Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now

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Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Newell Rubbermaid Inc.(NWL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Rational Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Newell Brands Inc (NYSE:NWL) by 50,806.7% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 38,180 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 38,105 shares during the period. Rational Advisors LLC’s holdings in Newell Brands were worth $985,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC cut its position in Newell Brands Inc (NYSE:NWL) by 20.2% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 88,318 shares of the company’s stock after selling 22,384 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC’s holdings in Newell Brands were worth $2,250,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Newell Brands Inc. (NYSE: NWL) traded down more than 1.5% Thursday and posted a new 52-week low of $23.41 after closing Wednesday at $24.78. The stock’s 52-week high is $55.08. Volume totaled around 8.2 million, approaching 15% above the daily average of around 1.1 million. The company had no specific news.

• [By WWW.GURUFOCUS.COM]

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  These are the top 5 holdings of Carl IcahnIcahn Enterprises LP (IEP) - 157,898,582 shares, 44.76% of the total portfolio. Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (HLF) - 45,744,648 shares, 11.08% of the total portfolio. CVR Energy Inc (CVI) - 71,198,718 shares, 10.69% of the total portfolio. Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG) - 32,680,490 shares, 8.68% of the total portfolio. Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) - 50,161,354 shares, 4.38% of the total p
• [By Jamal Carnette, CFA]

  If there's a company that's recently been an example of misguided acquisition, it would be Newell Brands (NYSE:NWL). The company paid approximately $13.2 billion for Jarden Brands in late 2015, with the expectation that the combination would afford synergies and the scale needed to lower costs and more effectively compete against other consumer-focused brands.

• [By Chris Lange]

  When Newell Brands Inc. (NASDAQ: NWL) released its fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Friday, the firm said that it had $0.71 in earnings per share (EPS) and $2.3 billion in revenue. This compares to consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters that called for $0.67 in EPS and $2.43 billion in revenue, as well as the $0.68 per share and $3.74 billion posted in last year's fourth quarter.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Ideal Power Inc.(IPWR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Shares of Ideal Power Inc (NASDAQ:IPWR) hit a new 52-week low on Monday . The company traded as low as $0.60 and last traded at $0.61, with a volume of 100 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.61.

• [By Max Byerly]

  News articles about Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Ideal Power earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 47.3748047378114 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Ideal Power (NASDAQ: IPWR) and Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and earnings.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  Here are last week's top-performing penny stocks:

  Penny Stock Sector Current Share Price Last Week's Gain Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. (NASDAQ: SOLO) Consumer Goods $4.39 259.84% Gridsum Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: GSUM) Technology $4.32 108.70% Sky Solar Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: SKYS) Utilities $1.08 89.47% Conformis Inc. (NASDAQ: CFMS) Healthcare $1.26 75.00% Ideal Power Inc. (NASDAQ: IPWR) Industrial Goods $0.52 56.73% ADMA Biologics Inc. (NASDAQ: ADMA) Healthcare $4.22 52.35% CAS Medical Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CASM) Healthcare $2.41 51.57% Arcimoto Inc. (NASDAQ: FUV) Consumer Goods $4.88 50.15% Adomani Inc. (NASDAQ: ADOM) Consumer Goods $0.38 49.94% Huttig Building Products Inc. (NASDAQ: HBP) Services $3.41 47.62%

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Here are some of the news headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:

  Get Ideal Power alerts: Ideal Power (IPWR) Expected to Announce Quarterly Sales of $390,000.00 (americanbankingnews.com) -$0.15 EPS Expected for Ideal Power (IPWR) This Quarter (americanbankingnews.com) Ideal Power Receives 1.1 Megawatt Purchase Order for its SunDial Plus Inverters (investingnews.com) Ideal Power Receives 1.1 Megawatt Purchase Order for its SunDial Plus Inverters from NEXTracker for One of the Largest Solar-and-Storage Installations in Iowa (finance.yahoo.com)

  A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Ideal Power from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $1.50 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 10th. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $4.00 price target on shares of Ideal Power in a research note on Wednesday, March 7th. Roth Capital reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $1.00 price target on shares of Ideal Power in a research note on Wednesday, March 7th. Finally, B. Riley cut shares of Ideal Power from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $5.00 to $2.50 in a research note on Wednesday, March 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Ideal Power currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $3.00.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now: NetApp Inc.(NTAP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Wednesday In addition to Trump's concerns about China and trade, the President also stated that he is unsure whether a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un will take place as planned. Multiple media outlets this morning are questioning if the event will take place. The summit is tentatively planned for June 12. Banking stocks were on the move after Congress passed new laws designed to reduce regulations for thousands of financial institutions. The new rules will ensure that smaller banks are not facing the same strict rules as the bigger giants. The financial sector has been lobbying to changes to the Dodd-Frank Act since its inception after the 2008-09 financial crisis. Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with members of the European Union on Tuesday. The CEO of the social media giant outraged European Parliament members after reportedly dodging questions about user privacy and the firm's collection of personal data. During the conversation, EU members questioned whether Facebook is a monopoly and pondered if the firm should be broken up due to antitrust concerns. Three Stocks to Watch Today: TGT, LOW, TIF Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) fell nearly 6% after the retail giant fell short of earnings expectations before the bell. The firm reported earnings per share of $1.32. This figure missed Wall Street earnings expectations by six cents. The retail giant blamed poor spring weather for its performance and said that its bottom line has been impacted by the costs of upgrading its physical locations. Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) stock gained
• [By Garrett Baldwin]

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  Three Stocks to Watch Today: CSCO, M, BLK The earnings report calendar is headlined today by Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO). The tech giant will report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell. Wall Street expects that the firm will report earnings per share (EPS) of $0.69 on top of $12.77 billion in revenue. Shares of Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) are on the move after the company reported earnings before the bell. The iconic retailer reported adjusted EPS of $0.70 on top of $5.57 billion in revenue. Wall Street had expected EPS of $0.49 on top of $5.61 billion in revenue. Shares of Macy's stock were off 5.3% in premarket hours. George Soros' firm Soros Fund Management increased its stake in shares of Blackrock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) by a whopping 60% in the second quarter, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. If you were using Money Morning's proprietary Stock VQScore, you'd have known that Blackrock was sitting in the "Buy Zone" before the SEC filing was made public. The global asset manager has a perfect 4.75 score, and it will look to blast off now that other investors start to follow Soros and other institutional investors that love this stock. To learn more about the Money Morning Stock VQScore, go here right now. Look for additional earnings reports from NetApp Inc. (Nasdaq: NTAP), MSG Networks Inc. (NYSE: MSGN), CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CACI), Briggs & Stratton Corp. (NYSE: BGG), SpartanNash Co. (Nasdaq: SPTN), and Luxoft Holding Inc. (NYSE: LXFT).

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Pivotal Research set a $74.00 price target on NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) in a research note released on Wednesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the data storage provider’s stock.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) by 22.3% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 381,020 shares of the data storage provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 69,530 shares during the quarter. Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in NetApp were worth $23,505,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Lee Jackson]

  NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) was added to US 1 list earlier this year and has been on big run since last fall. The company provides software, systems and services to manage and store computer data worldwide. It offers flash; flash arrays that support data management; hybrid arrays to deploy the speed of flash storage; hybrid cloud; ONTAP cloud storage data management service; NetApp cloud sync hybrid data management software as a service; NetApp private storage for cloud; and AltaVault cloud-integrated solutions.

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Senior Housing Properties Trust(SNH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Senior Housing Properties Trust (SNH)

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• [By Money Morning News Team]

  Senior Housing Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SNH) is a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT). It owns 443 properties nationwide, housing medical offices, senior homes, and managed senior housing properties.

• [By Brian Feroldi, Matthew Frankel, and Dan Caplinger]

  Retirees should favor companies that operate in stable industries and offer their shareholders a predictable stream of income. So which stocks in particular do we think can fulfill their needs? We asked a team of Motley Fool investors to weigh in, and they picked Senior Housing Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SNH), Prologis (NYSE:PLD), and 3M (NYSE:MMM). 

Top 5 Safest Stocks To Invest In Right Now: VSE Corporation(VSEC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Stantec (NYSE: STN) and VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

• [By Tyler Crowe, Rich Smith, and Daniel Miller]

  In the spirit of Lynch's investment principles, we asked three of our Motley Fool investors to each highlight a stock Wall Street isn't paying much attention to, but could be a great investment. Here's a brief look at their selections: WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC), Control4 (NASDAQ:CTRL), and VSE Corporation (NASDAQ:VSEC). 

• [By Max Byerly]

  VSE (NASDAQ:VSEC) was downgraded by investment analysts at BidaskClub from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued on Monday.