Ford (NYSE: F ) has done exceptionally well by most measures in recent years, at least here in North America. Sales are strong, factories are booming, profits are big, and the company's finances are in great shape.
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10 Best Stocks For 2014: Shield Gold Inc.(SHG.V)
Shield Gold Inc. engages in the exploration of precious and base metal properties in Canada. The company has an option agreement to acquire interest on the La Grande Nord property and the Summit-Gaber property, which are located in the La Grande Greenstone Belt in the James Bay region of Quebec. Shield Gold Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Jacks International Limited (J11.SI)
Jacks International Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the distribution and retail of health foods and supplements in Singapore and Brunei. It also provides various engineering services, including bending and fabrication of copper, steel, and stainless steel piping; installation of ducts, tubing machinery, and other capital equipment; and machinery and grinding of tools, dies, castings, and other equipment in Australia. In addition, Jacks International Limited engages in property holding business. The company was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Singapore, Singapore. Jacks International Limited is a subsidiary of Abacus Pacific N.V.
Top Blue Chip Companies To Watch For 2014: QLT Inc.(QLTI)
QLT Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of ocular products that address the unmet medical needs of patients and clinicians. It offers Visudyne that utilizes light-activated photodynamic therapy to treat the eye disease known as wet age related macular degeneration. Visudyne is also used for the treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia, severe near-sightedness, and presumed ocular histoplasmosis. The company?s developmental stage products include Latanoprost Punctal Plug Drug Delivery System, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of glaucoma and allergic conjunctivitis; and QLT091001, which is in Phase Ib clinical trial for the treatment of leber congenital amaurosis and retinitis pigmentosa. QLT Inc. markets its products in approximately 80 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc.(MDRX)
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides clinical, financial, connectivity, and information solutions and related professional services to hospitals, physicians, and post-acute organizations primarily in the United States and Canada. The company?s integrated clinical software applications include acute care electronic health records, clinical and practice management solutions, revenue cycle management software, clearinghouse services, stand-alone electronic prescribing, and document imaging solutions, as well as various solutions for home care, hospice, skilled nursing, and other post-acute organizations. It also provides electronic medical records software; practice management software; electronic claims administration services; related installation and training services; hosting services for its software and outsourced solutions; and information technology outsourcing services. In addition, the company also resells related hardware products. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Selena Maranjian]
Other companies didn't do as well last year, but could see their fortunes change in the coming years. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX ) , which�delivers electronic health records (EHR) products and services,�slid 20%. The company has been lagging its peers, it was a poor performer in 2012, and its latest earnings report wasn't too impressive. On the plus side, some of its insiders have been buying shares.
- [By Sean Williams]
What: Shares of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX ) , a health care information technology company, jumped as much as 10% after the company announced better-than-expected preliminary second-quarter booking results.
- [By Seth Jayson]
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (Nasdaq: MDRX ) is expected to report Q1 earnings on May 9. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Allscripts Healthcare Solutions's revenues will increase 0.8% and EPS will expand 16.7%. - [By Keith Speights]
GE Healthcare also claims one of the top spots in the world of electronic medical records. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, reported recently that the company ranked in the No. 5 spot for Meaningful Use attestations needed for health care providers to receive federal incentives. Only two publicly traded companies placed higher than GE Healthcare -- Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX ) and Quality Systems' (NASDAQ: QSII ) NextGen Healthcare unit.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Argonaut Exploration Inc (AGA.V)
Argonaut Exploration Inc., a junior mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada. It primarily explores for gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, lead, and zinc deposits. The company holds a 100% interest in the Terrace property comprising 75 mineral claims located in north-western British Columbia; the Columario Gold property consisting of 31 mineral tenures covering an area of approximately 2,230 hectares located in the Terrace area of British Columbia; and the High Gold property covering an area of approximately 7,832.4 hectares located in Hidden Valley Area, British Columbia. It also holds a 100% interest in the Lucky Luke and Cordillera gold mines located in British Columbia. Argonaut Exploration Inc. is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Allot Communications Ltd.(ALLT)
Allot Communications Ltd. engages in developing, selling, and marketing Internet protocol service optimization and revenue generation solutions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. Its solutions are used to create policies to monitor network applications, enforce quality of service policies that guarantee mission-critical application performance, mitigate security risks, and leverage network infrastructure investments. The company offers traffic management systems, including Service Gateway platform for broadband service control and optimization based on DPI; and NetEnforcer traffic management system that inspects, monitors, and controls network traffic by application and by user. Its network management application suites comprise NetXplorer that provides service providers and enterprise customers a view of traffic on the network; and Subscriber Management Platform, a system that helps service providers build an intelligent service network d esigned to deliver the quality of experience. The company also offers ServiceProtector, which ensures service continuity, and guards network integrity against known and unknown threats, as well as enables surgical mitigation through immediate identification of denial of service attacks, zero day attacks, worms, zombie, and botnets. In addition, it provides MediaSwift that caches and accelerates popular Internet video. The company markets and sells its products to carriers, mobile operators, cable operators, educational institutions, governments, and enterprises, as well as wireless, wireline, and satellite Internet service providers. It sells it products through distributors, resellers, OEMs, value added resellers, and system integrators, as well as through direct sales. The company was formerly known as Ariadne Ltd. and changed its name to Allot Communications Ltd. in September 1997. Allot Communications Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is based in Hod-Hasharon, Israel.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Evan Niu, CFA]
What: Shares of Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT ) have popped today by as much as 10% after the company scored a big contract.
So what: Allot said it landed a $6.5 million order from a "Tier-1" mobile operator in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for Intelligent Steering and Value-Added Service licenses. The company added that the contract is a licensing expansion of an existing deployment. The customer will add functionalities to the current Allot Service Gateways deployment.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Allot Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLT) was raised to Outperform with an $18 price target at Oppenheimer.
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) was added to the Conviction Buy list with an $86 price target at Goldman Sachs.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: 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.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Global Industries Ltd. (GLBL)
Global Industries, Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides construction and subsea services to the offshore oil and gas industry in the North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific/the Middle East regions. The company?s services include pipeline construction, platform installation and removal, construction support, diving services, diverless intervention, and marine support services. As of December 31, 2010, its fleet included four derrick lay barges, one pipelay/derrick vessel, one heavy lift ship, one pipelay barge, four multi-service vessels, one dive support vessel, and one offshore supply vessel. The company serves oil and gas producers and pipeline companies. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Carlyss, Louisiana.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.(OEH)
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. and its subsidiaries engage primarily in the hotel and travel businesses. It focuses on the luxury end of the leisure market. The company owns 49 properties, including 40 individual deluxe hotels, 1 stand-alone restaurant, 6 tourist trains, and 2 river/canal cruise businesses in 24 countries. It also engages in the real estate and property development business. Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. was founded in 1971 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below. - [By Rich Duprey]
Luxury hotel operator Orient-Express (NYSE: OEH ) announced yesterday that shareholders at its annual meeting elected a new chairman of the board to the company,�Roland Hernandez, along with eight other directors.
- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Orient-Express Hotels (NYSE: OEH ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
10 Best Stocks For 2014: Magal Security Systems Ltd.(MAGS)
Magal Security Systems Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computerized security systems used to automatically detect and deter human intrusion primarily in Israel, North America, Europe, South and Latin America, and Africa. The company offers perimeter security systems that enable customers to monitor, limit, and control access by unauthorized personnel to specific regions or areas. Its perimeter security systems include a hybrid perimeter intrusion detection system with physical barrier; fence mounted vibration detection systems; detection grids, gates, and innocent looking fences to protect water passages, VIP residences, and other outdoor applications; and buried cable sensors, electrical field disturbance sensors, and microwave sensors. The company also offers CCTV systems comprising DreamBox/Maestro DB, a real-time multimedia analysis and management platform for outdoor security applications; MTC-1500E, a dual technology o utdoor surveillance system; MSS-1500, a dual camera system for outdoor rapid deployment operations; and MagCam, which provides fence surveillance under daylight and darkness. In addition, it offers Fortis, a command and control system; StarNet 1000, a security management system; and Network Manager, a middleware package. Further, the company offers miscellaneous systems, including covert security systems; and personal and portable duress alarm systems to protect personnel in prisons. Additionally, Magal provides support and maintenance services. Its products are used to protect infrastructure, assets, and personnel in sensitive facilities, such as national borders, military bases, power plants, airports, seaports, prisons, industrial sites, oil and gas facilities, refineries, and municipalities from intrusion, crime, sabotage, or vandalism. Magal Security Systems sells its products through system integrators and distribution channels. The company was founded in 1969 and is b ased in Yehud, Israel.
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