Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now

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Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Methode Electronics, Inc.(MEI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallJun. 21, 2018 11:00 a.m. ET

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  ValuEngine cut shares of Methode Electronics (NYSE:MEI) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research note published on Wednesday morning.

  MEI has been the topic of several other research reports. Zacks Investment Research lowered Methode Electronics from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Saturday, February 24th. Robert W. Baird reissued an outperform rating and set a $51.00 target price (up previously from $48.00) on shares of Methode Electronics in a research report on Friday, March 2nd. Finally, TheStreet lowered Methode Electronics from a b rating to a c+ rating in a research report on Friday, March 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $48.75.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:

  Get Methode Electronics alerts: Analysts Expect Methode Electronics (MEI) Will Announce Quarterly Sales of $242.88 Million (americanbankingnews.com) Methode Electronics (MEI) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Brokerages (americanbankingnews.com) Analysts Anticipate Methode Electronics (MEI) Will Post Earnings of $0.74 Per Share (americanbankingnews.com) Commit To Buy Methode Electronics At $35, Earn 5.8% Annualized Using Options (nasdaq.com)

  Shares of Methode Electronics opened at $41.75 on Tuesday, Marketbeat reports. Methode Electronics has a 12-month low of $41.85 and a 12-month high of $42.60. The company has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 4.03 and a quick ratio of 3.47.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Kingstone Companies, Inc(KINS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a hold rating to a buy rating.

  Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a hold rating to a buy rating.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  AXIS Capital (NYSE: AXS) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Joseph Griffin]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  RLI (NASDAQ: KINS) and Kingstone Companies (NASDAQ:KINS) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: KeyCorp(KEY)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Teacher Retirement System of Texas lessened its position in KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) by 19.2% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 237,965 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 56,681 shares during the quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in KeyCorp were worth $4,652,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), the parent company of KeyBank, announced that it will hike its dividend by a whopping 42%. The announcement – a hike from $0.12 to $0.17 – is further proof that U.S. banks are much healthier. KEY also just hit the "Buy Zone" on the Money Morning Stock VQScore system.

• [By ]

  That said, I never completely abandoned the space. I remain long Citigroup (C) , I am flat KeyCorp (KEY) , having managed to maximize that trade earlier this year. Recently, your pal even reloaded his Goldman Sachs (GS) long after having trimmed that position appropriately. That, friends, is based on my belief that volatility will allow this legendary firm to reclaim its reputation. This one, I'll watch with great anticipation. They report on Tuesday, April 17. My trigger finger itches now.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) has earned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the twenty-five research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $22.53.

• [By Lee Jackson]

  This is one of the better-known banks among the group and looks to be a solid pick for 2019. KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) operates as the bank holding company for KeyBank National Association, which provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Rudolph Technologies Inc.(RTEC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (NASDAQ: CLWT) surged 73.3 percent to $3.90. Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) shares gained 51 percent to $33.1365. The nano-cap low-float stock skyrocketed over 1,300 percent on Wednesday on no company specific news which would support the surge. The move higher is consistent with what was seen in other low-float stocks over the past few months. Monaker Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKGI) shares jumped 34 percent to $3.00. Sharing Economy International Inc. (NASDAQ: SEII) shares rose 28.2 percent to $4.51 after gaining 9.32 percent on Wednesday. STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA) shares jumped 27.8 percent to $21.40 after reporting upbeat Q1 results. Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) rose 20.5 percent to $8.920 after climbing 107.87 percent on Wednesday. Xspand Products Lab Inc (NASDAQ: XSPL) gained 19.5 percent to $ 5.97. Xspand Products priced its IPO at $5 per share. YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) rose 18.9 percent to $10.035 following upbeat quarterly earnings. ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA) gained 18.3 percent to $3.0177. ENDRA Life Sciences is expected to report Q1 results on May 15. MYR Group Inc. (NASDAQ: MYRG) rose 18.1 percent to $35.85 after the company posted strong Q1 earnings. Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RTEC) shares jumped 16 percent to $30.75 following upbeat quarterly earnings. TTM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) gained 13.7 percent to $16.53 after reporting Q1 results. Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) shares surged 12 percent to $40.06 following better-than-expected Q1 earnings. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) rose 11.8 percent to $40.93 following Q1 results. Engility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EGL) surged 11.2 percent to $27.36. Engility reported upbeat quarterly earnings. Synalloy Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNL) rose 10.7 percent to $19.10 following Q1 results. Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI)
• [By Logan Wallace]

  Great West Life Assurance Co. Can decreased its position in Rudolph Technologies Inc (NYSE:RTEC) by 5.2% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 40,422 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after selling 2,206 shares during the period. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can owned approximately 0.13% of Rudolph Technologies worth $1,118,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: CVR Partners LP(UAN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  CVR Partners (NYSE: UAN) and PotashCorp (NYSE:NTR) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and earnings.

• [By Logan Wallace]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

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Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jim Crumly]

  Emerging markets stocks had a strong showing, with the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEMKT:EEM) moving up 1.4%. Retail stocks retreated; the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEMKT:XRT) lost 1.1%.

• [By Logan Wallace]

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• [By Joseph Griffin]

  First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 17,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $766,000.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Stevens Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM) by 21.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 36,024 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,261 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Management LP’s holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF were worth $1,561,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Ascent Capital Group, Inc.(ASCMA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  News stories about Ascent Capital Group Inc Series A (NASDAQ:ASCMA) have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Ascent Capital Group Inc Series A earned a news sentiment score of -0.02 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.5362897974896 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Ascent Capital Group Inc Series A (ASCMA)

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• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  After looking at last week's top performing penny stocks, we'll show you a small-cap stock with real growth potential that just popped up on our radar…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Last Week's Gain New Age Beverage Corp. (NADAQ: NBEV) $3.94 286.79% India Globalization Capital Inc. (NYSE: IGC) $2.18 181.55% Ascent Capital Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ASCMA) $2.16 103.85% Netlist Inc. (NASDAQ: NLST) $0.73 80.56% Oragenics Inc. (NYSE: OGEN) $0.92 71.63% Astrotech Corp. (NASDAQ: ASTC) $3.44 68.37% Command Security Corp. (NYSE: MOC) $2.77 51.09% Oasmia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OASM) $3.57 50.66% NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: NBY) $2.10 48.15% Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: NAVB) $0.25 45.72%

  While the gains these stocks made are exciting, they also highlight the danger of investing in penny stocks.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Newell Rubbermaid Inc.(NWL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Brian Feroldi, Anders Bylund, and Maxx Chatsko]

  With that in mind, we asked a team of Motley Fool contributors to share a high-yield stock that they think is worth checking out today. Here's why they highlighted Newell Brands (NYSE:NWL), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE:BIP), and Bladex (NYSE:BLX). 

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC cut its position in Newell Brands Inc (NYSE:NWL) by 20.2% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 88,318 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,384 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC’s holdings in Newell Brands were worth $2,250,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• [By ]

  Newell Brands, Inc. (NYSE: NWL) – If you were going to own just one "back-to-school" stock, it would be this one. Having dropped the Rubbermaid from its name (don't worry, they still own the brand), Newell's brand portfolio is an all-star team of consumer names. While shoppers may be snapping up the company's Paper Mate, Elmer's, Sharpie, and Rubbermaid products this time of year, other names such as Mr. Coffee, Coleman, Graco, and Marmot clothing also keep the cash rolling in.

• [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]

  For the details of Carl Icahn's stock buys and sells, go to http://www.gurufocus.com/StockBuy.php?GuruName=Carl+Icahn

  These are the top 5 holdings of Carl IcahnIcahn Enterprises LP (IEP) - 157,898,582 shares, 44.76% of the total portfolio. Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (HLF) - 45,744,648 shares, 11.08% of the total portfolio. CVR Energy Inc (CVI) - 71,198,718 shares, 10.69% of the total portfolio. Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG) - 32,680,490 shares, 8.68% of the total portfolio. Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) - 50,161,354 shares, 4.38% of the total p
• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  Investors sold shares of Newell Brands Inc (NYSE:NWL) on strength during trading on Tuesday. $18.02 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $72.22 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $54.20 million out of the stock. Of all equities tracked, Newell Brands had the 13th highest net out-flow for the day. Newell Brands traded up $0.20 for the day and closed at $26.22

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: Wynn Resorts, Limited(WYNN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  VIP gamblers only began returning to Macau after Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) opened its Palace casino in the Cotai district, followed by the opening of Las Vegas Sands' Venetian resort. Earlier this year, MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) opened its MGM Cotai after more than a year of delays.

• [By Leo Sun]

  Sands' Macau business generated decent growth in the first half of the year, with revenue rising 17% annually. Unfortunately, that growth rate underperformed Macau's cumulative January to June growth rate of 18.9%. This indicates that Sands could be losing ground to its aggressive competitors in Macau, which include Wynn (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Melco, as the region's growth slows down.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  The lights are dimming in Las Vegas and Macau. As a result, casino operators across the world -- from the more U.S.-focused operators like Caesars (NASDAQ:CZR) and MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) to those with a greater international presence like Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS), Melco (NASDAQ:MLCO), and Wynn (NASDAQ:WYNN) -- are searching for a winning formula in other markets.

• [By Lee Jackson]

  This top company saw the departure of its namesake founder earlier this year. Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) operates Wynn Macau and Encore at Wynn Macau resort located in the People’s Republic of China.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN), the famous Las Vegas casino operation, popped 913% since 2002.

  And the maker of Corona beer and Svedka Vodka, Constellation Brands Inc. (NYSE: STZ), puts the others to shame with an eye-popping 30,638% gain since 1989. That doesn't even include the dividends you'd have racked up along the way.

Top 10 High Tech Stocks To Own Right Now: California Grapes International, Inc. (CAGR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]

  It is hard to fully wrap your hands around the potential market opportunity that Accenture will have in the years ahead but I believe that the opportunities are almost endless (dramatic, I know). For example, consider these forecasts that Forbes detailed in its "2017 Roundup Of Internet Of Things Forecast" report:

  According to Bain, "B2B IoT segments will generate more than $300B annually by 2020, including about $85B in the industrial sector". According to PwC, "$6T will be spent on IoT solutions between 2015 and 2020". According to Accenture, "Industrial Internet Of Things could add $14.2T to the economy by 2020". According to Statista, "The global Internet of Things (IoT) market is projected to grow from $2.99T in 2014 to $8.9T in 2020, attaining a 19.92% Compound Annual Growth Rate (OTCPK:CAGR). Industrial manufacturing is predicted to increase from $472B in 2014 to $890B in global IoT spending. Healthcare and life sciences are projected to increase from $520B in 2014 to $1.335T in 2020, attaining a 17% CAGR".

  The forecasts compiled by Forbes are all over the place but one thing is consistent, that is, the growth potential for IoT (and the sub-industries) is real. Connected things are expected to experience significant growth and I believe that it is hard to deny that digital will play a key role in the future growth of the global economy.