Ameren Corp (AEE) Stock CardMarket: USAmeren Corporation is a public utility holding company. The Company operates through four segments: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution, Ameren Illinois Natural Gas, and Ameren Transmission. The Ameren Missouri segment includes all of the operations of Ameren Missouri. Ameren Missouri operates a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution business and a rate-regulated natural gas distribution business in Missouri. The Ameren Illinois Electric Distribution segment consists of the electric distribution business of Ameren Illinois. The Ameren Illinois Natural Gas segment consists of the natural gas business of Ameren Illinois. The Ameren Transmission segment primarily consists of the aggregated electric transmission businesses of Ameren Illinois and Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI). The Company owns an integrated transmission system that is composed of the transmission assets of Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois and ATXI.
RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) Stock CardMarket: USRLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns primarily premium-branded, rooms-oriented, focused-service and compact full-service hotels. It owns premium-branded, rooms-oriented, focused-service and compact full-service hotels in markets. The Company owns approximately 98 hotel properties with approximately 21,610 rooms, located in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Its brand affiliations consist of Marriott, which includes Courtyard, Residence Inn, Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Renaissance, SpringHill Suites, AC Hotel, Moxy and Tribute Portfolio; Hilton, which includes Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, DoubleTree/DoubleTree Suites by Hilton, Curio Collection, Homewood Suites, Hilton and Tapestry Collection; Hyatt, which includes Hyatt House, Hyatt Place and Hyatt Centric, and Wyndham. The Company's hotel properties include Embassy Suites Milpitas Silicon Valley, Hyatt House San Ramon and Moxy Denver Cherry Creek.
Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK) Stock CardMarket: USStar Bulk Carriers Corp is a Greece-based global shipping company. The Company owns and operates a diverse fleet of dry bulk vessels that transport bulk commodities, including iron ore, minerals and grain, bauxite, fertilizers and steel products, along worldwide shipping routes. The Company has a fleet of 112 vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 12.5 million dwt, consisting of Newcastlemax, Capesize, Post Panamax, Kamsarmax, Panamax, Ultramax and Supramax vessels with carrying capacities between 53,489 dwt and 209,537 dwt. The Company maintains executive offices in Athens, Greece and in Limassol, Cyprus.
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) Stock CardMarket: USCross Timbers Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net profits interests are the principal asset of the Trust. The Trust receives net profits income from the net profit interests generally on the last business day of each month. The net profits interest comprises approximately 90% net profits interests which are carved from producing royalty and overriding royalty interest properties in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico; 11.11% nonparticipating royalty interests in nonproducing properties located primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, and the 75% net profits interests which are carved from working interests in four properties in Texas and three properties in Oklahoma. Its underlying royalties, underlying nonproducing royalties, and underlying working interest properties are owned by XTO Energy. The underlying properties include over 2,900 producing properties with established production histories in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico and also include certain nonproducing properties.
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Stock CardMarket: USNational Storage Affiliates Trust is an integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company is focused on the ownership, operation and acquisition of self-storage properties located within various metropolitan statistical areas across the United States. The Company owns approximately 1,050 self-storage properties, located in 42 states and Puerto Rico, comprising approximately 68.6 million rentable square feet in approximately 5,42,000 storage units. The properties are managed with a local operational focus of the Company and its participating regional operators (PROs). The Company also managed through its property management platform an additional portfolio of 185 properties owned by the Company's unconsolidated real estate ventures. These properties contain approximately 51.9 million rentable square feet, in approximately 4,07,000 storage units. The Company’s operating partnership subsidiary is NSA OP, LP.
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