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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Basic Materials (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action. Updated 08/05/08 INDUSTRY: Basic Materials Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Global Partners * | GLP | 14.60% | $0.37 | | Macquarie Infrastr. * | MIC | 11.33% | -$1.50 | | Rio Vista Energy * | RVEP | 8.16% | -$2.95 | | Russel Metals | RUSMF | 6.32% | $1.72 | | Empire Resources | ERS | 5.73% | $0.32 | | Hawkins Inc. | HWKN | 3.14% | $0.89 | | Adams Resources | AE | 1.59% | $4.35 | | A M Castle & Co. | CAS | 1.20% | $1.97 | | World Fuel Services | INT | 0.62% | $2.27 | | Gentex Corp. | GNTX | 2.77% | $0.83 | | |
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GLP: is a master limited partnership engaged in the wholesale and commercial distribution of refined petroleum products, and provides ancillary services to companies domestically, and on a limited basis, internationally. The Company's products include gasoline, distillates and residual oil. The Company's business is divided into two segments: Wholesale and Commercial. The Wholesale segment includes sales of gasoline, distillates and residual oil to resellers of transportation fuels, home heating oil retailers and wholesale distributors. The Commercial segment includes sales and deliveries of unbranded gasoline, distillates and residual oil to customers in the public sector and to large commercial and industrial customers.
MIC: owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses primarily in the United States. The Company offers investors an opportunity to participate directly in the ownership of infrastructure businesses, which traditionally have been owned by governments or private investors, or have formed part of vertically integrated companies. Macquarie Infrastructure businesses, which also constitute its operating segments, consist of an airport services business; a 50% interest in a bulk liquid storage terminal business operating 10 marine terminals in the United States and two in Canada; gas production and distribution business in Hawaii; a district energy business with operations in Chicago and Las Vegas, and an off-airport parking business at 30 locations serving 20 commercial airport markets in the United States. RVEP: was focused on the operation of the assets acquired from Penn Octane, including a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), terminal facility in Matamoros, Mexico and approximately 23 miles of pipelines connecting the Matamoros Terminal Facility to an LPG terminal facility in Brownsville, Texas. In December 2007, Rio Vista completed the disposition of its remaining LPG assets to TransMontaigne, including the United States portion of the two pipelines from a Brownsville, Texas terminal owned by TransMontaigne to the United States border, along with all associated rights-of-way and easements; all of the outstanding equity interests in entities owning interests in the portion of the two pipelines that extend from the United States border to Matamoros, Mexico, and all of the rights for indirect control of an entity that owns a terminal site in Matamoros, Mexico. |
See TOP 10 DIVIDEND YIELDS for Other Industries: Auto Parts - 7/29/08 Apparel Stores - 7/22/08 Aerospace Services - 7/15/08 Wireless Cos. - 7/8/08 Utilities - 7/01/08 Machinery - 6/24/08 Conglomerates - 6/17/08 Cigarettes - 6/10/08 Major Chemicals - 6/3/08 Business Software - 5/27/08 Business Services - 5/20/08 Business Equipment - 5/13/08 Basic Materials Wholesale - 5/6/08 Auto Parts Makers - 4/29/08 Auto Manufacturers - 4/22/08 Apparel Stores - 4/15/08 Agriculture Chemicals - 4/08/08 Aerospace/Defense Services - 4/1/08 Water Utilities - 3/25/08 Footwear/Accessories - 3/18/08 Clothing - 3/11/08
DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
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