Top Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014

Another week of new all-time highs for the Dow Jones Industrial Average coupled with a good start to earnings season has given optimists little reason to fret. For skeptics like me, that's an opportunity to see whether companies have earned their current valuations.

Keep in mind that some companies�deserve�their current valuations. Life sciences company Life Technologies�jumped to new highs this week following word that Thermo Fisher Scientific�will make a bid for the company, and that other private-equity firms are finalizing their bids.�With Life Technologies having publicly announced a strategic review in January, it seems like a long-awaited buyout could be right around the corner for shareholders.

Still, other companies might deserve a kick in the pants. Here's a look at three companies that could be worth selling.

Top Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Ames National Corporation(ATLO)

Ames National Corporation, a multibank holding company, provides commercial banking services primarily within the central Iowa counties of Boone, Marshall, Polk, and Story. The company offers a range of deposit services, including checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits of various types ranging from money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises short and medium-term commercial and residential real estate loans, agricultural and business operating loans and lines of credit, equipment loans, vehicle loans, personal loans and lines of credit, home improvement loans, and mortgage loans for sale into the secondary market. The company also offers cash management services, merchant credit card processing, safe deposit boxes, wire transfers, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automated teller machine access. In addition, it offers trust, Internet banking, and investment brokerage services. The compa ny was founded in 1903 and is based in Ames, Iowa.

Top Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Macro Enterprises Inc (MCR.V)

Macro Enterprises Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides pipeline and facility construction, and maintenance services to the oil and gas companies in northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta. It is involved in the construction, alteration, repair, and installation of pipeline and facility pressure piping and structural steel. The company offers facility and compression construction services, which comprise fabrication, piping modifications, station yard underground piping recoat programs, and meter station maintenance for measurement. It also offers pipeline systems services, including inline inspection support, pipe and pipeline valve replacement, installation of reinforcement sleeves, hot taps, surface and sub-surface looping, pigging crews, and valve services, as well as corrosion anomaly repairs, such as excavation, inspection, sandblasting, and re-coating by hand and spray applications. In addition, the company provides water courses, slope instability remediation, surface and sub-surface drainage installation, general right-of-way repair, and second calls handling services; and pressure testing and pigging services. Further, the company is involved in constructing, installing, maintaining, testing, and repairing pipelines and facilities in the oil and gas industry in western Canada. Macro Enterprises Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Fort St John, Canada.

Top 5 Freight Companies To Own In Right Now: CTC Media Inc.(CTCM)

CTC Media, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an independent media company. It operates the CTC, Domashny, and Peretz television networks in Russia. The company also operates Channel 31, a television network in Kazakhstan, as well as a television channel in Moldova offering entertainment programming. In addition, it is involved in in-house production operations that focus on series, sitcoms, and shows. CTC Media, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Moscow, the Russian Federation.

Top Life Sciences Stocks To Buy For 2014: Pershimco Resources Inc. (PRO.V)

Pershimco Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, evaluation, development, and operation of mining properties. The company explores for gold and silver ores, and base metals. It holds interests in various mining properties in Canada and South America, including the Cerro Quema project in Panama and the Courville Gold Project in the Val-d'Or Gold Mining Camp in Canada. Pershimco Resources Inc. is headquartered in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada.