10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014

On April 18, 2013, Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA) stock reached a 52 week high. Why?

Until recently, many investors had given up on the Washington, DC-based pharmaceutical company. The reason was Fanapt (iloperidone), an atypical antipsychotic for the treatment of schizophrenia, that not only had a rocky regulatory history, but was a big dud at the sales counter.

Tasimelteon is the reason why some investors have regained or developed an interest in Vanda. Tasimelteon is the first compound being developed for the treatment of Non-24 Sleep Disorder. Recently, tasimelteon successfully completed Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of a circadian rhythm sleep disorder.

Vanda is also developing VLY-686, a small molecule neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) antagonist that has indications for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, post-operative nausea and vomiting, alcohol dependence, anxiety, depression, and pruritus. Vanda licensed the investigational drug from Eli Lilly and Company (LLY).

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: China Coal Corporation (CKO.V)

China Coal Corporation, a development stage company, engages in identifying, acquiring, and developing coal mines in the People�s Republic of China. The company holds interests in a coal bed methane property covering a net area of approximately 1,941 square kilometers in the eastern Dananhu Coalfield, Hami Prefecture, Xinjiang Province. It also has an agreement to acquire a 60% interest in the Mei Feng coal mine located west of Urumqi, Xinjiang. The company is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Ion Geophysical Corporation (IO)

ION Geophysical Corporation provides planning and seismic processing services, software, and acquisition equipment to the energy industry worldwide. Its Solutions segment provides seismic data processing services for marine and land environments, reservoir solutions, onboard processing and quality control, and seismic data libraries, as well as services to manage the seismic process that comprise survey planning and design, data acquisition and management, pre-processing, and final subsurface imaging. The company�s Systems segment offers DigiSTREAMER system, a towed streamer; redeployable ocean bottom cable seismic data acquisition systems; shipboard recorders; DigiCOURSE, a marine streamer positioning system; DigiFIN streamer control systems; source and source control systems, such as air guns; and analog geophone sensors. Its Software segment provides software systems and services comprising Orca, a command and control software for towed streamer acquisition; Gator, an integrated navigation and data management software system for multi-vessel ocean bottom cable and transition zone operations; and post-survey tools, including Reflex software for seismic coverage and attribute analysis, as well as Optimiser, a technology planning tool. This segment also offers consulting services for planning, designing, and supervising surveys, including 4D and WATS survey operations. ION Geophysical Corporation also offers cable-based, cable less, and radio-controlled seismic data acquisition systems; digital sensors; vibroseis vehicles, such as vibrator trucks; and source controllers for detonator and energy sources. The company was formerly known as Input/Output, Inc. ION Geophysical Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Best Oil Stocks To Buy For 2014: Phos (FOS.TO)

PhosCan Chemical Corp., a development stage company, engages in acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral and natural resource properties in Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Martison Phosphate project consisting of phosphate deposits located in north of Hearst, Ontario. The company was formerly known as MCK Mining Corp. and changed its name to PhosCan Chemical Corp. in July 2006. PhosCan Chemical Corp. was founded in 1994 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Intersections Inc.(INTX)

Intersections Inc. provides subscription based consumer protection services and other consumer products and services primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Consumer Products and Services, Online Brand Protection, and Bail Bonds Industry Solutions. The Consumer Products and Services segment offers credit reports; daily, monthly, and quarterly monitoring of subscriber?s credit files; reports and monitoring services based on additional information sources; and credit scores and credit score analysis tools, credit education, identity theft recovery services, identity theft cost reimbursement, and software and other technology tools to protect against identity theft. Its products and services also include consumer discounts on healthcare, home, and auto related expenses; access to professional financial and legal information; and life, accidental death, and disability insurance, as well as distributes online privacy protection software. This seg ment markets its products and services to credit card, direct deposit, or mortgage issuing financial institutions. The Online Brand Protection segment provides online brand protection services, including online channel monitoring, auction monitoring, and other services to corporate brand owners or law firms, as well as offers forum, blog, and newsgroup monitoring. The Bail Bonds Industry Solutions segment offers automated service solutions for the bail bonds industry, which include accounting, reporting, and decision making tools that allow bail bondsmen, general agents, and sureties to run their offices, to exercise operational and financial control over their businesses, and to make underwriting decisions. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Vatalyst]

  Shares are trading around $15.50 at the time of writing, in the middle of their 52-week trading range of $8.20 to $23.00. At the current market price, the company is capitalized at $262.68 million. Earnings per share for the last year were $1.38, and it paid a dividend of $0.80, yielding 5.20%.

  Intersection’s business of consumer protection services is one of the growth industries in a world where online fraud is becoming big business. Its price to earnings ratio of 11.29 is undemanding when compared to the industry average of 21, and also to direct competitor Equifax Inc (EFX) which trades on a multiple of 17.9. This said, its operating margin of 9.33% (from a gross margin of 73%) is low compared to Equifax’s 23% from a gross margin of 60%. However, management has indicated its confidence in the company’s prospects and its ability to control cots going forward by raising the dividend by 33% for the last quarter. Equifax shares yield just 1.90%. In a market where credit rating data, and consumer credit protection will likely become more important, the shares are a buy for dividend investors.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Valgold Resources Ltd. (VAL.V)

ValGold Resources Ltd. engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Canada. The company explores for gold, silver, lead, and zinc deposits in Western Ukraine. It holds a 75% interest the MBK Project located in western Ukraine; a 100% interest in the Tower Mountain gold property that comprises 55 claims covering an area of 3,875 acres located in the Shebandowan Gold Belt, northwestern Ontario; and Venezuela Properties that cover a total area of approximately 162,768 acres. ValGold Resources Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Open Text Corporation (OTEX)

Open Text Corporation develops, markets, sells, licenses, and supports enterprise content management (ECM) solutions primarily in North America and Europe. The company?s ECM software and solutions enable customers to manage various types of enterprise content, including business documents, Web content, records, digital assets, email, forms and reports, forums, blogs, wikis, and real time instant messaging and collaboration. Its ECM solutions comprise various components, including document management, which provides repository for business documents, such as Microsoft office, CAD, and PDF; collaboration that offers tools designed to better facilitate people working with each other with content and processes; Web content management, which provides tools for authoring, maintaining, and administering sophisticated Web sites; and records management that enables control of the lifecycle of content objects by associating robust retention and disposition rules with each content as set. The company?s ECM solutions also provide email management services designed to enable the archiving, control, and monitoring of email; capture and delivery tools that provide the means of converting documents from analog sources; digital asset management; business process management services; content reporting tools for analyzing content and generating reports; and Open Text Everywhere that allows the Open Text ECM suite to be available via mobile devices. In addition, it offers industry specific solutions for government, technology/manufacturing, energy, financial services, pharmaceutical and life sciences, legal, and media sectors. Additionally, the company provides learning, consulting, hosting, and customer support and training services. It has strategic alliances with Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, and SAP AG. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Tsodilo Resources Limited (TSD.V)

Tsodilo Resources Limited engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the Republic of Botswana. It holds 96% interest in the Ngamiland project consisting of 9 diamond prospecting licenses covering an area of approximately 3,940 square kilometers located in northwest Botswana. The company also holds interests in the Gcwihaba diamond project comprising 6 diamond prospecting licenses covering an area of approximately 2,546 square kilometers in northwest Botswana. In addition, it holds 18 prospecting licenses for base and precious, platinum group metals, and rare earth elements covering an area of approximately 12,118 square kilometers, as well as 8 prospecting licenses for radioactive minerals covering approximately 7,000 square kilometers in northwest Botswana. The company was formerly known as Trans Hex International Ltd. and changed its name to Tsodilo Resources Limited in April 2002. Tsodilo Resources Limited was founded in 1995 and i s headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Princeton National Bancorp Inc.(PNBC)

Princeton National Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Citizens First National Bank, which provides commercial banking and trust services to individuals, businesses, and governmental bodies in Illinois. The company provides consumer services, such as demand, savings, and time deposit accounts; home mortgage loans; installment loans; and brokerage services. It also offers secured and unsecured commercial loans, including real estate loans to companies and individuals for business purposes, and to governmental units; and agricultural and agricultural real estate loans secured by crops, machinery, and real estate to finance capital improvements and farm operations, as well as acquisitions of livestock and machinery. In addition, the company offers ATM and debit cards, and Internet banking services. Further, it provides insurance and farm management services; and equity, bond, and mutual fund portfolio management services. As of December 31, 2010, it managed or a dministrated 907 trust accounts. The company operates through 21 offices in 17 in Aurora, DePue, Genoa, Hampshire, Henry, Huntley, Millbrook, Minooka, Newark, Oglesby, Peru, Plainfield, Plano, Princeton, Sandwich, Somonauk, and Spring Valley; and 25 automated teller machines. Princeton National Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Princeton, Illinois.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: United Business Media plc ord(UBM.L)

UBM plc engages in the provision of data, media and business to business (B2B) communications, and marketing services worldwide. The company operates in five segments: Events, PR Newswire, Data Services, Marketing Services-Online, and Marketing Services-Print. The Events segment organizes industry exhibitions and conventions, conferences, forums, fairs, tradeshows, and other live in person events that enable communities to do business. The PR Newswire segment offers communications products and services to professionals working in marketing, public relations, corporate communications, or investor relations roles in businesses, government, and other non-commercial organizations. This segment also distributes its clients? messages and information. The Data Services segment provides data and information products, including data-based workflow products, intellectual property consultancy and analytical services, and sales lead generation programs that support professionals. The Marketing Services-Online segment offers Website sponsorships and banner advertising, as well as online directory products. The Marketing Services-Print segment publishes magazines and trade press to specialist markets. The company markets its products and services to professional and commercial communities. The company was formerly known as United Business Media Limited and changed its name to UBM plc in May 2011. UBM plc was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

10 Best Computer Hardware Stocks For 2014: Arrowhead Research Corporation(ARWR)

Arrowhead Research Corporation, a clinical stage nanomedicine company, through its subsidiaries, develops therapeutic products at the interface of biology and nanoengineering to cure disease and improve human health. It focuses on the design and development of therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer and obesity, as well as healing wounded or diseased tissue based on nucleic acid delivery, siRNA chemistry, and tissue targeting intellectual properties. The company?s lead products include CALAA-01, an oncology drug candidate based on the gene silencing RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism; and Adipotide, an anti-obesity peptide that targets and kills the blood vessels that feed white adipose tissue. It also plans to develop its internal preclinical and clinical pipeline, including RONDEL-enabled siRNA drug candidates, Dynamic Polyconjugate (DPC)-enabled drug candidate development, and the non-siRNA-based anti-obesity drug candidate, Adipotide. The company, formerly known as InterActive Group, Inc., was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  Arrowhead Research (ARWR) is a development stage nanotechnology holding company that forms, acquires, and operates subsidiaries commercializing innovative nanotechnologies. This is trading up 12.2% to $2.04 in recent trading.

  Today’s Range: $1.80-$2.08
  
  52-Week Range: $1.65-$5.79
  
  Volume: 141,000
  
  Three-Month Average Volume: 121,952

  Shares of ARWR are soaring higher after the company announced the pricing of a private offering with gross proceeds expected to be $36 million. The offering was priced at $1.83 per share.

  From a technical perspective, ARWR is soaring here back above some near-term overhead resistance at $1.95 and back above its 50-day moving average at $2.07 with above-average volume. At last check, ARWR has hit an intraday high of $2.09 and volume is just starting to surpass its three-month average action of 121,952 shares.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in ARWR as long as it’s trending above $1.95 and then once it sustains a move or close above its 50-day at $2.07 with volume that hits near or above 121,952 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then ARWR will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $2.25 to its 200-day at $2.41. Any high-volume move above $2.41 will then put $2.55 to $2.70 into range for shares of ARWR.