Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014

Industrial conglomerate�Valmont Industries� (NYSE: VMI  ) �will pay a�regular quarterly cash dividend�of $0.25 per share, representing an 11.1% increase in the payout to shareholders.

The payment will be made on July 15 to the holders of record at the close of business on June 28, the company announced Monday.

Valmont has paid a quarterly dividend consistently since 1992, with the just-declared quarterly dividend up from its prior distribution of $0.225. The dividend has increased every year since 2005.

Valmont designs and manufactures poles, towers, and structures for lighting and traffic, wireless communication, and utility markets, industrial access systems, and highway safety barriers. It also provides protective coating services and mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture.

Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014: Telstra Corporation Ltd(TLS.AX)

Telstra Corporation Limited provides telecommunications and information services to individuals, businesses, and governments and enterprises in Australia and internationally. The company offers basic access services to most homes and businesses; local and long distance telephone calls in Australia and international calls to and from Australia; mobile telecommunications services; broadband access and content services; a range of data and Internet services; wholesale services to other carriers, carriage service providers, and Internet service providers; advertising, search, and information services; and cable distribution services for FOXTEL's cable subscription television services. It also manages business customers' IT and telecommunications services. In addition, the company provides international voice, satellite, and IP data services; and operates mobile networks in Hong Kong. It has 2.4 million retail fixed broadband customers and approximately 2.5 million mobile broad band customers. The company was formerly known as Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corporation Limited and changed its name to Telstra Corporation Limited in April 1993. Telstra Corporation Limited was founded in 1901 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cation Group(CGL.L)

Catlin Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance services worldwide. It offers insurance products and services in the areas of accident and health, aerospace, airlines, aquaculture, bloodstock and equestrian, cargo, construction and engineering, contingency, downstream and upstream energy, energy and marine liability, facultative property, general aviation, general liability, kidnap and ransom, life, livestock, marine and aviation reinsurance, marine hull, and medical malpractice and healthcare professional liability. The company?s products and services also include non-marine binding, pharmaceutical product liability, political risk, political violence, product contamination, space, specie, trade credit, structured risk, motor fleet, directors' and officers' liability, and professional indemnity insurance products. Catlin Group Limited was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

5 Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Watch For 2014: Ashburton Minerals Ltd(ATN.AX)

Ashburton Minerals Limited engages in the exploration and evaluation of gold, copper, and base metal projects in Australia and Indonesia. The company primarily focuses on the Obi Gold project, which is located on the island of Obi, south of Halmahera in eastern Indonesia. It also holds interests in the Mt Webb copper project in Western Australia; the Yea gold project in Victoria; and the Spring Valley zinc-copper-lead project in New South Wales. The company is based in West Leederville, Australia.

Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014: Peter Hambro Mining Ord 1p(POG.L)

Petropavlovsk PLC engages in the exploration, development, and production of gold deposits in the Pokrovskiy, Pioneer, and Malomir properties in the Russian Federation. The company also involves in the acquisition, exploration, and development of reserves and resources in the Amur north-east belt, Yamal, and Krasnoyarsk regions; and iron-related reserves and resources, which include the Kuranakh, Garinskoye, and Bolshoi Seym deposits in the Amur region, as well as the Kimkanskoye and Sutarskoye deposits in Evreyskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast (EAO). In addition, it engages in the development of related infrastructural opportunities comprising the Nizhneleninskoye-Tongjiang bridge project in the EAO and the Sovertskaya Gavan seaport project in the Khabarovsk Krai region. The company was formerly known as Peter Hambro Mining Plc and changed its name to Petropavlovsk PLC in September 2009. Petropavlovsk PLC was founded in 1994 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014: Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc(OYM.TO)

Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, mining, and reinstatement of gold bearing properties in southeast Asia. The company produces and sells primarily gold and by-products, such as silver. Its principal properties include the Bong Mieu Gold property and the Phuoc Son Gold property located in central Vietnam; the Bau Gold property located in central Malaysia; and the Capcapo Gold Property located in the northern Philippines. The company was formerly known as Olympus Holdings Ltd. and changed its name to Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. in November 1996. Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. was incorporated in 1951 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Best Industrial Conglomerate Stocks To Buy For 2014: Uranium Participat Com Npv (U.TO)

Uranium Participation Corporation operates as an investment holding company. The company invests its assets substantially in uranium oxide in concentrates (U3O8). U3O8 is primarily used as a fuel for nuclear power plants. Denison Mines, Inc. operates as the manager of the company. Uranium Participation was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.