Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain (IRM) is one of the oldest REITs in America, though it didn’t officially convert to a REIT structure until 2014. While the company initially started off as a paper document storage facility for New York City-based corporations, Iron Mountain has since expanded to become one of the largest data storage centers in the world.Iron Mountain serves commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment, and government organizations around the world to meet their information storage (and sensitive information destruction) needs.

Clorox (CLX) started in 1913 when five businessmen invested $100 each to start manufacturing and selling one product, Clorox bleach. Impressively, the company remained a one-product business for its first 56 years. Today, Clorox has over 8,500 employees, sells its products in more than 100 countries, and generates over $6 billion in annual sales. The company boasts a brand portfolio spanning numerous product categories including home care, laundry, charcoal, food, water filtration, cat litter, and more. Some of the company’s famous brands are Clorox, Pine-Sol (household cleaner), Glad (plastic wrap, trash bags), Kingsford (charcoal for grilling), Hidden Valley (salad dressing), Brita (water filters), and Burt’s Bees (skin care).

Founded in 1806 by William Colgate as a starch, soap, and candle business, Colgate-Palmolive (CL) has grown into one of the world’s largest consumer products conglomerates today.The company’s 34,500 global employees sell its world-famous brands (such as Colgate, Palmolive, Protex, Speed Stick, Ajax, Irish Spring, Sanex, Hill’s, and Softsoap) in more than 200 countries through four business segments:

Boeing (BA) reported first-quarter earnings this morning, telling investors it was withdrawing its 2019 financial guidance and suspending its share repurchases.  Such an announcement usually spells bad news for a stock and its dividend safety prospects, yet shares of Boeing finished the day higher by 0.4%.  All attention was on management's outlook for Boeing's 737 MAX plane model, which has been grounded worldwide since mid-March following its second fatal crash in five months. This was the company's first earnings report following that news, which we previously discussed. The 737 MAX is a critical business driver for Boeing. The popular plane series is expected to account for about two-thirds of the company's future deliveries and approximately 40% of the firm's total profit, according to [...]