Hot Healthcare Equipment Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Hot Healthcare Equipment Stocks To Watch Right Now: Cougar Energy Ltd(CXY.AX)

Cougar Energy Limited engages in the identification and development of projects using underground coal gasification (UCG) technology primarily in the People?s Republic of China, Mongolia, and Indonesia. The UCG process converts coal in situ into a combustible gas that can be used as a fuel or a chemical feedstock. The company?s flagship operation is the 400 megawatt Kingaroy Power Station project in central Queensland, Australia. It also owns interests in the Wandoan project in the Surat Basin in Queensland; and the MacKenzie project covering an area of 2,380 hectares in Queensland, Australia. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Hot Healthcare Equipment Stocks To Watch Right Now: Hornbeck Offshore Services(HOS)

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates offshore supply vessels (OSVs), multi-purpose support vessels, and a shore-base to provide logistics support and specialty services to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry primarily in the United States and Gulf of Mexico. It operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment owns and operates fleets of the U.S.-flagged OSVs that support deepwater and ultra-deepwater exploration, development, production, construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and enhanced oil recovery requirements of the oil and gas industry. This segment also owns conventional OSVs, work class ROVs, and a shore-base facility located in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. In addition, it provides vessel management services for other vessels owners, which include crewing, daily operational management, and maintenance activities. The Downstream segment owns and operates a fleet of ocean-going tug s and tank barges that transport petroleum products, primarily in the northeastern United States, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and Puerto Rico. These tugs and tank barges provide coastwise transportation of refined and bunker grade petroleum products, as well as offer other services, including the support of deepwater well testing and other applications for refining, marketing, and trading companies. As of December 31, 2009, Hornbeck Offshore Services owned and operated a fleet of 47 new generation OSVs, and 9 double-hulled barges and 10 ocean-going tugs. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.

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  Shipping Industry. Market cap of $769.43M. Short float at 19.13% (equivalent to 5.72 days of average volume).

  Net Income grew by 32.17% ($18.2M vs. $13.77M y/y), while Operating Cash Flow grew by 46.44% ($52.28M vs. $35.7M y/y) (comparing 3 months ending 2010-09-30 vs. 3 months ending 2009-09-30).

  HOS appears to be undervalued relative to book value. Price/Book ratio at 0.93, much lower than the industry average of 3.42.

  Other Highlights: Over the last year, the company has proven itself to be more profitable than its industry competitors. Trailing twelve month (TTM) gross margin at 48.83%, higher than the industry average at 36.16%. TTM EBITD margin at 40.09% vs. industry average at 28.7%, while TTM operating margin came in at 26.19%, higher than the industry average at 18.61%. However, the company had a weaker than average pretax margin, reporting a ratio of 13.76%, lower than the industry average at 16.37%.

Top 10 Medical Stocks To Buy Right Now: Cohen & Steers Reit and Preferred Income Fund Inc(RNP)

Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Cohen & Steers Inc. It is managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. The fund invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating in the real estate sector including real estate investment trusts. For its equity portfolio, it employs a fundamental analysis to create its portfolio with a focus on growth potential, earnings estimates, and the quality of management. For its fixed income portfolio, the fund typically invests in debt and preferred securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It employs a fundamental analysis to create its fixed income portfolio with a focus on the issuer?s creditworthiness, corporate and capital structure, placement of the preferred or debt securities within that structure, momentum and other exogenous signals, and relative value versus ot her income security classes. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the FTSE NAREIT Equity Index, S&P 500 Index, Merrill Lynch Fixed Rate Preferred Index, and FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index. It was formerly known as Cohen & Steers REIT & Preferred Balanced Income Fund. Cohen & Steers REIT and Preferred Income Fund, Inc. was formed on June 27, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.