10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now

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10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Bridge Capital Holdings(BBNK)

Bridge Capital Holdings operates as the bank holding company for Bridge Bank, National Association that provides commercial and retail banking services to small and medium size commercial businesses, business professionals, and retail customers primarily in California. Its depository and corporate banking services comprise cash and treasury management solutions, interest-bearing term deposit accounts, checking accounts, ACH payment and wire solutions, fraud protection, remote deposit capture through Smart Deposit Express, courier services, and online banking. The company?s lending solutions include working capital lines of credit; structured finance (asset-based lending and factoring); small business administration loans; commercial real estate loans; energy project financing; growth capital loans; equipment financing; letters of credit; and corporate credit cards. In addition, it serves clients operating internationally through services, such as foreign exchange (FX paym ents and hedging); letters of credit; and export/import financing. The company operates two branch offices in the Silicon Valley region, as well as five loan production offices in San Francisco, Pleasanton, and Orange County, California; Dallas, Texas; and Reston, Virginia. Bridge Capital Holdings was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Sunoco Inc.(SUN)

Sunoco, Inc., through its subsidiaries, refines and markets petroleum products in the United States. Its Logistics segment operates refined product and crude oil pipelines and terminals; and acquires and markets crude oil and refined products. As of December 31, 2011, this segment owned and operated approximately 5,400 miles of crude oil pipelines and approximately 2,500 miles of refined product pipelines. It also operates 42 active terminals that receive refined products from pipelines and distribute them to third parties. The company?s Retail Marketing segment engages in the retail sale of gasoline and middle distillates; and operation of convenience stores. This segment operates outlets primarily in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Its Refining and Supply segment offers petroleum products, including gasoline and residual fuel oil, as well as middle distillates, such as jet fuel, heating oil , and diesel fuel; and commodity petrochemicals comprising propylene-propane, benzene, and cumene. This segment offers its products to wholesale and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Best Biotech Companies To Own In Right Now: Excela Limited(EXA.AX)

Fox Invest Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm manages equity portfolios for its clients. It invests in public equity and alternative investment markets of Australia. The firm invests in growth oriented value stocks of large-cap and small-cap companies. For alternative instruments, it invests in options and funds. The firm employs fundamental analysis to make its equity investments. It benchmarks its investments in equity and funds against the ASX 300 Index. Fox Invest is based in Brisbane, Queensland.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Horizon Bancorp(IN)

Horizon Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Horizon Bank, N.A., which provides commercial and retail banking products and services in northwestern Indiana and southwestern Michigan. It offers demand deposits, savings accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts, and money market and term deposits. The company also provides loans, such as commercial, financial, agricultural, and commercial tax-exempt loans; mortgage warehouse loans; real estate mortgage loans; installment loans; consumer loans; and non-performing loans. In addition, it offers corporate and individual trust and agency services, and investment management services, as well as holds title to various company owned life insurance policies. The company operates 19 full service facilities. Horizon Bancorp was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Canda Gas Corp (CJC.V)

Canada Strategic Metals, Inc., an exploration stage mining company, engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company holds interests in various rare earth element and graphite properties located in Quebec, Canada. It also owns a 33.33% interest in the Prophet River natural gas project situated in northeastern British Columbia. The company was formerly known as Canada Rare Earths Inc. and changed its name to Canada Strategic Metals, Inc. in August 2012. Canada Strategic Metals, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: CRA InternationalInc.(CRAI)

CRA International, Inc. provides litigation, regulatory, financial consulting, and management consulting services worldwide. It advices clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings; and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. The company offers consulting services, including research and analysis, expert testimony, and support in litigation and regulatory proceedings in various areas of finance, accounting, economics, insurance, and forensic accounting and investigations to corporate clients and attorneys. It also provides consulting services related to class certification, damages analysis, expert reports and testimony, regulatory analysis, strategy development, valuation of tangible and intangible assets, risk management, and transaction support to law firms, businesses, and government agencies. In addition, the company offers management consulting services consisting of strat egy development, performance improvement, corporate portfolio analysis, market demand estimation, new product pricing strategies, intellectual property and other assets valuation, competitors? actions assessment, and new sources of supply analysis. The company serves customers in banking and capital markets, chemicals and industrials, consumer products, energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, media, mining, metals and materials, oil and gas, real estate, retail, sports, telecommunications, and transportation industries. Its clients include domestic and foreign companies; federal, state, and local domestic government agencies; governments of foreign countries; public and private utilities; and national and international trade associations. CRA International, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: LodgeNet Interactive Corporation(LNET)

LodgeNet Interactive Corporation provides interactive media and connectivity services to the hospitality industry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company designs, develops, and operates interactive television (TV) systems at hotel properties that provide guest entertainment and other interactive services, including on-demand movies, TV programming, and digital music programming; daily subscription sports programming; on-screen controls; and interactive guest marketing and merchandising. It also offers basic and premium cable TV programming to hotels; Envision, a platform that connects high-definition guest room TVs to Internet-sourced content and information; LodgeNet Mobile App, which enables travelers to control the in-room TV with their iPhone, Android phone, or iPad, as well as discover the on-demand content on its interactive TV system, and access hotel and local area information and services; and Internet access through the sale and installation of equi pment. In addition, the company designs, installs, and operates wired and wireless Internet access systems at hotel properties; sells interactive TV systems to international licensees, as well as provides system planning, technical installation, project management, and support services to hotels; markets and sells guest entertainment interactive systems to hotels with support services; sells and installs cable TV programming systems; provides interactive TV infrastructure and content to the healthcare industry; and engages in the sale of advertising-based media services in hospitality media and connectivity. As of December 31, 2011, it provided interactive media and connectivity services to approximately 1.6 million hotel rooms in North America and internationally; and installed systems in 68 healthcare facilities representing approximately 15,900 beds. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: America's Car-Mart Inc.(CRMT)

America?s Car-Mart, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It primarily sells older model used vehicles and provides financing for its customers. As of February 3, 2012, the company operated 112 automotive dealerships in 9 states. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp Ltd (FPH.AX)

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets medical device products and systems for use in respiratory and acute care, and the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The company offers a range of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, masks, and humidifiers, which comprise nasal, full face, direct nasal, and oral masks. It also provides heated humidification systems for use during the treatment of respiratory conditions, including invasive ventilation, noninvasive ventilation, nasal high flow, face mask oxygen, low flow oxygen, and humidity therapy solutions for adults and pediatric care; and T-piece resuscitation, invasive ventilation, CPAP therapy, nasal high flow, and low flow therapy solutions for infants. In addition, the company offers humidification systems for use in surgical procedures to prevent unnecessary cellular damage by protecting tissue against the harmful effects of c old, dry carbon dioxide2. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited sells its products through its distribution subsidiaries, third party distributors, and original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and New Zealand. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

10 Best Integrated Utility Stocks To Watch Right Now: Pochins(PCH.L)

Pochin?s PLC engages in building and civil engineering contracting, property development and letting, house building, and specialist plant hiring businesses in the United Kingdom. It operates through four segments: Construction, Property, Residential, and Concrete Pumping. The Construction segment involves in commercial, industrial, education, health, and leisure building construction business through its partnership with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers. The Property segment invests, develops, and manages industrial, office, retail, and leisure properties. The Residential segment develops residential houses. The Concrete Pumping segment engages in concrete pump hire activity by operating a fleet of mobile concrete pumps. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Middlewich, the United Kingdom.