Hot Cheap Stocks To Own For 2019


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Activist investor Carl Icahn’s push to derail Cigna Corp.’s proposed $54 billion takeover of pharmacy-benefits firm Express Scripts Holding Co. isn’t convincing one big shareholder.

Glenview Capital Management LLC publicly backed the deal today in a letter to Cigna shareholders, urging other investors to do the same, saying the company is actually paying a cheap price for Express Scripts compared with similar takeovers in the past. That rebuts Icahn’s statements that the health insurer is “dramatically overpaying” for a company facing existential threats.

Hot Cheap Stocks To Own For 2019: Six Flags Entertainment Corporation New(SIX)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
    Daré Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: DARE) shares jumped 56.69 percent to close at $1.27 on Wednesday on news that the company entered into worldwide license agreement for Juniper Pharmaceuticals' intravaginal ring technology platform.
    Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ: VICR) rose 26.84 percent to close at $37.10. Vicor posted Q1 earnings of $0.10 per share on sales of $65.2 million.
    AGM Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AGMH) climbed 25.56 percent to close at $10.61.
    Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) gained 24.7 percent to close at $9.75 following strong Q1 results.
    Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE: IPI) shares climbed 19.24 percent to close at $4.71.
    China Customer Relations Centers, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRC) rose 18.73 percent to close at $18.64.
    Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX) climbed 18.28 percent to close at $5.89. Genprex expanded its operations to Cambridge, Mass.
    Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) rose 13.92 percent to close at $2.70 following Q1 results.
    Rocky Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCKY) shares surged 13.57 percent to close at $23.85 after reporting Q1 results.
    Resonant Inc. (NASDAQ: RESN) shares rose 12.5 percent to close at $4.14 on Wednesday.
    USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NYSE: USNA) jumped 11.24 percent to close at $106.85 following Q1 results.
    SUPERVALU Inc. (NYSE: SVU) rose 11.16 percent to close at $16.24 after the company reported Q4 results and agreed to sell and leaseback eight distribution centers for an aggregate purchase price of $483 million.
    K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) shares gained 10.74 percent to close at $15.36 following Q3 results.
    Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) rose 9.15 percent to close at $46.28 as the company posted in-line quarterly earnings.
    Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: SIX) shares climbed 8.49 percent to close at $64.18 as the company posted a narrower-than-expected loss for its first quarter.
    Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) gained 8.2 percent to close at $107.94 af
  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE:SIX) has received an average recommendation of “Buy” from the thirteen analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and seven have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $71.13.

  • [By Daniel B. Kline]

    In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Vincent Shen and Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline take a first pass at understanding what it takes to run a theme park with three of the biggest names in the industry — Six Flags (NYSE:SIX), Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN), and SeaWorld (NYSE:SEAS).

  • [By Max Byerly]

    SIX (CURRENCY:SIX) traded down 0.6% against the US dollar during the one day period ending at 15:00 PM Eastern on February 4th. One SIX token can currently be bought for about $0.0061 or 0.00000177 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinsuper, Liquid and Stellarport. SIX has a total market cap of $1.68 million and $58,579.00 worth of SIX was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. During the last week, SIX has traded down 6.5% against the US dollar.

  • [By Logan Wallace]

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Hot Cheap Stocks To Own For 2019: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.(KERX)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Shane Hupp]

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  • [By Logan Wallace]

    Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have given a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $6.00.

  • [By Maxx Chatsko]

    Shares of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:KERX) dropped nearly 20% last month, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The pharma company announced second-quarter and first-half 2018 results that included disappointing sales revenue for its only drug, Auryxia. As a result, sales lagged behind consensus estimates despite delivering strong year-over-year growth.

Hot Cheap Stocks To Own For 2019: NewJersey Resources Corporation(NJR)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Logan Wallace]

    New Jersey Resources Corp (NYSE:NJR) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the seven analysts that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $48.00.

  • [By Max Byerly]

    Prudential Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of New Jersey Resources Co. (NYSE:NJR) by 116.9% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 172,203 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 92,819 shares during the period. Prudential Financial Inc.’s holdings in New Jersey Resources were worth $6,905,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

  • [By Shane Hupp]

    Media stories about New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. New Jersey Resources earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 47.4143329064271 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near future.

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    United Services Automobile Association raised its holdings in New Jersey Resources Corp (NYSE:NJR) by 16.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 135,890 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,102 shares during the period. United Services Automobile Association’s holdings in New Jersey Resources were worth $6,081,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

  • [By Joseph Griffin]

    New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) had its price objective upped by equities research analysts at Argus from $45.00 to $49.00 in a report released on Wednesday. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the utilities provider’s stock. Argus’ target price suggests a potential upside of 9.74% from the stock’s current price.

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