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Ceter Financial Group said Monday that it has appointed Michael Zuna to serve as its chief marketing officer. Zuna most recently was CMO of Petco, while before that he had a similar role at AFLAC from 2009 to 2015.

“The marketing [work] has been shared by different people, who have had more traditional roles within the organization and within … the broker-dealer groups. This is a new appointment,” said President Adam Antoniades, in an interview. “We really decided to pursue it as our advice-centric vision evolved.”

At AFLAC, for instance, Zuna supported marketing efforts that encompassed 70,000-plus independent insurance agents and brokers. He also worked for advertiser Saatchi & Saatchi, which served clients like Ameriprise Financial, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Special Opportunities Fund Inc.(SPE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Spartan Energy (TSE:SPE) insider Albert Jason Stark sold 21,706 shares of Spartan Energy stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$6.48, for a total transaction of C$140,654.88.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SPE) insider Gerald Hellerman bought 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 11th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $14.47 per share, with a total value of $14,470.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 22,793 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $329,814.71. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: United Insurance Holdings Corp.(UIHC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  American Financial Group (NASDAQ: UIHC) and United Insurance (NASDAQ:UIHC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  United Insurance (NASDAQ:UIHC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The insurance provider reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.02, Bloomberg Earnings reports. United Insurance had a return on equity of 9.16% and a net margin of 2.05%. The company had revenue of $182.36 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $178.33 million.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: PAR Technology Corporation(PAR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  News articles about PAR Technology (NYSE:PAR) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. PAR Technology earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the software maker an impact score of 46.8901065500531 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the near future.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Saia Inc.(SAIA)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  State of Tennessee Treasury Department trimmed its holdings in Saia Inc (NASDAQ:SAIA) by 9.5% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 17,868 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 1,877 shares during the period. State of Tennessee Treasury Department’s holdings in Saia were worth $1,343,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

• [By Max Byerly]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Saia (SAIA)

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• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management trimmed its position in Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) by 45.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 162,955 shares of the transportation company’s stock after selling 137,962 shares during the period. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management owned about 0.63% of Saia worth $12,246,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Saia (NASDAQ: SAIA) and ArcBest (NASDAQ:ARCB) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.(NGVC)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NYSE:NGVC) in a report issued on Friday. The firm issued a buy rating on the specialty retailer’s stock.

• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSPM) shares jumped 29.86 percent to close at $2.87 on Friday. Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGI) shares gained 28.87 percent to close at $8.75 after reporting upbeat Q1 earnings. Mexco Energy Corporation (NYSE: MXC) gained 27.02 percent to close at $5.4744. Carbon Black, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLK) climbed 26 percent to close at $23.94. Carbon Black priced its IPO at $19 per share. Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTLA) rose 25.64 percent to close at $42.44 after the FDA approved the company's Andexxa, the only antidote indicated for patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) rose 23.19 percent to close at $8.50 after reporting Q2 results. California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) shares gained 22.45 percent to close at $31.58 following upbeat Q1 earnings. Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ: ATOM) gained 22.31 percent to close at $6.25 after reporting Q1 results. Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) shares jumped 22.27 percent to close at $121.46 after the company reported strong Q1 results and raised its FY18 guidance. Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. (NASDAQ: JRSH) gained 20.86 percent to close at $8.46. Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) rose 19.83 percent to close at $6.89 after reporting strong quarterly results. Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) rose 18.01 percent to close at $55.95 on Friday after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter and raised its FY18 guidance. Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) rose 17.73 percent to close at $21.25 after reporting strong preliminary results for the third quarter. Schmitt Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMIT) rose 17.41 percent to close at $2.36. Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) shares gained 16.78 percent to close at $12.25 following Q1 earnings. Integer Holdings Corporation (NYSE: ITGR) shares rose 14.23 percent to close at $63.40 following Q1 result
• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSPM) shares rose 35.8 percent to $3.00. Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVGI) shares surged 32 percent to $8.94 after reporting upbeat Q1 earnings. Carbon Black, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLK) gained 29.6 percent to $24.62. Carbon Black priced its IPO at $19 per share. California Resources Corporation (NYSE: CRC) shares rose 26.8 percent to $32.70 following upbeat Q1 earnings. Pandora Media, Inc. (NYSE: P) gained 25 percent to $7.185 after reporting strong quarterly results. Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED) shares climbed 23.7 percent to $122.87 after the company reported strong Q1 results and raised its FY18 guidance. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (NYSE: NGVC) rose 23.2 percent to $8.4999 after reporting Q2 results. Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTLA) gained 22.2 percent to $41.27 after the FDA approved the company's Andexxa, the only antidote indicated for patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban. Shake Shack Inc (NYSE: SHAK) rose 22.2 percent to $57.955 after the company reported upbeat results for its first quarter and raised its FY18 guidance. Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ: ATOM) jumped 19.7 percent to $6.12 after reporting Q1 results. Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) rose 16.4 percent to $21.00 after reporting strong preliminary results for the third quarter. Titan International, Inc. (NYSE: TWI) shares rose 16.4 percent to $12.21 following Q1 earnings. Integer Holdings Corporation (NYSE: ITGR) shares gained 14.9 percent to $63.75 following Q1 results. Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL) shares climbed 14.5 percent to $23.98 folloiwng strong Q1 results. B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) climbed 12.6 percent to $25.40 after reporting Q1 earnings. HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: HMSY) shares gained 10 percent to $19.59 after reporting upbeat quarterly earnings. Viavi Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAV) rose 7 percent to $10.09 following Q3 r
• [By Motley Fool Transcribers]

  Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc  (NYSE:NGVC)Q1 2019 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 07, 2019, 4:30 p.m. ET

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

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• [By Brian Stoffel]

  But over the past five years, the industry has been turned upside down by changes in business models, a focus on delivery, and mass consolidation. While the dust is far from settled, here are 10 of the largest publicly traded grocers you can buy stock in.

  Company Market Cap Stores Regions Chains Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) $780 billion 500 USA Whole Foods Walmart (NYSE:WMT) $250 billion 11,700 Worldwide Walmart Costco (NASDAQ:COST) $86 billion 750 USA Costco Kroger (NYSE:KR) $21 billion 2,800 USA Kroger, Roundy's, Ralph's, Food 4 Less Sprouts (NASDAQ: SFM) $3 billion 300 Western and Southern U.S. Sprouts Farmer's Market Weis Market (NYSE: WMK) $1.3 billion 200 Mid-Atlantic U.S. Weis Market SUPERVALU (NYSE: SVU) $630 million 100 Midwestern U.S. Cub Foods, Shopper's Food, Hornbacher Ingles Market (NASDAQ: IMKTA) $580 million 200 Southeastern U.S. Ingles Market, Sav-Mor Smart & Final (NYSE: SFS) $360 million 350 Western U.S. Smart & Final, Cash & Carry Natural Grocers (NYSE: NGVC) $230 million 150 Western U.S. Natural Grocers

  Data source: Yahoo! Finance, company websites.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Gladstone Land Corporation(LAND)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Strs Ohio increased its holdings in shares of Gladstone Land Corp (NASDAQ:LAND) by 47.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,299 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,216 shares during the quarter. Strs Ohio owned approximately 0.14% of Gladstone Land worth $282,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Gladstone Land (LAND)

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Gladstone Land (LAND)

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• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Landsec (LON:LAND) announced a dividend on Tuesday, May 15th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, June 21st will be given a dividend of GBX 14.65 ($0.20) per share on Friday, July 27th. This represents a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 21st. This is an increase from Landsec’s previous dividend of $9.85. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund(LGI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Headlines about Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund common stock (NYSE:LGI) have been trending somewhat negative recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring 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. Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund common stock earned a news sentiment score of -0.13 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the company an impact score of 47.0546102091578 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company(CTB)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Bridgestone (OTCMKTS: BRDCY) and Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE:CTB) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  Bridgestone (OTCMKTS: BRDCY) and Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE:CTB) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited(YGE)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) and Netlist (NASDAQ:NLST) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd (NYSE:YGE) shares reached a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $1.40 and last traded at $1.53, with a volume of 75280 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1.57.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: YGE) slipped about 1.2% to post a new 52-week low of $1.68 Friday after closing at $1.70 on Thursday. The 52-week high is $3.35. Volume of about 5.9 million was more than 15 times the daily average of around 88,000. The company had no specific news.

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE) had its target price raised by S&P Equity Research from $0.45 to $0.62 in a research report released on Tuesday morning.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of Yingli (NYSE:YGE) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report published on Saturday morning.

  Yingli stock opened at $1.60 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $30.36 million, a PE ratio of -0.17 and a beta of 1.98. Yingli has a twelve month low of $1.43 and a twelve month high of $2.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -0.11.

Top 10 Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: EQT GP Holdings, LP(EQGP)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

  USA Compression Partners (NYSE: EQGP) and EQT GP (NYSE:EQGP) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  EQT GP Holdings LP (NYSE:EQGP) shares reached a new 52-week low on Monday . The stock traded as low as $20.61 and last traded at $21.00, with a volume of 192322 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $21.03.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  EQT Holdings Management Company, LLC (NYSE:EQGP) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the sixteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have assigned a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $29.83.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  EQT GP (NYSE:EQGP) was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a strong sell rating to a sell rating.

  Enviva Partners (NYSE:EVA) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a buy rating. They currently have $36.00 target price on the stock. According to Zacks, “Enviva Partners, LP is a master limited partnership which owns and operates wood pellet production plants. It serves primarily in the United States and Europe. Enviva Partners, LP is based in Bethesa, United States. “

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Tallgrass Energy GP (NYSE: EQGP) and EQT GP (NYSE:EQGP) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.