Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014

So much for Raytheon's (NYSE: RTN  ) big contract win.

Eleven days ago, the Pentagon gave Raytheon investors a big shot in the arm, announcing it had awarded a $279 million contract to replace Exelis's aging ALQ-99 "tactical jamming" (electronic warfare) equipment aboard EA-18G Growler and EA-6B Prowler aircraft with a new system of Raytheon's devising. But now, the company that Raytheon beat out to win this contract is making waves.

On Thursday, British defense contractor BAE Systems (NASDAQOTH: BAESY  ) announced that it has filed a protest of the Pentagon's awarding the Next Generation Jammer contract to Raytheon. Says BAE:

The solution we put forward would provide the U.S. Navy with an affordable and effective way to significantly enhance current capabilities and protect our aircraft, ships, and armed forces. We protested the award based on concerns with the Navy's evaluation of our offering.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Cir-comp(CIRX.MI)

CIR S.p.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the utilities, media, automotive components, healthcare, and financial services businesses. In the utilities sector, the company engages in the sourcing, marketing, and supply of electricity and natural gas. It operates wind, photovoltaic, hydro, thermo, and biomass power generation plants with an installed capacity of approximately 4,000 megawatts. In the media sector, the company is involved in publishing la Repuibblica national daily newspaper, 17 local dailies, 1 three-weekly paper, L'Espresso weekly magazine, 2 monthlies, 2 quarterlies, and various guide books; providing Internet and applications for mobile and new generation devices; broadcasting 3 national radio stations comprising Radio Deejay, Radio Capital, and Radio M2O; and operating the national TV channel Deejay TV, as well as the satellite channels MyDeejay and Onda Latina. In the automotive components sector, the company offers filtration systems, such as oil , engine air, petrol fuel, diesel fuel, and cabin air filters; and flexible suspension components, including coil springs for shock absorbers, stabilizer and torsion bars, stabilinks, leaf springs, precision springs, and track adjusters. In the healthcare sector, it operates nursing homes under the Anni Azzurri brand; psychiatric rehabilitation units under the Santo Stefano and Redancia brands; and hospital facilities under the Medipass brand. The company manages 60 facilities with a total of approximately 5,600 beds in central and northern Italy. In the financial sector, it engages in the acquisition and management of non-performing loans; venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds business; operation of restaurants; and provision of hospitality management training. The company has operations in Italy, other European countries, North America, South America, and Asia. CIR S.p.A. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: StanCorp Financial Group Inc.(SFG)

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance products and asset management solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Insurance Services and Asset Management. The Insurance Services segment offers group and individual disability, group life, group accidental death and dismemberment, group dental, and group vision insurance products, as well as absence management services to individuals and employers. This segment sells its group insurance products through sales representatives, as well as through independent employee benefit brokers and consultants; and individual disability insurance products through brokers and master general agents primarily to physicians, lawyers, executives, other professionals, and small business owners. As of December 31, 2010, it had approximately 31,000 group insurance policies in force covering approximately 6.8 million employees. The Asset Management segment provides 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, 457 plans, defined benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation products and services through an affiliated broker-dealer. This segment also offers investment advisory and management, commercial mortgage loan origination and servicing, and financial planning services, as well as individual fixed-rate annuity, group annuity, and retirement plan trust products. In addition, the company owns and manages real estate properties for sale; and operates an online financial life planning and management service. StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Top Insurance Stocks To Watch Right Now: Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.(SCHN)

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. engages in recycling ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, and used and salvaged vehicles; and manufacturing finished steel products. The company operates through three segments: Metals Recycling Business (MRB), Auto Parts Business (APB), and Steel Manufacturing Business (SMB). The MRB segment involves in the purchase, collection, processing, recycling, sale, and broking of ferrous scrap metals. It processes mixed and large pieces of scrap metal into smaller pieces by sorting, shearing, shredding, and torching. This segment?s products include ferrous products, including ferrous scrap metal, a feedstock used in the production of finished steel products; and nonferrous scrap metals, including aluminum, copper, stainless steel, nickel, brass, titanium, lead, high temperature alloys, and joint products, such as zorba (mixed nonferrous material) and zurik (stainless steel). The MRB segment sells its products to steel mills and smelters. The APB segment purchases used and salvaged vehicles and sells serviceable used auto parts from these vehicles through its 45 self-service auto parts stores, which are located across the United States and western Canada. It also sells other vehicles, including auto bodies; cores, such as engines, transmissions, alternators, and catalytic converters; and nonferrous materials to metal recyclers. The SMB segment engages in the purchase of recycled metal, and processing of the recycled metal and other raw materials into finished steel products. Its product portfolio comprises semi-finished goods and finished goods consisting of rebar, coiled rebar, wire rod, merchant bar, and other specialty products. This segment serves steel service centers, construction industry subcontractors, steel fabricators, wire drawers, and farm and wood product suppliers. The company exports its products worldwide. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Beacon Minerals Ltd(BCN.AX)

Beacon Minerals Limited engages in the exploration and development of mineral properties in Australia. The company primarily explores for gold mineralization, as well as for uranium and nickel ores. It principally holds interest in approximately 300 square kilometers of prospective ground in 3 tenements in the Barlee gold project located in the Murchison District, Western Australia. The company is based in West Perth, Australia.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Tiffany & Co.(TIF)

Tiffany & Co., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and retail of fine jewelry worldwide. Its jewelry products include fine and solitaire jewelry; diamond engagement rings and wedding bands for brides and grooms; and non-gemstone, sterling silver, gold, and platinum jewelry. The company also provides timepieces, sterling silver goods, china, crystal, stationery, fragrances, personal accessories, and leather goods. Tiffany & Co. sells its products through retail sales, Internet and catalog sales, business-to-business sales, and wholesale distribution primarily in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company also sells its products through its stores, as well as through department store boutiques in Japan. As of January 31, 2011, it operated 233 TIFFANY & CO. stores and boutiques worldwide. The company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: United Bankshares Inc.(UBSI)

United Bankshares, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides commercial and retail banking services and products in the United States. Its deposit products include checking, savings, time, and money market deposit accounts; demand deposits, statement and special savings, and NOW accounts; and variable and fixed-term money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company?s loan products portfolio comprises personal, commercial, floor plan, and student loans; construction and real estate loans; and consumer loans, including credit card and home equity loans. It also offers individual retirement accounts, safe deposit boxes, wire transfers, credit card, and other banking products and services. In addition, the company offers trust services; and services to correspondent banks, such as check clearing, safekeeping, and the buying and selling of federal funds. The company?s nonbank subsidiaries engage in other community banking services, such as asset management, real p roperty title insurance, investment banking, financial planning, and brokerage services. United Bankshares operates 112 full service offices in West Virginia, Virginia, Northern Virginia, Maryland, southeastern Ohio, and Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Franchise Services Of North Ame (FSN.V)

Franchise Services of North America Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as a car rental franchisor in North America. It licenses franchises to operate car, van, and light truck rental business. The company also provides insurance products, including liability and physical damage coverage on rental fleet to franchisees and independent car rental operators. It operates under the U-Save Car & Truck Rental, U-Save Car Sales, Xpress Rent-A-Car, and Peakstone Financial Services brands. In addition, the company operates an association, Auto Rental Resource Center, which provides insurance discounts, and products and services to its members who operate independent vehicle rental businesses. Further, it owns and operates the Rent-A-Wreck and Practicar car rental and sales franchise system in Canada. Franchise Services of North America Inc. is based in Calgary, Canada.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Royal And Sun Alliance(RSA.L)

RSA Insurance Group plc, through its subsidiaries, provides personal and commercial general insurance products and services worldwide. Its personal insurance products include motor, household, travel, and pet insurance; and commercial products comprise motor, marine, engineering, liability, property, and professional financial insurance. It also provides insurance coverage for a range of renewable energy technologies, including wind energy, solar energy, small hydro, and bio energy. In addition, the company offers claim handling and insurance brokerage services. It distributes its products through brokers and affinity partnerships. The company was formerly known as Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc and changed its name to RSA Insurance Group plc in 2008. RSA Insurance Group plc was founded in 1710 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Boardroom Limited (B10.SI)

Boardroom Limited, an investment holding company, provides various professional business and corporate services in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. The company offers corporate secretarial services, including acting as company secretary and providing corporate secretarial consultancy, advisory, assistance, and support services primarily to private limited companies and public listed corporations. It also provides share registration services comprising acting as share registrar, share transfer agent, warrant agent, employee equity plan administration, voting, shareholder analytics, investor solicitation, and executive remuneration services primarily for public listed corporations. In addition, the company offers accounting and payroll services consisting of book-keeping, preparation of financial statements, payroll and payment processing, goods and services tax accounting, tax advisory, human resource, risk management, and internal auditing for enterprises; investor r elations services; and business advisory and consultancy services. Further, it provides human resource services, such as consulting; executive search; onboarding and outboarding administration and processes; employee handbook review, preparation, and updating; and payroll services. Additionally, the company offers taxation services, including compliance, consulting, and incentive application, as well as general tax consultancy services. Boardroom Limited was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Top 10 Clean Energy Stocks To Own For 2014: Volterra Semiconductor Corporation(VLTR)

Volterra Semiconductor Corporation engages in the design, development, and marketing of analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors for computing, storage, networking, and consumer markets. The company?s products include integrated voltage regulator semiconductors, integrated power protection and distribution semiconductors, and scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets that transform, regulate, deliver, and monitor the power consumed by digital semiconductors. Its analog and mixed signal power management semiconductor products are primarily used in applications that require voltage regulating performance, such as data networking equipment, desktop and notebook computers, digital televisions, digital video recorders, game consoles, enterprise storage equipment, graphics cards, hard disk drives, printers, raid cards, servers, telecommunications equipment, base stations, and workstations. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment man ufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract equipment manufacturers, and merchant power supply manufacturers directly through its internal sales force, as well as indirectly through distributors and outsourced suppliers. It has operations in the United States, China, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, and Germany. Volterra Semiconductor Corporation was founded in 1996 and is based in Fremont, California.