Despite the poor quarterly earnings performance and massive losses to technology stocks today, a few of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) components did have a very good session this afternoon. But, first, let's take a look at how the major indexes performed. The Dow lost 4 points, or 0.03%, and now rests at 15,543, while the S&P 500 actually pulled out a win today by gaining 0.16%. The big index loser of the session, however, was the technology-heavy Nasdaq, which lost 0.66%, or 23 points.
Unlike most trading days, the key driver today was quarterly earnings. As I mentioned, the Dow's big technology stocks all had a rough day, as Microsoft fell the most, losing 11.4%, then Hewlett-Packard, down 4.52%. IBM lost 2.25%, and Intel shed 0.88% after poor earnings from Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices put pressure on the PC industry.
Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy Right Now: inContact Inc.(SAAS)
inContact, Inc. provides cloud-based contact center software services and network connectivity in the United States. Its solutions include inContact ACD, an automatic call distributor; inContact CTI, a computer telephony integration that integrates with customer data servers to provide agents pre-populated customer data; inContact IVR, an interactive voice response solution to create specialized call flows; and inContact Integrations for integration of various hardware and software solutions already in place at customer sites. The company also offers inContact ECHO that gathers the opinion of the customer and presents the analysis of the feedback directly to supervisors and agents; inContact Workforce Management, which forecasts demand, schedules workforce, analyzes and optimizes staffing, and reports real-time adherence in contact centers; inContact Quality Monitoring that provides insights into agent performance and customer satisfaction; and InContact Screen Recording, which provides compliance level screen recording functionality for voice channel interactions. In addition, it provides inContact eLearning that offers targeted, prioritized training, communications, and testing to the agent?s desktop during dips in call volumes; and inContact Network Connectivity, which includes time division multiplexing and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) connectivity, and toll-free and local-number services. Further, inContact, Inc. offers professional services, as well as operates as a domestic and international long distance reseller and aggregator. The company was formerly known as UCN, Inc. and changed its name to inContact, Inc. in January 2009. inContact, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy Right Now: Jordec Group(JDG.L)
Judges Scientific plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and distribution of scientific instruments throughout the world. The company?s instruments are used for the measurement of the reaction of materials to fire; testing of the properties of fibre optic and fibre optic networks; and to purify noble gases for use in metals analysis using the Arc Spark spectrometry technique. Its instruments are also used for the creation of movement, heating, and cooling of objects within ultra high vacuum chambers; and to enable or improve the observation of objects under a microscope and prepare samples for examination in electron microscopes. The company, formerly known as Judges Capital plc, was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in East Grinstead, the United Kingdom.
Top Canadian Companies To Invest In 2014: Cdc Point Spa(CDC.MI)
CDC S.p.A. engages in the production and distribution of information technology (IT) products for the consumer and SOHO segments in Italy. The company engages in the provision of logistics management services comprising stock management and outbound logistics management, assembly of CDC brand personal computers, and sale of IT products under the Computer Discount brand. It also provides Internet services and portal services. The company offers its products through its distribution channel comprising 39 Cash & Carry outlets, retail channel consisting of 205 points of sale under the Computer Discount brand, and direct sales channel to IT retailers, system integrators, and other sector operators, as well as to public and private customers. In addition, it also involves in the real estate leasing activities. CDC S.p.A. was founded in 1986 and is based in Pontedera, Italy.
Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy Right Now: Rentrak Corporation(RENT)
Rentrak Corporation, an information management company, provides content measurement and analytical services to companies in the entertainment industry. The company delivers content performance data for various entertainment platforms and media technologies, including television, theatrical, home entertainment, mobile, and broadband video. It operates in two divisions, Home Entertainment, and Advanced Media and Information. The Home Entertainment division delivers home entertainment content products, such as DVDs and blue-ray discs; and offers related rental and sales information for the content to home video specialty stores and other retailers in the United States and Canada. It leases products from various suppliers, including motion picture studios; and retailers sublease and rent these products to consumers. This division also includes direct revenue sharing (DRS) services, which encompasses the collection, tracking, auditing, and reporting of transaction and revenue data generated by DRS retailers to its respective DRS clients. The AMI division offers Essentials Suite of business information services. This division?s Essentials Suite software and services provide data collection, management, analysis, and reporting functions. It also collects and process data from across 26 countries. This division has operations in California, New York, Florida, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, and Russia. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Smith]
Rentrak Corporation operates in two business divisions: Home Entertainment, and Advanced Media and Information (AMI). Its EPS forecast for the current year is 0.58 and next year is 1.11. According to consensus estimates, its topline is expected to grow 8.18% current year and 16.27% next year. It is trading at a forward P/E of 24.37. Out of six analysts covering the company, three are positive and have buy recommendations and three have hold ratings.
Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy Right Now: Smartcool Systems Inc. (SSC.V)
Smartcool Systems Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in acquiring, commercializing, and marketing energy saving technologies for commercial and retail businesses worldwide. The company offers ECO3, a retrofit device that saves energy on compressor operation in air conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump systems; and energy saving modules, which are retrofit products that can save usage on compressor operation in air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Its products are used in various applications, including packaged air conditioning systems, refrigeration units, combined heat pump systems, systems with various load profiles, systems with a night set-back routine, systems with non-demand related interruptions, systems with demand limiting and demand response functionality, refrigeration racks or packs, complex process cooling systems, and single and multi-compressor air conditioning systems. Smartcool Systems Inc. distributes its products directly and throu gh distributors to customers in the food retail, telecommunications, commercial real estate, hospitality sectors, climate controlled storage, and residential sectors. The company was formerly known as Citotech Systems Inc. and changed its name to Smartcool Systems Inc. in July 2004. Smartcool Systems Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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