Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019

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When fear and volatility rear their ugly heads, investors will traditionally turn to more conservative investments -- such as gold. Presumably, this is what happened during the bitterly fought presidential campaign. In 2016, the price of gold, which ended the year up about 8%, had climbed as much as 28% at one point.

Similarly, many gold stocks enjoyed quite the ride last year -- rides that have extended into the new year, leaving some companies trading at seriously low prices. Of course, this doesn't mean these companies are worthy of investment. So let's grab our pickaxes and see what we can uncover.

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Minding the miners

When considering gold-mining companies' stocks, it's important to recognize that the traditional price-to-earnings ratio doesn't have as much merit. Because of non-cash charges -- like depreciation -- it's not uncommon for companies to take large writedowns on their assets, resulting in skewed earnings figures. Yamana Gold, for example,�recorded non-cash impairment charges of $2.6 billion.�In the company's annual report, management acknowledged that "the largest contributor to the impairment was the writedown of values relating to exploration land�and potential ounces."

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019: NEW GOLD INC.(NGD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers ARMO BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARMO) shares rose 67.5 percent to $49.96 in pre-market trading after Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced plans to acquire ARMO BioSciences for $50 per share. Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR) rose 62.8 percent to $11.30 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q1 results and raised its FY18 outlook. vTv Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VTVT) rose 23.4 percent to $2.11 in pre-market trading following announcement that the company will pre-specify new subgroup with the FDA and report Phase 3 Part B results in June. Resonant Inc. (NASDAQ: RESN) rose 19.1 percent to $5.00 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: RXII) rose 17.7 percent to $2.39 in pre-market trading following Q1 results. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) rose 15.2 percent to $2.20 in pre-market trading after French company Total announced plans to acquire 25 percent stake in Clean Energy Fuels for $83.4 million. Everspin Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRAM) rose 14.6 percent to $8.50 in pre-market trading after the company reported strong results for its first quarter. Carvana Co. (NYSE: CVNA) shares rose 11 percent to $27.50 in pre-market trading after reporting upbeat Q1 sales. Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN) rose 8.9 percent to $10.70 in pre-market trading following upbeat quarterly earnings. MediciNova, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNOV) rose 8.1 percent to $11.35 in pre-market trading after the company announced opening of Investigational New Drug Application for MN-166 (ibudilast) in glioblastoma. New Gold Inc. (NYSE: NGD) shares rose 7.7 percent to $2.65 in pre-market trading after the company reported that its President and CEO Hannes Portmann left the company. The company named Raymond Threlkeld as successor. Otter Tail Corporation (NASDAQ: OTTR) shares rose 7.4 percent to $46.60 in the pre-market trading session. Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) shares rose
• [By Lisa Levin]

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  Losers Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER) fell 10.8 percent to $37.02 in pre-market trading after the company issued downbeat Q2 guidance. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW) fell 9.2 percent to $122.29 in pre-market trading. Edwards Lifesciences reported better-than-expected results for its first quarter, but issued weak earnings guidance for the second quarter. New Gold Inc. (NYSE: NGD) fell 8.8 percent to $2.30 in pre-market trading after rising 4.13 percent on Tuesday. Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE: GFI) fell 8.6 percent to $3.61 in pre-market trading. Natus Medical Incorporated (NASDAQ: BABY) fell 8.2 percent to $32.95 in pre-market trading after the company issued weak forecast for the second quarter. Atossa Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: ATOS) shares fell 7.9 percent to $3.50 in pre-market trading after climbing 27.09 percent on Tuesday. Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: BEDU) shares fell 6.7 percent to $13.58 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SGMO) fell 5.9 percent to $16.75 in pre-market trading following announcement of a $200 million common stock offering. Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: FRSX) shares fell 5.7 percent to $3.29 in pre-market trading after declining 3.32 percent on Tuesday. Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN) fell 4.8 percent to $8.40 in pre-market trading. Limelight Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: LLNW) shares fell 4.3 percent to $4.69 in pre-market trading. Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (NASDAQ: GLPI) shares fell 4.1 percent to $32.92 in pre-market trading after the company issued downbeat quarterly results and reported the retirement of CFO William Clifford
• [By Paul Ausick]

  New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: NGD) dropped about 3.8% Thursday to post a new 52-week low of $2.28. Shares closed at $2.37 on Wednesday and the stock’s 52-week high is $4.25. Volume was about 15% below the daily average of around 5.9 million shares. The company had no specific news.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: NGD) dropped about 1.9% Tuesday to post a new 52-week low of $2.09. Shares closed at $2.13 on Monday and the stock’s 52-week high is $4.25. The junior gold miner had no specific news.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  New Gold Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: NGD) dropped about 2.9% Monday to post a new 52-week low of $2.35. Shares closed at $2.42 on Friday and the stock’s 52-week high is $4.25. Volume was about 10% below the daily average of around 5.8 million shares. The gold mining company had no news.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  New Gold Inc. (NYSE: NGD) dropped about 4.7% Friday to post a new 52-week low of $2.05. Shares closed at $2.15 on Thursday and the stock’s 52-week high is $4.25. Volume was about 50% higher than the daily average of 4.2 million. The junior gold miner had no specific news.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019: Tele Celular Sul Participacoes S.A.(TSU)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Trisura Group (TSE:TSU) insider David James Clare acquired 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 16th. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$25.22 per share, with a total value of C$252,200.00.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019: Inphi Corporation(IPHI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Inphi Corp. (NYSE: IPHI) fell about 8.6% Friday to post a new 52-week low of $32.36 after closing at $35.40 on Thursday. The 52-week high is $51.78. Volume of about 3 million was roughly five times the daily average of around 680,000 shares traded. The company had no specific news.

• [By ]

  There are some companies that have weak fundamentals and are regularly incurring losses but that are valued strongly by the market purely based on one metric: revenue growth. Inphi Corporation (NYSE:IPHI) is the perfect example of such a company that has enjoyed a very high valuation despite being a loss-making unit for a large period within the past five years. The company��s revenue growth was phenomenal and the profits were expected soon. In fact, the company did end up with a good profit in 2016 when the EV/Sales multiple shot up above 7.

• [By Ezra Schwarzbaum]

  Several other optics stocks stand to gain. In a Monday note, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Vivek Arya also highlighlited the semiconductor space as one that could benefit from the news. Other stocks to watch include:

  Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) Ciena Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) Coherent, Inc. (NASDAQ: COHR) II-VI, Inc. (NASDAQ: IIVI) Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI) Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: SWKS) Integrated Device Technology Inc (NASDAQ: IDTI) Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: QRVO) Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ: AVGO)

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Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (VLKAY)

Advisors' Opinion:

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  Volkswagen Group (OTCPK:VLKAY) / Audi (OTCPK:AUDVF) / Porsche (OTCPK:POAHF)

  Volkswagen is currently ranked the number 6 top-selling global electric car manufacturer with 6% market share. In Europe Volkswagen is the number 2 electric car seller with a 14% market share.

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  I drove the QX30 for a few days and it was a bit of a doozy. The thing I like the most about the QX30 is its styling. It is basically a Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY) (OTCPK:VLKAF) Golf type of a hatchback, but it looks very good, especially from the rear and from the rear profile. Very similar to the Mazda 3, it looks a lot wider than it is.

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  For that comparison, we showed the forecast price to sales multiples for Tesla, General Motors (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), and Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY) over the last 4 years (Figure 2). It is clear that Tesla��s P/S ratio is at a much higher level compared with the rest of its peers. If forecast P/S ratio is an indicator for investors�� perception of optionality, Tesla seems to process the largest optionality. It also indicates that Tesla��s optionality has been declining, approximately by 40-50%, in the recent period.

• [By ]

  It is evident that Apple's self-driving auto program may be much more real than it can seem. The high number of test cars on the roads, patents, and partnerships with the biggest automakers like Volkswagen (OTCPK:VLKAY) (OTCPK:VLKAF) (the news on that came in on May 23) mean the solution can become ready for the mass market in the coming years. However, this is only one of the reasons to stay long AAPL. The corporation has successfully established several other very promising lines of business which generate a significant amount of revenue and help Apple reduce its reliance on the smartphone market.

Top 5 Low Price Stocks To Watch For 2019: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(ALXN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Lange]

  Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.��s (NASDAQ: ALXN) short interest rose to 5.01 million shares from the previous level of 4.64 million. Shares were trading at $118.00, in a 52-week range of $96.18 to $149.34.

• [By Chris Lange]

  Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.��s (NASDAQ: ALXN) short interest dropped to 4.37 million shares from the previous level of 5.01 million. Shares were trading at $116.70 in a 52-week range of $102.10 to $149.34.

• [By Chris Lange]

  When Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) released its first-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday, it said that it had $1.68 in earnings per share (EPS) on $930.9 million in revenue. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters had called for $1.50 in EPS on revenue of $922.99 million. In the same period of last year, the pharmaceutical giant posted EPS of $1.38 and $870 million in revenue.

• [By Chris Lange]

  Shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) saw a solid gain on Thursday after the firm announced positive results from its late-stage trial of ALXN1210 in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). One analyst even took this opportunity to weigh in on the stock.