Dividend Stock news for January 31st 2013

Pitney Bowes Inc.(NYSE:PBI) end the day up over 20% on better than expected earnings. Their current dividend yield is 10.41 percent. Many investors have used caution in recent months due to the expectations of lower and lower earnings. Pitney Bowes having beat the expectations moves up 20% meaning any recent investors got a solid jump.

WMS Industries Inc.(NYSE:WMS) flies high up over 50% on the day after news of a buyout by scientific games was annouced current share holders of WMS will receive $26.00 per share in cash for every share of WMS that they currently own. There is talk of investigation and questions as to whether or not the board shopped around enough to get the best possible price for WMS Industries inc. Generally speaking though anytime you see a buyout there will be some sort of investigation. This stock currently carries no dividend but still having gained over 50% in a day seemed relevant.


Fortinet, Inc.(NASDAQ:FTNT) stock price rose almost 22% in trading on Thursday after the producer of computer networking security systems reported fourth-quarter sales that were above analysts’ estimations. Fortinet has been back and forth in the past 52 weeks from as low as 17.53 to as high as 28.82. They do not pay a dividend and carry a very high P/E ratio. Although their Forward P/E ratio is looking much better now.


Liquidity Services, Inc.(NASDAQ:LQDT) lost big time today in trading losing over 22% of its value due to
the online auction company cutting its earnings projections based on a weak economic outlook.
Liquidity Services, Inc also stated that they plan to invest more in their technology and products sector to grow their business.They are currently trading at 31.87 a share with a market cap of around 1.0 Billion.


This was for the trading day of January 31st 2013 although not all of them were dividend investing opportunities it's still healthy to keep an eye on all stocks. Hopefully everyone of you had good days in the market but if you didn't rememberthat tomorrow is a new day with new opportunity to gain. Keep on dollar cost averaging if you can and always invest at your own risk and with caution!