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The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
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What's Fortune Got Up Its Sleeve? There's a lot to like about this conglomerate.   |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2011
April Taylor |
Corporate Spinoffs -- 2011's Hot Trend Breaking up can be good. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Lucky Fortune Brands Investors toast Fortune Brands' improved outlook for the first quarter. |
BusinessWeek
December 25, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Fortune's Spirits Rise Shares of Fortune Brands have vaulted despite concerns that a housing slump might crimp 2007 earnings. |
The Motley Fool
August 18, 2005 |
Are You Holding a Holding Company? Holding companies are conglomerates that own other firms. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005 |
Holding Companies Explained Holding companies are conglomerates that own the securities of other firms. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2004 |
"Consolidated" Financial Statements If you're looking at "consolidated" numbers, you've got a complicated company. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2011
Jim Royal |
3 Special Situations You'll Want to Watch Closely These breakups look likely to provide great value. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2005
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Fortune Brands' Out-of-Office Message The consumer-brands company will help create a new power in office products. Investors approve. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Fortune Bulks Up on Growth Fortune Brands had a wonderful GAAP quarter, although it wasn't all derived from organic operations. Fortune's stock is currently yielding 2% -- if the shares pull back and start sporting a higher yield, then it is definitely time to do some serious work on this one. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2011
Tom Jacobs |
Bill Ackman Is High on Lowe's Need a great place to find stock ideas? Look no further than the quarterly 13F filings put out by the super investors. Today, Pershing Square activist Bill Ackman. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Making a Fortune Diversified consumer products company Fortune Brands has a breakout quarter. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
Who's Pushing Stock Prices Higher? If hedge funds are driving this market higher, the gains could well be fickle. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Fortune Hunting Fortune Brands' continued positive outlook warrants closer consideration of its stock. The firm sells a broad range of consumer products, including Moen bathroom fixtures, Titleist golf clubs, and Jim Beam whiskey. |
The Motley Fool
May 1, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Fortune Brands Shows Strength in Diversity Fortune Brands, Otter Tail, and 3M all look like safe holdings for the long term, shielded from disasters in any one business area by extremely diverse operations. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Fortune Brands Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Is this meaningful? Or just another movement? |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Is Jack Daniel's Tasty? Brown-Forman, owner of the venerable Jack Daniel's whiskey brand, is a profitable spirits firm, but is this enough to justify its lofty valuation? |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2011
Jim Royal |
Rising Star Buys: Annaly Capital and Fortune Brands These two names sport lower risk. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Fortune Good, Debt Bad The alcoholic-beverages side of Fortune is the most attractive, but if it weren't for things like doors and faucets, Fortune might not have turned in another quarter of 10% earnings growth. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Fortune Brands' Future Solid in 2003, the consumer products company looks forward to a similar '04. |
Food Processing
August 2012
Dave Fusaro |
Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies for 2012: Splitting in Two When it comes to our annual ranking of the 100 largest food and beverage companies in the U.S. and Canada, 2011 was a tougher year for profitability than 2010 was. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Jim Royal |
Fortune Brands Is in the Sweet Spot But what's this company worth? |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Seth Jayson |
Here's How Fortune Brands May Be Failing You Here's the current margin snapshot for manufacturer Fortune Brands and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011 |
Recent Trades: Pershing Square Capital Management Top holdings and new trades for Pershing Square Capital Management. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2010
Jim Royal |
A Bumper Crop of Spinoffs Today was a very good day. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Jim Beam Can't Save Fortune Brands Fortune Brands operates in the disparate spirits and wine, home products, and golf businesses. The only thing tying them together is that the products are market leaders. Investors, the only thing untying current results is exposure to housing. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Fortune's Message in a Bottle The company is feeling good as it expands its reach into the liquor biz. Strong growth and stable margins should mean good things going forward. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Fortune Brands' Unfortunate Home Exposure Look to Fortune Brands for its spirit exposure. There's no hurry to buy the shares, since 2007 could be a challenging year, but make sure to keep this company on your watch list. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Here's What Bill Ackman Is Buying Bill Ackman founded Pershing Square Capital Management in 2003. Here's where the firm is winning, currently, and making new bets at present. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Fool on the Street: Fortune's Mixed Bag of Brands Fortune Brands has a business model with 44% of profits dependent on the struggling home improvement industry. But it is a growing player in the highly profitable spirits and wine segment of the alcohol industry. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Is Fortune Brands' Luck Finally Turning? Positive news out of the housing market may pass by Fortune Brands. |
BusinessWeek
February 10, 2011
Devin Leonard |
Bill Ackman's Soft Power The hedge fund manager is an open, friendly, talkative guy who makes a lot of companies -- MBIA, Target, etc. -- miserable |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2011
Jim Royal |
Rising Star Buy: Fortune Brands The company is set to spin off its home and security business later this year, leaving the spirits business, which will be renamed Beam. I |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2011
Alex Pape |
Why This Spring Will Be an Investor's Dream Spinoffs galore! |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2010
Tom Winner |
Does Fortune Have Any More Luck? Fortune Brands may struggle to improve upon Q1 results. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Pershing Square Capital Portfolio: Bill Ackman's Top Holdings What can we learn from studying this activist investor's portfolio? |
The Motley Fool
February 18, 2010
Jim Royal |
Here's Where to Find the Explosive Returns You have to look for special situations. Why are spinoffs so successful? |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Fool's Look Ahead Stucco, software, and spirits will color in the week that lies ahead. Monday: The American Express earnings report?... Tuesday: Homebuilders Centex and D.R. Horton report... Wednesday: eBay reports... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2010
Andrew Bond |
Use Caution When Investing With Ackman The activist investor's Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund history should play a role in your investment decision. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2008
Timothy M. Otte |
Fortune Still Down on Its Luck Management explains that they're growing market share and positioning the company for success in the long term. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006 |
Why Companies Split Don't let stock splits get you unnecessarily excited. It's always fun to suddenly own more shares, but splits are like getting four quarters for a dollar. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Absolut-ly French, Absolut-ly Expensive It looks like Fortune Brands may have been fortunate not to win the auction for AB Vin & Spirit. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2004 |
Why Companies Split Stock Don't get excited when a stock of yours splits -- it's no big deal. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
April Taylor |
Is Berkshire Hathaway Welcoming Day Traders? Will the 50:1 split be good for Berkshire's B shareholders? |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Sham Gad |
Ackman Takes Aim at Target The activist investor from Pershing Square Capital Management looks to squeeze some more value out of the retailer's shares. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
This Brand Won't Make You a Fortune Fortune Brands has shown smarts and prudence, but business challenges could persist. |
