Icons of Impact: A Global Surgeon Who Invests In Impact

&l;em&g;What do you invest when investing money alone isn&a;rsquo;t enough? &l;/em&g;

&l;em&g;In between kidney and liver transplants, I sat down with Jaymie Ang Henry&a;ndash; gifted surgeon, founder of the G4 Alliance, founding member of Forbes Impact, and an investor in the Vatican&a;rsquo;s Laudato Si Challenge &a;ndash; who&a;rsquo;s on a mission to make sure at least 80% of the world has access to essential medical services by 2030. &l;/em&g;

&l;em&g;She&a;rsquo;s shaking up the global public health scene from the Masai Mara in Kenya to the halls of United Nations, and I&a;rsquo;m grateful to call her a close friend. &l;/em&g;

&l;em&g;As part of Forbes Impact x Miami, we sat down together in her Wynwood loft to talk about growing up in the Philippines, her gift in combining real impact&a;nbsp;with real investment, her partnership and marriage&a;nbsp;to an accomplished tech entrepreneur, and what she thinks about Pope Francis.&l;/em&g;

&l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-86&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/bdoherty/files/2018/08/Forbes_OR-1200x902.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;902&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; Jaymie Ang Henry, surgeon and impact investor

&l;strong&g;Brendan&l;/strong&g;&a;nbsp;&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;First off, I&s;m just so grateful that you walked into my life. You&s;re such an inspiring human&l;strong&g;&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;and manage to balance so much at once. And all for what I would consider really impactful things in the world. And it would be wonderful if you could just start telling me, what was it about your own childhood that made you into this person who today fights for so many incredible causes?

&l;strong&g;Jaymie Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g; I always start by saying, growing up in the Philippines taught me a lot. Even at a young age, I looked around and saw that there&s;s a lot of inequalities that didn&s;t sit well with me. I kind of grew up grappling with those issues. Why are people living on the streets? Why are children not given the opportunity to have an education? And I joined a lot of missions &a;mdash; even from grade school, high school, in medicine &a;mdash; meaning I would join NGOs and go to the urban areas. We&s;d call them the &q;urban poor&q; and we would go and distribute food, or even money sometimes. All throughout medical school, we go give free medicine and then free surgery. I noticed that every time we would get there, the people were waiting for us with their hands open. We&a;rsquo;d go every year but nothing&s;s changed. I noticed there&s;s a dance, or a practice. People wait for us to be there to give them help and we had a role in giving them that. And they had a kind of role in being the needy person. I just felt that there was something wrong with that and started asking the question, &a;ldquo;Are we really helping them or are we actually creating these legacies of dependence? What is real impact? Is it really giving money or food away? Or is it trying to look into the deeper issues that are causing poverty, causing a lack of education, or causing lack of access to health, and maybe putting our efforts into those areas that will actually make it better?&a;rdquo;

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Do you remember a moment when that realization struck you? Or was it cumulative?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;I&s;m going to share a very personal story &a;ndash; my grandmother is Chinese, she moved to the Philippines from China. She was working with a boy, as household help. He helped her around the house and carried stuff for her when she would go to the market. She was good to him. She&s;d give him food, provide shelter, and give him all the necessary things that he needed. And one day, there was another guy who came in from another province, and he influenced the boy. We didn&s;t know. We were suspicious and my uncle said, &q;Sorry but we&s;re not going to hire you,&q; because we didn&s;t feel comfortable with him. But my uncle was kind to him and said, &q;You know what, why don&s;t you stay here one night? The following day, we will give you some money, so that you can go back to your province.&q; It took only one night for that guy to influence the boy to steal from my grandmother. Then, they actually snuck up on my grandmother and killed her. In one instance, all the kindness and charity that my grandmother provided him wasn&s;t enough. When it was about survival, when it was about getting money, somebody could influence that person very quickly. I had a realization, but I didn&s;t blame that other guy. In a way I blamed society and its failings. Its failure to educate this young boy. This boy probably never experienced human dignity. He probably didn&s;t understand gratitude,&a;nbsp;even if he was being shown kindness.

That fueled a lot of my thoughts about impact, aid, charity and help. A lot of the things that we&s;ve created and we&s;re born into in this society were choices that were made by people who came before us. I thought that if we ever hope to be able to change things for real &a;mdash;and not just a stopgap solutions &a;mdash; we need to go to the root of it and look at power structures, corruption, lack of education, lack of access.

&l;img class=&q;size-full wp-image-87&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/bdoherty/files/2018/08/Forbes_field.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;720&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Ang Henry in the Phillipines and reunited with Yuan, a boy who was born with an imperforate anus but now lives healthy after his surgery.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Let me pause you and ask, if you saw up close these major institutional pieces and systems at work, what led you to become a surgeon? In some ways being a doctor is the most microcosmic you can be &a;ndash; affecting an individual life.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;I was heavily influenced by a man named &l;a href=&q;https://www.forbes.com/video/4274467825001/&q;&g;Paul Farmer&l;/a&g;, he&s;s a public health expert and pretty well known in the field. I went to a conference where he was speaking to a group of surgeons. He said, the one best thing that you can offer a country is your skill, being a surgeon. There&s;s so many amazing, really good public health experts all over the world but what I realized then, is there&s;s a lack of access to basic surgical care in the world. So you need to be a surgeon to understand the root causes of why there&s;s a lack of translation of this technology. Is it more the actual skill, or is it the infrastructure around it? Is it a policy problem, is it a systems problem? I needed to hack into that problem from the inside. That way, I could really immerse my brain into the solution. I have now married two worlds, the world of public health &a;mdash; being that patient on the ground who is suffering from lack of access &a;ndash; to studying at the best places where they provide surgery, and seeing how I can bridge the gap between the two.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Have you ever heard of the Japanese &l;a href=&q;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;concept called &l;em&g;genba&l;/em&g;&l;/a&g;?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;No.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&l;/strong&g; When Henry Ford started the modern assembly line and revolutionized industrial production, the Japanese took it one step further. Not right away. The concept of &l;em&g;genba&l;/em&g; translates as &q;go to the source&q; or the root, which is like what you&s;re saying. The idea is that for even a CEO, you have got to get out of the C-suite and actually go down to the factory floor and see what&s;s happening at every step in that process. And the other piece of it, which I found so interesting, was it also was about empowering every single person on that assembly line to kill the line if they saw something that wasn&s;t right. Essentially, everyone was in charge of quality assurance, as opposed to a quality assurance department, and everyone had the power to stop production based on that responsibility. And that&a;rsquo;s what leapt ahead the automakers of Japan, decades after the Model T.

How are you helping make some of our world&s;s most basic but necessary surgeries more accessible?

&l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-88&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/bdoherty/files/2018/08/Forbes_WHO-1200x900.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;900&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, with some members of the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetrics, Trauma, and Anesthesia Care (G4 Alliance) after the successful on-the-ground advocacy and passage of the landmark WHO resolution on Essential Surgery, breaking 70 years of silence.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;There&s;s about 5 billion people with &l;a href=&q;http://www.theg4alliance.org/our-work/2016/1/22/inequalityis-5-billion-people-living-without-access-to-life-saving-surgical-care&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;no access to basic essential surgical care&l;/a&g;. It&s;s been five years of me digging into why that is happening. I went to the World Health Organization (WHO) and there&a;rsquo;s one office that does surgery, the rest of the WHO really didn&s;t know anything about this problem. There was this lack of access to surgery. So, the first thing that I felt was really missing was the advocacy. There is a constituency, a huge body of NGOs, other advocates, people who have been quietly doing their thing to improve surgical services. But there was no one who actually brought them all together at one table, and elevated the conversation at the global level. So that&s;s what I did. I spent five years really getting to know every single major player in the field. I talked to them, I understood where they were coming from, and they found a middle ground where I basically said, &q;We need to work together, because this not a one person effort. And when we pooled our voices, that&s;s when the world started to notice. That&s;s where things started shifting.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;So where are we now, what&s;s been the result? And what&a;rsquo;s the future ambition?

&l;strong&g;Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;We created &l;a href=&q;http://www.theg4alliance.org/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;the G4 Alliance&l;/a&g;, which is the global alliance for surgical, obstetric trauma, and anesthesia care. It&s;s basically an 85 member-strong organization where we&s;ve united our voices to work with the WHO, the United Nations, the World Bank. From the policy standpoint, that&s;s moving forward. We&s;ve gotten 192 UN member countries to actually sign on to a resolution saying we want to strengthen emergency and essential surgical care.

But the problem is that the policies are there, the signatures are there, but what about the funding? We haven&s;t had a major body that would commit in a serious way to making this happen. We all know that it&s;s all just talk unless somebody puts their foot forward and commits in a real way, with money, with resources, with a plan, with a global goal, with a target, and with all the steps necessary to get us there from right now until five or ten years later. We don&s;t have that yet. That&s;s what we&s;re trying to jumpstart, a plan to get us to a point where 80 percent of the world will have access to emergency and essential surgical care by 2030.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;What would be examples of that kind of care?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry&l;/strong&g;: At the very basic level, we want cleft lip and palate, congenital cataracts or cataracts, emergency obstetric care, essential trauma care. Those are the four major things that are the Tier 1, most important procedures that should be available to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay. And then, there&s;s the tier 2. We&s;ve actually put together 15 categories of basic and essential surgical care that we feel should be available to anybody regardless of their ability to pay.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&l;/strong&g; Do you see a business or investment model around this that could help accelerate this transition, or is it more charitable contributions and grants?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Absolutely. There are institutions that actually have what you&s;d call a public/private partnership with the government and a local NGO that&s;s running a really well-functioning hospital. They provide good quality care, obviously, and a portion of the hospital is open to private paying citizens. The money that they earn from there goes to fund the charitable patients. It&a;rsquo;s a for-profit venture that has a not-for-profit initiative that goes with it.

Another model is a hospital in India focused on heart and cataract surgery. They have a high-volume, high-quality service. They&a;rsquo;re able to be really efficient in the service so that they can provide it for a fraction of the cost.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;You&s;re a surgeon, you&s;re a mom, you&s;re a badass, you&s;re on the global stage, I mean you&s;ve got a lot going on. And you&a;rsquo;re an investor &a;ndash; tell me about that.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;We were invited to be one of the founding impact investors with Laudato Si&s;, so we said yes. That&s;s why we went to the Vatican. And Orion used to advise a lot of startups, so we started investing in tech. Everything that we do is basically all about impact. Everything we put our resources into &a;mdash; not just our financial capital, but our social capital as well, is in the impact initiatives that we believe in.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;I love it.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g; It used to be, before social impact, before you and Forbes Impact came along, 100% of our efforts, 100% of our money, time, resources, social capital, our own political will, was thrown into global surgery. I have to say without ego, in five years we&s;ve really impacted the space of global surgery like no other.&a;nbsp;We&s;ve provided not just our resources, but our thought leadership, our contacts. We&s;ve gone through, we&s;ve opened up our space, we&s;ve gone to summits, we go through all our other non-surgical and non-medical related contacts to help us to dig in on the problem so that we can find solutions together. We&s;ve used art, we&s;ve used music, we&s;ve used technology, we&s;ve used film to make that change.

Now we&s;ve gone into more of the social impact investing, where I see a larger picture and a larger initiative coming forward. I see health as an integral part of it but this is bigger. This is the environment, the way we live our lives, the way we make choices.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g; I&s;m curious &a;hellip; you and your husband Orion work so close, how does that go?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Awesome. I mean, we&s;ve been partners. We&s;re partners in everything. In life, in the way we bring up our family, in our initiatives. I can say that for global surgery, I couldn&s;t have done it without him. He&s;s been the wind beneath my wings. He&s;s not just been the supportive husband. You asked the question earlier, how am I able to do all of these things? It&s;s because of him. I&s;m able to be a mother, a wife, a public health advocate, a surgical provider. I&a;rsquo;m following my dreams and he&s;s with me, supporting me, helping me, and even augmenting me &a;mdash; because we have complementary strengths. In the places where I find myself weak, he&s;s there. We have this amazing partnership and we&a;rsquo;re passionate about making profound changes. We go about it differently but at the end of the day, we arrive at the same place.

&l;img class=&q;size-large wp-image-90&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/bdoherty/files/2018/08/Forbes_Yunus-1200x800.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;800&q; data-width=&q;1200&q;&g; Bangladesh, with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and co-producer Alemberg Ang while filming The Right to Heal, the first critically-acclaimed global surgery advocacy film that sparked a global movement for increased access to essential surgery.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;So, last question.&a;nbsp;Who would you consider an Icon of Impact?

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g; Wow.&a;nbsp;That&s;s like...that&s;s something that I really need to think about. Because there&s;s so many people I look up to. Is that something I can think about?

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Who came to mind first, when I said that? It doesn&s;t have to mean that&s;s the only icon.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Right! There&s;s so many icons of impact it&s;s hard to pin it down to one person.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;If what you&s;re trying to say is my name, it&a;rsquo;s not going to make me uncomfortable.&a;nbsp;

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g; Well, the first person that came to mind, to be honest with you, was Elon Musk. He&s;s a guy of today who really has made so much impact in the fields that are relevant to our society right now. His investment in clean energy, in building the electric car, in relating his struggles coming out of South Africa to becoming the man he is today. He&s;s the perfect example of a guy who has mastered the fields of science, technology, and business and put it together to create products that change the world.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Absolutely.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;He&s;s the guy, from Tesla with the electric cars, to solar power, and I watched him launch his rocket, for the first time that costs a fraction of what it used to cost to bring a human to space. He changed peoples&s; ethos and minds to say, &q;We&s;re here in the future, and it&s;s possible. &l;a href=&q;https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryancollinseurope/2018/05/21/elon-musk/#1d0979f1651d&q;&g;It&s;s all possible&l;/a&g;.&q; So that&s;s one.

I guess the other one who I am thinking about &a;mdash; let&s;s just do two is the Pope. Pope Francis right now is making &l;a href=&q;https://www.forbes.com/video/5703237703001/?ref=gazelle.popsugar.com#2205d1b16ea4&q;&g;such a statement with the world&l;/a&g;. It&s;s pretty phenomenal because the Catholic Church represents some of the constituencies that have been slow to change, to adapt to the world. Pope Francis has really opened that up. I&s;m Catholic myself and my view of the world is that it&s;s not about divisions, it&s;s about what unites us as human beings, and all of humanity. At the end of the day, it&s;s all about love and about co-existing. He&s;s made these statements that have given me a lot of hope that we can really see that kind of future.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;I love it. Those are two good ones.

&l;strong&g;Ang Henry:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;Are they good ones? I wish I could find a female one, but maybe the female is me.

&l;strong&g;Doherty:&a;nbsp;&l;/strong&g;That&s;s what this whole article is about!

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Achain Price Hits $0.0830 on Top Exchanges (ACT)

Achain (CURRENCY:ACT) traded 0% higher against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 14:00 PM Eastern on July 22nd. In the last seven days, Achain has traded down 5.3% against the U.S. dollar. One Achain coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.0830 or 0.00001106 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges including HitBTC, Cobinhood, CoinEgg and Coinnest. Achain has a market cap of $45.96 million and approximately $6.29 million worth of Achain was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

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US Oil Rig Count Down 5, Crude Price Set to Post Small Weekly Loss

In the week ending July 20, 2018, the number of land rigs drilling for oil in the United States totaled 858, down by five compared to the previous week and up by 94 compared with a total of 764 a year ago. Including 187 other land rigs drilling for natural gas and one listed as miscellaneous, there are a total of 1,046 working rigs in the country, eight fewer than a week ago and up by 96 year over year. The data come from the latest Baker Hughes North American Rotary Rig Count released on Friday afternoon.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil for August delivery settled at $69.46 a barrel on Thursday and traded up about 1.1% Friday afternoon at around $70.25 shortly before regular trading closed. Brent crude for September delivery traded at $72.86 a barrel, up about 0.4%.

The natural gas rig count fell by two to 187 this week. The count for natural gas rigs is now up by just one year over year. Natural gas for August delivery traded up less than 0.1%, at around $2.77 per million BTUs, up a penny compared to last Friday.

Crude oil prices have nearly fully recovered from a $2 a barrel drop in the first two days of the week. They might have recovered more than all the drop had President Trump not complained on Thursday about the effect of the Fed’s rate hike policy, which immediately caused the dollar to fall and oil prices to hold onto the gains of the previous two days. It promises to be a bumpy ride for crude oil in a narrow price range around $70 for the next several days.

Among the states, Baker Hughes reports that New Mexico added four rigs while Ohio and Wyoming added one each. Texas lost five rigs this week, Oklahoma lost three, Louisiana dropped two and three states �� Alaska, North Dakota and West Virginia �� lost one each.

In the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the rig count now stands at 476, unchanged compared with the previous week’s count. The Eagle Ford Basin in south Texas has 81 rigs in operation, unchanged for a third straight week, and the Williston Basin (Bakken) in North Dakota and Montana now has 56 working rigs, down one for the week.

Producers removed eight horizontal rigs this week, and the count fell to 922, while offshore drillers reported a total of 17, two less compared with the previous week’s count.

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Three small deals are scheduled for the week ahead, two of which are hold-overs from last week.

We expect IPO activity to remain muted until late February, driven by a combination of the upcoming President's Day holiday and companies getting in full 2017 numbers. New filing activity in the coming weeks will indicate whether current market conditions have impacted the anticipated pick-up in late February and early March.

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Walnut Private Equity Partners, Llc Buys EQT Midstream Partners LP

Omaha, NE, based Investment company Walnut Private Equity Partners, Llc buys EQT Midstream Partners LP during the 3-months ended 2018-06-30, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Walnut Private Equity Partners, Llc. As of 2018-06-30, Walnut Private Equity Partners, Llc owns 22 stocks with a total value of $130 million. These are the details of the buys and sells.

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These are the top 5 holdings of WALNUT PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS, LLCEnergy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) - 1,439,714 shares, 19.11% of the total portfolio. Blackstone Group LP (BX) - 600,000 shares, 14.85% of the total portfolio. Magellan Midstream Partners LP (MMP) - 219,405 shares, 11.66% of the total portfolio. KKR & Co Inc (KKR) - 438,235 shares, 8.38% of the total portfolio. ONEOK Inc (OKE) - 153,745 shares, 8.26% of the total portfolio. Added: EQT Midstream Partners LP (EQM)

Walnut Private Equity Partners, Llc added to a holding in EQT Midstream Partners LP by 92.03%. The purchase prices were between $51.32 and $62.6, with an estimated average price of $56.56. The stock is now traded at around $52.91. The impact to a portfolio due to this purchase was 0.98%. The holding were 51,643 shares as of 2018-06-30.

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Why Fastenal Company Stock Popped 10%

What happened

It's right there in the name: Fasten. All. Whatever you might need to fasten together to build a house, for example -- be it a screw or a bolt, a nut or a washer, Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) makes it. And as we found out in its second-quarter 2018 earnings report, released �this morning, Fastenal makes a lot of money providing useful parts and services to the construction and manufacturing industries.

Earnings for the quarter came in at $0.72 per share, $0.06 ahead of Wall Street's expectations, and that unexpectedly good result is lifting Fastenal shares as much as 10% as of 2:10 p.m. EDT.

Things are pointing up for Fastenal stock. Image source: Getty Images.

So what

Fastenal took in $1.3 billion in sales last quarter, 13% more than in the year-ago quarter. Gross margins on those sales dipped a bit, but thanks to timely cost-cutting, Fastenal was able to hold its operating profit margin steady at 21.2%, expand its net profit margin, and thus grow net earnings 43% to $0.74 per diluted share.

Roughly $0.15 of those profits owed to the beneficial effects of tax reform, but even without that benefit, profits would have grown a healthy 13% -- in line with sales growth.

Now what

Management didn't provide earnings guidance for the rest of the year, but according to Yahoo! Finance data, analysts expect $2.49 per share in total profit for the current year -- 30% better than last year's showing. Thanks to this unexpectedly strong Q2 report, Fastenal is now more than halfway toward reaching its goal, with $1.34 earned in the year's first six months, and only $1.15 more to go.

Comparing RigNet (RNET) & INMARSAT PLC/ADR (IMASY)

RigNet (NASDAQ: RNET) and INMARSAT PLC/ADR (OTCMKTS:IMASY) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

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This table compares RigNet and INMARSAT PLC/ADR’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RigNet	-9.38%	-13.83%	-6.59%
INMARSAT PLC/ADR	12.98%	15.92%	4.05%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares RigNet and INMARSAT PLC/ADR’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RigNet	$204.89 million	1.11	-$16.17 million	($0.71)	-16.55
INMARSAT PLC/ADR	$1.40 billion	2.13	$181.70 million	N/A	N/A

INMARSAT PLC/ADR has higher revenue and earnings than RigNet.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

86.7% of RigNet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of INMARSAT PLC/ADR shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of RigNet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

RigNet has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, INMARSAT PLC/ADR has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for RigNet and INMARSAT PLC/ADR, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RigNet	0	2	1	0	2.33
INMARSAT PLC/ADR	0	5	0	0	2.00

RigNet presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.68%. Given RigNet’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RigNet is more favorable than INMARSAT PLC/ADR.

Dividends

INMARSAT PLC/ADR pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. RigNet does not pay a dividend.

Summary

INMARSAT PLC/ADR beats RigNet on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About RigNet

RigNet, Inc., a technology company, provides customized communications services, applications, and cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Managed Services, Applications and Internet-of-Things (Apps & IoT), and Systems Integration. The Managed Services segment provides remote communications, telephony, and technology services, including data, Internet, and Voice over Internet Protocol services for offshore and onshore drilling rigs and production facilities, support vessels, and other remote sites. It also offers private networking and wide area network (WAN) acceleration solutions, software-defined appliances, content filtering, and Wi-Fi hotspots. The Apps & IoT segment provides supervisory control and data acquisition systems to monitor, gather, and process data while interacting with machines and devices, such as pipelines, valves, pumps, and motors; data analytics solutions to enhance customer productivity and safety; weather data monitoring services in the North Sea to support operations; adaptive video intelligence and video collaboration solutions; BlackTIE and CyphreLink cybersecurity offerings that protects customers data; and Wi-Fi hotspot solutions, which facilitate access to the Internet by personnel in remote facilities. The Systems Integration segment engages in the design, procurement, assembly and test, installation, and commissioning of communications systems, including WAN/LAN connectivity, access control, public address, microwave, and monitoring and control systems, as well as closed circuit televisions for monitoring and security. RigNet, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About INMARSAT PLC/ADR

Inmarsat plc provides mobile satellite communications services on land, at sea, and in the air worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Maritime, US Government, Enterprise, Aviation, and Global Government. It offers voice and data broadband services; global maritime distress and safety system services; mobile and fixed voice services; a portfolio of machine-to-machine services that provide two-way data connectivity for messaging, tracking, and monitoring of fixed or mobile assets; maritime satellite services, including very small aperture terminals and television receive only antenna services; and Global Xpress, a high-speed broadband service that offer seamless connectivity for advanced data services on land, at sea, and in the air. The company also offers in-flight voice, data, safety, and cabin connectivity services for business and commercial air transport. It connects to its fleet of 13 satellites using a range of equipment, including global handheld satellite phones and notebook-size broadband Internet devices, as well as specialist terminals and antennas fitted to ships, aircraft, and road vehicles. It serves governments, airlines, the broadcast media industry, the oil and gas industry, the mining and construction industry, and humanitarian aid agencies. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Santander Consumer USA (SC) Shares Gap Up After Analyst Upgrade

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE:SC) gapped up before the market opened on Monday after Citigroup raised their price target on the stock from $20.00 to $21.00. The stock had previously closed at $17.58, but opened at $18.68. Citigroup currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Santander Consumer USA shares last traded at $19.12, with a volume of 130287 shares trading hands.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Janney Montgomery Scott upgraded Santander Consumer USA from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $36.00 price target on the stock in a report on Friday, June 29th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Santander Consumer USA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 27th. Stephens set a $22.00 price target on Santander Consumer USA and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, June 2nd. ValuEngine downgraded Santander Consumer USA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 31st. Finally, UBS Group upgraded Santander Consumer USA from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $17.00 to $21.00 in a report on Monday, May 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. Santander Consumer USA presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.47.

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A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in Santander Consumer USA by 10.9% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,026,629 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $98,234,000 after purchasing an additional 590,374 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in Santander Consumer USA by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 5,564,137 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $90,696,000 after purchasing an additional 28,159 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in Santander Consumer USA by 14.0% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 4,104,477 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $76,425,000 after purchasing an additional 503,328 shares during the period. Canyon Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Santander Consumer USA by 69.6% during the 1st quarter. Canyon Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,223,319 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $52,540,000 after purchasing an additional 1,323,253 shares during the period. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group increased its holdings in Santander Consumer USA by 65.3% during the 1st quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 2,760,302 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $44,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,090,810 shares during the period.

The firm has a market capitalization of $6.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.06.

Santander Consumer USA (NYSE:SC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.27. The company had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.61 billion. Santander Consumer USA had a return on equity of 12.36% and a net margin of 19.62%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.40 EPS. analysts expect that Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc will post 2.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Santander Consumer USA

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc, a specialized consumer finance company, provides vehicle finance and third-party servicing in the United States. Its products and services include retail installment contracts and vehicle leases, as well as dealer loans for inventory, construction, real estate, working capital, and revolving lines of credit.

Deutsche Bank (DBK) PT Set at €10.20 by UBS Group

UBS Group set a €10.20 ($11.86) price target on Deutsche Bank (FRA:DBK) in a report issued on Friday, www.boersen-zeitung.de reports. The firm currently has a neutral rating on the stock.

DBK has been the subject of several other research reports. Nord/LB set a €14.00 ($16.28) price target on Deutsche Bank and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 13th. Independent Research set a €9.00 ($10.47) price target on Deutsche Bank and gave the stock a sell rating in a research report on Friday. Cfra set a €10.50 ($12.21) price target on Deutsche Bank and gave the stock a sell rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 28th. Societe Generale set a €8.00 ($9.30) price target on Deutsche Bank and gave the stock a sell rating in a research report on Monday, June 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a €12.00 ($13.95) price target on Deutsche Bank and gave the stock a neutral rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 4th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of €12.20 ($14.19).

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Deutsche Bank opened at €9.14 ($10.63) on Friday, according to Marketbeat. Deutsche Bank has a 12 month low of €12.36 ($14.37) and a 12 month high of €18.49 ($21.50).

About Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft provides investment, financial, and related products and services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients worldwide. It operates through three segments: Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB), Private & Commercial Bank (PCB), and Deutsche Asset Management.

7 Reasons the Stock Market Will Go Up

We sometimes take the whole "the stock market goes up with time" thing for granted. If you think about it, continual growth requires an increasing supply of buyers...sounds an awful lot like a Ponzi scheme. But don't worry! Motley Fool Answers did some digging, and has seven reasons why the market is not a Ponzi scheme and will almost certainly continue to rise in the long term.

Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp explain why inflation, population trends, productivity and more are boons of good fortune for the market. Also, remember the marshmallow test? Well, chances are pretty good that study was just a smidge unreliable, at least. Alison sets the record straight with some new data and analysis.

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This video was recorded on June 19, 2018.

Alison Southwick:�This is Motley Fool Answers. I'm Alison Southwick�and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here at The Motley Fool. Hi, Bro!

Robert Brokamp: Hi, Alison!

Southwick: In today's episode, Bro's going to answer once and for all why we should believe the stock market will go up over the long haul.

Brokamp:�Or should we?

Southwick:�Wait, what? We�didn't actually have a planning meeting, so I don't know what's going to happen.

Brokamp:�We'll see!�I'm just trying to build some suspense here.

Southwick:�All�I know is that I'm going to roast the marshmallow test. All that and maybe not so much more on this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers.

Brokamp:�So, what's up, Alison?!

Southwick:�Well, Bro, it turns out that we here at Motley Fool Answers�are just as guilty as the next ... everyone when it comes to perpetuating the lies of the marshmallow test.

Brokamp:�Yes, we have mentioned it once or twice.

Southwick:�For roughly 30 years now, people have been trotting out the results of that test to show that being able to delay gratification as a child is a sign of future success. But, some scientists recently revisited the marshmallow test and came out to some different conclusions.�

First, let's revisit that marshmallow test. If it doesn't sound familiar to you, it will very quickly. A�scientist named Walter Mischel developed this test back in the 60s at Stanford and published the results in the 90s. Many people have replicated it throughout the years just so they can laugh at little kids suffering. What did they do? They put a marshmallow in front of a little kid -- four years old,�in fact -- and told them, "If�you don't eat your marshmallow by the time I get back,�you can have two marshmallows."�If a kid passed the test, it meant that he or she waited,�delayed gratification, and was rewarded with another marshmallow when the adult came back into the room.�

Researchers then�checked back in on these kids as they grew up and they found that those who had delayed gratification went on to great success in life. They had�higher SATs,�they were physically healthier, all-around better. The kids who failed to delay gratification and ate that�single marshmallow ... ended up being hobos, I don't know. The point is that the ones who ate the marshmallow�apparently didn't achieve as much as adults, and obviously, being able to delay gratification at a younger age, even the young age of four, meant�you were going to grow up to be an awesome adult.

So, when the results came out, NYU's Tyler Watts and UC Irvine's Greg Duncan and�Hoanan Quan were skeptical. The�original test, for example, was only conducted on 90 four year-olds�who were enrolled at Stanford's preschool. So, perhaps not the most diverse group of kids -- affluent, highly educated parents.

With the new test,�they gave it to almost a thousand kids�from all over the country, much more racially and ethnically diverse. What they found was that kids from higher socioeconomic families had a 70% success rate on the marshmallow test. They didn't eat the marshmallow. Lower�socioeconomic families had a 45% success rate.�

Then, though,�they compared the results of kids from similar backgrounds --�ethnicity, gender, cognitive ability, etc. If these two kids looked very similar, but one of them ate the marshmallow and one of them didn't, was one�going to end up being more successful in the future than the other one who had the similar background? The answer was no. If you�basically had the same socioeconomic, same backgrounds, looked the same, had�similar backgrounds and upbringings, you both were�going to end up the same, regardless whether one of you ate the marshmallow or didn't eat the marshmallow.

The�results challenged the idea that being able to delay gratification is baked in and will�result in success. Instead, it's more likely a symptom of something else, like your socioeconomic factor. For example, if you are in a poor family where marshmallows are not abundant, or anything in general -- food,�if you come from a home where the cupboard is often bare,�there's no guarantee that there will be food in the future. And so, you need to get what you can now, because food is scarce. If you're from a wealthy family, where marshmallows are abundant -- and by marshmallows, I mean everything in life -- there's no reason for you to doubt�what your parent is saying, that you'll have two more in the future. There's no reason for you to doubt that it will not rain marshmallows in your future, because it has rained marshmallows your whole life.

The Atlantic cited another study, one by Harvard economist�Sendhil Mullainathan and the�Princeton behavioral scientist Eldar Shafir. They�wrote a book in 2013 called�Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much. They talked about how poverty can lead people to opt for short-term rather than long-term rewards. They�state that not being able to have enough can change the way that people think about what's available now. In�other words, a second marshmallow seems irrelevant when a child has no reason to believe that�the first one won't vanish at any moment anyways.�

There's a lot to dig into here, as far as causation and correlation. The bottom line is, the advice from these researchers is that while being able to delay gratification is a good trait -- they don't deny that -- it's not going to sink your future prospects,�especially if you're just a four year-old�looking at a marshmallow. There are other, much more important factors that are going to contribute to your future success. Eat the marshmallow, don't eat the marshmallow. The marshmallow is not the thing.

Bro,�the stock market just keeps on going up!

Brokamp:�It's a thing.

Southwick:�I'm so excited. It's always going to go up, right?�Isn't there a bias in behavioral finance, where you feel like if the stock market is going down, in your mind, you think it's always going to go down?

Brokamp:�Right, the recency bias. You look at recent short-term experiences and you extrapolate that into the future. We all have a lot riding on the stock market. According to the Investment Company Institute, 65% of IRA assets are in stocks. That's also the allocation to stocks in the state pension plan, according to a�2017 report from Wilshire. Vanguard says, across all the 401-Ks that they administer, 73% of assets are in the stock market. The�National Association of Stock Plan Professionals says that half of public employers provide equity compensation to their�employees. Then, there are all the stocks that are held in college savings account, trust funds, annuities, and regular old brokerage accounts. So, we all have a lot riding on the stock market because it always goes up, right?

Southwick:�Yeah, if you pull back far enough. If you don't zoom in too tight, yeah, it always goes up.

Brokamp:�Yeah, exactly. Not every year. Maybe not even every decade. But�it always reaches new heights. At least it has in the past, and if you're talking about the U.S. stock market. But every once in a while, I wonder, is it possible we have too much faith�in the stock market?

Southwick:�[laughs]�You're such a curmudgeon!

Brokamp: I'm an awfulizer! [laughs]�

Southwick:�You are! "Is it possible that things are just too good? Ugh, how can I make myself feel unstable and sad today? I know!"

Brokamp:�Hear me out. When we talk about the past, we're looking at the historical data, which is, depending on your source, maybe 100 years, maybe 150 years old. But when you consider that modern humans have been around for like 40,000 years, that's a small sample size.�You can�go to the website of economist Robert Shiller, and he has data going back to 1872. But a lot has changed since Ulysses S Grant was president, so I'm not sure how much all of that data is relevant.�

Plus, let's not forget that the stock market is a true market. The price is set by buyers and sellers coming together and determining a price. The price of a stock doesn't go up just because it came out with a new drug or a new widget or expanded into China. A stock price goes up because there are more buyers than sellers. If a company doubled its profits overnight, but the next day there are more sellers than buyers, the stock price is going to go down.�

Really, what we're counting on is that in the future is, there are going to be all these many more buyers of the stock we need to sell when�we need to pay for college or retire or something. And what's�another name for something that requires an�ever-growing stream of new buyers to be sustainable?

Southwick:�It's a Ponzi scheme.

Brokamp:�A�Ponzi scheme, yes! Exactly!

Southwick:�You heard it here first! Robert Brokamp says the stock market is one great, big Ponzi scheme! This has been Motley Fool Answers. We're done. Tom and David are going to come in here and literally pull the plug.

Brokamp:�Well now, hold on. I was thinking about this the other day, I was literally walking my dogs, thinking about, are there�fundamental reasons for why the stock market goes up? And, fortunately, a new article came up by Ben Carlson. Ben is with Ritholtz Wealth Management and has a blog called A Wealth Of Common Sense. He provided a couple of reasons for why the stock market goes up.�I read his article, did a little other research. For this�episode, I'm going to discuss some of the things that I learned and�tell you why I still think the stock market will go up over time. The�majority of my retirement assets are in the stock market. But, I do think it's just something to consider.

Southwick:�[laughs] "But,�there is an impending doom and Armageddon that I am fully ... We should still prepare for the end times," said resident awfulizer, Robert Brokamp.

Brokamp:�[laughs]�Alright, well, let's start with Ben's post, shall we?

Southwick:�Yes.

Brokamp:�Like many of these discussions, it begins with historical data. He�provides some data from the Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook. It�looked at returns from 1900 to 2017, pretty long-term. 117 years, I don't know, is that enough? We'll see. Anyway, United States? 6.5% a year, after inflation. Throw in 3-3.5% for inflation, you get that 10% that people often hear about.

Southwick:�On this show, in fact.

Brokamp:�On this very show! That�compares to 2% for bonds after inflation. So, stocks historically have outperformed bonds. That all sounds very good, but it's important to remember that we U.S.�investors have had a pretty good time of it. Over the long-term,�there have only been two other countries that have outperformed the U.S. Anyone�want to take a guess? Anyone? Anyone? You won't be able to guess them. It's a challenge.

Southwick:�That's�quite a challenge. I'm going to say Uzbekistan --

Brokamp:�No, it's not that.

Southwick:�I'm trying to go as obscure as possible. And Djibouti.

Brokamp:�No. No. 1 was South Africa, No. 2 was Australia.

Southwick:�Oh, OK. I could buy that.

Brokamp:�Yeah, you could have gotten there. When you take out the U.S., the world over that span of time returned 4.5% after inflation.�

But�there are plenty of examples where things did not work out for a country.�Japan is commonly cited as an example. First of all, there was World War II, where its�stock market dropped something like 96%. The same thing happened in Germany, Austria, a lot of other countries. Its stock market now, the NIKKEI, is�still down more than 40% from where it was in 1989. Back in the 1950s, Egypt's stock market was the fifth-biggest in the world. But then they turned socialist and the stock market closed down from 1961 to 1992.�

Then we look at the U.K.'s�FTSE. The U.K.'s�FTSE 100 hit�$6,950 in 1999, just a little under $7,000. Just this past March, it dipped below that level. Now, it shot up to $7,700 since then, but we're still looking at not-all-that-impressive growth for a period of almost 20 years. Of course,�you got dividends along the way, but still, a developed country, long-term holding period, not as much money as you might have expected.�

Still, when you look at the world average, stocks on the whole have made money and have outperformed bonds. Can we expect similar performance in the future? The answer is, I think yes.�

Southwick:�As much as it pains you to say that. [laughs]�

Brokamp:�[laughs]�I'll give two reasons from Carlson's article, and then I'll add five others�from my other research.

Southwick:�There we go, alright.

Brokamp:�Here we go. No. 1: you own a piece of a company. Carlson wrote, "The structural idea is that stocks offer a piece of ownership in corporations." This is something we've mentioned before on the show. Investopedia defines a stock as a type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation's assets and earnings.�

I think that's a good place to start when understanding the benefits of stock ownership. But that doesn't mean -- like, I own shares of�Home Depot. I can't go into Home Depot and just grab a hammer and not pay for it. And I only get cash from the company if it's paying dividends, which�not every company does. Fortunately, most do. More than 400 companies in the S&P 500 pay dividends. Those are the big companies. When you get down to small-cap stocks,�only about half pay dividends. So, most do. But they're not a guarantee. Companies can cut dividends. You're not�guaranteed to get that money. Still,�as companies grow more and they earn more money and pay more dividends,�more investors will want a piece of that action and buy more shares. So,�I think that's a good place to start.

The other reason that Carlson gave was that risk should lead to reward. He�pointed out that, on the capital structure, bonds are ahead of stocks. If a company goes out of business, bondholders generally don't lose everything. They get a little bit back. And they have to pay their interest payment�before they do anything else. You don't have any guarantee with stocks. If your company goes bankrupt, you've pretty much lost everything.�

If you were to look at a finance textbook, a theory about stock ownership, it's basically like, "You have to earn something for taking more risk. That's just built into the system."�But for me, that's actually not that compelling of a reason,�because the whole nature of risk is, you don't actually know what's going to happen. Still, I think it's important to recognize that, generally speaking, historically, risk has been rewarded. But, of the seven reasons for why I think it'll continue to happen, it's the least compelling.

Here's another reason: the economy grows over time. If�you were to have someone like Warren Buffett in the room, this is one of the reasons he always cites for why�the stock market will be a good investment. Generally speaking, the economy, especially the U.S. economy, will grow over time. In fact, in his 2016 letter,�he wrote that American GDP per capita at the time of his letter was $56,000. That's 6X higher after inflation than when he was born in 1930. It just keeps growing.�

So, assuming that the economy keeps growing, companies will be worth more. Also, people will have more money, and they'll have more money to invest. That will address part of that question of "will there be enough buyers of stocks to keep prices going." I think that's a pretty compelling argument. Assuming�that you believe that the economy will be higher ten, 20, 30 years from now, the stock market's a good investment.

Reason No. 4: inflation. There's�actually a surprisingly high amount of debate about what causes inflation. We may remember that after the Great Recession, a lot of people were afraid of inflation because of all the government stimulus. Well, that didn't happen. But I think we can agree that inflation is partially due to the fact that companies try to charge higher prices and get away with it. Starbucks just raised its prices on coffee. Amazon Prime has gone up. Netflix raised prices toward the end of last year. Every company wants to try to raise prices if they can.�Plus, it's built�into the mandate of the Federal Reserve. They have a target of maintaining 2% inflation. If they don't hit that target, they�stimulate the economy. If it gets too high, they might take some of that stimulus away. But it's built into our economy to have inflation.

If�prices are going up, that generally means companies are making more money. That�doesn't necessarily translate into higher profits,�because companies have inputs as well, and�those are going up, so they have to have pricing power and things like that. But�I think it's one reason why you can expect sales and revenue to grow in the future. It's also a reason why I think investors will favor stocks over bonds. When you buy a bond -- like a five-year bond paying�3% every year -- you're automatically going to lose inflation. If you don't want to fall behind inflation, you're going to go to the stock market. I think that, again,�also addresses some of the concerns about,�will there be enough demand for stocks in the future.

Reason No. 5:�demographics. The world keeps getting bigger. Depending on the source you consult, the world population doubles every 60-70 years. That means�more people to buy the products that the companies are selling, which drives up revenue. It also means there are more people out there to buy stocks and to invest in the future. As�long as there are more people in the world, generally speaking, the economy is going to grow.�

Now,�when you read more deeply on this topic,�you do get to a point where people ask, "Well, how much�can the world grow? At�what point does growth become unsustainable?" which I think is a long-term concern, probably more for our kids than for us. Eventually, I think that is a long-term concern. But for the foreseeable future --

Southwick:�That's what Mars is for. We'll just worry about that later.

Brokamp:�[laughs]�We'll just rely on all of that.

Southwick:�We're going to colonize ... we'll worry about that later.

Brokamp:�No. 6: productivity. One of the more interesting articles I read about why the stock market goes up was by Chris Gillett, it was published on Medium. He suggested that technological progress was a big reason for the rise of the stock market. He�created a fun little chart showing the relationship�between the number of patents issued each year�compared to the S&P 500. There's actually clearly a relationship there. As people become more inventive, go for more innovation, that does drive the economy and the stock market. Also,�technological progress leads to productivity growth. In other words, getting more done with the same amount of time. Gillett sites research from Shawn Sprague, which found that from 1998 to 2013, there was no growth in the number of hours worked, but output grew 42%. That makes companies more valuable, obviously.

Then,�the last reason, No. 7: survival of the fittest. When we talk about the stock market, we're�talking about things like the S&P 500, maybe the Dow�Total Stock Market. But we're talking, basically, companies that have made it beyond start-up status. If the stock market were made of�every company ever started in the U.S.,�things would not look so good.�According to the Small Business Administration, 30% of new businesses fail in the first two years,�50% in the first five, and only 25% make it beyond 15 years.�If you're in the stock market, you've made it beyond that. The capital markets have decided you're worth being invested in, so you've gotten beyond that. You've already established yourself. You're going to be a good investment.�

Then, when you look at an index like the S&P 500, which is market-weighted, it means that as companies grow, they have a bigger influence on the performance. As a company shrinks, its influence shrinks, as well. It's sort of a built-in mechanism by basically rewarding the companies that are doing the best.�You put that together, I think that's another reason why investing in a very broad index is probably a good strategy for the future. I think that's important to realize, because that's different than going out and picking five�individual stocks that you like. The numbers clearly show that, actually, the average stock underperforms the market.�

One of the books we often cite here at The Motley Fool as one of our favorite investing books is�One Up On Wall Street by�Peter Lynch. Peter Lynch became famous by investing in the Fidelity Magellan fund. He�left it in the early 90s. It has been a lousy fund since then. Today, the net asset value of that fund is still 24% below where it was in 1999. And�that was a diversified mutual fund of U.S.�companies.�So, I do think it makes sense that,�if you're going to invest long-term in the market, you�have to establish yourself as a really good stock picker or at least have�some of your money in a broad index so you can benefit from the overall growth of the stock market.

So,�the bottom line here is, I think there are plenty of reasons to believe that the stock market will continue to rise over time. All of my retirement money is in the stock market. But I'm a good 20 years or so from retirement. I think, once I get within ten years,�I'm going to start prying back. I think at that point in your life, it makes sense to lock in some gains.

As a closer,�let's conclude with something that Ben Carlson closed his article with. He wrote, "In�many ways, investing in the stock market is a faith-based exercise:�faith in human ingenuity, faith in the capitalist system, and faith in other people wanting to improve their lot in life. For�those who do take a leap of faith and understand the inherent riskiness of stocks,�I do believe they will continue to offer investors higher expected returns."

Southwick:�You�wouldn't say, working at The Motley Fool, you have a little bit of a bias toward investing in the stock market? [laughs]�

Brokamp:�I do have a bias. I was reading the Vanguard study. Every year, they come out with How America Saves, it's basically an analysis of all of the retirement accounts they have. As I said, 73% of assets in the stock market. They say 5% have just stocks.�

I think people here The Motley Fool, many Motley Fool�readers and listeners, are very aggressive. I would say, I don't know about the majority, but a�good percentage of people�who are fans of The Motley Fool have all-stock portfolios. That's�definitely my experience talking to them. I think�I do have a bias toward being pretty aggressive and�having a good amount of faith,�despite my awfulizing, in the stock market.

Rick Engdahl: You don't sound aggressive.

Brokamp:�[laughs] I'm just cautious! You know what I think is a big difference? It's a big difference between how I feel like I should lead my life and what I should tell people to do.�I feel a greater responsibility to be very thoughtful about what I tell people to do. I mean, if�I go 100% stocks and it drops 50% and I can't retire, big deal. It's my own life. But�if I tell people to do that, I feel horrible.

Southwick:�That's�because you're good man.

Brokamp:�Thanks!

Southwick: I want to say thanks to Brian and Emma, who sent a postcard from their honeymoon in Bora Bora!�They have been listening to the show since day one,�which is awesome! Sorry for those early episodes, but thanks for hanging in there.

Brokamp:�[laughs]�Three and a half years ago.

Southwick:�It's crazy. Also, the reviews keep coming in on iTunes! ORD767FO, Snow, CJMcKenzie, ShastaBound, RedGar, gofiremomma, BrendanRohan, they all left some reviews. I also wanted to call out gofiremomma's. She wrote, "I love listening to Alison and Bro and their advice. I'm only 24, getting into investing and trying to become FIRE pretty early." And what does FIRE stand for?

Brokamp:�Financial independence, retire early.

Southwick:�"But, they talk a lot about taxes and maximizing your money when you eventually take it out.�I also like that they talk about the best options for kids' college and education since I'm heading that way soon. Most of the things they teach me are hard to find online without hours of searching for things I never even knew existed and�probably wouldn't find out about without this podcast."

Brokamp:�Aw, that's nice!

Southwick:�Bro,�doing the digging and the research for you! So, I want to thank everyone for leaving reviews. It's awesome. It warms�the cockles of our hearts, whatever that is.

Brokamp: I looked it up once. I can't remember what the answer was.

Southwick:�Cool, Bro! [laughs]�

Engdahl: How could you look that up and not remember?

Southwick: Cool story, Bro! So,�yeah, please keep the reviews coming. They make us happy. Also the postcards! Again, our address is 2000 Duke St, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, care of Alison and Bro or Team Answers. Chances are, if it's a postcard from someplace, they'll know it's for us.�

The show is edited optimistically by Rick Engdahl. Our email is answers@fool.com. For Robert Brokamp, I'm Alison Southwick. Stay Foolish, everybody!

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Amdl Inc (TSE:ASR) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial lowered their FY2018 earnings per share estimates for shares of Amdl in a research report issued on Tuesday, May 1st. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now expects that the mining company will post earnings per share of $0.08 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.11. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Amdl’s FY2020 earnings at $0.28 EPS.

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Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. CIBC raised Amdl from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the stock from C$2.75 to C$3.50 in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Scotiabank reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a C$3.25 price objective on shares of Amdl in a research report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Amdl currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$3.23.

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Patterson Companies, Inc.(PDCO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  American International Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) by 320.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 182,605 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 139,218 shares during the period. American International Group Inc. owned approximately 0.19% of Patterson Companies worth $4,059,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Gabelli Funds LLC lifted its stake in Patterson Companies (NASDAQ:PDCO) by 18.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 560,300 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 87,800 shares during the quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC owned 0.59% of Patterson Companies worth $12,455,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: OGE Energy Corporation(OGE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE:OGE) by 24.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 54,097 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 10,617 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in OGE Energy were worth $1,773,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: AGL Resources, Inc.(GAS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Gas (CURRENCY:GAS) traded down 0.2% against the U.S. dollar during the 1 day period ending at 21:00 PM E.T. on May 19th. Over the last seven days, Gas has traded 10.8% lower against the U.S. dollar. Gas has a total market capitalization of $228.89 million and $5.00 million worth of Gas was traded on exchanges in the last day. One Gas token can currently be bought for $22.60 or 0.00274789 BTC on major exchanges including Abucoins, OKEx, Bitbns and Coinnest.

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: icad inc.(ICAD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

   

  Losers Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NASDAQ: NETS) shares dipped 43.73 percent to close at $2.87 on Tuesday as the company posted downbeat Q1 results. Cesca Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: KOOL) shares dropped 29.01 percent to close at $0.80 after reporting Q1 results. SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES) shares fell 22.2 percent to close at $0.340 after reporting Q1 miss. Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYSE: VIPS) fell 19.95 percent to close at $12.08 after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its first quarter on Monday. Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISNS) fell 19.68 percent to close at $3.775 after reporting earnings were down year over year. First quarter earnings came in flat, down from 4 cents per share in the same quarter of last year. Sales came in at $3.01 million. Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) dropped 18.47 percent to close at $9.62 on Tuesday after surging 77.44 percent on Monday. ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA) declined 16.21 percent to close at $2.43. ENDRA Life Sciences is expected to release quarterly earnings today. ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALJJ) shares fell 16.13 percent to close at $1.79. Switch Inc (NYSE: SWCH) shares dropped 14.93 percent to close at $13.16 following a first-quarter earnings miss. Restoration Robotics Inc (NASDAQ: HAIR) fell 14.42 percent to close at $3.68 after reporting a first-quarter earnings miss. iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD) declined 13.01 percent to close at $3.41 following Q1 results. Intersections Inc. (NASDAQ: INTX) fell 12.44 percent to close at $1.97. Histogenics Corporation (NASDAQ: HSGX) declined 12.24 percent to close at $2.15. AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ) fell 12.1 percent to close at $39.60 following Q3 earnings. Hallador Energy Company (NASDAQ: HNRG) fell 11.1 percent to close at $6.49. Integrated Media Technology Limited (NASDAQ: IMTE) dropped 10.66 percent to close at $16.93 on Tuesday. Myomo, Inc. (NYSE: MYO) slipp

Best Bank Stocks To Watch Right Now: Bank Of Montreal(BMO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Tuesday The Euro has plunged to its lowest point against the U.S. dollar in 2018 thanks to political problems in Europe. The breakdown of power in Italy has raised new concerns about the nation��s ability to repay its debts, as the spread between German and Italian bonds has widened. Market instability has also spread to Spain where the nation��s parliament is preparing to vote on whether to oust Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his party. Oil prices slid one news that OPEC and Russia will consider hikes in production during a meeting in Vienna, Austria on June 22nd. The news accompanied reports that U.S. production is expected to rise throughout the summer. The price of WTI oil sat at $67.20 per barrel. The Brent crude oil price recovered this morning, adding 1% to hit $76.12. Canadian banks are under pressure this morning over a major breach by cyber criminals. The Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE: CM) �� the two largest banking institutions in the country �� announced that roughly 90,000 customers�� data may have been stolen. This would be the first major cybersecurity event to happen in Canada involving financial firms. Three Stocks to Watch Today: CRM, SBUX, MOMO com (NYSE: CRM) will lead a busy day of earnings reports on Wall Street. The cloud computing giant is set to report fiscal first quarter 2019 numbers after the bell on Tuesday. The average analyst projection calls for a 46% jump in EPS of $0.46 on top of a 23% gain in revenue to $2.94 billion. Starbucks�� Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) will temporarily close about 8,000 locations on Tuesday to train roughly 175,000 employees on racial bias. The training sessions were
• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) is projected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.45 per share on revenue of $1.89 billion. Columbus McKinnon Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCO) is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $0.5 per share on revenue of $209.35 million. Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI) is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $1.38 per share on revenue of $1.47 billion. Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE: KORS) is projected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.59 per share on revenue of $1.15 billion. Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV) is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.11 per share on revenue of $109.47 million. Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $0.26 per share on revenue of $552.31 million. DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) is projected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.37 per share on revenue of $681.89 million. Daktronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: DAKT) is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $0.05 per share on revenue of $147.20 million. Destination XL Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXLG) is estimated to report a quarterly loss at $0.14 per share on revenue of $107.63 million. Bank of Montreal (NYSE: BMO) is expected to report its quarterly earnings at $1.67 per share on revenue of $4.21 billion. MakeMyTrip Limited (NASDAQ: MMYT) is projected to report its quarterly loss at $0.39 per share on revenue of $143.03 million. EVINE Live Inc. (NASDAQ: EVLV) is expected to report its quarterly loss at $0.02 per share on revenue of $155.98 million. RBC Bearings Incorporated (NASDAQ: ROLL) is estimated to report its quarterly earnings at $1.14 per share on revenue of $175.55 million.

   

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Gulf International Bank UK Ltd lessened its holdings in shares of Bank of Montreal (NYSE:BMO) (TSE:BMO) by 1.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 203,765 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 2,350 shares during the quarter. Gulf International Bank UK Ltd’s holdings in Bank of Montreal were worth $15,372,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

The Lira Is On a Tear

The lira advanced the most among major peers worldwide amid reports the central bank plans to narrow its interest-rate corridor, a move it said would be a long-anticipated step toward simplification of Turkish monetary policy.

The currency rose 2 percent to 4.6212 against the dollar as of 9:35 a.m. in Istanbul, poised for its first gain in three days. The central bank is planning to set up a symmetric and narrow interest rate corridor, Business HT reported governor Murat Cetinkaya as saying by sources it didn’t identify. The bank plans using the one-week repurchase rate as the main funding channel again, the news website reported.

If true, it would allow the “central bank to deliver a significant rate hike in the policy corridor,” Global Securities analysts including Sertan Kargin wrote in a note, referring to the news report. The move would help convince the market about the central bank’s “policy independence and its commitment to do more.”

The rebound comes as Cetinkaya and Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek plan to meet with investors in London on Monday and Tuesday. Their visit follows the worst week for the lira since the financial crisis. The volume of trades may be impacted by public holidays in the U.S. and U.K. markets on Monday.

Last week’s combination of a rising dollar, concern over the nation’s double-digit inflation and widening budget deficit, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s plan to have more say in monetary policy spurred a flight from lira assets. Even the central bank’s unscheduled rate increase failed to support the currency for long.

The overnight borrowing, one-week repurchase and overnight lending rates are currently at 7.25 percent, 8 percent and 9.25 percent.

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Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019

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Customers browse produce for sale while shopping on the opening day of the 365 by Whole Foods Market store in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. (Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

The hedge fund that prodded grocery giant Safeway off the market has a new grocer in its crosshairs: Whole Foods.

Shares of Whole Foods are surging more than 10% in late Monday trading following a new SEC filing that reveals Jana Partners -- an activist firm that helped nudge Safeway and PetSmart into private holdings in 2014 -- has taken a nearly 9% stake in the struggling natural foods seller. In the filing, Jana called Whole Foods shares "undervalued" and called for the company to seriously consider strategic alternatives.

"Whole Foods Market welcomes investment in the company and is open to the views and opinions of all of our shareholders," a spokesperson said in a statement Monday evening. "We value constructive dialogue toward our shared goals of creating shareholder value, successfully executing on our strategic priorities and taking actions that will position the company for continued success."

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.(VNDA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:VNDA) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Buy” from the eight ratings firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1-year price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $22.40.

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: tronc, Inc. (TRNC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Elizabeth Balboa]

  Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), tronc Inc (NASDAQ: TRNC) and A&E Networks — a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) — were found to have forgone the costly risk of violating GDPR and pulled out of the European market altogether.

• [By Lisa Levin]

   

  Companies Reporting After The Bell Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $10.67 per share on revenue of $2.87 billion. CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.19 per share on revenue of $6.00 billion. Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $1.21 per share on revenue of $803.36 million. Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.81 per share on revenue of $751.57 million. IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ: IAC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.8 per share on revenue of $923.80 million. Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.62 per share on revenue of $691.75 million. Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.29 per share on revenue of $1.09 billion. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.54 per share on revenue of $7.41 billion. ICU Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICUI) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.84 per share on revenue of $346.28 million. TechnipFMC plc (NYSE: FTI) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.33 per share on revenue of $3.13 billion. Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.91 per share on revenue of $401.76 million. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE: DNB) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $1.07 per share on revenue of $386.91 million. Matrix Service Company (NASDAQ: MTRX) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $285.16 million. Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MHLD) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.21 per share on revenue of $739.31 million. tronc, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.65 per share on revenue of $428.25 million. Copa Holdings,
• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Several large newspaper chains will face the largest increases in newsprint prices in absolute dollars. These are Gannett (NYSE: GCI), tronc (NASDAQ: TRNC), hedge fund owned Digital First Media, which just laid off dozens of people in Denver and on the West Coast, Hearst, Advance Media, McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) and Gatehouse Media. Among them, they own most of the large newspapers in America and hundreds of newspapers in aggregate. Each of these companies has newsprint demand much larger than that of The Tampa Bay Times.

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Newspaper publisher Tronc Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC) may have a new controlling shareholder. According to the New York Post:

  McCormick Media, which already has a definitive agreement to buy the 25.7 percent of Tronc stock owned by ex-chairman Michael Ferro, is in talks with another ��significant�� shareholder about increasing its stake even further.

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Tronc Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC), the owner of the Lost Angeles Times, agreed to sell the paper to billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, who is also one of Tronc’s largest shareholders. The deal, for $500 million and the assumption of about $90 million in pension liabilities, was announced on February 7. The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice blessed the deal on March 7, almost two months ago.

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Lewis D’Vorkin, the editor-in-chief of the L.A. Times, owned by Tronc Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNC), left the paper after contentious relations with his staff. According to The Wall Street Journal:

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated(RBA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin]

   

  Companies Reporting After The Bell NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.45 per share on revenue of $2.89 billion. News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.07 per share on revenue of $1.99 billion. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.39 per share on revenue of $1.19 billion. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ: PPC) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.54 per share on revenue of $2.65 billion. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HE) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.38 per share on revenue of $556.81 million. Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $1.01 per share on revenue of $383.37 million. Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.27 per share on revenue of $880.89 million. Civitas Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: CIVI) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.12 per share on revenue of $396.25 million. The Trade Desk, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTD) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.1 per share on revenue of $73.23 million. Amdocs Limited (NYSE: DOX) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.95 per share on revenue of $980.50 million. Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is estimated to post quarterly loss at $0.04 per share on revenue of $220.14 million. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.43 per share on revenue of $210.01 million. TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is projected to post quarterly earnings at $0.37 per share on revenue of $198.62 million. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (NYSE: RBA) is expected to post quarterly earnings at $0.17 per share on revenue of $153.87 million. Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ: UNIT) is estimated to post quarterly earnings at $0.01 per share on revenue of $247.16 million. Jagged Peak En
• [By Max Byerly]

  Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE:RBA) (TSE:RBA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 10th. The business services provider reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.17 by ($0.01). Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers had a net margin of 10.96% and a return on equity of 12.50%. The business had revenue of $169.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $153.56 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.12 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 36.4% on a year-over-year basis. equities research analysts forecast that Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will post 1.06 EPS for the current year.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA)

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Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Globus Medical, Inc.(GMED)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Globus Medical Inc (NYSE:GMED) – Research analysts at William Blair cut their Q2 2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Globus Medical in a report released on Thursday, May 3rd. William Blair analyst K. Krum now forecasts that the medical device company will earn $0.35 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.37. William Blair also issued estimates for Globus Medical’s Q3 2018 earnings at $0.35 EPS, FY2018 earnings at $1.52 EPS, Q1 2019 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.46 EPS and FY2019 earnings at $1.71 EPS.

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Duke Energy Corporation(DUK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By ]

  1. Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK)
  Defensive utility stocks that pay a steady dividend are one way to start building your bear market moat. No matter how bad things may get, utilities are a must for our modern life.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Investors purchased shares of Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on weakness during trading hours on Wednesday following insider selling activity. $62.54 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $49.30 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $13.24 million into the stock. Of all stocks tracked, Duke Energy had the 30th highest net in-flow for the day. Duke Energy traded down ($0.90) for the day and closed at $76.03Specifically, Director E Marie Mckee sold 2,006 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $77.49, for a total value of $155,444.94. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.

• [By Lisa Levin] Companies Reporting Before The Bell Nomad Foods Limited (NYSE: NOMD) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.36 per share on revenue of $656.43 million. AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $2.2 per share on revenue of $720.14 million. Magna International Inc. (NYSE: MGA) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $1.7 per share on revenue of $10.11 billion. Univar Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.36 per share on revenue of $2.12 billion. Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.14 per share on revenue of $5.78 billion. Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.47 per share on revenue of $2.40 billion. Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PBH) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.61 per share on revenue of $255.60 million. Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is projected to report quarterly earnings at $0.06 per share on revenue of $457.67 million. ArcBest Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCB) is estimated to report quarterly loss at $0.07 per share on revenue of $691.18 million. Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: GEN) is projected to report quarterly loss at $0.34 per share on revenue of $1.32 billion. Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.55 per share on revenue of $10.14 billion. Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $1.34 billion. NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $1.01 per share on revenue of $332.93 million. World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ: WRLD) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $3.94 per share on revenue of $147.32 million. MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE: MMS) is expected to report quarterly earnings at $0.84 per share on revenue of $616.04 million. Choice Hotels International, Inc. (NYSE: CH

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Insulet Corporation(PODD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Insulet Co. (NASDAQ:PODD) – Stock analysts at Oppenheimer decreased their Q4 2018 earnings estimates for shares of Insulet in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, May 4th. Oppenheimer analyst S. Lichtman now forecasts that the medical instruments supplier will post earnings of $0.01 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.05. Oppenheimer has a “Hold” rating and a $90.00 price objective on the stock. Oppenheimer also issued estimates for Insulet’s FY2019 earnings at $0.35 EPS.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Insulet (NASDAQ: PODD) is one of 106 publicly-traded companies in the “Surgical & medical instruments” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Insulet to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and profitability.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Insulet Co. (NASDAQ:PODD) hit a new 52-week high and low on Friday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as low as $94.25 and last traded at $83.83, with a volume of 788324 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $87.09.

• [By Chris Lange]

  Insulet Corp. (NASDAQ: PODD) released its most recent earnings report after the markets closed on Wednesday. The company posted a net loss of $0.12 per share on $130.5 million in revenue, versus consensus estimates that called for a net loss of $0.08 per share on $125.3 million in revenue. Analysts weighed in on the firm:

• [By Beth McKenna]

  Insulet (NASDAQ:PODD)�reported strong first-quarter 2018 financial results after the market close on Thursday.�

  The drug delivery company, which is a leader in tubeless insulin pump technology with its Omnipod Insulin Management System,�delivered revenue growth of 21% year over year -- exceeding its guidance -- and narrowed its loss per share to $0.11 from $0.17 in the year-ago period.

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: MGM Resorts International(MGM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  There's been much speculation on whether MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) might step in and buy Wynn Boston Harbor because regulators may not approve of Wynn Resorts running the operation. After founder and CEO Steve Wynn left his leadership position at the company and sold all his shares after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, Massachusetts gaming officials are taking a look at the casino operator's licenses.

• [By Rich Duprey]

  For example, MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) issued a statement saying:

  Having spent decades building trust with regulators, successfully operating sports books in Nevada, and hosting the world's leading sporting events, MGM Resorts International is extremely well positioned for a post-PASPA environment.

• [By ]

  Cramer said that Everi (EVRI) has been a roller coaster and is too risky for most investors. He recommended his favorite in the casino space, MGM Resorts (MGM) .

• [By ]

  How We Avoided A 10% Loss -- And Booked 8.9% Gains Instead
  Take what happened with MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) one of Jimmy's picks back in 2016.

  When the stock came across the Maximum Profit system as a "buy," the stock went on to gain 8.9% in about four months. That's pretty good, it's not really the point here. As you can see from the chart below, just after the "sell" signal was issued, MGM dropped back to around $26 in pretty short order.

• [By Travis Hoium]

  Rumors began swirling late last week that MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM)�was interested in buying the embattled Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN)�in a deal�that would be the biggest ever for the gaming industry. It makes sense that competitors are viewing Wynn as a target after�founder Steve Wynn stepped down as CEO and sold his shares in the company, but there may be reasons Wynn Resorts should want to sell to the right company.�

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: NewMarket Corporation(NEU)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on NewMarket (NEU)

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Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.(ALSN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) – Investment analysts at Oppenheimer increased their FY2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Allison Transmission in a research note issued on Monday, April 30th. Oppenheimer analyst I. Zaffino now expects that the auto parts company will post earnings of $3.79 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $3.32. Oppenheimer also issued estimates for Allison Transmission’s FY2019 earnings at $4.16 EPS.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th, Zacks reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 21st will be given a dividend of 0.15 per share by the auto parts company on Thursday, May 31st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 18th.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  ARP Americas LP lowered its stake in shares of Allison Transmission (NYSE:ALSN) by 8.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 14,497 shares of the auto parts company’s stock after selling 1,400 shares during the quarter. ARP Americas LP’s holdings in Allison Transmission were worth $566,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Top 10 Undervalued Stocks To Watch For 2019: Corporate Office Properties Trust(OFC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Media headlines about Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Corporate Office Properties Trust earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 45.8310227240563 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.