Best Safest Stocks To Own For 2018


Mid cap steel and metal recycling stockSteel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) reported Q2 2017 earnings after the market closed Wednesday. Steel Dynamics reported Q2 2017 net income of $154 million on net sales of $2.4 billion versus net incomeof $142 million on net sales of $2.0 billion.Sequential Q1 2017 net income was $201 million on net sales of $2.4 billion. The earnings release noted:

During the second quarter 2017, the company further modernized one of its galvanizing lines located at its Butler Flat Roll Division, while also expanding the line’s annual value-added production capability by an additional 180,000 tons. The upgrade required the line to be down for three weeks in May. Additionally, the company experienced quality issues related to the start-up of its new Galvalume and paint line at its Columbus Flat Roll Division, resulting in line downtime. Combined, these two items resulted in higher costs and lower value-added shipments, reducing potential second quarter 2017 pretax earnings by an estimated $30 million.

Best Safest Stocks To Own For 2018: News Corporation(NWS)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Monica Gerson]

    News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) reported a profit of $506 million, or $0.87 per share for the year ended June 30, versus a year-ago loss of $2.08 billion, or $3.58 per share. Its revenue rose 2.7% to $8.89 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.57 per share on revenue of $8.96 billion. News Corp shares fell 1.28% to close at $16.91 on Friday.

Best Safest Stocks To Own For 2018: Zogenix, Inc.(ZGNX)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Zogenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGNX) was down, falling around 11 percent to $34.75 after the company disclosed new efficacy and safety data from its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of ZX008 in Dravet syndrome.

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Zogenix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGNX) was down, falling around 8 percent to $35.82 after the company disclosed new efficacy and safety data from its pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of ZX008 in Dravet syndrome.

Best Safest Stocks To Own For 2018: Pacific Mercantile Bancorp(PMBC)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Shares of Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ: PMBC) were down 24 percent to $5.78. Pacific Mercantile Bancorp reported a Q3 loss of $30.5 million on revenue of $10.2 million for its third quarter.

Best Safest Stocks To Own For 2018: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings(AAWW)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Amazon leased 40 planes from Air Transport Services Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ATSG) and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AAWW). Each carrier is supplying 20 Boeing jets to Prime Air.

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