Diageo

A hungry portfolio might find a pick-me-up in one or more of these food-related stocks, all of which have had some momentum in the past few months, if not longer. Breakfast General Mills (NYSE: GIS) is up more than 13% from a nine-month low in August, as well as up about 18% from a year ago. This...

Lots of stocks hit 52-week highs yesterday as the markets rose. Among them were Diageo (NYSE: DEO), maker of Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Guinness, and National Beverage (NASDAQ: FIZZ), whose brands include Shasta, EverFresh and LaCroix. Their share prices reached $85.88 and $17.13 per share,...

Though the calendar page has turned, things will be fairly quiet again this week on the earnings front. The new earnings season does not kick off until Alcoa (NYSE: AA) posts its third-quarter results on October 10, followed shortly thereafter by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM). This...

Jefferies & Company has raised the price target on Diageo (NYSE: DEO) from $91 to $98.87 and maintains its Buy rating.

According to the Sunday Times, U.K.-based beverages company Diageo (NYSE: DEO) is considering a $2 billion bid for tequila brand Jose Cuervo. While there is interest in Jose Cuervo from elsewhere, including Brown-Forman (NYSE: BF-A) (NYSE: BF-B), Diageo, the worlds biggest spirits maker, is...