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Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26

Posted Feb 3rd 2010 10:40AM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, Raytheon Company (RTN), Xcel Energy (XEL), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

Is the market overpriced? Maybe it is cheap, or perhaps it is fairly valued. This is the third in a series examining the issue. Still, it has been my contention that it does not make any difference because no matter how the market is valued as a whole, there are plenty of cheap stocks out there to accommodate a large amount of capital allocation even this deep into a bull run.

If you would like to follow along from the beginning, the initial post screened stocks for lower than market average P/E ratios: Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks. In the second installment, I looked at yield and PEG ratios: Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth.

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Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks

Posted Jan 28th 2010 3:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, S and P 500, Xcel Energy (XEL), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

We frequently receive comments that the market is overpriced. Recently one of our active readers commented that the market P/E was 30, which it's not. The actual rate (S&P forecast) has been even higher at times due to the volatile market.

The average should trend closer to the long term P/E of 15.7 in the next few years. However, I have reviewed companies often covered on our site and come up with a list of 35 stocks that have price-to-earning ratios below the long-term average already. I think there are dozens of bargains regardless of the status of the overall market.

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Top Picks for 2010: Altria (MO)

Posted Dec 29th 2009 12:01PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Markets, Newsletters, Altria Group (MO), Agriculture, Stocks to Buy, Recession, Best Stocks for 2010

This post is part of a special report, Top Picks for 2010, the 27th annual survey in which TheStockAdvisors.com asks the nation's leading advisors for their single favorite stock for the new year. See all 80 stocks listed here.

"My definition of safe is to avoid cyclical companies that can be derailed by unexpected economic events or a sudden change in Fed policy," says dividend expert Kelley Wright.

In Investment Quality Trends, he suggests, "Additional requirements are a long history of increased earnings and dividends, broad institutional sponsorship, and ample outstanding shares for trading liquidity. One such company that fits that bill is Altria Group (MO), my top pick for 2010."

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Endless Caveats Don't Make You Any Money

Posted Dec 23rd 2009 10:00AM by Jim Cramer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), Home Depot (HD), Market Matters, Altria Group (MO), Bank of America (BAC), BB and T (BBT), Fortune Brands (FO), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Wells Fargo (WFC), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Cramer on BloggingStocks, U.S. Bancorp (USB)

The Street.com's Jim Cramer says that he's making it his mission in 2010 to call out people in the media who provide no value.

Have you ever noticed that with every good housing report there are endless caveats:

1. Prices are still down year over year.

2. The home tax credit of $8,000 moved the house, and that will go away.

3. Home mortgages are artificially low because of the Fed.

4. Banks have more foreclosures on their balance sheets than before.

5. Foreclosures continue to occur.

6. Everything will slip back to imbalance when the credit goes away.

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Earnings highlights: Boeing, Coca-Cola, eBay, Microsoft, Pfizer, UAL, Yahoo! ...

Posted Oct 24th 2009 9:20AM by Trey Thoelcke (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Coca-Cola (KO), AT and T (T), Altria Group (MO), BB and T (BBT), Boeing Co (BA), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Hasbro Inc (HAS), AMR Corp (AMR), UAL Corp (UAUA), Wells Fargo (WFC)

Here are some highlights from last week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks:

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Altria (MO) lower as 3Q revenue disappoints

Posted Oct 21st 2009 12:50PM by Brent Archer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Bad News, Altria Group (MO), Options, Technical Analysis

MO logoAltria (NYSE: MO - option chain) stock is trading lower Wednesday after the company reported an adjusted third-quarter profit this morning 48 cents per share, topping analysts' forecasts by a penny. However, shares of the stock are declining in today's trading, as the company's third-quarter revenue fell to $4.32 billion, missing analysts' projections of $4.66 billion. After the stock moved up strongly into earnings, traders needed the results to be really strong to sustain the upward momentum. If you think this stock won't be rising too far in the coming months, then it could be a good time to look at a bearish hedged play on MO.

This morning, MO opened at $18.37. So far today the stock has hit a high of $18.43 and a low of $18.11. As of 11:50, MO is trading at $18.26, down 40 cents (-2.1%). The chart for MO looks bullish and S&P gives MO a positive 5 STARS (out of 5) strong buy ranking.

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Where should granny put $50,000?

Posted Oct 9th 2009 3:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Getting Started, McDonald's (MCD), Diageo plc (DEO), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Automatic Data Proc (ADP), Kellogg Co (K), Consolidated Edison (ED), General Mills (GIS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Merck and Co (MRK), Duke Energy (DUK), Personal Finance, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Southern Company (SO), Annaly Capital Management (NLY)

One of my wonderful friends, Ms. P, asked me for some guidance on how she might allocate $50,000 currently earning peanuts in a money market account. Though she is decades from becoming a grandmother, after a brief discussion about her financial parameters, it became clear to me that she was looking for a "granny fund."

In reality, my recommendations would be suitable, and perhaps desirable, for many passive investors as well.

The $50,000 is a portion of money Ms. P has set aside to purchase a home, which might happen in six months, but could also be pushed out further, depending on the economy and her situation. Basically, she wants to cover all her bases because she might need the money at any time and does not want to be caught short, while at the same time she would like to generate some revenue without taking any big risks.

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Flavored cigarettes off the shelves

Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:00AM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Altria Group (MO)

As of Tuesday, you'll have to cross a border to buy a clove. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on flavored cigarettes went into effect and prohibits the sale of candy and fruit-flavored cigarettes. Authorized under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the measure is intended to reduce the number of children who take up the habit.

Under the new ban, cigarettes that include "an artificial or natural flavor (other than menthol) or an herb or spice" cannot be sold in the United States. The long, but not exhaustive list of flavors, consists of strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry and coffee.

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Closing Bell: Bulls start getting drunk (MO, AIG, BA, C, HOG, IMMU)

Posted Aug 27th 2009 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), Altria Group (MO), Boeing Co (BA), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Harley-Davidson (HOG)

This morning's revised GDP and still high jobless claims were of no concern to the bulls. After a key DJIA component had news, and after interest perked back up in the financial stocks, traders forgot about selling and just started buying all over again. Seven days in a row of an up market is becoming a normal event, it seems.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 9,576.47 +32.95 (0.35%)
S&P 500 1,030.91 +2.79 (0.27%)
Nasdaq 2,028.09 +3.66 (0.18%)

Top Analyst Upgrades
Top Analyst Downgrades
Top Day Trader Stocks

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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Copper inventory build threatens the cyclicals

Posted Jul 29th 2009 10:30AM by Jim Cramer (RSS feed)
Filed under: China, Market Matters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Hershey Co (HSY), Merck and Co (MRK), U.S. Steel (X), BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), Freep't McMoRan Copper (FCX), Commodities, Union Pacific Corporation (UNP), Cramer on BloggingStocks

TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the plunge in China overnight is being blamed on the industrial metal, so expect some carry-over.

It turns out copper was the metric. Drats, I thought it was the dollar or oil. I thought we were supposed to buy the cyclicals on earnings being better than expected. I thought we might be buying the minerals and the steels and the oils off the morning proxy of the Baltic Freight Index, known as the Baltic Fright Index in the days when it kept going down, and kept us out of the Freeports (NYSE: FCX) (Cramer's Take) and Vales (NASDAQ: VALE) (Cramer's Take) and Union Pacifics (NYSE: UNP) (Cramer's Take) and U.S. Steels (NYSE: X) (Cramer's Take).

Silly me.

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Most Californians clamor for a tobacco tax increase

Posted Jul 8th 2009 3:10PM by Beth Gaston Moon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Rumors, Consumer Experience, Altria Group (MO), Recession, Financial Crisis

Ahhh ... California. Home of the Beach Boys, Napa Valley, and, just recently, IOUs. Indeed, the Golden State is in dire financial straits, and looking for any way out. One suggestion? Tax the smokers. A recent poll of state voters shows 70% in favor of a $1.50-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax.

Breaking down the numbers across party lines, 78% of Democrats, 75% of independents, and 65% of Republicans approve of such a measure. But Republican leadership remains opposed to the idea. A spokeswoman told reporters "Tax increases aren't the answer. Neither is tying programs with increasing costs to a tax source that is declining."

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Serious Money: Six stocks paying over 6% yields: VZ, DUK, MO, KMP, BWP, NLY

Posted Jul 7th 2009 2:40PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Altria Group (MO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Duke Energy (DUK), Loews Corporation (L), , Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP)

The following list of solid dividend payers are not likely to get anyone excited about future growth prospects like some small cap tech company with a hot IPO, but in these uncertain times being able to diversify into a reliable dividend paying stock might work while you ride out the economic storm.

Bank money market accounts, CD's and treasuries are not all that compelling right now. While it is wise to keep some cash handy in these places, you need not put all your resources there.

Earlier today my colleague Steven Halpern posted a story on the safest dividend payer in the DJIA and
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) paying 6.1% was his conclusion. I recently posted about this stock pointing out the benefits of the communications companies, see: Chasing Value: AT&T and VZ, high yield plus safety

It is to be expected that a utility would show up on the list, given the strong recurring revenue and cash-flow and
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) paying 6.39% is that company. I have written many positive posts about Duke and my view has not changed.

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Philip Morris shells out $224.7 million for Swedish Match unit

Posted Jul 2nd 2009 1:30PM by Elizabeth Harrow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Competitive Strategy, Altria Group (MO)

Tobacco titan Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) is snapping up the South African operations of Swedish Match for a cool 1.75 billion rand, or roughly $224.7 million. The acquisition is part of PM's broader strategy to gain a foothold in the smokeless tobacco arena. Currently, Swedish Match South Africa is the market leader in the South African pipe tobacco and snuff categories.

"This financially attractive acquisition represents an excellent strategic fit for our business in South Africa," said Jean-Claude Kunz, PM's president of Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. "We firmly believe that merging the two businesses will provide us with the talent, infrastructure, and expertise to further build and grow our portfolio of strong brands in this important market."

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China gets ready for a mega IPO

Posted Apr 21st 2009 11:00AM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: China, Altria Group (MO)

While not attracting many headlines, a variety of major companies have raised large amounts of capital lately, such as HCA, Dole Foods and Altria (NYSE: MO). However, the capital source has been mostly the debt markets.

But as things ease up, might equity investors warm up to new offerings?

Well, we should find out fairly soon. China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., which is the largest manufacturer of extrude aluminum, is planning a public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The company wants to raise about $1.6 billion. No doubt, it would be the largest equity offering for the year.

Keep in mind that China's government has pumped huge amounts of liquidity into the economy. And investors have responded -- by buying up shares.

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