Energy has been one of the worst-performing sectors in the S&P 500 during the past year.
While the broader market is up an impressive 13%, the energy sector has gained just 2.5%. That performance looks even worse when compared with the market’s most bullish sectors, with health care up 29% and so-called consumer defensive stocks (which include makers and retailers of food and household and personal goods) up 23%.
But overall weakness in energy stocks is masking a lone group of standouts from the lackluster sector: refineries.
In fact, this group of stocks hasn't just been strong relative to its energy peers -- it has been one of the best-performing industries in the entire market in the past year. Take a look at the chart of two leading companies.
Top 5 Defensive Companies To Invest In 2014: Heelys Inc.(HLYS)
Heelys, Inc., through its subsidiary, Heeling Sports Limited, designs, markets, and distributes action sports-inspired products under the HEELYS brand to the youth market. It primarily offers HEELYS-wheeled footwear, a dual-purpose footwear that incorporates a stealth and removable wheel in the heel, and allows the user to seamlessly transition from walking or running to rolling by shifting weight to the heel. The company also offers Nano inline footboard and branded accessories, such as replacement wheels. It distributes its products directly, as well as through international wholesale distributors to retail stores in the United States internationally. The company was formerly known as Heeling, Inc. and changed its name to Heelys, Inc. in August 2006. Heelys, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.
Top 5 Defensive Companies To Invest In 2014: Pinnacle Airlines Corp.(PNCL)
Pinnacle Airlines Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as an independent regional airline company in the United States. It operates an all-regional jet fleet under two capacity purchase agreements (CPA) with Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), providing regional airline capacity to Delta from Delta?s hub airports in Atlanta, Detroit, Memphis, New York City, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The company also operates an all-turboprop fleet under a regional airline CPA with United Continental Holdings, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., and United Airlines, Inc. (United); and under revenue pro-rate agreements with United and US Airways Group, Inc. primarily in the northeastern United States and in Texas. As of December 31, 2010, Pinnacle Airlines Corp. offered scheduled passenger service with approximately 1,400 total daily departures to a 317 destinations with an aircraft fleet of 202 regional jet aircrafts and 81 turboprop aircrafts. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquart ered in Memphis, Tennessee.
Top Value Companies To Buy For 2014: (POSC)
Positron Corporation operates as a molecular imaging company providing nuclear medicine technologies and services that are used in the field of nuclear cardiology. The company, through its proprietary PET imaging systems and radiopharmaceutical solutions, enables healthcare providers to accurately diagnose disease, and improve patient outcomes while practicing cost effective medicine. Its proprietary product lines and services include the Attrius, a dedicated PET imaging system; PosiStar, a clinical, technical, and service customer care plan; and PosiRx, a system that automates the elution, preparation, and dispensing processes for radiopharmaceutical agents used in molecular imaging. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Fishers, Indiana.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Dennis Slothower]
Positron Corp. (OTC: POSC)is up 2.50% to $0.0410 on volume of over 518K shares. POSC, a molecular imaging company specializing in the field of nuclear cardiology, announced that it will beexhibitingat the European Society of Cardiology International Conference. (OTC:POSC), (POSC)
Top 5 Defensive Companies To Invest In 2014: Mount Gibson Iron Ltd (MGX)
Mount Gibson Iron Limited (Mount Gibson) is engaged in mining of hematite deposits at Tallering Peak; mining of hematite deposits at Koolan Island; mining of hematite deposits at Extension Hill, and exploration and development of hematite deposits at Koolan Island and in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. The Koolan Island iron ore mine is located on Koolan Island located in the Buccaneer Archipelago of Yampi Sound in Western Australia. The Extension Hill hematite mine is located in the Mount Gibson Ranges, 85 kilometres east of Perenjori and 260 kilometres east south east of Geraldton. The Company�� subsidiaries include Mount Gibson Mining Limited, Geraldton Bulk Handling Pty Ltd, Aztec Resources Limited, Koolan Iron Ore Pty Ltd, Koolan Shipping Pty Ltd and Brockman Minerals Pty Ltd.Top 5 Defensive Companies To Invest In 2014: Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. (PEH.V)
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. operates as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company in the People�s Republic of China. It holds rights in the LS36-1 gas field in the Block 25/34 under a petroleum contract in the East China Sea with a total contract area of 85 square kilometers; and the Block 33/07 under a petroleum contract with a total contract area of 5,877 square kilometers of offshore area surrounding the Block 25/34. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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