2014 Top Stocks Market, Best Stocks Investment In 2014, Top Stocks For 2014: Great Stocks 2012

In California, visionary industry leader Alan Shaw resigned as CEO of Codexis (CDXS) and the Ceres IPO, scheduled for last Thursday, did not occur and has yet to be rescheduled as of press time. The Ceres IPO remains on the NASDAQ calendar.

At the same time, Ceres said that current shareholders had indicated that they would purchase up to 1 million shares in the company’s upcoming IPO, and the company warned that severe drought conditions in south-central Brazil will adversely affect sweet sorghum crop yields.

The changes at Codexis and delayed IPO at Ceres are indications that life in the public markets remains a rough one for early-stage industrial biotech companies. The changes at Codexis come after the company’s shares fell 65% off their initial IPO price of $13.00 in 2012, despite the company’s relatively steady performance in its fuels business and a fork into the renewable chemicals business, including a landmark deal with Chemtex.

Great Stocks 2012:Siliconware Precision Industries Company Ltd. (SPIL)

Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. provides semiconductor packaging and testing services worldwide. The company offers integrated circuit packaging and testing solutions, including design consultations, modeling and simulations, wafer bumping, wafer probe and sort, package assembly, final test, burn-in, and drop shipment. Its products include advanced leadframe and substrate packages, which are used in personal computers, communications, Internet appliances, cellular phones, digital cameras, cable modems, personal digital assistants, and LCD monitors. The company also provides services and support to design houses, integrated device manufacturers, and wafer foundries. Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan.

Great Stocks 2012:RailAmerica Inc. (RA)

RailAmerica, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of short line and regional freight railroads in North America. The company provides rail freight transportation services for a range of products, such as coal, forest products, chemicals, agricultural products, food products, metallic ores and metals, and petroleum products. As of May 11, 2011, it operated 43 individual railroads with approximately 7,400 miles of track in 27 states of the United States and 3 Canadian provinces. The company also provides various non-freight services, including railcar storage, demurrage, engineering infrastructure services, lease of equipment to other users, and real estate leases. RailAmerica, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

Great Stocks 2012:Werner Enterprises Inc. (WERN)

Werner Enterprises, Inc., a transportation and logistics company, engages in hauling truckload shipments of general commodities in interstate and intrastate commerce primarily in the United States and Mexico. The company operates in two segments, Truckload Transportation Services and Value Added Services. The Truckload Transportation Services segment provides dedicated services, including truckload services for a distribution center or manufacturing facility; regional short-haul fleet services that transports consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities; and expedited fleet services comprising time-sensitive truckload services utilizing driver teams. It also offers medium-to-long-haul van fleet services, such as truckload van services in irregular routes; and flatbed and temperature-controlled fleets that provide truckload services for products with specialized trailers. This segment primarily transports retail store merchandise, consumer products, grocery products, and manufactured products. The Value Added Services segment offers non-asset-based transportation and logistics services, including truck brokerage, freight management, and intermodal, as well as management of global shipments. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 6,595 company tractors and had contracts for 680 tractors owned by independent contractors; and 23,850 trailers comprising 22,692 dry vans, 231 flatbeds, 914 temperature-controlled trailers, and 13 specialized trailers. Werner Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

Great Stocks 2012:EarthLink Inc. (ELNK)

EarthLink, Inc. provides communications services to individual and business customers in the United States. It operates in two segments, Consumer Services and Business Services. The Consumer Services segment offers Internet access and related value-added services. It provides dial-up Internet and narrowband access, broadband access, and voice-over-Internet-protocol services, as well as value-added services that include products for protection, communication, and performance, such as security products, premium email only, home networking, email storage, and Internet call waiting. This segment offer its products and services primarily through its call centers, search engine marketing, affinity marketing partners, resellers, and marketing alliances. The Business Services segment offers integrated communications services, such as secure IP-based networks, virtual private networks, Internet access, local telephone and long distance services, enhanced services, access trunks, private line services, asynchronous transfer mode/frame relay services, and mobile data and voice services, as well as installation, managed network, remote access, and disaster recovery services. It also provides wholesale services comprising broadband transport services, including private line, Ethernet private line, and wavelength services; local communications and local dial tone communications services; live and automated operator, and directory assistance services; and dedicated Internet access services and direct connectivity. In addition, this segment leases server space and provides Web hosting services that enable customers to build and maintain an online presence, including domain names, storage, mailboxes, software tools to build Web sites, e-commerce applications, and 24/7 customer support. This segment offers its services through direct sales, and independent dealers and sales agents. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Shares are trading at $6.50 at the time of writing, as against their 52-week trading range of $6.04 to $9.29. Earnings per share for the last year were $0.45, and it paid a dividend of $0.20, yielding 3.10%.

Earthlink has shown tremendous growth in its internet and telephonic connectivity markets lately. But is this growth soon to blow out? In a market that is dominated by the larger companies, At&T (T), Verizon (VZ), and even AOL (AOL), it is hard to see that these three will allow too much trampling on their markets by the far smaller Earthlink. Gross margins at At&T, Verizon, and Earthlink are similar at around 58%, and there is not much difference in the resultant operating margins, either (15.5%, 17.5%, and 18.5%, respectively). Dividends are twice covered by earnings at AT& T and Earthlink, and marginally covered by earnings at Verizon. If the sector develops into a price war, AT&T’s dividend of yield of 6%, and undemanding price to earnings ratio of 8.39 will be more attractive to investors, and easier to achieve. Switch from Earthlink into AT&T.

Great Stocks 2012:ChinaCast Education Corporation (CAST)

ChinaCast Education Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides post-secondary education and e-learning services in China. The company operates in two segments, E-learning and Training Service Group and Traditional University Group. The E-learning and Training Service Group provides post secondary education distance learning services that enable universities and other higher learning institutions to provide nationwide real-time distance learning services. It also provides K-12 educational services, such as broadcast multimedia educational content services to primary, middle, and high schools; and vocational/career training services. The Traditional University Group segment operates private residential universities that offer four-year bachelor?s degree and three-year diploma programs in finance, economics, trade, tourism, advertising, IT, music, foreign languages, tourism, hospitality, computer engineering, law, and art. The company also provides logistic services. ChinaCast Education Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Central, Hong Kong.

Great Stocks 2012:Terra Nova Royalty Corporation (TTT)

Terra Nova Royalty Corporation operates as a mineral royalty company in Canada. It owns a royalty stream on the Wabush iron ore mine located in Labrador Newfoundland. The company was formerly known as KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd. and changed its name in March 2010 to Terra Nova Royalty Corporation as a result of spin off of KHD Humboldt Wedag International Ltd. Terra Nova Royalty Corporation is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Great Stocks 2012:Standard Motor Products Inc. (SMP)

Standard Motor Products, Inc. manufactures and distributes replacement parts for motor vehicles in the automotive aftermarket industry primarily in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. It operates in two segments, Engine Management and Temperature Control. The Engine Management segment offers a line of engine management replacement parts, including electronic ignition control modules, voltage regulators, coils, switches, emission sensors, EGR valves, distributor caps and rotors, and various engine management components under Standard, BWD, and Intermotor brand names, as well as under private labels, such as CARQUEST, NAPA Echlin, and NAPA Belden. This segment also provides ignition wires, battery cables, electrical wires, terminals, connectors, and tools. The Temperature Control segment offers a line of replacement parts for automotive temperature control systems, engine cooling systems, power window accessories, and windshield washer systems primarily under Four Seasons, ACi, Hayden, Factory Air, and Imperial brand names, as well as under private labels, including CARQUEST, NAPA Temp Products, and Murray. This segment also provides product groups primarily consisting of new and remanufactured compressors, clutch assemblies, blower and radiator fan motors, filter dryers, evaporators, accumulators, hose assemblies, expansion valves, heater valves, AC service tools and chemicals, fan assemblies, fan clutches, engine oil coolers, transmission coolers, window lift motors, motor/regulator assemblies, and windshield washer pumps. In addition, the company distributes air conditioner compressors in the European market. It sells its products primarily to warehouse distributors, large retail chains, original equipment manufacturers, and original equipment service part operations. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in Long Island City, New York.

Great Stocks 2012:Carriage Services Inc. (CSV)

Carriage Services, Inc. provides death care services and merchandise in the United States. It operates through two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment offers various services to meet a family?s death care needs, including consultation, the removal and preparation of remains, the sale of caskets and related funeral merchandise, the use of funeral home facilities for visitation and services, and transportation services. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 147 funeral homes in 25 states. The Cemetery Operations segment provides interment services; the rights to interment in cemetery sites, including grave sites, mausoleum crypts, and niches; and related cemetery merchandise, such as memorials and vaults. This segment operated 33 cemeteries in 12 states. Carriage Services, Inc. also markets funeral and cemetery services and products on a preneed basis. Its preneed funeral or cemetery contracts enable families to establish, in advance, the type of service to be performed, the products to be used, and the cost of such products and services. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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