Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), just released its latest 13F regulatory fling with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As always, the filing is being closely scrutinized by both professional and amateur investors to see which so called “Warren Buffett stocks” are on the move.
Given his track record of beating the performance of the S&P 500 stock index, Buffett’s investment moves serve as a litmus test for people on Wall Street and Main Street who carefully review Berkshire Hathaway’s massive portfolio and try to replicate its returns.
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However, while Buffett moves in and out of stocks, there are many securities that he has held onto for years and continues to buy more shares of. In this article, we look at three of the best Warren Buffett stocks investors can buy right now.
Kroger (NYSE:KR) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Restoration Hardware (NYSE:RH)
Warren Buffett Stocks: Kroger (KR) Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com
Berkshire Hathaway only added to a few of its positions in this year’s second quarter, and the most new shares it bought were of grocery retail chain Kroger. In its latest regulatory update, Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it purchased nearly 11 million additional shares of KR stock during the quarter ended June 30, bringing its total holdings to 61.8 million shares worth $2.68 billion.
Top Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch Right Now: Allied Healthcare Products Inc.(AHPI)
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of respiratory care products, medical gas equipment, and emergency medical products. The company?s respiratory care product line includes respiratory care/anesthesia products comprising air compressors, calibration equipment, humidifiers, croup tents, equipment dryers, and respiratory disposable products; and home respiratory care products, such as aluminum oxygen cylinders, oxygen regulators, pneumatic nebulizers, and portable suction equipment. Its medical gas equipment product line comprises construction products, including in-wall medical gas system components, central station pumps and compressors, and headwalls; regulation devices and suction equipment consisting of flowmeters, vacuum regulators, and pressure regulators, as well as related adapters, fittings, and hoses that measure, regulate, monitor, and transfer medical gases to patients in hospital rooms, operating theaters, or intensive ca re areas; and disposable cylinders that provide oxygen for short periods of time in emergency situations. The company?s emergency medical products portfolio comprises respiratory/resuscitation products, including resuscitation valves, portable resuscitation systems, bag masks and related products, emergency transport ventilators, precision oxygen regulators, minilators, multilators, and humidifiers; and trauma and patient handling products, which consists of spine immobilization products, pneumatic anti-shock garments, and trauma burn kits. Allied Healthcare sells its products primarily to hospitals, hospital equipment dealers, hospital construction contractors, home health care dealers, and emergency medical products dealers through sales professionals and distributors. It operates in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Allied Healthcare Products (NASDAQ:AHPI) and COLLPLANT HOLDI/S (NASDAQ:CLGN) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
- [By Lisa Levin] Gainers
Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK) shares jumped 26.5 percent to $6.9042. Blink Charging reported Q1 net income of $2.2 million, versus a year-ago net loss of $3.1 million.
Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIO) shares climbed 17.4 percent to $3.11. Eleven Biotherapeutics posted a Q1 loss of $0.11 per share.
Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: BDL) shares jumped 17 percent to $27.97 following Q2 results. Flanigan's Enterprises posted Q2 earnings of $0.75 per share on sales of $29.456 million.
Borqs Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRQS) rose 15.8 percent to $8.05 after reporting Q1 results.
Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) jumped 15.3 percent to $82.75. Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) announced plans to acquire Abaxis for $83 per share in cash.
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Gemphire Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: GEMP) rose 13.8 percent to $6.27.
Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENPH) gained 12.8 percent to $5.98. H.C. Wainwright initiated coverage on Enphase Energy with a Buy rating.
PetIQ Inc (NASDAQ: PETQ) shares surged 12.1 percent to $21.68 after reporting a first-quarter sales beat.
NF Energy Saving Corporation (NASDAQ: NFEC) climbed 11.6 percent to $2.399.
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: AHPI) surged 11.4 percent to $3.0643.
Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOOT) gained 11.1 percent to $24.40 after the company reported upbeat results for its fourth quarter and issued strong first-quarter earnings guidance.
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNA) rose 10.9 percent to $3.16.
Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) gained 10.1 percent to $11.71 after reporting Q1 results.
GEE Group, Inc. (NYSE: JOB) climbed 7.9 percent to $2.61 following Q2 results.
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (NASDAQ: STKS) gained 7.6 percent to $2.41 after reporting Q1 results.
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Top Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch Right Now: CITIZENS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC(CZFS)
Citizens Financial Services, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Citizens Community Bank that provides various banking products and services for individual, business, governmental, and institutional customers. The company accepts various deposit products, such as checking, savings, and time deposit accounts. Its loan products include residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans; state and political subdivision loans; and consumer loans, as well as various other specialized financial services. The company also provides professional trust administration, investment management services, estate planning and administration, custody of securities, and individual retirement accounts. In addition, it offers brokerage and financial planning services, as well as offers assistance in various oil and gas leasing matters; and mutual funds, annuities, and health and life insurance products. As of December 31, 2020, the company operates thirty full-service banking branches in Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Clinton, Lebanon, Lancaster, Berks, Schuylkill, Centre, and Chester counties, Pennsylvania; Allegany County, New York; and Wilmington and Dover, Delaware, as well as a limited branch office in Union county, Pennsylvania. Citizens Financial Services, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Joseph Griffin]
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Top Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch Right Now: Astro-Med, Inc.(ALOT)
AstroNova, Inc., formerly Astro-Med, Inc., incorporated on January 9, 1969, designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a range of specialty printers, and data acquisition and analysis systems. The Company operates through two segments: QuickLabel and Test & Measurement (T&M). The Company sells specialty printing systems, and test and measurement systems under the brand names, including QuickLabel. The Company offers both hardware and software, which incorporate technologies in order to acquire, store, analyze and present data in multiple formats. The Company serves markets, such as aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging and transportation. The Company’s products are distributed through its sales teams and authorized dealers in the United States. The Company sells to customers outside of the United States through its branch offices in Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as with independent dealers and representatives.
QuickLabel
The Company’s QuickLabel segment offers product identification and label printer hardware, software, servicing contracts and consumable products. The products sold under the QuickLabel brand include digital color label printers and specialty original equipment manufacturer (OEM) printing systems, as well as a line of consumables, including labels, tags, inks, toner and thermal transfer ribbon. In addition, QuickLabel sells special software used to design labels and other identification marks for a range of applications especially in the field of packaging. QuickLabel provides training and support through trained service technicians. The products sold under the QuickLabel brand are used in industrial and commercial product packaging and automatic identification applications to digitally print custom labels and other visual identification marks. In the aerospace market, the Company provides airborne printers.
In the color label market, QuickLabel offers a range of entry-level, mid-range and high-performance digital label printers. QuickLabel products are sold to manufacturers, processors and retailers labeling products on a short-run basis. The QuickLabel models include the Kiaro! family of high-speed inkjet color label printers, and the QLS-4100 Xe color thermal transfer label printer. QuickLabel also sells and supports its Pronto! family of barcode printers, which utilize single color-thermal transfer label printing technology, as well as a range of custom designed OEM printers.
Test & Measurement
The Company’s T&M segment offers a suite of products and services that acquire and record visual and electronic signal data from local and networked sensors, as well as wired and wireless networks. The recorded data is processed and analyzed and then stored and presented in various visual output formats. The Company supplies a range of products and services that include hardware, software and consumables to customers. The segment also includes a line of aerospace printers that are used to print hard copies of data. Its products include the Daxus portable data acquisition system, TMX high-speed data acquisition system, Dash 8HF-HS data recorders, Everest telemetry recorders, ToughWriter, Miltope-brand and RITEC-brand airborne printers, and ToughSwitch ruggedized Ethernet switches.
The Company’s airborne printers are used in the flight deck and in the cabin of military, commercial and business aircraft to print hard copies of data required for the operation of aircraft, including navigation maps, arrival and departure procedures, flight itineraries, weather maps, performance data, passenger data, and various air traffic control data. ToughSwitch Ethernet switches are used in military aircraft and military vehicles to connect multiple computers or Ethernet devices. The airborne printers and Ethernet switches are ruggedized to comply with rigorous military and commercial flightworthiness standards for operation under extreme environmental conditions. The Company furnishes ToughWriter airborne printers for numerous aircraft made by Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier, Lockheed, Gulfstream and others.
The Company’s family of portable data recorders is used in research and development (R&D) and maintenance applications in aerospace and defense, energy discovery and production operations, rapid rail, automotive, and a range of other transportation and industrial applications. The TMX data acquisition system is designed for data capture of long-term testing where the ability to monitor high channel counts and view a range of input signals, including time-stamped and synchronized video capture data and audio notation is important. Everest telemetry recorders are used in the aerospace industry to monitor and track space vehicles, aircraft, missiles and other systems in flight.
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
AstroNova (NASDAQ:ALOT) will be issuing its quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, August 22nd. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.12 per share for the quarter.
Top Warren Buffett Stocks To Watch Right Now: Lexington Realty Trust(LXP)
Lexington Corporate Properties Trust operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). The company acquires, owns, and manages a portfolio of office, industrial, and retail properties net-leased to corporate tenants in the United States. It also provides investment advisory and asset management services to institutional investors in the net lease area. As of June 30, 2005, the company operated 185 properties and managed 2 properties. Lexington Corporate Properties Trust has elected to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it would not be taxed on the portion of its income, which is distributed to shareholders, provided it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income. The company was founded in 1991 and is based in New York City.
