Best Low Price Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Small-town general-merchandise retailer Shopko thrived for years by focusing most of its efforts on small and midsize cities where retail competition was less intense. However, the rise of Amazon.com upended that business model by bringing low prices to the whole country. As a result, Shopko was forced to declare bankruptcy last month.

At the time of its bankruptcy filing, Shopko planned to close about 100 of its 363 stores. But last week, the company more than doubled the number of planned store closures to more than 250. This dramatic move casts doubt on whether the company can survive at all. If Shopko fails, Kohl's (NYSE:KSS) will be well positioned to cash in on its demise.

Another retailer is on the rocks

Shopko currently has 134 full-line stores averaging 80,000 square feet in size, making them about the same size as a typical Kohl's store. It also operates more than 170 Shopko Hometown stores -- which range from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet -- in smaller markets. The company's store base is heavily concentrated in the Midwest.

Best Low Price Stocks To Watch Right Now: Miller Industries, Inc.(MLR)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Media coverage about Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) has been trending somewhat negative this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Miller Industries earned a daily sentiment score of -0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the auto parts company an impact score of 46.4626409572006 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next few days.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The auto parts company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, Bloomberg Earnings reports. Miller Industries had a net margin of 4.13% and a return on equity of 12.93%. The company had revenue of $176.89 million for the quarter.

Best Low Price Stocks To Watch Right Now: Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation(IART)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Shane Hupp]

  Employees Retirement System of Texas reduced its stake in shares of Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:IART) by 40.6% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 19,000 shares of the life sciences company’s stock after selling 13,000 shares during the quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas’ holdings in Integra Lifesciences were worth $1,224,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

• [By Lisa Levin]

  Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

  Losers MDC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: MDCA) fell 23.4 percent to $5.25 in pre-market trading after a first-quarter earnings miss. Hudson Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN) shares fell 15.1 percent to $3.48 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat Q1 earnings. Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) fell 14 percent to $13.15 in pre-market trading after the company posted downbeat Q2 earnings and lowered FY18 organic growth guidance. Myomo, Inc. (NYSE: MYO) fell 13.2 percent to $3.10 in pre-market trading after reporting downbeat quarterly results. Rowan Companies plc (NYSE: RDC) shares fell 10.7 percent to $14.13 in pre-market trading after climbing 8.50 percent on Wednesday. BT Group plc (NYSE: BT) fell 9 percent to $14.80 in pre-market trading after the company reported Q4 results and announced plans to cut 13,000 jobs over the next three years. Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL) fell 8.3 percent to $19.90 in pre-market trading after the company disclosed that IMblaze370 Phase 3 pivotal trial of atezolizumab and cobimetinib in patients with heavily pretreated locally advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer did not meet primary endpoint. Infinera Corporation (NASDAQ: INFN) fell 8.2 percent to $10.80 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 results. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA) shares fell 7.4 percent to $43.00 in pre-market trading. Synaptics reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter, while sales missed estimates. Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ: GOLD) shares fell 7.4 percent to $76.23 in pre-market trading after reporting Q1 earnings. Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: IART) shares fell 7 percent to $59.36 in pre-market trading. Integra LifeSciences priced its 5.25 million share public offering of common stock at $58.50 per share. Array BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) shares fell 6.9 percent to $12.75 in pre-m
• [By Ethan Ryder]

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Best Low Price Stocks To Watch Right Now: Makita Corporation (MKTAY)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Makita Co. (OTCMKTS:MKTAY) – Research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group cut their FY2023 earnings estimates for Makita in a note issued to investors on Monday, August 20th. Jefferies Financial Group analyst S. Fukuhara now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $2.66 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $2.72.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Makita (OTCMKTS:MKTAY) was upgraded by analysts at Goldman Sachs Group from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued on Friday, The Fly reports.