5 Best Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014

With shares of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) trading around $312, is AMZN an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE, or STAY AWAY? Let�� analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:

T = Trends for a Stock’s Movement

Amazon serves its customers through its retail websites and focus on selection, price, and convenience. The company also manufactures and sells Kindle devices. Amazon offers programs that enables sellers to sell their products on the company�� websites, including the sellers’ own branded websites, and fulfill orders through them. It also offers platforms that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Online commerce has been on the rise because of the convenience, efficiency, and relatively low prices offered.

Amazon may be able to sell e-books for its popular Kindle e-readers for even less, now that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has lost a trial accusing the tech giant of colluding with publishers to raise the price of e-books. Also, Amazon is a leader in the Internet commerce space, so look for them to continue to see rising profits, as more consumers and companies opt for this method of shopping and selling. However, Amazon�� second quarter earnings missed analyst expectations, as the e-commerce giant has been doing some big spending lately.

5 Best Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: Mouchel(MCHL.L)

Mouchel Group Plc, a consulting and business services company, provides various design, managerial, and engineering services to the government agencies, local authorities, government-regulated industries, and private-sector primarily in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Ireland. Its primary services include bridge engineering and technology, building and landscape design, building maintenance, business process outsourcing, engineering and environment, highways design and technology, housing and estate management, management consulting, operational water, project and programme management, traffic and transport planning, water asset management, water engineering and technology, and waterways and coastal engineering and management services. The company plans, designs, constructs, maintains, and operates physical and administrative infrastructure, including roads and railways, water and energy, local government properties, schools, and back-office support functions. It also offers strategic and policy advice, management consultancy and project management, design services, operational support, and asset management services. The company was formerly known as Mouchel Parkman plc and changed its name to Mouchel Group plc in December 2007. Mouchel Group plc was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

5 Best Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: Cheniere Energy Inc.(LNG)

Cheniere Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminals and natural gas pipelines in the Gulf Coast of the United States. The company develops LNG receiving terminal projects on Sabine Pass LNG in western Cameron Parish, Louisiana on the Sabine Pass Channel; Corpus Christi LNG near Corpus Christi, Texas; and Creole Trail LNG at the mouth of the Calcasieu Channel in central Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It also involves in the oil and natural gas exploration and development activities; and LNG and natural gas marketing business. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Arjun Sreekumar]

  With the glut of natural gas in the U.S., domestic companies are exploring different avenues of putting the cleaner-burning fuel to good use. Some, like Cheniere Energy (NYSEMKT: LNG  ) , whose Sabine Pass terminal was the first LNG export venture to receive federal approval, are looking to export the stuff.

• [By Matthew DiLallo]

  Clearly, the biggest demand driver will come from already approved natural gas export terminals such as Cheniere Energy's (NYSEMKT: LNG  ) Sabine Pass. These projects will sop up a big portion of the increase in natural gas production over the next few years. As the slide shows, by 2018 we should be exporting about 5.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day, or Bcf/d. For some perspective, as of this past May, natural gas production in the contiguous 48 states was 73.37 Bcf/d, meaning these future approved exports would equate to less than 8% of current production.

• [By Tyler Crowe]

  Exporting liquefied natural gas, or LNG, certainly has become one of the most talked about topics in the United States. One company that is leading the LNG export charge is Cheniere Energy (NYSEMKT: LNG  ) . As the first mover in this space for the U.S., it has the best chance of any other company to make a big splash in this market.

5 Best Value Stocks To Own For 2014: Crosstex Energy Inc.(XTXI)

Crosstex Energy, Inc., through its partnership interests in Crosstex Energy, L.P., engages in the gathering, transmission, processing, and marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil in the United States. The company connects the wells of natural gas producers in its market areas to its gathering systems; processes natural gas for the removal of NGLs; fractionates NGLs; and markets and transports natural gas and NGLs. It also purchases natural gas from natural gas producers and other supply sources; and sells that natural gas to utilities, industrial consumers, other marketers, and pipelines. In addition, the company operates processing plants that process gas transported to the plants by interstate pipelines or from its own gathering systems. Further, it purchases natural gas from producers not connected to its gathering systems for resale, as well as sells natural gas on behalf of producers; and through its crude oil terminal facilities in south L ouisiana provides access for crude oil producers. As of February 8, 2012, the company operated approximately 3,300 miles of pipeline, 9 processing plants, and 3 fractionators. Crosstex Energy, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Stocks on the Move: Crosstex Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) is up 71.5% at $35.33 on a merger with Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN). Crosstex Energy LP (NASDAQ: XTEX) is up 33.9% at $27.25 on the same news. Voxeljet AG (NYSE: VJET) is up 22.7% at $35.34. J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is down 8.4% at $6.42, after posting another record low today.

• [By Paul Ausick]

  Crosstex Energy�� (XTXI) shares are up 59.4% at $32.84 after posting a new 52-week high of $34.21. Crosstex Energy LP�� (XTEX) shares are up 38% at $28.08 after putting up a new high of $29.50 earlier.

5 Best Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: Pathfinder Bancorp Inc.(PBHC)

Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Pathfinder Bank that offers banking products and services to individuals, families, and businesses primarily in Oswego and parts of Onondaga counties of New York. It offers various deposit products, including demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, passbook savings, money management and money market deposit accounts, and interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing checking accounts. The company also originates commercial and residential real estate loans; commercial loans, including loans to municipalities; and consumer loans, such as second mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, and direct installment and revolving credit loans. It operates through seven full-service offices. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Oswego, New York. Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. is a subsidiary of Pathfinder Bancorp, M.H.C.

5 Best Low Price Stocks To Buy For 2014: United Natural Foods Inc.(UNFI)

United Natural Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes natural, organic, and specialty foods, as well as non-food products in the United States. It carries approximately 60,000 products, consisting of national brand, regional brand, private label, and master distribution products in 6 product categories: grocery and general merchandise, produce, perishables and frozen foods, nutritional supplements, bulk and food service products, and personal care items. The company serves approximately 17,000 customer locations primarily located across the United States, which include independently owned natural products retailers, supernatural chains, conventional supermarkets, and food service centers. Its other distribution channels include international mass market chains and buying clubs. The company also owns and operates natural products retail stores. As of August 1, 2009, it had 13 natural products retail stores located primarily in Florida. In addition, the com pany engages in the international importing, roasting, packaging, and distribution of nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and snack items. It sells these items in bulk in its own packaged snack lines, EXPRESSnacks, Woodfield Farms, and Woodstock Farms, as well as through private label packaging arrangements. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Hill]

  The Fresh Market (NASDAQ: TFM  ) gains 12% after announcing better-than-expected quarterly earnings. United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI  ) falls 4% on declining profit margins and lowered guidance. Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA  ) loses some electricity after its recent run-up. And Trina Solar (NYSE: TSL  ) cools off on weaker-than-expected earnings. In this installment of Investor Beat, our analysts discuss four stocks making moves.