Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019

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Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ACHN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATXI) rose 29.4 percent to $5.50 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that its first pivotal Phase 3 trial of IV tramadol achieved the primary and key secondary endpoints. MB Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBFI) rose 16.8 percent to $51.00 in pre-market trading. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) agreed to acquire MB Financial for $54.70 per share in cash and stock. LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) rose 9.3 percent to $5.40 in pre-market trading after falling 28.92 percent on Friday. Celyad SA (NASDAQ: CYAD) shares rose 9 percent to $29.30 in pre-market trading after climbing 3.26 percent on Friday. Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH) rose 6.7 percent to $26.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.64 percent on Friday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) rose 5.4 percent to $3.90 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.06 percent on Friday. Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIA) rose 5.2 percent to $34.70 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.38 percent on Friday. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NYSE: WAB) rose 5.1 percent to $100 in pre-market trading. General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) agreed to merge its transportation unit with Wabtec. Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN) shares rose 4.7 percent to $11.50 in pre-market trading. Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) shares rose 4.3 percent to $93.98 in the pre-market trading session. LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) shares rose 4.2 percent to $33.25 in pre-market trading. Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) will buy LaSalle Hotel Properties in a $4.8 billion deal, Bloomberg reported. Monro, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNRO) shares rose 4 percent to $58.35 in pre-market trading as the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings and disclosed that it has acquired Free Service Tire. HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) rose 3.7 percent to $19.75 in pre-market trading after falling 4.80 percent on Friday.

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the nine brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $5.20.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  BidaskClub lowered shares of Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a report published on Tuesday morning.

• [By Logan Wallace]

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• [By Keith Speights]

  Skeptics might deride a comparison of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) and Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN) as an exercise in finding the biggest loser. Both companies continue to post huge net losses every quarter, and their stocks are down by at least 30% over the last 12 months.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: iShares Mortgage Real Estate Capped (REM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Remme (CURRENCY:REM) traded up 1.2% against the US dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 14:00 PM E.T. on August 19th. Remme has a total market capitalization of $4.41 million and approximately $486,178.00 worth of Remme was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Remme token can now be bought for $0.0073 or 0.00000115 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Tidex, IDEX, DEx.top and Kuna. Over the last week, Remme has traded 15.2% lower against the US dollar.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Remme (REM) is a token. It launched on December 4th, 2017. Remme’s total supply is 1,000,000,000 tokens and its circulating supply is 614,315,410 tokens. Remme’s official Twitter account is @remme_io and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Remme is /r/remme and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Remme is remme.io. The official message board for Remme is medium.com/remme.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Remme (CURRENCY:REM) traded 1.4% higher against the U.S. dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on August 31st. Remme has a market cap of $4.00 million and $344,172.00 worth of Remme was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Remme token can now be bought for $0.0066 or 0.00000094 BTC on major exchanges including Tidex, Kuna, DEx.top and Gate.io. During the last seven days, Remme has traded up 7.7% against the U.S. dollar.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Franklin Financial Network, Inc.(FSB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  Franklin Financial Network Inc (NYSE:FSB) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 836,831 shares, a growth of 66.9% from the May 31st total of 501,425 shares. Approximately 6.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 392,524 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.

• [By Lee Jackson]

  Franklin Financial Network Inc. (NYSE: FSB) was downgraded to sell from neutral at Compass Point. The stock has traded in a 52-week range of $30.30 to $42.65. The consensus price target for the company across Wall Street is $37.80. The stock closed Monday at $39.40, a rise of more than 5%.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: GTx Inc.(GTXI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  GTx, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTXI) was down 6.4% during mid-day trading on Friday after an insider sold shares in the company. The company traded as low as $17.10 and last traded at $17.30. Approximately 726,400 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 492% from the average daily volume of 122,740 shares. The stock had previously closed at $18.49.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  GTX Inc. (NASDAQ: GTXI) traded down about 93% Friday to set a new 52-week low of $1.66 after closing at $23.29 on Thursday. The stock’s 52-week high is $25.60. Volume was more than 200 times the daily average of less than 200,000. The company’s drug to treat stress urinary incontinence failed a phase 2 trial.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IRWD) and GTX (NASDAQ:GTXI) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and dividends.

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Investors seemed to be in a sector-shifting mood on Friday, because various measures of stock market performance went in different directions. Some areas of the market, including small-cap stocks and big technology names, were largely lower for the day. Yet the Dow Jones Industrial Average set another all-time high, and the broadest benchmarks stayed close to unchanged. Even so, amid the cross-currents of the market, some stocks suffered substantial losses, with a particular emphasis on those that had seen impressive gains recently. GTx (NASDAQ:GTXI), Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY), and United Natural Foods (NASDAQ:UNFI) were among the worst performers on the day. Here's why they did so poorly.

• [By Chris Lange]

  GTx Inc. (NASDAQ: GTXI) shares were absolutely crushed on Friday after the company announced results from its midstage trial in post-menopausal women with stress urinary incontinence.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc(CVLY)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  BidaskClub downgraded shares of Codorus Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVLY) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note released on Thursday morning.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVLY) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 10th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 24th will be given a dividend of 0.155 per share by the financial services provider on Tuesday, August 14th. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 23rd.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Codorus Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ:CVLY) was downgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued on Friday.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated(HBAN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) by 33.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 196,941 shares of the bank’s stock after buying an additional 49,653 shares during the quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Huntington Bancshares were worth $2,972,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Here are some of the headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s rankings:

  Get Huntington Bancshares alerts: Active Mover: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) (alphabetastock.com) P/E Ratio under Consideration – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ: HBAN) (stocksmarketcap.com) Stocks You Can’t Afford to Pass Up: Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN), Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE … (journalfinance.net) Is this stock is Oversold? Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN) (stockquote.review) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NasdaqGS:HBAN) & Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (NasdaqGS:ERI) Valuation at a Glance (parkcitycaller.com)

  Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. BidaskClub lowered Huntington Bancshares from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. JPMorgan Chase lifted their price objective on Huntington Bancshares from $16.00 to $17.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Huntington Bancshares from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, April 5th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $18.00 price objective on shares of Huntington Bancshares in a report on Wednesday, January 24th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $16.75 price objective on shares of Huntington Bancshares in a report on Wednesday, January 24th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. The stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $16.98.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s analysis:

  Get Huntington Bancshares alerts: Yesterday Trading Recap Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBAN) Stock Price trades 4.85% (nasdaqchronicle.com) Huntington Bank Reports Increased Loan Production In SBA Fiscal Q2 2018 (finance.yahoo.com) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NasdaqGS:HBAN) Boasting an ROIC Quality Score of -5.502819 (colbypost.com) Investor’s Alert (Earnings Per Share) – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN) (thestockgem.com) $1.13 Billion in Sales Expected for Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) This Quarter (americanbankingnews.com)

  Huntington Bancshares opened at $15.69 on Friday, according to MarketBeat. The firm has a market cap of $17.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.01, a P/E/G ratio of 1.08 and a beta of 1.32. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. Huntington Bancshares has a 52-week low of $12.14 and a 52-week high of $16.60.

• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.51 per share on revenue of $14.62 billion. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.46 per share on revenue of $7.31 billion. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $2.07 per share on revenue of $11.93 billion. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.11 per share on revenue of $31.22 billion. Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $3.42 per share on revenue of $11.28 billion. The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $3.15 per share on revenue of $3.94 billion. Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $5.92 per share on revenue of $3.15 billion. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $2.52 per share on revenue of $8.26 billion. JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.2 per share on revenue of $1.75 billion. Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.13 per share on revenue of $5.49 billion. Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.88 per share on revenue of $1.25 billion. Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.3 per share on revenue of $2.50 billion. Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.88 per share on revenue of $13.28 billion. The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $2.77 per share on revenue of $6.75 billion. Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $2.16 billion. PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ: PCAR) is projected to
• [By Stephan Byrd]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of Huntington Bancshares (NASDAQ:HBAN) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Wednesday morning.

  HBAN has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Zacks Investment Research lowered Huntington Bancshares from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, April 5th. Nomura reduced their price target on Huntington Bancshares from $18.00 to $17.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 25th. Susquehanna Bancshares set a $17.00 price target on Huntington Bancshares and gave the company a hold rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 24th. UBS Group began coverage on Huntington Bancshares in a research report on Wednesday, March 21st. They issued a buy rating and a $20.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Hilliard Lyons upgraded Huntington Bancshares from a neutral rating to a buy rating and set a $17.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of Buy and an average price target of $16.98.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: StarTek, Inc.(SRT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  These are some of the news stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:

  Get StarTek alerts: Startek’s (SRT) CEO Chad Carlson on Q1 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com) -$0.01 Earnings Per Share Expected for StarTek (SRT) This Quarter (americanbankingnews.com) StarTek (SRT) Downgraded by ValuEngine to Sell (americanbankingnews.com) Zacks: StarTek (SRT) Given $13.50 Consensus Price Target by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com) Edited Transcript of SRT earnings conference call or presentation 8-May-18 8:30pm GMT (finance.yahoo.com)

  StarTek traded down $0.03, hitting $6.98, during trading hours on Friday, according to MarketBeat. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 199,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 114,323. StarTek has a 12 month low of $6.57 and a 12 month high of $14.78. The company has a market capitalization of $108.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -87.25 and a beta of 0.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 2.24 and a current ratio of 2.41.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Sartorius (ETR:SRT) received a €100.00 ($116.28) price target from research analysts at Commerzbank in a report released on Friday. The brokerage presently has a “sell” rating on the stock. Commerzbank’s target price suggests a potential downside of 17.36% from the company’s previous close.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) and StarTek (NYSE:SRT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Sapiens International Corporation N.V.(SPNS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Sapiens International Co. (NASDAQ:SPNS) declared a … dividend on Friday, September 21st, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 16th will be paid a dividend of 0.2337 per share by the technology company on Tuesday, October 30th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, October 15th.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Qualys (NASDAQ: SPNS) and Sapiens International (NASDAQ:SPNS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Sapiens International (NASDAQ: SPNS) and Alteryx (NYSE:AYX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Sapiens International (NASDAQ: SPNS) and NetSol Technologies (NASDAQ:NTWK) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and risk.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Investment Technology Group, Inc.(ITG)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  SEI Investments (NASDAQ: SEIC) and Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 17th, RTT News reports. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 30th will be given a dividend of 0.07 per share by the financial services provider on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.23%.

Top 10 Safest Stocks To Own For 2019: Richmont Mines, Inc.(RIC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Media headlines about Richmont Mines (NYSE:RIC) (TSE:RIC) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Richmont Mines earned a coverage optimism score of 0.03 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the basic materials company an impact score of 45.3472842725256 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Riecoin (CURRENCY:RIC) traded flat against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 23:00 PM E.T. on September 16th. Over the last week, Riecoin has traded flat against the U.S. dollar. One Riecoin coin can now be purchased for about $0.0070 or 0.00000093 BTC on major exchanges. Riecoin has a market capitalization of $308,472.00 and $0.00 worth of Riecoin was traded on exchanges in the last day.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Richoux Group (LON:RIC) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported GBX (3.90) (($0.05)) earnings per share for the quarter, Bloomberg Earnings reports. Richoux Group had a negative net margin of 19.84% and a negative return on equity of 38.45%.