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  • Three Top Coronavirus Stocks to Buy Anytime Soon

    Three Top Coronavirus Stocks to Buy Anytime Soon

    The best companies that have developed stronger during the pandemic.

    There is a saying that in every dark cloud there is a silver lining. Amidst the catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought some notable opportunities for investors and companies, as well. Some of the industries have highly benefited such as the medicine and pharmaceutical companies have gone bullish following the vaccine development.

    For investors, if you’re looking for a secure investment and maximization of your wealth the best option is to go with well-positioned market leaders and hold them for a long period. So, we will be looking at the three top coronavirus stocks that could be a buy anytime soon.

    Square (SQ)

    The emerging financial services, merchant services aggregator, and mobile payment company, Square (SQ) is shaping up the future fintech world. As retail sales shifting online and during the pandemic, it has accelerated the pace of digital glory.

    Customer sales are continuing to rise and many companies have heavily relied on their online sales during all the four quarters of 2020. In that premise, the businesses are planning to go online and make it their primary source of sale.

    Square is slightly on the downward move since pumping early in this month. Investors need to follow square as the stock could be at a perfect buy position in the next week or so.

    CVS Health (CVS)

    CVS Health (CVS) is a healthcare firm that owns CVS Pharmacy, runs a retail chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands.

    The company’s acquisition strategy has made it a powerful force in the healthcare industry. For instance, by transforming its network from drug stores to clinics, CVS has earned ways to make profits. The company leads the drug store market with over 10,000 retail locations, 1,100 MinuteClinics, and 450 HealthHub locations across the country.

    Moreover, the company is taking a full part in the COVID-19 cycle. CVS is conducting almost 70% of the coronavirus tests and has a major stake in the US’s coronavirus vaccination effort. Analysts believe that the company can generate an additional $1 billion in gross profit from the COVID-19 immunizations. So, CVS Health (CVS) shares could shoot higher by the end of 2021.

    Freshpet (FRPT)

    With a massive boom in pet ownership during the epidemic, Freshpet (FRPT) has much in the tank to make its investors rich. The company specializes in pet food products, especially its dog and cat food products have been in huge demand lately.

    The company has a stronghold at the retail level, with its branded refrigerators installed in over 22,000 supermarkets and other retailers. So, the company is well-positioned to maintain profits from the rising pet market. In the last year, Americans have spent over $99 billion on pet products including food.

    Freshpet (FRPT) ended the full-year with a total sale of $318.8 million, up by 30% year-over-year. The has forecasted its sales to approximately triple to $1 billion by 2025. So, FRPT could be a handsomely attractive stock with potential gains for the investors.

  • Early Morning Vibes: Don’t Miss On These 4 Growth Stocks

    Early Morning Vibes: Don’t Miss On These 4 Growth Stocks

    On February 17, American stock exchanges closed in different directions. The S&P 500 index dropped by a purely symbolic 0.03%, to 3931 points, the NASDAQ lost 0.58%, and the Dow Jones added 0.29%. Retail sales rose sharply in January thanks to direct payments to the public, which supported the bullish sentiment. The market saw a capital flow from growth stocks to value stocks, which made the IT sector an outsider, losing 1.03%. The energy sector remained among the leaders and grew by 1.45% amid rising oil prices.

    Company news

    QuantumScape (QS: + 31.4%) announced a breakthrough in the development of next generation solid state batteries.

    Popular website builder Wix.com’s quarterly results (WIX: + 8.1%) exceeded expectations, as did the company’s forecasts for 2021.

    Shopify’s (SHOP: -3.3%) revenue and operating numbers were above consensus, but the stock is up more than 25% YTD, so investors have taken profits.

    Today, global stock exchanges are showing mostly negative dynamics. The published minutes of the FRS meeting, held on January 26-27, fully coincided with the expectations of investors. The meeting participants did not discuss the reduction of the asset purchase program, since macroeconomic indicators do not allow even considering such a possibility. The factor of ultra-soft monetary policy has been in the field of view of investors for a long time, so the degree of its influence is gradually decreasing.

    Note that positive data on retail sales in January (+ 5.3% mom) confirmed the effectiveness of fiscal stimulation by direct payments to the population. The stimulus package currently under discussion includes direct payments of $ 1,400, more than double the previous subsidy. In this regard, a similar increase in consumer spending can be expected in April and May.

    In the short term, a correction in the S&P 500 index is not ruled out, since a sharp rise in bond yields and the prospects for an early opening of the economy may lead to some capital outflow from the US tech sector. Cyclical sectors can look stronger than the market.

    The data on the issued building permits for January will be published today. A slight decrease is expected compared to the previous month, when the highest level in more than 10 years was recorded (forecast: 1.678 million, previous value: 1.704 million). The real estate market remains in excellent shape, so a slight slowdown in construction growth will only protect it from overheating.

    The Freedom Finance Sentiment Index remains at 78 out of 100. The indicator reflects the hope of market participants for a recovery in the global economy in 2021. Concerns about the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic are gradually diminishing thanks to the prospects for mass vaccinations.

    Technically, the S&P 500 is still in an uptrend. The upper limit of this trend still limits the growth potential of the broad market index. On the eve of the “bulls” showed weakness, which, however, turned out to be short-lived. In the short term, a correction or consolidation is likely, as the RSI indicator is forming a bearish divergence near the overbought zone.

    Today Top Movers

    Tilray Inc (TLRY) stock ascended 8.19% at $34.09 in the pre-market trading today after the company declared financial results for the full fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020.

    Avinger Inc (AVGR) gained over 58.58% at $2.68 in pre-market ‎trading on Thursday.‎‎ Avinger, Inc. to be issued US Patent No. 10,932,670 by the US Patent and Trademark Office on 3/2, titled: OPTICAL PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY.

    Onconova Therapeutics Inc (ONTX) grew over 15.23% at $1.74 in pre-market trading ‎today following the closing of a $28.75 million public offering of common stock.

    Luokung Technology Corp (LKCO) stock moved up 14.02 percent to $2.52 in the pre-market ‎trading. The firm recently declared a $100 million registered direct offering priced at the market under Nasdaq Rules.‎

    Top Upgrades & Downgrades

    Berenberg turned bullish on STMicroelectronics N.V. (STM), upgrading the stock to “Hold”. 

    Mohawk Industries Inc. (MHK) has won the favor of Credit Suisse’s equity research team. The firm upgraded the shares from Underperform to Neutral and moved their price target to $180. 

    Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) received an upgrade from analysts at JPMorgan, who also set their one-year price target on the stock to $37. They changed their rating on WFC to Neutral from Underweight in a recently issued research note. 

    Earlier Thursday Kepler Cheuvreux reduced its rating on TechnipFMC plc (FTI) stock to Hold from Buy and assigned the price target to 8.21. 

    Credit Suisse analysts reduced their investment ratings, saying in research reports covered by the media that it’s rating for Noble Midstream Partners LP (NBLX) has been changed to Neutral from Outperform and the new price target is set at $13.5. 

    Analysts at Baird downgraded Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (KTOS)’s stock to Neutral from Outperform Thursday.

    Latest Insider Activity

    Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) VP Controller & Financial Rptg WHITMIRE C DONALD JR announced the sale of shares taking place on Feb 12 at $30.84 for some 48,240 shares. The total came to more than $1.49 million. 

    Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) CEO and President MURPHY MATTHEW J sold on Feb 16 a total of 282,328 shares at $53.20 on average. The insider’s sale generated proceeds of almost $0.4 million. 

    New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYCB) Director Rosenfeld Ronald A. declared the purchase of shares taking place on Feb 09 at $10.63 for some 5,000 shares. The transaction amount was around $53,169. 

    CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Director LUDWIG EDWARD J bought on Feb 17 a total 14,334 shares at $72.00 on average. The purchase cost the insider an estimated $216,000.

    Important Earnings

    Top US earnings releases scheduled for today include Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: GOLD). It will announce its Dec 2020 financial results. The company is expected to report earnings of $0.31 per share from revenues of $3.27B in the three-month period. 

    Analysts expect Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to report a net income (adjusted) of $1.51 per share when the company releases its quarterly results shortly. Revenue for the fiscal quarter ended Jan 2021 is predicted to come in at $148.47B. 

    Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST), due to announce earnings after the market closes today, is expected to report earnings of -$0.42 per share from revenues of $243.28M recently concluded three-month period.

  • Top 3 Health Care Stocks that can attract investors in 2021

    Top 3 Health Care Stocks that can attract investors in 2021

    Health care is a trillion-dollar industry because health is a global need. A trillion-dollar industry means plenty of companies making millions or billions of dollars annually in the health sector. With the surge of COVID-19, this industry has attracted plethora of investors to invest in healthcare stocks but many of them find it difficult to select the right stock at the right time. This is because many companies have claimed that they are working on vaccines and related products to cope with COVID-19 but only a few of them have found their way to commercialize their products. One should consider the fact that only COVID-19 is not the opportunity to invest in stocks but there are other health issues that demand a great amount of interest. So, investors need to do a large amount of homework before investing in any stock. Here are the few health care stocks that can attract investors in 2021.

    Eli Lilly And Co (NYSE:LLY)

    Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) is an American Pharmaceutical company that focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing drugs for the cure of various kinds of diseases. The company is doing research and production in many nations and 120 countries are using its products.

    Eli Lilly Generated handsome revenue in 2020 through the sales of its top products which include Trulicity (Diabetes medicine), Basaglar (Insulin product), and Jardiance (Oral Diabetes drug). Trulicity generated $3.6 billion revenue in the first three quarters of 2020 with a rise of 22%. Similarly, Basaglar generated 842$ million revenue with a rise of 5% and Jardiance showed a rise of 24% with 840$ million income.

    The company has got positive results in phase 2 clinical trial of one of its potential drugs for Alzheimer’s disease called donanemab. More than 5 Million Alzheimer’s patients exist in the U.S and still, there is no approved drug for the cure. Still, donanemab has a long way to go for approval but investors can monitor its progress.

    The company reported on Tuesday that its late-stage coronavirus treatment trial which includesBamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 2800 mg and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016), has reduced the riskof death in serious patients and hospitalization by 70% which is pointing out the bright future of the company and investors in terms of revenue.

    Hence Lilly has a good chance to outperform in the future due to its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, and good cash flow from operations.

    Teladoc Health Inc (NYSE:TDOC)

    Teladoc Health, Inc. (TDOC) is a virtual healthcare company playing a lead role in providing the services of diagnosis, treatment recommendation, and prescription through mobile phones and video consultations. The current pandemic situation is suitable for the company when people do not bother to go out of their homes unnecessarily. The company is getting fame day by day due to its best virtual health care services in remote areas and attracting institutional investors to invest in it.

    Though Teladoc has not revealed the 2020 report but rough estimates show that it has now more than 50 million members, facilitated more than 10 million visits, and generated about 1.1$ billion revenue in 2020 which is almost double than the previous year. Currently, many companies are providing Teladoc’s health care services to their employees which is expecting to grow in the future. Teladoc’s recent acquisition of Lovingo Health is also creating a more positive vibe for investors.

    CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS)

    CVS Health Corporation (CVS) is an integrated pharmacy healthcare service provider company. It offers pharmacy benefit management plans, health plans, prescription drug plans, and serves the government as well as private employees of many companies. It possesses nearly 10000 drug stores and1100 Minute Clinics in the U.S.The company is playing a key role in COVID-19 testing and is contributing a lot in the vaccination campaign as it has performed nearly 10 million coronavirus tests and 700,000 vaccinations. The company is currently handling 10% of coronavirus vaccination in the U.S and can vaccinate 25 million people per month.

    CVS is not just relying on COVID vaccination but also fighting against influenza by vaccinating people. The company generated $67 billion in the 3rd quarter of 2020 with a rise of 3.5% in its sales. Moreover, the company possesses more than 23 million health insurance members nationwide. Thanks to Aetna, a CVS subsidiary, which generates more than $18.5 billion per quarter in health insurance fees.

    The company is currently in a good position and has ample profit to sustain its dividend. Its shares are expecting to outperform in 2021 due to active participation in COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S.It can be a  good choice for dividend as well as growth investors.