It used to be Verizon Communication ’s world, but wireless now belongs to T-Mobile US —and its stock will continue to benefit. Verizon (ticker: VZ) was the undisputed winner of the 4G era, investing h...
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PNC Financial Services Has Big Ambitions—and a 3.4% Dividend Yield
With the acquisition of the U.S. banking operations of Spain’s BBVA, PNC now has a presence in all of the top 30 markets in the U.S., including St. Louis. Peter Newcomb/Great Forest Park Balloon Race ...
Buy Haleon Stock. This GSK Spinoff Is a Bargain in Consumer Health.
In January, the United Kingdom pharmaceutical firm GSK turned down Unilever ’s offer of 50 billion pounds sterling, or about $60 billion, to buy its consumer healthcare division, saying the price was ...
Buy American Eagle Stock Even Though It Got Smacked in the Retail Carnage
An American Eagle Outfitters store advertises its Aerie line in Times Square in New York. Aerie is a fast-growing division of the retailer. Richard Levine/Corbis/Getty Images Text size Clothes that lo...
Buy PayPal Stock. The Battered Payments Company Is Starting to Perk Up.
Anyone who bought PayPal Holdings stock last summer may be ruing the day. Despite popping a bit this past week, the shares, at $97, are still off 68% from their highs around $308. Memories of the stoc...
Buy GE Stock as a Breakup Looms
So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...
Why GE Stock Is Worth More Than You Think
So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...
The World Food Shortage Is Getting Worse. These Companies Have Solutions.
Scorching heat and drought shriveling up crops in the Midwest and eastern Africa. A continued pandemic. War in Ukraine. Rarely has the world seen such a confluence of disasters, threatening the abilit...
Buy Amazon Stock: It Could Double From Here
Amazon.com has reported earnings about 100 times since it went public in 1997. Every one of those quarterly reports has shown a growing company, despite plenty of ups and downs in the economy—and the ...
Buy Watsco Stock. The Air-Conditioning Stock Is Ready to Heat Up.
Watsco has paid out a dividend for 48 consecutive years and raised it every year since 2013. Dreamstime Text size The temperature is rising, but shares of air-conditioning distributor Watsco have cool...
Activision Stock Is a Bet on Microsoft’s Takeover. It’s One Worth Making.
Text size Gamers play a beta version of Activision Blizzard’s ‘Overwatch 2’ in a tournament in San Antonio. Sergio Flores/Bloomberg With mergers getting increased scrutiny, Microsoft picked a tough ti...
Buy Starbucks Stock. Shares Could Be Ready to Run.
China’s economic slowdown is among the factors pressuring Starbucks shares. Above, dispensing coffee to customers on the go in Hangzhou. Long Wei/VCG/Getty Images Text size A sequel is seldom as good ...
Markets Won’t Sink Forever. Asset Manager Stocks Are a Cheap Play on a Rebound.
Asset-management stocks have been hit hard this year in the market selloff, with some down 35% to 45%, almost double the decline in the S&P 500 index. No industry is more directly tied to stock an...
Buy Eaton Stock. Shares Could Jump 30%.
Eaton CEO Craig Arnold, who has worked at industrial companies for nearly 40 years, says the company is seeing “the fastest demand that I’ve seen in any business that I’ve been associated with in my p...
Buy Genco Shipping & Trading Stock. The Shipping Company Is About to Pay a 14% Dividend Yield.
The shipping industry is undeniably cyclical, a feature that has kept away legions of investors burned by too many sudden downturns with no clear pattern of recovery. But for Genco Shipping & Trad...
Buy Shell Stock. The Energy Giant Looks Like a Bargain.
Shell has some of the most attractive assets in the global energy business, including the biggest network of service stations. Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg Text size Investors have piled into ene...
Buy Citizens Financial Stock. Its Shares Could Gain 29%.
Bigger is better in banking—and Citizens Financial Group has been taking steps that should allow it to play with the bigger boys. Its stock looks like a winner. These days, it’s nearly impossible for ...
Shell Stock Looks LIke a Bargain Among Energy Giants
Shell has some of the most attractive assets in the global energy business, including the biggest network of service stations. Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg Text size Investors have piled into ene...
Buy Lithia Motors Stock. The Used-Car Dealer Could Rise 65%.
Lithia Motors owns about 280 dealerships nationwide and has a market capitalization of $8.2 billion. Courtesy Lithia Motors Text size Good luck finding a bargain on a used car—but you can get one in t...
Buy Under Armour Stock. Shares Can Climb 50% From Here.
In sports, there’s nothing like a good underdog story. The same might be true of investing. Under Armour checks both boxes. For years, investors had good reason to avoid the athletic-apparel and footw...
Buy JPMorgan Stock. Despite Losing Some of Its Swagger, Shares Are Cheap.
There is a little less swagger than usual at JPMorgan Chase these days, and that’s probably good news for investors. Shares of the bank, the industry leader in market value and profits, are down 17% t...
Buy Progyny Stock. The Small-Cap Could Be a Big Winner By Tackling Infertility.
Illustration by JuanBernabeu Text size Infertility is a big problem—and that makes Progyny ’s stock a big opportunity. The inability to have children isn’t a niche problem. About 19% of women ages 15 ...
Starry’s Home Broadband Is Giving Consumers a New Way to Cut the Cord
Starry says its can build its broadband service—using wireless connections—at 1% of the cost of more traditional fiberoptic networks. Illustration by Barron’s Staff; (routers) Courtesy of Starry...
How Rising Oil Prices Turned This Texas Scrubland Into an Energy Stock Worth Fighting Over
An unexpected consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was to turn a Gilded Age Texas failure into a modern jackpot. The demand for non-Russian oil and natural gas has ignited the value of 880,000 ...
This Small-Cap Stock Is Cheap and Growing Fast. It’s Time to Buy.
nVent Electric CEO Beth Wozniak, left, and Chief Financial Officer Sara Zawoyski. Courtesy of nVent Text size Tucked away just off the Post Road and I-95 in Greenwich, Conn., sits Valbella, an upscale...
Buy FMC Stock. It Looks Ready to Rally on Flush Farmers and Sustainable Products.
FMC could benefit from rising prices for agricultural commodities and a sharpening focus on sustainable crop-protection solutions. Here, tiered farms in the Philippines. Courtesy FMC Text size Soaring...
Buy Synaptics Stock. It’s the Best-Performing Chip Stock.
Synaptics historically made fingerprint sensors and other chips to power touchscreens and has more recently expanded into the Internet of Things business. Illustration by Stuart Briers Text size The s...
Boston Beer Fell Flat on a Hard Seltzer Glut. Its Stock Is Now a Buy.
After an initial pop in hard-selzer demand during the pandemic, Boston Beer found itself with an unforeseen oversupply of Truly. Dreamstime Text size Hard seltzer proved to be a bubble that few brewer...
GE Stock Could Light Up Your Portfolio. Here’s Why.
Text size General Electric was once known as the company that brings good things to life—but so far this century, holding shares of the conglomerate has been a portfolio killer. That all may soon chan...
Why Electric-Component Supplier Wesco’s Stock Is a Buy
Demand for cloud computing, power from renewable sources, and electric vehicles, along with more extreme weather events, mean that electrical infrastructure will need extensive investment for years to...
Goldman Sachs Stock Is a Buy—Even After a Disappointing Quarter
The lobby of the Goldman Sachs headquarters building in lower Manhattan. Goldman had a strong 2021, although trading slowed in the fourth quarter. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Text size Goldman Sachs Grou...
Yes, GM Needs to Do More to Challenge Tesla. But the Stock Is a Buy.
General Motors has grand ambitions and a cheap stock. That could be a winning combination for investors. But to realize it, the pace of the giant car maker’s electric-car launches must catch up to the...