Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average index futures added 0.2% and Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 0.2%. Nasdaq index futures rose 0.2%.
On Wednesday, the Dow lost 0.4% to 15,900.82. The S&P 500 shed 0.4% to 1,781.37. The Nasdaq lost 0.3% to 3,921.27.
WEDNESDAY STOCKS: Fed news whacks Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.9% to 15,365.60, boosted by a weaker yen. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 0.5% to 23,580.29.
Benchmarks across Europe were mixed. Britain's FTSE 100 index was flat at 6,681 and Germany's DAX index fell 0.3% to 9,171.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cree Inc.(CREE)
Cree, Inc. develops and manufactures light emitting diodes (LEDs), LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications. Its LED products include blue and green LED chips that are used in various applications, including video screens, gaming displays, function indicator lights, and automotive backlighting; LED components comprising a range of packaged LED products and LED modules for lighting applications; LED lighting products, such as LED downlights, LED troffers, and LED lamps or bulbs for construction, retrofit, and renovation projects in commercial, governmental, and residential applications; and silicon carbide (SiC) wafers, which are used in the manufacture of optoelectronics, microwave, power switching, and other applications. The company also provides semiconductor materials and devices primarily based on silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), and related compounds. Its power and radio frequency (RF) products include SiC-based power products comprising 600, 1,200, and 1,700-volt Schottky diodes, as well as 1,200-volt SiC metal semiconductor field-effect transistor switches that are used in power factor correction circuits for power supplies in computer servers and other applications, such as solar inverters; and RF devices, including a range of GaN high electron mobility transistors and monolithic microwave integrated circuits for military or commercial applications, as well as 10 watt and 60 watt SiC transistors and metal semiconductor field effect transistor products. The company primarily operates in China, the United States, Europe, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan. Cree, Inc. was formerly known as Cree Research, Inc. and changed its name in January 2000. Cree, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Paul McWilliams]
Cree (CREE) reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $375M and non-GAAP earnings of $0.38 per fully diluted share. The consensus estimates were $378.4M and $0.38 respectively.
- [By Lauren Pollock]
Cree Inc.(CREE) said its fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 75% on broad sales growth for the maker of LED lighting products and semiconductor components. Shares edged up 2.5% to $64.39 premarket.
- [By Monica Gerson]
Cree (NASDAQ: CREE) is expected to post its Q2 earnings at $0.39 per share on revenue of $412.36 million.
Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD) is projected to post its Q1 earnings at $0.71 per share on revenue of $548.45 million.
- [By David Sterman]
I took a close look at all of the companies that appeared in the first part of this series, and there were some great companies in the mix. If price were no object, I'd be a huge fan of:
Oceaneering (NYSE: OII), which is prospering form the ongoing trends toward undersea naval warfare and undersea oil drilling. Oceaneering is poised to grow at a sustained double-digit pace, which is something few other defense contractors can say. Cree (Nasdaq: CREE): LED lighting is a revolutionary game-changer, and Cree's heavy emphasis on R&D is leading the charge towards ever-lower prices for these low-energy light sources that also have remarkable longevity compared to regular bulbs. Still, profit margin gains may be tough in a very competitive environment. Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII): If Winnebago's (NYSE: WGO) recreational vehicles are suitable for retirees, Polaris has become the go-to name for activity-oriented vehicles. Notably, it has a revenue base that is four times larger than Winnebago as well. If S&P wants to position for future demographic trends, then Polaris is a great choice.I love these companies, but I don't love their stock prices, and I'd prefer to wait for some sort of pullback before singing their praises. That said, there are two investment ideas that hold great appeal on their own. If they get added to the S&P 500, then they are also set up for a timely trade.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Arch Therapeutics Inc (ARTH.OB)
Arch Therapeutics, Inc. (Arch), formerly Almah, Inc., incorporated on September 16, 2009, operates as a life science company developing polymers containing peptides intended to form gel-like barriers over wounds to stop or control bleeding. Arch is a medical device company offering an approach to the rapid cessation of bleeding (hemostasis) and control of fluid leakage (sealant) during surgery and trauma care. Arch�� products are in preclinical development. The first product, AC5, is designed for hemostasis in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) and open surgical procedures.
AC5
AC5 is a synthetic peptide consisting of naturally occurring amino acids. When squirted or sprayed onto a wound, AC5 intercalates into the nooks and crannies of the connective tissue where it builds itself into a physical, mechanical structure. That structure provides a barrier to leaking substances, including blood and other bodily fluids, regardless of type of surgery or, based on early data, clotting ability.
Top 5 Cheap Companies To Invest In Right Now: Standex International Corporation(SXI)
Standex International Corporation manufactures and sells products and services for various industrial markets worldwide. It provides commercial food service equipment, including refrigerated cabinets, cases, display units, and walk-in coolers and freezers; commercial ranges, ovens, griddles, char broilers, holding cabinets, and toasters; custom-fabricated food service counter systems, buffet tables, and cabinets; cook and hold units, rotisseries, pressure fryers, and baking equipment; merchandizing display cases; and rotary vane pumps used in beverage and industrial fluid handling applications. The company offers commercial food service equipment to restaurants, convenience stores, quick-service restaurants, supermarkets, drug stores, hotels, casinos, and corporate and school cafeterias, as well as health science and medical markets. It also provides metal ducts and fittings for residential heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications; provides texturizing servi ces for molds used in producing plastic components; produces embossed and engraved rolls and plates; and process tooling and machinery for various industries. In addition, the company offers customized solutions in the fabrication and machining of engineered components to aerospace, energy, defense, marine, aviation, healthcare, medical, oil and gas, and general industrial markets; and single and double acting telescopic and piston rod hydraulic cylinders for the manufacture of dump truck and dump trailers, and other material handling applications. Further, it manufactures reed switches, electrical connectors, sensors, toroids and relays, fixed and variable inductors and electronic assemblies, fluid sensors, tunable inductors, transformers, and magnetic components to automotive, white goods, lighting, HVAC, aerospace, military, medical, security, and general industrial applications. Standex International Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Salem, New Hamp shire.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc(PPBI)
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Pacific Premier Bank that provides various commercial banking services to businesses and consumers in Southern California. The company?s deposit products include passbook savings, checking accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises multi-family real estate, commercial non-owner occupied real estate, one-to-four family real estate, commercial owner-occupied business, commercial and industrial, and U.S. small business administration loans, as well as other loans, such as saving accounts and auto loans. In addition, the company offers cash management, electronic banking, and on-line bill payment services. As of July 27, 2011, it operated nine full-service depository branches in the cities of Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, San Bernardino, and Seal Beach, Southern California. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Lupus Capital(LUP.L)
Lupus Capital plc engages in the manufacture, supply, and distribution of building products to the door and window industry. The company?s building products include weatherproof seals; compact balances and reinforcers, which enable windows to function effectively; and a suite of window and door hardware, including high security locks and electronic access controls. It also manufactures composite doors for the trade and social housing markets, as well as provides sash window renovation services. In addition, the company offers breakaway couplings that are used in hostile marine environments to ensure the transfer of oil, gas, and LPG products from rig to ship to shore; and industrial couplings, such as quick release and breakaway couplings that are used in the transfer of hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and gases. It operates in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Australasia. The company was formerly known as Environmental Property Service Plc and changed its name to Lupu s Capital plc in June 1999. Lupus Capital plc is based in London, United Kingdom.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Hartco Income Fd(HCI.TO)
Hartco Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides information technology products, services, and solutions to private and public organizations in Canada. It operates in two segments, Franchising and Distribution, and Commercial. The Franchising and Distribution segment offers logistics, marketing, and other services to its franchise network partners in Canada. It is also involved in distribution activities; and the franchising of businesses that sell a range of IT infrastructure solutions. This segment?s franchises operate under the banners of Metafore and MicroAge. The Commercial segment, through its subsidiary, Metafore Technologies Inc., designs, supplies, installs, and supports IT infrastructure solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Universal Corporation(UVV)
Universal Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a leaf tobacco merchant and processor worldwide. It engages in selecting, procuring, buying, processing, packing, storing, supplying, shipping, and financing leaf tobacco for sale to, or for the account of, manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. The company processes and/or sells flue-cured and burley tobaccos, dark air-cured tobaccos, and oriental tobaccos; and provides value-added services, including blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, just-in-time inventory management, and manufacturing reconstituted sheet tobacco. Its flue-cured, burley, and oriental tobaccos are used principally in the manufacture of cigarettes; and dark air-cured tobaccos are used in the manufacture of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rupert Hargreaves]
Universal Corp (NYSE: UVV ) has paid out and raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years. This puts the company in an elite club of dividend aristocrats.�Aside from Altria (NYSE: MO ) , which has been paying and increasing its payout for 43 years, Universal actually has the longest dividend history of any company within the tobacco sector.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Celanese Corporation (CE)
Celanese Corporation, a technology and specialty materials company, engages in manufacture and sale of value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers, and other chemical-based products. It operates through four business segments: Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties, and Acetyl Intermediates. The Advanced Engineered Materials segment offers specialty polymers for application in automotive, medical, and electronics products, as well as other consumer and industrial applications. The Consumer Specialties segment provides cellulose acetate flake, film, and tow that are primarily used in filter products applications; Sunett, a sweetener; and food protection ingredients, such as sorbates and sorbic acid for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The Industrial Specialties segment produces emulsions and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) performance polymers. Its emulsions products are used in applications, such as paints and coatings, adhesives, construction, glass fiber, textiles, and paper; and EVA performance polymers are used in flexible packaging films, lamination film products, hot melt adhesives, medical products, automotive, carpeting and photovoltaic cells. The Acetyl Intermediates segment offers acetyl products, including acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer, acetic anhydride, and acetate esters for use as starting materials for colorants, paints, adhesives, coatings, and medicines. It also provides organic solvents and intermediates for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and chemical products. The company offers its products directly, as well as through distributors and electronic marketplaces in North America, Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and South America. Celanese Corporation was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Monica Gerson]
Celanese (NYSE: CE) is estimated to report its Q3 earnings at $1.04 per share on revenue of $1.59 billion.
Posted-In: Earnings scheduleEarnings News Pre-Market Outlook Markets
- [By Travis Hoium]
What: Shares of chemical maker Celanese (NYSE: CE ) jumped as much as 16% today after the company released earnings.
So what: Revenue fell slightly in the first quarter, to $1.61 billion, but adjusted earnings per share jumped 44%, to $1.14. Revenue was in line with expectations, and earnings crushed the $0.79 that analysts expected.�
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Meadwestvaco Corporation (MWV)
MeadWestvaco Corporation (MWV) provides packaging solutions to the healthcare, personal care and beauty, food, beverage, home and garden, tobacco, and commercial print industries worldwide. The company?s Packaging Resources segment produces bleached paperboard, Coated Natural Kraft paperboard, and linerboard. Its Consumer Solutions segment designs and produces multi-pack cartons and packaging systems primarily for the beverage take-home and tobacco market. In addition, it offers a range of converting and consumer packaging solutions, including printed plastic packaging and injection-molded products used for personal care, beauty, and pharmaceutical products; and dispensing and sprayer systems for personal care, beauty, healthcare, fragrance, and home and garden markets. In addition, this segment has a pharmaceutical packaging contract with a mass-merchant, and manufactures equipment that is leased or sold to its beverage and dairy customers to package their products. The c ompany?s Consumer & Office Products segment manufactures, sources, markets, and distributes school and office products, time-management products, and envelopes in North America and Brazil through both retail and commercial channels. Its Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures, markets, and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, South America, and Asia. Its products include activated carbon used in emission control systems for automobiles and trucks, as well as for water and food purification applications, and performance chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving, adhesives, and lubricants for the agricultural, paper, and petroleum industries. MWV?s Community Development and Land Management segment involves in real estate development, forestry operations, and leasing activities. MeadWestvaco Corporation was founded in 1888 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below. - [By Lauren Pollock]
MeadWestvaco Corp.(MWV) expanded its cost-cutting efforts and said it plans to simplify the structure of its packaging businesses, as it strives to improve its performance.
- [By Ray Merola]
International Paper Co Share Price versus Competitors RockTenn (RKT), MeadWestvaco Corp (MWV), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), and S&P 500 (March 2009-to-date)
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Teryl Resources Corp. (TRC.V)
Teryl Resources Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural resource properties; and acquisition, drilling, and development of oil and gas properties. It primarily explores for gold ores. The company holds a 100% interest in the Westridge property that consists of 53 state mining claims covering approximately 5,200 acres located in the Dome Creek area of the Fairbanks district of Alaska; a 50% option interest in the Fish Creek property located in the Fairbanks district of Alaska; a 1% royalty interest in the Gil property in Fairbanks, Alaska; a 10% net profit interest in the Stepovich claims, near the Fort Knox deposit; and a 40% interest in a silver property located in northern British Columbia. It also has revenue interest in three producing oil and gas wells in Texas. The company was formerly known as Candy Mountain Gold Corporation and changed its name to Teryl Resources Corp. in February 1984. Teryl Resource s Corp. was incorporated in 1980 and is based in Richmond, Canada.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: LandMark White Ltd(LMW.AX)
LandMark White Limited operates as a valuation and property consultancy company in Australia. The company primarily focuses on commercial, industrial, residential, retail, special use, and tourism and leisure properties. It provides valuation services for mortgage security, ownership restructuring, rating objections and appeals, rental assessments and determination, purchase and sale, and asset value. The company offers reports, which consist of executive summary detailing the property and business; site appraisal related to land particulars, improvements, market comments, income analysis, sales evidence, and rationale; and valuation reporting summing up the analysis. LandMark White Limited also provides advisory services, including mortgagee and receiver services and strategic asset reviews based on market intelligence from an independent base. It serves trading banks, lending institutions, developers, ASX listed and unlisted property trusts, government, liquidators and a dministrators, lawyers, accountants, and private investors. LandMark White Limited was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Sydney, Australia.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Flotek Industries Inc (FTK)
Flotek Industries, Inc. (Flotek), incorporated on May 17, 1985, is a diversified global supplier of drilling and production related products and services. Its core focus is oilfield specialty chemicals and logistics, down-hole drilling tools and down-hole production tools used in the energy and mining industries. Flotek operates in three segments: Chemicals and Logistics, Drilling Products and Artificial Lift. The Company operates using third party agents in Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia. In May 2013, Flotek Industries Inc through its wholly owned subsidiary acquired the entire share capital of Florida Chemical Co Inc.
Chemicals and Logistics
The chemical business provides oil and natural gas field specialty chemicals for use in drilling, cementing, stimulation and production activities. The Company�� specialty chemicals are manufactured to withstand a range of down-hole pressures, temperatures and other well-specific conditions. Flotek operates two laboratories, a technical services laboratory and a research and development laboratory, which focus on design, development and testing of new chemical formulations and enhancement of existing products, often in cooperation with the customers. Its micro-emulsions are stable mixtures of oil, water and surface active agents, forming complex nano-fluids, in which the molecules are organized into nanostructures. The micro-emulsions are composed of renewable plant derived cleaning ingredients and oils and are biodegradable. Flotek�� logistics business designs, project manages and operates automated bulk material handling and loading facilities. These bulk facilities handle oilfield products, including sand and other materials for well-fracturing operations, dry cement and additives for oil and gas well cementing, and supply materials used in oilfield operations.
Drilling Products
Flotek is a provider of down-hole drilling tools used in the oilfield, min! ing, water-well and industrial drilling activities. It manufactures, sells, rents and inspects specialized equipment for use in drilling, completion, and production and workover activities. The rental tools include stabilizers, drill collars, reamers, wipers, jars, shock subs, wireless survey, and measurement while drilling (MWD) tools and mud-motors. Equipment sold primarily includes mining equipment, centralizers and drill bits. Flotek focuses its product marketing primarily in the Southeast, Northeast, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, with international sales conducted through third party agents.
Artificial Lift
Flotek provides pumping system components, electric submersible pumps (ESPs), gas separators, production valves and services. The products address the needs of coal bed methane and traditional oil and gas production to move gas, oil and other fluids from the producing horizon to the surface. The Artificial Lift products employ technologies to improved performance. The Petrovalve product optimizes pumping efficiency in horizontal completions, heavy oil and wells with high liquid to gas ratios. Artificial Lift products are manufactured in China, assembled domestically and distributed globally.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By David Smith]
Flotek Industries (NYSE: FTK )
I've mentioned Flotek Industries to Fools in the past. The relatively small ($940 million capitalization and growing) company provides a range of products and assistance for oil and gas operations, from well construction to production. It's also the only services company -- and one of but a handful of companies in any sector -- that's been accorded a perfect consensus of one (strong buy) by the analysts. - [By David Smith]
Flotek Industries (NYSE: FTK )
The smallest member of the trio, with a market cap of about $815 million, Flotek operates on the services side of the energy sector. As I've previously pointed out to Fools, it also constitutes a rare instance wherein the analysts who monitor the company all accord it strong buy ratings. But with Flotek's share price having risen by more than 40% year to date, it is difficult to contest that unanimous confidence.
Hot Net Payout Yield Stocks To Buy For 2014: Nabi Biopharmaceuticals(NABI)
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, develops vaccines for nicotine addiction in the United States. It is developing NicVAX, a proprietary investigational vaccine under Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of nicotine addiction and prevention of smoking relapse. The company also engages in the contract development of PentaStaph, a pentavalent vaccine to prevent S.aureus infections. It has license agreements with National Institutes of Health and Brookhaven National Labs. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.
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