LONDON -- After a record-breaking five days last week that saw the�FTSE 100�soar to new five-and-a-half-year highs, the index of top U.K. companies has slipped back 21 points this morning to 6,604 at the time of writing. Today's dip was driven mainly by the index's big miners, with falls across the sector after weaker Chinese production figures put renewed pressure on metals and minerals prices.
But there are still companies doing well today. Here are three from the various indices that are beating the FTSE today:
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Quindell Portfolio�shares are recovering today, up 27% to 7.6 pence, after mysteriously crashing last week in the days following the software firm's release of expectation-busting results -- between results day on Tuesday and the end of Friday, the price had plunged by 55% to fall as low as 6 pence.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Imagination Technologies Group(IMG.L)
Imagination Technologies Group plc engages in the design, development, and marketing of multimedia technology and related products. It involved in the development of embedded graphics, video, display, and multi-threaded processor and multi standard broadcast receiver and connectivity technologies, including semiconductor system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP) products. The company licenses its SoC IP products, such as POWERVR visual intellectual property (IP), ENSIGMA communications IP, and META multi-threaded processor IP to a range of semiconductor and consumer electronics companies worldwide for use in the mobile phone multimedia, handheld multimedia, home consumer, mobile computing, and in-car electronic markets. It also develops, manufactures, and markets consumer products, such as digital and connected radios. The company is headquartered in Kings Langley, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Radian Group Inc.(RDN)
Radian Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a credit enhancement company in the United States. The company offers credit-related insurance coverage, primarily through private mortgage insurance, and risk management services to mortgage lending institutions. Its private mortgage insurance protects the holders of the company?s insurance from default-related losses on residential mortgage loans made generally to home buyers, as well as facilitates the sale of these mortgage loans in the secondary mortgage market. The company primarily serves mortgage originators, such as mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, savings institutions, credit unions, and community banks. Radian Group Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hot Blue Chip Companies To Own In Right Now: Tso3 Inc Com Npv(TOS.TO)
TSO3 Inc. engages in the research, development, commercialization, and licensing of sterilization processes and accessories for heat-sensitive medical devices. Its sterilization products include 3M OPTREOZ 125-Z Sterilizer, which is an ozone and hydrogen peroxide sterilizer system that offers 3 sterilizing cycles of 46, 56, and 100 minutes each and is intended for the reprocessing of general instrumentation, rigid channel instruments, single/multi-channel rigid endoscopes, and short and long single/multi-channel flexible endoscopes; and 25L Ozone Sterilizer, an ozone-based sterilization system that runs a 4.5-hour sterilizing cycle and is intended for the reprocessing of general stainless steel instruments and rigid endoscopes. The company?s 3M OPTREOZ 125-Z Sterilizer consists of a 125 liter stainless steel chamber, an ozone generator, a humidifier, a vacuum pump, and a catalytic converter for residual ozone. Its sterilization systems are used in central sterilization de partments and operating rooms within acute care facilities in Canada and internationally. The company also provides 3M OPTREOZ 125-280 Solution that is used to supply the required dosage of hydrogen peroxide per cycle; validation indicators, including chemical and biological indicators that are used to verify the parameters of the cycle in order to guarantee the success of the process; and sterilization pouches. In addition, it offers product development services to medical device manufacturers that include hydrogen peroxide and ozone sterilization validation, compatibility testing, medical devices cleaning method development, and medical packaging compatibility verification. TSO3 Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Comfortdelgro Corporation Ltd (C52.SI)
ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited, an investment holding company, operates as a land transport company. It provides public bus and charter bus services; rail services; motor vehicle evaluation and other related services; public taxi services through the rental of taxis to hirers; car rental, care, and leasing services; advertising services; taxi booking management services; vehicle inspection and other related services; vehicle testing and consultancy services; professional inspection and automotive engineering services; inter-city bus services; taxi insurance; coach services; private hire services; crash repair services; and bus station services. The company also operates driving schools; and workshops for repairing, servicing, and the general maintenance of motor vehicles. In addition, it rents buses to hirers and provides related services; operates as a dealer in diesel for motor vehicles; distributes motor vehicles; trades automotive parts; constructs specialized vehic les and assembles bus bodies; and provides and manages taxi booking card facilities. It operates in Singapore, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, China, Vietnam, and Malaysia. As of February 13, 2012, the company�s fleet consisted of 46,329 buses, taxis, and rental vehicles. ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited is headquartered in Singapore.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Hermes Financial Inc(HFI.V)
Hermes Financial Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in Canada. It holds interests in various oil and gas wells located in the Valhalla, Bellshill Lake, and Sullivan Lake areas of Alberta, Canada. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Canmore, Canada.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Hankore Environment Tec Grpltd(B22.SI)
HanKore Environment Tech Group Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the provision of environmentally friendly water and wastewater treatment solutions to municipal, provincial governments, commercial, and industrial customers primarily in the People?s Republic of China. It is involved in the development, investment, financing, and construction of projects related to municipal utilities, water supply, waste water treatment, recycling of treated water, and sludge treatment. The company was formerly known as Bio-Treat Technology Limited and changed its name to HanKore Environment Tech Group Limited in May 2011. HanKore Environment Tech Group Limited is headquartered in Beijing, the People?s Republic of China.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc.(SWM)
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. manufactures and sells paper and reconstituted tobacco products to the tobacco industry, as well as specialized paper products for use in various applications. It operates in two segments, Paper and Reconstituted Tobacco. The Paper segment primarily produces cigarette papers, such as lower ignition propensity papers, plug wrap papers, and base tipping papers to cigarette manufacturers that use to wrap various parts of a cigarette. It also offers commercial and industrial products, including lightweight printing and writing papers, battery separator papers, drinking straw wraps, filter papers, and other specialized papers to converters and other end-users or brokers. The Reconstituted Tobacco segment produces and sells reconstituted tobacco leaf, and wrapper and binder products to cigarette and cigar manufacturers. The company sells its products directly to customers in approximately 90 countries. Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Panera Bread Company(PNRA)
Panera Bread Company, together with its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and franchises retail bakery-cafes in the United States and Canada. Its bakery-cafes offer fresh baked goods, sandwiches, soups, salads, custom roasted coffees, and other complementary products, as well as provide catering services. The company also manufactures and supplies dough and other products to company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafes. As of March 29, 2011, it owned and franchised 1,467 bakery-cafes under the Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe names. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Roberto Pedone]
One casual dining player that insiders are active in here is Panera Bread (PNRA), which is a national bakery-cafe concept with 1,652 company-owned and franchise-operated bakery-cafe locations in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada. Insiders are buying this stock into modest strength, since shares are up 5.2% so far in 2013.
Panera Bread has a market cap of $4.8 billion and an enterprise value of $4.5 billion. This stock trades at a reasonable valuation, with a trailing price-to-earnings of 26.28 and a forward price-to-earnings of 21.32. Its estimated growth rate for this year is 15.8%, and for next year it's pegged at 15.1%. This is a cash-rich company, since the total cash position on its balance sheet is $341.06 million and its total debt is zero.
The CFO just bought 1,500 shares, or about $252,000 worth of stock, at $168.58 per share.
From a technical perspective, PNRA is currently trending below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, which is bearish. This stock recently gapped down big from $187.50 to its low of $165.55 a share with heavy downside volume. That move has now pushed shares of PNRA into oversold territory, since its current relative strength index reading is 25.59. Oversold can always get more oversold, but it's also an area where a stock can experience a powerful rebound higher from.
If you're bullish on PNRA, then look for long-biased trades as long as this stock is trending above some key near-term support at $165.55, and then once it breaks out above some near-term overhead resistance levels at its 200-day of $171.33 a share to more resistance at $172.50 a share with high volume. Look for a sustained move or close above those levels with volume that hits near or above its three-month average volume of 439,019 shares. If that breakout triggers soon, then PNRA will set up to re-fill some of its previous gap down zone that started at $187.50 a share. Some possible upside targets if PNRA gets into that gap with volume are $175 to $180 a share.
- [By Fabian]
Most of you have probably eaten at one of these franchise bakery-cafes. If not I highly recommend it, as for the company itself they are exceptional. Profit soared 50% in the first quarter, operating margins rose several percentage points, and Panera is sitting on $300+ million of cash. Right now it’s at a 30% discount to its peer averages and the stock is very cheap when valued against future earnings. Strong buy expect it to rise to $105.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Chiquita Brands International Inc. (CQB)
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution and marketing of bananas and fresh produce under the Chiquita and other brand names worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Bananas, Salads and Healthy Snacks, and Other Produce. The Banana segment sources, transports, markets, and distributes bananas to retailers and wholesalers, and chain stores. It also engages in the cultivation and production of bananas. The Salads and Healthy Snacks segment offers value-added salads under the Fresh Express and other labels; and fresh vegetable and fruit ingredients used in foodservice, healthy snacks, and processed fruit ingredient products. This segment also provides fresh-cut products, such as lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, cabbage, and onions to foodservice distributors who resell these products to foodservice operators. It distributes Fresh Express branded products to food retailers, foodservice distributors, and quick-service restaurants; and fresh produce foodservice offerings primarily to third-party distributors for resale principally to quick-service restaurants in the United States. The Other Produce segment engages in sourcing, marketing, and distributing fresh fruits and vegetables other than bananas in Europe and North America. It offers grapes, pineapples, melons, kiwis, tomatoes, and avocados. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Own In Right Now: Pitney Bowes Inc(PBI)
Pitney Bowes Inc. provides mail processing equipment and integrated mail solutions worldwide. It offers a suite of equipment, supplies, software, services, and solutions for managing and integrating physical and digital communication channels. The company?s Small & Medium Business Solutions group engages in the sale, rental, and financing of mail finishing, mail creation, and shipping equipment and software; provision of supply, support, and other professional services; and provision of payment solutions. Its Enterprise Business Solutions group sells, supports, and offers other professional services for high-speed production mail systems, and sorting and production print equipment; and sells and provides support services for non-equipment-based mailing, customer relationship and communication, and location intelligence software. This group also offers facilities management services; secure mail services; reprographic document management services; and litigation support and eDiscovery services, as well as provides presort mail services and cross-border mail services; and direct marketing services. Pitney Bowes Inc. markets its products and services through its sales force, direct mailings, outbound telemarketing, and independent distributors and dealers to various business, governmental, institutional, and other organizations. The company, formerly known as Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Company, was founded in 1920 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jim Lowell]
Pitney Bowes (PBI) provides mail processing equipment and integrated mail solutions in the United States and internationally. The company is a member of the dividend aristocrats index and has raised distributions for 29 years in a row. Yield: 5.90%.
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