Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now


They say that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. While you can’t cheat death and better not cheat on your taxes, you can at least avoid paying Uncle Sam taxes on any gains earned from investments held in a Roth IRA. That’s why we think that the best stocks to own in a Roth are ones that will likely have generated substantial gains by the time you retire.

Three that we think fit that bill are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC), and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW).

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Daniel Miller (Paycom Solutions): Roth IRAs have become wildly popular in recent years, and it’s pretty easy to understand why. The big selling point for a Roth IRA is that money contributed can grow completely tax-free for life. That means investors should focus on companies that can grow and compound over decades; when you withdraw the money in retirement, you won’t pay a dime on those earnings.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: BorgWarner Inc.(BWA)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Ben Levisohn]

    Yesterday, Morgan Stanleys Adam Jonas cut Delphi Automotive (DLPH) to Underweight from Overweight citing the threat posed by electric cars (and not just Tesla Motors (TSLA)). Today, Bairds David Leiker and team offer a fuller defense of Delphi Automotive, as well as Borg Warner (BWA) and Lear (LEA):

  • [By Ben Levisohn]

    Yesterday, I dubbed the selloff in auto stocks “car-pocalypse now,” as shares of everything car related tumbled following disappointing auto sales. Shares of General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor (F)? Check. Auto-part makers like BorgWarner (BWA)? Check. Used-car sellers like AutoNation (AN) and CarMax (KMX)? Check. Auto-part retailers like O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY) and AutoZone (AZO)? Oh yeah. So is it time to panic?

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: American Airlines Group, Inc.(AAL)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Adam Levine-Weinberg]

    A few years ago, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) introduced a new class of cheaper “basic economy” fares to help it compete with ultra-low cost carriers on certain routes. Last year, American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) and United Continental (NYSE:UAL) confirmed that they would introduce their own basic economy fares to stay competitive.

  • [By Ben Levisohn]

    Last March, I recommended American Airlines (AAL), opining that it was just too cheap to ignore. Through last night, it had returned 23% to the S&P 500′s 15%. But American Airlines is getting hammered today after releasing earnings this morning.


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    What’s going on? Its earnings weren’t great–itreported an adjusted profit of 92 cents a share, meeting analyst forecasts–but its commentary on margins was upbeat as well. American Airlines also announced a new $2 billion share buyback program. In fact, everything was solid enough that most analysts thought they would be, at worst, a non event. Raymond James analysts Savanthi Syth and Matt Roberts, for instance, wrote that “shares are likely to react well,” while Cowen’s Helane Becker and team wrote before the open that “shares are trading up in pre-market trading, and this is likely to carry through once the market opens.”


    So what went wrong? Could it be American’s rising costs? Becker and team explain:

    Despite improved unit revenue, costs were a little worse than our estimate. Management forecast 1Q17 mainline non-fuel unit costs to increase 10% to 12% vs our estimation of up ~9%. The increase in non-fuel unit costs is due to labor and fuel; labor accounts for 7 pts and the reduction in planned capacity growth added 2 pts. Despite clear reasons for the increases, we expect investor push back as mainline non-fuel unit costs will be up 4% to 6% in 2017 vs our estimate of up 4%.


    Still, shares of American Airlines have dropped 5.4$% to $46.91 at 3:20 p.m. today. That’s one heck of a push back.

  • [By Craig Jones]

    Najarian also noticed very aggressive call options buying in American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL). Traders bought the August 50 calls in the name. There was also a large call options activity in JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). Najarian has a long position in Delta and he bought JetBlue on Thursday.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Anavex Life Sciences Corp.(AVXL)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By SEEKINGALPHA.COM]

    Anavex Life Sciences (OTCQX:AVXL) is down ~40% since Amit Ghate said it would trade substantially lower in an interview with the PRO Weekly Digest in June (see his update comment).

  • [By WWW.MONEYSHOW.COM]

    The lead drug from Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) — called Anavex 2-73 — has just reported very promising phase 2a results in Alzheimer’s patients at the annual CTAD conference.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.(MDC)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin]

    Cyclical consumer goods & services sector was the top gainer in the US market on Tuesday. Top gainers in the sector included M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC), Delta Apparel, Inc. (NYSE: DLA), and Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGI).

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Yum! Brands, Inc.(YUM)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]

    As a tiebreaker, Cramer turned to Yum Brands (YUM) , where Pizza Hut also saw some softness, but was able to eek out an increase in gross margins.


    Pizza delivery is the ultimate stay-at-home economy play, Cramer said, but clearly the rising tide is not lifting all boats, and only Domino’s is able to buck the trend with its superior technology initiatives.

  • [By Rich Duprey]

    Yet pizza seems to be where real innovation is happening, because it’s not just Domino’s that has found success with digital technology, but Pizza Hut is alsobecoming a leader in showing just how far merchants can take artificial intelligence.The Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) pizza chain is still in the midst of a turnaround like the one Domino’s needed a few years back, and it is counting on technology to do it.

  • [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]

    McDonald’s is a fast-food service restaurant with more than 36 thousand restaurants in around 100 countries. With a market cap of $100 billion, the company has the largest position in the fast-food industry in the U.S., with Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) being its closest competitor. The company sells burgers, fries and sandwiches with the vision of providing great taste, modern choices and real ingredients. McDonald’s is constantly trying to find new ways to strengthen the nutritional profile of its menu items while maintaining taste.

  • [By Daniel B. Kline]

    While its closest rivals Domino’s (NYSE:DPZ) and Papa John’s (NASDAQ:PZZA) have steadily delivered impressive growth in the United States Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) Pizza Hut has struggled.

  • [By Wayne Duggan]

    There has been a major movement toward antibiotic-free meat in fast-food restaurants in recent years. While a number of restaurants have switched to antibiotic-free chicken, McDonald’s and other restaurants are dragging their heels in switching to antibiotic-free pork and beef. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)’s KFC franchise is the latest chain to pledge to switch to antibiotic-free chicken.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation(CHMI)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Lisa Levin] Related Mid-Afternoon Market Update: CytomX Therapeutics Climbs Following Bristol-Myers Squibb Partnership; Medgenics Shares Slide 15 Biggest Mid-Day Losers For Monday Cerulean Pharma's (CERU) CEO Chris Guiffre on Cerulean and Dar茅 Proposed Transaction (Transcript) (Seeking Alpha)
    Related Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Cancer Genetics Gains After Q4 Results; Heat Biologics Shares Slide Mid-Day Market Update: Dow Rises Over 50 Points; Tandem Diabetes Care Shares Plunge Tandem Diabetes prices stock offering at $1.25; shares off 19% premarket (Seeking Alpha)
    Cerulean Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: CERU) shares dipped 27 percent to $0.817. Cerulean Pharma shares have dropped 60.28 percent over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 15.31 percent in the same period.
    Tandem Diabetes Care Inc (NASDAQ: TNDM) shares tumbled 24.2 percent to $1.17. Tandem Diabetes Care priced 18 million share offering at $1.25 per share.
    Alphatec Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: ATEC) shares fell 21.1 percent to $2.10 as the company reported a $18.9 million private placement.
    Heat Biologics Inc (NASDAQ: HTBX) shares dropped 15.5 percent to $0.870. Heat Biologics priced its 5 million share offering at $0.80 per share.
    Rave Restaurant Group Inc (NASDAQ: RAVE) shares fell 15 percent to $1.76.
    QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) shares declined 12.2 percent to $1.58. QuickLogic priced its 10 million share offering at $1.50 per share.
    Orion Engineered Carbons SA (NYSE: OEC) shares dropped 9.5 percent to $19.10. Orion Engineered Carbons reported a 5 million common stock secondary offering.
    Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ: IDXG) shares fell 8.7 percent to $2.61 after the company reported debt restructuring and agreed to eliminate its royalty and mileston

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Polaris Industries Inc.(PII)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Steve Symington]

    Polaris Industries Inc.(NYSE:PII)announced first-quarter 2017 results on Tuesday morning, punctuated by a narrower-than-expected net loss, improving retail sales in North America, and stabilizing off-road vehicle (ORV) market share.

  • [By Elizabeth Balboa]

    Supply could come from any number of industry players, including Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE: WGO), Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO), Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) and Camping World Holdings Inc (NYSE: CWH). However, whether it comes from existing inventory and whether suppliers can meet the demand are yet to be seen.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.(XPO)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]

    In the Lightning Round, Cramer was bullish on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) , Chubb (CB) , XPO Logistics (XPO) , FedEx (FDX) and Nordson (NDSN) .

    Cramer was bearish on Prudential (PRU) , Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASX) and ZTO Express (ZTO) .

  • [By WWW.THESTREET.COM]

    With a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings ratio of 28.79, FedEx’s valuation is in line with UPS (27.52) and far cheaper than XPO Logistics (XPO) (90.25).

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Smith & Nephew SNATS, Inc.(SNN)


Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Charles Carlson, CEO and Portfolio Manager, Horizon Investment Services]

    For investors looking for growth but also income, I especially like three health-care related stocksFresenius Medical (FMS), Novo Nordisk (NVO), and Smith & Nephew (SNN).

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation(COG)

Advisors’ Opinion:

  • [By Paul Ausick]

    Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) is rated as a Hold with a new price target of $24. The EPS estimate has been cut from $0.60 to $0.47 for 2017, and the 2018 estimate has been increased from $0.70 to $1.19. Shares closed at $22.36 on Friday in a 52-week range of $19.77 to $25.74. The consensus 12-month price target is $28.72.

  • [By David Sterman]

    Take Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG(link is external)) as an example. As I noted earlier this month(link is external), Cabot’s current drilling plans are expected to lead to a big spike in output over the next few years. The company’s executives decided to plow ahead with development plans, even as rivals were retrenching. The fact that natural gas prices have risen more than 10% in the past three weeks simply underscores the wisdom of that strategy, and could lead to rising sales and profit estimates. 

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