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Hot Insurance Stocks To Own Right Now

Quantitative Advantage LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd (BMV:VCSH) by 4.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 46,837 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,031 shares during the quarter. Quantitative Advantage LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd were worth $3,658,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd by 51.7% in the second quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 14,336,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,119,673,000 after buying an additional 4,884,248 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd by 0.7% in the first quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 5,167,388 shares of the company’s stock worth $405,279,000 after buying an additional 34,144 shares during the period. UBS Group AG increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd by 1.6% in the first quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,341,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,092,000 after buying an additional 51,200 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd by 4.6% in the second quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 2,307,840 shares of the company’s stock worth $180,242,000 after buying an additional 100,604 shares during the period. Finally, WBI Investments Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Crprte Bnd Idx Fd in the first quarter worth $123,519,000.

Hot Insurance Stocks To Own Right Now: Poage Bankshares, Inc.(PBSK)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Stephan Byrd]

    Poage Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBSK) announced its earnings results on Monday. The savings and loans company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, Bloomberg Earnings reports. The company had revenue of $5.39 million for the quarter. Poage Bankshares had a negative return on equity of 4.84% and a negative net margin of 14.32%.

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    News coverage about Poage Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBSK) has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Poage Bankshares earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.5091086029881 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Hot Insurance Stocks To Own Right Now: Ford Motor Company(F)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By John Rosevear]

    Analysts are starting to raise concerns in the wake of Ford Motor Company’s (NYSE:F) dismal second-quarter earnings report. The Blue Oval reported that its net income fell 44% to $1.1 billion and cut its guidance for the year on growing troubles in China and Europe. 

  • [By Daniel Miller]

    Despite all-time record profit in 2015, and strong profits in the years following that result, Ford Motor Company’s (NYSE:F) stock has been stuck in neutral as Wall Street couldn’t move past the fear that peak auto sales were just around the corner. Doom and gloom surrounds the industry’s sales, as do rising aluminum and steel costs, and a dismal second quarter now has Ford’s stock trading in the single digits for the first time since 2012. Due to that decline, and Ford’s recent price-to-earnings ratio of around 6, its dividend yield of 6% has become very attractive for income investors.

  • [By John Rosevear]

    GM’s ongoing success in China stands in sharp contrast to the struggles of old Detroit rival Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F). Ford’s sales fell 25% in the first half of 2018, as the Blue Oval struggled with a lack of interest in what Chinese buyers see as an out-of-date product line.

Hot Insurance Stocks To Own Right Now: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited(HMY)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
    Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) rose 19.7 percent to $35 in pre-market trading. Vicor posted Q1 earnings of $0.10 per share on sales of $65.2 million.
    Check-Cap Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHEK) shares rose 13.5 percent to $16.88 in pre-market trading after climbing 104.82 percent on Tuesday.
    Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) shares rose 11.3 percent to $43.81 in pre-market trading as the company reported upbeat results for its third quarter on Tuesday.
    The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) rose 9.6 percent to $125.98 in pre-market trading.
    Aduro BioTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADRO) rose 5.8 percent to $7.25 in pre-market trading after falling 1.44 percent on Tuesday.
    STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) rose 5.2 percent to $22.42 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
    Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) rose 5.2 percent to $32.05 in pre-market trading as the company reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter on Wednesday.
    Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS) rose 5 percent to $17.11 in pre-market trading following strong Q1 results.
    Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE: HMY) shares rose 4.4 percent to $2.02 in pre-market trading.
    22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSE: XXII) rose 4.9 percent to $2.15 in pre-market trading after dropping 8.07 percent on Tuesday.
    Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ: TXN) rose 4.1 percent to $102.40 in pre-market trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected earnings for its first quarter on Tuesday.
    iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) rose 3.3 percent to $61 in pre-market trading following upbeat quarterly earnings.

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  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Harmony Gold Mining Co. (NYSE: HMY) fell 1.2% Wednesday to match a 52-week low of $1.56 set Monday and equaled Tuesday. Shares closed at $1.58 yesterday. The 52-week high is $2.53. Volume of around 8.2 million was almost 90% higher than the daily average of about 4.5 million. The company had no specific news.

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Harmony Gold Mining Co. (NYSE: HMY) fell 2.5% Monday to post a new 52-week low of $1.56 after closing at $1.60 on Friday. The 52-week high is $2.53. Volume of around 7.5 million was nearly 75% higher than the daily average of about 4.4 million. The company had no specific news.

  • [By Jim Robertson]

    Greenfield African countries like Burkina Faso are starting to look very attractive for mining as the South African mining sector continues to face numerous headwinds. This week, shares of major South African mining stock like DRDGOLD Limited (NYSE: DRD), Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI), Harmony Gold Mining Co (NYSE: HMY) and Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBGL) fell off amid news about further company retrenchments and a warning from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) against doing more job cuts.

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Harmony Gold Mining Co. (NYSE: HMY) fell 3.7% Thursday to match a 52-week low of $1.56 set Monday and equaled on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Shares closed at $1.62 yesterday. The 52-week high is $2.53. Volume of around 5.2 million was almost 20% higher than the daily average of about 4.5 million. The company had no specific news.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019

It happens late in nearly every bull market: Complaints that value-fund managers are beginning to “cheat” on their mandates by sneaking growth companies into their portfolios, high valuations and all, goosing performance now but taking big risks on when the next bear market may arrive. Now those worries are back, with the twist that the tongue-wagging is concentrated on the FAANG names Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet, high-fliers that have led growth stocks to a decade of whipping value’s performance.

But there’s a smarter way to do value than just looking for cheap stocks, say experts led by Bill Miller, the unorthodox value investor whose 15-year streak (through 2005) of beating the Standard & Poor’s 500 index is still a benchmark no active manager can touch.

The key is to avoid the mistake of thinking “value” means nothing more than a low stock price. Now running his own fund after decades at Legg Mason Value Trust, Miller’s focus was and is on finding companies focused on high returns on invested capital and free-cash-flow growth, as well as large market opportunities. That helps small and large investors alike distinguish stocks that are undervalued from those that are simply cheap.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: KKR(KKR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Logan Wallace]

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  • [By Benzinga News Desk]

    KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) will pay $8.3 billion to buy BMC Software, sources said — marking the buyout shop’s biggest acquisition in years: Link

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    The Top Stock Market Stories for Tuesday
    Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is leading a busy day of earnings reports on Tuesday. Shares are off 0.4% after the firm despite reporting a 40% year-over-year jump in profits and stronger-than-expected revenue. The firm reported earnings per share (EPS) of $5.98 on top of $9.40 billion in revenue. The Wall Street giant was expected to report EPS of $4.67 on top of $8.71 billion in revenue. The investment bank’s first six months of 2018 were its strongest in nine years. The stock slipped after the company announced that president David Solomon will be replacing CEO Lloyd Blankfein when he steps down from his role. Blankfein has been CEO for 12 years. It’s fair to say thatAmazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) went to the dogs on Monday. The company has extended its Prime Day promotion through 3 a.m. on Wednesday. The announcement came after the firm suffered significant outages during the start of the event on Monday afternoon. Rather than get access to deals, many customers were met with pictures of dogs, the firm’s standard error page. Finally, pay close attention to events on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will question leaders of Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), and Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) about how they store and filter user content. Last year, the Senate and House of Representatives slammed the companies for their roles in and responses to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
    Three Stocks to Watch Today: CSX, NFLX, KKR
    CSX Corp.(Nasdaq: CSX) will help lead today’s earnings calendar. Wall Street expects that the company will report EPS of $0.86 on top of $2.98 billion in revenue. Shares of Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) slipped after the firm’s user-growth estimates and quart

  • [By Tim Melvin]

    Henry McVey, a macroeconomist over at KKR & Co. LP (NYSE: KKR) who’s been pretty accurate over the past few years, thinks we’ll see six more rate hikes in 2018 and 2019. Guggenheim Partners predicts a whopping seven rate hikes, which would put the federal funds rate at 3.50% by the end of 2019.

  • [By Tim Melvin]

    Much of my investing philosophy today was learned by studying KKR & Co. LP (NYSE: KKR), Bain Capital, and other private equity firms.

    Most of the firms collect a 2% management fee and a 20% incentive fee on realized profits.

  • [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

    This was not overlooked by Wall Street, either, as the giant private equity firm KKR & Co. LP (NYSE: KKR) bought Envision Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: EVHC) for $5.7 billion in cash, with the total deal value adding up to $9.9 billion including debt. It was one of the largest leveraged buyouts so far in 2018.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Biglari Holdings Inc.(BH)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Shares of Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BH) were down 20 percent to $339.00. Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE: WPG) will replace Biglari Holdings in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Tuesday, May 1.

  • [By Keith Noonan]

    With the year a little more than half over, it’s a good time to take stock of some of the restaurant industry’s biggest underperformers so far. Read on to see why Zoe’s Kitchen (NYSE:ZOES), Arcos Dorados Holdings (NYSE:ARCO), Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:DFRG), Biglari Holdings (NYSE:BH), and Yum China Holdings(NYSE:YUMC)have posted big losses in 2018 — and where each stock ranks on the list of the industry’s biggest losers so far.

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

    Losers
    World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) tumbled 18 percent to $22.90 following Q1 results.
    Biglari Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BH) fell 17.4 percent to $349.52. Washington Prime Group will replace Biglari Holdings in the S&P SmallCap 600 on Tuesday, May 1.
    Flex Ltd. (NASDAQ: FLEX) dipped 15.7 percent to $14.03 after a mixed fourth quarter report.
    FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) fell 15.3 percent to $11.65. FormFactor is expected to release Q1 results on May 2.
    Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO) dropped 14.3 percent to $6.24 following Q1 results.
    National Instruments Corporation (NASDAQ: NATI) fell 14.3 percent to $ 42.34 after reporting Q1 results.
    United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) dipped 14.2 percent to $32.37 following Q1 results.
    Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO) dropped 13.5 percent to $3.33. Civeo posted a Q1 loss of $0.42 per share on sales of $101.504 million.
    athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN) fell 12.4 percent to $125.310 after reporting Q1 results.
    Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) shares tumbled 12.1 percent to $262.06 as the company posted Q1 results.
    Value Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: VALU) fell 11.3 percent to $19.10.
    Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) shares dropped 11.2 percent to $27.605 after the company posted downbeat quarterly earnings.
    AV Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVHI) declined 10.7 percent to $17.20 following Q1 results.
    CalAmp Corp. (NASDAQ: CAMP) dropped 9.4 percent to $21.01 after reporting Q4 results.
    Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM) shares fell 8.9 percent to $7.280 following mixed Q1 results.
    Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) shares fell 8.4 percent to $45.97 after reporting Q4 results.
    LogMeIn Inc (NASDAQ: LOGM) fell 8.2 percent to $109.825. LogMeIn reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter, but issued weak second quarter and FY18 earning guidance.
    Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIO

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    Biglari Holdings (NYSE:BH)’s share price reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $195.09 and last traded at $197.24, with a volume of 16566 shares. The stock had previously closed at $209.09.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Boeing Company (BA)

Advisors’ Opinion:

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    The Top Stock Market Stories for Wednesday
    U.S. President Donald Trump is facing criticism after threatening to ramp up taxes on Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE: HOG). The iconic motorcycle producer said it will move parts of its production overseas in order to avoid tariffs from the European Union. Trump threatened to increase taxes on the firm. “Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag,” Trump tweeted Tuesday. “I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade, down $151 Billion. Taxes just a Harley excuse – be patient!” Earlier this month,Microsoft Corp.(Nasdaq:MSFT) launched a $7.5 billion takeover of the web-based hosting service GitHub. The acquisition, orchestrated by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, brought out critics who claim that GitHub lacks any real profit potential forMicrosoft stock. Here’s why those critics are wrong… and why MSFT is a buy. Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) has reversed its policy on cryptocurrency ads. The social media giant says that it will permit marketing from “pre-approved advisers.” According to TechCrunch, the company will still ban ads pushing binary options and initial coin offerings. The report goes on to explain that cryptocurrency scams cost customers more than $500 million in just January and February 2018 alone.
    Four Stocks to Watch Today: ORCL, FB, GOOGL, BA
    Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) were largely flat despite a strong earnings report after the bell yesterday. The cloud computing giant reported EPS of $0.99

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Friday was The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) which traded up 2.21% at $335.37. The stock’s 52-week range is $156.75 to $335.95, and the high was posted this afternoon. Volume was about 65% above the daily average of around 3.2 million shares. The company introduced a concept hypersonic plane at an aerospace conference earlier this week.

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) continues to hold on to its top ranking as the best-performing stock for the year to date among the 30 equities that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). Even after Friday’s 666-point drop in the Dow, Boeing stock ended the week with a share price gain of nearly 1.7% and a year-to-date gain of about 17.2%.

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

    HL Financial Services LLC decreased its holdings in Boeing (NYSE:BA) by 11.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,427 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock after selling 1,810 shares during the period. HL Financial Services LLC’s holdings in Boeing were worth $4,730,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

  • [By ]

    Boeing Co. (BA)  rose on Wednesday, April 25, after the aircraft manufacturing company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and raised full-year guidance for three key financial metrics.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Poage Bankshares, Inc.(PBSK)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    News coverage about Poage Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBSK) has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Poage Bankshares earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.5091086029881 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Best Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Kindred Healthcare, Inc.(KND)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Stephan Byrd]

    Here are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern’s analysis:

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    Global Home Healthcare Mornitoring Device Market 2018 Philips Healthcare (Netherlands), Kindred Healthcare (US) (trueindustrynews.com) Recent Movement: Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) (tradingnewsnow.com) Global Home Healthcare Mornitoring Device Market 2018 Kindred Healthcare, Linde Group, Almost Family Inc. (sectorhealthcare.com) Humana, TPG Capital, and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Create the Country’s Largest Hospice Provider, Kindred … (jdsupra.com) Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (KND) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages (americanbankingnews.com)

    A number of equities research analysts recently commented on KND shares. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Kindred Healthcare from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $10.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 18th. ValuEngine lowered Kindred Healthcare from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, May 4th. Finally, TheStreet lowered Kindred Healthcare from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 15th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a hold rating to the company. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $8.33.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now

EMM & QNX will be the growth drivers going forward. But the risks in BlackBerry stock continue to remain elevated.

BlackBerry(NSDQ:BBRY)stock is a very volatile stock. When the company announced its latest set of earnings on the 20th of December, the share price rose to around $8 a share, but since then has plummeted back down to the $7 level. Blackberry is unique in that it is a low priced stock but is just as liquid as many of its peers. This combined with the volatility of the tech sector attracts all types of investors and traders as volatility is a guarantee (which we have obviously seen over the past week or so).

BlackBerry’s latest fiscal third quarter was definitely a mixed bag. On one hand, you had aggressive margin expansion and a surprising profitable quarter on a non-GAAP basis, but on the other hand, top line came in $20 million short of what was expected. A return to revenue growth is expected next year with enterprise software & QNX probably leading the way. Blackberryand its investors know that if this company can comprehensively combine these areas as well as its security wing to work cohesively in the emerging Internet Of Things market (IoT), then this company will have a strategic competitive advantage. Blackberry’s pivot from hardware to software may have been well timed but I would still recommend caution. Here are three reasons to back up my case.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now: Poage Bankshares, Inc.(PBSK)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    News coverage about Poage Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBSK) has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Poage Bankshares earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.5091086029881 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now: 1st Source Corporation(SRCE)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

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  • [By Max Byerly]

    1st Source Co. (NASDAQ:SRCE) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six analysts that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $55.00.

  • [By Max Byerly]

    1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE)’s share price hit a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $56.13 and last traded at $55.94, with a volume of 100 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $55.94.

  • [By ]

    Currently, I like People’s Utah Bancorp (Nasdaq: PUB), 1st Source Corporation (Nasdaq: SRCE), and East West Bancorp (Nasdaq: EWBC) as stocks likely to benefit in the small/regional sector.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now: Pershing Gold Corporation(PGLC)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Logan Wallace]

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Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now: iShares Morningstar Large-Cap Growth (JKE)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    iShares Morningstar Large Growth (NYSEARCA:JKE) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 26th, Wall Street Journal reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 27th will be paid a dividend of 0.3796 per share on Monday, July 2nd. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 26th. This is a boost from iShares Morningstar Large Growth’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Buy Right Now: Portland General Electric Company(POR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Max Byerly]

    Opus Investment Management Inc. lowered its holdings in Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) by 8.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 95,200 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 8,400 shares during the quarter. Opus Investment Management Inc. owned about 0.11% of Portland General Electric worth $3,857,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    ValuEngine upgraded shares of Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report issued on Friday.

    Several other equities research analysts also recently commented on POR. Guggenheim reiterated a hold rating and set a $40.00 target price on shares of Portland General Electric in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Bank of America downgraded shares of Portland General Electric from a neutral rating to an underperform rating and cut their target price for the stock from $41.00 to $39.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Portland General Electric from $42.00 to $41.00 and set a neutral rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 27th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Portland General Electric from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock has an average rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $42.44.

  • [By Shane Hupp]

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Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now

Ive been right about Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) thus far.

There seem to be only two schools on Tesla. You either love the carmaker, or you hate it with a passion. I fall into the latter category, not because I’m anti clean energy, or opposed to new entries to the auto industry, but because of the grandiose and inefficient management history the company has had under Elon Musk. Ive written often about the competition and general cutthroat nature of the auto industry that Tesla faces. Ive been waiting for some time to see signs of Teslas inability to ramp up car production in a way that justifies its wild stock valuation. And boy howdy have I taken some flak in the comments section.

This week has given me some vindication on my feelings about Tesla. The stock is down on rough news of production complications, and a fading faith in Elon Musks rhetoric, something I said would happen. The valuation is not justified, and cannot be justified when youre selling such a small amount of cars and not turning any profit. I get it that this stock performance is about future potential earnings, but the company is not putting together concrete evidence that it is working toward those types of numbers.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now: Varex Imaging Corporation (VREX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

    Losers
    Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) fell 13.4 percent to $51.10 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat earnings for its first quarter and lowered its profit outlook for the year.
    Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) fell 9.8 percent to $28.97 in pre-market trading after surging 46.29 percent on Thursday.
    Gogo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOGO) shares fell 8.2 percent to $8.81 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results and disclosed that it is withdrawing its FY18 outlook for adjusted EBITDA, airborne cash capex, airborne equipment inventory purchases and free cash flow.
    Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares fell 7.5 percent to $3.98 in pre-market trading after climbing 22.16 percent on Thursday.
    Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE: ANET) fell 7.4 percent to $248.00 in pre-market trading following first-quarter earnings.
    Web.com Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WEB) fell 6.7 percent to $18.00 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
    Varex Imaging Corporation (NASDAQ: VREX) fell 5.2 percent to $34 in pre-market trading after reporting Q2 results.
    Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (NYSE: TKC) shares fell 5.2 percent to $7.60 in pre-market trading after dropping 3.02 percent on Thursday.
    AMN Healthcare Services, Inc (NYSE: AMN) shares fell 4.7 percent to $61.70 in pre-market trading following Q1 earnings.
    HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSEA) fell 4.6 percent to $25.15 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.
    Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) shares fell 4 percent to $16.66 in pre-market trading after dropping 2.86 percent on Thursday.
    Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ: MLCO) fell 4 percent to $30.65 in pre-market trading.
    Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ: CENX) fell 4 percent to $15.76 in pre-market trading following Q1 results.
    HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC) shares fell 3.5 percent to $48.10 in pre-market tr

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now: AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(AMAG)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Chris Lange]

    AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAG) has a PDUFA date set for its drug Feraheme for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in patients who have an intolerance or unsatisfactory response to oral iron. The date is set for February 2. Shares of AMAG were trading at $14.45, in a 52-week range of $11.93 to $25.20 and with a consensus price target of $18.00.

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    AMAG Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMAG) was upgraded by equities researchers at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Monday.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now: Poage Bankshares, Inc.(PBSK)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    News coverage about Poage Bankshares (NASDAQ:PBSK) has been trending somewhat negative on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Poage Bankshares earned a daily sentiment score of -0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the savings and loans company an impact score of 47.5091086029881 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now: German American Bancorp, Inc.(GABC)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    German American Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GABC) – Research analysts at FIG Partners increased their FY2018 earnings estimates for German American Bancorp in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 2nd. FIG Partners analyst B. Martin now anticipates that the bank will post earnings of $2.02 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.00.

Top 5 Clean Energy Stocks To Own Right Now: Banner Corporation(BANR)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Ethan Ryder]

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    Banner Year for Asset Managers Could Be Catalyst for Change (markets.financialcontent.com) Zacks: Analysts Anticipate Banner Co. (BANR) to Announce $0.86 EPS (americanbankingnews.com) Banner Bank signs long lease for highly visible Sacramento site (finance.yahoo.com) Steven W. Rust Sells 511 Shares of Banner Co. (BANR) Stock (americanbankingnews.com) FY2018 Earnings Estimate for Banner Co. (BANR) Issued By DA Davidson (americanbankingnews.com)

    NASDAQ BANR opened at $57.47 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The firm has a market cap of $1,896.48, a P/E ratio of 19.22, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.96. Banner has a 1 year low of $52.07 and a 1 year high of $62.75.