YASKY News and Press, Yaskawa Electric Corp ADR From 10/29/19

As is the case at Yaskawa ( YASKY ), it looks like investors are pretty willing to overlook another weak quarter from Fanuc ( FANUY ), and another reduction in guidance, on the idea that the bottom has been reached and business will improve from here. While I agree with that basic philosop...

Veteran investors know better than to just accept every cheap-looking stock as a gift, some of them are more like a sketchy van with “Free Candy” scrawled on the side. That brings me to THK ( THKLY ), an automation supplier that has certainly recovered, but not to the same valu...

It’s certainly true that the stock market is a discounting mechanism that looks beyond current results in assessing a company’s value. But it’s also true that investors can get ahead of themselves, and particularly so with companies they like, and I think that’s the...

If you've already looked at how and why to invest in robotics stocks , now might be a good time to turn your attention toward learning more about the biggest robotics stocks in the marketplace. Their size is a good indication that investors are interested in buying into what they have to offer....

Robotics and the increasing use of automation represent one of the most exciting investment avenues for stock buyers in the coming decades. The makers of robotics and automation systems understand that there is a growing need to improve the efficiency of production in several sectors of the o...

I suppose it’s still early in the second quarter reporting cycle, but I’m pretty much sold on the idea that the industrial economy is most definitely slowing, though in the interests of transparency, that’s been my expectation for a while, so there’s a risk of seein...

When I last wrote about Yaskawa ( OTCPK:YASKY ) in April, I thought the market and sell-side analysts were far too willing to buy into management’s story that the worst was over in the factory automation market. I thought that because Yaskawa had seen a severe drop in its Chinese bu...

The Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF (NASDAQ: BOTZ ) seeks to invest in companies that have direct involvement or that may benefit from thematic trends related to the global adoption of the technology. BOTZ, with an inception date in 2016, has grown to become one ...

It’s not exactly news that the stock market is a look-ahead mechanism for valuing companies, and that’s particularly important to keep in mind today when looking at factory automation companies. While business continues to deteriorate at Fanuc ( OTCPK:FANUY ) (6954) and may wel...

ABB ( ABB ) continues to be a relatively underwhelming, if not disappointing, player in the multi-industrial space, as the company largely missed out on the recent up-cycle due to various execution issues. While process automation and electrification are still performing relatively well, a g...