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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Apple (AAPL)
4.3369 of 5 stars
$298.970.4%0.36%36.15Moderate Buy$308.74
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.9946 of 5 stars
$417.42-1.4%0.87%24.85Moderate Buy$560.88
CocaCola (KO)
4.4758 of 5 stars
$81.900.9%2.59%25.75Buy$86.53
General Motors (GM)
4.8043 of 5 stars
$72.64-0.6%0.99%29.29Moderate Buy$94.65
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