Stock price when the opinion was issued
Electrical motors, compressors and the H Back business (Heating and Cooling). It does very well. Government subsidy is finished and the stock has flattened out a little bit but the story hasn’t gone away because of the housing growth. The real housing boom was in the late 1990s and you have to look at the replacement cycle. 1% dividend.
Motors, generators, transmissions, drives etc. They recently bought a powered transmission unit from Emerson Electric. This will add $.50 a share in earnings in 2015, and he expects a dollar a share in earnings in 2016. The market really hasn’t caught up with this one and it is a very good buy here. Dividend yield of 1.13%.
(Top Pick Aug 22/12, Down 4.51%) Watching it. The replacement market is important. Their motors are a higher end option. He has been surprised that builders go with cheaper products.