Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now

LONDON -- After a busy month for company results in May, with many reporting for the year or quarter ending 31 March, things are going to be a bit quieter during June. But we're still going to have some important dates for investors, and we'll keep you updated as they come along.

We have already had a quick look at three pieces of news�expected next week, so here's a glance at some key dates for the rest of the coming month:

Wednesday June 12, Sainsbury
In May,�J. Sainsbury� (LSE: SBRY  ) reported full-year results for the year to 16 March, and they looked good. Telling us of "significant market outperformance," the supermarket chain reported a 6.2% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to 756 million pounds, after sales grew by 4.6%, to 25.6 billion pounds. With performance like this, it's no wonder Sainsbury's shares are up 30% over the past 12 months, to 377 pence.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now: Manhattan Associates Inc.(MANH)

Manhattan Associates, Inc. develops, sells, deploys, services, and maintains supply chain software solutions for the planning and execution of supply chain activities. It offers Manhattan SCOPE and Manhattan SCALE, which are platform-based supply chain software solutions. The company?s Manhattan SCOPE is a portfolio of supply chain solution suites that include event and schedule tracking; alerts and notifications; inventory, order, and shipment visibility; cost monitoring and tracking; leading-edge analytics; and reporting with graphical depictions of critical supply chain performance metrics. Manhattan SCOPE also includes X-Suite solutions comprising flow management and extended enterprise management. The company?s Manhattan SCALE is a portfolio of logistics execution solutions that offer trading partner management, yard management, optimization, warehouse management, and transportation execution services. Manhattan Associates, Inc. also offers professional services, in cluding planning and implementation services; and customer support, software enhancement, and training services. In addition, it sells computer hardware, radio frequency terminal networks, radio frequency identification chip readers, bar code printers and scanners, and other peripherals. The company serves retailers, distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers, grocery stores, life sciences companies, government, and other organizations. It operates in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Manhattan Associates, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now: Bridgford Foods Corporation(BRID)

Bridgford Foods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacturing, marketing, and distributing frozen, refrigerated, and snack food products in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, Frozen Food Products and Refrigerated and Snack Food Products. The Frozen Food Products segment processes and distributes approximately 150 frozen food products through wholesalers, cooperatives, and distributors to retail outlets, restaurants, and institutions. The Refrigerated and Snack Food Products segment sells approximately 200 items through distribution centers and direct store delivery network to supermarkets, mass merchandise, and convenience retail stores. The company also manufactures and distributes a range of food products, including biscuits, bread dough items, roll dough items, dry sausage products, beef jerky, sliced luncheon meats, and various sandwiches. In addition, it resells various cheeses, salads, party dips, Mexican foods, nu ts, and other delicatessen type food products. The company was founded in 1932 and is based in Anaheim, California.

5 Best Canadian Stocks For 2014: Paramount Gold And Com Stk Usd0 (PZG.TO)

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of gold, silver, and precious metal properties in Mexico and the United States. The company owns a 100% interest in the San Miguel property located in southwestern Chihuahua, northern Mexico. Its projects also include the Sleeper Gold project located in Humboldt County; the Mill Creek property located to the south of Battle Mountain; the Reese River/Horse Mountain Window project located in Lander County; and the Spring Valley property located in the Spring Valley area in Pershing County, Nevada. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Winnemucca, Nevada.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now: Starpharma Holdings Ltd(SPL.AX)

Starpharma Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of dendrimer products for pharmaceutical, life science, and other applications primarily in the United States and Australia. The company?s lead sexual health product under development is VivaGel, a vaginal microbicide to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and genital herpes, as well as for the treatment and prevention of bacterial vaginosis. It also licenses VivaGel for use as a condom coating. In addition, the company develops dendrimer for drug delivery and life science applications, including drug targeting, drug solubilisation, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical excipients. Further, it explores use of dendrimer technology in materials science applications, such as cosmetics, agrochemicals, coatings, adhesives, and water. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now: AuthenTec Inc.(AUTH)

AuthenTec, Inc. provides mobile and network security solutions for enterprise, government, and consumer markets worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Smart Sensor Solutions and Embedded Security Solutions. The Smart Sensor Solutions segment designs, develops, and sells mixed-signal fingerprint sensor semiconductors primarily used in the personal computer and mobile device markets; touch-based sensors for government and access control applications; sensors that enable users to access and control various functions on an electronic device; fingerprint sensor chipsets and modules; USB fingerprint readers; and identity management software. The Embedded Security Solutions segment provides a range of embedded security solutions, including hardware intellectual property (IP) and software for implementing in Internet protocols, such as IPsec, MACsec, and SSL/TLS for communications protection; digital rights management for multimedia content piracy prevention; and functio ns comprising secure boot and hardware-based key protection for computing platform integrity. The company primarily sells its products through direct sales force, independent sales representatives, and distributors to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract manufacturers, software application vendors, and service providers. AuthenTec, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Fernandez]

  AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH): AuthenTec is the world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions to the wireless, PC and Access Control Markets.

  If you’ve been following my picks lately, it will come as no shock that AuthenTec is hurting as a result of a significant customer loss, that will severely impact 2009-2010 sales and earnings, and raises serious questions as to whether or not AuthenTec can even sustain themselves as an ongoing company.

  That being said, AuthenTec just released earnings this week, and as I wrote, things weren’t horrible.

  There were some positive developments including news that the customer loss that they thought was going to affect their revenue and earnings in the back half of 2009, will not actually impact them until well into 2010, thus allowing AuthenTec more time to make up the difference and find new customers and applications to overcome this loss.

  You can read all about AuthenTec’s last company update and conference call about these issues here.

  With shares trading at around $2.00 per share as of this writing, the downside is limited as a result of AuthenTec having $2.38 per share in cash, and a tangible book value of about $2.58 per share.

  With a market cap of only $53 million, and having $67 million in cash on their balance sheet with no debt, the stock is currently trading below cash value!

  I do not recommend purchase of shares in AuthenTec for those that are risk averse, and for only those who can stomach further losses, or are playing this stock for the bounce back that might come as a result of a takeover.

  For AuthenTec’s intellectual property alone, there is value in the shares of the company, and I would not be surprised to see AuthenTec bought out by a larger player within the next 6-12 months because of their dirt cheap valuation, and the assets that they do possess.

  If you own shares of AuthenTec, now is not the time to sell. There is some value here that is ! not currently priced into the shares of the stock.

  If you don’t own shares, tread lightly, and at your own risk.

Best Construction Material Stocks To Buy Right Now: Intensity Company Inc(ITT.V)

Intensity Company Inc. sells computer hardware and software products in Canada. The company was formerly known as Flukong Enterprise Inc. and changed its name to Intensity Company Inc. in January 2010. Intensity Company Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.