The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals and alloys for welding.
The Intermediates and Solvents segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone.
Investors currently receive a 1.20% dividend. The company is expected to raise the dividend to $0.325 per share from $0.30. Mizuho has a Wall Street high $135 price target. The consensus target is $124.89, and shares traded early Monday at $100.85.
Insperity
While somewhat off the radar, this is an idea that makes sense for investors now. Insperity Inc. (NYSE: NSP) provides human resources (HR) and business solutions to improve business performance for small and medium-sized businesses.
The company offers its HR services through its Workforce Optimization and Workforce Synchronization solutions that include a range of human resources functions, such as payroll and employment administration, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, government compliance, performance management and training and development services.
Insperity also provides Insperity Premier, a cloud-based human capital management platform that offers professional employer organization HR outsourcing solutions to its clients; personnel record management services; and employer liability management services, as well as solutions for middle market.
In addition, the company offers MarketPlace, an e-commerce portal that offers a range of products and services; and Workforce Acceleration, a human capital management and payroll services solution; time and attendance; performance management; organizational planning; recruiting; employment screening; retirement; and insurance services.
Investors receive a 1.98% dividend. Insperity is expected to lift the $0.45 per share dividend to $0.50. The Roth Capital target price of $158 is well above the $127.33 consensus target. The shares traded on Monday at $93.85.
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