Investopedia: Agilent Grinding Through Challenging Market Conditions

It may not look like it on the basis of the last few quarters, but Agilent (NYSE: A ) is getting better. Weakness in multiple test and mea...

Investopedia: JDSU's Results Highlight The Volatility Of The Telco Capex Recovery

Happy days are here again in the telecom capex market, right? After all, companies like Juniper (Nasdaq: JNPR ), Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN ), an...

Investopedia: Danaher Could Be Loading Up For A Bigger 2014

In a pretty lackluster industrial environment, Danaher (NYSE: DHR ) continues to hold its own. The company's organic revenue and segmen...

Investopedia: 3M Okay On Growth, But Margins A Growing Worry

For a company that trades largely on the basis of being a defensive stock with strong margins, 3M 's (NYSE: MMM ) repeated margin weakn...

Investopedia: Illinois Tool Works Comes Up Short On Growth

Margins typically drive industrial stocks over the long term, but growth can certainly impact share prices on a more short-term basis. That...

Investopedia: Dover Does A Little Better

Dover (NYSE: DOV ) is doing nothing to contradict the notion that this company may be one of the better organic growth stories in the indu...

Investopedia: Agilent Isn't Making It Easy On Investors

It's getting harder for me not to view Agilent (NYSE: A ) as something like the store-brand version of Danaher (NYSE: DHR ). It's...

Investopedia: Danaher Proves Even The Nimble Can Stumble

I don't want to sound like too much of a fan-boy when it comes to Danaher (NYSE: DHR ) (many, if not most, sell-side analysts seem lov...

Investopedia: Roper A LIttle Short On Growth, But A Proven Builder Of Value

As much as investors and analysts talk about growth, you'd think that would be the be-all end-all of stock selection. The data tells a...

Investopedia: 3M Ends Up In The Same Industrial Tar Pit As Everybody Else

Investors who prize 3M 's (NYSE: MMM ) ability to muddle through the tough times a little better than most had to be a little disappoi...

Investopedia: Good Margins Outweigh Weak Growth For ITW Investors

You never can quite tell what the market will value on one day or the next. For much of this reporting cycle growth has been all that inve...

Investopedia: Thermo Steps Up And Seals A Deal For Life Technologies

After months of speculation, Thermo Fisher (NYSE: TMO ) has brought its rumored pursuit of diversified lab equipment and supply manufacture...

Investopedia: Dover May Be Bottoming, But The Street's Already Thinking Recovery

Dover (NYSE: DOV ) is one of those industrial conglomerates that is so diversified, it's not hard to feel a little sympathy for the a...