downgraded shares of Kelly Services (NASDAQ:KELYA) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a report released on Wednesday morning.
KELYA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. ValuEngine lowered shares of Kelly Services from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note on Monday, February 4th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Kelly Services from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $25.00 target price for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 5th. Finally, TheStreet lowered shares of Kelly Services from a b rating to a c+ rating in a research note on Thursday, February 14th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. The company presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $32.00.
- [By Motley Fool Transcribers]
Kelly Services Inc (NASDAQ:KELYA)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 13, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
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Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: Fiserv, Inc.(FISV)
Fiserv, Inc. is a leading global provider of financial services technology. We are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and part of the S&P 500 Index. We serve approximately 14,500 clients worldwide, including banks, thrifts, credit unions, investment management firms, leasing and finance companies, retailers, and merchants. We provide account processing systems; electronic payments processing products and services, such as electronic bill payment and presentment services, card-based transaction processing and network services, ACH transaction processing, account-to-account transfers, and person-to-person payments; internet and mobile banking systems; and related services including document and payment card production and distribution, check processing and imaging, source capture systems, and lending and risk management products and services. Advisors’ Opinion:
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For his final “Executive Decision” segment, Cramer checked in Frank Bisignano, president and CEO of Fiserv (FISV) – Get Report, the financial technology company with 100 million digital banking users and six million merchant locations across the globe.
- [By Billy Duberstein]
In particular, Palmer worries about Fiserv’s (NASDAQ:FISV) recent acquisition of First Data (NYSE:FDC). First Data makes the Clover point-of-sale system, a Square competitor. The combined companies say they intend to spend over $500 million over five years to “accelerate growth,” which likely means putting serious weight behind Clover.
Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks For 2023: AllianzGI NFJ Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund(NFJ)
NFJ Dividend, Interest& Premium Strategy Fund (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek current income and gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying common stocks and income producing convertible securities. It may also write (sell) call options on equity indexes.
The Fund invests in various industries, including agriculture, airlines, banking, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, telecommunications, commercial services, diversified financial services, electric, computers, hotel/gaming and media. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC is the investment manager of the Fund. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P. The Fund’s sub-advisors are NFJ Investment Group L.P, Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management and Oppenheimer Capital LLC.
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- [By Stephan Byrd]
We Are One Seven LLC bought a new stake in shares of Allianzgi NFJ Dividend int & Prm Stgy Fd (NYSE:NFJ) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 29,490 shares of the investment management company’s stock, valued at approximately $386,000.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
News coverage about Allianzgi NFJ Dividend int & Prm Stgy Fd (NYSE:NFJ) has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Allianzgi NFJ Dividend int & Prm Stgy Fd earned a daily sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the investment management company an impact score of 48.4440755158662 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
