Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now

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Few stocks can match the long-term performance of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) (NYSE:BRK-B). From the moment that CEO Warren Buffett took over the company, Berkshire started to deliver the amazing returns that have turned so many of its original investors into millionaires.

Yet with Buffett now well into his 80s, some investors wonder whether Berkshire's magic will be able to outlive its leader and deliver market-beating performance for future generations. Buffett himself would urge investors to look at the company's fundamentals before deciding whether to buy the stock. No article this length could claim to do anything close to a complete review of Berkshire Hathaway, but it can at least offer a simple opinion about whether Berkshire's a buy right now -- as well as being a starting point for further research.

Consumer-insurance giant GEICO is a key part of Berkshire. Image source: Berkshire Hathaway.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao(CBD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (NYSE: CBD) and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc Class B (OTCMKTS:ANCUF) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Shares of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (NYSE:CBD) have received an average rating of “Buy” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao (NYSE:CBD) hit a new 52-week low on Friday . The company traded as low as $17.91 and last traded at $18.36, with a volume of 9820 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $18.40.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Flowers Foods, Inc.(FLO)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  FLO (CURRENCY:FLO) traded up 7% against the U.S. dollar during the 1-day period ending at 16:00 PM ET on September 9th. FLO has a market capitalization of $5.25 million and approximately $19,383.00 worth of FLO was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last week, FLO has traded down 31.5% against the U.S. dollar. One FLO coin can now be bought for approximately $0.0359 or 0.00000561 BTC on exchanges including Trade By Trade and Bittrex.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Novare Capital Management LLC lowered its holdings in Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) by 35.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 12,835 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,115 shares during the quarter. Novare Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Flowers Foods were worth $281,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.31 by ($0.01), Bloomberg Earnings reports. Flowers Foods had a net margin of 3.83% and a return on equity of 15.17%. The firm had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.20 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.25 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: VIVUS, Inc.(VVUS)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on VIVUS (VVUS)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Media stories about VIVUS (NASDAQ:VVUS) have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. VIVUS earned a news impact score of 0.13 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave press coverage about the biopharmaceutical company an impact score of 47.022479468622 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near term.

• [By Money Morning Staff Reports]

  But Blink and our other penny stocks to watch are unlikely to continue to lock in such spectacular gains in June. After looking at our 10 top penny stocks to watch this month, we'll show you a small-cap stock with great profit potential in its future…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Month's Gain  Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK) $7.07 439.85% Senes Tech Inc. (Nasdaq: SNES) $1.27 175.40% Vivis Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) $0.77 150.41% Adomani Inc. (Nasdaq: ADOM) $1.49 137.68% NF Energy Saving Co. (Nasdaq: NFEC) $2.34 134.88% Vaalco Energy Inc. (NYSE: EGY) $2.15 109.06% Heat Biologics Inc. (Nasdaq: HTBX) $2.35 99.12% ArQule Inc. (Nasdaq: ARQL) $4.88 90.74% LiqTech International Inc. (NYSE: LIQT) $0.66 85.60% Transenterix Inc. (NYSE: TRXC) $3.46 77.84%

  While last month's gains are tremendous, they also illustrate the inherent dangers that come with investing in penny stocks.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

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• [By Money Morning News Team]

  Seadrill's rally demonstrates how profitable penny stocks can be for savvy investors. With Seadrill's gains already on the books, we'll look at a stock that's on track to generate tremendous returns – a small cap that just completed a groundbreaking acquisition with huge profit potential…

  Penny Stock Current Share Price Law Week's Gain Seadrill Ltd. (NYSE: SDRL) $0.58 98.74% Vivis Inc. (Nasdaq: VVUS) $0.83 59.97% MEI Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP) $3.45 43.40% Transenterix Inc. (NYSE: TRXC) $3.15 35.72% Akers Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: AKER) $0.65 34.38% Galectin Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: GALT) $4.54 32.58% Phoenix New Media Ltd. (NYSE ADR: FENG) $5.65 32.22% Heat Biologics Inc. (Nasdaq: HTBX) $1.73 31.37% Bright Scholar Education Ltd. (NYSE ADR: BEDU) $18.51 29.03% 21 Vianet Group Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) $7.36 28.72%

  These gains are incredibly exciting. However, not all penny stocks are equally strong investments.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Cedar Fair, L.P.(FUN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Steve Symington, Jeremy Bowman, and Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]

  So to help get you started, we asked three top Motley Fool investors to each pick a stock with an annual dividend yield of at least 5%. Read on to learn why they like Oaktree Capital (NYSE:OAK), Ford Motor (NYSE:F), and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN).

• [By Shane Hupp]

  FunFair (CURRENCY:FUN) traded up 3.3% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 0:00 AM ET on August 19th. FunFair has a market cap of $99.66 million and approximately $377,467.00 worth of FunFair was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One FunFair token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0199 or 0.00000306 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including Livecoin, OKEx, ZB.COM and HitBTC. In the last seven days, FunFair has traded 9.1% higher against the dollar.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Macquarie upgraded shares of Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) from a neutral rating to an outperform rating in a report issued on Friday morning, Marketbeat.com reports.

• [By Joe Tenebruso]

  Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) reported second-quarter financial results on Aug. 1.

  The amusement park master limited partnership experienced weaker-than-expected attendance during its early summer season, prompting the company to warn that it may miss its full-year financial targets. 

• [By Joe Tenebruso]

  Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) reported first-quarter financial results on May 2. The amusement park master limited partnership is enjoying strong early-season sales, and management is confident that it will hit its annual distribution growth targets.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Forward Air Corporation(FWRD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Forward Air Corp  (NASDAQ:FWRD)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 08, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Forward Air (FWRD)

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  Voya Investment Management LLC decreased its holdings in Forward Air Co. (NASDAQ:FWRD) by 10.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 11,947 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 1,324 shares during the period. Voya Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Forward Air were worth $706,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: TherapeuticsMD, Inc.(TXMD)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  TherapeuticsMD (NASDAQ:TXMD) was given a $12.00 price target by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.. The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock.

• [By ]

  TherapeuticsMD (Nasdaq: TXMD) is a pharmaceutical company with an exclusive focus on products for women and advanced hormone therapies. Biotech stocks are often a target for short sellers because of the uncertainty around drug development and approvals.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Oppenheimer set a $14.00 target price on TherapeuticsMD (NASDAQ:TXMD) in a research report report published on Wednesday morning. The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Swiss National Bank grew its position in shares of TherapeuticsMD Inc (NASDAQ:TXMD) by 4.0% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 301,400 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,600 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned approximately 0.14% of TherapeuticsMD worth $1,468,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Max Byerly]

  TherapeuticsMD Inc (NASDAQ:TXMD) – Equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their FY2018 earnings estimates for shares of TherapeuticsMD in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst W. Tanner now expects that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.68) for the year, down from their previous estimate of ($0.62). Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $27.00 target price on the stock.

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers TherapeuticsMD, Inc. (NASDAQ: TXMD) rose 7.3 percent to $6.90 in pre-market trading after the company reported the FDA approval of TX-004HR: IMVEXXY (estradiol vaginal inserts) for moderate to severe dyspareunia due to menopause. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: UEPS) rose 6.1 percent to $10.50 in pre-market trading after falling 1.20 percent on Tuesday Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV) shares rose 5.7 percent to $44.60 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 results and raised its guidance. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) rose 5.4 percent to $133.67 in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and raised its forecast for the full year. Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) rose 5.3 percent to $7.35 in pre-market trading. PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (NYSE: PAGS) rose 5.3 percent to $33.50 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. SpartanNash Co (NASDAQ: SPTN) rose 4.9 percent to $19.80 in pre-market trading after the company reported upbeat earnings for its first quarter on Tuesday. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) rose 4.9 percent to $4.95 in pre-market trading. Dalian Wanda will set up a joint venture with Tencent and Groupon's former local unit, Reuters reported. Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) rose 4.4 percent to $56 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.43 percent on Tuesday Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) rose 4.3 percent to $120.92 in pre-market trading after gaining 2.05 percent on Tuesday. STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) shares rose 3.7 percent to $23.78 in pre-market trading after falling 4.70 percent on Tuesday. EVINE Live Inc (NASDAQ: EVLV) shares rose 2.7 percent to $1.14 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results.

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Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Voya International High Dividend Equity Income Fund(IID)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  ING International High (NYSE:IID) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th, Wall Street Journal reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 4th will be given a dividend of 0.052 per share on Friday, June 15th. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 1st.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Nordson Corporation(NDSN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Steve Symington]

  Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ:NDSN) announced solid fiscal second-quarter 2018 results on Monday after the market closed, including an expected decline in organic volume that was more than offset by acquisitive growth.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Here are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s analysis:

  Get Nordson alerts: FY2019 EPS Estimates for Nordson Co. (NDSN) Raised by Analyst (americanbankingnews.com) Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Nordson Co.’s Q1 2019 Earnings (NDSN) (americanbankingnews.com) Nordson Co. to Post Q1 2019 Earnings of $1.17 Per Share, Seaport Global Securities Forecasts (NDSN) (americanbankingnews.com) Here’s Why You Must Hold on to Nordson (NDSN) Stock for Now (finance.yahoo.com) Here's Why You Must Hold on to Nordson (NDSN) Stock for Now (finance.yahoo.com)

  Shares of Nordson stock opened at $135.89 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.31, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.29. Nordson has a twelve month low of $107.16 and a twelve month high of $151.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 3.16.

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  The Top Stock Market Stories for Monday Markets are cheering news that the supposed trade war between the United States and China is "on hold," according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Mnuchin and U.S. President Donald Trump's top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, announced that both nations have reached an agreement, one that established a framework to help address ongoing trade imbalances between the two countries. The prices of crude oil is in focus after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won reelection over the weekend. The election featured a very low turnout and a very large outcry that the vote was rigged. Maduro has a 75% disapproval rating and has been the face of the OPEC member's widespread mismanagement and economic collapse. Prior to the election, a member of the Trump administration said that the United States would not recognize the authenticity of the election. The United States is considering additional sanctions on Venezuela. Today is a major day for mergers and acquisition activity. Today, Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) announced plans to purchase U.S. hotel operator LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) for a whopping $3.7 billion. The deal comes at a time that the travel industry is experiencing one of the best periods in a decade. If you're looking for a way to make money ahead of Memorial Day weekend, we show you how here. Four Stocks to Watch Today: GOOGL, GE, MBFI, FITB Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL) is under pressure this morning after a harsh piece aired last night on "60 Minutes." The segment discussed the organization's power and influence. It also featured inter
• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Nordson Co. (NASDAQ:NDSN) – Investment analysts at KeyCorp raised their Q4 2018 earnings estimates for shares of Nordson in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 21st. KeyCorp analyst J. Hammond now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.48 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.47.

• [By Motley Fool Staff]

  Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) Q2 2018 Earnings Conference CallMay. 22, 2018 8:30 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Facebook, Inc.(FB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Natalie Walters]

  The general narrative was that Snapchat was cool and used by younger people, while Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was lame and overrun with older folks. But that narrative hasn't led to Snap unseating Facebook as the best-in-class social media company for investors.

• [By ]

  The first caller wondered whether tech companies could suffer in a trade war with China. Cramer said that while some, like Facebook (FB) and Alphabet (GOOGL) , two Action Alerts PLUS holdings, don't have any Chinese exposure, other tech giants certainly do.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Park National Corp OH lowered its position in Facebook, Inc. Common Stock (NASDAQ:FB) by 6.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,682 shares of the social networking company’s stock after selling 342 shares during the quarter. Park National Corp OH’s holdings in Facebook, Inc. Common Stock were worth $909,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Own Right Now: Blackrock Global(BGT)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Cornerstone Advisory LLP reduced its stake in shares of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE:BGT) by 34.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 37,398 shares of the investment management company’s stock after selling 19,999 shares during the quarter. Cornerstone Advisory LLP’s holdings in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust were worth $489,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.