Shares of Access National Co. (NASDAQ:ANCX) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the eight brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $30.50.
Several research firms have commented on ANCX. BidaskClub downgraded shares of Access National from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, May 14th. Raymond James downgraded shares of Access National from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 10th. Stephens reissued a “buy” rating and set a $31.00 price objective on shares of Access National in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Maxim Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $31.00 price objective (down previously from $33.00) on shares of Access National in a report on Monday.
Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Own Right Now: Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.(PCL)
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL is an Australia-based oil and gas exploration company. The Company conducts its operations in Kenya and Namibia. The Company holds an exploration license L6, in Lamu Basin, Kenya. Block L6 covers an area of approximately 5,010 square kilometers. The Company holds an exploration license EL 0037, which is located in Walvis Basin, Namibia. The Company's EL 0037 covers an area of approximately 17,295 square kilometers (approximately 4,273,687 acres) over three blocks. EL 0037 includes around 8.7 billion barrels of oil and around 11 primary leads. The Company's subsidiaries include Euro Pacific Energy Pty Ltd, Pancontinental Namibia Pty Ltd, Afrex Ltd and Starstrike Resources Ltd. Advisors' Opinion:- [By Joseph Griffin]
Media stories about Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Plum Creek Timber earned a media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the industrial goods maker an impact score of 46.0048348022167 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near future.
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Press coverage about Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) has trended positive on Tuesday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Plum Creek Timber earned a daily sentiment score of 0.37 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media stories about the industrial goods maker an impact score of 45.0964567289057 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.
Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Own Right Now: Owens Corning Inc(OC)
Owens Corning, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells glass fiber reinforcements and other materials for composites; and residential and commercial building materials worldwide. It operates in three segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing. The Composites segment manufactures, fabricates, and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber; and manufactures and sells glass fiber products in the form of fabrics, non-wovens, and other specialized products. Its products are used in pipe, roofing shingles, sporting goods, consumer electronics, telecommunications cables, boats, aviation, defense, automotive, industrial containers, and wind-energy applications in the building and construction, transportation, consumer, industrial, and power and energy markets. The Insulation segment manufactures and sells fiberglass insulation into residential, commercial, industrial, and other markets for thermal and acoustical applications; and manufactures and sells glass fiber pipe insulation, flexible duct media, bonded and granulated mineral fiber insulation, and foam insulation used in above- and below-grade construction applications. It sells its products primarily to the insulation installers, home centers, lumberyards, retailers, and distributors. The Roofing segment manufactures and sells residential roofing shingles, oxidized asphalt materials, and roofing accessories used in residential and commercial construction, and specialty applications. This segment sells its products through home centers, lumberyards, retailers, distributors, and contractors, as well as to roofing contractors and distributors for built-up roofing asphalt systems and to manufacturers in automotive, chemical, rubber, and construction industries. Owens Corning was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.
Owens Corning Inc (NYSE:OC)Q1 2019 Earnings CallApril 24, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET Operator Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Owens Corning (OC) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com It's never easy buying a cyclical stock, not least one that has had some negative news flow behind it. That said, investing is all about favorable risk/reward situations rather than just buying the hot stock of the moment. Shares in Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), roofing and insulation material company Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), and vehicle driveline supplier Dana Incorporated (NYSE:DAN) have all been beaten up in the last year, and their valuations now look cheap. They are all worth considering for risk-seeking investors looking for upside potential in their stocks. Here's why. Owens Corning Inc (NYSE:OC)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 20, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET Operator We provide a description of Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and additional information by reporting segment in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, both in the 2015 Annual Report to Shareholders (Annual Report), which is attached as Exhibit 13.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference. This report includes information for the following separate registrants: ††† Sempra Energy and its consolidated entities ††† San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) ††† Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) References in this report to "we," "our," "us," "our company" and "Sempra Energy Consolidated" are to Sempra Energy and its consolidated entities, collectively, unless otherwise indicated by the context. SDG&E and SoCalGas are collectively referred to as the California Utilities. Advisors' Opinion: This is another solid defensive play. Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is a natural gas transmission and distribution company headquartered in San Diego. Company operations are divided into three segments. The California Utilities segment (South California Gas and San Diego Gas and Electric) distributes gas and electricity to approximately 25 million customers in Southern California. The other segments are Sempra US Gas & Power and Sempra International. That said, the insatiable global demand for LNG, especially from energy-poor Asian countries desperately looking to transition away from dirtier coal-fired power plants and industry, means there's plenty of LNG riches to go around. Dominion Energy and Kinder Morgan are likely to remain relatively small players in the industry, but players nonetheless. Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) figures to be a more prominent supplier of the energy source with its Cameron LNG terminal, while privately held Freeport LNG is the majority owner of a project bearing the same name. Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) had its price objective upped by analysts at Wells Fargo & Co from $126.00 to $128.00 in a report released on Monday. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the utilities provider’s stock. Wells Fargo & Co‘s target price suggests a potential upside of 12.16% from the stock’s current price. Lourd Capital LLC bought a new stake in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 5,336 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $607,000. China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the development and operation of agricultural logistics and trade centers in northeast China. It also involves in purchasing, processing, assembling, merchandising, and distributing pearls and jewelry products. The company markets its pearls and jewelry products to wholesale distributors and mass merchandisers in Europe, the United States, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia. In addition, it develops, sells, and leases residential and commercial properties in Hong Kong and the People?s Republic of China. The company is based in Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong. Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $93.33. Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Canadian National Railway (TSE: CNR) in the last few weeks: Shares of CNR stock traded up C$1.79 during tr Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) – Analysts at Seaport Global Securities issued their Q1 2019 EPS estimates for shares of Canadian National Railway in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 30th. Seaport Global Securities analyst M. Levin expects that the transportation company will earn $0.96 per share for the quarter. Seaport Global Securities also issued estimates for Canadian National Railway’s Q2 2019 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $1.27 EPS and Q4 2019 earnings at $1.26 EPS. Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) – Equities research analysts at Desjardins boosted their Q3 2018 earnings per share estimates for shares of Canadian National Railway in a research note issued on Monday, October 8th. Desjardins analyst B. Poirier now anticipates that the transportation company will earn $1.09 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.09. Desjardins also issued estimates for Canadian National Railway’s FY2021 earnings at $5.66 EPS. Farmers Capital Bank Corporation, incorporated on October 28, 1982, is a bank holding company. The Company provides a range of banking and bank-related services to customers throughout Central and Northern Kentucky. The Company's bank subsidiaries include Farmers Bank & Capital Trust Company (Farmers Bank), United Bank & Trust Company (United Bank), First Citizens Bank (First Citizens) and Citizens Bank of Northern Kentucky, Inc. (Citizens Northern). The Company also owns FCB Services, Inc., a data processing subsidiary, and FFKT Insurance Services, Inc., a captive property and casualty insurance company. The Company's primary deposit products are checking, savings and term certificate accounts. Its primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial lending and consumer installment loans. The Company also offers other services, including cash management services, issuing letters of credit, safe deposit box rental and funds transfer services. Lending Activities The Company's operating activities include loans, mostly secured by real estate. Real estate lending primarily includes loans secured by owner and non-owner occupied one-to-four family residential properties, as well as commercial real estate mortgage loans to developers and owners of other commercial real estate. Real estate lending includes both variable and adjustable rate products. The Company's subsidiary banks make approximately first and second residential mortgage loans secured by real estate without seeking third-party guarantees. Commercial real estate loans are made primarily to small and mid-sized businesses, secured by real estate. Other commercial loans are asset-based loans secured by equipment and lines of credit secured by receivables and include lending across a diverse range of business types. The Company's net loans total approximately $959,275 million. Investment Securities The Company's investment securities are classified as available-for-sale and ! held-to-maturity. The Company's available-for-sale securities consist of obligations of United States government-sponsored entities, obligations of states and political subdivisions, mortgage-backed securities-residential, mortgage-backed securities-commercial, corporate debt securities and mutual funds and equity securities. Its securities held-to-maturity portfolio consists of obligations of states and political subdivisions. The Company's available-for-sale securities total approximately $582,202 million. The Company's held-to-maturity securities total approximately $3,611 million. Sources of Funds The Company's primary source of funding for its lending and investment activities results from its customer deposits, which consist of noninterest and interest bearing demand, savings and time deposits. Its short-term borrowings include funding sources with an original maturity of approximately one year or less. The Company's short-term borrowings consist of federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, which are on an overnight basis. Its long-term borrowings include funding sources with an original maturity of approximately one year. The Company's long-term borrowings consist of securities sold under agreements to repurchase, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) advances, and subordinated notes payable to unconsolidated trusts. The Company's total deposits are approximately $1,368,994 million. Subsidiary Activities Farmers Bank is engaged in a range of commercial and personal banking activities, which include accepting savings, time and demand deposits; making secured and unsecured loans to corporations, individuals and others; providing cash management services to corporate and individual customers; issuing letters of credit; renting safe deposit boxes, and providing funds transfer services. The Bank's lending activities include making commercial, construction, mortgage, and personal loans and lines of credit. The Bank serves as ! an agent ! in providing credit card loans. United Bank, First Citizens and Citizens Northern are engaged in a general banking business providing full service banking to individuals, businesses and Governmental customers. First Citizens also provides bill payment services under the name of FirstNet. On Friday, the financial shares climbed 0.31 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: FFKT), up 16 percent, and Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB), up 10 percent. Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers Friday morning, the financial shares climbed 0.50 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (NASDAQ: FFKT), up 16 percent, and Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB), up 9 percent. CVR Partners, LP engages in the production of nitrogen fertilizers including ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on CVR Partners (UAN) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on CVR Partners (UAN) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on CVR Partners (UAN) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com CVR Partners (NYSE: UAN) and PotashCorp (NYSE:NTR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings. Caleres, Inc., originally founded as Brown Shoe Company, Inc. in 1878 and incorporated in 1913, is a global footwear retailer and wholesaler with annual net sales of $2.6 billion. In May 2015, the shareholders of Brown Shoe Company, Inc. approved a rebranding initiative that changed the name of the company to Caleres, Inc. (the "Company"). Current activities include the operation of retail shoe stores and e-commerce websites as well as the design, sourcing and marketing of footwear for women and men. Our business is seasonal in nature due to consumer spending patterns, with higher back-to-school and Christmas season sales. Traditionally, the third fiscal quarter accounts for a substantial portion of our earnings for the year. During 2015, categories of our consolidated net sales were approximately 63% women's footwear, 23% men's footwear, 9% children's footwear and 5% accessories. This composition has remained relatively constant over the past few years. Advisors' Opinion: Caleres Inc (NYSE:CAL) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 14th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 26th will be given a dividend of 0.07 per share by the textile maker on Tuesday, April 9th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.03%. The impending disappearance of Payless ShoeSource from the U.S. retail landscape represents an opportunity for rivals to snap up its customers. The two biggest winners are likely to be DSW (NYSE:DSW) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL). Arizona State Retirement System increased its stake in shares of Caleres Inc (NYSE:CAL) by 6.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,526 shares of the textile maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,877 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System owned approximately 0.16% of Caleres worth $1,851,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Teekay Offshore Partners L.P., incorporated on August 30, 2006, is a provider of marine transportation, oil production, storage, long-distance towing and offshore installation and maintenance and safety services to the offshore oil industry focusing on the deep-water offshore oil regions of the North Sea, Brazil and the East Coast of Canada. The Company operates shuttle tankers; towage vessels; floating, production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) units; floating storage and off-take (FSO) units; units for maintenance and safety (UMS); long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels, and conventional crude oil tankers. The Company's segments include shuttle tanker segment, FPSO segment, FSO segment, conventional tanker segment, towage segment and UMS segment. The Company's fleet consists of approximately 30 shuttle tankers, including over three chartered-in vessels and approximately one HiLoad Dynamic Positioning (DP) unit, over six FPSO units, approximately seven FSO units, over six long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels, a UMS and over two conventional oil tankers. The Company's shuttle tankers are primarily subject to long-term, fixed-rate time-charter contracts for a specific offshore oil field or under contracts of affreightment for various fields. The number of voyages performed under these contracts of affreightment normally depends upon the oil production of each field. The Company's shuttle tankers service the conventional spot tanker market. The Company's shuttle tanker fleet consists of over 30 vessels that operate under fixed-rate contracts of affreightment, time charters and bareboat charters, over one shuttle tanker in lay-up as a conversion candidate, and the HiLoad DP unit. All of these shuttle tankers, with the exception of the HiLoad DP unit, provide transportation services to energy companies, primarily in the North Sea, Brazil and the East Coast of Canada. It has approximately 110 vessels in the world shuttle tanker fleet (including over 20 newbui! ldings), the majority of which operate in the North Sea and Brazil. Shuttle tankers also operate in the United States Gulf. The Company uses the FPSO units to provide production, processing and storage services to oil companies operating offshore oil field installations. These services are provided under long-term, fixed-rate FPSO contracts, some of which also include certain incentive compensation or penalties based on the level of oil production and other operational measures. The Company's FPSO fleet consists of the Petrojarl Varg, the Cidade de Rio das Ostras (Rio das Ostras), the Piranema Spirit, the Voyageur Spirit, the Petrojarl I and the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO units, all of which it owns 100%, and the Itajai and the Libra FPSO units, of which it owns 50%. The Company's FSO units provide an on-site storage solution to oil field installations that have no oil storage facilities or that require supplemental storage. The Company's FSO units are placed on long-term, fixed-rate time charters or bareboat charters as an integrated part of the field development plan. It has approximately 90 FSO units operating and over seven FSO units on order in the world fleet, and has approximately seven FSO units in which its ownership interests ranged from 89% to 100%, including over one vessel undergoing conversion into an FSO unit. Its FSO units include Suksan Salamander, Navion Saga, Pattani Spirit, Dampier Spirit, Apollo Spirit and others. The Company's conventional oil tankers are used primarily for transcontinental seaborne transportation of oil. The Company provides long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels with DP2 capability. The Company has approximately 30 long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels operating and over four long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels on order in the world fleet. Its towage fleet includes over 10 long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels (including over four ultra-long distance towing and offshore insta! llation v! essel newbuildings). All of its delivered towing and offshore installation vessels operate on voyage-charter towage contracts. The Company has a UMS, the Arendal Spirit, and approximately two newbuildings. The Arendal Spirit operates on a fixed-rate time-charter contract. It has approximately 40 DP UMS operating and over 20 units on order in the world fleet. The UMS fleet is used primarily for offshore accommodation, storage and support for maintenance and modification projects on existing offshore installations, or during the installation and decommissioning of large floating exploration, production and storage units, including FPSO units, floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) units and floating drill rigs. Teekay Offshore Partners (NYSE:TOO) surged more than 15% by 2:30 p.m. EST on Friday. Driving the offshore service provider's rally was its better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Teekay Offshore Partners (NYSE:TOO) was upgraded by investment analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Saturday. Odyssey Marine Exploration (NASDAQ: OMEX) and Teekay Offshore Partners (NYSE:TOO) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings. Traders sold shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) on strength during trading on Tuesday. $26.39 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $78.06 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $51.67 million out of the stock. Of all equities tracked, iShares MSCI Japan ETF had the 22nd highest net out-flow for the day. iShares MSCI Japan ETF traded up $0.12 for the day and closed at $56.92 Stephens Inc. AR bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 9,591 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $555,000. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 5,090 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $309,000. We are a leading global performance management company. The company provides to clients a comprehensive understanding of what consumers watch and what they buy and how those choices intersect. We deliver critical media and marketing information, analytics and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy (referred to herein as "Buy") and what consumers read, watch and listen to (consumer interaction across the television, radio, online and mobile viewing and listening platforms referred to herein as "Watch") on a local and global basis. Our information, insights and solutions help our clients maintain and strengthen their market positions and identify opportunities for profitable growth. We have a presence in more than 100 countries and our services cover more than 90 percent of the globe's GDP and population. Advisors' Opinion: Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE:NLSN)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 28, 2019, 8:00 a.m. ET Operator Shares of Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE:NLSN) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the thirteen ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $28.00. Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Own Right Now: Sempra Energy(SRE)
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Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Own Right Now: iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ)
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. The Index is reviewed quarterly. BlackRock Fund Advisors (BFA) serves as the investment advisor to the Fund. Advisors' Opinion: Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Own Right Now: Nielsen N.V.(NLSN)
