Saturday, June 8, 2013

Top Net Payout Yield Stocks To Invest In Right Now

Taking a question from a Motley Fool reader, Austin Smith discusses LinkedIn and whether it's still a good investment. Despite its high valuations, Austin, and both Tom and David Gardner, believe so. The company has three revenue streams in personal membership, corporate membership, and advertising, and unlike Facebook, it has little difficulty monetizing its members. Overseas growth is strong, and its moat, revenue, and business model makes it look like a good investment, Austin says.

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Top Net Payout Yield Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Stantec Inc(STN)

Stantec Inc. provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics in the areas of infrastructure and facilities for public and private sector clients in North America and internationally. The company involves in the design of healthcare, education, science and technology, airport, retail and commercial, and sports and recreation facilities. Its environmental solutions include water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution; wastewater collection, pumping, treatment, and disposal; watershed management; environmental assessment, documentation, and permitting; ecosystem restoration planning and design; environmental site management and remediation; subsurface investigation and characterization; and geotechnical engineering services. Stantec Inc. also provides industrial planning, functional programming, engineering, project mana gement, and construction support services in oil and gas, fossil and renewable energy, underground mining, linear infrastructure, power transmission and distribution, automotive, forest products, food and beverage, and general manufacturing sectors. In addition, the company prepares transportation master plans for communities; conduct transportation investment studies; plans and designs airport, transit, rail, and highway facilities; and provides administration and support services for the construction of specific projects, and ongoing management planning for the upkeep of transportation facilities, as well as simulation modeling services. Further, it offers urban land solutions for the land development, real estate, and retail and commercial industries, as well as professional services. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canad a.

Top Net Payout Yield Stocks To Invest In Right Now: KB Home (KBH)

KB Home is a homebuilding company. The Company constructs and sells homes through its operating divisions under the name KB Home. The Company operates in nine states and 32 markets, including California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia. The Company organizes its homebuilding operations into four segments: West Coast, Southwest, Central and Southeast. In July 2012, it acquired land within the Elworthy Ranch property in the town of Danville. In September 2012, it acquired Mason Ranch, which is a 330-acre land asset in Cedar Park/Leander West, submarkets in metropolitan Austin. In December 2012, the Company acquired 65 lots in Fuquay-Varina, N.C.

Homebuilding

The Company�� homebuilding operations offers a variety of homes designed primarily for first-time, move-up and active adult homebuyers, including attached and detached single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums. It offers homes in development communities, at urban in-fill locations and as part of mixed-use projects. During the fiscal year ended, November 30, 2011 (fiscal 2011), the Company, through its homebuilding segment, delivered 5,812 homes. During fiscal 2011, homebuilding operations accounted for 99.2% of the total revenues.

Financial Services

The financial services segment provides title and insurance services to its homebuyers. This segment also provided mortgage banking services to the Company�� homebuyers indirectly through KBA Mortgage, LLC (KBA Mortgage), a former unconsolidated joint venture of a subsidiary of ours and a subsidiary of Bank of America, N.A., from the venture�� formation until June 30, 2011, when it ceased offering mortgage banking services. Effective June 27, 2011, it entered into a marketing services agreement with MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A. Under the agreement, MetLife Home Loans��personnel, located on site at several of its new home communities, can offer financing options and re! sidential consumer mortgage loan products to its homebuyers, and originate residential consumer mortgage loans for homebuyers who elect to use MetLife Home Loans. The Company�� homebuyers may also elect to use other providers of mortgage banking services. Its financial services operations accounted for 0.8% of the Company�� total revenues in fiscal 2011.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Michael Fowlkes]

    The housing market got hit especially hard during the recession, but we are seeing steady signs of improvement, and as a result homebuilders have been strong in 2012. All of the major homebuilders have been strong this year, and we expect to see this continue into 2013. KB Home stock has posted a very impressive 154% gain thus far in 2012.

    With the Federal Reserve’s plan to keep interest rates near zero through at least 2013, we expect to see the housing market continue to strengthen, and the demographic most likely to try to take advantage of the low interest rates is first-time buyers and those looking for entry level homes. This works to KB Home’s advantage since it caters to entry-level buyers. Its homes are typically cheaper than its competitors, and this has worked out great for the company over the last year. The company announced a surprising profit of 4 cents per sahre for its third quarter, versus estimates for a loss of 16 cents. Analysts are forecasting a profit of 6 cents during its current quarter. Our belief is that the housing market will continue to rebound in 2013, and KB Home will benefit as a result.

Hot Diversified Bank Stocks To Invest In 2014: Sing Investments & Finance Ltd (S35.SI)

Sing Investments & Finance Limited provides financing services to individuals and corporations in Singapore. The company offers various loan and financing products, including housing loans, commercial property loans, HDB home loans, car loans, share loans, shipping loans, and land and construction loans, as well as block discounting financing, floor stock financing, machinery financing, and local enterprise finance scheme products. It also accepts deposit products, such as fixed deposits and savings accounts. In addition, the company provides invoice factoring/account receivables; and nominee and safe deposit box services, as well as leases properties. Sing Investments & Finance Limited is headquartered in Singapore.

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