Another week of new all-time highs for the Dow Jones Industrial Average coupled with a good start to earnings season has given optimists little reason to fret. For skeptics like me, that's an opportunity to see whether companies have earned their current valuations.
Keep in mind that some companies�deserve�their current valuations. Life sciences company Life Technologies�jumped to new highs this week following word that Thermo Fisher Scientific�will make a bid for the company, and that other private-equity firms are finalizing their bids.�With Life Technologies having publicly announced a strategic review in January, it seems like a long-awaited buyout could be right around the corner for shareholders.
Still, other companies might deserve a kick in the pants. Here's a look at three companies that could be worth selling.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: XCHANGING PLC ORD GBP0.05 WI(XCH.L)
Xchanging plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides business processing, human resources (HR), technology, and procurement services worldwide. It offers various business processing services, such as policy administration, claims services, broking services, workers? compensation claims processing services, securities processing services, investment account administration, fund administration and portfolio management, and offshore services, as well as HR services, including total workforce management, global mobility, learning and development, payroll, employee services and awards, recruitment, and HR administration services. The company also offers technology services that consist of application development and maintenance services comprising custom development, testing, and system integration and middleware; enterprise solutions consisting of product life cycle management, e-Business excellence in partnership with Oracle, data warehousing, business intelligence, docum ent management, and business process management; infrastructure services, such as infrastructure outsourcing, IT consultancy and implementation, managed services, and network and security services; and insurance-specific software solutions. In addition, it provides procurement services, including strategic sourcing, category management, spend management, spend analytics, e-procurement services, stakeholder and supplier management, contract management, and procure to pay systems. Further, the company engages in the property development business. Xchanging plc offers its services to the aerospace and defense, automotive, bank and financial services, energy and utilities, FMCG, food and beverage, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, public sector, real estate, retail, supply chain and logistics, telecommunications, and transportation, travel, and leisure sectors. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Vero Energy Inc Com Npv(VRO.TO)
Vero Energy Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the province of Alberta in Canada. As of December 31, 2011, the company?s properties included 265 producing natural gas wells and 76 producing oil wells; and land holdings of 162,832 gross developed acres and 111,997 undeveloped acres. Vero Energy Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
10 Best Biotech Stocks To Watch Right Now: Sirtex Medical Ltd(SRX.AX)
Sirtex Medical Limited, a biotechnology and medical device company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of liver cancer treatments utilizing small particle technology. The company offers SIR-Spheres microspheres with Yttrium 90 radioactive microspheres for the treatment of liver tumors. It also focuses on the research and development of Radioprotector, Nanoparticle, and Microsphere technologies. Sirtex Medical Limited markets its products in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States. The company, formerly known as Paragon Medical Limited, was founded in 1997 and is based in North Sydney, Australia.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Sinovac Biotech Ltd.(SVA)
Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of vaccines against the hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and influenza viruses in the People's Republic of China. It offers Healive, an inactivated hepatitis A vaccine; Bilive, a combination of hepatitis A and B vaccine; Anflu, a split virus influenza vaccine; and Panflu, a vaccine against the influenza A H1N1 virus. The company's pipeline vaccine candidates include a split viron vaccine, which completed Phase II clinical trials for the H5N1 influenza virus; and a SARS vaccine, which completed Phase I clinical trials for the SARS virus. In addition, its pipeline vaccine candidates that completed the pre-clinical trials comprise human vaccines for EV71, pneumococcal conjugate, haemophilus influenzae type b, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, chickenpox, mumps, and rubella diseases, as well as rabies vaccine for humans and animals. The company markets and sell s its vaccine products directly to the provincial and municipal disease control and prevention centers. It has a patent license agreement with the National Institutes of Health; distribution agreements with LG Life Sciences, Ltd. and Glovax C.V.; and a pandemic influenza vaccine co-development agreement with the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Sinovac Biotech Ltd. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: PacWest Bancorp(PACW)
PacWest Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Pacific Western Bank that provides commercial banking products and services to small to medium size businesses, the owners and employees of those businesses, and households primarily in Southern California. It accepts time, money market, and demand deposits; originates loans, including commercial, real estate construction, SBA guaranteed, and consumer loans; and provides other business-oriented products. The company also provides asset-based lending and factoring of accounts receivable to small businesses located in Arizona, California, and the Pacific Northwest. In addition, it offers international banking, multi-state deposit, and investment services; telephone and online banking services; and foreign exchange services, as well as issues automated teller machine and debit cards. Further, the company, through its subsidiary, BFI Business Finance, and its division First Community Financial, provides working capital f inancing to growing companies primarily located in the states of Arizona, California, and Texas. As of July 18, 2011, it operated through 77 full-service community banking branches in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, and Ventura Counties in California; and Maricopa County in Arizona. The company was formerly known as First Community Bancorp and changed its name to PacWest Bancorp in April 2008. PacWest Bancorp was founded in 1999 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Stoneridge Inc.(SRI)
Stoneridge, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design and manufacture of engineered electrical and electronic components, modules, and systems for the medium and heavy-duty truck, automotive, agricultural, and off-highway vehicle markets primarily in North America and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Electronics and Control Devices. The Electronics segment produces electronic instrument clusters, electronic control units, and driver information systems, as well as electrical distribution systems, principally wiring harnesses and connectors for electrical power and signal distribution. Its products collect, store, and display vehicle information, such as speed, pressure, maintenance data, trip information, operator performance, temperature, distance traveled, and driver messages related to vehicle performance. In addition, this segment?s power distribution systems regulate, coordinate, and direct the operation of the electrical system within a vehicle. The Control Devices segment designs and manufactures products that monitor, measure, or activate a specific function within the vehicle. This segment?s product lines include sensors, which are employed in a range of vehicle systems, such as the emissions, safety, power train, braking, climate control, steering, and suspension systems; switches that transmit signal to activate or deactivate selected functions; and electromechanical actuator products, which enable original equipment manufacturers to deploy power functions in a vehicle. Stoneridge, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Warren, Ohio.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephen]
Stoneridge, Inc. is an independent designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronic components, modules and systems for the medium- and heavy-duty truck, automotive, agricultural and off-highway vehicle markets. Its EPS forecast for the current year is 1.19 and next year is 1.84. According to consensus estimates, its topline is expected to grow 15.57% current year and 17.53% next year. It is trading at a forward P/E of 7.82. Out of three analysts covering the company, two are positive and have buy recommendations and the other has a hold rating.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Officemax Incorporated(OMX)
OfficeMax Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, distributes business-to-business and retail office products. Its Contract segment markets and sells office supplies and paper, technology products and solutions, office furniture, and print and document services directly to large corporate and government offices, as well as to small and medium-sized offices through field salespeople, outbound telesales, catalogs, Internet, and office products stores. As of December 31, 2011, this segment operated 38 distribution centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; 4 customer service and outbound telesales centers in the United States; and 47 office products stores in Canada, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand. The company?s Retail segment markets and sells office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology products and solutions, and office furniture to small and medium-sized businesses and consumers through a network of reta il stores. As of December 31, 2011, this segment operated 978 stores in the United States and Mexico; 3 large distribution centers in the United States; and 1 small distribution center in Mexico. The company, formerly known as Boise Cascade Corporation, was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Naperville, Illinois.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Prism Medical Ltd. (PM.V)
Prism Medical Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of durable medical equipment and related services for the mobility challenged in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company provides patient moving and handling equipment, including fixed ceiling lifts, portable ceiling lifts, floor lifts, slings, shower chairs, portable track systems, transfer and repositioning aids, bathing systems, track systems, and other ancillary patient handling products; and installation, training, and maintenance services. It also distributes third party products, such as stair lifts, baths, and beds. Prism Medical Ltd. offers its products under various brand names through a combination of direct sales, regional sales and service centers, and independent dealers to the home care, acute care, and long-term care markets; and operates showroom/sales centers in Montreal and Orlando. The company was formerly known as Prism Equities Inc. and changed its name to Prism Medical Ltd. in June 2004. Prism Medical Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Comstock Mining Inc (LODE)
Comstock Mining Inc. (Comstock), incorporated on October 19, 1999, is a gold and silver mining company with contiguous property in the Comstock and Silver City mining districts (collectively, the Comstock District). The Company owns or controls approximately 6,315 acres in the Comstock District comprising 1,455 acres of patented mining claims and surface parcels, and 4,860 acres of unpatented claims. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had drilled 646 reverse circulation (RC) and core holes, representing over 242,000 feet of drill data in the Lucerne Resource Area. As of December 31, 2011, the Company also had 432 RC and core holes from the Lucerne Resource Area. Its Lucerne Resource Area is located in Storey County, Nevada, approximately three miles south of Virginia City, Nevada. The Dayton Resource Area its commercial mining activities, is located in Lyon County Nevada, approximately six miles south of Virginia City. The Company operates in two segments: mining and hospitality.
The Company's mining segment consists of exploration and developmental drilling, mine planning, permitting, mineral claims, plus all other activities and expenditures associated with bringing the mine into production. Its hospitality segment consists of hotel rooms, cottages, restaurant, bar and other services provided by Gold Hill Hotel Inc. The Company�� property rights to the mineral estate of the Comstock Mine Project consist of five mineral leases, one joint venture (providing exclusive rights to exploration, development, mining and production), fee ownership of real property and mining claims. This project has 92 patented and 325 unpatented mineral lode claims, as well as 25 unpatented placer claims. The Comstock Mine Project holdings consist of approximately 6,315 acres of active mining claims and surface parcels (private lands) in the Comstock District. The acreage is consisted of 1,455 acres of patented mining claims and surface parcels and 4,860 acres of unpatented mining claims. The Company also o! wns a heap leach processing facility. It owns and operates the Gold Hill Hotel, three related cottages. The Hotel is located in Gold Hill, Nevada between Virginia City and the Comstock mine project.
The Company focuses on the Lucerne Resource Area (including the East-side target within this Area), the Dayton Resource Area and the Spring Valley exploration target. The Lucerne Resource Area includes the Billie the Kid, Hartford and Lucerne mining claims, and extends northeasterly to the area of the Woodville bonanza, and north to the Justice and Keystone mines, plus the extension of these areas down-dip to the east. The Lucerne Resource Area is approximately 5,000 feet long, with an average width of 600 feet, representing less than 3% of the land holdings controlled by the Company. The Dayton Resource Area lies southwest of Silver City, from the Dayton, Kossuth and Alhambra claims, including the old Dayton mine workings, south to where the Kossuth claim crosses State Route 341. The Spring Valley exploration target lies at the southern end of the Comstock District. The area includes the Kossuth claim south of State Route 341, the Dondero property, the New Daney lode mining claims, and the Company�� placer mining claims in Spring Valley and Gold Canyon. The Northern Extension, Northern Targets and Occidental Areas represent exploration target areas, which contain mining operations, including the Overman, Con Imperial, Caledonia, and Yellow Jacket mines.
10 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: InfoSpace Inc.(INSP)
InfoSpace, Inc. develops search tools and technologies that assist consumers with finding information, merchants, individuals, products, and other content on the Internet. It operates in two segments, Core and E-Commerce. The Core segment offers online search services directly to consumers through its Websites, such as Dogpile.com, WebCrawler.com, MetaCrawler.com, and WebFetch.com, as well as through Web properties of distribution partners. This segment uses metasearch technology to provide users an online search experience that combines the results of various search engine content providers. The E-Commerce segment operates a collection of approximately 200 specialty online retail stores under the Mercantila brand. It also provides interactive tools and information on its Web sites to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions, including detailed product information pages, personalized product recommendations, customer reviews, and other editorial content. InfoSpace , Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Matthews]
InfoSpace, Inc. develops search tools and technologies that assist consumers with finding content and information on the Internet. The company offers search services that enable Internet users to locate and view content, information, merchants, individuals, and products online. Its EPS forecast for the current year is 0.21 and next year is 0.38. According to consensus estimates, its topline is expected to grow 1.09% current year and 1.84% next year. It is trading at a forward P/E of 23.31. Out of six analysts covering the company, two are positive and have buy recommendations and four have hold ratings.
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