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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 Metal Fabricators (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 12/8/11 INDUSTRY: Metal Fabricators Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Highway Holdings * | HIHO | 7.9% | $0.33 | | AZZ Inc.* | AZZ | 2.3% | $3.01 | | Allegheny Tech. * | ATI | 1.4% | $1.88 | | Carpenter Tech. | CRS | 1.4% | $1.95 | | Matthews Int'l | MATW | 1.1% | $2.46 | | | Mueller Industries | MLI | 1.0% | $2.39 | | Reliance Steel & Alum. | RS | 1.0% | $4.21 | | | Valmont Industries | VMI | 0.8% | $5.60 | | Dynamic Metals | BOOM | 0.7% | $0.77 | | | Graham Corp. | GHM | 0.4% | $1.20 | |
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HIHO: Highway Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies metal, plastic, electric, and electronic components, as well as subassemblies and finished products for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The company's products are used in the manufacture of various products, including photocopiers, laser printers, compact disc players, laser disc players, cassette players, computer equipment, electrical components, electrical connectors, cameras, automobile accessories, vacuum cleaners, light fixtures, electro motors, air pumps, automobiles, and dishwasher and other washing machine components. It also manufactures consumer products, such as cases for mobile phones; and assists its customers in the design and development of the tooling used in the metal and plastic manufacturing process, as well as provides other manufacturing and engineering services. In addition, Highway Holdings Limited provides manufacturing services, including metal stamping, screen printing, plastic injection molding, and pad printing services, as well as electronic assembly services comprising chip on board assembly, IC-bonding, and SMT automatic components assembly of printed circuit boards. It offers its products and services primarily in Hong Kong and China, Europe, the United States, and other Asian countries. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. AZZ: AZZ incorporated manufactures electrical equipment and components for power generation, transmission and distribution, and industrial markets primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates in two segments, Electrical and Industrial Products, and Galvanizing Services. The Electrical and Industrial Products segment produces specialty electrical products for the distribution of electrical power to and from generators, transformers, switching devices, and other electrical configurations. It also provides industrial lighting and tubular products for petro-chemical, industrial, petroleum, and food processing industries. This segment sells its products through manufacturers' representatives, distributors, agents, and internal sales force. The Galvanizing Services segment provides hot dip galvanizing to the steel fabrication industry. This segment serves fabricators or manufacturers that provide services to electrical and telecommunications, bridge and highway, petrochemical, and industrial markets, as well as original equipment manufacturers. As of February 28, 2011, this segment operated 33 hot dip-galvanizing facilities located throughout the south, midwest, east coast, and southwest United States. AZZ incorporated was founded in 1956 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. ATI: Allegheny Technologies Incorporated engages in the production and sale of specialty metals worldwide. It operates through three segments: High Performance Metals, Flat-Rolled Products, and Engineered Products. The High Performance Metals segment offers various high performance alloys, including nickel and cobalt-based alloys, and super alloys; titanium and titanium-based alloys; exotic metals, such as zirconium, hafnium, niobium, nickel-titanium, and related alloys; and other specialty alloys primarily in long product forms comprising ingot, billet, bar, shapes and rectangles, rod, wire, seamless tube, and castings. This segment also offers forged and cast metal components for various load-bearing and fatigue-resisting applications in the jet engine, aerospace, and industrial markets. The Flat-Rolled Products segment provides stainless steel, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, titanium and titanium-based alloys, and specialty alloys in various product forms, including plate, sheet, engineered strip, and precision rolled strip products, as well as grain-oriented electrical steel sheet. The Engineered Products segment offers tungsten powders, tungsten heavy alloys, tungsten carbide materials, and tungsten carbide cutting tools. This segment also produces carbon alloy steel impression die forgings, and grey and ductile iron castings, as well as provides precision metals finishing services, such as grinding, polishing, blasting, cutting, flattening, and ultrasonic testing. The company serves various markets, including aerospace and defense, oil and gas, chemical process, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliances, machine and cutting tools, construction and mining, electronics, communication equipment, and computer markets, as well as other markets requiring tools with hardness. Allegheny Technologies Incorporated was founded in 1960 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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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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