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  • This Chip Equipment Maker Is a Bargain If Capital Returned to Shareholders

    By Ted Cooper - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMAT, ASMI, KLIC

    Capital allocation can make or break an investment. For growing companies, capital allocation is pretty simple -- if the growth provides an adequate return on investment, then companies should devote as much excess capital as possible to growing the business.

    However, for companies that are unable to re-invest all excess cash flow at a high rate of return, capital allocation decisions become key to the value created for shareholders. Such is more »

  • 3 Tech Stocks Offering Cheap Growth

    By Nick Chiu - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CRUS, KLIC

    Growth comes at a price -- but that price doesn't have to be be expensive. Let's review three strong technology stocks with healthy balance sheets, strong earnings growth, and appealing valuations relative to their promising prospects..

    To find these candidates, I screened for:

    • A debt-to equity ratio below 0.1
    • A PEG below 1
    • Five-year EPS growth of more than 10%
    • A forward P/E below 10

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPLmore »)

  • 3 Tech Stocks Offering Cheap Growth

    By Nick Chiu - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CRUS, KLIC

    Growth comes at a price -- but that price doesn't have to be be expensive. Let's review three strong technology stocks with healthy balance sheets, strong earnings growth, and appealing valuations relative to their promising prospects..

    To find these candidates, I screened for:

    • A debt-to equity ratio below 0.1
    • A PEG below 1
    • Five-year EPS growth of more than 10%
    • A forward P/E below 10

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPLmore »)

  • 3 Tech Stocks Offering Cheap Growth

    By Nick Chiu - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CRUS, KLIC

    Growth comes at a price -- but that price doesn't have to be be expensive. Let's review three strong technology stocks with healthy balance sheets, strong earnings growth, and appealing valuations relative to their promising prospects..

    To find these candidates, I screened for:

    • A debt-to equity ratio below 0.1
    • A PEG below 1
    • Five-year EPS growth of more than 10%
    • A forward P/E below 10

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPLmore »)

  • 3 Tech Stocks Offering Cheap Growth

    By Nick Chiu - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CRUS, KLIC

    Growth comes at a price -- but that price doesn't have to be be expensive. Let's review three strong technology stocks with healthy balance sheets, strong earnings growth, and appealing valuations relative to their promising prospects..

    To find these candidates, I screened for:

    • A debt-to equity ratio below 0.1
    • A PEG below 1
    • Five-year EPS growth of more than 10%
    • A forward P/E below 10

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPLmore »)

  • The Latest Purchases by David Dreman's $3.5 Billion Fund

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 21, 2013 | Tickers: BRY, FNFG, ITRI, KLIC, MENT

    Billion-dollar fund manager David Dreman has been investing institutional money on Wall Street since 1977 within his fund, Dreman Value Management. The investment firm, which heavily favors financial stocks, recently released its Q4 13F filing with the SEC, detailing which positions it held going into the end of last year. We keep a close eye on how the Street’s giants invest their money, as we’ve found a number more »

  • With Strong Fundamentals, This Semiconductor is So Cheap

    By Anh HOANG - January 3, 2013 | Tickers: BESIY.PK, KLIC, TER

    Cash flow is an important indicator of business operation efficiency, and it is more reliable than earnings in terms of valuing a business, as it is less manipulated. Free cash flow is the amount of cash available to the company after all necessary capital expenditures. Thus, I would be quite excited with companies trading at low Price/Free Cash Flow ratio. In addition, if the cash flow was generated without more »