Top 5 Prefered Stocks To Invest In Right Now

With a stock price that's up 0.8% after Wednesday trading, Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies (NYSE: UTX  ) looks bulletproof today. Helping it get that way is a new contract that UTC subsidiary LifePort just won from the U.S. Air Force.

On Wednesday, UTC announced that USAF Special Operations has contracted with LifePort to outfit its fleet of Sikorsky HH-60G PAVE HAWK�helicopters with a bulletproof Improved Ballistic Armor Sub System to protect helicopter pilots from ground fire. The PAVE HAWK is a variant of UTC's famed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, preferred by U.S. special forces.

According to UTC, LifePort is currently "the only company in the marketplace today able to" manufacture "qualified armored flight seat pallets based on strict USAF specifications." It's also apparently able to manufacture them quickly. UTC says it will have the entire USAF HH-60G fleet outfitted with the new ballistic armor before the end of September.

Top 5 Prefered Stocks To Invest In Right Now: NVE Corporation(NVEC)

NVE Corporation engages in the development and sale of devices that use spintronics, a nanotechnology that relies on electron spin to acquire, store, and transmit information. It manufactures high-performance spintronic products, including sensors and couplers used to acquire and transmit data. The company?s products comprise standard sensors to detect the presence of a magnet or metallic material to determine position or speed; and custom and medical sensors primarily for medical devices to replace electromechanical magnetic switches. It also offers spintronic couplers, including passive-input couplers, digital-input couplers, and isolated network couplers in various series. In addition, the company licenses the spintronic magnetoresistive random access memory technology, as well as provides contract research and development services. NVE Corporation sells its products through distributors, principally in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 19 82 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Top 5 Prefered Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Northwest Natural Gas Company(NWN)

Northwest Natural Gas Company stores and distributes natural gas primarily in Oregon, Washington, and California. The company operates in two segments, Local Gas Distribution and Gas Storage. The Local Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Local Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. This segment engages in building and maintaining pipeline distribution system, purchasing gas from producers and marketers, contracting for the transportation of gas over pipelines from the supply basins to service territory, and reselling the gas to customers. It also transports gas owned by customers from the interstate pipeline connection, or city gate, to the customers? facilities. This segment serves various industries, including pulp, paper, and other forest products; companies manufacturing electronic, electrochemical, and electrometallurgical products; companies engaged in processing of fa rm and food products; metal fabrication and casting companies; organizations that produce various mineral products, machine tools, machinery, and textiles; companies that manufacture asphalt, concrete, and rubber; printing and publishing companies; nurseries; government and educational institutions; and electric generation companies. It has approximately 674,000 utility customers comprising approximately 611,000 residential, 62,000 commercial, and 1,000 industrial customers. The Gas Storage segment offers underground natural gas storage services to interstate and intrastate customers. It holds interests in approximately 9,900 net acres of underground natural gas storage in Oregon and approximately 5,000 net acres of underground natural gas storage in California. This segment serves primarily natural gas distribution, electric generation, and energy marketing companies. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Top Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: B Communications Ltd. (BCOM)

B Communications Ltd. provides various communications services in Israel. The company offers a range of telecommunications services, including local fixed-line, cellular, Internet, international communication, multi-channel television, satellite broadcasting, and customer call center. It also engages in the development and maintenance of communications infrastructures; provision of communications services to other communications providers, television, and radio broadcasts; and supply and maintenance of equipment on customer premises, such as network endpoint services. The company was formerly known as 012 Smile.Communications Ltd. and changed its name to B Communications Ltd. in March 2010. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. As of June 30, 2010, B Communications Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd.

Top 5 Prefered Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Xyratex Ltd.(XRTX)

Xyratex Ltd provides modular solutions for the enterprise data storage industry and hard disk drive (HDD) capital equipment for the HDD industry. It offers enterprise data storage solutions that include storage enclosures, which provide a common technology platform that reduces qualification time for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers and includes management interface software, standardized across enclosures, and provides easy integration as new platforms; integrated application platforms that comprise embedded storage platforms, which incorporate embedded server modules into its storage enclosures; and HPC Solutions that consolidate controllers, storage enclosures, application platforms, operating system, data protection, Lustre File System, and management software into a optimized scale-out storage platform that can be deployed in hours rather than weeks. The company also designs and manufactures a range of process test systems, which incorporate mechanical and electronic hardware, and firmware for controlling the HDD operating environment during the formatting of the disk drive. In addition, it provides automated solutions comprising substrate and media inspection systems; servo track writers and related subassemblies; and head testing systems that test and process HDD components throughout the manufacturing process. The company markets and sells its products primarily to OEMs and disk drive manufacturers, as well as to other companies in North America, Asia, and Europe. Xyratex Ltd was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Havant, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 Prefered Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Dynetek Industries Com Npv (DNK.TO)

Dynetek Industries Ltd., together with its subsidiary, Dynetek Europe GmbH, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of lightweight compressed gas fuel storage systems and high pressure components for alternative fuel technologies and industrial gas suppliers primarily in North America and the European Union. The company offers DyneCell cylinders, which are thin-walled lightweight storage cylinders for the storage of compressed natural gas, compressed hydrogen, and other industrial compressed gases, such as oxygen and helium; and pressure regulators, valves, and other components that control the pressure and flow of compressed gas. It also provides fuel storage systems design and integration; testing and validation; certification and compliance; system level assembly; training; and service and warranty services. The company�s cylinders and fuel storage systems are primarily used in passenger automobiles; light and heavy-duty trucks; transit vehicles and school bu ses; the bulk hauling of compressed gases; and stationary storage or ground storage refueling applications. In addition, Dynetek Industries Ltd. is involved in various hydrogen and research and development projects with original equipment manufacturers. The company was formerly known as Island Packaging Supplies Ltd. and changed its name to Dynetek Industries Ltd. in December 1990. Dynetek Industries Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. As of September 17, 2012, Dynetek Industries Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Luxfer Holdings PLC.