[May 27, 2012] Shares of Seaboard Rank the Highest in Terms of Earnings Yield in the Industrial Conglomerates Industry (SEB, SXI, MMM, GE, TG) Tweet May 27, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Industrial Conglomerates industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Seaboard ranks highest with a an earnings yield of 11.6%. Standex International is next with a an earnings yield of 8.1%. 3M ranks third highest with a an earnings yield of 7.2%. General Electric follows with a an earnings yield of 7.2%, and Tredegar rounds out the top five with a an earnings yield of 6.7%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Tredegar on March 1st, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $23.29. Since that call, shares of Tredegar have fallen 40.2%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]