Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019

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Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: S&P Smallcap 600(PH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Eaton Vance Management lifted its holdings in shares of Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 141.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 514,556 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 301,597 shares during the quarter. Eaton Vance Management’s holdings in Parker Hannifin were worth $88,005,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Ardevora Asset Management LLP reduced its stake in shares of Parker Hannifin (NYSE:PH) by 0.5% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 154,400 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 800 shares during the quarter. Ardevora Asset Management LLP’s holdings in Parker Hannifin were worth $26,407,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Sirius XM Radio Inc.(SIRI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  In this segment from MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill, Motley Fool One's Jason Moser, and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman consider an individual case of a common question for investors: When you have a stock that has become a big winner, should you hold on tight until you need the money, or sell to lock in some profits, and reinvest them elsewhere? There's certainly no single right answer, but the question is always a good one to ask. The response depends on the context of the individual company, so the Fools tailor their take this time to the outlook for Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI).

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXMD) rose 7.3 percent to $6.90 in pre-market trading after the company reported the FDA approval of TX-004HR: IMVEXXY (estradiol vaginal inserts) for moderate to severe dyspareunia due to menopause. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: UEPS) rose 6.1 percent to $10.50 in pre-market trading after falling 1.20 percent on Tuesday Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV) shares rose 5.7 percent to $44.60 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and raised its guidance. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) rose 5.4 percent to $133.67 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and raised its forecast for the full year. Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) rose 5.3 percent to $7.35 in pre-market trading. PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (NYSE: PAGS) rose 5.3 percent to $33.50 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. SpartanNash Co (NASDAQ: SPTN) rose 4.9 percent to $19.80 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter on Tuesday. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) rose 4.9 percent to $4.95 in pre-market trading. Dalian Wanda will set up a joint venture with Tencent and Groupon's former local unit, Reuters reported. Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) rose 4.4 percent to $56 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.43 percent on Tuesday Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) rose 4.3 percent to $120.92 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.05 percent on Tuesday. STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) shares rose 3.7 percent to $23.78 in pre-market trading after falling 4.70 percent on Tuesday. EVINE Live Inc (NASDAQ: EVLV) shares rose 2.7 percent to $1.14 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.

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• [By Mac Greer]

  Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported on its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, and while revenue and operating profits were down, it did beat its outlook. Unsurprisingly, CEO Tim Cook pointed to China's economic slowdown and Washington's trade war as the causes of lower iPhone sales, but on the earnings call, he also talked through a bigger-picture evolutionary story that could generate some optimism about the company and the stock. Elsewhere in the investing world, satellite radio monopoly Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) reported a quarter of record revenue -- but that company, too, is more focused on what's ahead.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) had its price target increased by Morgan Stanley from $6.00 to $6.20 in a report released on Monday morning. They currently have an underweight rating on the stock.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Compass Minerals Intl Inc(CMP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Several brokerages have weighed in on CMP. Zacks Investment Research raised Compass Minerals International from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday. ValuEngine cut Compass Minerals International from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 23rd. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their price objective on Compass Minerals International from $76.00 to $63.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 2nd. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on Compass Minerals International from $65.00 to $60.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 2nd. Finally, Credit Suisse Group raised Compass Minerals International from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $49.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, November 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $62.34.

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  Here, three Fool.com contributors share why they believe Compass Minerals (NYSE:CMP), Chubb (NYSE:CB), and Realty Income (NYSE:O) exhibit the kind of traits found in many of Buffett's best investments.

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• [By Max Byerly]

  Shares of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $74.33.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: International Business Machines Corporation(IBM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Daniel Sparks]

  Earnings-season volatility continued this week, with lots of companies reporting earnings. But three tech stocks that stood out were Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and IBM (NYSE:IBM). Netflix stock fell as the company's growth in members failed to impress, and shares of Microsoft and IBM both rose after the companies reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings per share.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) traded up 0.45% at $153.82. The stock’s 52-week range is $139.13 to $182.79. Volume was less than half the daily average of around 4 million. The tech giant had no specific news.

• [By Anders Bylund]

  Shares of IBM (NYSE:IBM) rose 18.3% higher in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Big Blue followed the general market higher throughout January and then booked a 10% jump in a single day on the strength of a solid fourth-quarter report.

• [By Money Morning News Team]

  IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has disappointed shareholders for almost six years, but thanks to blockchain technology, the best days for Big Blue are just ahead…

• [By Chris Lange]

  So how does International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) compare to the markets over the past nine years?

  On an adjusted close basis, IBM closed March 6, 2009, at $68.36 a share, or $85.81 on an unadjusted basis. IBM most recently closed at $155.83 on an adjusted basis.

• [By Billy Duberstein]

  Accenture is a premier technology brand with highly diversified operations. And there's one final piece of the puzzle: It's a pure-play consulting firm that doesn't sell hardware. In other words, it only serves as a consultant, it doesn't sell its own technology, so there's no potential conflict of interest. While some of its competitors are also pure-plays, its competitors include consulting arms of large tech companies, such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and HP Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), which sell their own technology.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Express-1 Expedited Solutions Inc.(XPO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership raised its stake in shares of XPO Logistics Inc (NYSE:XPO) by 20.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 113,009 shares of the transportation company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,891 shares during the period. XPO Logistics accounts for 1.1% of Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership’s holdings, making the stock its 28th biggest position. Kiwi Wealth Investments Limited Partnership owned about 0.09% of XPO Logistics worth $11,321,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Royal London Asset Management Ltd. bought a new position in XPO Logistics Inc (NYSE:XPO) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 50,059 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,017,000.

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Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: S&P GSCI(GD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lee Jackson]

  This company, like other major defense contractors, has had a very solid few years, and the future looks solid. General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) is engaged in business aviation, land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, munitions, shipbuilding and marine systems, and information systems and technologies.

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  Scale matters in the government IT business, as larger companies are better able to manage the increasingly large and complex systems customers demand, and a broader cost basis helps in putting together low-cost, competitive bids. In recent years, a wave of mergers and acquisitions has left a clear top two in the market. Industry leader Leidos Holdings (NYSE:LDOS) in 2016 bought the IT business of Lockheed Martin, while General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) vaulted to No. 2 earlier this year via its acquisition of CSRA.

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  The deal, in effect, makes General Dynamics-owned (NYSE:GD) Gulfstream both a customer of and subcontractor to Triumph on G650 wing box and wing completion work. Wing production work currently being performed at Triumph facilities in Nashville, Tennessee, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, will move to Gulfstream's Georgia facility.

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  Shares of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) have both more than doubled over the past five years, thanks to a truce in the partisan Washington budget battles and increased demand from an ever more dangerous world. But both stocks head into earnings season in the doldrums, with Northrop Grumman flat for the year and General Dynamics actually down 5%.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Traders sold shares of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) on strength during trading on Friday. $52.91 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $170.65 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $117.74 million out of the stock. Of all stocks tracked, General Dynamics had the 0th highest net out-flow for the day. General Dynamics traded up $0.76 for the day and closed at $202.52

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  Whiteman: It is. The big guns, so to speak, are the names you mentioned, Lockheed Martin being the biggest with an $85 billion market cap. Then, there's a handful of other companies that are focused mostly on weapons platforms -- your General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), Northrop Grumman, Raytheon. The Boeing defense business is only 20% of the company, but it's still a huge contractor. 

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Emerson Electric Company(EMR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Flippin Bruce & Porter Inc. decreased its holdings in Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) by 33.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 66,251 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 33,574 shares during the quarter. Flippin Bruce & Porter Inc.’s holdings in Emerson Electric were worth $4,525,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Analysts at Berenberg upgraded Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) from Sell to Hold.

  Emerson Electric shares fell 0.43 percent to close at $69.90 on Monday.

• [By Lee Samaha]

  Indeed, companies like Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Emerson Electric (NYSE:EMR) are seeing increased demand for their capital equipment. Emerson's process-automation orders are growing strongly as its heavy-industry customers are spending again, while Caterpillar's sales in the resource industries segment may well be in the early innings of a multiyear upcycle.

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  Stocks to Watch Today: DIS, TMUS, BP, S Shares of Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will lead a busy day of earnings reports. Wall Street is expecting a small decline in revenue for the first quarter. Disney is still in the process of absorbing most of Fox's assets from a deal last June. In addition, Disney will be launching its streaming service, Disney+, and investors will be looking for updates on the project. In deal news, T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is looking to sweeten an offer to regulators to ensure a merger with rival Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S). The telecom giant told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it would freeze the prices of many plans if it receives approval for a deal. T-Mobile has offered $26 billion to buy Sprint. Shares of BP Plc. (NYSE: BP) rallied more than 3.7% after the global energy giant topped 2018 earnings expectations. The firm's big bets on shale developments have paid off. Profitability more than doubled over the previous year, while production topped out at 3.7 million barrels per day. Look for earnings reports from Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC), Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM), Becton, Dickenson & Co. (NYSE: BDX), BP Plc. (NYSE: BP), Chubb Ltd. (NYSE: CB), Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR), Estee Lauder Co. Inc. (NYSE: EL), Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ), Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA), Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL), Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), and Tableau Software Inc. (NASDAQ: DATA).

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

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Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Kohl's Corporation(KSS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  This isn't even the first time Sears has paired itself with Amazon, agreeing last year to sell its Kenmore brand directly on the site. This put it on par with retailers like Best Buy, Calvin Klein, Chico's FAS, Kohl's (NYSE:KSS), and Nike in seeking to ride the e-tailer's coattails to higher sales.

• [By Joe Tenebruso]

  But with the prices of many retailers down sharply in recent years, could there be some interesting bargains for investors? In this regard, let's take a look at Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) and J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) to see which of these retailers is the better buy today.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Visionary Asset Management Inc. lowered its stake in shares of Kohl’s Co. (NYSE:KSS) by 4.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 35,581 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,477 shares during the period. Visionary Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Kohl’s were worth $2,653,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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  Macy's (M) was downgraded by Morgan Stanley, which is hurting shares of Kohl's (KSS) , according to TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer.

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  Shares of department store stocks, including Macy's (NYSE:M), Nordstrom (NYSE:JWN), Kohl's (NYSE:KSS), and J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP), were down broadly today after Macy's reported second-quarter earnings this morning. Oddly, Macy's turned in a strong quarter. But the market seemed to see an opportunity to take profits in the sector as department store stocks have already run up considerably so far this year, and fears about the threat from e-commerce persist.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated(UNH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By JJ Kinahan]

  Going into earnings season, one school of thought was that investors might be concerned more about companies’ forward guidance in some cases than in Q1 results. There was worry that perhaps the recent market turmoil and fears of a possible trade war could dampen some S&P 500 firms’ expectations for what the near future might bring. It’s less than a week since earnings began and guidance could still represent a speed bump in coming weeks, but so far it hasn’t been a problem. For instance, UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) raised fiscal year guidance Tuesday, and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) raised its revenue guidance. In other signs of general good cheer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) raised its quarterly dividend, while Netflix (NFLX) reported big gains in subscriber growth. It’s still really early and things could change, but maybe some of those guidance fears could have been, shall we say, misguided? 

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) CEO Steven H. Nelson sold 26,033 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $270.65, for a total value of $7,045,831.45. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

• [By Max Byerly]

  ING Groep NV cut its holdings in UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) by 50.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 212,973 shares of the healthcare conglomerate’s stock after selling 220,829 shares during the period. UnitedHealth Group comprises 1.0% of ING Groep NV’s holdings, making the stock its 24th largest holding. ING Groep NV’s holdings in UnitedHealth Group were worth $52,251,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top 10 Cheap Stocks To Buy For 2019: Rent-A-Center Inc.(RCII)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  Monday was a weak day for the stock market, with most major benchmarks losing ground. Further concerns about the potential for a deepening divide between the U.S. and China weighed on sentiment, and some also fear that steadily rising interest rates could eventually put pressure on stocks. Yet some companies still had good news that sent their individual shares higher. Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII), PTC Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTCT), and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) were among the best performers on the day. Here's why they did so well.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  An issue of Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) bonds fell 1% against their face value during trading on Thursday. The high-yield issue of debt has a 6.625% coupon and will mature on November 15, 2020. The debt is now trading at $99.07 and was trading at $100.50 one week ago. Price moves in a company’s bonds in credit markets often predict parallel moves in its stock price.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  AerCap (NYSE: AER) and Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.