5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT  ) a pair of new contract "modifications" worth nearly $90 million in total.

The larger of the two awards ups Lockheed's contract for 2013 Contractor Logistics Support, Legacy Sustainment, and Combined Task Force Support by $75.2 million, resulting in a cumulative contract value of $181.1 million. Lockheed will be working on the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Survivable Endurable Evolution, Increment 1, implementing "permanent sustainment modifications" to the system's Mobile Ground System. The aim here is to enable ground systems to process Defense Support Program and SBIRS geosynchronous orbit satellites mission data, and to also issue "limited contingency" commands to the satellites, when needed. Lockheed's work on the contract will continue through January 31, 2017.

The smaller award, to Lockheed's Integrated Systems unit, is worth $14.4 million, and extends Lockheed's logistics support for Iraq's C-130E Hercules transport aircraft for a fourth option year, through June 30, 2014. Total contract value on this one is now up to $61.6 million.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Cedar Fair L.P. (FUN)

Cedar Fair, L.P. owns and operates amusement and water parks in the United States and Canada. As of February 19, 2013, the company operated 11 amusement parks, 4 outdoor water parks, 1 indoor water park, and 5 hotels, as well as the Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park in California under a management contract. Its amusement parks include Cedar Point located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio; Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Canada; Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom located near Allentown in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania; Valleyfair located near Minneapolis/St. Paul in Shakopee, Minnesota; Michigan's Adventure located near Muskegon, Michigan; Kings Dominion near Richmond, Virginia; Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina; Worlds of Fun located in Kansas City, Missouri; Knott's Berry Farm located near Los Angeles in Buena Park, California; and California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California, as w ell as manages and operates Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park in Gilroy, California. The company also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. Cedar Fair Management, Inc. serves as the general partner of Cedar Fair, L.P. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Sandusky, Ohio.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By John Udovich]

  Theme park stocks Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN), Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE: SIX),�SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE: SEAS)�and up�and coming�Independent Film Development Corporation (OTCMKTS: IFLM) have all been producing their share of news lately ranging from hot to neutral to cold for investors and traders alike���meaning it might be time to take a look�at what the sector might have to offer:

• [By Rick Munarriz]

  Magic Mountain now has a record 18 roller coasters, two more than Cedar Fair's (NYSE: FUN  ) Cedar Point park in Ohio. The two seemed to be jockeying back and forth for the crown a few years ago, but Cedar Fair eventually figured that this wasn't an arms race worth battling.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Key Technology Inc.(KTEC)

Key Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells process automation systems in the United States and internationally. The company offers automated inspection systems, including Manta, an on-belt sorter; Tegra that inspects products in-air using cameras configured in a tilted-X geometry to look in oblique angles; Optyx; Tobacco Sorters 3 tobacco sorting systems for use in tobacco threshing and processing; ADR automatic defect removal systems for the potato strip industry; and Optyx SG and VeriSym for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries, as well as provides various line solutions. It also offers conveying and process systems to move and process product within a production plant. The company?s conveying and process systems comprise Iso-Flo vibratory conveying systems; Impulse, a vibratory conveyor; SmartArm, a wireless performance monitoring system for Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors; horizontal motion conveyors; rotary sizing an d grading systems for food processing and fresh vegetable packing operations; preparation systems to prepare a range of food products prior to cooking, freezing, canning, or other types of processing; fresh-cut systems for the fresh-cut produce industry; and SYMETIX equipment for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. In addition, it provides standard and custom designed equipment that conveys, dewaters, transfers, distributes, aligns, feeds, meters, separates, grades, blanches, cooks, pasteurizes, cools, cleans, washes, dries, polishes, and packages products. Further, the company offers spare parts, and post-sale field and telephone-based repair services; and RemoteMD, a condition analysis tool for G6 optical sorters and G6 ADR automatic defect removal systems, as well as provides online training programs. It sells its products directly, as well as through independent sales representatives. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Walla Walla, Washington.

Top 5 Penny Companies For 2014: Learning Tree International Inc.(LTRE)

Learning Tree International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and delivers a library of instructor-led classroom courses to meet the professional development needs of managers and information technology (IT) professionals worldwide. It offers courses across a range of technical and management disciplines, including operating systems, databases, computer networks, computer and network security, Web development, programming languages, software engineering, open source applications, project management, business skills, leadership, and professional development. As of September 30, 2011, the company?s library of instructor-led courses comprised 220 titles, including 83 management titles and 137 IT titles. It markets and sells its course offerings through various channels, including direct mail, electronic marketing, telemarketing, and field sales. The company serves a range of organizations, including large national and multinational companies, governme nt organizations, and small and medium-size companies. Learning Tree International, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: NBT Bancorp Inc.(NBTB)

NBT Bancorp Inc., a financial holding company, provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals, corporations, and municipalities in central and upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and the greater Burlington, Vermont area. The company accepts various deposit products that include demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, money market deposit accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises residential real estate mortgages, commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, real estate construction and development loans, agricultural and agricultural real estate loans, consumer loans, home equity loans, and lease financing. NBT Bancorp also provides retirement plan consulting and recordkeeping services; and trust and investment, financial planning, and life insurance services, as well as enables customers to check balances, transfer funds, pay bills, view statements, apply for loans , and access various other product and service information online. As of December 31, 2010, the NBT Bank division had 86 divisional offices and 114 automated teller machines (ATMs) located primarily in central and upstate New York and Burlington, Vermont; and the Pennstar Bank division had 37 divisional offices and 50 ATMs located primarily in northeastern Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Norwich, New York.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Multiband Corporation(MBND)

Multiband Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides contract installation services; voice, data, and video services; and design, engineering, and construction services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Field Services (FS); Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU); and Engineering, Energy & Construction (EE&C). The FS segment engages in the installation and servicing of DIRECTV video programming for residents of single family homes. It also offers installation services for broadband cable and Internet providers, and commercial customers. The MDU segment serves as a master service operator for DirecTV, a provider of satellite television services. It offers satellite television services to residents of multi-dwelling-units through a network of affiliated operators. As of March 15, 2012, this segment had approximately 112,000 owned and managed subscribers, with an additional 45,000 subscribers supported by the support center. The EE&C segment prov ides engineering and construction services for the wired and wireless telecommunications industry, including public safety networks. This segment also offers renewable energy services comprising wind and solar applications and other design and construction services. The company was formerly known as Vicom, Incorporated and changed its name to Multiband Corporation in July 2004. Multiband Corporation was founded in 1933 and is based in New Hope, Minnesota.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Pac Nth West Cap C Com Npv (PFN.TO)

Pacific North West Capital Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of platinum group metal (PGM), and precious and base metal properties primarily in Canada. It explores for PGM, gold, silver, and base metal properties in British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alaska. The company primarily holds a 100% interest in the River Valley PGM project that consists of 410 mining claims in 38 claim units covering approximately 6,600 hectares located in the Sudbury region of Ontario. Pacific North West Capital Corp. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: KDR Industrials Ltd (KDR.V)

KDR Industrials Ltd., formerly North American Medical Services Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, North American Medical Services Inc. (NAMS-Nevada), NuCelle Inc. (NuCelle) and N.A.M.S. Capital Corp. (NAMS-CC), is engaged in the manufacture and sale of skin treatment formulations, products, and systems bearing brand of NuCelle and Mandelic Marine Complex. NuCelle�� provides skin care formulations for all skin types, sensitive, ethnic, trouble-prone, and aging. The Company operates two product lines: NuCelle Rx and NuCelle Mandelic Marine Complex. Its NuCelle Rx, physician only line of products, is formulated for, and distributed to physicians and medical professionals. Its NuCelle Mandelic Marine Complex, the aesthetician only line of products, consists of a five step regimen, including Mandelic Wash, Mandelic Mint Scrub, Mandelic Toner, Mandelic Laser-lift Serum and Mandelic Anti-Oxidant Treatment Moisturizer.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Solar Capital Ltd.(SLRC)

Solar Capital Ltd. is a business development company specializing in investments in leveraged companies, including middle market companies. The firm invests in aerospace and defense; automotive; beverage, food and tobacco; broadcasting and entertainment; business services; cable television; cargo transport; chemicals, plastics and rubber; consumer finance; consumer services; containers, packaging and glass; direct marketing; distribution; diversified/conglomerate manufacturing; diversified/conglomerate services; education; electronics; energy, utilities; equipment rental; farming and agriculture; finance; healthcare, education and childcare; home and office furnishing, consumer products; hotels, motels, inns and gaming; industrial; infrastructure; insurance; leisure, motion pictures and entertainment; logistics; machinery; media; mining, steel and non precious metals; oil and gas; personal, food and miscellaneous services; printing, publishing and broadcasting; real estate ; retail stores; specialty finance; technology; telecommunications; and utilities. It invests in the form of senior secured loans, mezzanine loans, and equity securities. It also invests in equity securities, such as preferred stock, common stock, warrants and other equity interests received in connection with its debt investments or through direct investments. The firm also invests in United States government securities, high-quality debt investments that mature in one year or less, high-yield bonds, distressed debt, non-United States investments, or securities of public companies that are not thinly traded. Solar Capital Ltd. was founded in November 2007 and is based in New York, New York.

5 Best Logistics Stocks To Own Right Now: Shell Refining Company (FED OF MALAYA)

Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad is principally engaged in refining and manufacturing of petroleum products. The Company operates primarily in Malaysia. Its operations also include the gas to liquids (GTL) plant of its kind in Bintulu, Sarawak, and a refinery in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. Its upstream operations focus on the development and extraction of crude oil and natural gas offshore Sarawak and Sabah. In downstream its main activity is in refining, supply, trading and shipping of crude oil and petroleum products through the sales and marketing of transportation fuels, lubricants, specialty products and technical services. The Company is also a partner in two joint ventures that convert natural gas to liquefied natural gas. Royal Dutch Shell plc is its holding company.