10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Own For 2015

10 Best Healthcare Technology Stocks To Own For 2015: Radioshack Corporation(RSH)

RadioShack Corporation engages in the retail sale of consumer electronic goods and services through its RadioShack store chain and kiosk operations. Its products include postpaid and prepaid wireless handsets and communication devices, such as scanners and global positioning system (GPS) products; home entertainment, wireless, music, computer, video game, and GPS accessories; media storage, power adapters, digital imaging products, and headphones; home audio and video end-products, personal computing products, residential telephones, and voice over Internet protocol products; digital cameras, digital music players, toys, satellite radios, video gaming hardware, camcorders, and general radios; general and special purpose batteries and battery chargers; and wires and cables, connectivity products, components and tools, and hobby products. The company also provides consumers access to third-party services, such as prepaid wireless airtime and extended service plans in its ser vice platform. In addition, it manufactures various products, including telephones, antennas, wires, and cable products, as well as various hard-to-find parts and accessories for consumer electronics products; and provides repair services. As of March 31, 2011, the company operated 4,467 company-operated retail stores under the RadioShack brand name in the United States; and 1,304 kiosks located in Target and Sam?s Club stores. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 211 company-operated stores under the RadioShack brand, 9 dealers, and 1 distribution center in Mexico; a network of 1,207 RadioShack dealer outlets, including 34 located outside of North America; and 4 distribution centers in the United States. Further, the company sells its products through its Website, radioshack.com. RadioShack Corporation was founded in 1899 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  When I was a! kid, I bought my first–and only–Ham radio telegraph key at RadioShack (RSH), which was a haven for those of us geeky enough to like playing with electronics. I also adored its packaged electronic kits, with those little metal springs to hold the wires. But that’s not today’s RadioShack, not really.

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  The problem is, that RadioShack doesn’t know what it is anymore, as clearly demonstrated by second-quarter loss of $1.11, well below forecasts for a 37 cents loss. The Wall Street Journal has the details:

  Earlier this year [CEO Joe] Magnacca, a former Walgreen Co. executive who was hired in February, outlined a strategy to refurbish stores by overhauling layouts and removing items from the shelves, part of a broader effort to improve perception among younger customers while keeping traditional “do-it-yourself” patrons satisfied. The company plans to open or remodel more than 100 of its roughly 4,300 stores with some form of that new design by the end of the year.

  In the meantime, RadioShack’s quarterly loss widened to $112.4 million from $47.1 million a year earlier as overall sales fell 10% to $805.4 million.

  Sales at stores open at least a year dropped 8.4% as the company cleared stockpiles of less-profitable products by marking down devices or, in most cases, unloading them on wholesalers. The effort squeezed the company’s gross margin down to 30.1% from 36% a year earlier.

  RadioShack also announced that it had hired two executives with J.C. Penney (JCP) pasts to help improve merchandising and global sourcing. Yes, JC Penney. That will make investors feel good.

  Still, JCPenneyRadioShack was able to sign an $835 million financing deal at “very market-based competitive rates,” its CFO said.

  BB&T Capital Markets’ Anthony Chukumba and Eric Cohen survey the damage:

  RadioShack continued to stumble in Q313,

• [By Will Ashworth]

  RadioShack (RSH) j! ust cant ! buy a break.

  RadioShack’s plans to close 1,100 stores over the next five years were scuttled by lenders in mid-May when the terms for allowing it to do so were deemed unacceptable by RSH management and board. As a result, its closing fewer stores and will instead find other ways to cut costs.

• [By Jason Moser]

  Another quarter has passed for RadioShack (NYSE: RSH  ) and things are still looking pretty bleak for the once high-flying electronics retailer. This past quarter revealed that while The Shack's heart is still beating, it's on life support, and I'm doubtful it will come off anytime soon.

• [By Chris Hill]

  Shares of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX  ) soar in the wake of better-than-expected first quarter earnings and the addition of 3 million new subscribers. Coach (NYSE: COH  ) gets a boost from a 6% increase in third-quarter profits. Shares of The Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV  ) rise on higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings. And RadioShack (NYSE: RSH  ) reports a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss and a decline in same-store sales. In this installment of Investor Beat, our analysts discuss four stocks making moves.

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