However, when it’s sheer coaster thrills that we seek, we inevitably make our way to Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN)‘s flagship Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN) Point park in Ohio.
I won’t make it out there this year, but I should be at its Knott’s Berry Farm park in California later this month. Along the way, it would be nice to profit from what should be another record season across Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN) by owning a piece of the company. Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN)’s other properties include Valleyfair in Minnesota and Dorney Park in Pennsylvania, but one of its biggest thrills is the juicy dividend. Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE:FUN)’s a limited partnership that returns most of its earnings to investors in the form of chunky distributions that currently add up to a 6.2% yield. Big thrills. Big payouts. You know that I’m tall enough to ride. — Rick Munarriz
For the jet-setter dad
I’ve always wanted to fly small planes, having taken flying lessons for a few weeks during my last semester of school. Through the years, I’ve found that I’m not the only one who shares that dream, and that’s why Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT), the company that makes the two-seater Cessna 152 I used for that brief period of training almost 20 years ago, appeals to me.
Sure, Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) has plenty of higher-profile businesses, doing military-related work for the Defense Department and producing high-end business jets and helicopters for private and commercial use. As you’d expect, those businesses have been a mixed bag lately, with defense-budget cuts weighing on the military side of the business and global economic concerns keeping overall growth somewhat in check.
But it’s those baby single-engine turboprop planes that perk up my interest, and just like plenty of mid-life-crisis-suffering dads before me have hopped on a Harley to realize their long-deferred dreams, the private-pilot aspirations that thousands of dads like me have should help Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT)’s bottom line soar into the air in the long run. — Dan Caplinger
Where to shop for a man’s man
I’m an outdoorsman who enjoys nothing more than a day spent hunting or fishing, so the company I’m most interested in for this Father’s Day is firearm manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE:RGR). Its competitor Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:SWHC) just announced a 38% increase in sales, so it’s clear that private gun ownership is continuing to rise — despite threats from the Obama administration to curtail gun ownership.
Spikes in NRA membership and an ongoing ammo shortage are more signs that gun-buying behavior is now being influenced by a hoarding mentality, which is a boon to publicly traded gun companies. And this is a mentality that I expect will continue at least through the end of President Obama’s time in office, but probably much further beyond that. So even though Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE:RGR)’s stock is up more than 500% since 2008, it’s still a long-term winner in my mind. — Adam Wiederman
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Dayana Yochim compiled this article, and she has no position in any stocks mentioned. Austin Smith and Fool contributors Adam J. Wiederman and Dan Caplinger have no position in any stocks mentioned. Rick Munarriz owns shares of Walt Disney. Tim Beyers owns shares of Walt Disney and Time Warner. The Motley Fool recommends Walt Disney and owns shares of Sturm, Ruger; Textron; and Walt Disney.
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