Source: ThinkstockJanuary 5, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 0.7% at 2,742.70. The DJIA closed up 0.9% at 25,291.67. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% at 7,136.56.
Friday proved to be yet another positive day for the broad U.S. markets, with all major exchanges hitting a new record high. With the first week of 2018 in the books, it seems that the markets can only go up from here with the all major exchanges at major milestones: the Dow above 25,000, S&P 500 above 2,700, and the Nasdaq holding above 7,000. Crude oil finally took a step back, but after making good headway above $60 this was expected. The S&P 500 sectors were practically all positive. The best performing sectors were technology and health care, up 1.0% and 0.9%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were energy and utilities, both down less than 0.1%.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Intuitive Surgical Inc.(ISRG)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ethan Ryder]
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $498.06 and last traded at $496.25, with a volume of 13472 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $488.97.
- [By Anders Bylund]
Shares of Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) rose 10.2% in August 2018, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The maker of the da Vinci robotic surgery platform and its associated tools didn't need any actual news to keep its impressive market momentum going.
- [By Motley Fool Staff]
Stock No. 4: Let's go to the "I" stock from our April stocks a year ago. That's one of my favorite companies, a stock that I own, and have held for more than a decade, and that would be Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG), the maker of the da Vinci robot, the surgical robot.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp lessened its stake in shares of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) by 16.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 13,900 shares of the medical equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,700 shares during the quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp’s holdings in Intuitive Surgical were worth $6,651,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.(RS)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Logan Wallace]
Shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (NYSE:RS) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $91.88.
- [By Logan Wallace]
ValuEngine cut shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE:RS) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Wednesday.
Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum from $95.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a research report on Thursday, February 15th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 13th. Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum from $101.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an outperform rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Goldman Sachs assumed coverage on shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum in a research report on Tuesday, March 20th. They set a neutral rating and a $103.00 target price for the company. Finally, Bank of America set a $97.00 target price on shares of Reliance Steel & Aluminum and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Monday, January 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of Buy and a consensus price target of $96.71.
- [By Lee Jackson]
This is a top Service Center play that the Jefferies team is positive on. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (NYSE: RS) provides metals processing services and distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products. Its primary processing services comprise cutting, leveling, sawing, machining, and electropolishing.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Gener8 Maritime, Inc.(GNRT)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ethan Ryder]
Navios Maritime Acquisition (NYSE: GNRT) and Gener8 Maritime (NYSE:GNRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Star Bulk Carriers (NASDAQ: SBLK) and Gener8 Maritime (NYSE:GNRT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Riverview Bancorp Inc(RVSB)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ethan Ryder]
Fj Capital Management LLC disclosed that they own 5.6% of Riverview Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:RVSB) in a Form 13G disclosure that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, May 24th. The investor owns 1,273,912 shares of the stock valued at approximately $10,981,121. The reporting parties listed on the disclosure included Financial Opportunity Fund LLC, Financial Opportunity Long/Short Fund LLC, FJ Capital Management LLC and Martin S Friedman. The disclosure is available through EDGAR at this link.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Riverview Bancorp (NASDAQ:RVSB) and Western New England Bancorp (NASDAQ:WNEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Charter Financial (NASDAQ: CHFN) and Riverview Bancorp (NASDAQ:RVSB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: CSG Systems International Inc.(CSGS)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Logan Wallace]
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- [By Joseph Griffin]
News articles about CSG Systems International (NASDAQ:CSGS) have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. CSG Systems International earned a news impact score of 0.14 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news headlines about the technology company an impact score of 46.8716525043945 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB boosted its holdings in CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS) by 29.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 6,130 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,400 shares during the period. Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB’s holdings in CSG Systems International were worth $278,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
- [By Motley Fool Transcribers]
CSG Systems International Inc (NASDAQ:CSGS)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 06, 2019, 5:00 p.m. ET
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Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(AAOI)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Anders Bylund]
Notably, Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) was held up as a likely takeover target before the ink had dried on the Oclaro/Lumentum deal, but the stock started to fall a couple of weeks later as no such bids materialized. Applied Optoelectronics shares fell 10.3% lower in March, but the damage was repaired in early April when analyst firm Rosenblatt said that the company's largest data center customers are ramping up their computing infrastructures very quickly at the moment.
- [By Anders Bylund]
Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) had a volatile first half of 2018, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Share prices fell as much as 40% before bouncing back, and the maker of optoelectronic components for fiber-optic networking systems locked in an 18.7% year-to-date gain at the end of June.
- [By Anders Bylund]
Fiber-optic networking specialist Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) slashed its third-quarter revenue guidance early Friday morning, sending its shares sharply lower. As of 10:35 a.m. EDT, Applied Optoelectronics traded 14.5% below Thursday's closing price.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.(PTEN)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Joseph Griffin]
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- [By Max Byerly]
First Pacific Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) by 15.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,451,909 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 273,567 shares during the quarter. First Pacific Advisors LLC owned 0.65% of Patterson-UTI Energy worth $25,423,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
- [By Logan Wallace]
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Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.(FDP)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Shane Hupp]
Dean Investment Associates LLC raised its stake in Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) by 17.9% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 94,185 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,270 shares during the quarter. Dean Investment Associates LLC’s holdings in Fresh Del Monte Produce were worth $4,261,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
- [By Motley Fool Transcribers]
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (NYSE:FDP)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 19, 2019, 11:00 a.m. ET
Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:Operator
- [By Logan Wallace]
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc (NYSE:FDP) fell 17.1% during trading on Tuesday following a weaker than expected earnings announcement. The company traded as low as $28.61 and last traded at $29.21. 1,113,690 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 487% from the average session volume of 189,794 shares. The stock had previously closed at $35.22.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Alico (NASDAQ: ALCO) and Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: China Commercial Credit, Inc.(CCCR)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
News stories about China Commercial Credit (NASDAQ:CCCR) have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. China Commercial Credit earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the credit services provider an impact score of 47.8379000547292 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
Top 10 Performing Stocks To Watch Right Now: PowerShares DWA Technology Momentum ETF (PTF)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
News headlines about PowerShares Dynamic Tech Sec (NASDAQ:PTF) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. PowerShares Dynamic Tech Sec earned a daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the company an impact score of 48.5554072096128 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
