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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Apple (AAPL)
4.6865 of 5 stars
$232.141.1%0.45%35.10Moderate Buy$237.60
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.9451 of 5 stars
$523.57-1.1%0.63%38.38Moderate Buy$609.86
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
0.6612 of 5 stars
$94.42flat1.05%34.59N/AN/A
CocaCola (KO)
4.658 of 5 stars
$70.45-0.4%2.90%24.98Buy$77.21
General Motors (GM)
4.5153 of 5 stars
$55.512.5%1.08%8.81Hold$57.53
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