This is a list of my best ideas for the upcoming week. As new funds are deposited in my accounts, these are the companies I plan to invest in. These ideas are prioritized based on the sum of the delta between the current stock price and the one year estimated target price, and the current dividend yield. As those sums change, so does this list. As I slowly increase the number of companies that I follow, the competition for the top spots continues to become tight. |
1. JMP Group Inc. provides investment banking and asset management services in the US. The Broker-Dealer segment offers underwriting and acts as a placement agent for public and private capital markets and financial advisor in M&A, restructuring, and other strategic transactions, and provides institutional brokerage services and equity research services to institutional clients. The Asset Management manages a range of pooled investments including the hedge funds of funds. The Corporate Credit segment includes the management of collateralized loan obligations, small business loans, and various principal investments. (Summary) (Company) (Daily Chart) | Price $8.35 Target $9.72 1yr Cap Gain 16.40% Dividend $0.42 Yield 5.02% Tot 1yr Return 21.42% 3yr DivGR 32.26% 5yr DivGR 47.57% |
2. Innophos Holdings produces performance and nutritional specialty ingredients with applications in food, beverage, dietary supplements, pharmaceutical, oral care, and industrial end markets. The company’s specialty ingredients include specialty phosphate salts, specialty phosphoric acids, and other mineral and botanical based specialty ingredients that are used as flavor enhancers in beverages; electrolytes in sports drinks; texture modifiers in cheeses; leavening agents in baked goods; mineral and botanical sources for nutritional supplements; pharmaceutical excipients; and abrasives in toothpaste, as well as in industrial applications, such as asphalt modification and petrochemical catalysis. It also provides food and technical grade purified phosphoric acid (PPA) used in the production of fertilizer, and specialty phosphate salts and acids, as well as in beverage and water treatment applications; technical grade sodium used as an ingredient in cleaning products, such as industrial and institutional cleaners, automatic dishwashing detergents, and consumer laundry detergents, as well as in water treatment, clay processing, and copper ore processing activities. In addition, the company offers granular triple super phosphate (GTSP), a fertilizer product line used for enhancing crop yields in various agricultural sectors. (Summary) (Company) (Daily Chart) | Price $57.49 Target $67.50 1yr Cap Gain 17.41% Dividend $1.92 Yield 3.33% Tot 1yr Return 20.74% 3yr DivGR 23.87% 5yr DivGR 20.94% |
3. Occidental Petroleum Corporation engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Oil and Gas; Chemical; and Midstream, Marketing and Other. The Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. Its domestic oil and gas operations are located in Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Texas; and international oil and gas operations are located in Bahrain, Bolivia, Colombia, Iraq, Libya, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The Chemical segment manufactures and markets basic chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated organics, potassium chemicals, ethylene dichloride, chlorinated isocyanurates, sodium silicates, and calcium chloride; vinyls comprising vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride; and other chemicals, such as resorcinol. The Midstream, Marketing and Other segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases, and markets oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power. This segment also trades around its assets consisting of transportation and storage capacity, as well as oil, NGLs, gas, and other commodities. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. (Summary) (Company) (Daily Chart) | Price $72.72 Target $84.30 1yr Cap Gain 15.92% Dividend $2.88 Yield 3.96% Tot 1yr Return 19.88% 3yr DivGR 15.93% 5yr DivGR 17.06% |