Hanesbrands’ Actions Are Supporting Its Category-Leading Innerwear Brands and Financial Health
Hanesbrands is the market leader in basic innerwear in multiple countries. We believe its key innerwear brands, like Hanes and Bonds in Australia, achieve premium pricing. Our narrow moat rating on ...
Jacobs Is Poised to Capitalize on Favorable Secular Trends in Infrastructure
Furthermore, Jacobs’ portfolio is well-aligned with multiple favorable secular trends, including growing investment in infrastructure as well as the transition to clean energy. We believe that Jacobs ...
Kimco Realty's Improved Portfolio Quality Should Solidify the Company's Long-Term Growth
Retail real estate investment trust Kimco Realty owns and operates a geographically diversified portfolio of quality shopping centers. Its retail portfolio includes grocery-anchored centers, ...
WEC Energy Group: Wisconsin Rate Outcome Key Positive Signal
Nearly 75% of WEC's earnings come from areas with what we view as constructive regulation, such as Wisconsin and at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Its commercial renewable energy business ...
Morningstar’s Guide to Active ETFs
Active ETF launches are outpacing index trackers, but most are not the old-fashioned stock-picking kind. Many highly ...
Key Takeaways From Our First Diversity in Asset Management Report
Our study found that women as well as Hispanic and Black individuals are underrepresented on investment teams.
Amadeus Remains Poised to Benefit From the Ongoing Rebound in Global Travel
Despite uncertainty around the pace of corporate travel recovery and direct connections between major North American carriers and online travel agencies, we see Amadeus' business demand continuing to ...
Alliant Energy's Data Center Opportunities in Iowa Expand
We expect Alliant Energy to invest $11 billion from 2025 to 2028, supporting 10% rate base growth. We forecast the company will achieve the high end of management's 5%-7% annual earnings growth target ...
Femsa Sharpens Focus on Beverage, Retail, and Digital Platform to Ride Consumption Tailwinds
We award a narrow economic moat rating to Femsa based on the intangible assets and cost advantages at major subsidiaries Coca-Cola Femsa and the Oxxo small-format retail chain, which jointly make up ...
COVID-19 virus may have a surprising benefit - it might be able to shrink certain tumors
The COVID-19 virus may come with a surprising benefit. It may have the ability to shrink certain cancerous tumors, according to a new study.
Aecom Is Poised to Capitalize on Growing Infrastructure Spending
Furthermore, Aecom has improved its profitability thanks to several recent initiatives, including a $225 million general and administrative cost-reduction plan completed in fiscal 2019, real estate ...
The market looks strong and Wall Street is wrong about that 'lost decade' for stocks
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the so-called Nifty Fifty stocks led big gains for the U.S. market, but ultimately the 1970s was a lost decade for stocks. The late1990s tech boom, led by Microsoft ...