Johnson Controls Inc

Albemarle has increased its dividend for the 25th consecutive year. As of March 1, Albemarle’s dividend yield was 1.61%.

Since Tesla’s (TSLA) inception, analysts have remained divided in terms of its future growth prospects.

Albemarle (ALB) isn’t wasting any time. Albemarle entered into a joint venture agreement with Mineral Resources Australia on December 17.

Albemarle (ALB), the world’s largest producer of lithium, fell 20% in December.

On December 17, Albemarle (ALB) announced that it signed a joint agreement with Mineral Resources Australia.

Caterpillar’s (CAT) Resource Industries segment is the smallest contributor to the company’s overall revenue.

Caterpillar’s Resource Industries segment is the company’s lowest revenue contributor. The segment had a revenue share of 18% in the second quarter.

3M’s (MMM) Safety and Graphics segment accounted for 21.6% of 3M’s overall revenue in Q2 2018 compared to 20.1% in Q2 2017, an increase of 1.5 percentage points on a year-over-year basis.

3M’s (MMM) Safety and Graphics segment accounted for 21.5% of overall revenue in 1Q18 compared to 20.2% in 1Q17.

In this pre-earnings series, we’ll look at 3M’s stock performance since its 3Q17 results. On October 24, 2017, 3M announced its 3Q17 earnings and gained 5.9%.

3M (MMM) continues to integrate its business portfolios to focus on better client deliveries via strategic divestitures and acquisitions.

On December 19, 2017, Albemarle (ALB) announced the launch of its new Granite technology.

On October 4, 2017, 3M (MMM) announced the completion of the acquisition of Scott Safety from Johnson Controls (JCI) for a total enterprise value of $2.0 billion.

On September 15, Albemarle announced that it developed a new technology. The technology could help the company increase its lithium production in Chile.

On July 3, 2017, 17 different brokerage companies were actively tracking 3M Company (MMM) stock. Among them, 41% of analysts had recommended “buys” on the stock.

On March 16, 2017, 3M (MMM) announced that it has entered an agreement with Johnson Controls (JCI) to take over Scott Safety for a total enterprise value of $2.0 billion.

As of February 24, 2017, 19 brokerage firms were actively tracking Albemarle (ALB) stock. About 58.0% of them have recommended a “buy” for the stock.

In fiscal 2016, JCI reported net sales of $37.7 billion, a rise of 1.3% YoY (year-over-year).

Lear rose 0.29% to close at $126.54 per share on November 17. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and YTD price movements were 6.1%, 9.3%, and 3.9%, respectively.

Price movement Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $41.7 billion. It rose 5.7% to close at $43.94 per share on November 8, 2016. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and year-to-date (or YTD) price movements were 6.5%, -1.8%, and 40.9%, respectively, on the same day. JCI is trading 1.9% above its 20-day moving average, 2.0% […]

Price movement Kellogg (K) has a market cap of $27.4 billion. It rose 2.7% to close at $76.96 per share on November 8, 2016. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and year-to-date (or YTD) price movements were 2.3%, 0.64%, and 8.6%, respectively, on the same day. Kellogg is trading 2.8% above its 20-day moving average, 0.17% below […]

Johnson Controls fell 7.9% to close at $40.32 per share on October 31. Its weekly, monthly, and YTD price movements were -9.2%, -13.4%, and 17.9%.

Fortune Brands Home & Security rose 1.7% to close at $54.63 per share on October 31. Its weekly, monthly, and YTD movements were -1.3%, -6.0%, and -0.74%.

Price movement Lear (LEA) has a market cap of $8.4 billion. It fell 0.28% to close at $116.06 per share on October 14, 2016. The stock’s weekly, monthly, and year-to-date (or YTD) price movements were -4.1%, -0.76%, and -4.7%, respectively, on the same day. LEA is trading 3.0% below its 20-day moving average, 0.54% below […]

Lear Corporation (LEA) has a market cap of $8.9 billion. It rose 1.8% to close at $120.71 per share on September 22, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $42.3 billion. It rose 0.61% to close at $44.55 per share on September 16, 2016.

Lear (LEA) has a market cap of $8.5 billion. It fell by 1.2% to close at $115.58 per share on September 8, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $30.9 billion. It rose by 1.4% to close at $47.86 per share on September 8, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $31.5 billion. It rose by 2.4% to close at $48.90 per share on September 6, 2016.

Harman International (HAR) has a market cap of $6.1 billion. It fell by 0.47% to close at $85.59 per share on September 6, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $28.1 billion. It fell by 0.34% to close at $43.88 per share on August 31, 2016.

Lear (LEA) has a market cap of $8.5 billion. It fell by 0.09% to close at $115.70 per share on August 24, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $28.2 billion. It fell by 1.8% to close at $44.27 per share on August 24, 2016.

Lear entered into an investment agreement to construct a state-of-the-art premium leather processing plant in Yangzhou, China.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $28.7 billion. It rose by 0.43% to close at $44.32 per share on August 17, 2016.

Fiscal stimulus, if it comes about, will help fuel demand-pull inflation.

Lear Corporation (LEA) reported fiscal 2Q16 net sales of $4.7 billion, a rise of 2.2% compared to net sales of $4.6 billion in fiscal 2Q15.

In 2Q16, FMC Corporation’s (FMC) Lithium segment reported revenue of $63.3 million, representing 7.8% of FMC’s total revenue.

Lear (LEA) has a market cap of $8.2 billion. It fell by 5.5% to close at $110.06 per share on July 28, 2016.

Johnson Controls reported 3Q16 net sales of $9.5 billion, a fall of 1.0% compared to net sales of $9.6 billion in 3Q15.

Johnson Controls (JCI) has a market cap of $28.8 billion. It rose by 0.29% to close at $44.32 per share on July 20, 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) rose by 0.32% to close at $43.98 per share during the second week of July 2016.

Johnson Controls (JCI) rose by 0.09% to close at $44.46 per share at the end of the second week of June 2016.

Lear Corporation fell by 1.8% and closed at $111.80 per share on May 19. It declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share on its common stock.

Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) has managed to beat consensus earnings per share estimates every time in the last eight quarters.

The Stanley Security business saw a steady decline in the last four years with sales falling from $2.4 billion in 2012 to ~$2.1 billion in 2015.

Honeywell (HON) provides control solutions for various residential and industrial applications through the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions–ACS unit.

Lear Corporation (LEA) has a market cap of $7.8 billion. LEA fell by 1.4% to close at $104.89 per share as of February 18, 2016.

By combining, Johnson Controls and Tyco International are expecting to achieve $500 million in cost synergies by increasing efficiencies and recalibrating the global network.

When Johnson Controls and Tyco merge their product portfolios, the combined entity will be able to offer integrated products and services in building efficiency, security, and safety.

On Monday, January 25, 2016, Johnson Controls (JCI) announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Tyco International (TYC). JCI shareholders will retail 56% share in the combined entity.

Tyco International (TYC) and Johnson Controls (JCI) revealed on Monday, January 25, 2016, that they are going to merge. The news raised TYC stocks that day, while JCI fell 3.9%.

The materials sector, represented by the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), fell 0.7% on December 28. This followed a fall in Chinese industrial profits in November 2015 for the sixth straight time.

Competitors have outperformed Lear based on PE and PS. However, Lear is way ahead of its peers based on PBV. Lear is way ahead of its ETFs based on price movement.

Gentex (GNTX) has a market cap of $4.6 billion. The stock’s YTD (year-to-date) price movement has been going down quarter-over-quarter in 2015.

Lennox is way ahead of its peers based on the PE ratio. Lennox outperformed its ETFs based on the price movement and PE ratios.

The slowdown in China’s car demand would lead to lower copper demand there. China’s passenger car sales fell 3.39% year-over-year in August.

The CCI (Consumer Comfort Index) level was 42.4 in the week ending July 19—a fall of 0.8 points from last week’s 43.2. It’s down for the third consecutive week.

TPG-Axon boosted its holdings in Allison Transmission Holdings (ALSN) in 4Q14, increasing the number of shares a whopping 79%.

Visteon (VC) is a major global supplier of electronics, interiors and climate components, modules, and systems to original equipment manufacturers within the automotive industry.

Within the next two fiscal years, Lear expects to realize ~$20 million of annual operating synergies from the Eagle Ottawa acquisition.

Lear (LEA) has a strong market position in providing automotive seat systems, as it is one of only two primary independent suppliers with global scale and complete component capabilities.

Auto suppliers’ contribution increased from 56% in 1985 to about 82% now. Automakers are becoming more like assemblers and less like manufacturers.

Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions segment develops products and solutions. Honeywell (HON) is part of the Industrial Select Sector Index (XLI).