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The Young and the Restless
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As expected, my basic screening resulted mostly in companies with market caps of 1 billion and up; however there were a few smaller ones. I decided to keep small companies if they looked OK, ending up with the following 5. Hughes Communications (HUGH) 912.55M Mkt.Cap. Charts show it started trading in March 2006. This is a new, small-cap company? Wait a minute! This must be Hughes Communications Next Generation. My husband used to work for Hughes starting back in 1972 when good, old Howard was still alive. After he died the company metamorphosed too many times to keep track of and my husband ended up at Raytheon. I'm glad to see the communications satellite part is a successful spinoff. Madeco SA (MAD) 764.67M Mkt. Cap. This Chilean company makes non-ferrous products based on copper, aluminum, and related alloys. It is not a new company but operates in the (hopefully) expanding Latin American market. Chart Industries (GTLS) 672.21M Mkt. Cap. Although this is a US company it is selling its products globally. Stock charts go back only a couple of years. It makes engineered equipment used in the production, storage, and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases. Mesa Labs (MLAB) 77.05 M Mkt. Cap. Mesa makes electronic instruments, supplies, and disposable products for health care and industrial applications. It was founded in 1982 but changed its name and started to grow in 1991/1992. As it is a thinly traded microcap I played it safe and took only a very small position in it. I may wish I'd bought more. VSE Corp. (VSEC) 245.43 M Mkt. Cap. VSE did not show up on my Strategy Lab screening but is part of my MMC (Magic Micro Caps) fund, for which I use different criteria. It has done so well this year, even in the face of the recent slump, that I just had to consider it for the Contest group. Per the Yahoo profile, VSE "provides various engineering, logistics, management, and technical services on a contract basis". Re-reading the whole description, I realized this company is a junior version of Blackwater. Since Blackwater is private and can't be traded, no wonder VSEC is doing well. | ||
