Foolish investors have been longtime fans of first-movers in a new space, and Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE ) has certainly been in on the ground floor in the effort to build out a national network of natural gas fueling stations. Now, the challenge for it will be to outpace some of its newer, larger�competitors.
Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A ) announced recently that it will be partnering with Travel Centers of America (NYSE: TA ) to build out a network of natural gas fueling stations at Travel Centers of America's highway rest stations across the country. In this video, Fool.com contributor Tyler Crowe takes a look at the leading companies in this natural gas station rush, and sees one company that could benefit from this competition.
Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP)
Icahn Enterprises L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in investment, automotive, gaming, railcar, food packaging, metals, real estate, and home fashion businesses in the United States and internationally. Its Investment segment provides investment advisory, and administrative and back office services to the investment funds. The company�s Automotive segment offers powertrain energy, powertrain sealing and bearings, vehicle safety and protection, and aftermarket products for original equipment manufacturers. Icahn Enterprises L.P.�s Gaming segment owns and operates casino gaming properties. It has 9 casino facilities with 7,485 slot machines, 226 table games and 6,048 hotel rooms in Nevada, Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Aruba. The company�s Railcar segment designs, manufactures, sells, and leases hopper and tank railcars; custom designed railcar parts and other industrial products, primarily aluminum and special alloy steel castings; and provides r epair and maintenance services for railcar fleets. Icahn Enterprises L.P.�s Food Packaging segment produces and sells cellulosic, fibrous, and plastic casings for the processed meat and poultry industry. The company�s Metals segment collects, processes, and sells ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as processes and distributes steel pipe and plate products. Icahn Enterprises L.P.�s Real Estate segment engages in the rental of retail, office, and industrial properties; construction and sale of single-family and multi-family homes, lots in subdivisions and planned communities, and raw land for residential development; and golf and resort activities. The company�s Home Fashion segment manufactures, sources, distributes, markets, and sells home fashion consumer products, including bed, bath, basic bedding, and kitchen textile products. Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. serves as the general partner of the company. Icahn Enterprises L.P. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Wells Fargo & Company(WFC)
Wells Fargo & Company, through its subsidiaries, provides retail, commercial, and corporate banking services primarily in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Community Banking; Wholesale Banking; and Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement. The Community Banking segment offers deposits, including checking, market rate, and individual retirement accounts; savings and time deposits; and debit cards. Its loan products comprise lines of credit, auto floor plans, equity lines and loans, equipment and transportation loans, education loans, residential mortgage loans, health savings accounts, and credit cards. This segment also provides equipment leases, real estate financing, small business administration financing, venture capital financing, cash management, payroll services, retirement plans, loans secured by autos, and merchant payment processing services; purchases sales finance contracts from retail merchants; and a family of funds, and investment managemen t services. The Wholesale Banking segment offers commercial and corporate banking products and services, including commercial loans and lines of credit, letters of credit, asset-based lending, equipment leasing, international trade facilities, trade financing, collection services, foreign exchange services, treasury and investment management, institutional fixed-income sales, commodity and equity risk management, insurance, corporate trust fiduciary and agency services, and investment banking services. This segment also provides banking products for commercial real estate market, and real estate and mortgage brokerage services. The Wealth, Brokerage, and Retirement segment offers financial advisory, brokerage, and institutional retirement and trust services. As of December 31, 2010, the company served its customers through approximately 9,000 banking stores in 39 States and the District of Columbia. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in San Franci sco, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Buffett]
Buffett loves a fat pitch -- a stock priced so low that buying it almost guarantees a home run. So when worries that a recession would hit Wells Fargo (WFC) and its heavy exposure to real-estate loans hammered the bank's stock in the 1990, Buffett bought.
There's a similar scenario at play today. So the bank's stock once again looks cheap. Morningstar, a fairly strict value-stock shop, has its highest (five-star) rating on the stock, with a buy limit of $31.50. That means the stock looks like a great buy now, trading at around $28.90.
Banking is a commodity business -- meaning that it's hard for bankers to distinguish their offerings enough to stand out. Buffett hates these kinds of businesses. So what does he still own Wells Fargo? Several reasons, say Buffett experts. First, Wells Fargo management gets top grades, says Todd Lowenstein, portfolio manager of the HighMark Value Momentum Fund (HMVMX). Buffett typically gravitates toward companies with outstanding management teams.
Evidence of the management strength at Wells Fargo, says Lowenstein, can be seen in its consistently above-average return on assets, a measure of how well a company produces profits. The bank also has lower loan delinquency and foreclosure rates than competitors, another sign of prudence. And Wells Fargo management is frugal, a quality Buffett famously loves. The bank is currently working on reducing expenses by $1.5 billion a quarter. Management showed that it allocates capital wisely, a quality Buffett likes, when it bought Wachovia bank on the cheap during the credit crisis and turned itself into a national bank. Buffett owns 342.6 million shares, making it one of his largest holdings, according to Tickerspy. (All ownership stats in this piece come from Tickerspy.)
- [By Sasha Cekerevac]
In my opinion, of the large bank stocks, Wells Fargo is the best. This also means that it’s not the cheapest of the bank stocks. Because of its reputation as being one of the top bank stocks, the stock trades at a premium-to-book value of 1.3. The best time to buy bank stocks is when they are trading at a discount-to-book value and the earnings outlook misjudges the environment.
Clearly, this is not the case for Wells Fargo, as many investors have properly calculated that this firm would have a strong 2012. For the long-term holder in bank stocks, the assets that the company has on its books are now quite strong considering its tight lending standards. For the short-term investor, bank stocks might have trouble at the end of this year or next year when the Federal Reserve starts to pull back on the monetary stimulus program. After such a strong run, I will surely be taking some profits off the table.
- [By Peter Hughes]
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) is the fourth-largest bank in the U.S., with over $1.35 trillion in assets. WFC -- our conservative pick for 2013 -- now has a deposit base of $895 billion, important since deposits are banks' lowest-cost source of funds.
Hot Heal Care Stocks To Own Right Now: Workspace Group(WKP.L)
Workspace Group PLC, a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in property investment in the form of letting of business accommodation to small and medium sized enterprises in London and the South East of England. It offers space for serviced offices, offices, studios, workshops, and light industrial units. The company owns 100 estates, comprising approximately 5.77 million square feet, and provides accommodation for 4,000 small businesses in London and the South East. It has a joint venture with Workspace Glebe Limited, which engages in property investment. The company has elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and would not be subject to income tax, if it distributes at least 90 % of its REIT taxable income to its share holders. Workspace Group PLC, formerly known as London Industrial PLC, was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Best Clean Energy Stocks To Buy Right Now: Weyerhaeuser Company(WY)
Weyerhaeuser Company, a forest products company, grows and harvests trees, builds homes, and manufactures forest products worldwide. It grows and harvests trees for use as lumber, other wood and building products, and pulp and paper. The company manages 6.4 million acres of private commercial forestland; and has long-term licenses on 13.9 million acres of forestland. It also offers timber; minerals, such as rock, sand, and gravel, as well as oil and gas to construction and energy markets; logs; timberland tracts; and seed and seedlings, poles, plywood, and hardwood lumber products. In addition, the company provides structural lumber products for structural framing; engineered lumber products for floor and roof joists, and headers and beams; structural panels for structural sheathing, subflooring, and stair treading for wood products dealers, do-it-yourself retailers, builders, and industrial users. Further, it offers building products comprising cedar, decking, siding, ins ulation, rebar, and engineered lumber connectors. Additionally, the company offers fluff pulp for use in sanitary disposable products; papergrade pulp for printing and writing papers, and tissues; specialty chemical cellulose pulp for use in textiles, absorbent products, specialty packaging, and high-bulking fibers; liquid packaging board converted into containers; and slush and wet lap pulp for manufacturing paper products. It also constructs single-family houses, as well as develops residential lots and land for construction and sale; and master-planned communities with mixed-use property. The company sells its cellulose fibers products through direct sales network, and liquid packaging products directly to carton and food product packaging converters; and wood products through sales organizations and distribution facilities. Weyerhaeuser Company has been elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust. The company was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in Federal Way, Washington.
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