Investors Grab 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Blue Chips That May Raise Their Dividends This Week

Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative companies through its venture capital platform. Its unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value.

Investors currently receive a dividend of 4.33%. The company is expected to raise that dividend from $1.21 per share to $1.24.

BTIG Research’s $186 price target sits well above the $161.78 consensus price objective. The stock closed on Friday at $111.77.

NetApp

This technology stock is scheduled to report earnings on Wednesday, and analysts across Wall Street are very positive. NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) provides software, systems and cloud services to manage and share data on-premises and in private and public clouds worldwide.

Its cloud storage services include NetApp Cloud Volumes; cloud control solutions, such as NetApp Cloud Manager and NetApp Virtual Desktop Service; cloud services and analytics comprising NetApp Cloud Insights, NetApp Cloud Sync, NetApp Cloud Compliance, NetApp Cloud Tiering, NetApp SaaS Backup, NetApp Cloud Backup, and NetApp Global File Cache; and Cloud Optimization solutions, such as Spot by NetApp, Spot Cloud Analyzer by NetApp, Spot Eco by NetApp, Spot Ocean by NetApp, Spot Wave by NetApp, Spot Elastigroup by NetApp, and NetApp Virtual Desktop Managed Service.

The company’s data storage solutions include NetApp All-Flash FAS series, NetApp Fabric Attached Storage, NetApp FlexPod, NetApp E/EF series, NetApp StorageGRID, NetApp SolidFire, and NetApp HCI; data protection solutions, such as NetApp SnapCenter Backup Management, NetApp SnapMirror Data Replication, NetApp SnapLock Data Compliance, and NetApp Data Availability Services; and data management solutions, including NetApp ONTAP Storage Management System, NetApp ElementOS software, NetApp SANtricity software, NetApp Active IQ Digital Advisor, OnCommand Insight and OnCommand Workflow Automation.

In addition, the company offers application-aware data management service under the NetApp Astra name and payment solutions and storage-as-a-service under the NetApp Keystone name. NetApp provides assessment, design, consulting and implementation services and well.

NetApp provides assessment, design, consulting and implementation services. It serves the energy, financial service, government, technology, internet, life science, healthcare service, manufacturing, media, entertainment, animation, video post-production and telecommunication markets through a direct sales force and an ecosystem of partners.

Shareholders currently receive a 2.86% dividend. The $0.50 per share dividend is expected to rise to $0.52.

Stifel has a $75 target price for NetApp stock. The $70.33 consensus target is closer to Friday’s closing print of $69.83.

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