April 2019 Stock Picks TOP 25 STOCKS April-19 RANK TICKER NAME SECTOR INDUSTRY 1 INTU Intuit Inc
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April 2019 Stock Picks TOP 25 STOCKS April-19 RANK TICKER NAME SECTOR INDUSTRY 1 INTU Intuit Inc. 57 - Technology 57201020 - Software 2 AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 53 - Consumer Cyclicals 53402010 - Retailers - Department Stores 3 V Visa Inc 57 - Technology 57201030 - Online Services 4 SYK Stryker Corporation 56 - Healthcare 56101020 - Medical Equipment, Supplies & Distribution 5 AAPL Apple Inc. 57 - Technology 57106020 - Phones & Handheld Devices 6 LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 50 - Energy 50103030 - Oil & Gas - Transportation Services 7 EL Estee Lauder Companies Inc 54 - Non-Cyclicals 54201020 - Personal Products 8 ISRG Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 56 - Healthcare 56101010 - Advanced Medical Equipment & Technology 9 HON Honeywell International Inc. 52 - Industrials 52301010 - Industrial Conglomerates 10 GOOGL Alphabet Inc 57 - Technology 57201030 - Online Services 11 MSFT Microsoft Corporation 57 - Technology 57201020 - Software 12 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 57 - Technology 57101010 - Semiconductors 13 COST Costco Wholesale Corporation53 - Consumer Cyclicals 53402020 - Retailers - Discount Stores 14 GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc 55 - Financials 55102010 - Investment Banking & Brokerage Services 15 HD Home Depot Inc 53 - Consumer Cyclicals 53403020 - Retailers - Home Improvement Products & Services 16 DIS Walt Disney Co 53 - Consumer Cyclicals 53302020 - Broadcasting 17 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc 57 - Technology 57201030 - Online Services 18 BAC Bank of America Corp 55 - Financials 55101010 - Banks 19 DXC DXC Technology Co 57 - Technology 57201010 - IT Services & Consulting 20 C Citigroup Inc 55 - Financials 55101010 - Banks 21 URI United Rentals, Inc. 52 - Industrials 52203040 - Business Support Services 22 STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. 54 - Non-Cyclicals 54101020 - Distillers & Wineries 23 DWDP DowDuPont Inc 51 - Basic Materials 51101090 - Chemicals - Diversified 24 BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 55 - Financials 55301020 - Insurance - Property & Casualty 25 CVS CVS Health Corp 56 - Healthcare 56102010 - Healthcare Facilities & Services As of March 25th, 2019- Subject to change. April 2019 Growth Stock Picks As of March 25th, 2019. Subject to change. April 2019 Growth Stock Picks As of March 25th, 2019. Subject to change. April 2019 Growth Stock Picks As of March 25th, 2019- Subject to change. April 2019 Growth Stock Picks As of March 25th, 2019- Subject to change. April 2019 Growth Stock Picks As of March 25th, 2019- Subject to change. Apple Inc. (AAPL) Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, and personal computers. It also sells various related software, services, accessories, and third- party digital content and applications. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and Mac, a line of desktop and portable personal computers, as well as iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS operating systems. It also provides iTunes Store, an app store that allows customers to purchase and download, or stream music and TV shows; rent or purchase movies; and download free podcasts, as well as iCloud, a cloud service, which stores music, photos, contacts, calendars, mail, documents, and others. In addition, the company offers AppleCare support services; Apple Pay, a cashless payment service; Apple TV that connects to consumers' TVs and enables them to access digital content directly for streaming video, playing music and games, and viewing photos; and Apple Watch, a personal electronic device, as well as AirPods, Beats products, HomePod, iPod touch, and other Apple-branded and third-party accessories. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and education, enterprise, and government customers worldwide. It sells and delivers digital content and applications through the iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, TV App Store, Book Store, and Apple Music. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Source: FinViz.com, March 2019 Apple Inc. (AAPL) POSITIVES: Apple’s non-iPhone businesses, particularly Services and Wearables, are expected to drive top- line growth in fiscal 2019 and beyond. The Services portfolio has emerged as the company’s new cash cow. Apple’s endeavors to open up its ecosystem, through partnerships with the likes of Samsung and Amazon, are positive for the Services segment. Apple currently has more than 360 million paid subscribers across its Services portfolio. The App Store continues to draw the attention of prominent developers from around the world, helping the company offer appealing new apps that drive App Store traffic. pple has some revolutionary offerings when it comes to Apple Pay and Apple Music. Apple Pay, designed on the basis of a contactless payment (NFC) technology, has been expanded to more than 27 markets. Further, Apple Music currently has more than 50 million paid subscribers. Apple Music’s availability on Amazon Echo devices is expected to expand the iPhone maker’s footprint against Spotify, which is currently the dominant player in the paid, premium music streaming market. The latest partnership with Verizon is also noteworthy in this regard. Apple is encouraging developers to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in their apps. The company’s Core ML 2 API helps developers recognize faces or animals in photos, and parse the meaning of text. Further, the company is offering Create ML for simple and efficient machine learning training on the Mac, which is built on top of Swift programming language. Apple’s focus on autonomous vehicles and augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies presents growth opportunity in the long haul. Possible concerns: Apple’s excessive dependence on iPhone is a risk to overall growth. China is an important market for Apple, given the growing number of middle-class customers. However, the waning macroeconomic environment in China and the intensifying competition have dented shipment growth. Competition has negatively impacted iPad’s growth, with Amazon, HTC, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and others flooding the tablet market. Source: Zacks Research, March 2019 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content. In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services. Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Source: FinViz.com, March 2019 Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) POSITIVES: Amazon.com is one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world. Amazon keeps its retail business very hard to beat on price, choice, and convenience with the help of a solid loyalty system in Prime and its FBA strategy. The company continues to push advantages exclusively to Prime members, thus encouraging them to spend more on Amazon. The current focus is on building video content, primarily for Prime subscribers because the growth prospects in the market are considerable. Prime members are much more loyal and spend double the amount spent by non-Prime members. Amazon’s strategy of gradually merging online and offline retail looks promising. It will not only reshape the retail landscape but also help it fend off competition, if it could manage a first mover advantage. Amazon is the leading provider of cloud infrastructure as a service to enterprise customers. The expanding customer base of Amazon Web Services (AWS) driven by its strengthening cloud offerings will continue to aid Amazon's dominance in the global cloud space. Amazon is pushing well with its devices strategy. Alexa powered Echo devices are going great guns and help the company sell products and services. Artificial intelligence (AI) driven Alexa has already been integrated into a host of everyday devices for the digital home, which has converted the nascent smart home market into a potential area of growth in a very short time. Amazon.com generates strong cash flows. The nature of the retail business does not leave too much room for differentiation, so price competition is intense. Amazon has accelerated its push in the logistics business. The company is reportedly