IESI-BFC Ltd. ("IESI-BFC") (NYSE: BIN)(TSX: BIN) and Waste Services, Inc. ("WSI") (NASDAQ: WSII) today announced that they have completed their merger which establishes North America's third largest solid waste management company. The combined company, which will be headquartered in Toronto, will continue as IESI-BFC Ltd. and trade under the ticker symbol "BIN" on the New York and the Toronto Stock Exchanges. 2010 07 02 11:47
At the end of each trading week, Hillbent scans the equity market for potential anomalies which exhibit extremely oversold and overbought conditions. Past observations have revealed that such candidates may experience reversal corrections to the upside or downside once the market reconfirms that their fundamentals remain solidly intact or relatively poor. From a contrarian perspective, these lists may also serve as a precursor to changes in institutional sentiment and underlying fundamentals.
(The purpose of this report is not to provide specific recommendations, but instead serve as a time-saving reference tool and starting point for investment ideas as...
The phrase "flight to quality" is familiar in many contexts. In times of crises, many investors favor U.S. Treasuries, even though other kinds of fixed income might offer prospects for much greater return. When equity investors are nervous and when they aren't hiding under their beds (as many seem to be doing now), many run into shares of companies perceived to be safer. Many associate safety with large size and recognizable names. A better way to approach this is to emphasize quality-oriented fundamentals like strong finances, good returns on capital, and so forth.
If “one man’s trash is another’s treasure”, a scan of the waste management industry returns a list of 10 discarded, forgotten stocks that have treasure potential.
After digging through the 10 stocks that compose this group, American Ecology (ECOL) looks like the standout in the group, with a PEG near 1, very high management efficiency ratios, ZERO debt, strong margins, and an excellent balance sheet. Also yielding a 2.7% dividend yield makes this a stock that should be in every investor’s portfolio. The company is expecting a boost in the second...
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed in the in-depth session of Jim Cramer?s Mad Money TV program, Wednesday July 25. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:
Stockerblog submits: It?s a dirty job but somebody?s got to do it. The garbage collection business has a big advantage over most other businesses: it's all monopolies.
Average homeowners aren?t given a choice of waste collection companies; they either deal with the one that has contracted with their city or take their trash to the dump themselves.
The way these companies grow is by raising rates, which they negotiate with the cities, and by acquisitions of either publicly traded companies or small private companies. For example, Waste Industries USA Inc. (WWIN)...
Miriam Metzinger submits: Stocks discussed in the in-depth session of Jim Cramer?s Mad Money TV program, Tuesday January 30. Click on a stock ticker for more analysis:
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