Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014

Ethanol blends of 15%, or E15, just got a green light from the Supreme Court. Trade groups representing the oil, food, and automaker industries challenged that such high blends of ethanol would damage engines, raise food prices, and hike the price paid at the pump by consumers. The Supreme Court decided to leave current Environmental Protection Agency rules in place after the consortium (in three separate cases) failed to provide evidence that those claims were, in fact, harmful to its members. It sure isn't good news for the argument against E15, but it is vindication for ethanol producers. Since biofuels figure to be staying put with mandated growth for the time being, let's review four of the best biofuels stocks.

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE  ) The leader in compressed natural gas, or CNG, for the transportation industry got a boost from the EPA earlier this year when CNG sourced from landfills gained the ability to qualify for advanced biofuel subsidies. It's the next best thing to cellulosic ethanol credits, if not better. That can add a nice revenue stream to Clean Energy's already promising business model, and expedite its journey to profitability. Except for a tad more paperwork, the company doesn't have to change operations one bit. What's not to like?

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: MARSTON`S PLC ORD GBP0.07375(MARS.L)

Marston?s PLC engages in operating managed, tenanted, and leased public houses; brewing beer; and wholesaling beer, wines, spirits, and soft drinks in the United Kingdom. The company operates approximately 2,150 pubs and bars in England and Wales comprising 1,650 tenanted or leased pubs and approximately 500 managed pubs. It also brews various ale brands, including Marston's, Banks's, Brakspear, Duchy Originals, Jennings, Mansfield, Ringwood, and Wychwood. The company was formerly known as Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC and changed its name to Marston?s PLC in January 2007. Marston?s PLC was founded in 1834 and is based in Wolverhampton, the United Kingdom.

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: TTM Technologies Inc.(TTMI)

TTM Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides printed circuit board (PCB) products and backplane assemblies worldwide. Its PCB products include conventional, high density interconnect, flexible, and rigid-flex PCBs, as well as backplane assemblies and IC substrates. The company also offers various services, such as design for manufacturability support during new product introduction stages, PCB layout design, simulation and testing services, quick turnaround production, and drilling and routing services. Its customers include original equipment manufacturers and electronic manufacturing service companies that primarily serve the networking/communications, aerospace/defense, high-end computing, cell phone, and medical/industrial/instrumentation end markets of the electronics industry. TTM Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

Top 5 Bank Stocks To Own Right Now: Dynatronics Corporation(DYNT)

Dynatronics Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, distribution, and marketing of physical medicine and aesthetic products in the United States. The company offers physical medicine products, including electrotherapy, therapeutic ultrasound, infrared light therapy, oscillation therapy, iontophoresis, and vibration therapy; medical supply and soft goods products, including hot packs, cold packs, exercise balls, therapy wraps, wrist splints, ankle weights, lumbar supports, cervical collars, slings, cervical pillows, back cushions, weight racks, and parallel bars. It also distributes products, such as hot and cold therapy products, lotions and gels, paper products, athletic tape, canes and crutches, reflex hammers, stethoscopes, splints, elastic wraps, exercise weights, tubing, walkers, treadmills, stair climbers, heating units for hot packs, whirlpools, gloves, and electrodes. In addition, the company provides exercise equipment, massage therapy products, chiropract ic tables, hand therapy products, pilates and yoga equipment, nutritional supplements, emergency care products, and portable electrotherapy products, as well as treatment tables and rehabilitation equipment. Further, it offers aesthetic products under the Synergie brand name, including Synergie the Elite Aesthetic Massage System; the Elite microdermabrasion device; and the Elite LT device, a skin care product, as well as provides warranty services. The company offers its products to physical therapists, chiropractors, podiatrists, sports medicine specialists, medical doctors, hospitals and clinics, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, and aestheticians through direct sales representatives, independent dealers, e-commerce Website, and product catalog. The company exports its products to approximately 30 countries. Dynatronics Corporation was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: Maximus Resources Ltd(MXR.AX)

Maximus Resources Limited engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Australia. The company primarily explores for gold, uranium, iron ore, and base metals. Its principal properties include the Sellheim alluvial gold project located in north Queensland; the Adelaide Hills gold project situated in South Australia; and the Narndee base metals project located in the Mt Magnet region of Western Australia. The company also holds exploration tenements in Western Australia that are prospective for nickel, and base metals. Maximus Resources Limited was founded in 2004 and is based in Norwood, South Australia.

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: Hibbett Sports Inc.(HIBB)

Hibbett Sports, Inc. operates sporting goods stores in small to mid-sized markets primarily in the southeast, southwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. Its stores offer an assortment of merchandise, including athletic footwear, team sports equipment, athletic and fashion apparel, and related accessories. The company also provides its merchandise directly to educational institutions and youth associations. As of January 28, 2012, it operated 832 stores consisting of 812 Hibbett Sports stores, 19 smaller-format Sports Additions athletic shoe stores, and 1 larger-format Sports & Co. superstore in 26 states. The company was formerly known as Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. and changed its name to Hibbett Sports, Inc. in January 2007. Hibbett Sports, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Yahoo! Finance recently noted once again�how the hit reality show ��uck Dynasty��along with fears about Obama�� gun control policies have rural enthusiasts flocking to Cabela�� Inc (NYSE: CAB), but how does its performance compare with that of mid cap peer�Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) along with small caps Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (NASDAQ: BGFV)�and Hibbett Sports, Inc (NASDAQ: HIBB)? After all, the same trends should be lifting all boats that sell outdoor related merchandise, guns or sporting goods (Note: Bass Pro, Inc, which is much closer to being a true�peer of Cabela�� Inc as its also focused on the outdoors, is�privately held) . �

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: Avon Products Inc. (AVP)

Avon Products Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. Its product categories include color cosmetics, fragrances, skin care, and personal care; fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, footwear, and accessories; and gift and decorative products, housewares, entertainment and leisure, and children?s and nutritional products. Avon Products Inc. markets its products through direct selling and independent representatives, as well as through distributorships. The company was founded in 1886 and is based in New York, New York.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  The market, however, clearly hasn’t taken it that way, as Herbalife’s shares have dropped 4% to $70.21. Direct seller Avon Products (AVP) has fallen 1.2% to $20.67, while nutritional-product retailer GNC Holdings (GNC) has declined 1.6% to $53.81.

• [By Brian Pacampara]

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  Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: Rocky Brands Inc.(RCKY)

Rocky Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets footwear and apparel under the Rocky, Georgia Boot, Durango, Lehigh, Mossy Oak, and Michelin brand names. It offers footwear, apparel, and accessory items to hunting, fishing, camping, or hiking enthusiasts; footwear and apparel to industrial and construction workers, and workers in the hospitality industry, such as restaurants or hotels; footwear products to law enforcement, security personnel, and postal employees; and footwear products to military personnel, farmers, and ranchers. The company distributes its products through a range of distribution channels comprising sporting goods stores, outdoor retailers, independent shoe retailers, hardware stores, catalogs, mass merchants, uniform stores, farm store chains, specialty safety stores, and other specialty retailers in the United States and Canada. It also sells its products directly to consumers through its consumer and business Web sites; Lehigh Outfitters mobile and retail stores; and Rocky outlet store. In addition, the company sells footwear under the Rocky label to the U.S. military. Rocky Brands, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Nelsonville, Ohio.

Top Clean Energy Stocks To Buy For 2014: Carbon Energy Ltd(CNX.AX)

Carbon Energy Limited focuses on producing clean energy and chemicals feedstock from Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) syngas. UCG is an alternative coal mining method that converts coal into gas underground using a series of boreholes operated remotely from the surface. The company also holds the right to explore and lease coal tenements in Wyoming, the United States, and Montana/North Dakota, the United States. In addition, it has a joint venture with Hema Endustri to develop UCG projects in the Amasra coal tenements located on the coast of the Black Sea in northern Turkey. The company was formerly known as Metex Resources Ltd and changed its name to Carbon Energy Limited in June 2008. Carbon Energy Limited is headquartered in Milton, Australia.