This corner of the market has been a good performer as well to start the year, as the sector has fought through Obamacare tax worries to post strong long term gains. In fact, top ETFs in the space have beaten out the S&P 500 over the past five years by a decent margin, suggesting a pretty good track record for the industry (see Medical Device ETFs: A Better Way to Play Health Care?).
However, the recent run may be coming to an end thanks to some weakness in one of the sector�� key components. Surgical device maker Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) gave a bad warning for its Q2 results, pushing its shares sharply lower by about 18% on the day (ISRG currently has a Zacks Rank #4- Sell).
Top Performing Companies To Invest In Right Now: Brookfield Residential Properties Inc (BRP)
Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. (Brookfield Residential) is a land developer and homebuilder.The Company entitles and develops land and builds homes for its own communities, as well as sells lots to third-party builders. It operates in three segments in North America: Canada, California and Central and Eastern U.S. Each of the Company�� segments specializes in lot entitlement and development and the construction of single-family and multi-family homes. As of December 31, 2011, Brookfield Residential controlled 108,197 lots. The Company became a public company on March 31, 2011, by combining the former business of Brookfield Homes Corporation (Brookfield Homes) and the residential land and housing division (BPO Residential) of Brookfield Office Properties Inc. into a single residential land and housing company, achieved through a merger and series of related transactions completed on March 31, 2011. Advisors' Opinion:- [By James K. Glassman]
A developer and homebuilder in the U.S. and Canada, Brookfield Residential Properties (symbol: BRP) is well positioned: More than 80% of its Canadian assets are in oil-sands-rich Alberta. The Calgary company has owned most of its land for years but carries the value of that property on its books at cost. If the shares traded in line with Brookfield's peers, they would triple.
Top Performing Companies To Invest In Right Now: Magal Security Systems Ltd.(MAGS)
Magal Security Systems Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells computerized security systems used to automatically detect and deter human intrusion primarily in Israel, North America, Europe, South and Latin America, and Africa. The company offers perimeter security systems that enable customers to monitor, limit, and control access by unauthorized personnel to specific regions or areas. Its perimeter security systems include a hybrid perimeter intrusion detection system with physical barrier; fence mounted vibration detection systems; detection grids, gates, and innocent looking fences to protect water passages, VIP residences, and other outdoor applications; and buried cable sensors, electrical field disturbance sensors, and microwave sensors. The company also offers CCTV systems comprising DreamBox/Maestro DB, a real-time multimedia analysis and management platform for outdoor security applications; MTC-1500E, a dual technology o utdoor surveillance system; MSS-1500, a dual camera system for outdoor rapid deployment operations; and MagCam, which provides fence surveillance under daylight and darkness. In addition, it offers Fortis, a command and control system; StarNet 1000, a security management system; and Network Manager, a middleware package. Further, the company offers miscellaneous systems, including covert security systems; and personal and portable duress alarm systems to protect personnel in prisons. Additionally, Magal provides support and maintenance services. Its products are used to protect infrastructure, assets, and personnel in sensitive facilities, such as national borders, military bases, power plants, airports, seaports, prisons, industrial sites, oil and gas facilities, refineries, and municipalities from intrusion, crime, sabotage, or vandalism. Magal Security Systems sells its products through system integrators and distribution channels. The company was founded in 1969 and is b ased in Yehud, Israel.
Top 10 Cheap Companies To Watch For 2014: CorVel Corp.(CRVL)
CorVel Corporation provides medical cost containment and managed care services to manage the medical costs of worker?s compensation and auto claims in the United States. It offers network solutions, including bill review, PPO management, professional review, reimbursement, pharmacy, directed care, and clearinghouse services, as well as medicare solutions. The company also provides patient management services comprising claims management, case management, nurse triage, utilization management, vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, disability management, liability claims management, and auto claims management. It provides its services to insurance companies, third-party administrators, employers, and government agencies. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Irvine, California.
Top Performing Companies To Invest In Right Now: Asiasons Wfg Financial Ltd.(5EC.SI)
Asiasons WFG Financial Ltd., an investment holding company, provides a range of capital market advisory and other related services. It offers corporate finance advisory services, including initial public offer (IPO) advisory services that comprise advising corporations on the listing of their shares on the Singapore Exchange; and mergers and acquisitions, and corporate advisory services to listed and non-listed companies. The company also provides equity capital market syndication services, which include the arrangement of underwriting and placement syndicates for the distribution of shares with respect to IPOs by companies seeking listing or secondary fund raising exercises by companies that are already listed, as well as operates as an underwriter and/or placement agent. In addition, it offers private equity services focusing on pre-IPO investment; and buyout or privatization deals that culminate in liquidity events, such as an IPO or reverse takeover, as well as strateg ic consultancy services for listing companies before the actual IPO efforts. Further, the company provides research services comprising reports/updates on fundamentals, financials, prospects, risks, corporate developments, analysis, valuation, and investment recommendation of listed companies; and sector review and analysis, economic research, and market strategy services, as well as business consultancy and securities brokerage services. It primarily serves customers in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Westcomb Financial Group Limited and changed its name to Asiasons WFG Financial Ltd. in June 2010. Asiasons WFG Financial Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Singapore.
Top Performing Companies To Invest In Right Now: CIENA Corporation(CIEN)
Ciena Corporation provides equipment, software, and service solutions that support the transport, switching, aggregation, and management of voice, video, and data traffic on communications networks worldwide. Its product portfolio consists of packet-optical transport that includes optical transport solutions to increase network capacity and enable delivery of a broader mix of high-bandwidth services; and packet-optical switching, which comprise optical switching platforms incorporating multiservice and multi-protocol switching systems that enable automated optical infrastructures for the delivery of various enterprise and consumer-oriented network services. The company also offers carrier Ethernet solutions, including service delivery switches and service aggregation switches to support the access and aggregation tiers of communications networks, as well as to support wireless backhaul infrastructures and business data services; and software solutions to track individual s ervices across multiple product suites, facilitating planned network maintenance, outage detection, and identification of customers or services affected by network troubles. In addition, Ciena Corporation provides consulting and support services, such as project management, deployment, maintenance support, consulting, and training services, as well as network analysis, planning, design, optimization, and tuning. Its packet-optical transport, packet-optical switching, and carrier Ethernet solutions products are used individually or as part of an integrated solution in communications networks operated by communications service providers, cable operators, governments, enterprises, and other network operators. The company sells its communications networking solutions directly, as well as through strategic channel relationships. Ciena Corporation was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland.
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