Best Mid Cap Stocks To Invest In 2014

Buyouts can be one of the quickest ways for investors to score a big profit.

Buyout companies are almost always purchased at a premium that can give shareholders a nice pop. And with the S&P 500 sitting on record cash and looking for ways to grow, the average buyout premium is at an all-time high.

According to Dealogic, 2012's average buyout premium of 25% was up from 23% in 2011 and the highest premium since 2001. That huge average premium included the buyout of Baton Rouge, La.-based energy construction company Shaw Group, which was bought for $46 a share, a 72% premium to its $27 share price. It also included Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) paying $26 a share to buy biotech company Inhibitex, a huge 163% premium that ranked as the richest deal of the year.

Best Mid Cap Stocks To Invest In 2014: Towerstream Corporation(TWER)

Towerstream Corporation, a 4G service provider, delivers high-speed wireless Internet access to businesses in the United States. The company offers broadband services to commercial customers, and delivers access over a wireless network transmitting over regulated and unregulated radio spectrum. Its service supports bandwidth on demand, wireless redundancy, virtual private networks, disaster recovery, bundled data, and video services. The company provides its services to customers in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, the San Francisco Bay area, Miami, Seattle, Dallas-Fort Worth, Nashville, Las Vegas-Reno, and the greater Providence area. It also operates Manhattan Wi-Fi network for mobile operators, retail/daily deal providers, and Wi-Fi operators. Towerstream Corporation offers its services directly, as well as through integrators, resellers, and online operators. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Middletown, Rhode Island.

Best Mid Cap Stocks To Invest In 2014: MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM GROUP PLC ORD GBP0.02(WI)

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides online price comparison services in the United Kingdom. The company, through its Web sites moneysupermarket.com and travelsupermarket.com, provides online services to compare various products in the money, insurance, travel, and home services markets. It offers comparison services for financial products, including loans, credit cards, current accounts, mortgages, debt solutions, savings accounts, and business finance; insurance products, such as home insurance, life insurance, medical and motor insurance, breakdown cover, mortgage payment protection, payment protection, and pet and travel insurance; travel products comprising airport parking, car hire, flights, hotels, and package holidays; and home services products consisting of products for broadband, mobile telephones, vouchers, shopping, and utilities. The company also offers support services to customers to research the product they wish to purc hase, as well as sends emails to customers, enabling them to keep up to date with the latest deals, offers, and best buys on a range of products. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Chester, the United Kingdom.

Best Consumer Service Companies To Watch In Right Now: Sara Lee Corporation(SLE)

Sara Lee Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of a range of branded packaged meat, bakery, and beverage products worldwide. Its packaged meat products include hot dogs and corn dogs, breakfast sausages, sandwiches and bowls, smoked and dinner sausages, premium deli and luncheon meats, bacon, beef, turkey, and cooked ham. It also offers frozen baked products, which comprise frozen pies, cakes, cheesecakes, pastries, and other desserts. In addition, Sara Lee provides roast, ground, and liquid coffee; cappuccinos; lattes; and hot and iced teas, as well as refrigerated dough products. The company sells its products under Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Jimmy Dean, Sara Lee, State Fair, Douwe Egberts, Senseo, Maison du Caf Advisors' Opinion:

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  Director of Sara Lee Corp., James S Crown, bought 37,500 shares on 9/12/2011 at an average price of $17.5. Sara Lee Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality, brand-name products for consumers throughout the world. Sara Lee Corp. has a market cap of $10.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $17.5 with a P/E ratio of 19.9 and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of Sara Lee Corp. stocks is 2.7%.
  
  On August 11, Sara Lee Corp. reported earnings for the fourth quarter 2011. The fourth quarter included an 8% increase in adjusted net sales from continuing operations to $2.3 billion; 9% reported net sales increase, 40% increase in adjusted operating income to $189 million; and reported operating income increase of 19%.
  
  Last week, Director James S Crown bought 37,500 shares of SLE stock. Executive Chairman Jan Bennink bought 58,400 shares in August.

Best Mid Cap Stocks To Invest In 2014: GenVec Inc.(GNVC)

GenVec, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that uses differentiated, proprietary technologies to create therapeutics and vaccines. The company principally develops and commercializes its product candidates through collaborations. GenVec is working with various companies and organizations, such as Novartis, Merial, and the U.S. Government to support a portfolio of product programs that address the prevention and treatment of human and animal health concerns. Its development programs addresses various therapeutic areas, including hearing loss, balance disorders, and cancer; and vaccines against infectious diseases, which include respiratory syncytial virus, herpes simplex virus type 2, dengue fever, influenza, malaria, and human immunodeficiency virus. In the area of animal health, the company is developing vaccines against foot-and-mouth disease. GenVec was founded in 1992 and is based in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Best Mid Cap Stocks To Invest In 2014: Cape Bancorp Inc.(CBNJ)

Cape Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for the Cape Bank that provides a line of business and personal banking products to retail customers and small and mid-sized businesses primarily in Cape May and Atlantic Counties, New Jersey. Its deposit products include non-interest-bearing demand deposits, such as checking accounts; interest-bearing demand accounts, including NOW and money market accounts; savings accounts; and certificates of deposit. The company?s loan products portfolio comprises commercial mortgage loans, one-to-four family residential mortgage loans, commercial business loans, construction loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and other consumer loans. It operates through its 16 full service branch offices located in Atlantic and Cape May counties in southern New Jersey; and a loan production office in Burlington County. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.