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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Basic Materials Wholesale Industry With The Highest ROE
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 4:42am | 136Below are the top small-cap basic materials wholesale stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) is 10.68%. Global Partners' revenue for the same period is $19.91 billion. The trailing-twelve-month...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Security & Protection Services Industry With The Highest Revenue
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 4:42am | 127Below are the small-cap security & protection services stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at The Brink's Company (NYSE: BCO) is $3.99 billion. Brink's ROE for the same period is 17.16%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Kratos Defense...
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Is this Hospital Small Cap the Remedy for Growth, Value and Income Investors?
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 4:21pm | 344As with just about everything in life, investing goals can be divided into three: income, growth, and value. When all three come from a single stock, it should have a bullish future. Such should be the case for Select Medical (NYSE: SEM), one of the largest operators of specialty hospitals and...
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3 Stocks to Profit from the Rise in Hospital Spending
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 3:44pm | 483A recent study from The Journal of the American Medical Association predicted healthcare spending in the United States will increase to about $3.3 trillion by 2015. Around $1 trillion of that will be for rising hospital expenses. Shareholders of Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA), HCA...
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High-Flying, High-Debt Airlines Will Be Forced Back Down to Earth, Again
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 4:51pm | 718Stock prices for United Continental (NYSE: UAL), US Airways Group (NYSE: LCC), and Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) have soared for 2013. Pretty remarkable, when you consider the level of debt each of these companies is carrying. When the market turns, as it always does, the heavy leverage will be a...
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3 Small Caps Every Family Office Should Own
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 3:55pm | 612Family offices are entities established to invest for wealthy families. While each family office has its own goals, a major goal for all is to produce future returns that beat the overall market. If that cannot be accomplished, there is no reason for a family office not to simply place its...
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3 Reasons to Short Bon-Ton Stores
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 12:56pm | 531Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT) is up more than 50 percent for the last month of market action. Just about everything else is down for the small-cap department store chain based in Pennsylvania: sales growth is off by six percent on a quarterly basis, earnings-per-share are down by 73.10 percent...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Networking & Communication Devices Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 4:19am | 145Below are the top small-cap networking & communication devices stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. Black Box (NASDAQ: BBOX) is likely to earn $2.26 per share in the next year ending March, 2015. Black Box's trailing-twelve-month ROE is 5.84%....
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Farm Products Industry With The Highest Revenue
Thursday, December 5, 2013 - 4:17am | 123Below are the small-cap farm products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at The Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE) is $5.70 billion. Andersons' ROE for the same period is 11.83%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP)...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Diversified Electronics Industry With The Highest Revenue
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 4:21am | 120Below are the small-cap diversified electronics stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Nam Tai Electronics (NYSE: NTE) is $1.40 billion. Nam Tai Electronics' ROE for the same period is 23.21%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Encore Wire (...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Basic Materials Wholesale Industry With The Highest Operating Margin
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 - 4:24am | 133Below are the top small-cap basic materials wholesale stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at LB Foster Co (NASDAQ: FSTR) is 7.00%. LB Foster had $96.00 million in total cash for the latest quarter. The trailing-twelve-month...
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3 Big Reasons to Buy this Small Cap with a High Dividend, Low Beta and No Debt
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 12:56pm | 469Sometimes the headline says it all. Espey Manufacturing and Electric (NYSE: ESP) is a high-yield, low-beta small cap with no debt. Those are three very compelling reasons for long term investors to consider the stock. It also has superior features to much larger firms in its sector, such as...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Multimedia & Graphics Software Industry With The Highest Revenue
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 4:23am | 124Below are the small-cap multimedia & graphics software stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) is $1.01 billion. Take-Two Interactive's PEG ratio is 0.43. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Internet Service Providers Industry With The Highest Cash
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 4:22am | 132Below are the top small-cap internet service providers stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Internet Initiative Japan (NASDAQ: IIJI) had $327.60 million in total cash for the latest quarter. However, Internet Initiative Japan had $243.33 million in total debt for the same period....
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3 Reasons India will Increase the Price of Gold and Oil
Friday, November 29, 2013 - 12:38pm | 654Gold's exchange traded fund, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), and its oil counterpart, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), should have an inverse trading relationship with each other. When the price of oil is down, gold should rise. That shift generally means economies are weak, so there is less demand...