Best High Tech Companies To Own In Right Now

If you're looking for a hot stock to buy in the health-care industry, few have garnered the attention that Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG  ) has lately. The medical robotics maker has drawn in both bullish and bearish opinion aplenty as it pushes its surgical robots, although the company's shares have fallen more than 13% over the past year, and now sit far off its 52-week high. Earnings season is a chance for redemption, however -- but did Intuitive Surgical make the cut, and is it worth your investment?

Climbing higher on earnings
Analysts expected big things from the company, projecting double-digit growth in both revenue and earnings per share. Their confidence was justified: Intuitive hasn't whiffed on earnings in the past year, and the company's been one of the brightest success stories of recent times with its innovative da Vinci surgical machine.

Best High Tech Companies To Own In Right Now: Summit Financial Group Inc.(SMMF)

Summit Financial Group, Inc. operates as a financial holding company for Summit Community Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services primarily in the eastern Panhandle and south central regions of West Virginia, and the northern region of Virginia. It offers a range of community banking services, including demand, savings, and time deposits; commercial, commercial real estate, construction and development, residential real estate, and consumer loans; letters of credit; and cash management services. The company also operates Summit Insurance Services, LLC, an insurance agency, which offers commercial and personal lines of insurance, including group health, life, and disability benefit plans. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 15 banking offices in West Virginia and Virginia, as well as an insurance agency. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Moorefield, West Virginia.

Best High Tech Companies To Own In Right Now: Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc.(ALSK)

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. provides integrated communications services primarily in Alaska. The company operates in two segments, Wireline and Wireless. The Wireline segment offers voice, broadband data, internet access, long distance, and other communications products and services; local exchange network and network connectivity solutions; voice and broadband termination services to inter and intrastate carriers; and multi-protocol label switching, metro Ethernet, network access, and other information technology infrastructure hosting and management services. This segment serves business customers; multi-national corporations; municipal, state, and federal governments; residential customers; small and medium sized businesses; governmental entities; and other telecommunications carriers. The Wireless segment provides facilities-based voice, data, and other value-added services, as well as equipment sales services; and operates 14 retail stores. As of Decembe r 31, 2011, its wireless network supported approximately 118,000 connections. Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.

Best Gas Companies To Buy For 2014: Sonic Healthcare Ltd(SHL.AX)

Sonic Healthcare Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides medical diagnostic services, and administrative services and facilities to medical practitioners. The company offers pathology/clinical laboratory services, and radiology and diagnostic imaging services to medical practitioners, hospitals, community health services, and their collective patients. It has operations in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Ireland. The company was formerly known as Sonic Technology Australia Limited and changed its name to Sonic Healthcare Limited in 1995. Sonic Healthcare Limited is headquartered in Macquarie Park, Australia.

Best High Tech Companies To Own In Right Now: TAM S.A.(TAM)

TAM S.A. provides passengers and cargo air transportation services in Brazil and internationally. It also engages in the aircraft acquisition, financing, and debt issuance activities. In addition, the company offers travel and tourism agency services, as well as is involved in the development and management of customer loyalty programs. It operates a fleet of approximately 156 aircrafts. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in S� Paulo, Brazil. TAM S.A. is a subsidiary of TAM-Empreendimentos e Participa珲es S.A.