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Hot Food Companies For 2016: Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (ODFL)
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. operates as a less-than-truckload (LTL) motor carrier primarily in the United States. The company provides regional, inter-regional, and national LTL services. It also offers a range of logistics services, including ground and air expedited transportation, supply chain consulting, transportation management, truckload brokerage, container delivery, and warehousing services. In addition, the company provides door-to-door international freight services to and from North America, Central America, South America, and the Far East. As of December 31, 2010, it owned a fleet of 5,718 tractors and 20,986 trailers, as well as operated 213 service centers. The company was founded in 1934 and is based in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rich Smith]
Consider: According to YRC, the $150.9 million it currently pays in annual interest exceeds the $92.6 million in interest obligations paid by "all [of its] competitors combined." Con-Way (NYSE: CNW ) , for example, sports a debt load about half of YRC's, yet pays only about one-third �as much in interest on that debt. Old Dominion Freight (NASDAQ: ODFL ) has 12% the debt �of YRC, but only 7% of the interest expense.
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Shares of Heartland Express have gained 50% this year, trumping the 38% rise in Con-Way (CNW) and the 29% advance in J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) but lagging Old Dominion Freight Lines (ODFL) and Swift Transportation (SWFT).
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Wunderlich’s Nicholas Bender thinks FedEx’s results bode well for Old Dominion (ODFL), Con-way (CNW) and Saia (SAIA):
We expect all less-than-truckload carriers to benefit in 2Q14 from the same trends that carried FedEx Freight to a banner 4Q14. This includes Hold-rated Old Dominion, which will continue to grow at well above market rates, and Buy-rated Con-way, which we believe can leverage a strong 2Q14 to prime the pump on margin enhancement efforts. Our favorite name in the space remains Saia (SAIA-$42.92, Buy), which will once again see accelerating tonnage growth in 2Q14. Though tonnage growth will moderate in� 2H14 due to steeper comps, there remains considerable potential for the company to boost yield and continue winning incremental business with new accounts.
Top Prefered Stocks To Buy Right Now: Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc (SNOW)
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. (New Intrawest), incorporated on August 30, 2013, is a North American mountain resort and adventure company. The Company owns interests in seven four-season mountain resorts with more than 11,000 skiable acres and more than 1,150 acres of land available for real estate development. The Company�� mountain resorts are geographically diversified across North America�� ski regions, including the Eastern United States, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Southwest and Canada. As of January 21, 2014, its portfolio of resorts received more than six million visitors from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. The Company also operates an adventure travel business, Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), the heli-skiing adventure company in North America. CMH provides helicopter accessed skiing, mountaineering and hiking. New Intrawest operates a real estate business through which it manages, markets and sells vacation club properties; manages condominium hotel properties, and sells and markets residential real estate. The Company operates in three segments: Mountain, Adventure and Real Estate.
The Company�� Mountain segment includes its mountain resort and lodging operations at Steamboat Ski & Resort, Winter Park Resort, Mont Tremblant Resort, Stratton Mountain Resort and Snowshoe Mountain Resort. It also holds a 50% interest in Blue Mountain Ski Resort within its Mountain segment. The Adventure segment includes its CMH business. Within its Adventure segment, the Company also owns and operates aviation businesses that support CMH and provide services to third parties. New Intrawest�� Real Estate segment includes its real estate development activities, as well as its real estate management, marketing and sales businesses, including Intrawest Resort Club Group (IRCG), Intrawest Hospitality Management (IHM) and Playground. Its mountain resorts offer activities for individuals of all ages that combine outdoor adventure and fitness with a variety of resort-based se! rvices and amenities, including retail, equipment rental, dining, lodging, ski school, spa services, golf, mountain biking and other summer activities.
The Company�� Steamboat Ski & Resort is located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, 157 miles northwest of Denver. The Winter Park Resort is located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, 67 miles west of Denver. The resort is comprised of Winter Park Mountain, Mary Jane Mountain, Vasquez Cirque and Vasquez Ridge. The Mont Tremblant Resort is located in Quebec. The Stratton Mountain Resort is located in Southern Vermont, approximately 220 miles north of New York City and approximately 150 miles northwest of Boston. The Snowshoe Mountain Resort is located in West Virginia and is a ski resorts in the Southeast region of the United States.
In the Blue Mountain Ski Resort the Company owns a 50% equity interest and is located in Ontario, approximately 90 miles northwest of Toronto. Blue Mountain also operates a year round conference center and offers a summer amenities, including an 18-hole golf course, an open-air gondola, a mountain biking facility and a waterfront park. The Company�� Mammoth Mountain, of which the Company owns a 15% equity interest, is located south of Yosemite National Park in California and primarily draws customers from Southern California�� approximately 22.0 million residents. The Company also owns a 50% equity interest in Mammoth Hospitality Management, LLC, which runs the hospitality and lodging operations at Mammoth. The Company�� other business interests at Mammoth include managing the commercial village, as well as the Westin Monache Resort at Mammoth Lakes, California. CMH provides helicopter-accessed skiing, mountaineering and hiking on 3.1 million powder-filled acres of terrain in British Columbia. The Company has a portfolio of more than 1,150 acres of development parcels surrounding the bases of its Steamboat, Winter Park, Tremblant, Stratton and Snowshoe resorts, much of which is located adjacent ! or proxim! ate to the ski trails, including ski-in ski-out parcels.
The Company�� competes with Breckenridge Ski Resort, Park City Mountain Resort, Copper Mountain Resort, Keystone Resort, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Mont Blanc, Le Massif, Mont Saint-Sauveur, Okemo, Mount Snow, Killington Resort, Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Bryce Resort, Wintergreen Resort, Horseshoe Valley Resort, Mount St. Louis and Holiday Valley Resort.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Udovich]
If you are a ski enthusiast hitting the slopes this winter, you might want to check out ski stocks�like mid cap Vail Resorts, Inc (NYSE: MTN) and small caps Peak Resorts Inc (NASDAQ: SKIS) and Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc (NYSE: SNOW) which own or operate ski resorts. However, two of these ski stocks are recent IPOs with small cap Peak Resorts Inc having an IPO about a month ago while Intrawest Resorts Holdings debuted at the end of January. With that in mind, here is what you need to know as an investor before you hit the slopes with these ski stocks:
- [By Monica Gerson]
Intrawest Resorts Holdings (NYSE: SNOW) is expected to post its Q3 earnings at $2.69 per share on revenue of $294.89 million.
Cosan (NYSE: CZZ) is estimated to post its Q1 earnings at $0.16 per share.
Top Prefered Stocks To Buy Right Now: Safe Bulkers Inc(SB)
Safe Bulkers, Inc. provides marine drybulk transportation services worldwide. The company transports various bulk cargoes, primarily coal, grain, and iron ore. As of July 15, 2011, it had a fleet of 16 drybulk vessels, with an aggregate carrying capacity of 1,443,800 deadweight tons. The company?s fleet consists of Panamax, Kamsarmax, Post-Panamax, and Capesize class vessels, as well as 11 further contracted additional drybulk new build vessels to be delivered at various times through 2014. Safe Bulkers, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Bryan Murphy]
If you're reading this, then odds are you already know shipping stocks like Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX), Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB), and Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) are all up big-time today, and up nicely for the week, for that matter. SB is up 11% for the day, NMM is up 6% for the week, while DSX is higher by 8% for the session, snapping a surprisingly-long weak streak.
- [By Dan Caplinger]
On Wednesday, Safe Bulkers (NYSE: SB ) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise. That way, you'll be less likely to make an uninformed knee-jerk reaction to news that turns out to be exactly the wrong move.
- [By Jon C. Ogg]
Safe Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SB) was raised to Buy all the way up from Underperform for a two-notch upgrade, and the price target was raised to $8 from $6, at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
- [By James E. Brumley]
It's certainly no Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB) or Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK), in terms or market cap or revenue. In fact, even with the drybulk shipping industry it's a somewhat obscure name. Yet, FreeSeas Inc. (NASDAQ:FREE) may well be the stock with the most near-term potential upside, now that it's gotten over a key technical hump.
Top Prefered Stocks To Buy Right Now: Skullcandy Inc (SKUL)
Skullcandy, Inc., incorporated on May 20, 2005, is a designer, marketer and distributor of performance audio and gaming headphones and other accessory related products under the Skullcandy, Astro Gaming and 2XL by Skullcandy brands. The Company's products are sold and distributed through a variety of channels in the United States and approximately 80 countries worldwide. The Company is engaged in the distribution of headphones in specialty retailers focused on action sports and the youth lifestyle, such as Zumiez, Tilly�� and hundreds of independent snow, skate and surf retailers. It distributes through consumer electronics, mass, sporting goods and mobile phone retailers, such as Best Buy, Target, Dick�� Sporting Goods and AT&T Wireless. Skullcandy products are also sold through its Website.
The Company�� product line include dB Collecti; Mobility Collectio, which targets mobile channel with product features designed to work on cell phones and smartphones, such as the Apple iPhone, and 2XL, which represents traditional sports, motor sports and hip-hop and rock and roll music. The Company sponsors athletes, disc jockeys (DJs), musicians, artists and events within all areas of action sports and the indie and hip-hop music genres. Through its Websites, skullcandy.com, skullcandy.tv, ca.skullcandy.com, eu.skullcandy.com, uk.skullcandy.com, 2xl.com, astrogaming.com, astrogaming.co.uk and astrogaming.fr listen to music by its sponsored artists, read blog updates on events, athletes, DJs, musicians and artists, and shop for Skullcandy and Astro Gaming products.
The Company competes with Sony, JVC, Bose, Beats by Dr. Dre, Nixon, adidas, Incase, Urbanears, Monster Cable Products, Sol Republic, iFrogz,Nike and Sennheiser.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Eric Volkman]
Skullcandy (NASDAQ: SKUL ) is undergoing quite a bit of adjustment in its corporate offices. Its CFO, Kyle Wescoat, has resigned to "pursue other opportunities" in his home region of Southern California. The company said it has launched a search for a successor; Wescoat will stay on through September or so while Skullcandy hunts for a replacement.
- [By Sean Williams]
Finally, audio accessories company Skullcandy (NASDAQ: SKUL ) announced a realignment of some of its business divisions, and the upcoming departure of current CFO Kyle Wescoat, who plans to leave the company in September. Under the new alignment, Skullcandy plans to relocate its marketing, creative, business development, and legal departments to its Park City, Utah, headquarters. Although this will translate into a pre-tax restructuring charge of $3 million to $3.8 million, it's a strong move to help unify Skullcandy's new strategy.
- [By MARKETWATCH]
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks weakened in early Thursday trading as the yen rose and Wall Street ended mixed, with the Nikkei Stock Average (JP:NIK) falling 1.2% to 15,929.74 after a 1.9% advance a day earlier. With the yen (USDJPY) slightly firmer than in the previous session, some investors sold currency-sensitive exporters, with Fanuc Corp. (JP:6954) (FANUF) down 2%, Kyocera Corp. (JP:6971) (KYOCF) off 1.9%, and Fujitsu Ltd. (JP:6702) (FJTSY) losing 2.3%. News that China would lift a ban on some sales of videogame consoles had sent shares of Nintendo Co. (JP:7974) (NTDOF) shooting 11% higher on Wednesday, but apparent profit-taking sent the stock down 4.2% in early Thursday action. Shares of rival Sony Corp. (JP:6758) (SNE) , however, followed with a 4% rise, also possibly buoyed by a Nikkei Asian Review report that it was planning a "smartphone offensive" in the U.S. and China. Canon Inc. (JP:7751) (CAJ) fell 2% on a separate Nikkei report that the company's 2013 operating profit would miss forecasts. Toshiba Corp. (JP:6502) (TOSYY)
- [By Chris Dieterich]
What about apparel companies and retailers? Morgan Stanley likes companies that target brands that are most popular with “lower-income consumers,” who they deem as most likely to put the money they save into new purchases. Analysts like The Children�� Place (PLCE), Foot Locker (FL), Finish Line (FINL), Brown Shoe (BWS), and Skullcandy (SKUL). The same applies for retailers including Aeropostale (ARO) Burlington Stores (BURL) and Ross Stores (ROST).
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