There are a lot of moving parts going on in Novartis AG (ADR)(NYSE:NVS) at present, but I still see strong growth coming down the track. The company announced its second-quarter earnings this week where the surprise was definitely the growth of the company's Alcon division. Alcon has been earmarked for either a sale or a spin-off for many months now, but its recent unexpected growth has left management very tight-lipped about its future plans. Investors on the earnings call looked for any clues on Alcon's forward looking fundamentals with respect to the segment's recent healthy margins. Growth in Q2 definitely came as a respite as the company in recent quarters has had to rely on product launches to stem losses from Alcon as well as Gleevec.
Existing drugs such as Entresto and Cosentyx performed very well in the quarter. In fact initial sales targets of $500 million for Entresto and $2 billion for Cosentyx still look on the cards for this fiscal year. Novartis' share price trajectory, though, (which we continue to hold in our portfolio) will come down to whether its attractive pipeline can fulfill its potential. The Sandoz generics division looks like it will continue to face strong pricing pressure headwinds in the US. We all are expecting growth from next year on, but the question is by how much? I still see this stock undervalued. Here are some reasons why.
Top Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: JAKKS Pacific, Inc.(JAKK)
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ValuEngine upgraded shares of Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Saturday.
Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on JAKK. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Jakks Pacific from $2.70 to $2.50 and set a hold rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 27th. Zacks Investment Research cut Jakks Pacific from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Monday, April 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets restated a market perform rating and set a $2.50 target price (down from $3.50) on shares of Jakks Pacific in a report on Friday, February 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company. Jakks Pacific has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $2.69.
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JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) – Equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group raised their Q2 2018 EPS estimates for JAKKS Pacific in a report issued on Monday, June 18th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst S. Wissink now expects that the company will earn ($0.50) per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of ($0.63). Jefferies Financial Group also issued estimates for JAKKS Pacific’s Q4 2018 earnings at ($0.31) EPS, FY2018 earnings at ($0.56) EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.50 EPS and FY2019 earnings at $0.05 EPS.
Top Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: CoBiz Financial Inc.(COBZ)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
Shares of CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ) reached a new 52-week high and low during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $22.04 and last traded at $21.89, with a volume of 5259 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $21.95.
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CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:COBZ) – Analysts at Piper Jaffray decreased their Q2 2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CoBiz Financial in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 2nd. Piper Jaffray analyst B. Rabatin now anticipates that the bank will post earnings per share of $0.30 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.31. Piper Jaffray currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. Piper Jaffray also issued estimates for CoBiz Financial’s Q3 2018 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q4 2018 earnings at $0.33 EPS, FY2018 earnings at $1.25 EPS, Q1 2019 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q2 2019 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2019 earnings at $1.39 EPS.
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Top Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Viacom Inc.(VIA)
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- [By Keith Noonan]
The chart below tracks the pricing movement of Sinclair, Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOX) (NASDAQ:FOXA) and Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB) across June and shows corresponding movements that indicate that the new M&A climate was responsible for most of the big media industry stock gains in June.
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Unless you're a bit of a media company wonk, you're probably far less familiar with Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB) than you are with the properties it owns: Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, and Paramount Pictures, to name a few. It's a portfolio with a lot of potential, though it's been awhile since that translated into great overall results. When the company reported earnings Tuesday, the numbers were mixed. Still, investors bid up its stock, and MarketFoolery host Chris Hill and senior analyst Emily Flippen have some opinions about why.
- [By Billy Duberstein]
That yield is higher than those of many of its best-run peers, including Disney (NYSE:DIS) and CBS (NYSE: CBS). The two media companies with higher yields are AT&T (NYSE:T) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB). AT&T is more of a mobile-first utility, and it pays a very high percentage of its net income out as a dividend. Meanwhile, Viacom has been beaten down thanks to its sub-scale, media-only portfolio, which is not especially well-positioned in today's world.
- [By John Ballard]
A few analysts upgraded the stock citing potential catalysts that could remove uncertainty overhanging the shares in recent months. Specifically, a MoffettNathanson analyst mentioned a possible merger with Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB) as a near-term catalyst.
Top Undervalued Stocks To Invest In 2019: Orange(ORAN)
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The trick is to separate high-quality income generators from their lower-quality peers. So we asked a few of your fellow investors here at The Motley Fool to share their best dividend ideas with yields of 4% or more. Read on to see why they recommend tech titan International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), international telecom Orange (NYSE:ORAN), and energy giant ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM).
- [By Stephan Byrd]
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ValuEngine downgraded shares of Orange (NYSE:ORAN) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Monday morning.
ORAN has been the topic of several other reports. Zacks Investment Research cut Orange from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 25th. BNP Paribas raised Orange from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Orange has a consensus rating of Hold and an average price target of $19.00.
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Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Orange SA (NYSE:ORAN) by 5.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 5,916,094 shares of the technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 330,125 shares during the quarter. Bank of America Corp DE owned approximately 0.22% of Orange worth $98,621,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
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