Availability of water is a major concern for all the states in the southwest, after going through a major drought. But it is not just a problem in the US; water scarcity is a problem for many countries around the world, especially in the Middle East. Water desalination, also referred to as desalinization and desalinisation, could be one of the leading industries in the next decade. It is the process of filtering out salt and other mineral from salt water so that it can be used for human consumption.
Some major companies, such as Siemens (SI) and General Electric (GE) have water desalination divisions that are only a small part of their businesses, but there are other companies which are more of a desalination pure play.
According to our list of water purification and desalination stocks here, there are over a dozen companies involved in the treatment of water, and several of them have specifically targeted desalination.
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd (CWCO) is one of the purer plays in the sector. It operates seawater desalination plants and other water services in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda, using reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to drinkable water. The stock trades at 24 times trailing earnings and 19 times forward earnings. The company pays a decent yield of 2.4%. It has been paying quarterly dividends since 1996.
Tetra Tech (TTEK) designs and builds desalination systems that use seawater, brackish water, and reclaimed wastewater sources to help increase water supply, and has been designing desalination plants in Florida since the 1990s. It also designed the first California desalination plant, the Corona Temescal Desalter. The stock has a forward price to earnings ratio of 17, and sports a yield of 0.9%. The company has increased its dividend every year during the last three years.
To see an Excel list of all the stocks involved in desalination and purification, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go here.
Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.
Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.
If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.
Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.
Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:
Monday
n/a
Tuesday
CASY
PLAY
MRVL
SCWX
Wednesday
ABM
FCEL
HPE
JW-A
VAL
VRNT
Thursday
BKS
DCI
FNSR
KFY
NAV
SAIC
Friday
BRC
EROS
HOV
KR
If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.
In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.
WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.
Ameren Corp
AEE
9/6/2016
3.4%
First American Financial
FAF
9/6/2016
2.4%
Global Net Lease, Inc.
GNL
9/6/2016
8.5%
MDU Resources Group
MDU
9/6/2016
3.2%
Magic Software Enterprises
MGIC
9/6/2016
2.2%
Praxair
PX
9/6/2016
2.5%
Reis Inc
REIS
9/6/2016
3.6%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free.
Dividend definitions:
Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.
Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.
Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.
Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.
One of the most volatile industries is biotechnology, which makes biotech stocks a favorite of stock traders.
One trading technique is buying short squeeze stocks. Here is what a short squeeze stock is and what a short squeeze is.
When you short a stock, it means that you expect to make money from a drop in the price of a stock. Technically what happens is that you borrow shares of a stock, sell those shares, then buy back those shares at a hopefully lower price so that those shares can be returned. Of course, this all happens electronically, you don’t actually see all the borrowing and returning of shares; it just shows up on your computer screen as a negative number of shares.
Short sellers can make a lot of money, but sometimes when the stock moves against them, the stock starts to move up, and the short sellers jump in at once to buy shares to cover their position. This is called a short squeeze. When a short squeeze takes place, it can cause the stock to rise fast and hard. Any type of positive news can trigger the short squeeze.
So other traders take advantage of this situation buy looking for stocks to buy that may have a potential short squeeze. Here is what they look for:
Short Percentage of Float ~ The float is the number of freely tradable shares and the short percentage is the number of shares held short divided by the float. Amounts over 10% to 20% are considered high, and potential short squeeze plays.
Short Ratio / Days to Cover / Short Interest Ratio -This is probably the most important metric when looking for short squeeze trades, no matter what you call it. This is the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their position based on the average daily volume of shares traded. This is a significant ratio as it shows how “stuck” the short sellers are when they want to buy in their shares without driving up the price too much. Unfortunately for the shortsellers, the longer the number of days to cover, the bigger and longer the squeeze.
Short Percentage Increase ~ This is the percentage increase in in the number of short sellers from the previous month.
Here are some stocks that are heavily shorted that may warrant a closer look. Remember that some stocks are heavily shorted for a reason.
Aduro Biotech (ADRO) has 25% of the float shorted, and a short interest ratio, also known as days to cover, of 14.7. This means that based on the current average daily volume, it would take almost 15 days for short sellers to cover their positions.
Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO) has 22% of the float shorted, with a days to cover ratio of 11.
Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT) has a short interest ratio of 9.1 and 24% of the float shorted.
Opko Health (OPK) has 20% of the float shorted, with a short interest ratio of 22.2.
Hopefully, you can make a short term profit on short squeeze stocks.
Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.
Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.
In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.
WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.
Cedar Fair L.P.
FUN
9/1/2016
5.8%
Gannett
GCI
9/1/2016
5.5%
Hancock Holdings
HBHC
9/1/2016
3.0%
Kronos Worldwide Inc
KRO
9/1/2016
6.7%
Movado Group
MOV
9/1/2016
2.3%
Penns Wood Bancorp
PWOD
9/1/2016
4.2%
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
RMCF
9/1/2016
4.4%
Six Flags Entertainment
SIX
9/1/2016
4.6%
Suncor Energy
SU
9/1/2016
4.2%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free.
Dividend definitions:
Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.
Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.
Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.
Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.
Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.
If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.
Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.
Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:
Thursday
AMBA
BEBE
AVGO
CPB
COO
JOY
LE
LULU
SWHC
PAY
Friday
TAX
If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WStNN.com.
If an investor is looking for stocks with favorable fundamentals, one of the best is the cash per share ratio. What this refers to is the amount of cash that would be distributed for each share if the entire company were liquidated today, and the proceeds divided among all the shareholders. That amount of cash would then be compared to the current price per share. If the stock is trading for less than the amount of cash per share, then it is a bargain.
In addition, if the stock has no debt, then it is even a better bargain, because in the event of liquidation, no loans would have to be paid off; all proceeds would go to the shareholders. With no debt and lots of cash, it’s hard for a company to go out of business, unless management spends money like drunken sailors.
The big question is, do such stocks exist? Here are a few.
Barnwell Industries, Inc. (BRN) is a producer and distributor of natural gas in Canada. The cash per share is 2.25 per share, yet the stock sells for only 1.55. This debt free company trades at 26 times trailing earnings. The stock also has a very favorable price to sales ratio of 0.87 and about a 23% discount to book value.
Chimerix, Inc. (CMRX) is a biotech company involved in the development of oral antivirals. This debt free stock, which is currently trading at 4.71 per share, has 5.90 in cash per share. The company is currently generating negative earnings, but on the positive side, it has a price to book value of 0.73.
Support.com (SPRT) is a provider of cloud-based software and services. The debt-free stock has total cash per share of 1.05, yet sells for 87 cents per share. Earnings have been negative.
Potential investors should be aware that all of the above are low cap companies and should be considered very speculative. If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out the menu at the top of this page.
Disclosure: Author didn’t own any of the above at the time the article was written.
Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.
In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.
WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.
Bank of Hawaii
BOH
8/29/2016
2.7%
Brookfield Canada Office Prop
BOXC
8/29/2016
4.5%
Crane Co.
CR
8/29/2016
2.1%
CSX Corp
CSX
8/29/2016
2.5%
Exelon Corp.
EXCU
8/29/2016
6.5%
Corning Inc.
GLW
8/29/2016
2.5%
JMP Group
JMP
8/29/2016
5.1%
Qualcomm, Inc.
QCOM
8/29/2016
3.5%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free.
Dividend definitions:
Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.
Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.
Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.
Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.
As we all know, the world is changing around us, each and every day. Some would say for the better, and some would say in a negative manner. On the positive side, all of the technology that is out there is only going to help the world and make things easier in the long run. Technology can be used for the greater good when it is implemented correctly and for the right causes and purposes. Under the right circumstances and the right situation, it can really make a difference.
When it comes to businesses, companies are recognizing how robotics can help people and make things more trouble-free for their customers and consumers. It is all about convenience and making things as easy for people as possible.
One area that is really changing the business landscape is consumer robotics. These are actual robot vacuum cleaners and they function just as well as a human being, if not better. There are a lot of people out there that dread vacuum cleaning. Let’s face it: no one likes to do household chores. It is something that has to be done and not something anyone enjoys doing. With these robot vacuum cleaners, they can do the job efficiently for the customer.
Robots are even making their way into the medical industry with robot surgery to make sure there are better results. Lots of people are scared to get surgery or go under the knife. However, many people that need surgery feel a lot safer knowing their chances of a successful surgery would be higher with a robot in charge.
Robotics is extensively used in the manufacturing industry. The benefits are that they run 24-hours a day, they reduce accidents in the workplace, and they save money.
The possibilities are endless and they are only getting started with ways to help not only end users but businesses as well. In fact, robots are even helping people that are in pain and suffering. There are exoskeletons, which can help people with spinal cord injuries. Whatever kind of robot someone is looking for, it is only a matter of time before one is developed.
The point is, many companies are jumping on the robotics bandwagon. As an example, according to the free list of robot stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over 50 companies involved in robotics to some extent.
IRobot’s Household Robots May Replace Housecleaners
The purchases on Main Street can affect the value of a stock on Wall Street. Therefore, monitoring what everyday consumers will be purchasing in the future is a must. iRobot (IRBT) manufactures and markets a number of robots that are growing in popularity among middle-class shoppers including the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot and the Scooba floor washing robot. So if you’re looking to invest in robotics, iRobot is a company you should be investigating. iRobot trades at 28 times trailing earnings and 23 times forward earnings. This debt free company has $173 million in cash, amounting to $6.38 in cash per share. Quarterly earnings tanks 34% for the latest quarter, on flat revenues.
Intuitive Surgical: Building Machines to Save Lives
No matter how healthy people get, operations will continue to be necessary on occasion. Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) is using robotic technology to take modern medicine farther than its ever gone before. The company created the Da Vinci Surgical System, which brought robotic surgery into the mainstream, Intuitive Surgical is one of the global leaders in building surgical robots. The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 39, and a 28 forward PE ratio. This is another debt free stock with $56.73 in cash per share. For the latest quarter, earnings rose 37% on a 15% increase in sales.
Teradyne: Collaborative Robots
Teradyne (TER) makes and markets automatic test equipment and its industrial automation division produces collaborative robots for manufacturing processes. The stock trades at 15 times forward earnings and is debt free with over $4 per share in cash. For the latest quarter, revenues were up 3.7%.
Humanoid Robots
In 2010, I wrote about the world’s most realistic female robot. You can see below the video I posted at that time. Since then, the female humanoid robots have become even more life-like, if you can believe that.
Adding any or all of these stocks to your portfolio have the possibility of providing potentially large profits over the long term. The Robot Revolution is here and it’s up to you to decide whether you want to invest in it or sit on the sidelines while others benefit. If you want a free list of dozens of robot stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Disclosure: Author has a neutral position (both bullish and bearish) in IRBT at the time this article was written.
Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.
In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.
WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.
Cabot Corp
CBT
8/24/2016
2.5%
Carnival Corp
CCL
8/24/2016
3.0%
Oceaneering International
OII
8/24/2016
3.9%
Assurant, Inc.
AIZ
8/25/2016
2.3%
Spark Energy Inc
SPKE
8/25/2016
6.1%
Bank of Hawaii
BOH
8/29/2016
2.7%
Brookfield Canada Office Prop
BOXC
8/29/2016
4.5%
Crane Co.
CR
8/29/2016
2.1%
CSX Corp
CSX
8/29/2016
2.5%
Exelon Corp.
EXCU
8/29/2016
6.5%
Corning Inc.
GLW
8/29/2016
2.5%
JMP Group
JMP
8/29/2016
5.1%
Qualcomm, Inc.
QCOM
8/29/2016
3.5%
STAG Industrial, Inc.
STAG
8/29/2016
5.6%
Student Transportation Inc
STB
8/29/2016
10.6%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free.
Dividend definitions:
Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.
Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.
Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.
Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.
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