Is Cal-Maine the Perfect Stock?

Every investor would love to stumble upon the perfect stock. But will you ever really find a stock that provides everything you could possibly want'
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them. Let's discuss the ideal qualities of a perfect stock, then decide if Cal-Maine (Nasdaq: CALM  ) fits the bill.
The quest for perfectionStocks that look great based on one factor may prove horrible elsewhere, making due diligence a crucial part of your investing research. The best stocks excel in many different areas, including these important factors:

• Growth. Expanding businesses show healthy revenue growth. While past growth is no guarantee that revenue will keep rising, it's certainly a better sign than a stagnant top line.
• Margins. Higher sales mean nothing if a company can't produce profits from them. Strong margins ensure that company can turn revenue into profit.
• Balance sheet. At debt-laden companies, banks and bondholders compete with shareholders for management's attention. Companies with strong balance sheets don't have to worry about the distraction of debt.
• Money-making opportunities. Return on equity helps measure how well a company is finding opportunities to turn its resources into profitable business endeavors.
• Valuation. You can't afford to pay too much for even the best companies. By using normalized figures, you can see how a stock's simple earnings multiple fits into a longer-term context.
• Dividends. For tangible proof of profits, a check to shareholders every three months can't be beat. Companies with solid dividends and strong commitments to increasing payouts treat shareholders well.

With those factors in mind, let's take a closer look at Cal-Maine.!

Factor

What We Want to See

Actual

Pass or Fail'

Growth
5-Year Annual Revenue Growth > 15%
14.2%
Fail
' 1-Year Revenue Growth > 12%
9.0%
Fail
Margins
Gross Margin > 35%
18.8%
Fail
' Net Margin > 15%
5.9%
Fail
Balance Sheet
Debt to Equity < 50%
20.3%
Pass
' Current Ratio > 1.3
3.28
Pass
Opportunities
Return on Equity > 15%
14.2%
Fail
Valuation
Normalized P/E < 20
14.04
Pass
Dividends
Current Yield > 2%
0.6! %
Fail
' 5-Year Dividend Growth > 10%
75.3%
Pass
' ' ' ' ' Total Score
' 4 out of 10

Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Total score = number of passes.

With four points, Cal-Maine does better than laying a goose egg, but it's definitely not perfect. The egg producer faces many of the same problems that companies throughout the food and agricultural industries are dealing with.
A big challenge that agricultural companies have had to overcome is the rising price of food. That's a positive for companies that help farmers increase production, such as fertilizer makers Terra Nitrogen (NYSE: TNH  ) and PotashCorp (NYSE: POT  ) . But it's bad news for food producers that need feed grain. In the chicken segment, Sanderson Farms (Nasdaq: SAFM  ) , Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN  ) , and Pilgrim's Pride (NYSE: PPC  ) have fought among themselves to maintain high production levels despite sagging demand.
Similar dynamics have Cal-Maine feeling the heat of lower margins. Earlier this week, the company announced that profits fell 35% despite a big jump in sales. Without hedges of the sort that Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD  ) put in place, Cal-Maine had no choice but to cut its dividend. Even worse, CEO Dolph Baker expects no respite until at least t! he middl e of next year.
Cal-Maine performed well during the last recession and could be a good play for investors expecting further turbulence in the market. But until feed prices moderate, it's not going to become a perfect stock.
Keep searchingNo stock is a sure thing, but some stocks are a lot closer to perfect than others. By looking for the perfect stock, you'll go a long way toward improving your investing prowess and learning how to separate out the best investments from the rest.
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Daily Blogwatch: Gold, Silver, NBC, Taxes, and $20 Million

Below are some of the best reads for investors from around the Web:

Howard Ruff says:Forget gold: Invest in Silver and Uranium. This is perhaps the only time in the past ten years I've agreed with him.
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An interesting view of the growth in crayola colors.
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The guy who wrote The Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It lost 30% of his retirement savings with Bernie Madoff.
___________Do debt-free stocks trading for under $10 do well?
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Broadcast.com billionaire and Dallas Mavs owner (and HDNet founder) Mark Cuban thinks Jeff Zucker and NBC are doing the right thing by moving Leno back to his spot at 11:30.
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The complete guide to investing in the MAVINS: Mexico, Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria, and South Africa
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Little-known investor Jim Cramer turns out to be quite the prolific author.
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Why just tax the banks? Here are 13 other taxes for old-fashioned family fun.
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Would you go to jail for a guaranteed $20 million?
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The greatest invention so far of the 21st century: This plate tells you if you are eating too fast.

Diamond Crushed on Prosecutor Report

Diamond Foods (DMND) fell 9.2% after hours as the Wall Street Journal reportedthat prosecutors have opened an investigation into payments the company made to walnut growers. The probe could result in criminal charges, the Journal notes, and could undo the company’s deal to buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble (PG).
The SEC has already been looking into the payments, and will coordinate with the U.S. Attorney’s office in San Francisco. The company is also conducting an internal inquiry.

CommVault Rallies As FY Q4 Revenues, Profits Top Street Ests

CommVault (CVLT) shares are trading higher on strong results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31.
The storage systems company reported Q4 revenue of $73.4 million, up 4% sequentially, 31% higher than a year ago, and above the Street at $72.7 million. Non-GAAP profits of 21 cents a share beat the Street by two cents.
The company said that it is “entering fiscal 2011 with excellent momentum, driven by improving market conditions, stronger distribution capabilities and a best-in-class software platform.” CommVault added that it is “well-positioned for continued market share gains and consistent revenue growth.”
CVLT is up $1.59, or 7.6%, to $22.45.

New Wave of Foreclosures Will Sink the Housing Market Rebound

The long-anticipated housing market rebound will hit a speed bump this year as the number of foreclosures rises again.

With January's mammoth $26 billion settlement between five major banks and a group of state attorneys general, foreclosures that had been held up for a year or more are now moving forward.

The spike in foreclosures will arrive just as other data, such as the 5.1% increase in new construction permits reported on Tuesday, had begun to point to a housing market rebound.

"We expect to see foreclosure-related sales increase in 2012, particularly pre-foreclosure sales, as lenders start to more aggressively dispose of distressed assets held up by the mortgage servicing gridlock over the past 18 months," Brandon Moore, CEO of RealtyTrac, told CNN Money.

RealtyTrac's February report showed new default notices - the first step in the foreclosure process - were up 1% from January. Default notices increased dramatically in some states, such as Pennsylvania (35%), Florida (33%) and Indiana (37%).

"The pig is starting to move through the python," Daren Blomquist, director of marketing for RealtyTrac, told CNN Money.

Distressed sales already account for about one out of three U.S. home sales.

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported this week that 20% of home sales in February were foreclosures and 14% were short sales.

In a short sale, an owner who owes more on their home than it's worth agrees to sell for less, with the bank agreeing to accept the loss.

That's a far cry from a normal housing market, when distressed sales are less than 5%.

For 2012, RealtyTrac predicts a 25% increase in foreclosures, which will push the portion of distressed sales even higher.

And the picture doesn't figure to improve for quite some time. Paul Dales of Capital Economics estimates as many as an additional 3 million foreclosures over the! next se veral years.

The Uneven Impact on the Housing Market

However, the impact of this wave of foreclosures will be felt unevenly.

All of the states that saw increases in new default notices were those in which the courts play a role in foreclosures. The robo-signing issues addressed in the bank settlement occurred almost exclusively in such states.

States that don't use a judicial foreclosure process didn't accumulate a backlog. In fact, foreclosure activity in those states was down 5% in February from the previous month, and down 23% from the February 2011.

But among the 26 states that use a judicial foreclosure process, activity rose 2% in February from the month before. Foreclosure activity was up 24% from the previous year.

That leaves little room for optimism in hard-hit states such as Florida.

The loosening logjam in distressed sales will increase the downward pressure on prices by adding to inventory and lowering home values. Discounts on foreclosure sales typically range from 20%-30%.

And unlike some other housing market data, home prices haven't shown much evidence of turning upward. Home prices fell 4% in 2011 on top of the 30% decline since the peak of the housing bubble in June 2006.

Given the impact of the bank settlement, the outlook for home prices in 2012 isn't great.

"Enough homes are in the foreclosure pipeline to keep house prices falling through much of this year," Celia Chen, a housing economist atMoody'sAnalytics, told the Los Angeles Times.

While that may be good news for first-time homebuyers, it's terrible news for the 25% of homeowners who owe more on their mortgage than their homes are worth.

And it can only trip up the housing market rebound many analysts have been seeing in other recent housing data.

Construction of single-family homes is 18% above year-ago levels.! Permits for new single-family homes were up 4.9% in February. Existing home sales in February were up 8.8% from last year, and were up in 2011 to 4.26 million, from 4.10 million in 2010.

But none of that will be able to overcome a tsunami of foreclosures, at least for this year.

"While beginning to improve, a strong, sustained recovery in the housing market, especially the important single-family sector, still appears to be a ways off," Steven Wood, president of Insight Economics LLC, told Bloomberg News.

Spain, Italy weigh on Europe stocks; banks drop

LONDON (MarketWatch)'European stock markets ended lower in a choppy session as losses for banks weighed on sentiment Tuesday and Spanish and Italian bond yields surged on debt concerns.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP 'closed down 1.1% at 264.29, after trading as high as 267.62 earlier in the day.

In Spain, the IBEX 35 index XX:IBEX 'tumbled 2.7% to 7,824.50, while yields on 10-year Spanish government bonds ES:10YR_ESP 'rose 9 basis points to 5.41%.

'One cannot say with any conviction that the euro zone is robust or recovering,' said Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight ideas. He further added that bad news from Spain 'traveled to the next in line which from the markets perspective is Italy.'

Unemployment in the Spain rose 0.8% in March to 4.75 million, government figures showed. Separately, Spanish Finance Minister Luis de Guindos told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that there was 'no margin for error' with the government's 2012 budget announced last week. He said Spain's debt-to-gross-domestic-product ratio will likely rise to just over 78% this year from 68.5% in 2011.

Shares of Bankinter SA ES:BKT 'fell 5.9%, Banco Santander SA ES:SAN 'gave up 4%, while BBVA SA ES:BBVA '< span class="quotePeekContainer">BBVA 'shed 4.5%.

Yields were also rising for Italy's 10-year government bonds IT:10YR_ITA ,'adding 10 basis points to 5.14%. Bond prices move inversely to their yields.

In Milan, the FTSE MIB index XX:FTSEMIB 'traded 2% lower at 15,624.23, weighed down by Banca Popolare di Milano SCARL IT:PMI ,'off 6.6%, and Banco Popolare SC IT:BP , down 6.8%.

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Gloomy data hit at austerity plans

Dire figures on unemployment and manufacturing activity in the euro-zone's weakest members on Monday highlighted the scale of the currency bloc's economic problems. (Photo: AFP/Getty.)

In the U.S., stocks were mostly lower on Wall Street, pivoting away from gains in the first session of the second quarter. Factory orders for the U.S. rose 1.3% in February, slightly below analysts' estimates, while orders for January were revised down to a 1.1% decline from a prior estimate of a 1.0% drop.

Banks were also lower in France. BNP Paribas SA FR:BNP 'gave up 2.8%, Soci't' G'n'rale SA FR:GLE 'lost 3.7%, while Credit Agricol! e SA FR:ACA 'fell 3.2%. The CAC 40 index FR:PX1 'closed 1.6% lower at 3,406.78.

And in the U.K., shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC UK:RBS 'RBS 'declined 3.1% and Barclays PLC UK:BARC 'BCS 'lost 2.6%.

The FTSE 100 index UK:UKX 'was 0.6% off at 5,838.34, further pressured by Compass Group PLC UK:CPG , off 1.8%, after Morgan Stanley downgraded the food-service firm to equalweight from overweight. FTSE 100 gives up gains

Bucking the trend, Cairn Energy PLC UK:CNE added 4% outside London's main index. The oil and gas producer bought Agora Oil & Gas, a private Norwegian company, for $450 million in shares and cash.

In Germany, the DAX 30 index DX:DAX gave up 1.1% to 6,982.28, as Commerzbank AG DE:CBK 'shed 3.4% and Deutsche Bank AG DE:DBK ! 'lost 3%.

K+S AG DE:SDF also'weighed on the index, down 1.4% after Nomura Securities downgraded the potash producer to reduce from neutral.

Nomura also downgraded Dutch specialty-chemicals firm Akzo Nobel NV NL:AKZA , down 2.7%, to neutral from buy.

Among notable gainers, Novo Nordisk AS DK:NOVOB , up 2.4%, provided the biggest support in Europe as Bank of America Merrill Lynch added the stock to its Europe 1 list. The Danish firm was also among the biggest gainers on Monday after saying it owns 4.71% of its total share capital, as part of a buyback plan. The Danish OMX Copenhagen 20 index rose 1.3% to 465.15.

Swiss biotech firm Lonza Group AG CH:LONN 'added 1.6%. The company said Richard Ridinger has been appointed as new chief executive effective May 1.

In Brussels, drug maker UCB SA BE:UCB 'added 1.5% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Neupro drug for Parkinson's disease treatment.

Slow GDP Growth Sets Stage for Fed& Next Round of Quantitative Easing

The U.S. economy continued to struggle to grow in the third quarter, most likely giving government officials enough cover to pump more liquidity into the financial system to stimulate hiring.

Gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all goods and services produced, increased by 2% in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires were expecting GDP to rise by 2.1% in the July to September period, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The gain was slightly more than the second quarter's 1.7% growth but not enough to revive a moribund job market, according to most economists.

The report was the final important economic indicator the government will release before midterm elections tomorrow and the next meeting of the Federal Reserve Board, which will conclude on Wednesday.

Even though the economists have said the recession ended more than a year ago, the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high at 9.6%. The sluggish economy could sweep Republicans into power in the Congressional elections and push the Fed to resume buying Treasury bonds in a renewed move towards quantitative easing.

The report also showed inflation cooled to 0.8%, well below the Federal Reserve's preferred threshold of 2%, giving policy makers room to pump more money into the world's largest economy.

The GDP report also showed that spending by Americans, accounting for about 70% of demand in the U.S. economy, rose at a 2.6% rate, the best quarter of the recovery that began in June 2009. That's up from a 2.2% increase in the April to June period and 1.9% in the first quarter

"Consumer spending is growing, business demand is still OK," Michael Feroli, chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) in New York, told Bloomberg News.

"We need to do better than this to get a real recovery in the labor market. The report leaves everything in place for more asset purchases by the Fed next week." said Feroli, who accurately forecast the gain in household purchases.

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke announced in August the central bank "will do all that it can" to keep the economy growing. Most analysts have said they are expecting policy makers to launch another round of Treasury purchases after the bank bought $1.7 trillion in debt from December 2008 through March.

The U.S. government needs to consider selling assets to boost the economy and reduce the deficit, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim told Bloomberg Friday.

"Most aggressive monetary and fiscal policies are not enough," Slim said at the George Washington University Global Forum in New York City. "They are temporary measures."

The gain in consumer spending, the biggest since the end of 2006, compared with a 2.5% median forecast in the Bloomberg survey of economists. Spending added 1.8 percentage points to growth.

Even though they are improving, consumer purchases remain well below levels seen following previous U.S. recessions. In the four quarters after the last deep U.S. recession in 1982, consumer spending posted increases of between 4% and 8%.

Americans' wealth and incomes were badly hit by the collapse in home prices and the extremely weak jobs market that followed the financial crisis. GDP growth in the 2.5% percent to 2.8% range is needed to generate enough jobs to meet population growth and keep the jobless rate stable, according to policy makers' forecasts.

The latest report of tepid GDP growth is causing investors to exercise caution heading into next week's midterm elections and breeding uncertainty about the size of economic stimulus measures the Federal Reserve is expected to announce ne! xt week.

Most investors expect the Fed to announce plans to buy U.S. Treasury bonds worth a few hundred billion dollars over several months to keep interest rates low in an effort to spark growth.

Wells Fargo Doubles Recruiting; Starts a New Ad Campaign

Wells Fargo Advisors Recruited 545 veteran financial advisors in the first eight months of 2008 and has nearly doubled that figure in the same period of 2009, attracting 1,054 experienced FAs.
In addition, the majority -- 80 percent -- of those recruited in 2009 are from the wirehouses, the company says.
Last year, it recruited a total of 766 experienced financial advisors. If it is able to keep recruiting at the current pace, Wells Fargo Advisors could recruit about 1,500 veteran advisors or more.

"The first months of 2009 were extraordinary," says Chip Walker, who has been leading the firm's integration and recruiting efforts. "
There's been an incredible amount of dislocation of advisors in the wirehouse model," Walker says. That has to do with the fact that there "are so many advisors in the wirehouses," whereas, in the past, many of them were with regional firms, he explains.
In addition, many advisors have been "forced to look at their options," Walker adds. "We have had a lot of success recruiting experienced FAs from the wirehouses. There's no question about it."
The average industry length of service of recruited veteran FAs is now close to 16.5 years, he says, vs. about 13.5 in 2004. "The increase in the length of service has spiked dramatically in 2009," Walker explains. Average trailing-12-month fees and commissions have held up well, he adds, and have even increased in some of the brokerage's FA channels.
As of June 30, the Wells Fargo brokerage business included 15,500 financial advisors in the United States and Latin America and 6,100 licensed financial specialists with roughly $1 trillion in client assets. The firm's private client group has 11,600 financial advisors, and the bank group has about 2,800 financial advisors. Most of the remaining FAs are in the firm's independent group.
"We peel the onion," the recruiting executive says, when it comes to looking at potential recruits. Beyond fees and commissions, other factors the brokerage firm looks at include an advisor's ability to grow his or her business before the economic downturn and how well he or she held up during the crisis.
As for the firm's recruiting and sales practices, "We have a consistent, repeatable due diligence process," he explains, that emphasizes putting the client and the client's interests first.
Walker also says Wells Fargo Advisors, formed by Wells Fargo's purchase of Wachovia earlier this year, is now focused on growing as a good operator rather than as a good integrator.
"It's been over two years since we announced the merger with A.G. Edwards," he explains, "and in October, it will be exactly two years ago that the merger was finalized." Some rivals, Walker notes, "are just entering the integration phase."
Through the legacy A.G. Edwards training program, Wells Fargo Advisors is likely to hire 400-500 new advisors in 2010, according to the executive. "This is a great growth lever," Walker notes.
"We can compete with any firm out there," says Walker. "We have the scale and scope of products, services, technology and human capital. We are firmly positioned with a great corporate parent."
Its corporate parent, Wells Fargo, can help advisors grow their business by providing them with "a steady source of leads and referrals," he explains. Plus, the brokerage business has a strong regional culture.
"We feel very good when we look at the number of FAs that we're having conversations with and the responses we get to our multi-channel business model," explains Walker. The combined financial advisory businesses of Wells Fargo and Wachovia unveiled a new national advertising campaign in mid-September, after introducing the Wells Fargo Advisor brand in May.
"The new advertisements allow us to emphasize Wells Fargo Advisors' position as the financial advice arm of Wells Fargo, while reengaging with our clients and demonstrating how our union with Wells Fargo creates a brokerage firm that is even more qualified to help our clients achieve their life goals," says David Monday, executive director of marketing, innovation and growth.
The TV ads can be seen on Sunday morning talk shows, NFL football games and select cable television stations, including CNN, CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, the Weather and Travel channels and ESPN. In addition, a sponsorship message will appear on select PBS programs. Print and online ads will also appear in various publications and on websites.

Sees Significant Glass Price Declines in 2012

Shares of Corning (GLW) are down $1.02, or almost 7%, at $13.60 after the company this morning reported Q4 revenue slightly ahead of expectations and profit per share in line with estimates, but said prices for glass this quarter continue to fall “significantly.”
Revenue in the three months ended in December rose 7%, year over year, to $1.9 billion, yielding EPS of 33 cents a share. Analysts had been expecting $1.84 billion and 33 cents.
CEO Wendell Weeks said 2011 had seen the company’s best sales performance in its 161-year history.
But he also remarked that “In the fourth quarter, we experienced significant LCD glass price declines due to a confluence of factors in the display market,” and that falling prices in the solar panel industry, a result of lower demand and the drastic decline in pricing of polysilicon materials, had hurt the profit of its Dow Corning venture.
CFO James Flaws remarked Corning had to cut glass prices and clear inventory to adjust to weakening global demand:

We are working closely with our customers to reduce glass prices to help them with their immediate financial strains. To that end, price declines will be significant in the first quarter of 2012, as they were in last year's fourth quarter. We expect significant double-digit price declines over the cumulative two-quarter period. We are hopeful that our pricing actions, combined with our capacity decisions, will help us get back to more stable price declines in the coming quarters.

Apple: Sterne Agee Ups iPad Estimate, Dismisses Rumors of Cuts

Sterne Agee’s Shaw Wu this morning writes that he’s been receiving questions from some Apple (AAPL) investors about rumored cuts in iPad production, inquiries he believes are “misplaced” given that the issue for the iPad appears to be supply of the “Retina Display” being limited, not anything about declines in demand.
“What we are picking up are strong follow-up demand trends for the new iPad despite a very strong start of 3 million units sold in the first few days,” writes Wu.
Wu thinks display supplies may improve, and he’s also unfazed by reports there may have been cuts in work hours at supplier Foxconn:

we anticipate supply to improve over the course of the next few quarters as additional production lines and suppliers are added. In addition, what could also be causing concern is news that Hon Hai Foxconn employees have had their individual working hours cut. This is not due to a slowdown in production but rather conforming to more sound labor practices where there will be a cap on overtime hours per month per employee. This is in an effort to improve working conditions. From our understanding, the irony is that many employees prefer to work more overtime.

Wu actually raised his estimate for iPad sales for fiscal Q2 that ended last month to 12.3 million from a prior 11.5 million. He sees the company selling 63 million units this calendar year, up from a prior 60 million estimate. That should produce revenue of $161.2 billion and EPS of $44.50 this fiscal year, up from a prior $160 billion and $43.80.
Apple shares today are down $1.45 at $626.99.

1 Best Stock Warren Buffett Should Own in 2012

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which industrials editor/analyst Brendan Byrnes and analyst Jason Moser discuss topics across the investing world.
Jason and Brendan are heading to Omaha! That's right, the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting awaits, and in preparation, Jason asks Brendan to pick a company with characteristics consistent with the Buffett style of investing that could make a great fit for Berkshire's portfolio. Brendan thinks that an underappreciated company -- United Technologies -- could be an ideal fit. The company has a wide moat around it, has demonstrated strong and consistent earnings and ROE for the past decade-plus, and is currently selling for cheap.
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Higher profit seen at Disney in 2012

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) ' Walt Disney Co. is expected to post higher profit for the quarter ended Dec. 31, though difficult comparisons with very strong results at ESPN and in home video in the year-earlier period could have an impact.

Disney DIS 'is expected to post a fiscal first-quarter profit of 75 cents a share, excluding stock-option payments, on revenue of $11.19 billion, according to a consensus poll of analysts by Thomson Reuters.

In the same period a year earlier, the company earned 68 cents a share on revenue of $10.7 billion.

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Ben Cohen talks about the N.Y. Giants' win against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI. (Photo: Getty Images)

Jeffrey Thomson of Hilliard Lyons said late last year that Disney's December quarter 'is likely to produce the smallest year-over-year increase' of fiscal 2012, 'due in part to a tough comparison to the year-ago quarter ' a period that included considerable growth at ESPN and benefits of robust DVD sales of 'Toy Story 3.''

Across the media and entertainment industries, there is optimism about the advertising market, especially in television, which has held most of its appeal for advertisers as one of the few remaining ways to reach mass audiences.

Ad sales and rates are expected to once again be strong at ESPN, where! NBA gam es, college basketball and various shows around the NFL have led to solid ratings gains, but Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger warned in November that comparisons with the fiscal fourth quarter of 2010 would be difficult.

At ABC, the network's situation comedies have received solid ratings, though it ranks third among the Big Four networks among adults 18 to 49 years old ' the group most desired by advertisers because of its apparent willingness to switch brands.

Analysts will look forward to getting more insights from Iger on the online-video model and its potential effect on traditional TV. Comcast Corp. CMCSA 'and Disney unveiled a 10-year deal last month that will make Disney shows available on a wide variety of Comcast platforms, including regular TV, video-on-demand, phones and tablets. Under the deal, Comcast customers can watch Disney shows online that can't otherwise be viewed on the Web.

Disney executives will probably also be asked what last month's Italian cruise-ship tragedy could mean for its own cruise ships. The Carnival Cruise-owned Costa Concordia foundered off the coast of Italy, killing at least 16, and observers fear that the incident could be a concern to would-be passengers in the near term.

Disney recently launched its third ship, the Disney Dream, and some analysts speculated that a fourth could be launched in fiscal 2012.

Best Wall St. Stocks Today: AMR,NWA,DAL,UAUA

In all industries staying out of Chapter 11 is a badge of honor. The sole exception to that is the airline business where bankruptcy is embedded in the culture like ticks are on the hide of a deer.
One of the few large US airlines which stayed out of a significant financial mess over the last decade is AMR (NYSE: AMR), the parent of American Airlines. In the most perverse sort of way, a Chapter 11 filing four or five years ago might have spared AMR from its current perilous state.
One advantage that Northwest (NYSE: NWA), Delta (NYSE: DAL), and United (NASDAQ: UAUA) have in the present difficult economic environment is that they used their trips through the Chapter 11 process to tear away debt as well as employees which they deemed to be redundant. By several accounts, NWA has saved over $2 billion a year because it went through bankruptcy.
All of the large US airlines are at great financial risk now. Ditto for many of their overseas brethren like Alitalia. Fuel costs are up sharply and passenger revenue and revenue miles are likely to fall as the economy keeps people off commercial carriers The very rich can continue to operate their own fleets of private jets.
The present financial trouble does not strike each large US airline equally. Largely because of an advantage of Chapter 11, NWA has $6 billion in debt to its $3 billion in cash. At AMR, long-term debt totals $15.6 billion compared to its $4.6 billion in cash. Last year, AMR’s EBITDA was only about two times it interest expenses. By paying all of its bills, AMR has been placed at a great disadvantage.
AMR had very modest operating income of $965 million last year compared to its $22.9 billion in revenue. The market has figured out the problem. While shares in other national carriers are off about 50% in the last six months, AMR is off 60%. That is a significant negative premium, a vote saying AMR is in a different bucket than its competitors are.
Aloha Air, ATA, ! and SkyB us all went out of business in the last two weeks. Several carriers reported falling traffic for March. At AMR, domestic traffic fell 5.9% for the month.
At some point soon, the dropping revenue effect and rising expenses cross where interest payments matter.
That will be soon at AMR and it puts the company at great peril.
Douglas A. McIntyre

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012

Oil services are the best place to invest in the entire energy sector, because every barrel of oil extracted today was marginally more difficult and expensive to get than it was yesterday. And that trend looks inexorable.
That does not mean that I believe there is necessarily a supply constraint in energy right now, only that the technology of extraction continues to get more complex.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Bemis Company Inc. (BMS)

 Bemis Company, Inc. manufactures and sells flexible packaging products and pressure sensitive materials in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Australasia. The company operates in two segments, Flexible Packaging and Pressure Sensitive Materials. The Flexible Packaging segment manufactures multilayer flexible polymer film structures and laminates for food, medical, and personal care products, and non-food applications utilizing vacuum or modified atmosphere packaging. It also offers blown and cast stretch film products; carton sealing tapes and application equipment; custom thermoformed plastic packaging; multiwall paper bags; printed paper roll stock; and bag closing materials. The Pressure Sensitive Materials segment manufactures pressure sensitive adhesive coated paper and film substrates comprising label market products, such as narrow-Web rolls of pressure sensitive paper, film, and metalized film printing stocks used in printing and die-cutting. This segment also provides graphic market products consisting of pressure sensitive films used for decorative signage through computer-aided plotters, digital and screen printers, and photographic over laminate and mounting materials, including optical films with built-in UV inhibitors; and technical market products, such as micro-thin film adhesives used in delicate electronic parts assembly and pressure sensitive applications. Bemis Company, Inc. distributes its products primarily through its direct sales force to food and beverage, chemical, agribusiness, medical, pharmaceutical, personal care, electronics, automotive, construction, graphic industries, and other consumer goods markets. The company was formerly known as Bemis Bro. Bag Company and changed its name to Bemis Company, Inc. in 1965. Bemis Company, Inc. was founded in 1858 and is based in Neenah, Wisconsin.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A. de C.V. (ASR)

 Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, holds concessions to operate, maintain, and develop airports in the southeast region of Mexico. It operates nine airports located in Cancun, Cozumel, Huatulco, Merida, Minatitlan, Oaxaca, Tapachula, Veracruz, and Villahermosa. The company offers various aeronautical services, including passenger, landing, aircraft parking, usage of passenger walkways, and airport security services. Its non-aeronautical services comprise commercial activities, such as the leasing of space in airports to retailers, restaurants, airlines, and other commercial tenants, as well as advertising; and the provision of complementary services consisting of luggage check-in, sorting and handling, aircraft servicing at gates, aircraft cleaning and maintenance, cargo handling, airport security, aircraft catering, assistance with passenger boarding and deplaning, ground transport, and aircraft fuel supply services to air carriers. Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Parke Bancorp Inc. (PKBK)

 Parke Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Parke Bank that provides personal and business financial services to individuals and small to mid-sized businesses in Gloucester, Atlantic, and Cape May counties in New Jersey and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company offers various deposit products comprising checking, savings, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises residential and commercial real estate construction loans, working capital loans and lines of credit, demand, term, and time loans; equipment, inventory, and accounts receivable financing; and residential mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, fixed rate second mortgages, new and used auto loans, and overdraft protection products. In addition, the company offers overnight depository, ACH, wire transfer services, and merchant capture electronic check processing services; and contemporary products and services, such as debit cards, Internet banking, and online bill payment. Parke Bancorp was founded in 1999 and is based in Washington Township, New Jersey.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Full House Resorts Inc. (FLL)

 Full House Resorts, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manages, invests in, and owns gaming-related enterprises. The company holds interest in Gaming Entertainment (Delaware), LLC, a joint venture with Harrington Raceway, Inc., which has a management contract with Harrington Raceway and Casino that has approximately 1,800 slot machines and 40 table games, a 450-seat buffet, a dining restaurant, a 50-seat diner, and an entertainment lounge area located in Harrington, Delaware. It also owns and operates Stockman?s Casino, which has approximately 264 slot machines, 4 table games, and keno, as well as a bar, a dining restaurant, and a coffee shop situated in Fallon, Nevada. In addition, the company holds interests in Gaming Entertainment Michigan, LLC that has a joint venture with RAM Entertainment, LLC, which has a management agreement with the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians for the development and management of the FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. Full House Resorts, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:IRIDEX Corporation (IRIX)

 IRIDEX Corporation provides therapeutic based laser systems, delivery devices, and consumable instrumentation to treat eye diseases in ophthalmology, and skin conditions in dermatology in the United States and internationally. It offers various ophthalmic products, such as infrared photocoagulator consoles, visible (green) and visible (yellow) photocoagulator consoles, and multi-wavelength laser system configurations; and ophthalmic delivery devices comprising TruFocus laser indirect ophthalmoscopes, slit lamp adapters, operating microscope adapters, EndoProbes, G-Probes, and DioPexy Probes. The company offers its ophthalmic products to treat age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, retinal tears and detachments, retinopathy of prematurity, ocular tumors, and macular holes. It also offers aesthetics products, which include combination infrared/visible wavelength laser, visible (green), and infrared consoles. In addition, the company offers aesthetics delivery devices, such as Dermastat Handpieces that are used as tracing instruments for the treatment of small cutaneous surface lesions; DioLite Handpieces, which are handheld instruments used in the treatment of vascular and pigmented skin lesions; VariLite Handpiece, a handheld instrument used in the treatment of vascular and pigmented cutaneous skin lesions, and small area hair reduction; and ScanLite scanner, a computer pattern generator for the treatment of larger-area vascular and pigmented skin lesions. IRIDEX Corporation sells its products to ophthalmologists specializing in retina, glaucoma, and pediatrics; dermatologists; plastic surgeons; research and teaching hospitals; government installations; surgical centers; and hospitals through direct sales force and distributors. The company was formerly known as IRIS Medical Instruments, Inc. and changed its name to IRIDEX Corporation in November 1995. IRIDEX Corporation was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Lorillard Inc (LO)

 Lorillard, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States. The company offers 43 different product offerings under the Newport, Kent, True, Maverick, and Old Gold brand names. Lorillard, Inc. sells its products primarily to wholesale distributors, who in turn service retail outlets, chain store organizations, and government agencies, including the United States? Armed Forces. The company was founded in 1760 and is headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Advisors' Opinion:

• By Glenn At 2011-10-6
  Lorillard (LO), through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States. The company has paid a rising dividend since becoming a separately traded company in 2008. It yields 5.40% and has a high dividend payout ratio as well.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Dynasil Corporation of America (DYSL)

 Dynasil Corporation of America engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialized sensors, precision instruments, and optical products in the United States and internationally. Its products include optical instruments, as well as components that are used for optical instruments, lasers, analytical instruments, semiconductor/electronic devices, automotive components, spacecraft/aircraft components, advertising displays, baggage scanners, and in devices for the solar energy industry. The company also produces analytical instruments, including instruments designed to measure the ?Sun Protection Factor? of sunscreens; handheld instruments to determine whether there is lead in the paint of buildings and whether electronics are in compliance with the reduction of hazardous substances regulations; and medical probes, which reduce the scope of cancer surgery. Dynasil Corporation distributes its products through direct sales force, as well as through manufacturer?s representatives and distributors. Its products and services are used in a range of application markets, including the medical, industrial, and homeland security/defense sectors. The company also involves in contract research activities. Dynasil Corporation was founded in 1960 and is based in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)

 Lockheed Martin Corporation engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, operation, and sustainment of advanced technology systems and products in the areas of defense, space, intelligence, homeland security, and government information technology in the United States and internationally. It also provides management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. The company operates in four segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services (IS&GS), and Space Systems. The Aeronautics segment offers military aircraft, including combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. Its products and programs comprise the F-35 multi-role, stealth fighter; the F-22 air dominance and multi-mission stealth fighter; the F-16 multi-role fighter; the C-130J tactical transport aircraft; and the C-5M strategic airlifter modernization program; and support for the P-3 maritime patrol aircraft, and the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. The Electronic Systems segment provides air and missile defense; tactical missiles; weapon fire control systems; surface ship and submarine combat systems; anti-submarine and undersea warfare systems; land, sea-based, and airborne radars; surveillance and reconnaissance systems; simulation and training systems; and integrated logistics and sustainment services. The IS&GS segment offers information technology solutions and advanced technology primarily in the areas of software and systems integration for space, air, and ground systems to various defense and civil government agencies. The Space Systems segment provides government and commercial satellites; strategic and defensive missile systems, including missile defense technologies and systems, and fleet ballistic missiles; and space transportation systems. Lockheed Martin Corporation was founded in 1909 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.
Advisors' Opinion:

• By Jeff Reeves At 2011-10-21!
  Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is America’s premiere aerospace and defense company, and consistently ranks at or near No. 1 in the list of U.S. federal contractors.
  Current Yield: 3.9% ($3 a share annually)
  Dividend History: In June 2010, Lockheed Martin paid a quarterly dividend of 63 cents a share. This July, it will pay 75 cents, or a 19% increase.
  Dividend Outlook: According to Bloomberg, the three-year expected dividend growth rate of Lockheed is a stunning is 15%.
  Recent Performance: Though flat over the past 12 months, as the crisis in Libya has brought defense spending into focus, LMT shares have rallied 14% in 2011, despite talk of federal spending cuts.
  Outlook for Shares: Lockheed has proven it is a necessary player in the U.S. defense budget, and even if that budget sees some reductions, you can bet that Lockheed will still benefit. For instance, it is currently working on the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter, a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, which will be delivered at the latter part of this decade. Lockheed has the reputation and resources to thrive even if leaner spending lies ahead.
• By Dave Friedman At 2011-9-22
  The shares closed at $70.26, up $1.14, or 1.65%, on the day. They have traded in a 52-week range of $66.36 to $82.43. Volume today was 3,030,515 shares, against a 3-month average volume of 2,513,850 shares. Its market capitalization is $23.41billion, its trailing P/E is 8.80, its trailing earnings are $7.99 per share, and it pays a dividend of $3.00 per share, for a dividend yield of 4.30%. About the company: Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security company that primarily researches, designs, develops, manufactures, and integrates advanced technology products and services. The Company’s businesses span space, telecommunications, electronics, information and services, aeronautics, energy, and systems integration. Lockheed Martin operates worldwide.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Principal Financial Group Inc (PFG)

 Principal Financial Group, Inc. provides retirement savings, investment, and insurance products and services worldwide. The company?s Retirement and Investor Services segment provides retirement savings and related investment products and services, including a portfolio of asset accumulation products and services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals in the United States. This segment offers products and services to businesses for defined contribution pension plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, and employee stock ownership plan consulting services; and annuities, mutual funds, and bank products and services to the employees of its business customers and other individuals. Principal Financial Group?s Principal Global Investors segment offers a range of equity, fixed income, and real estate investments, as well as specialized overlay and advisory services to institutional investors. The company?s Principal International segment offers retirement products and services, annuities, mutual funds, institutional asset management, and life insurance accumulation products in Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and Thailand. Principal Financial Group?s U.S. Insurance Solutions segment offers individual life insurance, as well as specialty benefits in the United States. Its individual life insurance products include universal and variable universal life insurance and traditional life insurance; and specialty benefit products comprise group dental and vision insurance, individual and group disability insurance, and group life insurance, as well as fee-for-service claims administration and wellness services. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.
Advisors' Opinion:

• By Goldman At 2011-8-28
  Principal Financial(PFG) is an insurance and investment man! agement company.
  Principal is due to release fourth-quarter results today. It has an average earnings surprise average of 4.8% and moves 4%, both up and down, in reaction to earnings announcements. Principal's stock has soared 50% in the past 12 months, easily outpacing indices, and 13% in the past three months. Consequently, it has passed many of analysts' price targets. Goldman is still bullish, but predicts just 7% of remaining upside in the next 12 months.
  Principal receives "buy" ratings from just 26% of researchers evaluating its stock. But, it is still notably undervalued relative to its peer group. The stock trades at a forward earnings multiple of less than 12, a book value multiple of 1.2 and a cash flow multiple of 4.5, 21%, 70% and 71% industry discounts. The stock pays an annual dividend, which fluctuates depending upon operating results. This year's 55 cent annual payout translated to a 2% yield on payment.

Best Oil Stocks To Buy - Volume sunk to the lowest level of the year, but this could change if some of the big caps exceed estimates

Even though Monday turned out to be the fifth consecutive day of gains, it didn’t feel like a market that was headed higher. Perhaps it is the pause before Q2 earnings begin to pour in, or maybe after eight days down and five up investors are tired of the roller coaster. Both the NYSE and the Nasdaq traded less shares than on Friday, which was the lowest volume of the year until yesterday.
After spending most of the morning in minus territory, the Dow Industrials managed to break even at noon, but then trudged on to the close and a slight gain. Despite the overall lethargy, big-cap technology stocks were the beneficiary of analysts’ upgrades. Best Oil Stocks To Buy - Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), and Best Oil Stocks To Buy - QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) benefitted from the attention. But the tech-heavy Nasdaq only rose by 0.9%.

And there was speculation that BP plc (NYSE: BP) or a substantial portion of it would be sold off to pay for the billions of dollars of losses incurred from the Gulf of Mexico crisis. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) was rumored to be a beneficiary of some of the pieces of BP, and Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA) was named by the Wall Street Journal as a buyer of up to $10 billion of BP’s assets.
At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18 points to 10,216, the S&P 500 gained under a point to 1,079, and the Nasdaq rose 2 points to 2,198.?
The NYSE traded 855 million shares with decliners over advancers by 1.7-to-1. The Nasdaq crossed 510 million shares and decliners there were ahead by 2.3-to-1.
Crude oil for August delivery fell $1.14 to $74.95 a barrel, and the Energy Best Oil Stocks To Buy - Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE) lost 14 cents, closing at $52.48.?
August gold was hit with an $11.10 decline, closing at $1,198.70 an ounce, and the Best Oil Stocks To Buy - PHLX Gold/Best Oil Stocks To Buy - Silver S! ector In dex (NASDAQ: XAU) fell $1.36 to $173.73. The XAU has been hugging its 200-day moving average since February while recently in a trading range of $170 to $190. Its stochastic issued a buy signal yesterday.

What the Markets Are Saying

While everyone waits for the Q2 reports, market leadership has remained absent except for a minor run on utility stocks — the most defensive of all sectors and a discouragement for the bulls. To put it another way, looking to utilities for leadership would be about as weak as Barney Fife leading the charge up San Juan Hill.
Volume for the last two days has sunk to the lowest level of the year. This could change if some of the big caps exceed both earnings and revenue estimates. But following a rebound after a head-and-shoulders break the pattern of low volume is consistent with a faltering recovery.?
The big number to watch is the resistance zone around the S&P 500′s 1,100 area. That zone contains the primary bearish resistance line and the 50- and 200-day moving averages now at 1,094 and 1,112.?
The second quarter’s earnings started with Alcoa Inc.’s (NYSE: AA) report last night. The stock modestly exceeded analysts’ estimates for both earnings and revenues. Now let’s see what the bulls can do with it.

Today’s Trading Landscape

Earnings to be reported before the opening include: Fastenal, Hi-Tech Pharmacal and Infosys.
Earnings to be reported after the close include: AAR Corp., Adtran, Intel and YUM! Brands.
Economic reports due: NFIB small business optimism, ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales, international trade (the consensus expects -$39 billion), Redbook and Treasury budget (the consensus expects -$70 billion).
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Best Stocks For 2013 - Las Vegas Sands Beats on Revenue, Matches Expectations on EPS

Best Stocks For 2013 - Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS  ) reported earnings on Feb. 1. Here are the numbers you need to know.
The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Las Vegas Sands beat expectations on revenues and met expectations on earnings per share.
Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue expanded significantly and GAAP earnings per share expanded.
Gross margins dropped, operating margins improved, and net margins grew.
Revenue details
Las Vegas Sands tallied revenue of $2.54 billion. The 15 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ predicted revenue of $2.47 billion. Sales were 26% higher than the prior-year quarter's $2.02 billion.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions.

Best Stocks For 2013 - EPS details
Non-GAAP EPS came in at $0.57. The 19 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ forecast $0.57 per share on the same basis. GAAP EPS of $0.39 for Q4 were 15% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.34 per share.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Figures may be non-GAAP to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 37.4%, 960 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 26.1%, 190 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 17.1%, 90 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.
Looking ahead
Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $2.47 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.56.
Next year's average estimate for revenue is $11.18 billion. The average ! EPS esti mate is $2.56.
Best Stocks For 2013 - Investor sentiment
The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 1,755 members out of 2,081 rating the stock outperform, and 326 members rating it underperform. Among 506 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 434 give Las Vegas Sands a green thumbs-up, and 72 give it a red thumbs-down.
Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Las Vegas Sands is outperform, with an average price target of $59.82.

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est Stocks To Invest In - Moving cheaper pharmaceuticals is much more profitable

Big Pharma undoubtedly hates the thought of losing billions in sales as some of its biggest selling drugs losing patent protection in the next few years. But there??s one health industry colleague that??s licking its chops at the prospect of several of the biggest blockbusters going generic: pharmaceutical distributors.
The big three of drug wholesalers are est Stocks To Invest In - McKesson (NYSE:MCK), Stocks To Invest In - Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) and AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC), and all are expected to enjoy steep paydays as a result of the coming generic boon. That may come as a surprise to many investors, because brand-name drugs are much more expensive. But here??s the rub: generics are much more profitable for wholesalers. And that could mean huge dollars for the big
three because, during the next five years, more than $100 billion of branded-drug revenue will be lost to generic competition, according to one
industry consultant.

So is now a good time for investors to jump on the wholesaler bandwagon and capitalize on the coming generic surge?
Or are they already late to the party? After all, in the past two years, both AmerisourceBergen and McKesson have had nice runups, posting share gains of 140% and nearly 100%, respectively. Cardinal, meanwhile, rewarded shareholders with a 60% gain, the same as the Dow.
Still, the influence the big three wield shouldn??t be overlooked. In the battle for prized distribution deals, generic manufacturers must make substantial price concessions to the drug wholesalers if they want their products carried. Cardinal, for example, negotiates deals with generics manufacturers on behalf of its retail customers. That’s good for Cardinal because independent pharmacies provide higher margins, and it??s good for small pharmacies because Cardinal can pool its purchasing power and negotiate lower generic prices than the pharmacies could on their own.
It appears ther! e are st ill growth opportunities here for investors:

• San Francisco-based Stocks To Invest In - McKesson is the giant of the industry with a market cap of more than $21 billion and annual sales of more than $100 billion. The company said in May that it expects earnings to range between $5.55 and $5.75 a share for the year ending in March 2012. Analysts, however, think McKesson is lowballing and expect the number to be just over $6. If the analysts are right, the company??s stock is trading at a forward price-to-earnings of just 14 based on its current share price of $84.43. Wall Street expects McKesson??s EPS growth rate to average just under 11% during the next 5 years.
• AmerisourceBergen, trading near its 52-week high of $43.47 recently raised its guidance for 2011, saying profits should be between $2.41 and $2.49 a share. The company??s new CEO, Steve Collis, says the smallest of the big three will stay the course by focusing on specialty distribution and generics.
• Reflecting the importance of specialty distribution, Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal bought P4 Healthcare last November for a half-billion dollars. The acquisition got the company back into the oncology and specialty pharma service game, according to CEO George Barrett. The company posted better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results and raised its earnings guidance for the year. Investor confidence didn??t seem to be shaken by a prominent hedge fund??s move out of the stock in the second quarter.

Stocks to invest in 2012 - Fulsome Volume Stock at NASDAQ ¨C JVA

Stocks to invest in 2012 - Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:JVA) witnessed volume of 5.02 million shares during last trade however it holds an average trading capacity of 366,858.00 shares. JVA last trade opened at $11.42 reached intraday low of $11.23 and went +9.23% up to close at $13.26.
JVA has a market capitalization $72.80 million and an enterprise value at $65.61 million. Trailing twelve months price to sales ratio of the stock was 0.76 while price to book ratio in most recent quarter was 4.64. In profitability ratios, net profit margin in past twelve months appeared at 3.27% whereas operating profit margin for the same period at 4.97%.
The company made a return on asset of 12.31% in past twelve months and return on equity of 22.10% for similar period. In the period of trailing 12 months it generated revenue amounted to $87.77 million gaining $16.03 revenue per share. Its year over year, quarterly growth of revenue was 20.00% holding 86.60% quarterly earnings growth.
According to preceding quarter balance sheet results, the company had $2.87 million cash in hand making cash per share at 0.52. The total of $1.82 million debt was there putting a total debt to equity ratio 12.60. Moreover its current ratio according to same quarter results was 2.29 and book value per share was 2.62.
Looking at the trading information, the stock price history displayed that its S&P500 52 Week Change illustrated 16.43% where the stock price exhibited up beat from its 50 day moving average with $6.99 and remained above from its 200 Day Moving Average with $5.06.
Stocks to invest in 2012 - JVA holds 5.49 million outstanding shares with 2.15 million floating shares where insider possessed 49.37% and institutions kept 3.90%.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012

 real conundrum has emerged in the stock market: it's become quite easy to find undervalued stocks, but when you have too many to choose from, it's hard to see which choice will be the first to rise or has the greatest upside relative to the hundreds of other stocks that will eventually rebound as well.

Then again, if the market fails to recover in coming weeks, months and quarters, then all of these cheap stocks will probably remain at their current levels. So perhaps the best approach is to find undervalued stocks that could be the beneficiary of upcoming events or transactions, what I call "catalysts." I've found three stocks that have clear catalysts in the months ahead...

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:China Ceramics Co. Ltd. (CCCL)

 China Ceramics Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of ceramic tiles used for exterior siding, interior flooring, and design in residential and commercial buildings primarily in the People's Republic of China. It offers porcelain tiles, glazed tiles, glazed porcelain tiles, rustic tiles, and ultra-thin tiles under the Hengda, Hengdeli, TOERTO, and WULIQIAO brand names. The company primarily sells its products through a distributor network, as well as directly to property developers. China Ceramics Co., Ltd. is based in Jinjiang City, the People's Republic of China.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:American Software Inc. (AMSWA)

 American Software, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, market, and support a portfolio of software and services that deliver enterprise management and collaborative supply chain solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Information Technology Consulting. The Supply Chain Management segment provides collaborative supply chain solutions, which include supply chain planning, inventory optimization, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics solutions to streamline the market planning, management, production, and distribution of products for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and retailers. It also markets and sells Demand Solutions product line to small and medium sized enterprises through its value-added reseller distribution network; and offers Logility Voyager Solutions suite to customers with distribution-intensive supply chains through direct and indirect sales channels. The Enterprise Resource Planning segment offers purchasing and materials management, customer order processing, financial, e-commerce, flow manufacturing, and traditional manufacturing solutions, as well as provides industry-specific business software to retailers, importers, and manufacturers in the apparel, footwear, sewn products, and furniture industries. The Information Technology Consulting segment provides information technology staffing and consulting services, as well as support for software products, such as software enhancements, documentation, updates, customer education, consulting, systems integration, and maintenance services. The company serves retail, apparel, consumer packaged goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial products, and other manufacturing industries through its direct and indirect sales channels. American Software, Inc. was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:American Woodmark Corporation (AMWD)

 American Woodmark Corp. engages in the manufacture and distribution of kitchen cabinets and vanities for the remodeling and new home construction markets in the United States. The company offers framed stock cabinets in approximately 380 cabinet lines of 90 door designs and in 12 colors. Its stock cabinets consist of a common box with interior components and a maple, oak, cherry, or hickory front frame. The company also provides various turnkey installation services to builder customers through its network of nine service centers. It markets its products primarily under American Woodmark, Timberlake, Shenandoah Cabinetry, and Potomac brand names. The company serves its products to home centers, builders, and independent dealers and distributors. It distributes its products directly through a third party logistics network. American Woodmark Corp. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Winchester, Virginia.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. (NUS)

 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. develops and distributes anti-aging personal care products and nutritional supplements worldwide. The company sells its personal care products under the Nu Skin brand; and nutritional supplements under the Pharmanex brand. Its personal care product line includes core systems, targeted treatments, total care, cosmetic, and Epoch, a product formulated with botanical ingredients. The company?s nutritional supplements product line comprises micronutrient supplements, targeted solution supplements, and weight management products. It also sells Vitameal, which are nutritious meal products for starving children or purchased for personal food storage. In addition, the company offers other products and services consisting of digital content storage, water purifiers, and other household products. It sells its products primarily through a network of independent distributors in north Asia, the Americas, Greater China, Europe, and the south Asia/Pacific. The company also operates retail stores to sell its products in China. As of December 31, 2010, Nu Skin Enterprises operated 40 stores throughout China. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Provo, Utah.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:JMP Group Inc (JMP)

 JMP Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an investment banking, asset management, and corporate credit management company in the United States. The company provides various investment banking products and services, such as capital raising, mergers and acquisitions transaction, and other strategic advisory services to corporate clients. It also offers sales and trading services, which include distributing equity research products, communicating proprietary investment recommendations, executing equity trades on behalf of institutional clients, and marketing the securities of companies, as well as related brokerage services to institutional investors. In addition, the company provides proprietary equity research in five industries, including consumer, financial services, healthcare, real estate, and technology industries. Further, it provides asset management products and services to institutional investors, and high net-worth individuals; and involves in the management of collateralized loan obligations. JMP Group Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and Alpharetta, Georgia.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Taubman Centers Inc. (TCO)

 Taubman Centers, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust. As of June 30, 2005, the company owned a 63% managing general partner?s interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership (the operating partnership). The operating partnership is a subsidiary that engages in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, development, and expansion of regional retail shopping centers and interests therein. As of August 23, 2007, it owned and/or managed 23 urban and suburban shopping centers in 11 states the United States. These centers are located in metropolitan areas, including New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Tampa, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. The operating partnership also owns certain regional retail shopping center development projects, as well as approximately 99% of The Taubman Company LLC, which manages the shopping centers and provides other services to the operating partnership and to the company. Taubman Centers qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, the company would not be subjected to federal income tax to the extent it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Taubman Centers was founded in 1950 by A. Alfred Taubman and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Xilinx Inc. (XLNX)

 Xilinx, Inc. designs, develops, and markets programmable platforms in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Japan. Its programmable platforms include advanced integrated circuits in the form of programmable logic devices (PLDs); software design tools; and predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores. The company?s PLDs comprise field programmable gate arrays, complex programmable logic devices, and extensible processing platforms, which perform desired logic functions. It also provides design services, customer training, field engineering, and technical support. The company offers its products to electronic equipment manufacturers in end markets, such as wired and wireless communications, industrial, scientific and medical, aerospace and defense, audio, video and broadcast, consumer, automotive, and data processing. It sells its products through independent distributors, as well as through a network of independent sales representative firms, and a direct sales management organization. The company is founded in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:Transocean Inc. (RIG)

 Transocean Ltd. provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells worldwide. It offers deepwater and harsh environment drilling, oil and gas drilling management, and drilling engineering and drilling project management services. The company also offers well and logistics services. In addition, it engages in oil and gas exploration, development, and production activities primarily in the United States offshore Louisiana and Texas, and in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea. As of February 10, 2011, the company owned, had partial ownership interests in, and operated 138 mobile offshore drilling units, including 47 high-specification floaters, 25 midwater floaters, 9 high-specification jackups, 54 standard jackups, and 3 other rigs, as well as 1 ultra-deepwater floater and 3 high-specification jackups under construction. Transocean Ltd. was founded in 1953 and is based in Zug, Switzerland.
Advisors' Opinion:

• By John Paulson At 2011-10-6
  Transocean LTD., formerly Transocean Inc., is an international provider of offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells. Transocean Ltd. has a market cap of $24.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $75.41 with a P/E ratio of 13.11 and P/S ratio of 2.51. Transocean Ltd. had an annual average earnings growth of 12.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Transocean Ltd. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.
  
  Transocean stock has not quite recovered from the market crash of 2008, when it plunged from a $160 range to the low $40 range. As of April 25, 2011, it is selling at $73.40, with a 52-week high of $90.53. Year to date, it is up 5.6%.
  
  Paulson initiated his stake in the company in the fourth quarter of 2010. He bought 7.2 million shares at an average price of $67.17. The stock has gained 12.3% since then.
  
  Transocean owned the right that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April, 2010. From 2006-2009, the company earned net income of $1 billion to over $5 billion. In 2010, the year of the oil spill, it took a dramatic hit, earning $961 million in net income. In the fourth quarter of 2010, it lost $799 million in net income. Transocean had a gross profit margin of 46.5% in 2010.
  
  In April, Transocean’s ultra-deepwater drillship set the record for deepest water drill in history: 10,194 feet off the coast of India. The company will also pay the first installment of a proposed dividend of approximately $1 billion in June.
• By Brian Stoffel At 2011-10-6
  Finally, a list of energy stocks wouldn't be complete without a pure-play rig maker. Though the company took some hits for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, that didn't stop Jim Mueller and Michael Olsen from adding Transocean to their portfolios.
  
  Jim picked the stock back in November 2010 because he thought the market's expectations for the stock were simply messed up. Using a discounted cash flow model, Jim said the stock's price "implies the company can grow [free cash flow] by just 0.7% for each of the next five years, then by 0.4% for the following five years, followed by no more growth forever."
  A quick look at history showed him what a silly assumption this was: "Over the past five years, Transocean has grown free cash flow by an average of 41.7% per year."
  Shares are 19% cheaper than they were when Jim made his original recommendation, which means expectations must be downright outrageous by now.

Good Stocks To Invest In 2012:SuperValu Inc. (SVU)

 SUPERVALU INC., together with its subsidiaries, operates retail food stores in the United States. Its stores offer grocery, general merchandise, health and beauty care, pharmacy, and fuel products. The company operates stores under the Acme, Albertsons, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher?s, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw?s, Shop ?n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Star Market banners, as well as in-store pharmacies under the Osco and Sav-on banners. It operates approximately 2,394 traditional and hard-discount retail food stores, including 899 licensed Save-A-Lot stores. The company also offers supply chain services, which include wholesale distribution of products to independent retailers, including single and multiple grocery store independent operators, regional and national chains, mass merchants, and the military customers, as well as provides logistics support services. SUPERVALU was founded in 1871 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.