Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019

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PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) announced Q1 2018 earnings April 26 and they were better than expected pushing Pepsi stock higher on the news.

On the top line, revenues were $12.6 billion, $200 million higher than forecast, while on the bottom, core earnings per share were $0.96, three cents higher than analyst estimates.

Break open a can of Pepsi. The cola wars are back baby. Well, kind of.

Over at The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), Warren Buffett’s favorite, its first-quarter earnings were also better than expected.

On the top line, Coca-Cola’s revenue came in at $7.63 billion in the first quarter, significantly higher than the analyst estimate of $7.34 billion. On the bottom line, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.46 a share; KO delivered earnings that were a penny higher at $0.47 a share.

Naturally, with both companies beating estimates on both the top- and bottom-line, investors are wondering which of the two stocks is the better buy.

Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019: Sanderson Farms Inc.(SAFM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers Recro Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: REPH) fell 50.3 percent to $6.17 in pre-market trading after the company received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA. The FDA declined to approve the company’s New Drug Application for IV meloxicam. Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL) shares fell 16.5 percent to $2.89 in pre-market trading after the company announced Q4 results. Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MLNT) fell 16.5 percent to $5.20 in pre-market trading after reporting pricing of public offering of common stock. Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (NYSE: WMLP) fell 11 percent to $3.49 in pre-market trading after surging 194.03 percent on Wednesday. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) shares fell 11 percent to $13.45 in pre-market trading. Petrobras announced plans to lower the cost of diesel by 10 percent. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) shares fell 9.4 percent to $97 in pre-market trading after the company reported weaker-than-expected results for its second quarter. Zealand Pharma A/S (NASDAQ: ZEAL) fell 6.9 percent to $15.55 in pre-market trading after rising 2.71 percent on Wednesday. L Brands, Inc. (NYSE: LB) shares fell 6.7 percent to $31.76 in pre-market trading after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its first quarter. The company issued weak second quarter and FY18 earnings guidance. ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: RETO) shares fell 5.9 percent to $4.78 in pre-market trading. Qiwi plc (NASDAQ: QIWI) fell 5.9 percent to $17.52 in pre-market trading. Eiger Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: EIGR) fell 5 percent to $13.25 in pre-market trading after reporting a proposed offering of common stock. Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) shares fell 4.3 percent to $72.66 in pre-market trading. Best Buy reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter. NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) fell 4.1 percent to $64.
• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.74 per share on revenue of $8.73 billion. McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $3.56 per share on revenue of $51.25 billion. Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.39 per share on revenue of $8.00 billion. Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.45 per share on revenue of $2.39 billion. Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.49 per share on revenue of $291.47 million. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $2.2 per share on revenue of $841.75 million. The Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.16 per share on revenue of $6.86 billion. Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.61 per share on revenue of $8.05 billion. 58.com Inc. (NYSE: WUBA) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.21 per share on revenue of $372.49 million. Luxoft Holding, Inc. (NYSE: LXFT) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.59 per share on revenue of $228.53 million. The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.21 per share on revenue of $916.73 million. StealthGas Inc. (NASDAQ: GASS) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.06 per share on revenue of $37.75 million. Stage Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SSI) is estimated to report earnings for its first quarter. Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: THR) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.2 per share on revenue of $96.24 million. Tuniu Corporation (NASDAQ: TOUR) is estimated to report quarterly loss at $0.03 per share on revenue of $76.72 million.

   

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Shares of Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFM) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the thirteen brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $111.75.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Breaking news

  Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFM) reported weaker-than-expected results for its second quarter. Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) reported upbeat earnings for its fourth quarter on Thursday. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (NYSE: WSM) reported stronger-than-expected results for its first quarter. The company also raised its FY18 earnings and sales guidance.

Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019: Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.(EGLE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ: EGLE) in the last few weeks:

  7/2/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was downgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating. 6/28/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was downgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. 6/18/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping is now covered by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $6.50 price target on the stock. 6/18/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping is now covered by analysts at DNB Markets. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. 6/12/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was downgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. 6/2/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was upgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. 6/2/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. 5/29/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping is now covered by analysts at Evercore ISI. They set an “outperform” rating and a $7.50 price target on the stock. 5/15/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “Eagle Bulk Shipping is the largest U.S. based owner of Handymax dry bulk vessels. Handymax dry bulk vessels range in size from 35,000 to 60,000 deadweight tons, or dwt, and transport a broad range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes. “ 5/9/2018 – Eagle Bulk Shipping had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Maxim Group. They now have a $6.00 price target on the

Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019: Nicholas Financial Inc.(NICK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ: NICK) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

• [By Max Byerly]

  CPI Card Group (NASDAQ: PMTS) and Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ:NICK) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Nicholas Financial (NASDAQ: NICK) and Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ:ECPG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019: YRC Worldwide Inc.(YRCW)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Marten Transport (NASDAQ: MRTN) and YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Landstar System (NASDAQ: LSTR) and YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Press coverage about YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. YRC Worldwide earned a daily sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 46.7261330682883 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) was downgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a hold rating to a sell rating.

  China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH) was downgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a hold rating to a sell rating.

Top 5 Penny Stocks To Own For 2019: Patni Computer Systems Limited(PTI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Lange]

  Proteostasis Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PTI) saw its shares slide early on Thursday after the company reported that it had positive data from its early stage trial in cystic fibrosis (CF). These results come from the firm��s ongoing Phase 1 dosing study of PTI-801 in CF patients on background Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) therapy.

Zacks: Brokerages Anticipate MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) Will Announce Quarterly Sales of $570.45 M

Brokerages forecast that MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) will post sales of $570.45 million for the current quarter, Zacks reports. Four analysts have issued estimates for MKS Instruments’ earnings, with estimates ranging from $570.00 million to $570.90 million. MKS Instruments reported sales of $480.76 million in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 18.7%. The business is scheduled to report its next quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 24th.

According to Zacks, analysts expect that MKS Instruments will report full-year sales of $2.18 billion for the current year, with estimates ranging from $2.16 billion to $2.21 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the company will report sales of $2.37 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $2.25 billion to $2.52 billion. Zacks’ sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that that provide coverage for MKS Instruments.

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MKS Instruments (NASDAQ:MKSI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 24th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.07 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $554.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $530.68 million. MKS Instruments had a return on equity of 23.94% and a net margin of 18.65%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.27 earnings per share.

MKSI has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on MKS Instruments from $147.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, June 18th. BidaskClub cut MKS Instruments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 12th. Benchmark started coverage on MKS Instruments in a report on Thursday, May 31st. They set a “buy” rating and a $140.00 target price on the stock. Deutsche Bank raised their price target on MKS Instruments to $140.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 22nd. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded MKS Instruments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $127.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, April 6th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $130.29.

In other MKS Instruments news, CEO Gerard G. Colella sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.92, for a total transaction of $1,019,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 42,294 shares in the company, valued at $4,310,604.48. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Jacqueline F. Moloney sold 750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.20, for a total value of $75,150.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 6,570 shares in the company, valued at approximately $658,314. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 16,512 shares of company stock worth $1,739,002. 1.67% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in MKS Instruments during the first quarter worth about $590,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new position in MKS Instruments during the first quarter worth about $660,000. Suntrust Banks Inc. boosted its holdings in MKS Instruments by 58.3% during the first quarter. Suntrust Banks Inc. now owns 3,446 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $398,000 after buying an additional 1,269 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in MKS Instruments by 26.4% during the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 897,572 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $103,804,000 after buying an additional 187,491 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new position in MKS Instruments during the first quarter worth about $890,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.39% of the company’s stock.

Shares of MKSI stock opened at $95.70 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 4.49, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The firm has a market cap of $5.23 billion, a PE ratio of 16.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 0.96. MKS Instruments has a 52 week low of $66.80 and a 52 week high of $128.28.

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 8th. Investors of record on Monday, May 28th were issued a $0.20 dividend. This is a boost from MKS Instruments’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 24th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.84%. MKS Instruments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.42%.

MKS Instruments Company Profile

MKS Instruments, Inc provides instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, control, power, deliver, monitor, and analyze critical parameters of manufacturing processes worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Vacuum & Analysis and Light & Motion. The Vacuum & Analysis segment provides analytical and control solutions products, including gas analyzers, automation control products, I/O modules, automation software, and precision machined components and electromechanical assemblies; and materials delivery solutions products comprising flow and valve technologies, as well as integrated pressure measurement and control subsystems to provide customers with precise control capabilities that are optimized for a given application.

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