On this day in economic and business history...
April 23, 1985 was one of the most infamous days in marketing history. Children who were not yet born remember it. Retirees reminisce about it. Comedians harvest jokes from it to this day. That day, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO ) introduced the world to "new Coke."
Coke was losing ground in the 1980s. By 1983, its flagship fizzy brown drink was outsold in supermarkets by the upstart Pepsi (NYSE: PEP ) and its brilliant "Pepsi Challenge" campaign. Coke CEO Roberto Goizueta was ready to take a chainsaw to the company's core business if it meant winning over the youthful Boomer generation, and he had come into the corner office with experience tweaking Coke's iconic formula for regional tastes. A massive but highly secretive project began under the name "Project Kansas," with initially positive results. However, a small but highly vocal minority of Coke's top-secret taste-testers remained adamantly opposed to the notion of a different Coke. These complaints would come back to haunt Coke when it went ahead with the launch despite objections.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (KS)
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation engages in the production and sale of unbleached kraft, linerboard, saturating kraft, and unbleached folding carton boards primarily in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It offers kraft paper to converters, who produce multiwall bags for agricultural products, pet food, cement, chemicals, and grocery bags, as well as specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products and roll wrap; and linerboards to converters in the corrugated box industry and to other converters for various end uses, including laminated tier sheets and wrapping material. The company offers its saturating kraft products to various industries, such as construction, electronics manufacturing, and furniture manufacturing; and unbleached folding carton board products to the general folding carton segment of paperboard packaging. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation offers its kraft paper, linerboard, and saturating kraft products under the DuraSorb brand name; and folding carton board under the Kraftpak brand name. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on KapStone Paper and Packaging (NYSE: KS ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Wabash National Corporation(WNC)
Wabash National Corporation engages in designing, manufacturing, and marketing standard and customized truck trailers, intermodal equipment, and transportation related products in North America. It operates in three segments: Commercial Trailer Products, Diversified Products, and Retail. The Commercial Trailer Products segment manufactures truck trailers; proprietary composite products; dry van trailers; standardized sheet and post, and refrigerated trailer products; and steel and aluminum flatbed, and dropdeck trailers. This segment markets its transportation equipment under the Wabash, DuraPlate, DuraPlateHD, DuraPlate XD-35, FreightPro, ArcticLite, RoadRailer, Transcraft, Eagle, Eagle II, D-Eagle, and Benson trademarks directly to customers, as well as through independent dealers and company-owned retail branch network. The Diversified Products segment focuses on diversifying its product offerings using intellectual technology. It offers complementary products to compan y?s truck trailers and transportation equipment; AeroSkirt, an aerodynamic solution for over-the-road trailers; and customer-specific solutions to original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers. This segment also manufactures laminated hard wood oak floor products for the van trailer industry. The Retail segment operates 12 retail branch locations, which sell new and used trailers, aftermarket parts, and services throughout the United States. Wabash National Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana.
Hot Value Stocks To Buy For 2015: Patient Home Monitoring Corp (PHM.V)
Patient Home Monitoring Corp. provides home-based monitoring services and supplies for cardiology patients in the United States. The company offers its products and services to patients that take prescription blood thinners, such as Coumadin. Its in-home testing services enable to monitor PT/INR from home. The company is based in San Francisco, California.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Ballard Power Systems Inc.(BLDP)
Ballard Power Systems Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and service of fuel cell products for motive and stationary power applications worldwide. It offers clean energy PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell stacks, modules, and complete systems. The company provides fuel cell products and services for material handling and bus, back-up power, and distributed generation applications; and fuel cell engineering solutions for various fuel cell applications. It also offers carbon-based engineered material products in the form of roll goods as woven carbon fiber textile fabrics or carbon fiber papers primarily for automotive transmissions and gas diffusion layers. Ballard Power Systems Inc., through its interests in Dantherm Power A/S develops clean energy backup power through utilization of hydrogen fuel cell technology; and Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp. develops fuel cell products for the automotive fuel cell market. The company was founde d in 1979 and is headquartered in Burnaby, Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Paul Ausick]
Canada-based fuel cell developer Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) is getting a jolt on Friday after yesterday�� announcement that it had signed a non-bind agreement to develop zero-emissions, fuel cell vehicles with Netherlands-based Van Hool NV, Europe�� fourth-largest bus maker. According to the announcement there will be 27 Van Hool fuel cell buses operating in Europe next year, all powered by Ballard fuel cell systems.
- [By John Udovich]
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has a growing�battery fire mess on its hand but should investors in small cap fuel cell stock Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ: PLUG) be more worried than investors in fuel cell peers like FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FCEL) and Ballard Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ: BLDP)? After all, Tesla Motors Inc�� battery fire problems seem to result from drivers running over debris that damage�or pierce the undercarriage rather than with the batteries�themselves (as in Boeing�� case). Nevertheless, any news about batteries or fuel cells and the like catching on fire could spill over�and impact peers - unless there are other concerns for investors. ��
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Franklin Financial Corporation(FRNK)
Franklin Financial Corporation operates as a holding company for Franklin Federal Savings Bank that offers financial services to consumers and businesses. Its deposit products include passbook savings, money market savings, and money market checking, as well as certificates of deposit. The company?s loan portfolio comprises nonresidential real estate loans, multi-family real estate loans, one-to four-family residential loans, construction loans, land and land development loans, non-real estate loans, and second mortgages. It also offers a range of financial services, including mutual funds; debt, equity, and government securities; retirement accounts; insurance products; and fixed and variable annuities. Franklin Financial Corporation operates eight full-service retail banking offices in the Greater Richmond area of central Virginia. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
The Bank of Nova Scotia (the Bank) is a diversified financial institution. As of October 31, 2011, the Bank offered a range of products and services, including retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking to more than 18.6 million customers in more than 50 countries around the world. The Bank has four business lines: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Scotia Capital and Global Wealth Management. In January 2012, the Company closed its acquisition of 51% of Banco Colpatria. In April 2012, the Company through Scotia Capital Inc. acquired Howard Weil Incorporated. In April 2013, Bank of Nova Scotia acquired a 50% interest in Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Horizonte SA. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Will Ashworth]
TD Rating: 7.5
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)Dividend Yield: 3.9%
The last of the major Canadian banks is Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). Not known for its Canadian retail banking, its biggest calling cards are its businesses outside of Canada in Latin America and Asia. Analysts expect it to deliver a 9.1% increase in adjusted net income in the fourth quarter to C$1.6 billion, 47% of which will come from outside of Canada.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Iamgold Corp Com Npv (IMG.TO)
IAMGOLD Corporation, a mid-tier gold mining company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties. It primarily explores for gold, silver, zinc, copper, niobium, diamonds, and other metals. The company holds interests in five operating gold mines, a niobium mine, a diamond royalty, and exploration and development projects located in Africa and the Americas. Its development projects include the Westwood project located in the Abitibi region, Qu茅bec, Canada; and the Camp Caiman project located in northeastern French Guiana, South America. The company was formerly known as IAMGOLD International African Mining Gold Corporation and changed its name to IAMGOLD Corporation in June 1997. IAMGOLD Corporation was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Africo Resources L Com Npv (ARL.TO)
Africo Resources Ltd. engages in acquiring, exploring, developing, and mining precious and base metal mineral properties in Africa. The company�s principal mineral property is the Kalukundi copper and cobalt property, which consists of 23 carres or blocks covering an area of 19.5 square kilometers and is located in the Kolwezi District of Katanga Province in the Southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africo Resources Ltd. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Discovery Minerals Ltd (DSCR)
Discovery Minerals Ltd., formerly Dhanoa Minerals Ltd., incorporated on July 11, 2005, is an exploration-stage company. The Company�� principal business is the acquisition and exploration of menial resources located in the United States, Central and South America. The Company operates in only one business segment, namely natural resource exploration, mining and recovery.
The Company does not own any properties that contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable. The Company's projects include Turquoise Mountain Project and Yukon Mining Project.
Best Supermarket Companies To Watch For 2015: Commerce Resources Corp. (CCE.V)
Commerce Resources Corp. engages in the exploration and development of rare metals and rare earth elements in British Columbia and Quebec, Canada. It explores for tantalum, niobium, and rare metal deposits. The company primarily focuses on the development of the Upper Fir tantalum and niobium deposit located in the Blue River region of the Kamloops Mining District of British Columbia; and the Eldor rare earth project located in the Labrador Trough area of Quebec. Commerce Resources Corp. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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