5/22/2013

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now

In 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which included approximately $19 billion in funding over a 10-year period for health information technology.

Founded in 1979, Computer Programs and Systems (CPSI) is a leading provider of healthcare information solutions for community hospitals with over 650 client hospitals in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

In addition, Medicare and Medicaid incentives encourage doctors, hospitals and other providers to use information technology to electronically maintain and exchange patients��health information through the development of health information exchanges and the adoption of electronic health records.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Cimatron Limited(CIMT)

Cimatron Ltd. engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and support of computer-aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software products. The company offers Cimatron E, a CAD/CAM solution that provides tools, applications, and process-automation solutions for the tooling and manufacturing industries. The Cimatron E product family comprises various basic modules, such as Designer Solution, NC Solution, Master Solution, Electrode Solution, Electrode Pro Solution, Student Package, and View Only System; and other vertical applications, which include Mold Design, Die Design, Quick Electrode, ECO Manager, 5 Axes Production, and Micro-Milling. It also offers Die Quote Generator, a stand-alone database-driven application; and GibbsCAM, a CAD/CAM solution for discrete part production manufacturing. The GibbsCAM product family consists of various module options, including Mill, Lathe, Solid Import, 2.5D Solids, SolidSurfacer, Advanced CS, Polar and Cyl indrical Milling, Rotary Mill, 4-Axis Milling, 5-Axis Simultaneous rotary Milling, Tombstone Management System, Multi-Task Machining, Wire-EDM, Machine Simulation, Data Exchange Options, CutDATA, VoluMill wireframes and solids, and Post Processors. It serves customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries. The company distributes its products directly, as well as through a network of independent resellers in Europe, Israel, the Far East, and North America. Cimatron Ltd. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Givat Shmuel, Israel.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Cosmos Ltd(COO.AX)

Corum Group Limited provides dispense and point of sale software applications, hardware, and support services to pharmacies in Australia. The company also offers funds transfer, and bill presentment and payment solutions through electronic methodologies for payment of rent, utilities, local government fees, and commercial obligations. In addition, it provides a range of training services to the real estate industry, including industry qualification courses, distance learning, skill-developing, and success orientated programs and coaching. The company was formerly known as Cosmos Limited and changed its name to Corum Group Limited in November 2006. Corum Group Limited is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

Hot Undervalued Stocks To Watch Right Now: Golden Arrow Resources Corporat (GRG.V)

Golden Arrow Resources Corporation, a junior mineral exploration company, engages in advancing, identifying, and acquiring precious and base metal projects in Argentina. It has interests in approximately 40 exploration properties. The company�s projects include Potrerillos gold-silver project, Pescado gold project, and Mogote copper-gold-silver porphyry/epithermal project in San Juan Province; Chinchillas silver project located in Jujuy Province; Purulla copper-moly project in Catamarca Province; Don Bosco Copper-Gold Project, Caballos copper-gold project, and Varitas Polymetallic project in La Rioja Province; and Costa Property, Las Bayas property, and Victoria property in Chubut Province. Golden Arrow Resources Corporation is based in Vancouver, Canada.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Cline Mining Corp Com Npv (CMK.TO)

Cline Mining Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral resource properties primarily in Canada and the United States. It holds interests in the New Elk coal mine project located near the town of Trinidad in southern Colorado; the Lodgepole, Sage Creek, and Cabin Creek coal mine projects in British Columbia, Canada; the Bekisopa iron ore properties in south-central Madagascar; and the Cline Lake gold property located in Ontario, Canada. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Urbanfund Corp. (UFC.V)

Urbanfund Corp. engages in the ownership, development, and operation of real estate properties in Canada. Its property portfolio comprises an 84 suite townhouse complex and a 556 unit residential complex located in Toronto, Ontario; and one-storey commercial shopping centers located in Belleville and London, Ontario. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: CoBiz Financial Inc.(COBZ)

CoBiz Financial Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services. The company?s Commercial Banking segment offers various accounts for depositors, including certificates of deposit, money market accounts, Eurodollar sweep accounts, savings accounts, checking and NOW accounts, and individual retirement accounts; lending products comprising commercial loans, commercial and residential real estate construction loans, commercial and residential real estate mortgage loans, consumer loans, revolving lines of credit, and tax-exempt financing; and real estate banking, private banking, interest-rate hedging, and treasury management services. Its Investment Banking segment provides merger and acquisition advisory services, institutional private placements of debt and equity, and other strategic financial advisory services for middle-market companies. The company?s Wealth Management segment offers wealth planning and investment management, trust and fiduciary, wealth transfer, estate and business succession planning, estate settlement, financial planning, and family office services. Its Insurance segment provides employee benefits consulting, insurance brokerage, and related administrative support to individuals, families, and employers; and commercial and personal property insurance brokerage, and casualty insurance brokerage, as well as risk management consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals. CoBiz Financial Inc. operates 12 locations, including 9 in the Denver metropolitan area, 1 in Boulder, and 2 in the Vail area in Colorado under the name Colorado Business Bank; and 7 locations serving the Phoenix metropolitan area and the surrounding area of Maricopa County in Arizona under the name Arizona Business Bank. The company was formerly known as CoBiz Inc. and changed its name to CoBiz Financial Inc. in May 2007. CoBiz Financial Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Denver, Co lorado.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Higher One Holdings Inc.(ONE)

Higher One Holdings, Inc. provides technology and payment services in the United States. It offers a suite of disbursement and payment solutions for higher education institutions and their students. The company provides OneDisburse Refund Management product that offers higher education institutional clients with a technology service for streamlining the student refund disbursement process. It also offers CASHNet Payment suite that includes software-as-a-service products and services, such as ePayment to securely accept online payments for tuition, charges, and fees from students through credit card, pinless debit, and ACH; eBill to automate payer billing and processing functions; MyPaymentPlan to personalize students? payment plans; eMarket that allows academic, athletic, and other departments to take alumni donations, sell event tickets and other merchandise, and accept payments of event and conference registration fees; and Cashiering to operate and manage cashiering fu nctions, back office payments, and campus-wide departmental deposits. In addition, the company provides OneDisburse ID, which offers an option to combine the company?s debit card with the institution?s ID cards; OneDisburse Payroll to distribute payroll and other employee-related payments; OneDisburse PLUS product to distribute Parent PLUS loan refunds to parents on behalf of the school; and Financial Intelligence to students with an online class. Further, it provides student-oriented banking services to campus communities. Additionally, the company offers OneAccount product for students, as well as faculty, staff, and alumni, with an FDIC-insured online checking account and a debit MasterCard ATM card. Higher One Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Robert Holmes]

    Company Profile: Higher One offers integrated financial aid disbursement services for universities. The company provides services to about 5.8 million students, ensuring they receive financial aid refunds quickly, can pay tuition and bills online, make on-campus and community purchases.

    Share Price: $19.99 (Dec. 6)

    2011 Return: -1.2%

    Investment Thesis: William Blair analysts say they like Higher One because the company has an attractive, predictable business model with high incremental margins and solid cash flow conversion. It also helps that management recently said that the company's pipeline "remains extremely robust."

    "We believe there could be upside down the road from the company increasingly being viewed as a true bank alternative (e.g., more direct deposit), through acquisitions, by monetizing the graduate opportunity, and as a takeover candidate," the analysts write.

    However, there is high short interest in Higher One's stock -- William Blair analysts say it would take about 30 days to cover. That's due to a number of unresolved headwinds, including competition, fees, potential cuts in Pell grants, slowing enrollment growth in the U.S. and a bank partner.

    While finding a bank partner is the biggest question market, William Blair analysts say that a positive announcement, which could come in the next three months, would be a huge catalyst, especially considering the massive short interest.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Omnicom Group Inc.(OMC)

Omnicom Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides advertising, marketing, and corporate communications services. It offers services in traditional media advertising, customer relationship management, public relations, and specialty communications groups. The company?s services include advertising, brand consultancy, corporate social responsibility consulting, crisis communications, custom publishing, database management, digital and interactive marketing, direct marketing, directory advertising, entertainment marketing, environmental design, experiential marketing, field marketing, financial/corporate business-to-business advertising, graphic arts, healthcare communications, and instore design. Omnicom Group also offers investor relations, marketing research, media planning and buying, mobile marketing services, multi-cultural marketing, non-profit marketing, organizational communications, package design, product placement, promotional marketing, public affairs, public relations, recruitment communications, reputation consulting, retail marketing, search engine marketing, and sports and event marketing services. It offers its services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The company was founded in 1944 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Martin]  

    Omnicom Group provides advertising, marketing and corporate communications services. OMC recently traded at $37.1 and has a 2.7% dividend yield. OMC gained 3.7% during the past 12 months. The stock has a market cap of $10.4 billion, P/E ratio of 12.2 and forward P/E ratio of 10. The stock has total debt/equity ratio of 0.9 and Beta of 1.16.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: Infosys Technologies Limited(INFY)

Infosys Ltd. provides information technology (IT) and consulting services worldwide. It offers IT services, such as application, architecture, independent validation and testing, information management, infrastructure, packaged application, SOA, systems integration, and knowledge services; product engineering services, manufacturing process and plant solutions, and product lifecycle management services; and consulting services in the areas of information and technology strategies, product innovation, next generation commerce, process excellence, and learning and complex change. The company also provides business process outsourcing solutions in the areas of business platforms, customer service outsourcing, finance and accounting, human resources outsourcing, legal services, sales and fulfillment, and sourcing and procurement outsourcing. In addition, it offers collaborative analytics solutions; digital consumer platform; Finacle universal banking solution; iProwe, a Web ac cessibility assessment product; mConnect, a real-time enterprise middleware; and research and analytical support services. Further, the company offers unified communications and collaboration solution that streamlines business processes between employees, customers, and suppliers; iTransform that helps healthcare organizations accelerate transition to new platforms; and supply chain visibility and collaboration product suite. It serves aerospace and defense, airlines, automotive, banking, capital markets, communication services, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, education, energy, healthcare, high technology, hospitality and leisure, insurance, life sciences, logistics and distribution, publishing, resources, utilities, and retail industries. Infosys Ltd. has a strategic partnership with Alstom SA. The company was formerly known as Infosys Technologies Limited and changed its name to Infosys Ltd. on June 16, 2011. Infosys Ltd. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered i n Bengaluru, India.

Advisors' Opinion:
  • [By Admin]

    Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) started in 1981 by seven individuals with a paltry investment of USD 250 are today a global leader of IT and consulting with revenues of over US$ 4.8 billion (Financial year end 2010). Infosys has an enviable international presence with over 50 offices and development centers in India, China, Australia, the Czech Republic, Poland, the UK, Canada and Japan.

    Infosys and its subsidiaries have 113,796 employees as on March 31, 2010. Infosys takes pride in building strategic long-term client relationships. Over 97% of our revenues come from existing customers. Forbes magazine has named Infosys in its list of Global High Performers. For investors wanting their money to grow without compromising on safety factors, Infosys is the company to park their funds.

10 Best Information Technology Stocks To Own Right Now: First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp Inc.(FFNM)

First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for First Federal of Northern Michigan that provides various banking services to individuals, families, and businesses. Its deposit products include NOW accounts, regular savings, money market deposits, term certificate accounts, and individual retirement accounts. The company?s loan portfolio comprises mortgage loans secured by one-to four-family residential real estate; commercial loans; commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans, including loans secured by savings accounts, new and used automobiles, mobile homes, boats, recreational vehicles, and other personal property. It also engages in the mortgage banking activities that involve the origination and subsequent sale into the secondary mortgage market of one-to four-family residential mortgage loans. Further, the company leases, sells, develops, and maintains real estate properties. It operates eight full-service facilities in Alpena, Cheboygan, Emmett, Iosco, Otsego, Montmorency, and Oscoda Counties, Michigan. The company was founded in 1957 and is based in Alpena, Michigan.

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