LONDON -- The latest share-price recovery has started at�Centamin� (LSE: CEY ) , as the miner released positive results for the quarter ending 31 March this morning, sending the shares up over 3% in early trade.
Pre-tax profit increased to $71.89 million for the first quarter, up from $50.81 million at the same period last year, while revenue increased to $138.2 million from $87.7 million last year.
Basic earnings per share before exceptional charges came in at�6.60 cents for Q1 2013, a whopping 66% increase on the prior-year period, and a 6% rise on Q4 2012, leading to record quarterly earnings.
At 87,016 ounces, gold production also hit new heights in the first quarter, increasing 77% against Q1 2012 and a respectable 2% on the previous quarter.
Centamin chairman Josef El-Raghy commented: "We remain on track in 2013 for a further increase in annual production of over 20% from 2012, as we expect to meet our unchanged full year production guidance of 320,000 ounces at US$700 per ounce cash operating cost."
Top 5 Mid Cap Companies To Own For 2015: Blackrock Global (BOE)
BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets across the globe. The fund invests in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in all cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P Global Broad Market Index. BlackRock Global Opportunities Equity Trust was formed on May 31, 2005 and is domiciled in the United States.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By idahansen]
Due to the impact of The Great Recession, stocks in the agricultural sector such as Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), The Mosiac Company (NYSE: MOS), and Potash of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) are trading well below highs. The exchange traded fund for the industry, DBA Power Shares, (NYSE: DBA), is down more than 17% for the last year. Despite this bearish trend, legendary investors such as Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Jim Rogers are very positive for the agriculture group. With the long term bullish outlook for the sector from the greatest investors in history, small cap stocks active in the fertilizer sector such as Sirius Minerals (LSE: SXX) and Americas Petrogas (TSX: BOE) are especially attractive.
- [By Canadian Value]
Post-scriptum: Wow! In a recent Bloomberg article, Andrew Gracie, an executive director at the Bank of England (BoE), was proposing that in the event of a bank failure, regulators could suspend derivatives contracts affecting the failed bank on a global basis.4 He further argues that ��he entry of a bank into resolution should not in itself be an event of default�� In other words, the solution proposed by the BoE to deal with a bank that fails and that has entered in a mountain of derivatives contracts is to suspend the market.
Top Diversified Bank Companies To Own In Right Now: LGL Group Inc (LGL)
The LGL Group, Inc., incorporated in 1928, is a producer of industrial and commercial products and services that is focused on the design and manufacture of electronic components and subsystems. The Company operates through its principal subsidiary, M-tron Industries, Inc. (Mtron), which includes the operations of its subsidiary, M-tron Industries, Ltd., as well as the operations of its subsidiary, Piezo Technology, Inc. (PTI) and PTI's subsidiary Piezo Technology India Private Ltd. MtronPTI's frequency control devices consist of packaged quartz crystals, crystal oscillators and electronic filters. MtronPTI markets and sells its products through a variety of channels and agents. MtronPTI�� operations are located in Orlando, Florida, Yankton, South Dakota, and Noida, India. In February 2014, its primary operating subsidiary, MtronPTI, acquired certain filter product line assets from Trilithic, Inc.
MtronPTI designs, manufactures and sells standard and custom-engineered electronic components that are used primarily to control the frequency or timing of signals in electronic circuits. Its devices, which are commonly called frequency control devices, are used in infrastructure equipment for the telecommunications and network equipment industries. Its devices are also used in electronic systems for military applications, avionics, earth-orbiting satellites, medical devices, instrumentation, industrial devices and global positioning systems.
MtronPTI�� products are frequency control devices, including packaged quartz crystals, oscillators incorporating those crystals and electronic filter products. MtronPTI designs and produces a range of packaged quartz crystals, quartz crystal-based oscillators and electronic filter products. The Packaged Crystal is a single crystal in a hermetically sealed package that is used by electronic equipment manufacturers, along with their own electronic circuitry, to build oscillators for frequency control in their electronic devices. Its Clock Osc! illator is a self-contained package with a crystal and electronic circuitry that is used as a subsystem by electronic equipment manufacturers to provide frequency control for their devices. The voltage controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) is a variable frequency oscillator whose frequency can be changed by varying the control voltage to the oscillator.
The temperature compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) is a stable oscillator designed for use over a range of temperatures. Oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OCXO) are designed to produce a higher level of stability. The Electronic filters use either crystal technology, precise manufacturing of inductive/capacitive circuits, or low and high-powered cavity. This variety of features in MtronPTI�� product family offers the designers at electronic equipment manufacturers a range of options as they create the needed performance in their products.
MtronPTI�� oscillator products operate at frequencies ranging from 2 kilohertz to over 1.4 gigahertz. It offers crystal and inductive/capacitive filters with central frequencies from a direct current to 15 gigahertz. Majority of MtronPTI�� products are custom-designed for requirements of specific original equipment manufacturer (OEM) systems. MtronPTI�� products are employed in numerous applications within the communications industry, including computer and telephone network switches, high-speed gigabit Ethernet, modems, wireless transmitters/receivers, multiplexers, data recovery/regeneration devices, fiber channel networks, repeaters, data transceivers, line interface devices, communications satellites and base station controllers. Its products are incorporated into end products that serve all elements of the communications industry.
The crystals, oscillators and filters are found in military applications for remote sensing, personnel protection and armaments. Avionics applications include ground and flight control systems. Industrial applications are in security s! ystems, m! etering systems, electronic test instruments and industrial control systems. MtronPTI�� products are also used in medical instrumentation applications, as well as in various computer peripheral equipment, such as storage devices, printers, modems, monitors, video cards and sound cards. MtronPTI�� timing module, an electronic subsystem, is a pre-assembled circuit that integrates several different functions into a small, single, self-contained module for control of timing in a circuit. Timing modules are frequently used for the synchronization of timing signals in digital circuits, particularly in wireless and optical carrier network systems.
The Company competes with Dover Corporation, CTS Corporation and Pericom Semiconductor Corporation.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Sally Jones]
The recently updated portfolio of GAMCO Investors has 799 stocks, 50 of them new, with a total value of $15.9 billion. The firm has a quarter-over-quarter turnover of 4%. Here's a detailed look at four micro cap companies in the GAMCO portfolio.
LGL Group Inc. (LGL) ��Market Cap $15 Million - [By ShadowStock]
LGL: The LGL Group (LGL) was founded in 1917. LGL manufactures electronic components.
The per-share current book value is $9.65. But within that $9.65 book value per share is cash of $5.15, net PPE of 1.79, inventory of 2.24, and AR of 1.83. Furthermore, current assets less current liabilities is $6.62 per share. LGL�� current price is $6.54.
Real estate owned: One building in Orlando Florida along with 7 acres of land. Two buildings in Yankton, South Dakota, located on 11 acres of land.
Market Cap: $17.93M
Enterprise Value: $7.82M
Historical low valuations based on EV/Sales at .33 and EV/Book at .45. coupled with strong insider buying.
Top Diversified Bank Companies To Own In Right Now: Costco Wholesale Corporation(COST)
Costco Wholesale Corporation operates membership warehouses that offer a selection of branded and private label products in a range of merchandise categories in no-frills, self-service warehouse facilities. The company's product categories include candy, snack foods, tobacco, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and cleaning and institutional supplies; appliances, electronics, health and beauty aids, hardware, office supplies, garden and patio, sporting goods, toys, seasonal items, and automotive supplies; dry and institutionally packaged foods; apparel, domestics, jewelry, house wares, media, home furnishings, cameras, and small appliances; meat, bakery, deli, and produce; and gas stations, pharmacy, food court, optical, one-hour photo, hearing aid, and travel. It also provides business and gold star (individual) membership services. As of April 26, 2011, the company operated 581 warehouses, including 425 in the United States and Puerto Rico, 80 in Canada, 22 in the Uni ted Kingdom, 7 in Korea, 6 in Taiwan, 8 in Japan, 1 in Australia, and 32 in Mexico. It also has Costco Online, an electronic commerce Web site, at costco.com in the United States and at costco.ca in Canada. The company was formerly known as Costco Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation in August 1999. Costco Wholesale Corporation was founded in 1976 and is based in Issaquah, Washington.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Duprey]
Although many are critical of Wal-Mart's supposed low wages, the average full-time rate is $12.78 an hour. That may be below the likes of the $17-an-hour wage media darling�Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) employees make, but the two companies are very different. Wal-Mart, at 4,400 stores (including Sam's Clubs), has 10 times as many stores as Costco, while carrying 140,000 SKUs compared to just 4,000 at its rival big-box store. Wal-Mart also employs some 1.4 million people while Costco has just 160,000. Moreover, the customers it serves are lower-income people than the average $85,000-a-year income of the upper-middle-class Costco shopper.
- [By Timothy Green]
Retailer Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) is not in a bubble like Tesla and 3D Systems above. It's one of the only retailers that has been able to continually report rising sales and profits. Both Wal-Mart and Target came up short of expectations last quarter, and other retailers are also struggling. But Costco just keeps on growing, beating expectations along the way.
- [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
Warehouse retailer Costco's (NASDAQ: COST ) stock is sitting, along with much of the market, at close to record highs. It's also valued at a hefty premium when compared with its rivals. But there are good reasons for investors to be bullish on the company's prospects from here. Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos discusses the reasons he thinks Costco deserves its premium valuation.
- [By John Maxfield]
There are a handful of companies that arguably define every generation of American consumer. For the current generation, it's undeniable that Costco (NASDAQ: COST ) fits this bill. But does that mean Costco stock is a buy? Not so fast.
Top Diversified Bank Companies To Own In Right Now: Synchronoss Technologies Inc.(SNCR)
Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. provides on-demand transaction management solutions primarily in North America. It offers solutions to manage transactions, including device and service procurement, provisioning, activation, intelligent connectivity management, and content synchronization for communications service providers, cable operators/multi-services operators, original equipment manufacturers with embedded connectivity, and e-Tailers/retailers. The company provides ConvergenceNow, ConvergenceNow Plus+, and InterconnectNow platforms that provide on-demand order processing, transaction management, service provisioning, device activation, intelligent connectivity, and content transfer and synchronization through e-commerce, telesales, enterprise, indirect, and other retail outlet channels. It also offers PerformancePartner Portal, a graphical user interface that allows the entry of transaction data into the gateway; Gateway Manager, which offers the capability to fulfill multiple types of transactions; WorkFlow Manager that provides interaction with third-party relationships, as well as enables customers to have a single transaction view, including data from third-party systems; and Visibility Manager, which offers a centralized reporting platform for intelligent analytics around the workflow, transaction management information, historical trending, and mobile reporting for users to receive critical transaction data on mobile devices. In addition, the company provides Content Synchronization Portal that facilitates content migration across devices from different platforms; Device Client, which offers connectivity for activation, connection management, and content migration and synchronization for feature phones, smartphones, computers, and tablets. It sells its products and services through direct sales force and strategic partners. Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Lee Jackson]
Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) may not only beat earnings, but CNBC�� Jim Cramer is touting it as a breakout stock that may be ready to explode for investors. The company provides software-based activation and personal cloud solutions for connected devices. The consensus price target for the stock is $38.
- [By Evan Niu, CFA]
What: Shares of Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ: SNCR ) have popped today by as much as 12% after the company announced first-quarter results that topped expectations.
- [By Lee Jackson]
Synchronoss Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR) was added to the Credit Suisse U.S. focus list on Monday. The company trounced earnings expectations and even topped its own sales estimates for the quarter. Cloud services grew 30% from a year ago and now comprise nearly a third of total revenue. Deutsche Bank has a $40 price target, and the consensus number is at $38.
Top Diversified Bank Companies To Own In Right Now: Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN)
Gladstone Investment Corporation specializes in buyouts and recapitalizations. It seeks to make debt and equity investments in small and mid-sized private businesses. The fund invests in junior subordinated loans, mezzanine debt, preferred stock, and warrants to purchase common stock of companies based in the the United States. It can also invest in senior secured loans and common stock. The fund prefers to invest between $3 million and $20 million. It invests individually as well as jointly with other buyout funds. The fund is treated as a business development company under the 1940 Act.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Monica Wolfe]
Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN)
Over the past week two corporate executives made buys into Gladstone Investment Corporation. COO Terry Brubaker made three different buys over the past week and CEO David Gladstone made one.
- [By Monica Gerson]
Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ: GAIN) is projected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.17 per share on revenue of $8.90 million.
First Horizon National (NYSE: FHN) is expected to report its Q2 earnings at $0.17 per share on revenue of $286.98 million.
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