Hot Railroad Companies To Own In Right Now

Next Tuesday, Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC  ) will release its latest quarterly results. The key to making smart investment decisions on stocks reporting earnings is to anticipate how they'll do before they announce results, leaving you fully prepared to respond quickly to whatever inevitable surprises arise.

As a major railroad company, Norfolk Southern gained a substantial amount of business when high fuel prices made rail transportation a more energy-efficient choice for moving goods than alternatives. With a substantial amount of its business coming from coal-mining customers, though, weak coal prices have led to lower shipping volumes for the railroad. Let's take an early look at what's been happening with Norfolk Southern over the past quarter and what we're likely to see in its report.

Hot Railroad Companies To Own In Right Now: Sky China Petroleum Svcs Ltd. (W81.SI)

SKY China Petroleum Services Ltd., an investment holding company, provides petro-engineering technical services to the oil and gas industry in the People�s Republic of China. The company�s Drilling Services segment provides technical and mechanical engineering in the supervision of the use of directional drilling technology for the reworking of old wells. Its Rental of Oil-Drilling Rigs segment engages in leasing drilling rigs to third parties. The company�s Transportation of Petroleum Products segment provides shipping intermediary services and distribution of oil products for ship and non-dangerous chemical fuel oil. Its Time Charter segment offers vessel leasing services. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Singapore.

Hot Railroad Companies To Own In Right Now: Tumi Resources Limited(TM.V)

Tumi Resources Limited, a junior mineral exploration company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of precious metals on mineral properties located in Mexico and Sweden. It primarily explores for silver, as well as gold, tungsten, and base metal deposits. The company was formerly known as Planex Ventures Ltd. and changed its name to Tumi Resources Limited in May 2002. Tumi Resources Limited was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Hot Gold Companies To Own In Right Now: Team Health Holdings Inc.(TMH)

Team Health Holdings, Inc. provides outsourced healthcare professional staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers in the United States. It recruits and contracts with healthcare professionals who then provide professional services within third-party healthcare facilities. The company offers a range of services, including recruiting, scheduling, and credential coordinating for clinical and non-clinical medical professionals; coding, billing, and collecting fees for services provided by medical professionals; providing experienced medical directors; administrative support services, such as payroll, professional liability insurance coverage, continuing medical education services, and management training; claims and risk management services; and standardized procedures. It provides outsourced physician staffing and administrative services in emergency medicine, inpatient services, anesthesiology, pediatrics, temporary staffing, primary car e clinics and occupational medicine, and other hospital-based functions. The company also offers healthcare management physician-related services within a military treatment facility setting; and non-physician staffing services to military treatment facilities, including services, such as para-professional providers, nursing, specialty technicians, and administrative staffing. In addition, it provides medical call center services comprising physician after-hours call coverage, community nurse lines, emergency department advice calls, physician referral, class scheduling, appointment scheduling, and Web response. The company serves approximately 730 civilian and military hospitals, clinics, and physician groups in 47 states with a team of approximately 7,100 healthcare professionals, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses. Team Health Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Hot Railroad Companies To Own In Right Now: PICO Holdings Inc.(PICO)

PICO Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the water resource and water storage, real estate, insurance, and agribusiness businesses. Its water resource and water storage business acquires and develops water resources and water storage operations in the southwestern United States. The company?s real estate business acquires and develops partially-developed and finished residential housing lots in selected markets primarily in California. It also owns, leases, and sells properties in northern Nevada, which include sub?surface rights, such as mineral rights, water rights, and geothermal rights. As of December 31, 2010, this business owned or controlled a total of 490 finished lots, which included 21 completed homes and 10 partially completed homes; and 4,711 potential lots in various stages of entitlement. It also owned approximately 440,000 acres of land in northern Nevada. The company?s insurance business handles and resolves claims on expired polic ies comprising medical professional liability, property and casualty, and workers? compensation insurance policies. PICO Holdings, Inc. also involves in cash and fixed-income securities business, as well as acquires businesses and interests in businesses through the acquisition of private companies and the purchase of shares in public companies. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in La Jolla, California.

Hot Railroad Companies To Own In Right Now: JV Global Ltd (JVG.AX)

JV Global Limited and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and sale of steel building products to the building and construction industry in Australia. It also markets and sells CNC roll forming production lines worldwide. The company�s products include steel door frames, metal decking, wall cladding, steel framed housing, purlins and girts, pallet racking, shelving, channel sections, guard rails, crash barriers, garage doors, roller doors, security fencing, and material handling products, such as coil slitting line and uncoilers, as well as roofing products, including trusses, battens, guttering and downpipes, and ridge capping. In addition, it manufactures light gauge steel framed housing for clients, investors, and their own benefit and resale; and is involved in holding equity investments in businesses that engage in manufacturing and selling steel building products, and other investments, as well as leases machinery to those businesses in the United Arab Emirate s. The company is based in South Perth, Australia.