The 5 Best and Worst Stocks of 2015 презентация

The 5 Best and Worst Stocks of 2015 A Mid-Year Check-In

A Quick Note To be considered for this list, companies needed to have a market capitalization of at least $300 million. Biotechnology and drug companies were omitted from the list, as they would have been the almost all of the members of the best-performers list. These stocks make huge swings—up or down—based upon drug approval rulings from the FDA.

5) Natural Resource Partners YTD Performance: (57%) Business: An MLP that owns and leases mineral properties in the United States. Cause: NRP accumulated a lot of debt over the years and had to cut its dividend by 75%.

4) Caesars Entertainment YTD Performance: (59%) Business: Owner and operator of casino and casino-based properties. Cause: The company has yet to turn a profit since going public, has massive amounts of debt, and is investing in questionable properties in Atlantic City.

3) Sonus Networks YTD Performance: (60%) Business: Provider of cloud communications hardware and services. Cause: The company had a number of large orders that were expected to close in the first quarter that it now doesn’t expect until next year.

2)Peabody Energy YTD Performance: (68%) Business: Worldwide coal miner. Cause: The coal market is very weak. Peabody is trying to stay afloat by issuing bonds, but that may not be enough.

1) Lumber Liquidators YTD Performance: (68%) Business: Seller of hardwood flooring. Cause: A 60 Minutes piece called into question the safety of the company’s China-sourced laminates. Many C-Level executives have since left.

5) Ambarella YTD Performance: 141% Business: Develops technology used in small video recording devices. Cause: Sales of the company’s technology have exploded thanks to GoPro’s popular cameras, as well as increased interest by security firms.

4) Isle of Capri YTD Performance: 142% Business: Casino owner/operator Cause: Besides reporting strong growth earlier in the year, the stock took a major jump after it was leaked that it may be bought out by Gaming and Leisure Properties.

3) Tantech Holdings YTD Performance: 153% Business: Chinese company that makes bamboo-based charcoal products. Cause: This is a newly IPO’d company that very little is known about. Investors should tread carefully.

2) NeoPhotonics YTD Performance: 218% Business: Manufactures hybrid photonic integrated models used to process and send large amounts of data. Cause: The last two quarters, NeoPhotonics has crushed analyst expectations. Sales of the company’s 100G products have been very strong.

1) Natural Health Trends YTD Performance: 273% Business: Direct-seller of nutritional, beauty and lifestyle products, primarily in China. Cause: Buyer beware, this is essentially a Chinese MLM company. That said, revenue and earnings growth have been through the roof.