Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now

In what UPS (NYSE: UPS  ) CEO Scott Davis calls "a win-win-win for our people, customers, and shareholders," the company has reached a "tentative agreement" with nearly 250,000 Teamsters Union employees on two five-year contracts. The first deal addresses union employees in UPS' packaging unit; the other agreement impacts freight employees, the sides recently announced.

According to the Teamsters announcement, both agreements will "protect [union members'] health-care benefits, provide substantial wage increases and significantly raise contributions to pension and health and welfare benefits." The deals would affect UPS' 140,000 package employees, and the nearly 110,000 Teamsters Union employees in its freight unit.

In addition to the health-care benefits and higher wages, Teamsters said the new agreement would result in 2,000 full-time jobs from the ranks of existing UPS part-time package employees.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Teekay Tankers Ltd(TNK)

Teekay Tankers Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers. As of August 16, 2011, it owned a fleet of nine double-hull Aframax tankers and six double-hull Suezmax tankers. The company, through its joint venture with Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited, also owned a very large crude carrier newbuilding. As of March 1, 2011, it operated four Aframax tankers in the Teekay Pool and three Suezmax tankers in the Gemini Pool arrangements; and five Aframax tankers and three Suezmax tankers under fixed-rate time-charter contracts. The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Metalico Inc(MEA)

Metalico, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in scrap metal recycling, platinum group and minor metals recycling, and lead metal products fabrication activities primarily in the United States. Its Scrap Metal Recycling segment collects industrial and obsolete ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals; processes into reusable forms; and supplies the recycled metals to electric arc furnace mills, integrated steel mills, foundries, secondary smelters, aluminum recyclers, and metal brokers, as well as to exporters and international brokers. This segment offers ferrous products, which include sheared, bundled, and shredded scrap metal and other scrap metals, such as plate and structural, turnings, busheling, and broken cast iron; and sorts, processes, and packages non-ferrous metals, which include aluminum, copper, stainless steel, brass, nickel-based alloys, and high-temperature alloys for resale. The company?s PGM and Minor Metals Recycling segment recycles platinum group me tals, including platinum, palladium, and rhodium, from the substrate material retrieved from catalytic converters. Its Lead Fabricating segment manufactures and sells sheet lead, shot, extruded strip lead, machined lead parts, and cast lead, as well as other lead products, including roof flashings, lead wool, anodes, and babbitt. This segment sells its products to distributors, wholesalers, the plumbing and building trades, equipment manufacturers, and other consumers in various industries, such as roofing, plumbing, radiation shielding for pharmaceutical and power generation, electronic solders, ammunition, and automotive industries, as well as to the Department of Defense contractors. Metalico, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Cranford, New Jersey.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Sy_Harding]

  Metalico Inc. (AMEX: MEA), recent price $5.53: With prices for everything soaring and raw materials becoming more and more scarce, MEA is well positioned for growth. It recycles scrap metal and makes lead products for use in everything from nuclear shielding to stained-glass windows, plus supplies materials for balance systems in aircraft. The company's margins are good; it had an ROE of 8.48% in 2010 and its most recent earnings were 29 cents a share, giving it a P/E of around 19. The stock traded above $17 in 2008. Analysts are projecting continued earnings growth and a return to at least $10 a share over the next 12 months.

10 Best Bank Stocks To Invest In 2014: Ultra Clean Holdings Inc.(UCTT)

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of critical modules and subsystems primarily to original equipment manufacturers in semiconductor capital equipment, flat panel, medical, energy, and research industries. It offers gas delivery systems that control the flow, pressure, sequencing, and mixing of specialty gases into and out of the reaction chambers of semiconductor manufacturing tools; chemical mechanical planarization modules; chemical delivery modules, which deliver gases and reactive chemicals from a centralized subsystem to the reaction chamber; and top-plate assemblies that form the top portion of the reaction chamber. The company also provides frame assemblies that form the support structure to which other assemblies are attached and include pneumatic harnesses and cables that connect other critical subsystems together; process modules, which are subsystems of semiconductor manufacturing tools that process integrated circuits onto wafers; and other high level assemblies for use in semiconductor manufacturing, research, flat panel, energy, and medical equipment industries. It sells its products through its direct sales force primarily in North America, Asia, and Europe. Ultra Clean Holding, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Hayward, California.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Endeavour Silver Corporation(EXK)

Endeavour Silver Corp., a mid-cap silver mining company, focuses on the growth of its silver production, reserves, and resources in Mexico and Chile. It principally holds interests in two producing silver mines in Mexico, including the Guanacevi mine, located in Durango State; and the Guanajuato mine located in Guanajuato State. Endeavour Silver Corp. was formerly known as Endeavour Gold Corp. and changed its name on September 14, 2004. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Christopher Barker]

  Fools who endeavored to participate in this tremendous growth story following my August 2010 interview with CEO Bradford Cooke have seen Endeavour's share price promptly quadruple to reach a 2011 peak of $13.10. My recent tour of Endeavour's expanding Guanajuato mine complex confirmed for me just how well-deserved that glistening performance has been. And now that a substantial retracement in the sector has driven Endeavour back into the $10 range, I see a timely opportunity for investors to embark on Endeavour's continuing journey of well-executed growth.

  With a major expansion of its plant capacity in Guanajuato (to 1,600 tpd) completed during 2011, Endeavour is beautifully positioned to capitalize on steady output expansion from the growing array of near-surface vein structures surrounding the plant. Recent confirmation of high-grade silver and gold mineralization within the vein structures of La Joya and Belen have the company touting "a substantial increase in reserves and resources at Guanajuato" for early 2012, and offer a near-term roadmap for matching production to the expanded plant capacity.

  I consider Endeavour's San Sebastian, Parral, and La Brisa exploration projects very promising elements of the company's project pipeline, but I urge Fools to pay particular attention to the recently acquired target for bulk-mineable silver and gold in Chile called Lomas Bayas. With a 10,000-meter drill program already under way, I expect successful assays from that project to provide additional stock catalysts during 2012. I consider Endeavour's management the best in the business, and I recommend the stock as a long-term silver holding without reservation.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: SOURCE BIOSCIENCE PLC ORD GBP0.02(SBS.L)

Source BioScience plc provides diagnostics and genetic analysis services and products to healthcare, life science research, and pharma biotech sectors primarily in the United Kingdom. It operates in three divisions: Healthcare, LifeSciences, and PharmaBiotech. The Healthcare division offers cytology cancer screening, histopathology, genetic testing, and diagnostic testing services for the detection and classification of cancer and other diseases to the NHS and private hospitals. This segment also distributes and supports the SurePath liquid-based cytology system, the FocalPoint automated cytology imaging platform, and telepathology hardware systems and associated software. The LifeSciences division provides sequencing and other genomic services, including sanger sequencing, illumina next generation sequencing, DNA extraction and amplification, gene expression, genotyping, and bioinformatics and data analysis to academic research groups. This division also supplies a portfo lio of cloned DNA and RNA products, antibodies, and research reagents for use in cell culture, immunology, nucleic acid analysis and cloning, gene expression, and regulation applications. The PharmaBiotech provides reference laboratory testing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to aid in the drug discovery and development in conjunction with clinical trials support. Source BioScience plc also has operations in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. The company was formerly known as Medical Solutions plc and changed its name to Source BioScience plc in March 2008. Source BioScience plc is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Hisaka Holdings Ltd. (FV2.SI)

HISAKA Holdings Ltd. provides automation solutions specializing in mechanical motion products. The company�s Services segment provides a line of mechanical motion components that include rotary bearings, linear bearings, linear guides, ballscrews, lead screws, couplings, pulleys and belts, fasteners, leveling pads, caster wheels, machine elements, knobs, shafts, and metal plates. These components offer various functions, such as guiding, loads handling, friction, and transmission of energy in both rotary and linear motion in the mechatronics system. Its Manufacturing segment is involved in metallic precision manufacturing, as well as provides mechatronics integration, including designing, integration, and commissioning of systems. The company also provides supply chain management services, such as logistics and inventory management, administration and customer service management, and technical support management. In addition, it offers energy recovery and eco- intelligent infrastructure solutions; provides products and solutions for the medical industry, such as ventilators, blood warmer systems, and patient monitoring systems, as well as digital stereo microscope systems; and supplies thermal coal. The company operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, the People�s Republic of China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Finland, France, Italy, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the United Kingdom. HISAKA Holdings Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is based in Singapore.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Ceradyne Inc.(CRDN)

Ceradyne, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of technical ceramic products, ceramic powders, and components in the United States and internationally. Its products include lightweight ceramic armor and combat helmets for soldiers and other military applications; ceramic industrial components for erosion and corrosion resistant applications; ceramic powders, including boron carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, calcium hexaboride, zirconium diboride, and fused silica, which are used in manufacturing armor and a range of industrial and consumer products; evaporation boats for metallization of materials for food packaging; and ceramic diesel engine components. The company also offers functional and frictional coatings primarily for automotive applications; translucent ceramic orthodontic brackets; ceramic crucibles for melting silicon in the photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing process; ceramic-impregnated dispenser cathodes for microwave tubes, las ers, and cathode ray tubes; specialty glass compositions for solar, electronic, industrial, and health care markets; ceramic missile radomes for the defense industry; and fused silica powders for precision investment casting. In addition, it provides neutron absorbing materials; nuclear chemistry products for use in pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors; boron dopant chemicals for semiconductor silicon manufacturing and ion implanting of silicon wafers; ceramic bearings and bushings for oil drilling and fluid handling pumps; ceramic micro-reactors used to process chemicals; and PetroCeram sand filters for oil and gas recovery. The company serves the United States government; prime government contractors; and solar energy, oil and natural gas exploration, and nuclear energy companies; and industrial, automotive, diesel, and commercial manufacturers. Ceradyne, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Costa Mesa, California.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Amazon.com Inc.(AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates retail Web sites, including amazon.com and amazon.ca. The company serves consumers through its retail Web sites and focuses on selection, price, and convenience. It also offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Web sites, and their own branded Web sites. In addition, the company serves developer customers through Amazon Web Services, which provides access to technology infrastructure that developers can use to enable virtually various type of business. Further, it manufactures and sells the Kindle e-reader. Additionally, the company provides fulfillment; miscellaneous marketing and promotional agreements, such as online advertising; and co-branded credit cards. Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jeanine Poggi]

  Amazon's (AMZN_) sales and margins are in focus, as both measures fell short of expectations in the fourth quarter, triggering a massive sell-off in the stock.

  
  

  This marked the third consecutive quarter that Amazon's results were not on par with its tradition of outperformance.

  While some brokerage firms downgraded the stock on the news, for the most part, analysts sentiment remains bullish, urging investors to pick up shares on the downturn.

  During the quarter the e-commerce giant earned $416 million, or 91 cents a share, on revenue of $12.95 billion. Analysts were looking for a profit of 88 cents on revenue of $13.01 billion.

  Margins came in at 3.7%, below Wall Street's forecast of 4.2%, as Amazon amped up its investment in its infrastructure.

• [By Dennis Slothower]

  Miller had about $270 Million of Amazon.com shares at the end of December. The stock returned 60.8% during the past 1 year, beating the SPY by a huge margin. The stock holdings were reduced by 30% during the last 3 months of 2010. AMZN returned 5% since then, 0.8 percentage points less than SPY’s return. AMZN is Miller’s best long-term pick. Facebook billionaire Chase Coleman and Roberto Mignone has large AMZN holdings as well.

• [By James K. Glassman]

   Amazon.com is an example of a company that's investing heavily to good effect. Last year, the online retailer spent $1.8 billion -- or triple its net income -- on capital expenditures. With $9.6 billion in cash and short-term investments and at least $3 billion in cash flow per year over the past three years, Amazon is not in danger of running out of money. Still, CEO Jeff Bezos is boldly spending to solidify his company's dominant position as the place to buy stuff on the Internet. The stock trades at $237.42.

• [By Robert Holmes]

   Analyst Scott Devitt says that Amazon is the best positioned to lead the continuing secular transition from traditional retail to online ecommerce.

  "On multiple occasions, at different points in the company's life-cycle, Amazon.com has chosen to innovate, oftentimes cannibalizing existing business platforms in order to better position itself to provide its customers the products they will want," Devitt writes.

  Devitt's most optimistic view of Amazon would see shares rise 71% by the end of 2012, while his bearish scenario for the Internet retailer would see shares fall about 21% over the next 12 months.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: Black Bull Resources Inc. (BBS.V)

Black Bull Resources Inc. engages in mining, processing, and marketing industrial minerals under the trademark Scotia White in Nova Scotia, Canada. The company holds 100% interest in the White Rock property located in Nova Scotia that contains quartz, kaolin, and mica minerals. It serves ferro silicon, specialty glass, swimming pool stucco, specialty flooring and counters, decorative landscape stone, paving stone, pre-cast concrete, exterior wall systems, golf course bunker sand, and textured coatings markets. Black Bull Resources Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Shelburne, Canada.

Top 10 Stocks To Buy Right Now: RigNet Inc.(RNET)

RigNet, Inc. provides remote communications services for the oil and gas industry. It offers remote communications services through a controlled and managed Internet protocol/multiprotocol label switching (IP/MPLS) global network, enabling drilling contractors, oil companies, and oilfield service companies to communicate. The company offers a communications package of voice, data, video, networking, and real-time data management to offshore and land-based remote locations. It primarily provides voice-over-Internet-protocol, data, and high-speed Internet access, as well as other value-added services, such as video conferencing solutions, TurboNet solutions for wide area network, real-time data management solutions, Wi-Fi hotspots and Internet kiosks, wireless intercoms, and handheld radios. The company also offers Secure Oil Information Link, a managed members-only communications network hub that enables collaborative partners, suppliers, and customers to transfer and share data. It serves the owners and operators of offshore drilling rigs and production facilities, land rigs, remote offices, and supply bases primarily in the United States, Brazil, Norway, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Australia. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.