Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy For 2014

Hewlett Packard (HPQ) is continuing to drive further action on its end-to-end cost structure. The company provides solutions to individual customers and enterprises. Its personal systems segment offers computers and related products for the commercial and consumer markets. Its enterprises group segment offers servers and other solutions to customers. Hewlett Packard�� printing segment provides printer hardware and other solutions to businesses. The company�� enterprises segment offers technology consulting and business services. Hewlett Packard was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto.

Financials

Hewlett Packard reclaimed its number one position in both commercial PCs and desktop sectors against the backdrop of a declining market. In the second quarter, the company delivered $0.88 in diluted non-GAAP net earnings per share. This is at the high-end of the company�� financial outlook of $0.85 to $0.89 per share. The company�� revenue was flat in a constant currency, but Hewlett Packard delivered a very strong cash flow of $3 billion from operations. The company�� results were driven by solid performances in its printing, networking, and personal systems segments. In the personal systems segment, Hewlett Packard�� revenue went up 7% over the same period in the prior year.

Top 10 Gas Utility Companies To Invest In Right Now: Apple Inc.(AAPL)

Apple Inc., together with subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. The company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, retail stores, direct sales force, third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers. In addition, it sells third-party Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod compatible products, including application software, printers, storage devices, speakers, headphones, and other accessories and peripherals through its online and retail stores; and digital content and applications through the iTunes Store. The company sells its products to consumer, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, government, and creative markets. As of September 25, 2010, it had 317 retail stores, including 233 stores in the United States and 84 stores internationally. The company, formerly known as Apple Computer, Inc., was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jason Moser]

  The score�
  Out of all 10 stocks, only one is actually down on an absolute basis, and that's Google� (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) (-0.1%). Six of the 10 are beating the market. The four losing to the market are Dick's Sporting Goods (-2.9%),�Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) �(-1.3%), Google (-3.5%), and UPS (-2.9%). And on a simple, non-time-adjusted basis, if you invested $1,000 in each of the 10 picks, you'd have $10,556.68 today versus the $10,338.42 you'd have if you'd plunked it all down in the S&P 500. Not a bad start.

• [By Louis Navellier]

  The stock market opened the week on a high note, with the Dow and S&P 500 closing up nearly 0.5% and the NASDAQ up over 1% (helped in part by Apple (AAPL), our Stock of the Day).

• [By Andrew Tonner]

  For most companies that are starved for growth, the answer's simple: look to China. And while this has been a pretty successful tactic for many, it might not be that easy for tech powerhouse Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) for a few very important reasons. China's been a massive growth driver for many companies over the years. So why is one of the world's most admired and successful companies stuck on the outside looking in when it comes to China?�In this video, Fool contributor Andrew Tonner breaks down why the Apple growth story could be more complicated than meets the eye.

• [By Adam Levy]

  If I hadn't learned that the app would be pulled from the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) App Store and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) Play Store, I probably never would have downloaded it. The game is not even that good, but fear of missing out on something has driven me to do more than click a couple buttons.

Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: Skyworks Solutions Inc.(SWKS)

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, offers analog and mixed signal semiconductors worldwide. The company provides power amplifiers and front-end solutions for cellular devices from entry level to multimedia platforms and smart phones. Its product portfolio consists of amplifiers, attenuators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, mixers/demodulators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, receivers, switches, and technical ceramics. Skyworks also offers MIS silicon chip capacitors, transceivers, and modulators. The company markets its products to automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, industrial, medical, military, and cellular handset applications. Skyworks sells its products primarily through its direct sales force, as well as through independent manufacturers? representatives and distribution partners. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Dan Caplinger]

  But another part of the equation could have come from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM  ) , which announced an RF-module for LTE mobile devices that includes an integrated power amplifier. That poses a big threat to competitors Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS  ) and RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ: RFMD  ) as well as Avago, because if Qualcomm is able to integrate components that Skyworks, RF, and Avago currently sell separately, then it could lead to a huge loss in revenue for all three component-makers.

• [By Richard Moroney]

  Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)

  Skyworks builds radio-frequency semiconductors to transmit that data between smartphones and other mobile devices. While demand ramps for traditional wireless gadgets, Skyworks aggressively expands into such new areas as wired homes, cars, and healthcare equipment.

• [By kcpl]

  However, there are several companies looking to benefit from the evolution of the Internet. The devices need to have connectivity radios, sensors, and controllers built into them to communicate with each other. These type of solutions are provided by the likes of Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Broadcom (BRCM).

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Skyworks Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS) claims about a $3.00 parts cost in both the iPhone 5c and 5s, so Sterne Agee sees a strong tailwind for the stock in 2014, especially in the first half of the year. The stock was trading up 1.6% in Monday’s premarket after closing at $27.68 on Friday, in a 52-week range of $19.57 to $28.61. The consensus FY 2015 EPS estimate is $2.80, and the forward P/E ratio is 9.89. Sterne Agee�� price target on the stock is $31, for an upside potential of about 12%.

Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: NextStage Inc (NXT)

NextStage, Inc. is a holding company. The Company is engaged in the management of its investments in shares of stocks of its subsidiaries. The Company�� subsidiaries include Mondex Philippines Inc. (MXP), Infinit-e Asia Inc. (Infinit-e Asia) and Technology Support Services, Inc. (TSSI). MXP operates a multi-application smart card system in Philippines. Infinit-e Asia is a software development company specializing on smart card and e-commerce solutions tailored to enhance the business of its clients. Infinit-e Asia develops smart card solutions for both real and online applications and on both contact and contactless platform. Infinit-e Asia�� spectrum of products and applications are classified as payments, data capture and security. TSSI is engaged in the business of business process outsourcing (BPO), applications service providers (ASP) and managed service providers (MSP). Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Namitha Jagadeesh]

  HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), Europe�� largest bank, slid 2.1 percent. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) declined 2 percent as it canceled some of its flights following a disruption caused by one of its planes at Heathrow airport. Next Plc (NXT) retreated 2.4 percent as Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation on the shares.

Top 5 Tech Companies To Buy For 2014: GSI Group Inc.(GSIG)

GSI Group Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells laser-based solutions, laser scanning devices, and precision motion and optical control technologies worldwide. The company?s Laser Products segment provides lasers and laser-based systems for photonics-based applications, such as cutting, welding, marking, engraving, micro-machining, and scientific research. Its Precision Motion and Technologies segment designs, manufactures, and markets air bearing spindles, encoders, thermal printers, laser scanning devices, and light and color measurement systems to original equipment manufacturers. The company?s Semiconductor Systems segment offers laser based production systems for semiconductor, microelectronics, and electronics manufacturing. This segment?s products comprise WaferRepair for dynamic random access memory, flash memory chips, and LCDs; WaferMark for silicon suppliers and integrated circuit factories; and WaferTrim and Circuit Trim for analog and mixed signal sensor and chip resistor devices, as well as for resistor devices. The company sells its products primarily through direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and system integrators. It serves industrial, electronics, automotive, medical, packaging, aerospace, scientific, semiconductor, lighting, military, and motion picture markets. The company was formerly known as GSI Lumonics Inc. and changed its name to GSI Group Inc. in 2005. GSI Group Inc. was founded in 1970 and is based in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Electro Scientific Industries (NASDAQ: ESIO  ) has a new division under its corporate wing. The company has inked a definitive agreement to purchase the semiconductor systems unit of GSI Group (NASDAQ: GSIG  ) . The terms of the deal were not disclosed.