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Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: FFD Financial Corporation(FFDF)
FFD Financial Corporation operates as a holding company for First Federal Community Bank that provides banking products and services to individual and business customers primarily in Tuscarawas, Holmes, and other adjoining counties in Ohio. The company offers various deposit products, including checking, savings, money market, negotiable order of withdrawal, health savings, and individual retirement accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. It also originates one- to four-family residential real estate loans, multifamily residential real estate loans, nonresidential real estate and land loans, home equity loans, construction loans, commercial loans, and consumer loans. In addition, the company offers various online services. It provides its products and services through its main office in Dover, Ohio, as well as through branches in Dover, New Philadelphia, Sugarcreek, and Berlin, Ohio. The company was founded in 1898 and is based in Dover, Ohio.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: 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]
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]
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.
Top Stocks To Own Right Now: Merrimack Pharmaceuticals Inc (MACK)
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc., incorporated in 1993, is a biopharmaceutical company discovering, developing and preparing to commercialize medicines paired with companion diagnostics for the treatment of serious diseases, with an initial focus on cancer. The Company�� product candidates include MM-398, MM-121, MM-111, MM-302 and MM-151. As of June 31, 2011, the Company owned approximately 74% interest of Silver Creek.
The Company�� Network biology is an interdisciplinary approach to drug discovery and development that enables the Company to build functional and predictive computational models of biological systems based on quantitative, kinetic, multiplexed biological data. The Company provides its scientists with insights into how the complex molecular interactions that occur within cell signaling pathways, or networks, regulate cell decisions and how dysfunction within these networks leads to disease. The Company applies network biology throughout the research and development process, including for target identification, lead compound design and optimization, diagnostic discovery, in vitro and in vivo predictive development and the design of clinical trial protocols.
MM-398
MM-398 is a stable nanotherapeutic encapsulation, or enclosed sphere carrying an active drug, of the marketed chemotherapy drug irinotecan. MM-398 achieved its primary efficacy endpoints in Phase 2 clinical trials in pancreatic and gastric cancer. In an open label, single arm Phase 2 clinical trial of MM-398 as a monotherapy in 40 metastatic pancreatic cancer patients who had previously failed treatment with gemcitabine, patients treated with MM-398 achieved median overall survival of 22.4 weeks. Additionally, 20% of the patients in this Phase 2 trial survived for more than one year, and the Company observed a disease control rate, meaning patients exhibited stable disease or partial or complete response to treatment, of 47.5% at six weeks.
The Company focuses on initiati! ng a Phase 3 clinical trial of MM-398 for the treatment of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who have previously failed treatment with gemcitabine. The trial is expected to enroll approximately 250 patients and is designed to compare the efficacy of MM-398 as a monotherapy against the combination of the chemotherapy drugs fluorouracil, or 5-FU, and leucovorin. There are multiple ongoing Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials of MM-398. In July 2011, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted MM-398 orphan drug designation for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
MM-121
MM-121 is a fully human monoclonal antibody that targets ErbB3, a cell surface receptor, or protein attached to the cell membrane that mediates communication inside and outside the cell, that the Company�� network biology approach identified as a target in a range of cancers. A monoclonal antibody is a type of protein normally produced by cells of the immune system that binds to just one epitope, or chemical structure, on a protein or other structure. MM-121 is designed to inhibit cancer growth directly, restore sensitivity to drugs to which a tumor has become resistant and delay the development of resistance of a tumor to other agents. In collaboration with Sanofi, the Company focuses on testing MM-121 in combination with both chemotherapies and other targeted agents across a range of spectrum of solid tumors, including lung, breast and ovarian cancers. The Company partnered MM-121 with Sanofi after it initiated Phase 1 clinical development of the product candidate.
MM-111
MM-111 is a bispecific antibody designed to target cancer cells that are characterized by overexpression of the ErbB2 cell surface receptor, also referred to as HER2. A bispecific antibody is a type of antibody that is able to bind simultaneously to two distinct proteins or epitopes. The Company�� network biology approach identified that ligand-induced signaling through the complex of ErbB2 ! (HER2) an! d ErbB3 is a promoter of tumor growth and survival than previously appreciated.
MM-302
MM-302 is a nanotherapeutic encapsulation of doxorubicin with attached antibodies that are designed to target MM-302 to cells that over express the ErbB2 (HER2) receptor. The Company is conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial of MM-302 in patients with advanced ErbB2 (HER2) positive breast cancer.
MM-151
MM-151 is an oligoclonal therapeutic consisting of a mixture of three fully human monoclonal antibodies designed to bind to non-overlapping epitopes of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). EGFR is also known as ErbB1. An oligoclonal therapeutic is a mixture of two or more distinct monoclonal antibodies. The Company has designed MM-151 to block signal amplification that occurs within the ErbB cell signaling network. The Company has submitted an investigational new drug application (IND), to the FDA for MM-151 in July 2011.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Wind River Energy Corp (WVR.V)
Wind River Energy Corp. engages in the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the Rocky Mountain and mid-continent regions of the United States. It owns interest in the Phat City Project in Montana, Day Butte and Meadow Draw Projects in Wyoming, the Milagro Project in New Mexico and Colorado, the Emerald Forest Project in Wyoming, and the Kansas Project in Kansas. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Silver Standard Resources Inc(SSRI)
Silver Standard Resources Inc. engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral resource properties in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The company primarily explores for silver, gold, tin, zinc, lead, and copper deposits. Its principal projects include Pirquitas project located in the Province of Jujuy, Argentina; San Luis project in central Peru; Pitarrilla and San Agustin projects in Durango State, Mexico; and Diablillos project in Salta Province, Argentina. The company was formerly known as Consolidated Silver Standard Mines Limited and changed its name to Silver Standard Resources Inc. on April 9, 1990. Silver Standard Resources Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Jim Lowell]
Silver Standard's transition to production from exploration has inevitably led to many challenges for the company; but its high-quality assets and new leadership are keeping the eyes of investors glued to the company.
For the third quarter ended September, Silver Standard reported loss of 10 cents a share vs. loss of 6 cents that Wall Street was expecting, as the company experienced lower-than-expected silver production and higher-than-expected interest expense, cash costs and income tax. Adjusting for foreign-exchange loss and stock-based compensation, Silver Standard reported loss of 4 cents a share vs. loss of 2 cents that industry observers such as BMO was expecting. The impact of the loss on BMO's view of the stock was “slightly negative,” leading BMO analyst Andrew Kaip to maintain a market perform rating on the stock.
“They're in the bridge period where they're moving from having been a very successful exploration company finding silver to now trying to ramp up the mines into production,” says TEAMX's Dailey; and with that comes with a natural set of challenges that can be political, environmental, weather-related and permitting related.
Still, Dailey believes that as long as silver prices continue to cooperate; and given Silver Standard's high-quality assets, the stock's relative underperformance “could be laying the groundwork for outperformance as we go forward.” In his opinion, the company's logistical issues are short term.
In August, Silver Standard brought in new CEO John Smith. A veteran of the mining industry, Smith had spent the last 18 years of his career with mining giant BHP Billiton.
- [By ChemTrade]
Silver Standard (NASDAQ: SSRI) has the largest in-ground silver resource of any publicly-traded primary silver company, with a pipeline of 15 projects ranging from grassroots exploration to production in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Australia.
Silver Standard expects to produce a total of 8.5 million ounces of silver in 2011.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Boston Properties Inc. (BXP)
Boston Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and development of office properties. Its properties are located in Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; midtown Manhattan, New York; San Francisco, California; and Princeton, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned interests in 147 properties, totaling approximately 49.8 million net rentable square feet and structured parking for vehicles containing approximately 11.2 million square feet. Its properties also included 143 office properties, 1 hotel, and 3 retail properties. In addition, the company owned or controlled an undeveloped land totaling approximately 509.3 acres. Boston Properties, Inc. has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income taxes, if it distributes approximately at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1970 and is ba sed in Boston, Massachusetts.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Lions Gate Energy Inc (LG.V)
Lions Gate Energy Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious and base metal mineral deposits in Canada. It owns a 100% interest in the El Toro project, a copper-gold-silver property that covers an area of 34,356 hectares in the Omineca mining division of British Columbia. The company was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Macdonald Mines Exploration Ltd (BMK.V)
Macdonald Mines Exploration Ltd. engages in the in the identification, acquisition, and exploration of mineral properties with a focus on the Ring of Fire area of the James Bay Lowlands in northern Ontario, Canada. The company primarily explores for nickel, chromium, copper, zinc, vanadium, titanium, volcanic massive sulphides, magmatic massive sulphides, and platinum group elements. It holds interests in 73 contiguous mining claims in the Butler property covering an area of approximately 176.9 square kilometers; 14 contiguous mining claims in the Semple-Hulbert property covering an area of approximately 31.4 square kilometers; and 65 contiguous mining claims in the Sanderson property covering an area of approximately 148.0 square kilometers located in Ontario. The company also holds interests in 5 contiguous mineral dispositions in the Bob Lake property covering an area of approximately 230.0 square kilometers situated in Saskatchewan. Macdonald Mines Exploration Ltd. is based in Toronto, Canada.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Autobytel Inc.(ABTL)
Autobytel Inc. operates as an automotive marketing services company in the United States. It assists automotive retail dealers and manufacturers to market and sell new and used vehicles to consumers through its online purchase request referrals, dealer marketing products and services, and online advertising programs and data products. The company provides vehicle purchase request programs, including new vehicle purchase request program, which allows consumers to submit requests for pricing and availability of specific makes and models; used vehicle purchase request program that allows consumers to search for used vehicles according to specific search parameters, such as the price, make, model, mileage, year, and location of the vehicle; and finance purchase request program designed to provide consumers the opportunity to obtain vehicle financing and other services from dealers or finance institutions. Its network of company-owned consumer-facing automotive Websites compris e Autobytel.com, which provide consumers the information and tools to aid them with their automotive purchase decisions and the ability to submit inquiries requesting dealers to contact the consumers for purchasing or leasing vehicles. In addition, the company provides products and services that assist dealers in connecting with in-market consumers and closing vehicle sales. The company, formerly known as Autobytel.com Inc., was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.
Top 10 Low Price Stocks To Own Right Now: Nortec Ventures Corp. (NVT.V)
Nortec Minerals Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada, Ecuador, and Finland. The company explores for gold, copper, silver, platinum, palladium, nickel, lithium, tin, tantalum, and cobalt ores. It owns interest in the Tammela project in south-west Finland; the Kaukua and Haukiaho projects in north-central Finland; the TL property in Northern Labrador, Canada.The company was formerly known as Nortec Ventures Corp. and changed its name to Nortec Minerals Corp. in January 2010. Nortec Minerals Corp. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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