Ship Finance International: Cruising on Profits - Tim Plaehn

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Ship Finance International: Cruising on Profits
Aug 24, 2008 12:31 PM UTC

Tim Plaehn

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Symbol	Sentiment	Start	Return	Closed
SFL		08/24/08	-55.06%	--

Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

I should not be bored owning a high yield stock that is this consistent, but the quarterly earnings reports for Ship Finance International Ltd (SFL) almost makes it difficult to write an interesting analysis. (Call Transcript)

Ship Finance has developed a business model that appears to be bullet proof and the market puts such a low value on the company there appears to be no room for a negative surprise. This quarter SFL increased the quarterly dividend 2Â¢ to 58Â¢, giving the stock a current yield of about 8.4%. This makes 18 straight quarters where the dividend has been stable or increased.

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