Veolia Environment fka VE

[inversor86]

Seems like a nice 10% upside in the short term. I'm a little worried that they could maintain the dividend. What do you think Joker?

[TOUCAN]

$VE 3yr weekly $9.95

[irat]

Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces Investigation into Veolia Environnement S.A.

http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=50475643

[fareast555]

This from "Green Chip Stocks Premium"

Veolia Environment (NYSE:VE)

Yesterday morning, I sent you a buy alert for Veolia Environment. Let's follow up on that now. . .

Veolia Environment provides solid waste, technical solutions, industrial and waste-to-energy services. It is the largest environmental services company in the world, operating in 68 countries and employing more than 100,000 people across the globe.

The company maintains four separate divisions:

Veolia Water – Designing, building, upgrading, operating and maintaining water and wastewater facilities, incorporating water recycling and reuse to find new ways to reduce water consumption.

Veolia Environmental Services – Providing solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services, hazardous waste disposal and recycling services, and industrial cleaning, mechanical maintenance and sewer services. This division also builds waste-to-energy facilities.

Veolia Energy – Managing energy utilities and providing complete facilities management services.

Veolia Transportation – Providing all forms of public transportation including bus, rail, paratransit, taxi and shuttle services.

Now here's the story on Veolia. . .

Last month, the company posted a very disappointing first half loss. The stock took a major hit, and kept falling, finally bottoming out at around $14.00. In response to the news that crushed the stock, the company announced a restructuring whereby it will break with an earlier expansion strategy and shrink operations – exiting about half of the countries where it currently operates. It will leave its transport operations in Morocco, its environmental services in Egypt and its marine services in the U.S., just to name a few.

You can read some of the details here, in the company's half year results.

Overall, I believe Veolia will become a leaner, more profitable company over the next couple of years. Restructuring is never easy, and I'm certain there will be hiccups along the way. But this isn't a fly-by-night company. This is a major player that should see its early 2011 share price restored in the next year and a half. Meanwhile, it's paying a hefty 10% dividend right now.

Veolia isn't a quick money play, but for the long-term investor looking to limit risk in this crazy market, this could be a nice year or two hold for a gain of about 47%. And that's figuring very conservatively. Plus a solid dividend to boot. It's a buy below $15.00.

[fareast555]

Tampa Bay Water And Veolia Water North America Complete Largest Design-Build-Operate Water Treatment Facility In U.S. History
Full article here

Sustainability and exceptional water quality delivered to citizens; $80 million in savings generated

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new 120 million-gallons-per-day (MGD) water treatment plant, among the world’s most sophisticated water treatment facilities, is now providing Tampa Bay Water customers with drinking water that exceeds federal and state drinking water quality standards. Thanks to an innovative approach taken by Tampa Bay Water, a public regional wholesale water provider, the new plant – designed, built and operated by Veolia Water North America – is the largest design-build-operate (DBO) drinking water project in U.S. history, representing a potential model for other cities facing growing populations, tight budgets and water resource challenges.

“We’re delighted that our partnership completed the new Tampa Bay Water Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant on time and under budget,” said Jerry Seeber, general manager of Tampa Bay Water. “This new facility is the backbone of our regional water service to more than 2.4 million people. By every measure, whether water quality, cost or service, this project is a success.”

[Pro-Life]

Article mentions Veolia:
Texas Is Burning: Buy These 14 Water Stocks Now!
By Jeff Siegel
Monday, August 15th, 2011

http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/water-infrastructure-opportunities/1707

An excerpt... for the full report, click the link above:


"... As droughts continue to hammer 40 percent of the contiguous United States — and more than 60 percent of the country sits above a crumbling infrastructure — there's never been a better to time to stake your claim to a few solid water works plays.

Here are 14 water works stocks you should know about:

¦Badger Meter (AMEX: BMI)
¦Calgon Carbon Corp (NYSE: CCC)
¦Claymore S&P Global Water (NYSE: CGW)
¦Consolidated Water Co (NASDAQ: CWCO)
¦Energy Recovery (NASDAQ: ERII)
¦Flow International (NASDAQ: FLOW)
¦Insituform Technologies (NASDAQ: INSU)
¦Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN)
¦Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN)
¦PowerShares Water Resources (AMEX: PHO)
¦Roper Industries (NYSE: ROP)
¦Tetra Tech (NASDAQ: TTEK)
¦Veolia Environment SA (NYSE: VE)
¦Watts Water Technologies (NYSE: WTS)


Whether by tax dollars or privatization, the repair and upgrade of our water management systems and networks is a lock.

And we're going to milk this one for every penny.

To a new way of life, and a new generation of wealth... "