Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Invest In 2018

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Taser: Long-Term Potential Remains Very Strong

Axon (AAXN), perhaps better known as Taser has performed incredibly well over the past 52 weeks. In fact, the shares are up by a staggering 175% since I recommended the company at $22.50 back in April of last year. Today the stock is trading at about $62. So, what has compelled this unique small cap company to nearly triple its market cap to $3.3 billion over the past year? Perhaps more importantly, can such stellar growth continue going forward at Taser?

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Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Invest In 2018: Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc.(ACHN)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN) – Research analysts at B. Riley reduced their FY2018 EPS estimates for shares of Achillion Pharmaceuticals in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 2nd. B. Riley analyst M. Kumar now anticipates that the biopharmaceutical company will earn ($0.58) per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of ($0.55). B. Riley has a “Neutral” rating and a $3.50 price objective on the stock. B. Riley also issued estimates for Achillion Pharmaceuticals’ FY2019 earnings at ($0.64) EPS, FY2020 earnings at ($0.71) EPS, FY2021 earnings at ($0.70) EPS and FY2022 earnings at ($0.84) EPS.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the nine brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $5.20.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

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• [By Lisa Levin] Gainers Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATXI) rose 29.4 percent to $5.50 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that its first pivotal Phase 3 trial of IV tramadol achieved the primary and key secondary endpoints. MB Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBFI) rose 16.8 percent to $51.00 in pre-market trading. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) agreed to acquire MB Financial for $54.70 per share in cash and stock. LiveXLive Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIVX) rose 9.3 percent to $5.40 in pre-market trading after falling 28.92 percent on Friday. Celyad SA (NASDAQ: CYAD) shares rose 9 percent to $29.30 in pre-market trading after climbing 3.26 percent on Friday. Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (NYSE: ETH) rose 6.7 percent to $26.40 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.64 percent on Friday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) rose 5.4 percent to $3.90 in pre-market trading after gaining 3.06 percent on Friday. Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIA) rose 5.2 percent to $34.70 in pre-market trading after gaining 1.38 percent on Friday. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (NYSE: WAB) rose 5.1 percent to $100 in pre-market trading. General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) agreed to merge its transportation unit with Wabtec. Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ: RUN) shares rose 4.7 percent to $11.50 in pre-market trading. Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) shares rose 4.3 percent to $93.98 in the pre-market trading session. LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE: LHO) shares rose 4.2 percent to $33.25 in pre-market trading. Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) will buy LaSalle Hotel Properties in a $4.8 billion deal, Bloomberg reported. Monro, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNRO) shares rose 4 percent to $58.35 in pre-market trading as the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings and disclosed that it has acquired Free Service Tire. HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) rose 3.7 percent to $19.75 in pre-market trading after falling 4.80 percent on Friday.

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• [By Shane Hupp]

  News articles about Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN) have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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. Achillion Pharmaceuticals earned a media sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the biopharmaceutical company an impact score of 46.941587509483 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.

Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Invest In 2018: Petroquest Energy Inc(PQ)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  News headlines about Petroquest Energy (NYSE:PQ) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Petroquest Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the energy company an impact score of 47.638327846877 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near future.

Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Invest In 2018: FuelCell Energy Inc.(FCEL)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

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• [By Paul Ausick]

  FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted an increase of 17.8% in short interest during the period. Some 6.9 million shares were short as of May 15. The stock closed at $1.88 on Thursday, down about 1.1% for the day, in a 52-week range of $0.93 to $2.49. Shares traded up about 1.4% in the short interest period, and days to cover rose from eight to 14.

• [By Logan Wallace]

  FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) and HRG Group (NYSE:HRG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Top 5 Small Cap Stocks To Invest In 2018: China Metro-Rural Holdings Limited(CNR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Wall Street analysts expect that Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) will announce $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Seven analysts have provided estimates for Canadian National Railway’s earnings, with the highest EPS estimate coming in at $1.06 and the lowest estimate coming in at $0.97. Canadian National Railway reported earnings per share of $1.00 in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year over year growth rate of 2%. The company is expected to announce its next quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 24th.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Canadian National Railway (NYSE:CNI) (TSE:CNR) – Cormark raised their Q3 2018 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Canadian National Railway in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, April 10th. Cormark analyst D. Tyerman now expects that the transportation company will post earnings per share of $1.15 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.14.

A Bright Future for PayPal

The war on cash is going strong, and PayPal�(NASDAQ:PYPL) is a fierce competitor that investors might just want to take a closer look at.

In this Industry Focus: Technology segment, analyst Dylan Lewis and Motley Fool contributor Matthew Cochrane explain why PayPal is still worthy of a spot in your portfolio, how the company's recent acquisition of iZettle demonstrates this, how PayPal stands out from its competition, and more.

A full transcript follows the video.

This video was recorded on May 25, 2018.

Dylan Lewis: Looking at this news, looking at the competitive news, you're a shareholder, I'm a shareholder. Matt, how are you feeling about this?

Matthew Cochrane: Look, I'm very bullish on PayPal. I've been a shareholder for about two years, and I don't have any plans to sell my shares any time soon. I think what makes PayPal attractive is, one, like we were saying earlier, it can offer an entire suite of payment services to consumers. Again, are the credit cards coming out with their own standard for e-commerce checkout? Yes. Will that compete with PayPal's One Touch? Yes. But you can't use that platform to make P2P payments, for instance.

Then, another reason why I like PayPal, and this goes back to everything, it does seem like, at times, that everybody is gunning for them. You have Apple Pay, you have Google Pay or Android Pay, or Square with the Cash app. But, most of these are specific to a device. Like, if you want to use Apple Pay, you have to have an Apple device. Same with Android Pay. For credit cards, for their digital wallets, you have to have that kind of credit card to use. For an operating system, etc. PayPal is agnostic. You can use it across any device, any operating system. It doesn't matter what bank you have. The banks rallied around Zelle earlier, to promote Zelle, which is another great P2P platform. But it doesn't matter. You have to have a bank that participates in that program. PayPal, you can use it across any bank, any device, any service. It really is that universal digital payment platform.

Lewis: And I look at the acquisition they made, specifically iZettle, and say, this looks like something that will continue to fuel the virtuous cycle that we've seen with this company before. You have member growth because people are already using apps. There's the network effect of, you're able to pay your friends with Venmo or something like that. Then, as merchants come on to the platform, they're coming on because consumers are there, and the merchant acceptance fuels more consumer growth.

So, you continue to have different parts of the business feeding each other. I think, if they have a really great payment facilitation option in Europe, that will help a ton with customer acquisition there. It just continues to feed something that's already worked so well for this business.

Cochrane: Absolutely. The more PayPal account holders utilize their accounts, the more merchants want to sign on to PayPal's platforms. And the more merchants on PayPal's platform, the more customers use their accounts. And on and on that network effect goes, absolutely.

Lewis: I think this acquisition also shows a little bit of the optionality that a company like PayPal has, a company like Square has. We're talking about PayPal here, I don't think Square is a bad business, by any stretch. You look at both of them, though, they are disruptive payment companies, Square has been able to do a lot of things after getting merchants involved, where they've layered in all these extra services. I would not be shocked to see PayPal be able to do the same thing, now that they're moving more into that space.

Cochrane: No, absolutely. In fact, yesterday, I was listening to some of the presentations at PayPal's investor day, and when they talk about their merchant services, they have really co-opted Square's language that they use. When they talk about democratizing payment services, and empowering small merchants to compete with the big boys in their industry ... they absolutely have their eyes on some of the same exact markets.

Brokerages Anticipate Cohu, Inc. (COHU) Will Announce Quarterly Sales of $99.50 Million

Equities analysts expect Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ:COHU) to announce $99.50 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks. Two analysts have issued estimates for Cohu’s earnings, with estimates ranging from $99.00 million to $100.00 million. Cohu posted sales of $93.87 million in the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year over year growth rate of 6%. The firm is expected to report its next quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 26th.

On average, analysts expect that Cohu will report full year sales of $391.05 million for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $390.10 million to $392.00 million. For the next year, analysts anticipate that the firm will report sales of $420.10 million per share, with estimates ranging from $420.00 million to $420.20 million. Zacks’ sales averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that cover Cohu.

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Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 8th. The semiconductor company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. Cohu had a return on equity of 14.10% and a net margin of 9.33%. The business had revenue of $95.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $93.07 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.24 EPS. Cohu’s quarterly revenue was up 17.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

COHU has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Cohu from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. B. Riley reduced their price target on Cohu from $31.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 16th. BidaskClub raised Cohu from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 1st. ValuEngine downgraded Cohu from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 2nd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised Cohu from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Cohu has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $24.80.

In other news, Director William Bendush sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.20, for a total value of $69,600.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 3.88% of the company’s stock.

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cohu by 44.6% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 7,342 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $167,000 after buying an additional 2,263 shares during the last quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new stake in Cohu in the 1st quarter valued at $201,000. LS Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Cohu by 1,003.4% in the 4th quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 9,302 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $204,000 after acquiring an additional 8,459 shares during the period. Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. bought a new stake in Cohu in the 1st quarter valued at $205,000. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in Cohu in the 4th quarter valued at $215,000. 87.24% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Cohu opened at $24.24 on Monday, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Cohu has a twelve month low of $15.55 and a twelve month high of $26.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 3.81 and a quick ratio of 3.00. The company has a market cap of $698.06 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.09, a PEG ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 0.96.

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be issued a $0.06 dividend. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. Cohu’s payout ratio is presently 17.91%.

About Cohu

Cohu, Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and servicing of semiconductor test and inspection handlers, micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS) test modules, test contactors, and thermal sub-systems for semiconductor manufacturers and test subcontractors worldwide.

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3 Top Energy Stocks to Buy Now

With the end of May quickly approaching and the summer driving season set to kick off with the Memorial Day holiday weekend, plenty of investors are thinking about higher oil and gasoline prices. But as they're wont to do, three Motley Fool investors surprised us when we asked for three energy stocks worth considering now and they didn't pick a single one from the crude oil or gasoline business.�

Is this a case of taking advantage of the market's tendency to look one way while the real opportunity is somewhere else? Maybe so. After all, organic waste products recycler�Darling Ingredients Inc.�(NYSE:DAR), upstart natural gas business�Tellurian Inc.�(NASDAQ:TELL), and global wind turbine giant�Vestas Wind Systems ADR�(NASDAQOTH:VWDRY) have all seen their stock prices fall so far this year, but their long-term prospects look quite good.�

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But these are three very different businesses with different risk profiles that must be considered. Here's why these real-world investors think they're worth buying now and whether they belong in your portfolio.�

Going green (in a surprising way)

John Bromels (Darling Ingredients): With Brent crude prices now nearing $80 per barrel, things are looking good for the oil industry. So good, in fact, that bargains have become increasingly hard to find. That's why I'm making the unconventional choice of fat renderer -- and restaurant grease trap recycler -- Darling Ingredients.

You might want to skip this paragraph if you've just eaten. Because the "ingredients" in the company's name are animal by-products. Yep, if it's something disgusting that comes from a dead animal -- or sometimes even a live one -- Darling probably processes it into something useful, like components of animal feed, soap, fertilizer, gelatin, sausage, and even fuel.

That's right:�Through its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture with�Valero, Darling recycles animal fats and used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel. And it's about to start pumping out a lot more of it, thanks to a planned 275-million-gallon expansion to its processing facilities, which is slated to wrap in August 2018 and increase production by 70% once it's fully on line.�Darling is also benefiting from the reinstatement of the blenders' tax credit that helps biodiesel producers. The overall market for biofuels may also benefit from high petroleum prices as a potentially cheaper -- not to mention greener -- alternative.�

The best part for investors looking to buy in now is that many of Darling's valuation metrics like P/E ratio and EV to EBITDA are now lower than those of most independent oil producers after having been higher for many years. It's a great opportunity to buy into a niche renewable energy market at an attractive price.�

A second chance at an emerging LNG investment

Tyler Crowe�(Tellurian): Let me start by saying that I'm a shareholder in Tellurian, and it's entirely possible that this will be the investing hill that I die on. That said, I think Tellurian has the potential to generate massive shareholder returns over the next several years for those who are patient and willing to wait for a payoff and risk the losses.�

Stop me if you think you've heard this story before. Charif Souki and his team want to develop an LNG export terminal in the U.S. Gulf Coast, but need to raise lots of capital to get the project off the ground. A decade ago, that was the story of Cheniere Energy, which has arguably exceeded�everyone's expectations as it brings its facilities on line ahead of schedule and has been turning in earnings results that fly in the face of conventional thinking in the LNG market. Today, that story can be applied to Tellurian. Souki isn't the CEO of this new attempt at building an LNG facility, but he has taken the chairman role and one of his top Cheniere lieutenants, Meg Gentle, is the CEO.�

While the script isn't exactly the same as it was at Cheniere -- it is looking to sign up customers as equity partners instead of selling volume contracts, and is looking to make larger investments in pipelines and its own natural gas reserves -- this path looks very familiar for investors. Management says it's currently assessing potential partners for the project and expect to start construction by the end of the year.�

There remain many more unanswered questions when it comes to Tellurian, but we have seen this management team pull this off before. If this encore performance looks anything like the prior one, then investors will probably be happy they got in early.

A strong tailwind

Jason Hall�(Vestas Wind Systems): Forgiving the terrible pun above, now is a wonderful time to make an opportunistic investment in Vestas. The Danish company is a global leader in the manufacture, maintenance, and installation of wind turbines, an industry that can be very cyclical from one year to the next but has incredible long-term growth prospects.�

Vestas has two big catalysts working in its favor. First is the acceleration of investments in renewables, driven as much by falling costs as the environmental benefits. Add in the advances in energy storage, and wind energy paired with storage is on track to undercut fossil fuels in price within a few years. This is why global energy investments have been swinging toward renewables in recent years.�

Second, global urban and middle class populations are growing, and it's going to take a lot more energy production to meet the needs of the extra 1 billion people on the planet in coming decades. Vestas is positioned to be a key supplier of wind turbines to help meet this global need.�

Over the past year, shares of Vestas fell as much as 40% from the peak, and are still down about 30% at recent prices. And while its earnings have dropped over the past year -- EPS is down 12% since April 2017 -- its stock price and valuation have slid even further. At recent prices, Vestas shares trade for 14.5 times trailing earnings. The market's short-term focus has created a great opportunity for long-term investors who can ride out the cyclical swings in demand and profit over the long haul.�

ValuEngine Downgrades LG Display (LPL) to Strong Sell

ValuEngine downgraded shares of LG Display (NYSE:LPL) from a sell rating to a strong sell rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on LPL. CLSA upgraded LG Display from an underperform rating to an outperform rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Morgan Stanley upgraded LG Display from an underweight rating to an overweight rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Zacks Investment Research cut LG Display from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 24th. Cowen set a $15.00 price target on LG Display and gave the company a buy rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 10th. Finally, Bank of America cut LG Display to an underperform rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of $15.00.

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Shares of LG Display opened at $10.30 on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports. LG Display has a 1 year low of $10.16 and a 1 year high of $17.05. The firm has a market cap of $7.49 billion, a PE ratio of 4.29, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.04.

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Highbridge Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of LG Display by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Highbridge Capital Management LLC now owns 50,400 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $609,000 after acquiring an additional 5,400 shares in the last quarter. Shelton Capital Management boosted its stake in shares of LG Display by 14.9% during the 4th quarter. Shelton Capital Management now owns 54,000 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $743,000 after acquiring an additional 7,000 shares in the last quarter. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. boosted its stake in shares of LG Display by 8.8% during the 4th quarter. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. now owns 87,000 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,197,000 after acquiring an additional 7,000 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC bought a new stake in shares of LG Display during the 1st quarter worth $150,000. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its stake in shares of LG Display by 26.3% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 60,155 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $827,000 after acquiring an additional 12,526 shares in the last quarter. 3.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About LG Display

LG Display Co, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of thin film transistor and organic light-emitting diodedisplay (OLED) products. Its products include television, commercial, monitor, notebook, mobile, auto, and OLED display. The company was founded on February 28, 1985 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

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InvestFeed (IFT) Price Reaches $0.0358 on Top Exchanges

InvestFeed (CURRENCY:IFT) traded 17.1% lower against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 18:00 PM ET on May 23rd. One InvestFeed token can currently be bought for $0.0358 or 0.00000471 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges including CoinExchange, YoBit, Gatecoin and Cryptopia. In the last seven days, InvestFeed has traded 2.2% lower against the US dollar. InvestFeed has a total market capitalization of $6.85 million and approximately $9,029.00 worth of InvestFeed was traded on exchanges in the last day.

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Get InvestFeed alerts: Ripple (XRP) traded down 6.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.62 or 0.00008100 BTC. Stellar (XLM) traded down 7.3% against the dollar and now trades at $0.28 or 0.00003750 BTC. TRON (TRX) traded down 6.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0713 or 0.00000939 BTC. IOTA (MIOTA) traded 8.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.51 or 0.00019900 BTC. NEO (NEO) traded 7.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $53.53 or 0.00704561 BTC. Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00013179 BTC. VeChain (VEN) traded 10.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3.62 or 0.00047715 BTC. Binance Coin (BNB) traded 9.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $12.75 or 0.00167840 BTC. Zilliqa (ZIL) traded down 12.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.12 or 0.00001617 BTC. Ontology (ONT) traded down 7.4% against the dollar and now trades at $6.42 or 0.00084457 BTC.

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InvestFeed’s launch date was July 14th, 2017. InvestFeed’s total supply is 191,381,257 tokens. The official website for InvestFeed is www.investfeed.com. InvestFeed’s official Twitter account is @investfeed and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for InvestFeed is /r/investFeedOfficial and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here.

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Insider Selling: VF Co. (VFC) Chairman Sells 74,180 Shares of Stock

VF Co. (NYSE:VFC) Chairman Steven E. Rendle sold 74,180 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.12, for a total value of $5,943,301.60. Following the sale, the chairman now directly owns 257,070 shares in the company, valued at $20,596,448.40. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

NYSE:VFC opened at $80.92 on Tuesday. VF Co. has a 52 week low of $52.35 and a 52 week high of $84.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a current ratio of 1.49. The stock has a market cap of $31.76 billion, a PE ratio of 27.15 and a beta of 0.91.

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VF (NYSE:VFC) last posted its earnings results on Friday, May 4th. The textile maker reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.02. VF had a return on equity of 34.05% and a net margin of 5.24%. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.91 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.52 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis.

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 7th. VF’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 61.74%.

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on VFC shares. Piper Jaffray Companies raised VF from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $56.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 5th. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $89.00 price target (down from $96.00) on shares of VF in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Pivotal Research downgraded VF from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $95.00 to $81.00 in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of VF in a research report on Thursday, March 8th. Finally, ValuEngine raised VF from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $79.95.

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VFC. Investec Asset Management LTD purchased a new position in VF in the 4th quarter valued at about $101,867,000. BlackRock Inc. lifted its stake in VF by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 22,590,912 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $1,674,438,000 after buying an additional 699,045 shares in the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA lifted its stake in VF by 379.0% in the 4th quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA now owns 763,659 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $56,511,000 after buying an additional 604,228 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new position in VF in the 1st quarter valued at about $33,971,000. Finally, Boston Advisors LLC lifted its stake in VF by 730.7% in the 4th quarter. Boston Advisors LLC now owns 474,814 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $35,136,000 after buying an additional 417,655 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.76% of the company’s stock.

About VF

V.F. Corporation engages in the design, production, procurement, marketing, and distribution of branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and related products for men, women, and children in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through four segments: Outdoor & Action Sports, Jeanswear, Imagewear, and Other.

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Beloved Multi-Generational Character Celebrates 60 Years With First-Ever American Exhibition

&l;p&g;It was Christmas Eve in 1956 when Michael Bond bought a lonely-looking stuffed bear from a London shop. He took it home as a present for his wife, and they named the bear Paddington, after the nearby railway station. Working as a BBC cameraman at the time, Bond began writing a story about the bear. But it wasn&a;rsquo;t long before he realized the gift was as much for him and perhaps the world as his wife.

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-9b9d9f71fca04295ba24ce062a5a5984&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/9b9d9f71fca04295ba24ce062a5a5984/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;1068&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Photo by: KGC-178/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 10/16/17 Prince Harry with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are joined by Paddington Bear at the Charities Forum Event on board the Belmond Britigh Pullman train at Paddington Station in London, England.

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-264b0681f20640fa95c7191376af6f3d&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/264b0681f20640fa95c7191376af6f3d/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;1542&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; The Paddington Bear helium balloon appears to be waving to a Chicago Transit Authority worker on the elevated tracks inside Chicago&s;s famed Loop during the Thanksgiving Day Parade in Chicago, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-08679ab0a2d14b41aaab2d1fd8d7fb22&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/08679ab0a2d14b41aaab2d1fd8d7fb22/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;1196&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Photo by: KGC-178/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 10/16/17 Prince Harry with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are joined by Paddington Bear at the Charities Forum Event on board the Belmond Britigh Pullman train at Paddington Station in London, England.

&q;After ten days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn&s;t written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind of things I liked reading about when I was young,&q; he was reported as saying. Bond penned the story of a marmalade-loving bear from Darkest Peru, and when William Collins published it in 1958, &l;em&g;A Bear Called Paddington&l;/em&g; found a place in children&s;s literary history.

The world-famous, globally-loved Paddington Bear turns 60 this year and to celebrate, the first &l;a href=&q;https://www.carlemuseum.org/content/current-exhibitions&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;Paddington Bear exhibition&l;/a&g; in the United States will be on display at &l;a href=&q;https://www.carlemuseum.org/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art&l;/a&g; in Amherst, Massachusetts through October. The exhibition&a;mdash;&l;em&g;Paddington Comes to America&l;/em&g;&a;mdash;is supported by &l;a href=&q;http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;HarperCollins Children&s;s Books&l;/a&g;, global publisher of the Paddington Bear books since 1958, and &l;a href=&q;https://www.yottoy.com/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;YOTTOY&l;/a&g; Productions, toy partner of Paddington in the United States since 2005.

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-c762534a987e4a7aa811336270d18691&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/c762534a987e4a7aa811336270d18691/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;645&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; British author Michael Bond sits with a Paddington Bear toy during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Thursday, June 5, 2008. Paddington Bear&s;s first adventure appeared in print 50 years ago, and author Michael Bond is celebrating the milestone with a new adventure for the beloved bear, &q;Paddington, Here and Now.&q; (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Bond went on to write 15 Paddington novels; and numerous picture books, compilations and gift editions have been published since. Today, more than 35 million Paddington books have been sold worldwide. The books have been translated into 40 different languages, including Latin. In 2015, in recognition of Paddington&s;s extraordinary popularity and success, Bond was made a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to children&s;s literature.

For the last 37 years of his life, Bond lived in London, not far from Paddington Station where it all began. He continued to write until shortly before &l;a href=&q;http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40432946&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;his death&l;/a&g; in June 2017 at the age of 91, when he left behind a legacy of one of the best loved children&s;s characters in the world.

&l;em&g;Paddington Comes to America&l;/em&g; features copies of Bond&s;s notebooks, his typewriter, first edition books, memorabilia and 70 original illustrations by six artists, including a black-and-white line drawing by Peggy Fortnum, the first artist to create a visual image of Paddington. Fortnum said she prepared for the task with a visit to the &l;a href=&q;https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;London Zoo&l;/a&g; to sketch and photograph bears. Fortnum&s;s illustrations, matching the warmth of Bond&s;s story, made the idea of a talking bear from Peru seem perfectly reasonable.

&l;img class=&q;dam-image ap size-large wp-image-5a3a1c4b2cc248f58e7f3d3e71ec0d9c&q; src=&q;https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/dam/imageserve/5a3a1c4b2cc248f58e7f3d3e71ec0d9c/960x0.jpg?fit=scale&q; data-height=&q;624&q; data-width=&q;960&q;&g; Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher, who is 53 today, holds a birthday cake in the shape of a key with the words written on it ?No. 10 Many Happy Returns Margaret,? and a giant Paddington Bear dressed in blue and wearing a Tory rosette. The cake and bear were presented to her when she made her speech on the closing day of the 1978 Conservative conference, Oct. 13, 1978. (AP Photo/Press Association)

Several illustrators worked on various Paddington projects in the 1970s and 1980s, and in 1972, Bond wrote the first in a series of books for younger readers. These picture books required a more detailed illustrative style than the novels, and Fred Banbery was hired as the artist. Banbery illustrated six Paddington picture books. His watercolors from &l;em&g;Paddington at the Seaside&l;/em&g; are also featured in the exhibition.

Illustrator and animator, Ivor Wood, designed the puppet for the original Paddington television series in 1975. He also developed a cartoon strip of Paddington that was published in the &l;em&g;London Evening News&l;/em&g; in the late 1970s.

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Seven of David McKee&s;s paintings from &l;em&g;Paddington at the Zoo&l;/em&g; are showcased in the exhibition. In the 1980s, McKee&a;mdash;who was already known for writing and illustrating his own books, including &l;em&g;King Rollo&l;/em&g;, &l;em&g;Elmer&l;/em&g;, and &l;em&g;Mr. Benn&l;/em&g;&a;mdash;was hired as the new artist for Paddington.

Barry Macey, who was an in-house artist with Paddington &a;amp; Co., Ltd., created the artwork for much of the older products and some of the prints. His illustrations from &l;em&g;Paddington in the Hot Seat&l;/em&g;, &l;em&g;Paddington Passes Through&l;/em&g; and &l;em&g;Paddington Takes a Cut&l;/em&g; are on display.

&l;img class=&q;size-full wp-image-1091&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robinseatonjefferson/files/2018/05/Paddington2.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;750&q; data-width=&q;1125&q;&g; 2018 Paddington Exhibition Opening.

&l;em&g;Paddington Comes to America&l;/em&g; also features the work of New England artist and current Paddington illustrator, &l;a href=&q;http://rwalley.com/welcome/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;R. W. Alley&l;/a&g;. In 1997, Alley was commissioned to illustrate a new series of Paddington picture books by HarperCollins for an American audience. Alley worked closely with Bond to develop the visual look of each story. Alley noted Bond&a;rsquo;s openness to change: &a;ldquo;Bond insisted the first book be re-illustrated to reflect a major renovation at Paddington Station,&a;rdquo; he said. &a;ldquo;And although Paddington never ages, he is always relevant for the time.&a;rdquo; Alley&s;s art from more than 20 Paddington picture books is on exhibit, along with some of his preliminary sketches and dummy books.

Alley said he believes that one of the reasons Paddington has endured for six decades is the &a;ldquo;intergenerational appeal of the bear. Paddington is both a young child, experiencing a new environment, and an old soul, with adult observations to make on the world he finds,&a;rdquo; Alley said.&a;nbsp;&a;ldquo;Even though London is his world, with occasional side trips to France, his reactions to what he discovers about human behavior have a universal outlook.&a;nbsp;He is kind and generous and welcoming, and not at all averse to sticking to these principles even in the face of bad behavior from the humans he encounters. Some, he will turn to his point of view.&a;nbsp;Others, he will not. The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult.&a;rdquo;

Alley said, as a baby boomer himself, he can relate to Paddington &a;ldquo;because his is the optimistic world I was raised to hope for. In my boomer world, protest ended an undirected war, popular culture celebrated love and peace and understanding.&a;nbsp;Desegregation was implemented. I remember &a;lsquo;colored&a;rsquo; water fountains and entrances, when we lived three years in South Carolina, and how they vanished.&a;nbsp;Scholarship and science were celebrated enabling humans to go the moon.&a;rdquo;

Alley said the Internet is alright, but &a;ldquo;if I had to choose, I&s;d rather go to the moon, end wars, end racism and poverty, and read a book.&a;rdquo;

Recently YOTTOY hosted a special &a;ldquo;Bringing Paddington Bear to Life&a;rdquo; workshop where Alley visited the company&a;rsquo;s studio to show a group of local kids how to draw Paddington. The toymakers at YOTTOY then showed the kids how the company brings his captivating drawings to life as a Paddington Bear toy.

Also in the exhibition are copies of stills from the 1970s stop-motion television series as well as images from the two recent Paddington movies. Paddington&s;s adventures have been adapted several times for television, and at the end of 2014, the bear made his debut onto the big screen. The movie, produced by StudioCanal&a;mdash;part of the international content and media group Vivendi&a;mdash;is the best-selling non-Hollywood family movie ever released. A second Paddington movie, &l;em&g;Paddington 2&l;/em&g;, launched in the United States in January 2018.

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A display of limited-edition plush bears in the exhibition includes a Gabrielle bear. Gabrielle was the first company to create a Paddington bear and was responsible for giving Paddington his Wellington boots to help him stand up.

&l;em&g;Paddington Comes to America&l;/em&g; also features a recreated double-decker bus. Guests are invited to board the &q;hop on/hop off&q; bus, which also doubles as a reading area. Young visitors will receive special Paddington London Bus Passes and will be encouraged to learn more about the famous sites in London featured around the gallery while having their passes stamped at each location.

&l;img class=&q;size-full wp-image-1090&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robinseatonjefferson/files/2018/05/Paddington1.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;750&q; data-width=&q;1125&q;&g; 2018 Paddington Exhibition Opening.

Ellen Keiter, chief curator at The Eric Carle, said she recalls reading Paddington books and watching the stop-motion animated series on television when she was a child. &a;ldquo;We&a;rsquo;re thrilled to be the first venue in the United States to welcome Paddington to this side of the Atlantic. He&a;rsquo;s an iconic character in children&a;rsquo;s literature, so it&a;rsquo;s only fitting that he &a;lsquo;visit&a;rsquo; The Carle.&a;rdquo;

Keiter said the exhibition is a great opportunity for both old and young to come together with books. &a;ldquo;Picture books bring people together and Paddington is no exception. He evokes nostalgia for grandparents and parents who enjoy introducing their childhood friend to the next generation,&a;rdquo; she said. &a;ldquo;Paddington is distinctly British, but the things that he deals with, the little mishaps and adventures he goes on, are universal to everyone.&a;nbsp; It&a;rsquo;s about navigating your way in the world and the joy of discovering new things.&a;rdquo;

Housing more than 11,000 objects, including 7,300 permanent collection illustrations, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books. The Carle collects, preserves, presents and celebrates picture books and picture-book illustrations from around the world.

Eric Carle and his wife, the late Barbara Carle, co-founded the Museum in November 2002. Carle is the renowned author and illustrator of more than 70 books, including the 1969 classic &l;em&g;The Very Hungry Caterpillar&l;/em&g;. Since opening, the 43,000-square foot facility has served more than 750,000 visitors, including 50,000 schoolchildren. The Carle has three art galleries, an art studio, a theater, picture book and scholarly libraries, and educational programs for families, scholars, educators and schoolchildren.

&l;img class=&q;size-full wp-image-1089&q; src=&q;http://blogs-images.forbes.com/robinseatonjefferson/files/2018/05/Paddington.jpg?width=960&q; alt=&q;&q; data-height=&q;750&q; data-width=&q;1125&q;&g; 2018 Paddington Exhibition Opening

&l;a href=&q;143/fetch%3EUID%3E/yottoy.com&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;YOTTOY&l;/a&g; Productions, Inc. is Paddington&a;rsquo;s permanent home in America when he isn&a;rsquo;t visiting The Carle. Privately held and New York-based since its founding in 1995, YOTTOY (pronounced y&a;agrave;ht * toy)&a;mdash;&a;ldquo;toy&a;rdquo; spelled backwards and forwards&a;mdash;evolves brands into exclusive product lines that encourage a special interaction between adults and children, as seen with Saks Fifth Avenue&s;s celebrated Yeti, Lady Gaga&s;s Workshop at Barneys NY, and Ludwig Bemelmans&s; Madeline at the New-York Historical Society. The company&s;s current collection features over 150 styles of beloved book and entertainment properties ranging from timeless classics, including Paddington Bear, Babar, Madeline, and The Little Prince, to contemporary favorites such as Mo Willems, Poodlena, and Little Blue Truck.

As the home of &l;a href=&q;https://www.yottoy.com/collections/paddington-bear&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;Paddington Bear toys&l;/a&g; in the U.S., and special to the exhibition, YOTTOY is featuring a display of limited-edition plush bears as part of the exhibition itself.

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&a;ldquo;YOTTOY is thrilled to be a &l;a href=&q;https://www.yottoy.com/collections/paddington-bear&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;sponsor&l;/a&g; of this special exhibition and offer both classic and contemporary Paddington Bears to those who can&a;rsquo;t resist to &a;lsquo;look after this bear&a;rsquo; as his famous tag encourages,&q; said YOTTOY Founder and President Kate Clark. &q;Paddington Bear is a perfect example of YOTTOY&a;rsquo;s mission to bring generations together through shared reading and meaningful play experiences.&a;rdquo;

For more information on The Carle and the exhibition, visit &l;a href=&q;http://www.carlemuseum.org&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;www.carlemuseum.org&l;/a&g;. For more information on Paddington toys, visit &l;a href=&q;https://www.yottoy.com/&q; target=&q;_blank&q;&g;YOTTOY.com&l;/a&g;, or follow YOTTOY on Twitter at @iloveYOTTOYs, and on Facebook and Instagram @YottoyProductions. Follow Paddington on Twitter at @paddingtonbear or like Paddington&s;s Facebook page.&l;/p&g;

Analyzing Tenneco (TEN) and China Automotive Systems (CAAS)

Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) and China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

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This table compares Tenneco and China Automotive Systems’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenneco	$9.27 billion	0.26	$207.00 million	$6.89	6.88
China Automotive Systems	$499.06 million	0.30	-$19.34 million	$0.64	7.27

Tenneco has higher revenue and earnings than China Automotive Systems. Tenneco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than China Automotive Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

95.3% of Tenneco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Tenneco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 62.2% of China Automotive Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Tenneco has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Automotive Systems has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Tenneco pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. China Automotive Systems does not pay a dividend. Tenneco pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Tenneco and China Automotive Systems, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenneco	0	6	4	0	2.40
China Automotive Systems	0	0	0	0	N/A

Tenneco currently has a consensus price target of $64.10, suggesting a potential upside of 35.29%. Given Tenneco’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tenneco is more favorable than China Automotive Systems.

Profitability

This table compares Tenneco and China Automotive Systems’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenneco	2.10%	50.58%	7.43%
China Automotive Systems	-4.03%	5.83%	2.69%

Summary

Tenneco beats China Automotive Systems on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenneco

Tenneco Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes clean air and ride performance products and systems for light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, and other vehicle applications worldwide. The company offers various vehicle emission control products and systems, including catalytic converters and diesel oxidation catalysts, diesel particulate filters, burner systems, lean nitrogen oxide (NOx) traps, hydrocarbon vaporizers and injectors, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems, SCR-coated diesel particulate filters systems, urea dosing systems, four-way catalysts, alternative NOx reduction technologies, mufflers and resonators, fabricated exhaust manifolds, pipes, hydroformed assemblies, elastomeric hangers and isolators, and after treatment control units. It also provides ride performance products and systems, such as shock absorbers; struts; vibration control components; kinetic suspension technology systems, dual-mode suspension solutions, semi-active and active suspension systems, and kinetic H2/continuously variable semi-active continuously variable semi active suspension systems; and other ride performance products comprising load assist products, springs, steering stabilizers, adjustable suspension systems, suspension kits, and modular assemblies. The company offers its products to original equipment vehicle designers and manufacturers, and repair and replacement markets under the Monroe, Kinetic, Fric-Rot, Gas-Matic, Sensa-Trac, OESpectrum, Quick-Strut, Walker, Fonos, XNOx, Mega-Flow, Quiet-Flow, Tru-Fit, DynoMax, Thrush, Rancho, Clevite Elastomers, and Axios brand names. The company was formerly known as Tenneco Automotive Inc. and changed its name to Tenneco Inc. in 2005. Tenneco Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

About China Automotive Systems

China Automotive Systems, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells automotive systems and components in the People's Republic of China, the United States, and internationally. It produces rack and pinion power steering gears for cars and light duty vehicles; integral power steering gears for heavy-duty vehicles; power steering parts for light duty vehicles; sensor modules; automobile steering systems and columns; and automobile electronic systems and parts. The company is also involved in the marketing of automotive parts in North America, as well as the provision of after sales, and research and development support services. In addition, it imports and sells automotive parts in Brazil. The company primarily sells its products to the original equipment manufacturing customers. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Jing Zhou, the People's Republic of China.