Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019

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Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019: Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc.(WEN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Hsbc Holdings PLC lowered its position in shares of Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) by 91.6% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 27,590 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 299,154 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Wendys were worth $484,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Mac Greer]

  He�still has 29% of the company, he's still plastered on the pizza boxes and the marketing --�although, that's really been pulled back. Then, it's also come out this week that Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN)�and Papa John's,�before all of this stuff came up over the past couple of months, they're�actually in talks to have some sort of merger. Going forward,�if you're the board of directors at Papa John's,�I think you have to really consider that possibility. Maybe�the best step forward for the company is to look for a merger or a sale, because, man, this seems like a train wreck that keeps accelerating.�When�you have Schnatter on the board, he would have to be in favor of a buyout or a merger for it to go through.�

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  A.R.T. Advisors LLC lowered its stake in Wendys Co (NASDAQ:WEN) by 19.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 150,664 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 36,036 shares during the period. A.R.T. Advisors LLC owned 0.06% of Wendys worth $2,644,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Jeremy Bowman]

  The chart below shows how McDonald's compares with some of its closest peers based on its valuation and expected growth rate.

  Company P/E Ratio 2-Year Expected EPS Growth Rate McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) 26.2 23.6% Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) 26.2 27.3% Wendy's (NASDAQ:WEN) 21.8 58.1% Restaurant Brands International�(NYSE:QSR) 21.4 41.9% Yum! Brands�(NYSE:YUM) 23.2 29.7%

  Data source: Yahoo! Finance. EPS = earnings per share.

Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019: S&P GSCI(GD)

Advisors' Opinion:

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  General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is diversified across the Aerospace & Defense sector with 25% of sales in information technology, followed by aerospace orders (24%), marine systems (23%), combat systems (16%), and mission systems (12%). The acquisition of CSRA makes it one of the largest IT contractors to the U.S. government.

• [By ]

  Only 10% of the companies on the list had female CEOs at the helm, four of which -- Hewlett Packard (HP) , Lockheed Martin (LMT) , General Motors (GM) , and General Dynamics (GD) -- grew significant revenue in five years or less. 

• [By Lou Whiteman]

  For investors looking to put new money to work in a defense prime today, I'd recommend General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) over either Raytheon or Northrop Grumman. General Dynamics currently trades at a 20% discount to its rivals on a price-to-earnings basis and at a 13% discount on a price-to-sales basis due to continued weakness in its business jet division. There's more risk to General Dynamics, but there is also more potential upside should it get its aerospace business on track and close that valuation gap.

• [By Max Byerly]

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• [By Lou Whiteman]

  General Dynamics (NYSE:GD)�stock has had an odd couple of years, gaining more than 17% in 2017 but still lagging most of its defense rivals. Interest in defense stocks, including General Dynamics, has ebbed in recent months, but the company still trades at a discount to some of its chief rivals.

Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019: Kohl's Corporation(KSS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Kohl’s Co. (NYSE:KSS) shares reached a new 52-week high and low on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as $75.67 and last traded at $74.85, with a volume of 426980 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $71.71.

• [By ]

  In the mid-level, Boss said that Urban Outfitters (URBN) is recovering, along with Kohl's Stores (KSS) . He also liked PVH (PVH) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU) .

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:

  Wall Street expects Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP) to report quarterly earnings at $1.97 per share on revenue of $2.91 billion before the opening bell. Advance Auto Parts shares gained 0.06 percent to $119.22 in after-hours trading. Analysts expect Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE: HPE) to post quarterly earnings at $0.31 per share on revenue of $7.38 billion after the closing bell. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares gained 0.46 percent to $17.59 in after-hours trading. Before the opening bell, TJX Companies Inc (NYSE: TJX) is estimated to report quarterly earnings at $1.02 per share on revenue of $8.47 billion. TJX shares rose 0.35 percent to $85.00 in after-hours trading. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) reported a $10 billion buyback plan. Micron shares gained 3.46 percent to $57.40 in the after-hours trading session. Analysts are expecting Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) to have earned $0.5 per share on revenue of $3.95 billion in the latest quarter. Kohl's will release earnings before the markets open. Kohl's shares fell 0.60 percent to $65.08 in after-hours trading.

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• [By Max Byerly]

  Investors bought shares of Kohl’s Co. (NYSE:KSS) on weakness during trading hours on Thursday following insider selling activity. $108.48 million flowed into the stock on the tick-up and $91.31 million flowed out of the stock on the tick-down, for a money net flow of $17.17 million into the stock. Of all stocks tracked, Kohl’s had the 23rd highest net in-flow for the day. Kohl’s traded down ($2.44) for the day and closed at $73.28Specifically, Director Steven A. Burd sold 4,945 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.67, for a total transaction of $379,133.15. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Richard D. Schepp sold 15,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.52, for a total value of $1,177,800.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 161,050 shares in the company, valued at $12,645,646. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 345,311 shares of company stock worth $22,677,767. 1.20% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019: International Business Machines Corporation(IBM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Hill]

  In this MarketFoolery podcast, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool Asset Management's Bill Barker check out the big stories in the business world, which meant leading off with a reflection on the ugly day being had by IBM�(NYSE:IBM). The oddities of the price-weighted, overly narrow Dow Jones Industrial Average meant that the company's poor result sent the whole index lower.

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Among the top 20 global brands, several lost ground in terms of valuation. AT&T fell 7%. International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) was down 6% to $96 billion, and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) lost 5% to $85 billion. Marlboro and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE WFC) each lost 6%, to $82 billion and $55 billion, respectively.

• [By Timothy Green]

  One of the cornerstones of International Business Machines' (NYSE:IBM) ongoing transformation is cognitive computing, which encompasses artificial intelligence and other related technologies. IBM is a business that serves other businesses, and its approach to AI stays true to its purpose. IBM Watson, the company's well-known AI system, is being used in industries like healthcare and financial services to augment the skills of professionals in those fields. The long-term potential of the technology is immense.

• [By Timothy Green]

  Here's an illustration of what Qualcomm was up against. Alphabet's Google announced in early 2016 that it was developing an open server architecture that would support POWER chips from International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM). POWER was already supported across Google's toolchain at that time, so the effort began even earlier. It took until March of this year for Google to announce that POWER chips had been deployed in its data centers, and that deployment is likely small at the moment.

Top 5 Cheap Stocks For 2019: UnitedHealth Group Incorporated(UNH)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul Ausick]

  The Dow stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Monday was UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) which traded up 1.39% at $254.16. The stock’s 52-week range is $176.42 to $254.99, a new high set this afternoon. Volume was about 4% below the daily average of around 3.2 million. The company had no specific news.

• [By Steve Symington]

  But several individual stocks didn't participate in the broader market's gains. Read on to learn why Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH), and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) slumped today.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  The Dow stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Monday was UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) which traded up 3.19% at $231.43. The stock’s 52-week range is $164.96 to $250.79. Volume was about 20% lower than the daily average of around 4 million shares. The company had no specific news, but is set to report earnings before markets open Tuesday morning.

• [By Chris Lange]

  UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) is scheduled to report its second-quarter financial results before the markets open on Tuesday. Thomson Reuters consensus estimates call for $3.04 in earnings per share (EPS) and $56.09 billion in revenue. The same period of last year reportedly had EPS of $2.46 and $50.05 billion in revenue.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  The Dow stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Monday was UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) which traded up 1.67% at $242.25. The stock’s 52-week range is $166.65 to $250.79. Volume was about 15% below the daily average of around 3.5 million shares. The company had no specific news.