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IDEXX LABORATORIES INC. $202 (Nasdaq symbol IDXX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 86.2 million; Market cap: $17.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 8.0; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.idexx.com) makes equipment that veterinarians use to detect diseases in pets and farm animals.


Thanks to strong demand for that diagnostic equipment and related supplies, Idexx’s revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, rose 10.9%, to $545.4 million from $492.0 million a year earlier....

NCR CORP. $26 (New York symbol NCR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 118.2 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ncr.com) makes automated teller machines (ATMs), cash registers, self-serve checkouts and kiosks for theatres and arenas.


NCR recently paid $184 million for JetPay Corp....

ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $245 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 488.1 million; Market cap: $119.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 13.2; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.adobe.com) continues to benefit from its switch to selling its software as ongoing subscriptions instead of one-time purchases....

When we single out stocks of the year, we zero in on those that offer a “heads-you-win-tails-you-break-even” advantage. Even so, no investment comes with a true guarantee.


All three of our 2018 top picks struggled last year—along with the rest of the market....

EBAY INC. $33 (Nasdaq symbol EBAY; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 962.8 million; Market cap: $31.8 billion; Price to-sales ratio: 3.1; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ebay.com) operates e-commerce websites where sellers pay fees to auction items or offer them at fixed prices....

WAJAX CORP. $18.66 (Toronto symbol WJX; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (905-212-3300; www.wajax.ca; Shares outstanding: 20.0 million; Market cap: $369.8 million; Dividend yield: 5.4%) sells and services cranes, forklifts and other heavy equipment....

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL $514.82 (New York symbol CMG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (303-595-4000; www.chipotle.com; Shares outstanding: 27.8 million; Market cap: $14.3 billion; No dividends paid) has introduced a collection of “lifestyle bowls,” available exclusively through its mobile app and website....

AMERIGO RESOURCES $1.00 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares o/s: 177.3 million; Market cap: $171.9 million; No dividends paid), processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the huge El Teniente mine in Chile.


Amerigo has other deals to process material at the nearby Colihues and Cauquenes tailings ponds—and it has now officially completed the development of the Cauquenes project.


On December 6, 2018, Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera attended a ceremony at the site to celebrate the start-up of the Cauquenes plant....

NEW GOLD $1.37 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold.com; Shares outstanding: 575.5 million; Market cap: $792.9 million; No dividends paid) is up over 30% since the start of 2019. That’s in large part due to the improved 2018 fourth-quarter performance of its troubled Rainy River mine in Ontario.


The company lowered the expected production for the mine by about 100,000 ounces mid-way through last year....