Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now


On January 26, microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) will report its financial results and provide financial guidance for the coming quarter and, likely, the entirety of 2017.

Although the company is planning to host its financial analyst day shortly thereafter, on February 9, during which the company will go into deeper dives into each of its business units, there are still several questions I’d like to hear answered during the company’s upcoming earnings call. Here are three.

Will the memory business be profitable this year?

Over the course of 2016, Intel’s non-volatile memory business — which builds and sells products based mainly on NAND flash and will soon begin shipping products based on its 3D XPoint technology — has lost a bunch of money.

A NAND flash-based solid-state drive. Image source: Intel.

The losses Intel has racked up here during the first three quarters of 2016 are $453 million, with more losses likely on the way during the fourth quarter.

Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Alphatec Holdings, Inc.(ATEC)


Advisors’ Opinion:

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  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Shares of Alphatec Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: ATEC) were down around 25 percent to $2.00 as the company reported an $18.9 million private placement.

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Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: BioAmber Inc.(BIOA)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    BioAmber Inc. (NYSE: BIOA) dropped nearly 29% Friday to post a new 52-week low of $2.24 after closing Thursday at $3.14. Volume of more than 1.5 million shares was about 6 times the daily average of around 240,000. The company’s annual report, filed on Thursday with its quarterly results, included a “going concern” statement from the company’s independent auditing firm.

  • [By Markus Aarnio]

    BioAmber (BIOA) is a sustainable chemicals company. Its proprietary technology platform combines industrial biotechnology and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstock into chemicals for use in a wide variety of everyday products including plastics, resins, food additives and personal care products.

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Bioamber Inc (NYSE: BIOA) shares dropped 19 percent to $2.55. BioAmber reported FY16 adjusted loss of $1.07 per share on revenue of $8.3 million.

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Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Greenlight Capital Re Ltd.(GLRE)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Jim Robertson]

    Note that hedge fund mogul David Einhorn has been a director ofthe predecessor company since May 2006. Mr. Einhorn co-founded, and has served as the President of, Greenlight Capital, Inc., since January 1996. Funds managed by Greenlight are some ofthe Companys principal stockholders. Since July 2004, Mr. Einhorn has served as Chairman of the Board of Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd (Nasdaq: GLRE).

Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ormat Technologies, Inc.(ORA)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Peter Graham]

    A long term performance chart shows shares of U.S. Geothermal back in positive territory while potential peer mid cap Calpine Corporation (NYSE: CPN) is underperforming and Ormat Technologies, Inc (NYSE: ORA) has been taking off for two years:

Best High Tech Stocks To Buy Right Now: Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc.(PNY)

Advisors’ Opinion:

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    Duke also recently has expanded on its natural gas efforts, and will add numerous more natural gas customers when its buy-out of Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (PNY) goes through.

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