dividend picks 3rd quarter 2017 · dividend picks 3rd quarter 2017 as of: 9/1/2017 rank # ticker...

Dividend Picks 3rd Quarter 2017As of: 9/1/2017

RANK # TICKER COMPANY Growth Score Yield ScoreDividend YieldTOTAL SCORE Beta Rf* Rm CAPM

1 BTI British American Tobacco PLC ( 64.8889 93.00 5.30 78.94 1.02 0.93 0.7007 0.69612 MAIN Main Street Capital Corporatio 63.0833 94.00 5.80 78.54 1.07 0.93 0.7007 0.68473 MIC Macquarie Infrastructure Corp 60.0278 95.00 6.80 77.51 0.92 0.93 0.7007 0.71914 BGCP BGC Partners, Inc. 57.1944 94.00 6.10 75.60 1.29 0.93 0.7007 0.63425 VLO Valero Energy Corporation 60.0833 91.00 4.30 75.54 1.21 0.93 0.7007 0.65266 LAZ Lazard Ltd 59.4167 88.00 3.60 73.71 1.84 0.93 0.7007 0.50817 KKR KKR & Co. L.P. 57.7500 88.00 3.50 72.88 1.53 0.93 0.7007 0.57928 ORI Old Republic International Cor 56.6944 89.00 3.90 72.85 1.32 0.93 0.7007 0.62749 ENB Enbridge Inc (USA) 53.5000 92.00 4.60 72.75 0.61 0.93 0.7007 0.7901

10 CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. 56.4722 88.00 3.60 72.24 1.24 0.93 0.7007 0.645711 GIS General Mills, Inc. 57.1389 87.00 3.40 72.07 0.61 0.93 0.7007 0.790112 GSK GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR) 53.0556 91.00 4.50 72.03 1.03 0.93 0.7007 0.693813 VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 50.5556 93.00 5.10 71.78 0.56 0.93 0.7007 0.801614 LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 51.9444 91.00 4.50 71.47 1.05 0.93 0.7007 0.689315 RDS.B Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) 46.6111 96.00 7.20 71.31 1.08 0.93 0.7007 0.682416 IP International Paper Co 53.8611 87.00 3.30 70.43 1.47 0.93 0.7007 0.593017 MSFT Microsoft Corporation 58.5278 79.00 2.20 68.76 1.01 0.93 0.7007 0.698418 ABBV AbbVie Inc 49.0278 88.00 3.50 68.51 1.51 0.93 0.7007 0.583819 WFC Wells Fargo & Co 52.9722 84.00 2.90 68.49 0.95 0.93 0.7007 0.712220 GM General Motors Company 45.1389 91.00 4.40 68.07 1.45 0.93 0.7007 0.597621 JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 52.3889 80.00 2.30 66.19 1.18 0.93 0.7007 0.659522 WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc 49.0000 83.00 2.70 66.00 0.29 0.93 0.7007 0.863523 CS Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR) 38.8056 93.00 5.10 65.90 1.42 0.93 0.7007 0.604424 KO The Coca-Cola Co 39.4167 87.00 3.30 63.21 0.69 0.93 0.7007 0.771825 GE General Electric Company 35.2500 88.00 3.50 61.63 1.20 0.93 0.7007 0.6549

Beta Rf Rm CAPMCurrent

Portfolio Yield: 4.216 1.10 0.93 0.7007 0.6773% Per Month

Rf Treasury Bill Rate - 4 weeks 8/31/2017 CAPM of Portfolio 8.44% AnnualizedCurrent Portfolio Yield 4.22%

* Growth and Yield Score based on 3Q/2017 Screening Expected return of the Portfolio 12.65%

AbbVie Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceutical products worldwide. The

company offers HUMIRA, a biologic therapy administered as a subcutaneous injection to treat

autoimmune diseases; IMBRUVICA, an oral therapy for the treatment of patients with chronic

lymphocytic leukemia; and VIEKIRA PAK, an interferon-free therapy, with or without ribavirin, for the

treatment of adults with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C. It also provides Kaletra, an anti- human

immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-1 medicine used with other anti-HIV-1 medications as a treatment that

maintains viral suppression in HIV-1 patients; Norvir, a protease inhibitor indicated in combination with

other antiretroviral agents to treat HIV-1; and Synagis to prevent RSV infection at-risk infants. In

addition, the company offers AndroGel, a testosterone replacement therapy for males diagnosed with

symptomatic low testosterone; Creon, a pancreatic enzyme therapy for exocrine pancreatic

insufficiency; Synthroid to treat hypothyroidism; and Lupron, a product for the palliative treatment of

prostate cancer, endometriosis, and central precocious puberty, as well as for the treatment of patients

with anemia. Further, it provides Duopa and Duodopa, a levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel to treat

Parkinson's disease; Sevoflurane, an anesthesia product for human use; and ZINBRYTA, a

subcutaneous treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. The company sells its products to

wholesalers, distributors, government agencies, health care facilities, specialty pharmacies, and

independent retailers from its distribution centers and public warehouses. AbbVie Inc. has collaboration

agreements with C2N Diagnostics; Calico Life Sciences LLC; Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; M2Gen;

and Principia Biopharma Inc. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in North Chicago,

Illinois.

Source: FinViz, July 2017

BGC Partners, Inc. operates as a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets

worldwide. It operates in two segments, Financial Services and Real Estate Services. The Financial

Services segment provides brokerage services for fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign

exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commodities, futures, and structured

products. This segment also offers trade execution, broker-dealer, clearing, processing, information,

and other back-office services to a range of financial and non-financial institutions; and electronic

marketplaces comprising government bond markets, interest rate derivatives, spot foreign exchange,

foreign exchange derivatives, corporate bonds, and credit derivatives. In addition, it provides screen-

based market solutions, which enable its clients to develop a marketplace, trade with their customers,

issue debt, trade odd lots, access program trading interfaces, and access its network and intellectual

property; software and technology infrastructure for the transactional and technology related elements;

and certain technology services. Further, this segment offers financial technology solutions, market

data, post-trade, and analytics related to select financial instruments and markets. The Real Estate

Services segment offers corporate advisory and investment sales; real estate finance, consulting,

appraisal, and valuation; project management; and property and facilities management services to real

estate tenants, owner-occupiers, investors, lenders, multi-national corporations, and developers. The

company primarily serves banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds,

governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms, as well as

institutional clients. BGC Partners, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, New

York.


The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and distributes various

nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages

and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink

beverages with carbonation, such as carbonated energy drinks, and carbonated

waters and flavored waters. The company's still beverages comprise nonalcoholic

beverages without carbonation, including noncarbonated waters, flavored and

enhanced waters, noncarbonated energy drinks, juices and juice drinks, ready-to-

drink teas and coffees, and sports drinks. It also provides flavoring ingredients,

sweeteners, beverage ingredients, and fountain syrups, as well as powders for

purified water products. The Coca-Cola Company sells its products primarily under

the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero, Fanta, Sprite, Minute

Maid, Georgia, Powerade, Del Valle, Schweppes, Aquarius, Minute Maid Pulpy,

Dasani, Simply, Glaceau Vitaminwater, Gold Peak, FUZE TEA, Glaceau Smartwater,

Ice Dew, I LOHAS, and Ayataka brand names. The company offers its beverage

products through a network of company-owned or controlled bottling and distribution

operators, as well as through independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers,

and retailers. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in

Atlanta, Georgia.


Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) based networking and other products

related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. It provides switching products, including

fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP

phones, wireless access points, and servers; and next-generation network routing products that interconnect public and

private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications. The company also offers service

provider video infrastructure, including set-top boxes, cable/telecommunications access products, and cable modems;

and video software and solutions. In addition, it provides collaboration products comprising unified communications

products, conferencing products, collaboration endpoints, and business messaging products; data center products,

such as blade and rack servers, modular servers, fabric interconnects, software, and server access virtualization

solutions; security products, including network and data center security, advanced threat protection, Web and email

security, access and policy, unified threat management, and advisory, integration, and managed services; and other

products, such as emerging technologies and other networking products. Further, the company offers wireless products

consisting of wireless access points; network managed services; and standalone, switch-converged, and cloud

managed solutions. Additionally, it provides technical support services and advanced services. The company serves

businesses of various sizes, public institutions, governments, and communications service providers. Cisco Systems,

Inc. sells its products directly, as well as through channel partners, such as systems integrators, service providers, other

resellers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.


Credit Suisse Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services worldwide. It operates through Swiss Universal Bank, International Wealth

Management, Asia Pacific, Global Markets, and Investment Banking & Capital Markets segments. The company offers advisory and financial solutions, such as

structured advisory, investment advisory, discretionary asset management, mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate sales and restructurings, divestitures,

takeover defense strategies, equity and fixed income sales, trading, debt and equity securities, spin-offs, debt and equity underwritings, private placements, and derivative products, as well as proprietary and third-party products and services. It also provides traditional and structured lending, payment, foreign exchange, capital goods leasing, trade finance, export finance, factoring, ship and aviation finance services; and fund

solutions and fund-linked services. In addition, the company offers investment solutions and services to pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments,

corporations, and individuals; and global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage, and investment research services. It operates 401 offices and branches. The company offers its products and services to private, corporate,

institutional, ultra-high-net-worth and high-net-worth individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, institutional clients, and financial institutions, as well as affluent and

retail clients. Credit Suisse Group AG was founded in 1856 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.


Enbridge Inc. engages in energy transportation activities in the United States and Canada. It operates through five segments: Liquids Pipelines, Gas Distribution, Gas Pipelines and Processing, Green Power and Transmission, and Energy Services. The Liquids Pipelines

segment operates common carrier and contract crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and refined products pipelines and terminals. The Gas Distribution segment operates as a natural

gas utility that serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Central and Eastern Ontario, and Northern New York State, as well as in Quebec and New Brunswick. The Gas Pipelines and Processing segment holds interests in natural gas pipelines, and gathering and processing facilities, including the Alliance pipeline and the Vector pipeline, as well as

transmission and gathering pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico; and the Aux Sable, a natural gas fractionation and extraction facility. The Green Power and Transmission segment engages in

the renewable energy projects, such as wind, solar, and geothermal projects with a generating capacity of approximately 1,900 megawatts; and operates waste heat recovery facilities. The Energy Services segment provides energy supply and marketing services to refiners, producers, and other customers; crude oil and NGL marketing services; physical barrel marketing services; and natural gas marketing services. This segment also provides natural gas supply, transportation, balancing, and storage services for third parties. The

company was formerly known as IPL Energy Inc. and changed its name to Enbridge Inc. in October 1998. Enbridge Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.


General Electric Company operates as an infrastructure and technology company worldwide. Its Power segment offers gas and steam power systems; maintenance, service, and upgrade solutions; distributed power gas engines; water treatment, wastewater treatment, and

process system solutions; and nuclear reactors, fuels, and support services. The company's Renewable Energy segment provides wind turbine platforms, and hardware and software; onshore and offshore wind turbines; and solutions, products, and services to hydropower industry. Its Oil & Gas segment offers surface and subsea drilling and production systems,

and equipment for floating production platforms; and compressors, turbines, turboexpanders, reactors, industrial power generation, and auxiliary equipment. The company's Aviation

segment designs and produces commercial and military aircraft engines, integrated digital components, and electric power and mechanical aircraft systems; and provides aftermarket services. Its Healthcare segment offers diagnostic imaging and clinical systems; products for

drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and cellular technologies; and medical technologies, software, analytics, cloud solutions, and implementation services. The

company's Transportation segment provides freight and passenger locomotives, and rail and support advisory services; and parts, integrated software solutions and data analytics,

software-enabled solutions, mining equipment and services, and marine diesel and stationary power diesel engines and motors, as well as overhaul, repair and upgrade, and wreck repair

services. Its Energy Connections & Lighting segment offers industrial, grid, power conversion, automation and control, lighting, and current solutions. The company's Capital segment

provides industrial and energy financial services; and commercial aircraft leasing, financing, and consulting services. General Electric Company was founded in 1892 and is based in

Boston, Massachusetts.


General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods in the United States. The company operates in four segments: North America Retail; Convenience Stores &

Foodservice; Europe & Australia; and Asia & Latin America. It offers ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, soup, meal kits, refrigerated and frozen dough products, dessert and baking mixes, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, shelf stable and frozen vegetables, and ice cream and frozen desserts, as well as grain, fruit and savory snacks; and various organic products, including nutrition bars, meal kits, salty snacks, and ready-to-eat cereal. The

company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Fiber One, Food

Should Taste Good, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Go-Gurt, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Haagen-Dazs, Helpers, Jeno's, Jus-Rol, Kitano, Kix, La Saltena,

Larabar, Latina, Liberte, Lucky Charms, Muir Glen, Nature Valley, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Raisin Nut Bran, Total, Totino's, Trix, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Yoki, and Yoplait names. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and

commercial baking industries. The company sells its products directly, as well as through broker and distribution arrangements to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, e-commerce grocery providers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, and convenience stores, as well as drug, dollar, and discount chains. It operates 433 ice cream parlors; and franchises 356 branded ice cream parlors. General Mills, Inc. also exports its products primarily to Caribbean and Latin

American markets. The company was founded in 1928 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


General Motors Company designs, builds, and sells cars, trucks, crossovers,

and automobile parts worldwide. The company operates through GM North

America, GM Europe, GM International Operations, GM South America, and GM

Financial segments. It markets its vehicles primarily under the Buick, Cadillac,

Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Opel, Vauxhall, Baojun, Jiefang, and Wuling brand

names. The company also sells cars, trucks, and crossovers to dealers for

consumer retail sales, as well as to fleet customers, including daily rental car

companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies, and governments.

In addition, it offers connected safety, security and mobility solutions, and

information technology services. The company, through its subsidiary, General

Motors Financial Company, Inc., provides automotive financing services. General

Motors Company was founded in 1897 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.


GlaxoSmithKline plc engages in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of

vaccines, over-the-counter medicines, and health-related consumer products worldwide. It operates

through four segments: Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals R&D, Vaccines, and Consumer Healthcare.

The company offers pharmaceutical products comprising medicines in the therapeutic areas, such as

respiratory, anti-virals, central nervous system, cardiovascular and urogenital, metabolic, anti-

bacterials, dermatology, rare diseases, immuno-inflammation, vaccines, and HIV. It also provides

consumer healthcare products in wellness, oral health, nutrition, and skin health categories under the

Otrivin, Panadol, parodontax, Poligrip, Sensodyne, Theraflu, and Voltaren brand names. The company

offers its consumer healthcare products in the form of tablets, caplets, infant syrup drops, topical gels,

nasal sprays, effervescents, lozenges, gum and trans-dermal patches, malted drinks and foods, and

topical creams and non-medicated patches, as well as toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouth rinses,

medicated mouthwashes, gels and sprays, denture adhesives, and denture cleansers.

GlaxoSmithKline plc has a strategic drug discovery collaboration with Exscientia Limited to discover

novel and selective small molecules for up to 10 disease-related targets across various therapeutic

areas. The company was founded in 1715 and is headquartered in Brentford, the United Kingdom.


International Paper Company operates as a paper and packaging company in North

America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The

company operates through four segments: Industrial Packaging, Global Cellulose

Fibers, Printing Papers, and Consumer Packaging. The Industrial Packaging segment

manufactures containerboards, including linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled

linerboard, recycled medium, and saturating kraft. The Global Cellulose Fibers

segment provides fluff, market, and specialty pulps that are used in absorbent

hygiene products, tissue and paper products, and non-absorbent end applications.

The Printing Papers segment produces printing and writing papers, such as uncoated

papers for end use applications, including brochures, pamphlets, greeting cards,

books, annual reports, and direct mail, as well as envelopes, tablets, business forms,

and file folders. This segment sells uncoated papers under the Hammermill,

Springhill, Williamsburg, Postmark, Accent, Great White, Chamex, Ballet, Rey, Pol,

and Svetocopy brand names. The Consumer Packaging segment offers coated

paperboards for various packaging and foodservice end uses, such as food,

cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco products under the Everest, Fortress, and

Starcote brand names. This segment also produces cups, lids, food containers, and

plates. The company sells its packaging products, paper products, and other products

directly to end users and converters, as well as through agents, resellers, and paper

distributors. International Paper Company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered

in Memphis, Tennessee.


JPMorgan Chase & Co. operates as a financial services company worldwide. It operates through

Consumer & Community Banking, Corporate & Investment Bank, Commercial Banking, and Asset &

Wealth Management segments. The Consumer & Community Banking segment offers deposit and

investment products and services to consumers; lending, deposit, and cash management and

payment solutions to small businesses; residential mortgages and home equity loans; and credit

cards, payment services, payment processing services, auto loans and leases, and student loans.

The Corporate & Investment Bank segment provides investment banking products and services,

including advising on corporate strategy and structure, and capital-raising in equity and debt markets,

as well as loan origination and syndication; treasury services, such as cash management and liquidity

solutions; and cash securities and derivative instruments, risk management solutions, prime

brokerage, and research services. It also offers securities services, including custody, fund

accounting and administration, and securities lending products for asset managers, insurance

companies, and public and private investment funds. The Commercial Banking segment offers

financial solutions, including lending, treasury, investment banking, and asset management to

corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and nonprofit entities, as well as financing to real

estate investors and owners. The Asset & Wealth Management segment provides investment and

wealth management services across various asset classes, such as equities, fixed income,

alternatives, and money market funds; multi-asset investment management services; retirement

services; and brokerage and banking services comprising trusts, estates, loans, mortgages, and

deposits. JPMorgan Chase & Co. was founded in 1799 and is headquartered in New York, New York.


KKR & Co. L.P. is a private equity and real estate investment firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments in fintech sector. It

specializes in acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, credit special situations, growth equity, mature, mezzanine,

distressed, turnaround, and middle market investments. The firm considers investments in all industries with a focus on software,

security, semiconductors, consumer electronics, internet of things (iot), internet, information services, information technology

infrastructure, network and cyber security architecture, engineering and operations, content, technology and hardware, energy and

infrastructure, real estate, services industry with a focus on business services, intelligence, industry-leading franchises and companies

in natural resource, containers and packaging, agriculture, airports, ports, forestry, electric utilities, textiles, apparel and luxury goods,

household durables, digital media, insurance, brokerage houses, non-durable goods distribution, supermarket retailing, grocery stores,

food, beverage, and tobacco, hospitals, entertainment venues and production companies, publishing, printing services, capital goods,

financial services, specialized finance, pipelines, and renewable energy. In energy and infrastructure, it focuses on the Upstream Oil

and Gas and Equipment and Services verticals. In real estate, the firm seeks to invest in private and public real estate securities

including property-level equity, debt and special situations transactions and businesses with significant real estate holdings, and oil and

natural gas properties. The firm also invests in asset services sector that encompasses a broad array of B2B, B2C and B2G services

verticals including asset-based, transport, logistics, leisure/hospitality, resource and utility support, infra-like, mission-critical, and

environmental services. Within Americas, the firm prefers to invest in consumer products; chemicals, metals and mining; energy and

natural resources; financial services; healthcare; industrials; media and communications; retail; and technology. Within Europe, the firm

invests in consumer and retail; energy; financial services; health care; industrials and chemicals; media and digital; and telecom and

technologies. Within Asia, it invests in consumer products; energy and resources; financial services; healthcare; industrials; logistics;

media and telecom; retail; real estate; and technology. The firm seeks to invest in mid to high-end residential developments, but can

invest in other projects throughout Mainland China through outright ownership, joint ventures, and merger. It invests globally with a

focus on Australia, emerging and developed Asia, Middle East and Africa, Nordic, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, Ireland, Hong Kong,

Japan, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Caribbean, Mexico,

South America, North America, Brazil, Latin America, Korea with a focus on South Korea, and United States of America. In the United

States and Europe, the firm focuses on buyouts of large, publicly traded companies. It seeks to invest $30 million to $717 million in

companies with enterprise values between $500 million to $2389 million. The firm prefers to invest in a range of debt and public equity

investing and may co-invest. It seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies and a controlling ownership of a company or a strategic

minority positions. The firm may acquire majority and minority equity interests, particularly when making private equity investments in

Asia or sponsoring investments as part of a large investor consortium. The firm typically holds its investment for a period of five to seven

years and more and exits through initial public offerings, secondary offerings, and sales to strategic buyers. KKR & Co. L.P. was

founded in 1976 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.


Lazard Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a financial advisory and asset management firm

worldwide. Its Financial Advisory segment offers various financial advisory services regarding mergers and

acquisitions and other strategic matters, restructurings, capital structure, capital raising, corporate

preparedness, and various other financial matters. This segment serves corporate, partnership,

institutional, government, sovereign, and individual clients. The company's Asset Management segment

offers a range of investment solutions and investment management services in equity and fixed income

strategies; and alternative investments and private equity funds to corporations, public funds, sovereign

entities, endowments and foundations, labor funds, financial intermediaries, and private clients. Lazard Ltd

was founded in 1848 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.


LyondellBasell Industries N.V. operates as a manufacturer of chemicals and polymers, refiner of crude oil,

producer of gasoline blending components, and developer and licensor of technologies for production of

polymers worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Olefins and PolyolefinsAmericas; Olefins

and PolyolefinsEurope, Asia, International; Intermediates and Derivatives; Refining; and Technology. It

produces and markets olefins, including ethylene, propylene, and butadiene; polyethylene products, which

consist of high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, and linear low density polyethylene;

polyolefins, such as polyethylene and polypropylene (PP); and PP homopolymers, copolymers, and

compounds. The company also produces and sells propylene oxide and its derivatives; oxyfuels and

related products; and intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomers, methanol products, glacial

acetic acids, vinyl acetate monomers, and ethylene oxides and derivatives. In addition, it refines crude oil

into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; develops and licenses chemical and polyolefin process technologies;

and manufactures and sells polyolefin catalysts, as well as purchases and sells ethylene. The company

also exports its products. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. was founded in 2005 and is based in London, the

United Kingdom.


Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in long- term equity and

debt investments in small and lower middle market companies. The firm focuses on investments in,

subordinated loans, private equity, venture debt, mezzanine investments, mature, mid venture, industry

consolidation, later stage, late venture, emerging growth, management buyouts, change of control

transactions, ownership transitions, recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions, refinancing, business

expansion capital, growth financings, family estate planning, and other growth initiatives primarily for later

stage businesses. It invests in consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, healthcare, industrials,

information technology, materials, telecommunication services, and utilities sectors. It does not seek to

invest in start-up companies or companies with speculative business plans. It seeks to invest in traditional

or basic businesses. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the Southern, South Central, and

Southwestern regions of the United States but also considers other domestic investment opportunities. It

invests between $2 million and $75 million in companies with revenues between $5 million and $300

million, enterprise values between $3 million and $50 million, and EBITDA between $1 million and $20

million. The firm seeks to charge a fixed interest rate between 12 percent and 14 percent, payable in cash,

in case of its mezzanine loan investments. The firm typically invests in the form of term debt with equity

participation and/or direct equity investments. It prefers to maintain fully diluted minority and majority

equity positions in its portfolio companies of 5 percent to 50 percent, and may have controlling interests in

some instances. The firm also co-invests with other investment firms. It seeks to exit its debt investments

through the repayment of the investment from internally generated cash flow and/or refinancing within a

period of three to seven years. It participates in warrants, PIK (Payment in Kind) interest, convertible

securities, junior secured or unsecured, senior secured debt, unitranche debt, equity related, common

equity, and preferred equity. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based at

Houston, Texas..

Source: FinViz, August 2017

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates a portfolio of

businesses that provide services to businesses, government agencies, and individuals. It operates through

four segments: International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT), Atlantic Aviation, Contracted Power (CP), and

MIC Hawaii. The IMTT segment offers bulk liquid storage, handling, and other services for petroleum

products, chemicals, renewable fuels, and vegetable and animal oils at 10 marine terminals in the United

States and 2 marine terminals in Canada. This segment also provides environmental emergency

responses, industrial services, and waste transportation and disposal services. The Atlantic Aviation

segment offers fueling and fuel-related services, de-icing, aircraft parking, catering, and hangar rental

services to owners/operators of jet aircraft; and for commercial, military, freight, and government aviation

customers. The CP segment generates electricity through wind, solar, and gas-fired sources. As of

December 31, 2016, it had interests in six solar power generating facilities with an aggregate generating

capacity of 137 megawatts (MW) located in Arizona, California, Utah, and Texas; two wind power

generating facilities with an aggregate generating capacity of 203 MW located in New Mexico and Idaho;

and gas-fired facility with a generating capacity of 512 MW located in Bayonne, New Jersey. The MIC

Hawaii segment processes, distributes, and sells synthetic natural gas; and distributes and sells liquefied

natural gas and petroleum gas to residential, commercial, hospitality, military, and wholesale customers,

as well as to public sector in Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai. This segment's products are

used in various commercial and residential applications, such as water heating, drying, cooking, power

generation, and decorative lighting, as well as for use in specialty vehicles. The company was founded in

2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.


Microsoft Corporation, a technology company, develops, licenses, and supports software products,

services, and devices worldwide. The company's Productivity and Business Processes segment offers

Office 365 commercial products and services for businesses, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and

Skype, as well as related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Office 365 consumer services, such as Skype,

Outlook.com, and OneDrive; Dynamics business solutions, such as financial management, customer

relationship management, supply chain management, and analytics applications for small and mid-size

businesses, large organizations, and divisions of enterprises; and LinkedIn online professional network. Its

Intelligent Cloud segment licenses server products and cloud services, such as SQL Server, Windows

Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related CALs, as well as Azure, a cloud platform with

computing, networking, storage, database, and management services; and enterprise services, such as

Premier Support and Microsoft Consulting that assist in developing, deploying, and managing Microsoft

server and desktop solutions, as well as provide training and certification to developers and IT

professionals on Microsoft products. The company's More Personal Computing segment comprises

Windows OEM, volume, and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system, as well as

patent licensing, Windows Embedded, MSN display advertising, and Windows Phone licensing system;

devices, including Microsoft Surface, phones, and PC accessories; and search advertising, including Bing

and Bing Ads. This segment also provides gaming platforms, including Xbox hardware, Xbox Live, video

games, and third-party video games. The company markets and distributes its products through original

equipment manufacturers (OEM), distributors, and resellers, as well as through online and Microsoft retail

stores. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.


Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance

underwriting and related services business primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates

through three segments: General Insurance Group, Title Insurance Group, and the Republic Financial

Indemnity Group Run-off Business. The General Insurance Group segment offers automobile

extended warranty, aviation, commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril, general liability, home

warranty, inland marine, travel accident, and workers' compensation insurance products; and financial

indemnity products for specialty coverages, including errors and omissions, directors and officers,

fidelity, guaranteed asset protection, and surety. This segment provides its insurance products to

businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation, commercial construction, healthcare,

education, retail and wholesale trade, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial

services industries. The Title Insurance Group segment offers lenders' and owners' title insurance

policies to real estate purchasers and investors based upon searches of the public records. This

segment also provides escrow closing and construction disbursement services; and real estate

information products, national default management services, and various other services pertaining to

real estate transfers and loan transactions. The Republic Financial Indemnity Group Run-off Business

segment offers private mortgage insurance coverage that protects mortgage lenders and investors

from default related losses on residential mortgage loans made primarily to homebuyers. It is also

involved in the consumer credit indemnity run-off business. Old Republic International Corporation

was founded in 1887 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


British American Tobacco PLC engages in the production and sale of tobacco

products. It provides cigarettes and cigars; snus, a low-toxicant smokeless

tobacco product; and e-cigarettes and other products, such as vapor and

tobacco heating products, as well as nicotine inhalers. The company offers

its products under the Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike, Pall Mall, Rothmans,

Vogue, Viceroy, Kool, Peter Stuyvesant, Craven A, Benson & Hedges, John

Player Gold Leaf, State Express 555, and Shuang Xi brands. It also

operates a retail store under Vype brand name in Milan. The company sells

its products in the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East,

Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. British American Tobacco PLC was founded in

1902 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.


Royal Dutch Shell plc explores for crude oil and natural gas worldwide. The company explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas

liquids. It also liquefies and transports gas; converts natural gas to liquids to provide fuels and other products; markets and trades in crude oil and natural gas; transports oil; extracts bitumen from mined oil sands and converts it to

synthetic crude oil; and generates electricity from wind energy. In addition, the company engages in the sale of crude oil into a range of refined products, including gasoline, diesel, heating oil, aviation fuel, marine fuel, liquefied

natural gas (LNG) for transport, lubricants, bitumen, and sulphur; production and sale of petrochemicals for industrial customers; refining; trading and

supply; pipelines and marketing; and alternative energy businesses. Further, it is involved in the exploration, development, production, liquefaction, and

marketing of hydrocarbons; purchase, shipping, and sale of LNG and regasifiednatural gas; and production of base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene

glycol. The company holds interests in 22 refineries; 100 distribution terminals; and 770 supply points. It sells fuels under the Shell V-Power brand. Royal Dutch

Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands.


Valero Energy Corporation operates as an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing

company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It operates through two

segments, Refining and Ethanol. The company is involved in refining, marketing, and bulk sales

activities. It produces conventional and premium gasolines, gasoline meeting the specifications of the

California Air Resources Board (CARB), diesel fuels, low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuels,

CARB diesel fuels, distillates, jet fuels, asphalts, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined

products. As of December 31, 2016, the company owned 15 petroleum refineries with a combined

throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day. It markets its refined products

through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through approximately 7,400 outlets under the Valero,

Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco brand names. The company also

produces and sells ethanol, distiller grains, and corn oil primarily to refiners and gasoline blenders, as

well as to animal feed customers. It owns and operates 11 ethanol plants with a combined ethanol

production capacity of approximately 1.4 billion gallons per year. In addition, it operates a 50-

megawatt wind farm; convenience stores; gas stations; and truckstop and cardlock facilities, as well

as engages in the credit card business. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and

Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero

Energy Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.


Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides communications, information, and

entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental agencies

worldwide. Its Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data services; Internet access on various

smart and basic phones, notebook computers, and tablets; and multimedia access, business-focused,

location-based, global data, home phone handsets, and high-speed Internet services, as well as

network access and value added services to support wireless connections for the Internet of Things

(IoT). This segment also provides IoT services that support devices used in fleet management and

telematics, energy, agricultural technology, and smart community markets; and wireless devices, such

as smartphones and basic phones, tablets, and other Internet access devices. As of December 31,

2016, it had 114.2 million retail connections. The company's Wireline segment offers high-speed

Internet, Fios Internet, and Fios video services; voice services, such as local exchange, regional and

long distance calling, and voice messaging services, as well as Voice over Internet protocol services;

network products and solutions comprising private Internet protocol (IP), public Internet, Ethernet, and

optical networking services; IT infrastructure services that include collocation and managed hosting

services; cloud services, which comprise computing, storage, backup, recovery, and application

platforms; and business communications services. This segment also provides data security, voice

and data, cloud and IT, business communications, IoT, and mobility services; and data, voice, local

dial tone, and broadband services primarily to local, long distance, wireless, and other carriers. The

company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon

Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was founded in 1983 and is

headquartered in New York City, New York.


Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company, provides retail, commercial, and

corporate banking services to individuals, businesses, and institutions. Its Community Banking

segment offers checking, savings, market rate, and individual retirement accounts, as well as time

deposits and remittances; and lines of credit, automobile floor plan lines, equity lines and loans,

equipment and transportation loans, education and residential mortgage loans, and debit and credit

cards. This segment also provides equipment leases, real estate and other commercial financing,

small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll

services, retirement plans, merchant payment processing, and private label financing solutions, as

well as purchases retail installment contracts. Its Wholesale Banking segment offers commercial

loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, international trade

facilities, trade financing, collection, foreign exchange, treasury management, institutional fixed-

income sales, commodity and equity risk management, insurance, corporate trust fiduciary and

agency, and investment banking services, as well as online/electronic products. This segment also

provides construction, and land acquisition and development loans; secured and unsecured lines of

credit; interim financing arrangements; rehabilitation loans; affordable housing loans and letters of

credit; loans for securitization; and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. The company's

Wealth and Investment Management segment offers financial planning, private banking, credit, and

investment management and fiduciary services, as well as retirement and trust services. It serves

clients through approximately 8,600 locations and 13,000 ATMs; online and mobile banking; and

offices in 42 countries. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San

Francisco, California.


Waste Management, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides waste management environmental services to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in North America. It

offers collection services, including picking up and transporting waste and recyclable materials from where it was generated to a transfer station, material recovery facility

(MRF), or disposal site; and owns, develops, and operates landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States, as well as owns and operates transfer stations. As of December 31, 2016, the company owned or operated 95 MRFs; and 243 solid waste landfills and 5

secure hazardous waste landfills, as well as 310 transfer stations. It also provides materials processing and commodities recycling services; recycling brokerage services that comprise

managing the marketing of recyclable materials for third parties; and other strategic business solutions. In addition, the company offers construction and remediation services;

services associated with the disposal of fly ash, and residue generated from the combustion of coal and other fuel stocks; in-plant services, such as full-service waste

management solutions and consulting services; and specialized disposal services for oil and gas exploration and production operations. Further, it provides portable self-storage,

long distance moving, and fluorescent lamp recycling services; portable restroom services under the Port-o-Let name; and street and parking lot sweeping services, as well as holds interests in oil and gas producing properties. The company was formerly known as USA Waste Services, Inc. and changed its name to Waste Management, Inc. in 1998. Waste Management, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.


Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. It operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam's Club. The company

operates discount stores, supermarkets, supercenters, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, home improvement stores, specialty electronics stores, apparel

stores, drug stores, convenience stores, and membership-only warehouse clubs; and retail Websites, such as walmart.com and samsclub.com, as well as mobile commerce

applications. It offers grocery products, including meat, produce, natural and organics, deli and bakery, dairy, frozen foods, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, floral and dry

grocery, as well as consumables, such as health and beauty aids, baby products, household chemicals, paper goods, and pet supplies; and health and wellness products, which include pharmacy, optical services, clinical services, over-the-counter drugs, and other medical products. The company also provides electronics, cameras and supplies, photo processing services, cellular phones, cellular service plan contracts and prepaid service, movies, music, video games, and books; stationery, automotive, hardware and paint, sporting goods, and outdoor living and horticulture, as well as fabrics, crafts, and

seasonal merchandise; apparel for women, girls, men, boys, and infants, as well as shoes, jewelry, and accessories; and home furnishings, housewares and small appliances,

bedding, home decor, and toys. In addition, it offers fuel and financial services and related products, including money orders, prepaid cards, wire transfers, money transfers, check

cashing, and bill payment. In addition, it offers brand name merchandise, including hardgoods, softgoods, and selected private-label items, such as Member's Mark. It

operates 11,695 stores under 59 banners in 28 countries and e-commerce Websites in 11 countries. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Bentonville,

Arkansas.


dividend picks 3rd quarter 2017 · dividend picks 3rd quarter 2017 as of: 9/1/2017 rank # ticker...

Documents