2013 Dow stocks not to buy (HPQ, INTC, MCD, CAT, AA)

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was a runner-up for the more properly named Dogs of the Dow for 2013, but that is solely because it was such a poorly performing stock in 2012. With this stock at $14.01, its shares are down about 44% in 2012. HP has a 52-week range of $11.35 to $30.00 and its yield is 3.78%. Analysts have a consensus target of $13.53 on HP, but the stock has fallen so much that we consider this an abandoned company due to its deep troubles. What can fix HP at this point? A miracle, or a sudden revolt against Apple products.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is a member of the Dogs of the Dow, and its yield has risen handily due to the poor performance of its shares in 2012. At $20.64, this chip and processor giant has fallen by about 12% in 2012, and its dividend yield is 4.36%. The 52-week trading range is $19.23 to $29.27. and the consensus price target is $23.14. Intel has significant challenges ahead with PC sales sucking wind. Intel is just not even acknowledged as having any presence yet in smartphones and mobile devices.

McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) had a poor 2012, but that was after it was the single best performing stock of the 30 DJIA stocks in 2011. At $88.29, this stock is down about 8% so far in 2012. Things were looking far worse just a few weeks ago when the stock was sliding daily. Its 52-week range is $83.31 to $102.22, and its yield is 3.4%. What is amazing is that analysts still have a consensus price target north of $97 for this fast-food giant.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is currently on the list of the Pigs of the Dow because it is in negative territory so far in 2012. At $87.48, this one is down in part because of its ex-dividend date being right at the end of December, and due to shares selling off so much due to a weaker macro and emerging market picture. If you adjust the share price for dividends, the stock is down only 0.8% and it only has to get back above $88.20 for it to be positive, if you back out the dividend payments. On a nominal basis, this one closed out at $90.60 in 2011. Analysts have a consensus price target of $97.93 for a year out and its 52-week range is $78.25 to $116.95.

We have one other company as a runner-up for the worst performing DJIA stocks of 2012. That means that if its shares drop in the next three sessions then this one could make the list of the Pigs of the Dow for 2013. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) just has refused to do anything in 2012. At $8.62, this stock is up less than 1% in 2012, and its 1.4% dividend yield is just not very impressive for a company that many investors believe is not representative of a DJIA stock any longer. Analysts have an upside price target of $10.41 on this, so maybe a recovery of any sort would be a great harbinger in 2013

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Google, the online search leader, appears on an MSN Money list of recommended stocks. Here are StockScouter's best investment ideas.


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Thanks in part to Android, which just passed Apple's iOS as the world's fastest-growing mobile platform, Google (GOOG, news, msgs) is again capturing media buzz while persuading investors that it's still a growth engine.



Some analysts have fretted that Google is undergoing an inevitable metamorphosis, becoming a mature, slower-growth tech bellwether. But the Mountain View, Calif., company allayed those concerns last month with blowout third-quarter financial results.



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Google appears on a daily list created using StockScouter, an MSN Money tool that identifies stocks with strong growth prospects in the near term. All stocks with Scouter ratings of 8, 9 or 10 are considered for the list, which is then shortened to exclude any stock with a trading volume below 50,000 shares a day. The remaining stocks are ranked on the basis of market capitalization, sector membership and whether they are growth or value stocks.





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Google's core business of online advertising -- which accounts for 97% of revenue -- continues to grow along with the digital economy. The number of times a consumer clicked on a Google ad increased 16% in the third quarter, and the average cost per click rose 3%, meaning companies paid more to place ads.



"We saw strength in every major product area in Q3 -- that is search, display, mobile -- as well as apps and enterprise," Patrick Pichette, Google's chief financial officer, said in a conference call with analysts Oct. 14. "And when I say our newer businesses are seeing great momentum, I really mean it."



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Among those newer businesses, Android is leading the charge. New data from market research company NPD Group says Android was installed on 44% of the smart phones bought in the United States in the third quarter, up 11 percentage points from the second quarter. Apple's (AAPL, news, msgs) i0S operating system took 23% of the domestic market, up from 22% in the second quarter. Research In Motion (RIMM, news, msgs) saw its market share slip to 22% from 28%.



NPD said that two of the five top-selling smart phones in the quarter -- the Motorola Droid X, at No. 4, and the HTC EVO 4G, at No. 5 -- run on the Android open-source operating system. Apple's iPhone 4 was the top-selling smart phone in the period, followed by RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8500 and the LG Cosmos.



Google said Android software now comes loaded on more than 95 handsets, up from 60 in the second quarter. Android's growth helps lessen Google's reliance on Internet search, though the operating system is designed to mesh with Google search, thereby helping generate even more clicks on Google ads.



StockScouter top 10 Company Sector Friday's close YTD (%) Scouter score

Apple (AAPL, news, msgs)

Personal computing

$317.13

50.5

10



Broadcom (BRCM, news, msgs)

Semiconductors

$42.34

34.5

10



Google (GOOG, news, msgs)

Internet search

$625.08

0.8

10



Intel (INTC, news, msgs)

Computer chips

$21.24

4.1

10



Microsoft (MSFT, news, msgs)

Software

$26.85

-11.9

10



Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM, news, msgs)

Semiconductor manufacturing

$11.18

-2.3

10



Texas Instruments (TXN, news, msgs)

Digital signal processors

$31.47

20.8

10



Xilinx (XLNX, news, msgs)

Integrated circuits

$27.73

10.6

10



El Paso (EP, news, msgs)

Natural gas

$13.46

37.0

10



IBM (IBM, news, msgs)

Computer products and services

$146.92

12.2

9
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