Monday, July 22, 2013

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014

Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating gains, with robust and improving financial metrics that support strong price growth. Does Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS  ) fit the bill? Let's look at what its recent results tell us about its potential for future gains.

What we're looking for
The graphs you're about to see tell Stratasys' story, and we'll be grading the quality of that story in several ways:

Growth: Are profits, margins, and free cash flow all increasing? Valuation: Is share price growing in line with earnings per share? Opportunities: Is return on equity increasing while debt to equity declines? Dividends: Are dividends consistently growing in a sustainable way?

What the numbers tell you
Now, let's take a look at Stratasys' key statistics:

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund Inc.(NVC)

Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Nuveen Investments, Inc. The fund is managed by Nuveen Asset Management. It invests in the fixed income markets of California. The fund invests primarily in municipal securities rated Baa/BBB or better. It invests in securities that provide income exempt from federal and California income tax. The fund employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P California Municipal Bond Index and the S&P National Municipal Bond Index. Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. was formed on April 3, 1991 and is domiciled in the United States.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: American Select Portfolio Inc.(SLA)

American Select Portfolio Inc. is a close ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by FAF Advisors, Inc. It is co-managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in mortgage-related assets that directly or indirectly represent a participation in or are secured by and payable from mortgage loans. The fund has an overall credit quality of BBB. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lehman Brothers Mutual Fund Government/Mortgage Index. The fund will not invest in inverse floaters, principal-only securities, interest-only securities, inverse interest-only securities, Z-bonds. American Select Portfolio Inc. was formed on September 21, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.

10 Best Stocks To Invest In 2014: NewBridge Bancorp(NBBC)

NewBridge Bancorp operates as a bank holding company for NewBridge Bank that provides various banking products to small to medium-sized businesses and retail clients. It accepts various deposit products, including interest bearing and noninterest bearing demand deposit accounts, certificates of deposits, savings accounts, NOW accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company also provides a range of lending products comprising construction, commercial, real estate, and consumer loans. In addition, it offers overdraft protection, personal and corporate trust services, safe deposit boxes, online banking, corporate cash management, brokerage, financial planning and asset management, and mortgage production, as well as secured and unsecured loans. As of December 31, 2010, the company operated 31 branch offices, 2 commercial loan production offices, and 2 mortgage loan production offices in the Piedmont Triad region and coastal region of North Carolina, and the Shenando ah Valley region of Virginia; 1 mortgage loan production office in Raleigh, North Carolina; and 1 in Charlotte, North Carolina. NewBridge Bancorp was founded in 1949 and is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: BlackRock Municipal Income Trust (BFK)

BlackRock Municipal Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests in companies operating across industrial and pollution control, hospital, tobacco, housing, transportation, education, water and sewer, and power industries. BlackRock Municipal Income Trust was formed on July 31, 2001 and is domiciled in United States.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Lon.fin & Inv Grp(LFI.L)

London Finance & Investment Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an investment finance and management company. It primarily invests in smaller U.K. quoted companies, which are balanced by a general portfolio that consists of investments in U.K. and European equities. The general portfolio includes interest in food and beverage, oil, natural resources, chemicals, and tobacco sectors. The firm is based in London, the United Kingdom.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Blackrock MuniEnhanced Fund Inc. (MEN)

BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is co-managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC and BlackRock Investment Management LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primarily in long-term, investment grade municipal obligations. BlackRock MuniEnhanced Fund, Inc. was formed in 1988 and is domiciled in United States.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Solar Senior Capital Ltd.(SUNS)

Solar Senior Capital Ltd., a business development company, provides investment management services in the United States. The company primarily invests in senior secured loans, including first lien, unitranche, and second lien debt instruments. It serves middle-market companies. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Nexgenrx Inc (NXG.V)

NexgenRx Inc. provides administration and health benefit claims adjudication services in Canada. It administers, adjudicates, and pays drug, dental, and other extended health-care claims for the beneficiaries of health benefit plans underwritten by its customers. The company�s services include prescription drug claims adjudication; dental claims adjudication; and claims adjudication for extended health benefits, including paramedical services, such as chiropractors, podiatrists, and massage therapists. It also provides retrospective and prospective claims data analysis; individual and aggregate stop loss products; emergency out of province/country travel benefits; and medical concierge services. The company offers its services to various organizations who manage health benefit plans on behalf of various plan sponsors, as well as directly to Canadian plan sponsors who wish to provide an administrative services only health benefit plan to their plan members. NexgenRx Inc. w as founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc.(BFED)

Beacon Federal Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Beacon Federal that provides various banking services. The company?s deposit products include savings accounts, health savings accounts, certificates of deposit, interest and noninterest-bearing checking accounts accounts, money market accounts, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan products portfolio comprises one-to four-family residential mortgage loans, consumer loans, home equity loans, commercial real estate loans, multi-family mortgage loans, and commercial business loans. The company also sells tax preparation services, as well as investment and insurance products on an agency basis. It operates from its corporate office located in East Syracuse, New York; and from eight full-service branches located in Syracuse, Marcy, and Rome, New York; Smartt and Smyrna, Tennessee; Tyler, Texas; and Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in East Syracuse, New Y ork.

10 Best Financial Stocks For 2014: Southern First Bancshares Inc.(SFST)

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company of Southern First Bank, N.A that provides various banking products and services. It accepts various deposit products that include checking accounts, commercial checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans; construction and development loans; residential real estate loans; home equity loans; commercial business loans for various lines of businesses, such as the manufacturing, service industry, and professional service areas; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment loans and revolving lines of credit. In addition, Southern First offers safe deposit boxes, traveler's checks, direct deposits, the United States savings bonds, banking by mail, Internet banking services, bill payment services, and cash management services. The company was formerly known as Greenville First Bancshares, Inc. and changed its name to S outhern First Bancshares, Inc. in July 2007. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. The company was formerly known as Greenville First Bancshares, Inc. and changed its name to Southern First Bancshares, Inc. in July 2007. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.

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