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| Headquarters (founded) | Lisle, Ill. (1993) |
| Market Cap | $10.7 billion |
| Industry Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ALXN)Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biologic therapeutic products for treating patients with severe and life-threatening disease states in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on developing products for the treatment of diseases in the areas of hematology, nephrology, neurology, ophthalmology, and cancer. The company develops and commercializes Soliris (eculizumab), a therapeutic product for the treatment of patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a blood disorder. It also conducts various Phase II clinical trail programs on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of cold agglutinin disease; atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome; presensitized renal transplant; kidney transplant for catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; ABO incompatible renal transplant; dense deposit disease; myasthenia gravis; neuromyelitis optica; and dry a ge-related macular degeneration. In addition, the company conducts Phase IV clinical trails on Soliris for its usage for the treatment of PNH registry; and Phase I clinical trails on Samalizumab for the treatment of oncology diseases, such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. serves specialty distributors and specialty pharmacies, which supply physician office clinics, hospital outpatient clinics, infusion clinics, or home health care providers; government agencies; and hospitals, hospital buying groups, pharmacies, other healthcare providers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cheshire, Connecticut. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Challenger Diversified Property Group(CDI.AX)Challenger Diversified Property Group invests in office, retail, and industrial properties in Australia and France. It also engages in property development activities and invests in a car park operating business. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. Challenger Diversified Property Group operates as a subsidiary of Challenger Limited. Best Stocks To Buy For 2014: NORCROS PLC ORD GBP0.10(NXR.L)Norcros plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of home consumer products in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and internationally. The company offers electric showers, mixer showers, power showers, and bathroom accessories; adhesives, grouts, surface preparation, and aftercare products for fixing ceramic and porcelain tiles, mosaics, natural stone, and marbles; and ceramic wall and floor tiles, and related products. The company engages in the retail sale of tiles and sanitaryware under Johnson, Tile Africa, and TAL brands. It operates 28 showrooms in South Africa and 1 in Namibia, as well as has 5 franchisees operating in South Africa and 1 in Mozambique. The company serves consumers, architects, designers, retailers, and wholesalers. Norcros plc is headquartered in Wilmslow, the United Kingdom. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Enel(ENEI.MI)Enel SpA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, distribution, and sale of electricity and gas primarily in Europe, Latin America, and North America. The company supplies electricity to large customers and energy-intensive users; and gas to residential customers and small businesses. It operates various hydroelectric, thermoelectric, nuclear, geothermal, wind, and photovoltaic power plants with an installed capacity of approximately 97,000 mega watts. The company has total reserves of 1.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. It serves approximately 61 million power and gas customers in 40 countries. The company was founded in 1962 and is based in Rome, Italy. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Electronics for Imaging Inc.(EFII)Electronics For Imaging, Inc. provides color digital print controllers, digital inkjet printers, and business process automation solutions. The company?s Fiery products consist of stand-alone print controllers and servers connected to digital copiers and other peripheral devices; embedded and design-licensed solutions used in digital copiers and multi-functional devices; optional software integrated into controller solutions that include Fiery Central and MicroPress; Entrac, a self-service and payment solution; PrintMe, a mobile printing application; and stand-alone software-based solutions, such as proofing and scanning solutions, including ColorProof XF, Fiery XF, ColorProof eXpress, and Xflow. It also offers industrial inkjet products, including VUTEk super-wide format digital industrial inkjet printers and inks used by billboard graphics printers, commercial photo labs, sign shops, graphic screen printers, specialty commercial printers, and digital graphics providers; Rastek hybrid and flatbed entry level production UV wide format inkjet printers; and Jetrion label and packaging digital inkjet printers, integration solutions, and specialty digital UV inks for primary and secondary label applications, and industrial label or flexible packaging markets. In addition, the company provides advanced professional print software products consisting of print production workflow and management information software, including Monarch, PSI, Logic, PrintSmith, and PrintFlow; Pace, a cloud-based business process automation software; and cloud-based order entry and order management systems, which comprise Digital StoreFront, PrinterSite, and PrintSmith Site. Electronics For Imaging, Inc. offers its products through sales force and distribution arrangements primarily in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Japan. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Foster City, California. Advisors' Opinion:
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Quanta Services Inc.(PWR)Quanta Services, Inc. provides specialty contracting services primarily in North America. The company?s Electric Power Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, upgrades, repairs, and maintains electric power transmission and distribution networks, and substation facilities; renewable energy generation facilities; and offers emergency restoration services, including repairing infrastructure to the electric power industry. Its Natural Gas and Pipeline Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, repairs, and maintains natural gas and oil transmission and distribution systems, compressor and pump stations, and gas gathering systems, as well as offers related trenching, directional boring, and automatic welding services; and pipeline protection, integrity testing, rehabilitation and replacement, and fabrication of pipeline support systems, and related structures and facilities. This segment also provides airport fueling systems, and water and sewer infrastruct ure. It services customers engaged in the transportation of natural gas, oil, and other pipeline products. The company?s Telecommunications Infrastructure Services segment designs, installs, repairs, and maintains fiber optic, copper, and coaxial cable networks for video, data and voice transmission; and designs, installs, and upgrades wireless communications networks, including towers, switching systems, and backhaul links, as well as offers emergency restoration services. This segment serves customers in the wireline and wireless telecommunications, and cable television industries. Its Fiber Optic Licensing segment designs, procures, constructs, owns, and maintains fiber optic telecommunications infrastructure; and markets and licenses the right to use these point-to-point fiber optic telecommunications facilities. It provides its services to enterprise, education, carrier, financial services, and healthcare customers. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Asure Software Inc(ASUR)Asure Software, Inc. provides Web-based workforce management software and services. The company?s software empowers small to mid-size organizations and divisions of large enterprises to operate efficiently, increase worker productivity, and reduce costs. It offers products that optimize workforce time and attendance tracking, benefits enrollment and tracking, pay stubs and W2 documentation, and meeting and event management. The company provides NetSimplicity line of software products, which enable corporations, educational institutions, law firms, and healthcare facilities to manage shared office space, equipment, assets, and resources; and iEmployee suite of time and attendance, and human resources software that enables small to medium-sized businesses for transitioning to an online self-service human resources process. It also offers software maintenance and support, installation, training, and other professional services. The company was formerly known as Forgent Netwo rks, Inc. and changed its name to Asure Software, Inc. in December 2009. Asure Software, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Warwick, Rhode Island, Vancouver, and British Columbia, as well as in Mumbai, India. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Horizon Lines Inc.(HRZ)Horizon Lines, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides container shipping and integrated logistics services. It ships a range of consumer and industrial items, such as refrigerated and non-refrigerated foodstuffs, household goods, auto parts, building materials, and other materials used in manufacturing. The company offers container shipping services to ports within the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Micronesia. Its integrated logistics services comprise rail, truck brokerage, warehousing, distribution, expedited logistics, and non-vessel operating common carrier operations. Horizon Lines, Inc. also offers terminal services. The company operates terminals in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico; contracts for terminal services in seven ports in the continental United States; and the ports in Guam, Yantian, and Xiamen, China, as well as Kaohsiung, Taiwan. In addition, it offers inland transportation services. As of Dec ember 20, 2009, the company owned or leased approximately 20 vessels and 18,500 cargo containers. Horizon Lines, Inc. serves consumer and industrial products companies, as well as various agencies of the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense and the U.S. Postal Service. The company was founded in 1956 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Advisors' Opinion:
Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation(AMCF)Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and wholesale purchase, and sale of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels primarily in Tianjin City, and Liaoning, Shandong, and Zhejiang Provinces in the People?s Republic of China. It sells its products through distributors, as well as to retail customers. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Dalian, the People?s Republic of China. Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Invest In 2014: Pacific Mercantile Bancorp(PMBC)Pacific Mercantile Bancorp operates as the holding company for Pacific Mercantile Bank that provides banking services to small and medium-size businesses, professionals, and the general public primarily in Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties of California. It offers various deposit products that include noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing checking accounts, money market and savings deposits, and certificates of deposit. The company?s loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, including short-term secured and unsecured business and commercial loans; commercial real estate loans; residential mortgage loans; real estate construction and land development loans; consumer loans, including personal installment loans, lines of credit, credit cards, and loans to high net-worth individuals for estate planning; credit lines; accounts receivable and inventory financing; and SBA guaranteed business loans. Its business banking services include multiple acco unt control, account analysis, transaction security and verification, wire transfers, bill payment, payroll, lock box, and automated clearinghouse origination services; and convenience banking services consists of Internet banking, automated teller machine, night drop, courier and armored car, and remote deposit capture services. As of August 15, 2011, Pacific Mercantile Bancorp operated seven financial centers in Southern California, including four in Orange County; one each in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties; and one in the Inland Empire in San Bernardino County. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. 
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