Top Dividend Stocks For 2018

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Colliers International Gr (NASDAQ: CIGI) and Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Risk & Volatility

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Colliers International Gr has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Getty Realty has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.0% of Colliers International Gr shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of Getty Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Gr shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of Getty Realty shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Top Dividend Stocks For 2018: Regal Beloit Corporation(RBC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

   

  Companies Reporting After The Bell Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) is projected to post quarterly loss at $1.31 per share on revenue of $1.97 billion. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE: IFF) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.59 per share on revenue of $909.36 million. Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZG) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.06 per share on revenue of $294.79 million. General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.15 per share on revenue of $980.61 million. Central Garden & Pet Company (NASDAQ: CENT) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.84 per share on revenue of $598.45 million. Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1 per share on revenue of $746.42 million. Fabrinet (NYSE: FN) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.71 per share on revenue of $319.71 million. National General Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: NGHC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $1.08 billion. The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVG) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.75 per share on revenue of $320.92 million. Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (NYSE: DPLO) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.22 per share on revenue of $1.29 billion. Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE: TREX) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.19 per share on revenue of $172.22 million. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.09 per share on revenue of $1.35 billion. Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: EVHC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.64 per share on revenue of $2.02 billion. Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE: RBC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.23 per share on revenue of $869.64 million. Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.67 per share on revenue of $39
• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.11 per share on revenue of $1.85 billion. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.44 per share on revenue of $1.99 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $3.63 billion. Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.92 per share on revenue of $3.17 billion. Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.57 per share on revenue of $926.18 million. The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.24 per share on revenue of $2.98 billion. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.64 per share on revenue of $1.71 billion. US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.32 per share on revenue of $5.98 billion. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.7 per share on revenue of $3.50 billion. Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $2.06 per share on revenue of $936.98 million. Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $1.06 billion. Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.14 per share on revenue of $1.21 billion. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.28 per share on revenue of $23.80 billion. JD.com, Inc. (NYSE: JD) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.18 per share on revenue of $15.65 billion. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.6 per share o

Top Dividend Stocks For 2018: S&P Smallcap 600(PH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Ardevora Asset Management LLP reduced its stake in shares of Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 0.5% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 154,400 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 800 shares during the quarter. Ardevora Asset Management LLP’s holdings in Parker Hannifin were worth $26,407,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Barings LLC decreased its holdings in Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 36.4% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 26,064 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 14,937 shares during the period. Barings LLC’s holdings in Parker Hannifin were worth $4,458,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Eaton Vance Management lifted its holdings in shares of Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 141.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 514,556 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 301,597 shares during the quarter. Eaton Vance Management’s holdings in Parker Hannifin were worth $88,005,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System reduced its position in Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 3.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 172,950 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 6,667 shares during the period. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System owned approximately 0.13% of Parker Hannifin worth $29,580,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top Dividend Stocks For 2018: Microchip Technology Incorporated(MCHP)

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• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.11 per share on revenue of $1.85 billion. Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: DISCA) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.44 per share on revenue of $1.99 billion. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.89 per share on revenue of $3.63 billion. Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.92 per share on revenue of $3.17 billion. Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.57 per share on revenue of $926.18 million. The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.24 per share on revenue of $2.98 billion. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPD) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.64 per share on revenue of $1.71 billion. US Foods Holding Corp. (NYSE: USFD) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.32 per share on revenue of $5.98 billion. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.7 per share on revenue of $3.50 billion. Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $2.06 per share on revenue of $936.98 million. Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $1.06 billion. Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.14 per share on revenue of $1.21 billion. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.28 per share on revenue of $23.80 billion. JD.com, Inc. (NYSE: JD) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.18 per share on revenue of $15.65 billion. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.6 per share o
• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Press coverage about Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Microchip Technology earned a news sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.825929182511 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

• [By Shanthi Rexaline]

  Morgan Stanley's Joseph Moore previewed earnings reports from MPINJ Inc (NASDAQ: PI), Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA). Morgan Stanley has the following ratings on the companies:

• [By Lee Jackson]

  This company is a huge Internet of Things benefactor. Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) is a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and flash-IP solutions, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide.

• [By ]

  Crutcher added that TI's own chip manufacturing teams have been pushing equipment suppliers to make their machinery smarter. "We want it to tell us sooner if there's an issue with the [chip] wafer that's going through that machine," he said as an example. Fellow analog chip and microcontroller (MCU) suppliers such as Analog Devices (ADI) and Microchip (MCHP) also have strong industrial exposure.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 888,437 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $81,168,000. Microchip Technology comprises 3.2% of Mar Vista Investment Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest position.

Top Dividend Stocks For 2018: Cellcom Israel Ltd.(CEL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Thursday afternoon, the telecommunication services shares surged 0.58 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), up 5 percent, and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) up 2.5 percent.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Thursday afternoon, the health care shares rose 1.79 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Partner Communications Company Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTNR), up 8 percent, and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) up 7 percent.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Natural Health Trends Corp (NASDAQ: NHTC) fell 7.8 percent to $19.80 in pre-market trading after rising 1.46 percent on Friday. Endocyte, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECYT) shares fell 6.6 percent to $11.41 in pre-market trading after climbing 4.18 percent on Friday. Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) shares fell 6.2 percent to $5.15 in pre-market trading after tumbling 11.45 percent on Friday. Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: RKDA) fell 6.1 percent to $7.31 in pre-market trading after declining 3.35 percent on Friday. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) fell 5.6 percent to $28.30 in pre-market trading. Evofem Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVFM) fell 5.3 percent to $6.06 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.73 percent on Friday. Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) shares fell 5.2 percent to $28.60 in pre-market trading. Xerox terminated its transaction agreement with Fujifilm and entered into a new agreement with Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason. JP Morgan downgraded Xerox from Overweight to Neutral. Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) fell 5.2 percent to $7.02 in pre-market trading. Cellcom is expected to release Q1 results on May 30, 2018. Perrigo Company plc (NYSE: PRGO) fell 4.5 percent to $74 in pre-market trading. Nabriva Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: NBRV) shares fell 4 percent to $4.66 in pre-market trading

Why Nicolas Maduro Of Venezuela May Wish He Lost The Presidential Election

&l;p&g;&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-936b71b5d7bf4ecabfec89ea13f1c124&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/936b71b5d7bf4ecabfec89ea13f1c124/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;623&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Venezuela&s;s re-elected president Nicolas Maduro walks with his Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez. Maduro won with 62% of the vote. The U.S. responded with sanctions that are likely to starve PdVSA of cashflow. Bad for Maduro. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

It&s;s coming to a close, fans of the Bolivar Republic. This sad story in Caracas is unsustainable and this weekend&s;s election showed either people like 10,000% inflation or the Socialists United (PSUV) need to squash opposition to remain in power. It&s;s probably the latter.

The Venezuela oil economy that made PSUV powerful and made Venezuela one of the richest countries south of Texas is on its last legs. It&s;s not because of Washington, as PSUV&s;s novel writers like to say. It is because of the government leadership.

With sanctions in place due to Maduro basically banning all serious contenders from running for the presidency, a slight to the community of democratic nations in the hemisphere, it is more certain than ever that Venezuelan oil major PdVSA will get sucked deeper into this political black hole. A Maduro win is potentially a crushing defeat for PdVSA. Ironically, a Maduro win may also ultimately be bad for Maduro himself.

He needs a miracle to make it through his next term. Even a full-on dictatorship won&s;t save the Venezuelan president.

&q;If we assume that the incompetent economic team cannot insulate PdVSA cashflow with U.S. still the most important paying customer, then this should further aggravate cashflow stress...and it is not about having sufficient funds to pay bond investors,&q; says Siobhan Morden, managing director for Nomura Securities in New York. &q;It is rather that there are sufficient funds left to pay off corrupt officials and the military, to sustain support for Maduro,&q; she says.

There is already dissent &l;a href=&q;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-19/venezuela-s-maduro-ramps-up-arrests-to-purge-dissenting-military&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;in the military among the rank and file.&l;/a&g;

The U.S. has banned numerous transactions with Venezuela. It is also making it harder to move money through the financial system. Maduro&s;s foray into cryptocurrency, launching its petro coin, is not going to save it.

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So the thinking goes that cashflow stress at PdVSA, the PSUV ATM machine, undermines Maduro. Nomura predicts trade sector sanctions against Venezuela, with an incremental approach that preserves reputational costs and future leverage for an economy that is already entering the terminal phase of collapse in oil production capacity.

&q;It will become increasingly difficult for a global integrated oil company to function within the constraints of international isolation,&q; Morden says.&a;nbsp; &q;Especially for a government that cannot effectively insulate commercial and financial flows from the legal threats of U.S. sanctions and bondholder litigation.&q;

Maduro sees himself as carrying on Hugo Chavez&s;s legacy. He is fighting the good fight against Yankee imperialists and their like-minded capitalists in the Venezuelan business class. These are PSUV&s;s natural enemies.

It was Chavez who first expanded the powers of the presidency by changing the constitution to allow him to run for another term. He also removed one chamber of Congress, similar to what Maduro did years later when he cut the National Assembly off at the knees and created his Chamber of Yesmen, known as the Constituent Assembly. In 2004, Chavez effectively took control of the Supreme Court by expanding its size and appointing 12 justices. The court is 100% PSUV. In 2009, Chavez led a successful referendum ending presidential term limits. Maduro can run for ever.

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-96266519eef04d09a2dac31404f293d3&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/96266519eef04d09a2dac31404f293d3/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;640&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Supporters listen to opposition presidential candidate Javier Bertucci in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 20, 2018. Electoral officials declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday&s;s presidential election, while his leading challenger questioned the legitimacy of a vote marred by irregularities and called for a new ballot to prevent a brewing social crisis from exploding. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

But he will not.

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PdVSA controls all the country&a;rsquo;s oil exploration, production, and exportation. PdVSA is going broke. They are not investing in oil production. One would think that if low oil prices was Venezuela&s;s problem, as Maduro tells his base, then a 100% increase in price from $30 a barrel just three years ago, to $70 today would signal a return to the good ole days. As reality would have it, Venezuela has only gotten worse even as oil prices haven risen.&l;/p&g;&l;!--donotpaginate--&g;

And so as PdVSA runs out of money in its ATM to pay off people in the military and within the political apparatus to play along, one wonders what happens when the money dries up?

It is drying up.

The weekend elections further increase the trend of Venezuela&s;s isolation from Latin America, let alone the U.S. Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala all took diplomatic measures on recalling their ambassadors. They think the election was a sham.

Washington retaliated post election with more financial sector sanctions making it impossible for Venezuela to raise funds in its most reliable market: the U.S.&a;nbsp; Tighter sanctions will further compromise PdVSA and that ultimately forces some sort of regime change in Caracas.&l;/p&g;

Deutsche Bank chairman defends CEO replacement

FRANKFURT--Deutsche Bank AG (DBK.XE) Chairman Paul Achleitner defended the supervisory board's decision last month to replace Chief Executive John Cryan, calling the change "unavoidable," in a speech to investors Thursday at the lender's annual meeting.

Mr. Achleitner has come under fire from shareholders for what some view as a botched management changeover reflecting deeper turmoil and strategic uncertainty at the bank.

Management-board conflicts were getting out of hand and stalling important decisions under Mr. Cryan, Mr. Achleitner said Thursday, citing "increasing differences of opinion" in the executive ranks.

Career Deutsche Bank employee Christian Sewing, who replaced Mr. Cryan as CEO after serving as the bank's top retail-banking and senior audit executive, was the supervisory board's "first choice" to fill the top job, Mr. Achleitner said.

Mr. Achleitner said leaks of internal information and speculation accelerated the CEO change in March and April. The supervisory board had hoped to announce a new CEO at Thursday's annual meeting, not April 8 as it ended up doing, Mr. Achleitner said.

He credited Mr. Cryan with improving Deutsche Bank's internal controls and its relationships with regulators. Mr. Cryan also helped the bank boost its capital position and make key decisions such as exiting 10 countries to focus on more important markets, Mr. Achleitner said.

Write to Jenny Strasburg at Jenny.strasburg@wsj.com

MH370 Search in Jeopardy Again as New PM Mahathir Cuts Costs

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is in peril once again as new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reins in government spending.

The contract to find the jet, missing since 2014, is under review, Mahathir said after his first cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The government in January agreed to pay U.S. exploration company Ocean Infinity as much as $70 million if it solves what has become modern aviation’s biggest mystery.

"We want to know what is the necessity for this, and if we find that it is not necessary, we will not renew," Mahathir, who returned to power in a shock election triumph this month, told reporters in Putrajaya. “We may terminate it if it’s not useful."

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Ocean Infinity’s search vessel, Seabed Constructor, has already scoured 86,000 square kilometers of seabed in the southern Indian Ocean without success, according to the latest weekly report on the operation. That area includes the patch that investigators identified as the aircraft’s most likely resting place before the search was abandoned in 2017.

“We are approaching the end of the current search, and the weather also soon becomes a limiting factor, but we’re currently maximizing our efforts whilst we can,” a representative for Ocean Infinity said in an email.

To read more about the search for MH370, click here

The Boeing Co. 777 aircraft disappeared on March 8, 2014, on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. Investigators tracked MH370’s route using satellite data and believe the plane headed south over the Indian Ocean for about six hours before plummeting into the water.

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Dean Investment Associates LLC Trims Stake in Dover Co. (DOV)

Dean Investment Associates LLC trimmed its position in shares of Dover Co. (NYSE:DOV) by 3.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 39,357 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 1,201 shares during the quarter. Dean Investment Associates LLC’s holdings in Dover were worth $3,866,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Dover during the 4th quarter valued at about $207,000. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dover by 25.1% during the 4th quarter. Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 10,241 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,035,000 after buying an additional 2,056 shares during the last quarter. Bain Capital Public Equity Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Dover during the 4th quarter valued at about $20,823,000. Advisor Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Dover by 63.4% during the 4th quarter. Advisor Group Inc. now owns 10,168 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,027,000 after buying an additional 3,947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of Dover by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 436,093 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $44,041,000 after buying an additional 20,517 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 85.65% of the company’s stock.

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Shares of NYSE DOV opened at $80.39 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The company has a market capitalization of $12.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 1.32. Dover Co. has a 12 month low of $62.10 and a 12 month high of $88.11.

Dover (NYSE:DOV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.16 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.89 billion. Dover had a return on equity of 16.48% and a net margin of 9.71%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.09 EPS. research analysts forecast that Dover Co. will post 4.81 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a $0.47 dividend. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 30th. Dover’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.65%.

DOV has been the subject of several research reports. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Dover in a report on Friday, January 26th. Barclays reduced their target price on Dover from $120.00 to $113.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 30th. ValuEngine lowered Dover from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 9th. Seaport Global Securities restated a “hold” rating and issued a $110.00 target price on shares of Dover in a report on Friday, February 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase lowered Dover from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, March 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Dover presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $104.92.

In other Dover news, insider Stephen Gary Kennon sold 15,702 shares of Dover stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $102.01, for a total value of $1,601,761.02. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Patrick Burns purchased 510 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 2nd. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $97.51 per share, for a total transaction of $49,730.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 1,883 shares in the company, valued at $183,611.33. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 19,897 shares of company stock worth $2,031,745. Company insiders own 2.60% of the company’s stock.

Dover Company Profile

Dover Corporation provides equipment and components, specialty systems, consumable supplies, software and digital solutions, and support services worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Energy, Engineered Systems, Fluids, and Refrigeration & Food Equipment. The Energy segment provides solutions and services for the production and processing of fuels for drilling and production, bearings and compression, and automation end markets.

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These 3 Things Will Make Your Social Security Benefit Smaller

Around a third of Americans expect that Social Security will be a major source of retirement income.�And they're right. Since Americans have saved far too little for retirement, a majority of retirees depend on Social Security to provide at least half their household income.

Here's the problem. Not only is Social Security�not designed to replace so much of your pre-retirement income, but many people end up making their Social Security benefits smaller than they should be. This happens because Americans don't understand how to maximize the money they'll receive from Social Security.�

You may be one of those Americans -- unless you're aware that these three things will make your Social Security benefits smaller.�

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1. Working less than 35 years

Social Security calculates the standard benefit you'll receive by using a formula that determines your average wages over your career, adjusted to account for inflation. The period of time Social Security looks at is 35 years. If you've worked less than 35 years�when your average is calculated, your average wage will be much smaller.

For simplicity's sake, say you earned the equivalent of $50,000 a year over your entire career. If you worked for 35 years, your benefits would be based on a $50,000 average wage. But if you worked for 28 years, you'd have seven years of $0 wages factored in. Your average wages instead would be $40,000, and your benefits would be lower because of it.�

Since you could end up with much smaller benefits, you may want to stay in the workforce a little longer. In fact, if you're earning much more at the end of your career than you did at the start, working an extra year or two could give your benefits a big boost since you could knock out some years when you earned a low salary and replace them with years when you're making big bucks.�

2. Retiring before your full retirement age

Another major way your Social Security benefits could end up being reduced is if you claim them early. The Social Security Administration formula determines the benefits you'll receive at your full retirement age (FRA). FRA is 67 if you were born after 1960; it's earlier if you were born before.�If you retire before FRA, benefits are reduced by 5/9 of 1% for each month for the first 36 months and by an additional 5/12 of 1% for each additional month before. Here's what the math looks like:

Up to 36 months x 5/9 x 1% + number before 36 months early x 5/12 x 1%�

If you retire at 62, when FRA is 67, the formula would be:

� �36 months x 5/9 x 1%�+ 24 months x 5/12 x 1%

In total, benefits would be reduced by 30%. This 30% reduction remains in effect for your whole retirement. Your benefits don't just go up once you reach 67 -- you'll keep receiving the lower amount. If the math is complicated for you but you want to understand how much your benefits could be reduced, this chart can help

Age

Change in Benefits Compared to FRA

62	30% reduction
63	25% reduction
64	20% reduction
65	13.3% reduction
66	6.7% reduction
67	No change

If you retire after FRA, you actually can earn delayed retirement credits, which means you'd have extra money added onto your Social Security check. You earn these credits until age 70.

Of course, by delaying and not claiming benefits as soon as you're allowed -- which is age 62 -- you miss out on years of benefits. You'll want to calculate how long it takes you to break even for foregone benefits by using this formula:

Lower annual benefit�x Extra years of benefits�/ Difference between higher and lower annual benefit

If you'd have received benefits of $1,404 at full retirement age (the average benefit in 2018), your benefits at 62 would be equal to 70% of $1,404, or�$983. You'd get benefits for an extra five years compared with retiring at 67, so you'd have $58,980 in benefits you wouldn't have received if you'd delayed. Divide this by the extra $5,052 you'll get by claiming at 67 instead of 62 to discover that you'd break even in 11.7 years at age 78.7.� There's a helpful chart here that shows how long you'd need to live to break even, depending on the age you retire.�

There is, of course, no guarantee of how long you'll live. But one thing is definite -- if you claim benefits early, the monthly Social Security you receive will be smaller than if you'd waited.�

3. Living in a state where your Social Security benefits are taxed

Social Security benefits sometimes are�taxed at the federal level, but only if your countable income exceeds $25,000 if you're single or $32,000 if you file taxes as married filing jointly. Countable income equals half your Social Security benefits, taxable non-Social Security income such as 401(k) withdrawals, and some tax-free income. If benefits are taxed by the federal government, this happens no matter where you live, but only between 50% and 85% of your benefits end up being taxed, depending on earnings.�

However, it may not just be federal taxes you need to worry about. There are 13 states that tax Social Security benefits:�Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia. Rules differ by state regarding how much income you need to earn for benefits to be taxable. But if you live in one of these states and you're subject to tax, the amount of benefits you receive will be smaller.�

While moving to avoid Social Security tax may not make sense for your situation, if you're struggling to live on your benefits, you may want to look into areas with a low cost of living where you won't have to worry about a state government taking part of your hard-earned Social Security income.�

Make sure to understand your Social Security benefits

Sometimes, there's not much you can do about your benefits being made smaller. If you're forced into retirement at 62 and don't have savings, you may have no choice but to claim benefits early. But it's important to understand how much your decision can reduce Social Security income -- especially if you'll be counting on benefits to provide the bulk of your support as a senior.

Hot Small Cap Stocks To Own Right Now

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The Q2 2017 earnings report for small cap glass solutions stock�Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ: APOG) is scheduled for after the market closes on Wednesday (September 14th). In late May,�our SmallCap Network Elite Opportunity (SCN EO) portfolio newsletter suggested a speculative entry into the stock which derives more than 90% of its revenue�from�its architectural glass, metal and installation businesses:

"Fundamentally, this particular stock has all of the makings of a potential winner going forward. Trading at a forward P/E of just over 26 and a PEG of 1.62, Apogee has over $90M in cash on the books, a very manageable debt level of $20M, and a modest market cap of just over $1B, so there's plenty of room for growth here. However, it's the Company's current earnings projections of 30% growth from this quarter to next, and 20% growth from this year to next, that gives APOG a good look right now."

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  Walmart is trying out a similar tactic with pork supply chains in China, but it's far from the only company dipping its toe in the space. Other companies are testing blockchain's potential for their logistics -- everything from airplane parts, cargo shipments, medical records and even digital identities for refugees who lack official documents. Imagine no longer having a social security card, but a digital identity that couldn't be hacked. We wouldn't have to worry about data breaches like the recent one at Equifax (NYSE: EFX).

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  In just the first six months of 2017, there were 230% more data breaches in the United States than the prior year. Some of the major U.S. companies that experienced breaches include Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), and Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX).

Hot Small Cap Stocks To Own Right Now: j2 Global, Inc.(JCOM)

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  J2 Global (NASDAQ:JCOM) Director W Brian Kretzmer sold 5,942 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.25, for a total value of $518,439.50. Following the transaction, the director now owns 6,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $590,159. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Hot Small Cap Stocks To Own Right Now: VIVUS, Inc.(VVUS)

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  However, VivoPower and our other penny stocks to watch this week already saw big gains. After looking at our 10 top penny stocks to watch, we'll show you a small-cap stock with serious profit potential in its future…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Week's Gain VivoPower International Plc. (Nasdaq: VVPR) $3.05 88.57% Euro Tech Holdings Co. (Nasdaq: CLWT) $3.77 75.11% Boxlight Corp. (Nasdaq: BOXL) $6.36 65.38% Chine Recycling Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: CREG) $2.01 45.92% Vivis Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) $0.52 38.82% HC2 Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCHC) $6.79 33.49% Biostar Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: BSPM) $2.67 32.23% Turtle Beach Corp. (Nasdaq: HEAR) $6.99 30.19% Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) $3.30 29.24% Rexahn Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: RNN) $2.11 29.19%

  While the gains of last week's top penny stocks are exciting, it's important to note that investing in penny stocks is also incredibly risky.