Best Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now

LONDON --�Micro-chip designer�ARM Holdings� (LSE: ARM  ) (NASDAQ: ARMH  ) has long been a stock market darling. The huge rating that it traded on 10 years ago has been fully justified by its recent profitability.

Will buyers today be rewarded in the long term?

ARM has probably been the U.K.'s biggest beneficiary of the smartphone boom. In the last five years, its shares are up almost ninefold. In that time, dividends per share have more than doubled.

Its booming profits will be sure to attract competitors to its market. My concern is that, in the long term, shareholder returns could suffer as a consequence.

ARM currently trades on a 2013 price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 46.3 times expectations. The shares would fall hard from here if growth were to slow at any point in the next few years.

Best Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now: STMicroelectronics N.V.(STM)

STMicroelectronics N.V., an independent semiconductor company, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of a range of semiconductor integrated circuits and discrete devices. Its products include discrete and standard commodity components, application-specific integrated circuits, custom devices and semi-custom devices, and application-specific standard products for analog, digital, and mixed-signal applications. The company also offers subsystems and modules for the telecommunications, automotive, and industrial markets comprising mobile phone accessories, battery chargers, ISDN power supplies, and in-vehicle equipment for electronic toll payment, as well as provides Smartcard products. Its products are used in various microelectronic applications consisting of automotive products, computer peripherals, telecommunications systems, consumer products, industrial automation, and control systems. The company sells its products through distributors and ret ailers. STMicroelectronics N.V. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Best Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now: Smith(wh)

WH Smith PLC operates retail stores under the Travel and High Street names primarily in the United Kingdom. The company sells newspapers, magazines, books, confectionery, and impulse products, as well as entertainment products. It also offers a range of books, stationery, magazines, and gifts through whsmith.co.uk; and personalized cards and gifts through funkypigeon.com. The company operates approximately 561 travel units and 612 high street stores in various locations, including high streets, shopping centers, airports, train stations, motorway service areas, hospitals, and workplaces. It also has operations in the Republic of Ireland, Denmark, India, Australia, and Oman. The company was founded in 1792 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Top Financial Companies For 2014: IP Group(IPO.L)

IP Group plc, Formerly known as IP2IPO Group plc, is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, and mature financing. The firm also provides seed capital financing to spin out companies from the universities. It seeks to invest in the life sciences, physical sciences, energy & renewables, medical equipment and supplies, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, information technology & communications, and chemicals & materials. It also provides support for its university partners' intellectual property commercialization activities, as well as in the identification of intellectual property and in return takes equity positions in its portfolio companies. IP Group plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom.