Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021

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Telecom investors haven't seen a reward from the announced T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) and Sprint (NYSE:S) deal. It still appears that AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) would be two of the biggest beneficiaries if the merger goes through. Nonetheless, both companies' stock prices are down since T-Mobile and Sprint announced their plans to merge on April 29.

Perhaps investors don't believe the deal will gain approval, or don't think the new combined company will reduce the competitive intensity in the industry. Regardless, those interested in taking advantage of the potential merger in the telecom space are likely looking at AT&T and Verizon, as they're the market leaders and each pays a hefty dividend for patient investors.

But if you could only choose one of the two stocks, which should it be? AT&T or Verizon?

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Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: Petroquest Energy Inc(PQ)

PetroQuest Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil and gas company. It engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas, as well as onshore and in the shallow waters offshore the Gulf Coast Basin. As of December 31, 2009, the company had estimated proved reserves of 1,931 thousand barrels of oil and 167,361 million cubic feet equivalent of natural gas. It owned working interests in 9 net producing oil wells and 277 net producing gas wells. PetroQuest Energy was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  News headlines about Petroquest Energy (NYSE:PQ) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Petroquest Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the energy company an impact score of 47.638327846877 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near future.

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: ATA Inc.(ATAI)

ATA Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides computer-based testing services in the People?s Republic of China. It offers services for the creation and delivery of computer-based tests utilizing its test delivery platform, proprietary testing technologies, and testing services; and provides logistical support services relating to test administration. The company?s computer-based testing services are used for professional licensure and certification tests in various industries, including information technology (IT) services, banking, securities, teaching, and insurance. Its e-testing platform integrates various aspects of the test delivery process for computer-based tests ranging from test form compilation to test scoring, and results analysis. ATA also provides career-oriented educational services, such as single course programs, degree major course programs, and pre-occupational training programs focusing on preparing students to pass IT and other vocational certification tests; test preparation and training programs and services to test candidates preparing to take professional certification tests in securities, futures, banking, insurance and teaching industries; online test preparation and training platform for the securities and banking industries; and test preparation software for the teaching industry. In addition, the company offers HR select employee assessment solution, an online system that utilizes its proprietary software and an inventory of test titles to help employers improve the efficiency and accuracy of their employee recruitment process. As of March 31, 2010, it had contractual relationships with 1,988 ATA authorized test centers. The company serves Chinese governmental agencies, professional associations, IT vendors, and Chinese educational institutions, as well as individual test preparation services. ATA Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Beijing, the People?s Republic of China.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  ATAI Life Sciences NV (NASDAQ: ATAI) won't budge after its IPO. We were hot on this one out the gate, but it seems to have leveled off since the June 18 IPO date.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  That's certainly the case with one of the top penny stocks this week, ATA Inc. (NASDAQ: ATAI). Last week, ATA locked in a 218% gain on high trading volume.

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited(CNR)

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.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  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.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Canadian National Railway (TSE: CNR) in the last few weeks:

  2/11/2019 – Canadian National Railway was given a new C$117.00 price target on by analysts at Morgan Stanley. 1/31/2019 – Canadian National Railway was given a new C$116.00 price target on by analysts at BMO Capital Markets. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock. 1/30/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Raymond James. They now have a C$125.00 price target on the stock. 1/30/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target raised by analysts at TD Securities from C$125.00 to C$130.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. 1/30/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target raised by analysts at CIBC from C$118.00 to C$119.00. 1/30/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from C$116.00 to C$119.00. 1/14/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from C$112.00 to C$116.00. 1/7/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from C$114.00 to C$115.00. 1/2/2019 – Canadian National Railway had its price target lowered by analysts at CIBC from C$120.00 to C$118.00. 12/19/2018 – Canadian National Railway had its price target lowered by analysts at National Bank Financial from C$119.00 to C$110.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock. 12/18/2018 – Canadian National Railway had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from C$122.00 to C$112.00. 12/17/2018 – Canadian National Railway had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from C$130.00 to C$128.00.

  Shares of CNR stock traded up C$1.79 during tr

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ACHN)

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of treatments for infectious diseases. The company focuses on the development of antivirals for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C; and the development of antibacterials for the treatment of resistant bacterial infections. Its drug candidates for the treatment of chronic HCV include ACH-1625, a protease inhibitor, which is in phase IIa clinical trial for the treatment of chronic HCV; ACH-2684, a pangenotypic protease inhibitor, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of chronic HCV infection; and NS5A inhibitors for the treatment of chronic HCV infection, including ACH-2928, which is to enter a phase I clinical trial, as well as various additional NS5A inhibitors in preclinical development. Its pipeline of product candidates also includes ACH-702 and ACH-2881 for drug resistant bacterial infections; elvucitabine for HIV infection; and AC H-1095 for HCV infection. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Achillion Pharmaceuticals (ACHN)

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Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: Sky-mobi Limited(MOBI)

Sky-mobi Limited engages in the operation of a mobile application store in the People?s Republic of China. It works with handset companies to pre-install its Maopao mobile application store on handsets and with content developers to provide users with applications and content titles. The users of its Maopao store could browse, download, and purchase a range of applications and content, such as single-player games, mobile music, and books. The company?s Maopao store enables mobile applications and content to be downloaded and run on various mobile handsets with hardware and operating system configurations. It also operates a mobile social network community, the Maopao Community, where it offers localized mobile social games, as well as applications and content with social network functions to its registered members. The company owns proprietary mobile application technology in the cloud computing, the MRP format, and SDK development environment. As of March 31, 2011, it had entered into cooperation agreements with approximately 523 handset companies to pre-install Maopao. The company was formerly known as Profit Star Limited and changed its name to Sky-Mobi Limited in October 2010. Sky-mobi Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Mobius (CURRENCY:MOBI) traded 5.5% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on February 21st. Mobius has a market cap of $6.06 million and $37,433.00 worth of Mobius was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Mobius token can now be purchased for $0.0118 or 0.00000298 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including GOPAX, Gate.io, BitMart and Stellarport. Over the last seven days, Mobius has traded up 22.4% against the dollar.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Mobius (CURRENCY:MOBI) traded up 0.1% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 18:00 PM ET on February 11th. In the last week, Mobius has traded 3.1% lower against the dollar. One Mobius token can now be bought for approximately $0.0095 or 0.00000260 BTC on exchanges including OTCBTC, Gate.io, Stellar Decentralized Exchange and BitMart. Mobius has a total market capitalization of $4.89 million and approximately $19,445.00 worth of Mobius was traded on exchanges in the last day.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Mobius (CURRENCY:MOBI) traded 12.4% lower against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 17:00 PM E.T. on September 25th. One Mobius token can now be bought for approximately $0.0265 or 0.00000414 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Gate.io, Kucoin, BitMart and GOPAX. Over the last week, Mobius has traded up 8.8% against the US dollar. Mobius has a market cap of $10.22 million and approximately $69,762.00 worth of Mobius was traded on exchanges in the last day.

Top Small Cap Stocks To Watch For 2021: FuelCell Energy Inc.(FCEL)

FuelCell Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacturing, and sale of high temperature fuel cells for clean electric power generation primarily in South Korea, the United States, Germany, Canada, and Japan. The company offers proprietary carbonate Direct FuelCell Power Plants that electrochemically produce electricity from hydrocarbon fuels, such as natural gas and biogas. Its fuel cells operate on a range of hydrocarbon fuels, including natural gas, renewable biogas, propane, methanol, coal gas, and coal mine methane. The company also develops carbonate fuel cells, planar solid oxide fuel cell technology, and other fuel cell technologies. It provides its products to universities; manufacturers; mission critical institutions, such as correction facilities and government installations; hotels; and natural gas letdown stations, as well as to customers who use renewable biogas for fuel, including municipal water treatment facilities, br eweries, and food processors. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Muslim Farooque]

  FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) has been a public company for roughly three decades. However, it has yet to find its footing, marked by negative top-line, bottom-line, and cash flow growth. Since the beginning of the year, its performance has been abysmal, with poor operating results in the first half. The third quarter should be more of the same, which will put more pressure on FCEL stock.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  A number of analysts have commented on FCEL shares. Zacks Investment Research downgraded FuelCell Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 20th. B. Riley set a $3.00 target price on FuelCell Energy and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 11th. Roth Capital downgraded FuelCell Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $1.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Friday, November 23rd. Finally, Craig Hallum downgraded FuelCell Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. FuelCell Energy has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $1.58.

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  About FuelCell Energy

• [By Paul Ausick]

  FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted a drop of 8.5% in short interest during the period. Some 15.18 million shares were short as of February 15, about 14.8% of the total float. The stock closed at $0.47 on Wednesday, up about 3.3% for the day, in a 52-week range of $0.43 to $2.11. Shares traded up about 19% in the first two weeks of this month, and days to cover decreased from 12 to eight.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted a gain of 4.2% in short interest during the two-week period. Some 10.29 million shares were short as of September 14. The stock closed at $1.13 on Tuesday, up about 5.6% for the day, in a 52-week range of $1.00 to $2.49. Shares traded down about 7.6% in the short interest period, and days to cover fell from 12 to nine.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022

tags:UVSP,FRSH,ALXN,ORE,NTC,1. The melt-up is over: One of Wall Street's biggest headaches could soon become its saving grace.

The bears growled for months about how expensive stocks became during the euphoria of late last year. And they had a point: Rarely in history have stocks been as pricey as they were during the recent boom.

Yet if there's a silver lining to the recent market chaos, it's that stocks no longer look absurdly overpriced. Heavy selling, driven largely by fears of trade wars and inflation, doused cold water on a market that had been overheating. The melt-up is over.

And that's not just because the Dow has fallen 2,500 points from its high point. It's that the market mayhem failed to shake the confidence of Wall Street.

Earnings estimates, a key indicator of stock prices, almost always decline each quarter as companies manage expectations lower (and then top those expectations anyway). Yet the opposite happened this time as analysts scrambled to assess the benefits of President Trump's corporate tax cuts.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022: Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania(UVSP)

Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania, through its subsidiaries, provides various financial solutions, including personal and business banking, online banking, residential mortgages, insurance products, and investment and wealth advisory solutions. It serves the financial needs of residents, businesses, and nonprofit organizations in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Lehigh counties, Pennsylvania. The company accepts various deposit products that include non interest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing checking deposits, money market savings accounts, regular savings accounts, and time deposits. Its loan and lease portfolio comprises commercial, financial, and agricultural loans and leases; commercial and construction loans; residential loans; loans to individuals; and municipal loans and leases. Univest Corporation also offers lease financing, financial planning, investment management, insurance products, and brokerage services; and provides investment advisory services , which include discretionary investment consulting and management services, as well as engages in small ticket commercial finance business. It provides its services through 32 financial service centers, 12 retirement financial services centers, and 39 ATM locations. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Souderton, Pennsylvania.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  TRADEMARK VIOLATION NOTICE: “Univest Financial Corp (UVSP) Shares Bought by Vanguard Group Inc.” was posted by Ticker Report and is the sole property of of Ticker Report. If you are reading this news story on another domain, it was illegally copied and republished in violation of U.S. & international copyright and trademark legislation. The original version of this news story can be read at https://www.tickerreport.com/banking-finance/4146556/univest-financial-corp-uvsp-shares-bought-by-vanguard-group-inc.html.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of Univest Co. of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ:UVSP) from a strong sell rating to a sell rating in a research note released on Saturday.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Univest Co. of Pennsylvania (UVSP)

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Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022: Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc.(FRSH)

Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc., incorporated on March 29, 2010, is a holding company. The Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a franchisor and operator of the Take 'N' Bake pizza chain in the United States. The Company franchises the right to operate Take 'N' Bake pizza franchises and operates Take 'N' Bake pizza stores owned by the Company. The Company operates through three segments: Domestic Company Stores, Domestic Franchise and International. Its Domestic Franchise segment consists of its domestic franchised stores, which represent its system-wide stores and derives its revenues from franchise and development fees and the collection of franchise royalties from the Company's franchise owners located in the United States. The Domestic Company Stores segment consists of its Company-owned stores in the United States and derives its revenues from retail sales of pizza and side items to the general public. Its International segment consists of its stores outside of the United States, all of which are franchised and derives its revenues from franchise and development fees and the collection of franchise royalties from franchises located outside the United States.

The Company operates approximately 1,540 system-wide stores with over 1,500 of these stores located in approximately 40 states (consisting of over 1,370 franchised and approximately 130 Company-owned stores) plus over 40 stores in Canada and the United Arab Emirates. Its menu offers customers a range of original, thin and stuffed crust pizzas, as well as the ability to create a customized pizza from a broad selection of crust, sauce and topping combinations. Its menu offerings include Signature pizzas, including classic combinations plus some twists; Gourmet Delite pizzas, including gourmet offerings with over 25% less fat and approximately 35% fewer calories than its Signature pizzas; Stuffed pizzas, including two-layer, four-pound pizzas with meats and vegetables stuffed in two layers of dough; Fresh Pan pizzas, including s! ignature recipes with a thick, buttery crust; C.Y.O. or Create Your Own pizzas, including customer selection of crust, sauce and any combination of its cheese, meat and vegetable toppings, and FAVES, including over three simple pizza classics. Its stores are located in neighborhood shopping centers and the average store size is approximately 1,400 square feet. The Company's subsidiaries include Murphy's Marketing Services, Inc., Papa Murphy's Company Stores, Inc., Papa Murphy's Intermediate, Inc., Papa Murphy's International LLC, Papa Murphy's Worldwide LLC, PMI Canada ULC and PMI Holdings, Inc.

The Company competes with Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Papa John's and Little Caesars Pizza.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Papa Murphy’s (NASDAQ:FRSH) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Papa Murphy’s (NASDAQ:FRSH) was upgraded by stock analysts at ValuEngine from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued on Thursday.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Papa Murphy’s (NASDAQ:FRSH) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a sell rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “Papa Murphy’s Holdings Inc. operates as a franchisor and operator of the Take ‘N’ Bake pizza chain in the United States. The Company operates in three segments: Domestic Company Stores, Domestic Franchise and International. In addition to scratch-made pizzas, the company offers a growing menu of grab ‘n’ go items, including salads, sides and desserts. Papa Murphy’s Holdings Inc. is based in Vancouver, Washington. “

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Papa Murphy’s (NASDAQ: FRSH) and Chuy’s (NASDAQ:CHUY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(ALXN)

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., incorporated on January 28, 1992, is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products. The Company operates through innovation, development and commercialization of life-transforming therapeutic products segment. The Company's marketed products include Soliris (eculizumab), Strensiq (asfotase alfa) and Kanuma (sebelipase alfa). The Company's clinical programs include Soliris (eculizumab), ALXN 1101, ALXN 1007, SBC-103, ALXN 1210 and ALXN 5500.

Soliris (eculizumab)

In the Company's complement franchise, it offers Soliris for patients with either paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a life-threatening and ultra-rare genetic blood disorder, or atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a life-threatening and ultra-rare genetic disease. PNH and aHUS are severe and ultra-rare disorders resulting from chronic uncontrolled activation of the complement component of the immune system. Soliris is designed to inhibit a specific aspect of the complement component of the immune system and thereby treat inflammation associated with chronic disorders in several therapeutic areas, including hematology, nephrology, transplant rejection and neurology. Soliris is a humanized monoclonal antibody that blocks terminal complement activity.

The Company has completed enrollment of patients in a Phase III multinational, placebo-controlled registration trial of eculizumab in patients with refractory generalized Myasthenia Gravis (MG). The Company is enrolling patients in a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled to evaluate eculizumab as a treatment for patients with relapsing neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). The Company has completed enrollment in a single, multinational, placebo-controlled delayed kidney transplant graft function (DGF) registration trial. The Company has completed a randomized, open-label, multicenter Phase II clinical tri! al of eculizumab presensitized kidney transplant patients at an elevated risk of antibody mediated rejection (AMR) receiving kidneys from living donors.

Strensiq (asfotase alfa)

In the Company's metabolic franchise, it markets Strensiq for the treatment of patients with Hypophosphatasia (HPP). HPP is a genetic ultra-rare disease characterized by defective bone mineralization that can lead to deformity of bones and other skeletal abnormalities. Strensiq is a targeted enzyme replacement therapy. It is designed to address underlying causes of HPP by aiming to restore the genetically defective metabolic process, thereby preventing or reversing the severe and potentially life-threatening complications in patients with HPP.

Kanuma (sebelipase alfa)

The Company offers Kanuma for the treatment of patients with Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency (LAL-D). Kanuma is a recombinant form of the human LAL enzyme. It is an enzyme-replacement therapy, which is approved for the treatment for patients with LAL-D.

cPMP (ALXN 1101)

The Company has completed evaluation of its synthetic form of cyclic Pyranopterin Monophosphate (cPMP) replacement therapy in a Phase I healthy volunteer study. The Company has completed enrollment in a multi-center, multinational open-label clinical trial of synthetic cPMP in patients with Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Type A switched from treatment with recombinant cPMP. The Company has commenced the Phase II/III pivotal open-label, single-arm trial of ALXN1101 for treatment-naive neonates with MoCD Type A.

ALXN 1007

The Company's product candidate, ALXN 1007, is a humanized antibody designed to target rare and severe inflammatory disorders and is a product of its antibody discovery technologies. The Company has completed enrollment in both a Phase I single-dose, dose escalating safety and pharmacology study in healthy volunteers, as well as in a multi-dose, dose escalating safety and p! harmacolo! gy study in healthy volunteers. The Company is conducting a proof-of-concept study in patients with an ultra-rare disorder, gastrointestinal graft versus host disease (GI-GVHD). The Company is conducting Phase II proof-of-concept study in patients with non-criteria manifestations of anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS).

SBC-103

The Company's product candidate, SBC-103, is a recombinant form of natural human alpha-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (NAGLU) enzyme, which leads to a buildup of abnormal amounts of heparan sulfate (HS) in the brain and throughout the body. SBC-103 is designed to replace the missing (or deficient) NAGLU enzyme.

ALXN 1210

The Company's product candidate, ALXN 1210, is a next-generation complement inhibitor in development for PNH and other indications. The Company is conducting a multiple-ascending dose study of ALXN 1210 to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ALXN 1210. In addition, it has over two clinical studies of ALXN 1210 in patients with PNH. The Company also has initiated an open-label, multi-dose Phase II study of ALXN 1210 in patients with PNH that is designed to measure change in lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and safety in several dosing cohorts and intervals.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  A rare-disease pioneer, Alexion (Nasdaq: ALXN) is profitable, thanks to its blockbuster drug Soliris approved back in 2011. Last year, ALXN generated more than $3.5 billion in revenue from Soliris, an increase of 16% compared with 2017. Focused on hematology, nephrology, neurology, and metabolic disorders, Alexion has a bright future. This is why I profiled ALXN in more detail in my most recent issue of Fast-Track Millionaire.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Chris Lange]

  Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NASDAQ: ALXN) short interest increased to 4.32 million shares from the previous 3.67 million. Shares were trading at $120.05, in a 52-week range of $92.56 to $140.77.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022: Orezone Gold Corp (ORE)

Orezone Gold Corporation is a Canada-based company engaged in the exploration and development of gold properties in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Company has two advanced-stage gold projects, which include Bombore and Bondi, which are located in Burkina Faso. The Company owns a 100% interest in Bombore, the undeveloped oxide gold deposit in West Africa. The Company's Bombore is situated approximately 85 kilometers east of the capital city, Ouagadougou. The company's Bondi gold project is a 100% owned, shallow and structurally controlled, four kilometers long shear zone hosted gold deposit that contains 282,000 ounce (oz) of measured and indicated gold resources. The Company's Bondi Project is located on the Hounde Greenstone Belt in the southwest of Burkina Faso covering an area of approximately 168 square kilometers. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Galactrum (ORE) is a PoW/PoS coin that uses the
  Lyra2RE hashing algorithm. It was first traded on December 13th, 2017. Galactrum’s total supply is 2,781,952 coins and its circulating supply is 2,061,952 coins. Galactrum’s official website is galactrum.org. Galactrum’s official Twitter account is @galactrum.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Galactrum (CURRENCY:ORE) traded 1.7% lower against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 18:00 PM Eastern on August 31st. Galactrum has a total market capitalization of $866,847.00 and approximately $5,272.00 worth of Galactrum was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Galactrum coin can now be purchased for about $0.42 or 0.00006032 BTC on major exchanges including Stocks.Exchange and Cryptopia. In the last seven days, Galactrum has traded 12.5% higher against the U.S. dollar.

• [By Peter Graham]

  Sandstorm's due diligence is thorough, they don't just invest in any company. They like West Africa because they understand the area and the opportunities that exist there. Sandstorm is a royalty and streaming company, so they make these investments and receive cashflow deals that often kick in much later on. But they have already established a presence in Burkina and have deals in place with larger companies like Orezone Gold (TSXV: ORE) and Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV). Sandstorm's investment also potentially gives us access to their marketing department through something they call Launch Lab, and it looks like it will really benefit our own marketing efforts and will expose us to more opportunities over the coming year.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In 2022: Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund(NTC)

Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide current income exempt from both regular federal income taxes and Connecticut personal income taxes. The Fund invests in a portfolio of municipal securities that are exempt from federal and Connecticut state income taxes. The Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in securities rated, at the time of investment, investment grade (Baa/BBB or better) or, if they are unrated, are judged by the manager to be of comparable quality. It may invest up to 20% of its managed assets in municipal securities rated below investment quality or judged by the manager to be of comparable quality, of which up to 10% of its managed assets may be rated below B-/B3 or of comparable quality. The fund uses leverage. The Fund's investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Media stories about Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Mun Fd (NYSE:NTC) have trended very positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Mun Fd earned a news sentiment score of 0.53 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the investment management company an impact score of 47.4041994466706 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

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The big dip in Snap's stock is a great buying opportunity, according to Wedbush Securities.

The firm raised its rating to outperform from neutral for Snap shares, saying the company's recent executive changes will lead to stronger results.

"In our view, the change in top management positions the company to significantly improve its execution, and its valuation suggests upside from current levels," analyst Michael Pachter said in a note to clients Tuesday. "Key hires and execution over the past six months suggest increased focus on shareholder value."

Snap shares are up 2.4 percent Tuesday.

The company's shares are significantly underperforming this year, down 33 percent through Monday versus the S&P 500's 8 percent gain.

Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2022: Northgate Minerals Corporation(NXG)

Northgate Minerals Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in exploring, developing, processing, and mining gold and copper deposits in Canada and Australia. Its principal producing assets include 100% interests in the Fosterville and Stawell Gold mines in Victoria, Australia; and the Kemess South mine located in north-central British Columbia, Canada. The company was formerly known as Northgate Exploration Limited and changed its name to Northgate Minerals Corporation in May 2004. Northgate Minerals Corporation was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Shares of NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the nine ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have assigned a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 696 ($9.21).

Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2022: NGL ENERGY PARTNERS LP(NGL)

We are a Delaware limited partnership formed in September 2010. Subsequent to our formation, we significantly expanded our operations through numerous business combinations. At March 31, 2015, our operations include: † Our crude oil logistics segment, the assets of which include owned and leased crude oil storage terminals, owned and leased pipeline injection stations, a fleet of owned trucks and trailers, a fleet of owned and leased railcars, a fleet of owned and leased barges and towboats, and a 50% interest in a crude oil pipeline. Our crude oil logistics segment purchases crude oil from producers and transports it for resale at owned and leased pipeline injection stations, storage terminals, barge loading facilities, rail facilities, refineries, and other trade hubs. † Our water solutions segment, the assets of which include water treatment and disposal facilities.   Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Shares of NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the nine research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and five have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $14.14.

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  NGL Energy Partners LP  (NYSE:NGL)Q3 2019 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 11, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2022: Devon Energy Corporation(DVN)

Devon is a leading independent energy company engaged primarily in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and NGLs. Our operations are concentrated in various North American onshore areas in the U.S. and Canada. Our portfolio of oil and gas properties provides stable, environmentally responsible production and a platform for future growth. We have doubled our onshore North American oil production since 2010 to more than 275 MBbls per day and have a deep inventory of development opportunities. Devon also produces over 1.6 Bcf of natural gas a day and more than 136 MBbls of NGLs per day. Additionally, we control EnLink, a leading integrated midstream business with significant size and scale in key operating regions in the U.S. This MLP focuses on providing gathering, transmission, processing, fractionation and marketing to producers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and condensate.   Advisors' Opinion:

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  Today, we saw gains in the oil patch, with stocks like Occidental Petroleum  (OXY) - Get Occidental Petroleum Corporation Report up 6.6% and Devon Energy  (DVN) - Get Devon Energy Corporation Report gaining 3%. But Cramer noted that once oil prices get too high, producers turn on the spigot to bring prices back down. Adding to the confusion are shutdowns from hurricane Ida, once again weighing on oil, chemicals and manufacturing.

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  Devon Energy  (DVN) rose 0.81% even after getting cut to Buy from Conviction Buy at Goldman Sachs. Analyst Neil Mehta cited the market's recognition of the company's dividend strategy for the downgrade.

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  Fortunately, producers like Devon Energy  (DVN) - Get Report and Pioneer Natural Resources  (PXD) - Get Report now offer variable dividends, and can easily cope with changing market conditions.

Best Energy Stocks To Own For 2022: Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(CRZO)

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. is a Houston-based energy company which, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, "Carrizo," the "Company" or "we"), is actively engaged in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas primarily from resource plays located in the United States. Our current operations are principally focused in proven, producing oil and gas plays primarily in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Delaware Basin in West Texas, the Utica Shale in Ohio, the Niobrara Formation in Colorado and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. The Company achieved record total production in 2015 of 13.4 MMBoe, a 12% increase from 2014, despite significantly lower capital expenditures in 2015 when compared to 2014. At year-end 2015, our proved reserves of 170.6 MMBoe were 64% crude oil, 12% natural gas liquids and 24% natural gas. Our reserves increased primarily as a result of our ongoing drilling program in the Eagle Ford.   Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Carrizo Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:CRZO)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Northland Securities in a report issued on Tuesday. They currently have a $25.00 price objective on the oil and gas producer’s stock. Northland Securities’ price target would suggest a potential upside of 109.21% from the company’s previous close.

• [By Max Byerly]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:CRZO) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Wednesday morning.

  Several other research firms have also commented on CRZO. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a buy rating and set a $29.00 price target on shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas in a research report on Thursday, July 12th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, July 26th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas from $44.00 to $34.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 28th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a hold rating and set a $27.00 price objective on shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas in a report on Wednesday, July 18th. Finally, Williams Capital restated a buy rating and set a $41.00 price objective on shares of Carrizo Oil & Gas in a report on Monday, July 23rd. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus target price of $29.58.

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tags:ATH,XIV,FRPH,Analysts are predicting that "Deadpool 2" will have a big opening at around $130 million this weekend, but that's hardly news these days considering the string of successful Marvel superhero films like "Black Panther" and "Avengers: Infinity War."

20th Century Fox's "Deadpool" franchise, however, is different from The Avengers at Disney and nearly every superhero movie in one way that makes its box office achievements even more impressive: It's rated R.

When it comes to blockbusters, ratings matter. According to comScore (SCOR), the highest-grossing R-rated film on the all-time domestic box office list is 2004's "The Passion of the Christ," which comes in at No. 38. The top ten films of all time, three of which are from Disney's Marvel Studios, are all PG-13.

The original "Deadpool" found an audience despite its R rating, making $363 million domestically in 2016. The film comes in at No. 42 on comScore's list, the next R-rated movie to make the cut after "Passion of the Christ." "Deadpool" also holds the record for biggest opening for an R-rated film.

Top Value Stocks To Buy For 2022: Athene Holding Ltd. (ATH)

Athabasca Oil Corporation is a Canada-based energy company, which is focused on the exploration for, and development and production of, light oil and liquids-rich natural gas from regions in northwestern Alberta, Canada, and bitumen from oil sands in the Athabasca region of northeastern Alberta, Canada. Its segments are Light Oil, including the Company's assets, liabilities and operating results for the exploration, development and production of unconventional oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids located in various regions in the province of Alberta, and Thermal Oil, including the Company's assets, liabilities and operating results for the exploration, development and production of bitumen from sand and carbonate rock formations located in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta. The Company's principal properties include Kaybob and Placid asset areas located in northwestern Alberta and Hangingstone asset. The Company's other asset areas include Dover West, Birch and Grosmont. Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Athene Holding Ltd.  (NYSE:ATH)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 26, 2019, 10:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Raymond James reissued their market perform rating on shares of Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) in a research note issued to investors on Thursday. Raymond James currently has a C$1.25 price objective on the oil and gas exploration company’s stock.

Top Value Stocks To Buy For 2022: region(XIV)

23.1 While the CEO and the members of the ExB have the overall management responsibility for the Group, the responsibility for the operational management of the Divisions and the subsidiaries, for which the management has been allocated to the Divisions, lies jointly with the Divisional Heads. 23.2 The Divisional Heads shall establish for their divisions their own OpCo. They shall be responsible for establishing an efficient organizational and management structure in the Division. The Divisional Heads consult with the ExB prior to making significant changes to the organizational and management structure in the Divisions. 23 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Divisional Heads 24.1 The Divisional Heads shall be appointed by the BoD and report directly to the CEO.   Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Money Morning News Team]

  This led some traders to purchase leveraged ETFs that move inverse to the VIX, like the VelocityShares Daily Inv VIX Short Term (Nasdaq: XIV).

  The VIX is a derivative of the broad S&P 500, and the XIV is a derivative of that derivative.

Top Value Stocks To Buy For 2022: FRP Holdings, Inc.(FRPH)

FRP Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in various real estate businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: Asset Management, Mining Royalty Land, and Land Development and Construction. The Asset Management segment owns, leases, and manages warehouses and office buildings located primarily in the Baltimore, northern Virginia, Washington, DC market areas. This segment primarily serves local and regional tenants. The Mining Royalty Lands Segment owns various properties comprising approximately 15,000 acres under lease for mining rents or royalties primarily in in Florida and Georgia. The Land Development and Construction Segment owns and monitors the use of parcels of land that are in various stages of development. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  FRP Holdings Inc  (NASDAQ:FRPH)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 07, 2019, 1:00 p.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shanghai Industrial (OTCMKTS:SGHIY) and FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Shanghai Industrial (OTCMKTS:SGHIY) and FRP (NASDAQ:FRPH) are both multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) has shown good growth numbers in the past few quarters from its cloud segment. In the recent quarter, Alibaba reported $962 million of revenue in cloud computing with year-on-year growth of 84%. This has had a positive impact on the sentiment around Alibaba stock. Cloud segment is a high growth business with a potential for good margins as shown by Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) AWS.

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Hence, Alibaba’s management has announced their intention of focusing on cloud to drive future growth. CEO Daniel Zhang has also mentioned that cloud would be the main business of the company in the future.

Top Penny Stocks To Buy For 2022: Rick's Cabaret International Inc.(RICK)

Rick?s Cabaret International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates upscale adult nightclubs serving primarily businessmen and professionals in the United States. The company?s nightclubs offer live adult entertainment, restaurant, and bar operations. It owns and operates, or licenses adult nightclubs in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Miami Gardens, Florida; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The company operates its adult nightclubs under the Rick's Cabaret, Club Onyx, XTC Cabaret, Tootsie?s Cabaret, Cabaret North, Jaguars, and Cabaret East names. It also owns and operates various adult entertainment Internet Web sites, including CouplesTouch.com, a personals site for those in the swinging lifestyle; NaughtyBids.com, an online adult auction site that contains consumer-initiated auctions for items, such as adult videos, apparel, photo sets, a dult paraphernalia, and other erotica; and xxxPassword.com that features adult content. In addition, the company offers trade magazine serving the adult nightclubs industry, as well as owns 2 industry trade shows, 2 other industry trade publications, and approximately 25 industry Websites. As of January 4, 2011, it owned and operated 22 adult nightclubs. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Luby’s (NYSE:LUB) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  Stocks to Watch Today: AMZN, NFLX, AAPL Democrats have been enraged by the sweetheart deal given to Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) in New York City. Now, independents like former mayor Michael Bloomberg have criticized the billions in subsidies given to the e-commerce giant. Well, Amazon has responded. The company's executive team is now reevaluating its planned campus in Long Island City, and it could leave the region under pressure. Last week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) released a report that recommended one of the deals of the decade. The bank has called for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to buy streaming giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). This deal is a no-brainer in today's market. We break down what a deal would look like, how it benefits both sides, and how it would be like rocket fuel for Apple stock. Here's what you need to know. Look for earnings reports from Brighthouse Financial Inc. (NYSE: BHF), Everest Re Group Ltd. (NYSE: RE), Loews Corp. (NYSE: L), Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (NYSE: OHI), RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RICK), Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR), and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO).

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Papa Murphy’s (NASDAQ:FRSH) and RCI Hospitality (NASDAQ:RICK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.

Top Penny Stocks To Buy For 2022: NRG Energy Inc.(NRG)

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a wholesale power generation company. The company engages in the ownership, development, construction, and operation of power generation facilities. It also involves in the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services; the trading of energy, capacity, and related products in the United States and internationally; and the supply of electricity, energy services, and cleaner energy and carbon offset products to retail electricity customers in deregulated markets. The company operates natural gas- fired, coal- fired, oil-fired, nuclear, solar, and wind power plants. As of December 31, 2010, it had power generation portfolio of 193 operating fossil fuel and nuclear generation units with an aggregate generation capacity of approximately 24,570 megawatt (MW), as well as ownership interests in renewable facilities with an aggregate generation capacity of 470 MW. The company portfolio also includes appr oximately 24,035 MW generation capacity in the United States, and 1,005 MW generation capacity in Australia and Germany. In addition, it has a district energy business with steam and chilled water capacity of approximately 1,140 megawatts thermal equivalent. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Energi (CURRENCY:NRG) traded 3.8% lower against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 22:00 PM Eastern on February 2nd. Energi has a market cap of $9.51 million and approximately $100,521.00 worth of Energi was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Energi coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.76 or 0.00021720 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including CoinExchange, Cryptopia and CryptoBridge. In the last seven days, Energi has traded down 9.3% against the dollar.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Saturday morning.

  A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on NRG. Citigroup downgraded shares of NRG Energy from a buy rating to a neutral rating and set a $33.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday, July 30th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of NRG Energy from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 26th. Macquarie upped their target price on shares of NRG Energy from $40.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research note on Thursday, September 20th. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of NRG Energy from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Thursday, September 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of Buy and an average target price of $37.00.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday after Bank of America raised their price target on the stock from $40.00 to $42.00. Bank of America currently has a buy rating on the stock. NRG Energy traded as high as $37.32 and last traded at $37.21, with a volume of 143112 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $36.45.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Energi (CURRENCY:NRG) traded up 0.2% against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 19:00 PM Eastern on September 15th. Over the last seven days, Energi has traded 14.2% higher against the U.S. dollar. Energi has a market capitalization of $1.61 million and $2,597.00 worth of Energi was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Energi coin can now be purchased for $0.32 or 0.00004969 BTC on exchanges including CoinExchange, Cryptopia and CryptoBridge.

Top Penny Stocks To Buy For 2022: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.(EGLE)

Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. engages in the ocean transportation of bulk cargoes in the dry bulk industry. The company primarily transports iron ore, coal, grain, cement, and fertilizer along worldwide shipping routes. As of December 31, 2009, it owned and operated a fleet of 27 oceangoing vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 1,412,535 deadweight tons. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Smith (TMFDitty)]

  For another -- and perhaps taking a cue from the first catalyst -- investment bank H.C. Wainwright waded into the dry shipping waters Monday to deliver a series of buy recommendations for nearly every stock in the industry. Diana and Safe Bulkers both got buy ratings, for example, as did Genco Shipping (NYSE:GNK), Eagle Bulk (NASDAQ:EGLE), and Seanergy, too. Castor, though, did not.    

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc  (NASDAQ:EGLE)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 06, 2019, 8:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

Top Penny Stocks To Buy For 2022: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company(ADM)

Archer Daniels Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities and products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing, and Agricultural Services. The Oilseeds Processing segment engages in originating, merchandising, crushing, and processing oilseeds, such as soybeans, cottonseed, sunflower seeds, canola, rapeseed, peanuts, flaxseed, and palm into vegetable oils and protein meals. This segment also produces edible soy protein products, including soy flour, soy grits, soy protein concentrates, soy isoflavones, and soy isolates that are used in processed meats, baked foods, nutritional products, snacks, and dairy and meat analogs. The Corn Processing segment involves in corn wet milling and dry milling activities; and produces alcohol, amino acids, and other specialty food and animal feed ingredients, as well as ethyl alcohol. This segment also produces citr ic and lactic acids, lactates, sorbitol, xanthan gum, and glycols that are used in various food and industrial products, as well as astaxanthin, a product used in aquaculture to enhance flesh coloration. The Agricultural Services segment buys, stores, cleans, and transports agricultural commodities, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, rice, and barley, as well as resells these commodities as food and feed ingredients for the agricultural processing industry. This segment also processes and distributes edible beans, formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products. In addition, the company engages in milling wheat, corn, and milo into flour, as well as produces bakery products and mixes, wheat starch, gluten, and cocoa products that are sold to the baking industry; and involves in financial activities related to private equity fund investments, and futures commission merchant activities. Archer Daniels Midland Company was founded in 1898 and is based in Decatur, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  If you know the agricultural sector, you likely know Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM), private firm Cargill, and Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE). They are all members of the "ABCDs" of agribusiness. The forgotten child is the "B" – or Bunge. This agricultural giant is engaged in global food processing, fertilizer production, and the soybean export game.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)

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Rowan Companies, Inc. provides onshore and offshore oil and gas contract drilling services in the United States and internationally. The company offers its contract drilling services through its fleet of 28 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms and 30 deep-well land drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jason Hall]

  And while Ensco has taken its share of asset writedowns in recent years to decommission older, non-economical vessels, it has also been one of the biggest beneficiaries of consolidation. In 2017, it acquired Atwood Oceanics, a smaller company with a young, high-spec fleet of floating vessels, and more recently agreed to merge with Rowan Companies (NYSE:RDC), which has a high-quality fleet of jack-up rigs and a strong backlog of work for that fleet. 

• [By Travis Hoium, Jason Hall, and Matthew DiLallo]

  And while offshore still has a ways to go, I think investors should do well to buy Ensco at current prices. At recent prices, its shares trade for about 24% of tangible book value. Furthermore, it's also a 23% discount to the book value of Rowan Companies (NYSE:RDC), which will merge with Ensco sometime in the first half of the year. It's a substantial discount to more typical book value multiples these companies have carried during healthy offshore drilling environments:

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  While September was a good month for Ensco, the company made an even bigger splash in October by agreeing to buy fellow offshore driller Rowan (NYSE:RDC) in an all-stock deal. Ensco believes that the combination with Rowan will generate $150 million in annual cost savings while boosting its cash flow per share starting in 2020. It's the company's second major deal since the oil market downturn began; it bought Atwood Oceanics last year for $6.9 billion.

Top Penny Stocks To Buy For 2022: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc.(RMCF)

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. operates as a franchiser, confectionery manufacturer, and retail operator. It offers a range of chocolate candies and confectionery products. The company?s products include clusters, caramels, creams, mints, and truffles. As of March 31, 2010 it operated 11 owned, 29 franchised/licensed owned, and 305 franchised Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory stores in 36 states in the United States, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Durango, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ: RMCF) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (NASDAQ: RMCF) and Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

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Enough about retail. Now, fintech giant Square is trying to cultivate an "omnichannel" approach in the restaurant industry, the company's CFO, Sarah Friar, told CNBC on Tuesday.

To push this strategy, which could involve sweeping changes at some smaller and more high-end restaurants, Square will leverage its fast-growing food-ordering subsidiary, Caviar, Friar said.

"What we want to make sure [of] with Caviar and with the broader Square platform ... as we integrate it into things like Square for Restaurants, [is] that a restaurant can now fully serve their customer regardless of where the customer shows up," the CFO told "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer in an interview.

Maintaining that Caviar, which is showing 100 percent year-over-year growth, was only "one piece of the portfolio," Friar said that Square would use its connection to the client to build omnichannel capabilities.

Best Oil Stocks To Buy For 2022: CPFL Energia S.A.(CPL)

CPFL Energia S.A., together with its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and commercializes electricity to industrial, residential, commercial, rural, and other consumers; and provides energy-related services in Brazil. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermoelectric biomass, solar energy, and wind power plants. It also manufactures, commercializes, rents, and maintains electro-mechanical equipment; and provides administrative, call center, IT, collection, telecommunication, energy transmission, and energy efficiency management services, as well as maintenance services for energy generation companies. As of December 31, 2015, the company distributed electricity to approximately 7.8 million consumers; and had installed capacity of approximately 3,164 megawatts, as well as 247,422 kilometers of distribution lines, including 369,526 distribution transformers. CPFL Energia S.A. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Tenaga Nasional Bhd (OTCMKTS:TNABY) and CPFL Energia (NYSE:CPL) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  CPFL Energia (NYSE:CPL) was upgraded by equities research analysts at ValuEngine from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern’s analysis:

  Get CPFL Energia alerts: Edited Transcript of CPFE3.SA earnings conference call or presentation 21-Aug-18 2:00pm GMT (finance.yahoo.com) CPFL Energia S.A. Sponsored ADR to Host Earnings Call (finance.yahoo.com) CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL) Q2 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (fool.com) Azure Power Global (AZRE) vs. CPFL Energia (CPL) Head-To-Head Analysis (americanbankingnews.com)

  Separately, ValuEngine lowered CPFL Energia from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 17th.

Best Oil Stocks To Buy For 2022: Sonic Automotive Inc.(SAH)

Sonic Automotive, Inc. operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It engages in the sale of new and used cars, light trucks, and replacement parts; provision of vehicle maintenance, warranty repair, paint, and collision repair services; and arrangement of extended service contracts, financing, insurance, and other aftermarket products. As of December 31, 2011, the company operated 119 dealerships representing 30 brands of cars and light trucks, and 23 collision repair centers in 15 states. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Shares of Sonic Automotive Inc (NYSE:SAH) have earned a consensus rating of “Sell” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation and two have issued a hold recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $19.25.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Casey’s General Stores (NASDAQ:CASY) and Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  These are some of the media stories that may have effected Accern’s scoring:

  Get Sonic Automotive alerts: Sonic Automotive (SAH) Given “Hold” Rating at Stephens (americanbankingnews.com) Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Sonic Automotive Inc’s Q2 2018 Earnings (SAH) (americanbankingnews.com) Auto Stock Roundup: Tariff Woes Rampant, Ford to Settle Takata Lawsuit (finance.yahoo.com) Q3 2018 EPS Estimates for Sonic Automotive Inc (SAH) Reduced by Analyst (americanbankingnews.com) Sonic Automotive (SAH) Issues Warning on Q2 Earnings (streetinsider.com)

  A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on SAH. Zacks Investment Research lowered Sonic Automotive from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. Stephens reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $18.00 target price on shares of Sonic Automotive in a research report on Friday. ValuEngine lowered Sonic Automotive from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday. Buckingham Research decreased their target price on Sonic Automotive from $21.00 to $19.00 and set a “$19.55” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered Sonic Automotive from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $25.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, July 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have issued a hold rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $21.60.

• [By Jon C. Ogg]

  Sonic Automotive Inc. (NYSE: SAH) was downgraded to Underweight from Overweight, and the price target was cut to $19 from $25. The shares were at $21.70 ahead of the call and were trading down 4.6% at $20.70 Tuesday morning. The 52-week range is $15.95 to $23.60. The consensus target price was $21.83.

Best Oil Stocks To Buy For 2022: Newmont Mining Corporation(NEM)

Newmont Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the mining industry. It primarily acquires, develops, explores for, and produces gold, silver, and copper. The company's operations and/or assets are located in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, and Suriname. As of December 31, 2015, it had proven and probable gold reserves of 73.7 million ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 20,000 square miles. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Neha Chamaria]

  In fact, there couldn't be a better time to buy gold stocks, given the ongoing industry consolidation. Two massive recent deals -- Barrick Gold's (NYSE:GOLD) merger with Randgold Resources and Newmont Mining's (NYSE:NEM) impending acquisition of Goldcorp (NYSE:GG) -- are creating the world's two largest publicly traded gold mining companies. More recently, Barrick Gold even made a takeover bid for Newmont Mining, but the two gold mining giants have only agreed to combine their operations in Nevada in a joint venture as of this writing. These developments make investing in gold stocks now incredibly interesting.

• [By Chris Hill]

  It's not every day that mining companies make the news here, and that's because investors are often better off ignoring them. But Barrick Gold (NYSE:GOLD) and Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have been tying up in a big way, creating something to the tune of a $30 billion joint venture in the gold space.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) has been given a $47.00 target price by equities researchers at Raymond James in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday. The brokerage presently has an “outperform” rating on the basic materials company’s stock. Raymond James’ target price would suggest a potential upside of 36.83% from the company’s current price.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Just a week ago today, Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: GOLD) announced an unsolicited offer to acquire rival miner Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) for $18 billion. The all-stock offer was rejected Monday morning by Newmont’s board of directors in a decision that was entirely predictable. Less predictable, perhaps, was Newmont’s counteroffer of a joint venture between the two firms’ Nevada operations.

Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Shares of Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:UEPS) slumped Thursday after the payment solutions and transaction processing services provider reported preliminary fourth-quarter results. Both revenue and earnings declined as the company completed what it called "a turbulent year." The stock was down about 16.6% at 11:15 a.m. EDT.

So what

Net 1 reported fourth-quarter revenue of $149.2 million, down 4% year over year in U.S. dollars and down 16% year over year in South African Rand. In its earnings release, the company explained some of the decline: "We achieved this result despite the deferral of significant revenue related to Q4 activities under our SASSA contract, until we receive pricing confirmation from the Constitutional Court."

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Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Finisar Corporation(FNSR)

Finisar Corporation provides optical subsystems and components for data communication and telecommunication applications in the United States, Malaysia, China, and internationally. Its optical subsystems primarily consist of transmitters, receivers, transceivers, transponders, and active optical cables that provide the fundamental optical-electrical or optoelectronic interface for interconnecting the electronic equipment used in communication networks, including the switches, routers, and servers used in wireline networks, as well as the antennas and base stations used in wireless networks. The company also offers wavelength selective switches, which are used to switch network traffic from one optical fiber to multiple other fibers without converting to an electronic signal. In addition, it provides optical components comprising packaged lasers, receivers, and photodetectors for data communication and telecommunication applications; and passive optical components for telecommunication applications. Finisar Corporation markets its products through its direct sales force, as well as through a network of distributors and manufacturers' representatives to the original equipment manufacturers of storage systems, networking equipment, and telecommunication equipment, as well as to their contract manufacturers. Finisar Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Finisar Co. (NASDAQ:FNSR) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the nineteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $25.23.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Coming into Thursday's fiscal second-quarter report, II-VI investors fully believed that the laser maker would be able to sustain its track record of success. II-VI's numbers were even better than most had thought, and the company is keeping up its momentum as it prepares to close on its proposed acquisition of Finisar (NASDAQ:FNSR) in the near future.

Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: HP Inc.(HPQ)

HP Inc. provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), as well as to the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. It operates through Personal Systems and Printing segments. The Personal Systems segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, thin client PCs, tablets, retail point-of-sale systems, calculators and other related accessories, software, support, and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The Printing segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, supplies, media, scanning device, and software and services; and laserjet and enterprise, inkjet and printing, graphics, and software and web services. The company was formerly known as Hewlett-Packard Company and changed its name to HP Inc. in October 2015. HP Inc. was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  When looking at the best international stocks, it's hard to not mention STMicroelectronics (STM, $42.33). STM is one of the largest chip manufacturers in Europe whose clients include Apple (AAPL), Tesla (TSLA), HP (HPQ), Samsung and Huawei. 

• [By Ashraf Eassa]

  Two technology names that you have undoubtedly heard of are software behemoth Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and computer and printer specialist HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ). Of the two, Microsoft is clearly the more successful company, commanding a market capitalization of $861 billion, dwarfing HP's $30 billion.

Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Applied Materials, Inc.(AMAT)

Applied Materials, Inc. (Applied), incorporated on March 18, 1987, provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display, solar photovoltaic (PV) and related industries across the world. The Company operates in four segments: Silicon Systems, Applied Global Services, Display, and Energy and Environmental Solutions. Its manufacturing activities consist of assembly, test and integration of various commercial parts, components and subassemblies that are used to manufacture systems. The Company caters to customers, including manufacturers of semiconductor chips, liquid crystal and other displays, solar PV cells, and other electronic devices. It has implemented a distributed manufacturing model under which manufacturing and supply chain activities are conducted in various countries, including Germany, Israel, Italy, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States and other countries in Asia.

Silicon Systems

The Company's Silicon Systems segment develops, manufactures and sells a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips, also referred to as integrated circuits (ICs). The Silicon Systems segment includes semiconductor capital equipment for deposition, etch, ion implantation, rapid thermal processing, chemical mechanical planarization, metrology and inspection, and wafer packaging. The majority of its new equipment sales are to integrated device manufacturers and foundries across the world. Its transistor and interconnect products and technologies have enabled various generations of device scaling from planar transistors to three-dimensional (3D) multi-gate FinFET transistors. It offers products and technologies for transistor and interconnect fabrication, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation and nitridation, rapid thermal processing, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization and electrochemical deposition. Many of these process steps are used multiple times throughout the semic! onductor chip fabrication process. Its Transistor and Interconnect Technologies' products include Centura RP Epi, VIISta Systems, Vantage Systems and Raider Platform. It offers patterning and packaging products and systems that enable the transfer of patterns onto device structures, making it possible to etch masks used for photolithography, and perform deposition, etching and related processes. Its Patterning and Packaging Technologies' include Olympia System, Producer Systems, and Centris and Producer Systems. It offers a suite of metrology, inspection and review systems for front- and back-end-of-line applications. These systems' imaging capabilities and algorithms employ optical and e-beam technologies to meet the technical demands, such as self-aligned double and quad patterning, extreme ultraviolet layers, measurement-intensive optimal proximity correction mask qualification, and 3D architectures. The Company delivers capabilities that enable chipmakers to establish statistical process control, ramp up production runs rapidly and achieve high production yields. Its Imaging and Process Control Technologies' products include SEMVision G6 Defect Analysis and Aera4 Mask Inspection.

Applied Global Services

The Company's Applied Global Services (AGS) segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity, including spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor, display and solar products. Customer demand for products and services is fulfilled through a global distribution system with trained service engineers located in close proximity to customer sites in various countries to support approximately 33,000 installed Applied semiconductor, display and solar manufacturing systems across the world. It offers various services and products under the Applied Global Services segment, including certified services, fab consulting, parts programs, subfab equipment, legacy ! equipment! and automation software.

Display

The Company's Display segment consists of products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and other display technologies for televisions, personal computers (PCs), tablets, smart phones and other consumer-oriented devices. The Display segment offers various technologies and products, including array test, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD). Its products include Electron Beam Array Tester, AKT PECVD Systems, AKT Aristo and PiVot Systems.

Energy and Environmental Solutions

The Company's Energy and Environmental Solutions segment includes products for fabricating crystalline-silicon (c-Si) solar PV cells, as well as high throughput roll-to-roll deposition equipment for flexible electronics, packaging and other applications. The technologies and products offered in the Energy and Environmental Solutions segment include Cell Manufacturing and Roll-to-Roll WEB Coating. It offers fine Line Double Print process, which enables solar manufacturers to produce cells with less paste. Its Roll-to-Roll coating systems provide production solutions for packaging, flexible electronics and security industries. WEB systems utilize physical vapor deposition, thermal evaporation, chemical vapor deposition and e-beam technology to deposit tiny layers of metal onto flexible substrates. Its products include Baccini Systems, TopBeam, TopMet and SmartWeb Systems.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) had its price objective increased by Mizuho from $158.00 to $161.00 in a report issued on Friday, The Fly reports. The firm currently has a buy rating on the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock.

• [By ]

  Applied Materials  (AMAT) - Get Report shares were steady Thursday, after the semiconductor equipment maker reported stronger-than-expected results for the fiscal 2021 third quarter, ended Aug. 1.

Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION(SAIC)

Science Applications International Corporation (herein referred to as "SAIC," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") is a leading provider of technical, engineering and enterprise information technology (IT) services primarily to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community and federal civilian agencies. We provide engineering, systems integration and information technology offerings for large, complex government projects and offer a broad range of services with a targeted emphasis on higher-end, differentiated technology services. Our end-to-end enterprise IT offerings span the entire spectrum of our customers' IT infrastructure. We commenced operations on September 27, 2013 (the Distribution Date) following completion of a spin-off transaction from our former parent, Leidos Holdings, Inc. (collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, "former Parent").   Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Science Applications International Corp  (NYSE:SAIC)Q4 2019 Earnings Conference CallMarch 28, 2019, 5:00 p.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) was upgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Tuesday, The Fly reports.

• [By Rich Smith]

  On Monday, SAIC (NYSE:SAIC), which collected $4.4 billion in revenue last year providing engineering and IT services to various branches of the U.S. government, announced a "definitive agreement" to acquire fellow government IT contractor Engility (NYSE:EGL) and its $1.9 billion revenue stream for $1.6 billion, plus $900 million in assumed debt. (And let's give credit where it's due -- Reuters predicted this acquisition, and Vertical Research upgraded Engility because of it, two months ago).

Top 5 Tech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Dropbox, Inc.(DBX)

Dropbox, Inc. provides a collaboration platform worldwide. Its platform allows individuals, teams, and organizations to collaborate and sign up for free through its website or app, as well as upgrade to a paid subscription plan for premium features. As of December 31, 2020, the company had approximately 700 million registered users across 180 countries. The company was formerly known as Evenflow, Inc. and changed its name to Dropbox, Inc. in October 2009. Dropbox, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  Solana is widely considered to be a solid, up-and-coming project. Founded by former engineers from Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Dropbox Inc. (NASDAQ: DBX), it has quickly established itself among the platform cryptocurrencies.

• [By Tezcan Gecgil]

  CRNC stock is up more than 8% YTD. The company’s forward price-earnings (P/E) and price-sales (P/S) ratios are 39.22 and 11.39, respectively. Given the potential for secular growth, interested investors should keep the shares on their radar screen with a view to buy for long-term portfolios.

  Cloud Stocks to Buy: Dropbox (DBX)

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Dropbox (DBX)

  For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022

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LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) by 125.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 179,082 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 99,610 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC owned about 0.27% of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF worth $13,064,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of VPL. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $56,935,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 196.8% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 308,881 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,533,000 after buying an additional 204,815 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $9,981,000. PFS Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 294.9% in the first quarter. PFS Investments Inc. now owns 151,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,993,000 after buying an additional 113,108 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 50.9% in the first quarter. Atria Investments LLC now owns 254,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,574,000 after buying an additional 85,869 shares in the last quarter.

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022: Information Services Group Inc.(III)

Information Services Group, Inc. operates as a fact-based sourcing advisory company principally in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It provides strategic consulting, benchmarking and analytics, managed services, and research services with a focus on information technology, business process transformation, and enterprise resource planning. The company serves financial services, telecom, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, transportation and travel, and energy and utilities industries; and state and local governments and airport and transit authorities. Information Services Group, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Canaccord Genuity upgraded shares of Imperial Metals (TSE:III) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note published on Monday. They currently have C$4.00 price objective on the stock, up from their prior price objective of C$1.65.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Martingale Asset Management L P bought a new position in Information Services Group, Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:III) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 110,416 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $453,000.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Information Services Group, Inc. Common Stock (III)

  For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022: Books-A-Million Inc.(BAMM)

Books-A-Million, Inc. operates as a book retailer in the southeastern United States. The company operates superstores and traditional bookstores that offer a selection of hardcover and paperback books, magazines, and newspapers. It also offers other merchandise, including gifts, cards, collectibles, magazines, music, DVDs, and electronic accessories, as well as coffee, tea, and other edible products. The company markets its products under the trademarks of Books-A-Million, BAM! Books-A-Million, Bookland, Books & Co., Millionaire?s Club, Sweet Water Press, Thanks-A-Million, Big Fat Coloring Book, Up All Night Reader, Read & Save Rebate, Readables Accessories for Readers, Kids-A-Million, Teachers First, The Write-Price, Bambeanos, Hold That Thought, Book$mart, BAMM, BAMM.com, BOOKSAMILLION.com, Chillatte, Joe Muggs Newsstand, Page Pets, JOEMUGGS.com, FAITHPOINT.com, Faithmark, Joe Muggs, Anderson?s Bookland, Snow Joe, Summer Says, On the John University, OTJU, American Whole sale Book Company, AWBC, and NetCentral. It also offers its products over the Internet at Booksamillion.com. As of August 11, 2011, the company operated 231 stores in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Books-A-Million, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  News articles about Books-A-Million (NASDAQ:BAMM) have trended positive recently, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Books-A-Million earned a coverage optimism score of 0.27 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the specialty retailer an impact score of 44.3915244007427 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022: NRG Energy Inc.(NRG)

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a wholesale power generation company. The company engages in the ownership, development, construction, and operation of power generation facilities. It also involves in the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services; the trading of energy, capacity, and related products in the United States and internationally; and the supply of electricity, energy services, and cleaner energy and carbon offset products to retail electricity customers in deregulated markets. The company operates natural gas- fired, coal- fired, oil-fired, nuclear, solar, and wind power plants. As of December 31, 2010, it had power generation portfolio of 193 operating fossil fuel and nuclear generation units with an aggregate generation capacity of approximately 24,570 megawatt (MW), as well as ownership interests in renewable facilities with an aggregate generation capacity of 470 MW. The company portfolio also includes appr oximately 24,035 MW generation capacity in the United States, and 1,005 MW generation capacity in Australia and Germany. In addition, it has a district energy business with steam and chilled water capacity of approximately 1,140 megawatts thermal equivalent. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Energi (CURRENCY:NRG) traded 3.8% lower against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 22:00 PM Eastern on February 2nd. Energi has a market cap of $9.51 million and approximately $100,521.00 worth of Energi was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Energi coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.76 or 0.00021720 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including CoinExchange, Cryptopia and CryptoBridge. In the last seven days, Energi has traded down 9.3% against the dollar.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Saturday morning.

  A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on NRG. Citigroup downgraded shares of NRG Energy from a buy rating to a neutral rating and set a $33.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday, July 30th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of NRG Energy from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 26th. Macquarie upped their target price on shares of NRG Energy from $40.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research note on Thursday, September 20th. Finally, Bank of America upped their target price on shares of NRG Energy from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research note on Thursday, September 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of Buy and an average target price of $37.00.

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022: BioDelivery Sciences International Inc.(BDSI)

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing products in the areas of pain management and oncology supportive care. The company uses its patented BioErodible MucoAdhesive (BEMA) and Bioral cochleate drug delivery technologies in the development of its products. The BEMA technology is a small erodible polymer film for application to the buccal mucosa; and the Bioral cochleate drug delivery technology encapsulates a selected drug or therapeutic in a cochleate cylinder. Its pain franchise consists of products utilizing the patented BEMA technology, including ONSOLIS, a fentanyl buccal soluble film for the management of pain in opioid tolerant adult patients with cancer; and BEMA Buprenorphine, which is in the development stage for the treatment of moderate to severe chronic pain, as well as for the treatment of opioid dependence. The company also engages in developing product candidates utilizing the B EMA technology for conditions, such as nausea/vomiting. BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Biodelivery Sciences International Inc  (NASDAQ:BDSI)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 14, 2019, 4:30 p.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDSI) Director Francis E. Odonnell, Jr. sold 8,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $4.60, for a total value of $36,800.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Hot Penny Stocks To Own For 2022: Rowan Companies Inc.(RDC)

Rowan Companies, Inc. provides onshore and offshore oil and gas contract drilling services in the United States and internationally. The company offers its contract drilling services through its fleet of 28 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling platforms and 30 deep-well land drilling rigs. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jason Hall]

  And while Ensco has taken its share of asset writedowns in recent years to decommission older, non-economical vessels, it has also been one of the biggest beneficiaries of consolidation. In 2017, it acquired Atwood Oceanics, a smaller company with a young, high-spec fleet of floating vessels, and more recently agreed to merge with Rowan Companies (NYSE:RDC), which has a high-quality fleet of jack-up rigs and a strong backlog of work for that fleet. 

• [By Travis Hoium, Jason Hall, and Matthew DiLallo]

  And while offshore still has a ways to go, I think investors should do well to buy Ensco at current prices. At recent prices, its shares trade for about 24% of tangible book value. Furthermore, it's also a 23% discount to the book value of Rowan Companies (NYSE:RDC), which will merge with Ensco sometime in the first half of the year. It's a substantial discount to more typical book value multiples these companies have carried during healthy offshore drilling environments:

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  While September was a good month for Ensco, the company made an even bigger splash in October by agreeing to buy fellow offshore driller Rowan (NYSE:RDC) in an all-stock deal. Ensco believes that the combination with Rowan will generate $150 million in annual cost savings while boosting its cash flow per share starting in 2020. It's the company's second major deal since the oil market downturn began; it bought Atwood Oceanics last year for $6.9 billion.