Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019

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Disney (DIS) is a strong company, but it has been negatively affected by changing consumer tastes as far as multichannel video programming distributors are concerned. The decline-at-ESPN story is well-known. Disney therefore needs to replace that revenue/growth with something else; a service to compete with Netflix (NFLX), powered on the company's recently acquired BAMTech platform, was a natural progression.

The question is, how exactly will Disney execute its streaming product? We've got some new information based on recent quotes from CEO Bob Iger. We knew that Disney was to place its family-oriented content on the product, which would include Pixar; however, the role of the Marvel/Star Wars stuff was not previously defined. Now, though, we know that those branded properties will be on the service, exclusively. This is positive news for the investment thesis because presumably consumers will flock to the service once it is released some time in 2019; also, one might assume that the company will have pricing power. Netflix is way ahead in the streaming wars, but Disney can easily catch up considering its content is valuable at theaters and was arguably one of the driving forces of Netflix's success (that company has a deal with Disney that will disappear in 2019).

Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Brightcove Inc.(BCOV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Brightcove Inc  (NASDAQ:BCOV)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 13, 2019, 5:00 p.m. ET

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  These are some of the news headlines that may have effected Accern’s scoring:

  Get Brightcove alerts: Critical Analysis: Brightcove (BCOV) vs. Smartsheet (SMAR) (americanbankingnews.com) Brightcove (BCOV) PT Raised to $13.00 at Stifel Nicolaus (americanbankingnews.com) Brightcove Pushes the Envelope with Video Experiences that Increase Customer ROI (finance.yahoo.com) Brightcove Launches OTT Flow X, Powered by Accedo (finance.yahoo.com)

  A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on BCOV shares. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Brightcove from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 25th. Dougherty & Co lifted their target price on shares of Brightcove from $11.00 to $14.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 17th. BidaskClub upgraded shares of Brightcove from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, April 28th. TheStreet upgraded shares of Brightcove from a “d+” rating to a “c-” rating in a research report on Monday, May 7th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Brightcove from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 22nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $9.85.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Brightcove (NASDAQ:BCOV) was downgraded by BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Five9, Inc.(FIVN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Five9 Inc (NASDAQ:FIVN) shares reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $34.99 and last traded at $32.51, with a volume of 23493 shares. The stock had previously closed at $32.99.

• [By Shane Hupp]

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s rankings:

  Get MDU Resources Group alerts: MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU): Stock Trending Alert (thenewsbloom.org) These Stocks’s might change the Kismet of Investors: Five9, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVN), MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE … (journalfinance.net) Is this stock Watchful?: MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU), Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (DDE) (newsregistrar.com) MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) crosses above SMA-50 with 0.40% (nasdaqplace.com)

  NYSE MDU opened at $28.48 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $5.59 billion, a PE ratio of 22.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.17 and a beta of 0.64. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. MDU Resources Group has a one year low of $24.29 and a one year high of $29.62.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Five9 (NASDAQ:FIVN) had its target price raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to $46.00 in a report released on Tuesday, The Fly reports. They currently have an overweight rating on the software maker’s stock.

• [By Shane Hupp]

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Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding Ltd(KONE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Money Morning News Team]

  While a 209% gain is exciting, FunctionX's gains are in the past. After looking at the 10 top penny stocks to watch this week, we'll show you a small-cap stock with serious profit potential ahead of it…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Week's Gain FunctionX Inc. (OTCMKTS: FNCX) $0.03 209% Turtle Beach Corp. (Nasdaq: HEAR) $4.48 52.73% DPW Holdings Inc. (NYSE: DPW) $1.16 51.31% Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc. (Nasdaq: EGC) $5.62 49.33% MYnd Analytics Inc. (Nasdaq: MYND) $1.91 49.21% Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solutions Holding Ltd. (Nasdaq: KONE) $6.43 48.42% Rennova Health Inc. (OTCMKTS: RNVA) $0.02 44.30% International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (NYSE: THM) $0.72 41.64% Blonder Tongue Labs Inc. (NYSE: BDR) $1.13 41.14% Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: BLCM) $8.87 40.53%

  As the gains above suggest, penny stocks can provides tremendous returns for investors very quickly. However, it's important to note that investing in penny stocks is also inherently risky.

Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.(AAOI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDGL) shares surged 144.96 percent to close at $265.61 on Thursday in reaction to an encouraging Phase 2 clinical trial update. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company said its liver-directed, thyroid hormone receptor called MGL-3196 showed a statistical significance in the primary endpoint of lowering liver fat at 12 weeks and also 36 weeks. Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VKTX) shares rose 101.01 percent to close at $9.99 on Thursday after falling 4.42 percent on Wednesday. Akers Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKER) jumped 45.58 percent to close at $0.474. The developer of rapid health information technologies said Wednesday afternoon it was granted a 180-day extension from the Nasdaq Stock Market to meet the requirement of a minimum $1.00 per share closing bid price for 10 straight days. Kitov Pharma Ltd (NASDAQ: KTOV) gained 40.93 percent to close at $3.03 after the FDA approved Kitov's Consensi for the treatment of osteoarthritis pain and hypertension. China Customer Relations Centers, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRC) rose 28.21 percent to close at $19.86. J.Jill, Inc. (NYSE: JILL) climbed 26.45 percent to close at $7.84 after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings. Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS) shares climbed 21.93 percent to close at $2.78 in reaction to an encouraging FDA update. The biotechnology company that focuses on therapies for the treatment of cancer said the FDA granted a Fast Track designation for fimepinostat (CUDC-907) in patients with relapsed or refractory. Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) gained 21.23 percent to close at $7.48. Kirkland's, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIRK) rose 16.21 percent to close at $12.83 after reporting upbeat Q1 results. The Brink's Company (NYSE: BCO) jumped 16.2 percent to close at $79.25 as the company announced plans to acquire Dunbar Armored for $520 million in cash. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI) rose 15.14 percent to c
• [By Dan Caplinger]

  The stock market didn't have any major movements on Friday, as investors seemed content to coast after extremely sharp gains over the summer led to the market's best quarter since late 2013. Economic growth remains strong despite repeated moves from the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and although major overhangs like the midterm elections and trade disputes across the globe remain important, they haven't yet caused any apparent fear in market participants. Some stocks did lose ground on the last day of the third quarter, and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI), and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) were among the worst performers. Here's why they did so poorly.

• [By Steve Symington]

  Shares of Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (NASDAQ:AAOI) were down 10.3% as of 3:15 p.m. EDT Thursday after an analyst downgraded shares of the fiber-optic networking products specialist.

• [By Anders Bylund]

  Shares of Applied Optoelectronics (NASDAQ:AAOI) fell 40.4% in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The fiber-optic networking specialist suffered three separate single-day drops of at least 10%, setting fresh 52-week lows in the process.

Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Intersil Corporation(ISIL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Media stories about Intersil (NASDAQ:ISIL) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Intersil earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave headlines about the semiconductor company an impact score of 46.0713234548749 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Hot Tech Stocks To Watch For 2019: Textainer Group Holdings Limited(TGH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s scoring:

  Get Textainer Group alerts: Head to Head Survey: Textainer Group (TGH) vs. The Competition (americanbankingnews.com) Textainer Group (TGH) Upgraded by ValuEngine to “Buy” (americanbankingnews.com) Financial Comparison: Textainer Group (TGH) vs. The Competition (americanbankingnews.com) Aircastle (AYR) versus Textainer Group (TGH) Head-To-Head Comparison (americanbankingnews.com) Critical Comparison: Textainer Group (TGH) and Its Rivals (americanbankingnews.com)

  Shares of Textainer Group stock opened at $17.85 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1,019.18, a P/E ratio of 43.54 and a beta of 2.50. Textainer Group has a 1 year low of $9.60 and a 1 year high of $26.50. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.28.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  That volatility has been evident at both Textainer Group Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:TGH) and Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NYSE:NAT) in recent years. Because of that, investors need to weigh their upside in a recovering market against the downside potential before choosing either stock. 

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Textainer Group (NYSE: TGH) is one of 17 public companies in the “Equipment rental & leasing, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Textainer Group to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Last year was one that investors in Textainer Group Holdings (NYSE:TGH) will likely remember fondly as the container leasing company's stock rocketed an eye-popping 188%. This year, however, has been a different story as shares are down nearly 30% since the beginning of the year, and more than 40% off their high. That sell-off might have investors wondering if now's a good time to buy.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  ValuEngine cut shares of Textainer Group (NYSE:TGH) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a research note released on Wednesday morning.

  Several other equities research analysts have also commented on the company. Zacks Investment Research lowered Textainer Group from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 25th. Compass Point started coverage on Textainer Group in a research note on Monday, April 23rd. They set a neutral rating and a $17.00 price target on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $20.67.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lowered its position in Textainer Group Holdings (NYSE:TGH) by 3.0% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 510,850 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 16,067 shares during the quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA’s holdings in Textainer Group were worth $8,659,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.