Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019

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CSRA (NYSE: SAIC) and Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Risk & Volatility

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CSRA has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Science Applications International has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares CSRA and Science Applications International’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio CSRA $4.99 billion 1.35 $304.00 million $1.91 21.59 Science Applications International $4.45 billion 0.85 $179.00 million $3.53 25.21

CSRA has higher revenue and earnings than Science Applications International. CSRA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Science Applications International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019: The Descartes Systems Group Inc.(DSGX)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Descartes Systems Group (NASDAQ:DSGX) (TSE:DSG) was upgraded by research analysts at BidaskClub from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report issued on Thursday.

• [By Shane Hupp]

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Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019: Lexmark International, Inc.(LXK)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  Press coverage about Lexmark International (NYSE:LXK) has been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Lexmark International earned a coverage optimism score of -0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 42.9230217304115 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Headlines about Lexmark International (NYSE:LXK) have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Lexmark International earned a media sentiment score of 0.06 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media coverage about the technology company an impact score of 42.803224128124 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.

Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019: China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd.(STV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Sativacoin (CURRENCY:STV) traded 2.1% higher against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on May 9th. Over the last week, Sativacoin has traded up 0.1% against the US dollar. One Sativacoin coin can now be purchased for $0.0318 or 0.00000341 BTC on popular exchanges including Cryptopia and YoBit. Sativacoin has a market capitalization of $225,415.00 and $19.00 worth of Sativacoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours.

Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019: TeleNav Inc.(TNAV)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Joseph Griffin]

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• [By Stephan Byrd]

  Telenav Inc (NASDAQ:TNAV) has received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the six analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $11.17.

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of Telenav (NASDAQ:TNAV) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Saturday.

  Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on TNAV. BidaskClub upgraded Telenav from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Friday. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Telenav from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Thursday, April 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The stock presently has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of $11.17.

Best Tech Stocks To Own For 2019: Salesforce.com Inc(CRM)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Jim Crumly]

  As for individual stocks, salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) and Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) made gains after the companies reported earnings.

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• [By Rich Duprey, Nicholas Rossolillo, and Maxx Chatsko]

  We asked three Motley Fool investors to identify a company they consider to be much a better value than digital money. They chose salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS), and XPO Logistics (NYSE:XPO) as the top alternatives to any cryptocurrency available. 

• [By Chris Lange]

  Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) will report its fiscal first-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Tuesday. Thomson Reuters consensus estimates call for $0.46 in earnings per share (EPS) on $2.94 billion in revenue. The same period of last year reportedly had EPS of $0.28 and $2.39 billion in revenue.

• [By Stephan Byrd]

  salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) Chairman Marc Benioff sold 5,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.13, for a total transaction of $640,650.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.