Things never get dull for the country's lone satellite-radio provider. Shares of Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI ) moved sharply lower on the week, shedding 5.5% to hit $3.27. The media darling's drop was far worse than the more modest declines for the Dow and Nasdaq.
Sirius XM slipped after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) unveiled a streaming service and deeper iOS integration in cars. Higher mortgage rates may also be problematic for Sirius XM. Meanwhile, Pandora (NYSE: P ) made a surprising move that could lower its streaming royalties. But at the same time, the number of shares of Sirius XM sold short did decline slightly in the latest bimonthly report.
There was more going on this week beyond the share-price gyrations, though. Let's take a closer look.
Apple turns up the Radio
There has been iRadio chatter for months, and reports that Apple had struck deals with the final two major labels last week made it a lock for the tech giant to announce its new platform during this week's WWDC.
Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Sedex Mining Corp. (SDN.V)
Sedex Mining Corp., a resource exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. The company explores for gold, copper, zinc, lead, kimberlite, nickel, platinum, palladium, and chromite. It focuses in the properties located in the Timmins area, as well as the Cranbrook area in Canada. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: NewStar Financial Inc.(NEWS)
NewStar Financial, Inc. operates as a commercial finance company in the United States. It focuses on meeting the financing needs of companies and private investors in the middle market. The company originates, structures, and underwrites senior and secured cash flow loans, as well as second lien, subordinated debt, and equity or other equity-linked products; and senior debt financing options, including revolving credit facilities, term loans, and other debt products secured by various business assets. It also offers first mortgage debt and asset-based debt primarily to finance the acquisition of commercial real estate properties. In addition, the company?s commercial real estate loans provide capital for various purposes comprising acquisition, lease-up, repositioning and build-out, and refinancing and recapitalization. Further, it offers senior and secured asset-based loans that provide capital for purposes, such as working capital, acquisition, dividend recapitalization s, refinancing and restructuring, corporate growth, and management buyouts. Additionally, the company provides various direct finance leases for equipment types, including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and telecom equipment. It serves various companies operating in healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, financial services, energy/chemical services, printing/publishing, consumer, retail, restaurants, telecommunications, education, auto/transportation, marketing, wholesale distribution, and business and technology services industries. NewStar Financial, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Top Growth Companies To Watch In Right Now: West Coast Bancorp(WCBO)
West Coast Bancorp operates as the holding company for West Coast Bank that provides various banking and financial services in western Oregon and southwestern Washington. The company offers demand deposits, checking and savings accounts, NOW and money market accounts, interest bearing demand deposits, and time deposits. It also provides general commercial loans; revolving lines of credit; real estate loans and lines to support construction; owner occupied and investor financing; small business administration loans; and consumer loans. In addition, the company offers business credit cards, merchant service options, and equipment leasing, as well as check cards, personal lines of credit, and various first and second lien residential mortgage products. Further, it provides fiduciary, agency, trust, and related services; and life insurance products to individuals, as well as to profit and not for-profit businesses and institutions. Additionally, the company offers Internet-bas ed cash management services, remote deposit services, investment services, and treasury management online banking services. As of October 26, 2011, it operated in 65 locations in Oregon and Washington. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Mansfield Minerals Inc. (MDR.V)
Mansfield Minerals Inc., a junior mining company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral property interests primarily in Argentina. It holds a 100% interest in the Lindero project that includes the Lindero heap leach oxide gold deposit and the Arizaro porphyry gold-copper prospect covering an area of 35 square kilometers in Salta Province, northwestern Argentina. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc (CCO)
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., incorporated in August 1995, provides clients with advertising opportunities through billboards, street furniture displays, transit displays and other out-of-home advertising displays, such as wallscapes, spectaculars, neons and mall displays, which it owns or operates in global markets. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated more than 750,000 advertising displays globally. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company operated in two business segments: Americas outdoor advertising (Americas) and International outdoor advertising (International), which represented 44% and 56% of its revenue, respectively.
Americas Outdoor Advertising
The Company is an outdoor advertising company in the Americas, which includes the United States, Canada and Latin America. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated approximately 125,000 display structures in its Americas segment with operations in 48 markets in the United States. Its Americas assets consist of billboards, street furniture and transit displays, airport displays, mall displays, and wallscapes and other spectaculars, which it owns or operates under lease management agreements.
Americas revenue is derived from the sale of advertising copy placed on its digital displays and its traditional displays. Its display inventory consists of billboards, street furniture displays and transit displays. During 2011, billboards consisted approximately 66% of its display revenues. Its Americas segment generates revenues from local, regional and national sales. Its billboard inventory includes bulletins and posters. Digital bulletins display static messages, which resemble standard printed bulletins when viewed, but also allow advertisers to change messages throughout the course of a day. Our electronic displays are linked through centralized computer systems to instantaneously and simultaneously change advertising copy as needed.
The Company�� ! street furniture displays include advertising surfaces on bus shelters, information kiosks, freestanding units and other public structures, are available in both traditional and digital formats, and are located in metropolitan areas and along commuting routes. The Company owns the street furniture structures and are responsible for their construction and maintenance. Its transit displays are advertising surfaces on various types of vehicles or within transit systems, including on the interior and exterior sides of buses, trains, trams, and within the common areas of rail stations and airports, and are available in both traditional and digital formats. The balance of its display inventory consists of spectaculars, wallscapes and mall displays. Spectaculars are customized display structures, which often incorporate video, multidimensional lettering and figures, mechanical devices and moving parts and other embellishments to create special effects. Its spectaculars are located in Times Square in New York City, Dundas Square and the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, Miracle Mile Shops in Las Vegas and across from the Target Center in Minneapolis.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated approximately 125,000 display structures in its Americas segment with operations in 48 markets in the United States. Its displays are located on owned land, leased land or land, for which it have acquired permanent easements. The Company owns the physical structures on which its clients��advertising copy is displayed.
The Company competes with CBS and Lamar Advertising Company.
International Outdoor Advertising
The Company�� International segment includes its operations in Asia, Australia and Europe. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated more than 630,000 displays across 30 countries. Its International assets consist of street furniture and transit displays, billboards, mall displays, Smartbike schemes, walls! capes and! other spectaculars, which it owns or operates under lease agreements.
International revenue is derived from the sale of traditional advertising copy placed on its display inventory and electronic displays which are part of its network of digital displays. Its International display inventory consists of street furniture displays, billboards, transit displays and other out-of-home advertising displays, such as neon displays. Its International segment generates revenues globally from local, regional and national sales. Its International street furniture displays, available in traditional and digital formats, include bus shelters, freestanding units, various types of kiosks, benches and other public structures. Its International street furniture is sold to clients as network packages of multiple street furniture displays, with contract terms ranging from one to two weeks. Client contracts are also available with terms of up to one year.
The Company�� International billboards are sold to clients as network packages with contract terms ranging from one to two weeks. Long-term client contracts are also available and typically have terms of up to one year. It leases its billboard sites from private landowners. Billboards include posters and its neon displays, and are available in traditional and digital formats. Defi Group SAS, its International neon subsidiary, is a global provider of neon signs with approximately 296 displays in 16 countries globally.
The Company�� client contracts for transit displays, either traditional or digital, have terms ranging from one week to one year, or longer. The balance of its revenue from its International segment consists of advertising revenue from mall displays, other small displays and non-advertising revenue from sales of street furniture equipment, cleaning and maintenance services and production revenue. Its contracts with mall operators have terms ranging from 5 to 10 years and client contracts for mall displays generally ha! ve terms ! ranging from one to two weeks. Its International inventory includes other small displays, which are counted as separate displays. It also has a Smartbike bicycle rental program, which provides bicycles for rent to the general public in several municipalities. In exchange for providing the bike rental program, it derives revenue from advertising rights to the bikes, bike stations, additional street furniture displays, or fees from the local municipalities. It sells equipment or provides cleaning and maintenance services as part of a billboard or street furniture contract with a municipality. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned or operated more than 630,000 displays in its International segment, with operations across 30 countries. Its International display count includes display faces, which may include multiple faces on a single structure.
The Company competes with JCDecaux and CBS.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Seth Jayson]
Calling all cash flows
When you are trying to buy the market's best stocks, it's worth checking up on your companies' free cash flow once a quarter or so, to see whether it bears any relationship to the net income in the headlines. That's what we do with this series. Today, we're checking in on Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (NYSE: CCO ) , whose recent revenue and earnings are plotted below.
Best High Tech Stocks To Invest In Right Now: RCM Technologies Inc.(RCMT)
RCM Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, and delivery of business and technology solutions for commercial and government sectors in North America. It operates through three segments: Information Technology (IT), Engineering, and Commercial Services. The IT segment provides enterprise business solutions, application services, infrastructure solutions, competitive advantage and productivity solutions, and life sciences solutions. The Engineering segment offers engineering and design, engineering analysis, engineer-procure-construct, configuration management, hardware/software validation and verification, quality assurance, technical writing and publications, manufacturing process planning and improvement, reliability centered maintenance, component and equipment testing, and risk management engineering services. The Commercial Services segment provides long-term and short-term staffing, executive search, and placement servic es in various fields, including rehabilitation, nursing, managed care, allied health care, health care management, and medical office support, as well as offers in-patient, outpatient, sub-acute and acute care, multilingual speech pathology, rehabilitation, geriatric, pediatric, and adult day care services to hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, sports medicine facilities, and private practices. This segment also offers contract and temporary services, and permanent placement services for full-time and part-time personnel in various functional areas, including office, clerical, data entry, secretarial, light industrial, shipping, receiving, and general warehousing. The company offers its services to aerospace/defense, energy, financial services, life sciences, manufacturing and distribution, public sector, and technology industries. RCM Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in Pennsauken, New Jersey.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By CRWE]
RCM Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:RCMT) reported that primarily due to unexpected and extended client procedural delays in awarding certain engagements under an existing contract with a major North American utility, the Company’s second quarter revenues and operating income will fall short of its expectations.
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