eREAL 24 Hour Trading Volume Tops $0.00 (EREAL)

eREAL (CURRENCY:EREAL) traded flat against the dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM ET on July 22nd. One eREAL token can currently be purchased for approximately $0.0004 or 0.00000007 BTC on major exchanges including IDEX and EtherDelta (ForkDelta). eREAL has a total market cap of $0.00 and $0.00 worth of eREAL was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last week, eREAL has traded 45% higher against the dollar.

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Get eREAL alerts: XRP (XRP) traded 1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00006130 BTC. Stellar (XLM) traded down 1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.29 or 0.00003852 BTC. IOTA (MIOTA) traded 2.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.99 or 0.00013205 BTC. Tether (USDT) traded down 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00013279 BTC. TRON (TRX) traded up 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0362 or 0.00000482 BTC. NEO (NEO) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $34.09 or 0.00454160 BTC. Binance Coin (BNB) traded down 1.6% against the dollar and now trades at $12.19 or 0.00162420 BTC. VeChain (VET) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $1.80 or 0.00024013 BTC. 0x (ZRX) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.18 or 0.00015703 BTC. Zilliqa (ZIL) traded 0.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0739 or 0.00000984 BTC.

eREAL Token Profile

eREAL’s total supply is 207,000,000 tokens. eREAL’s official website is ereal.cash. eREAL’s official Twitter account is @eREAL_coin.

eREAL Token Trading

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Microsoft's Personal Computing Unit & Windows Are Still Driving Growth

Shares of Microsoft (MSFT ) surged to a new all-time high Friday following the tech giant’s strong fourth-quarter earnings results. Yet, while much of the talk surrounds the company’s growing cloud computing unit and Azure, Microsoft’s More Personal Computing division, which includes Windows, remains its largest revenue driver.

Microsoft has seen its stock price jump 44% during the last 12 months, before it popped over 2.6% Friday morning to touch a new high of $108.20 per share. The move comes after the firm posted adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.13 per share, which not only beat our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.07 per share but marked a roughly 15% climb from the $0.98 per share MSFT posted in the year-ago quarter.

At the top end of the income statement, Microsoft’s revenues climbed by 17% to $30.09 billion, which also topped our $29.21 billion estimate. The company and investors continue to point to its cloud computing business as reason to celebrate.

It is true that Microsoft’s cloud computing segment that competes against Amazon (AMZN ) , Oracle (ORCL ) , and Google (GOOGL ) is hugely important. “Our early investments in the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge are paying off, and we will continue to expand our reach in large and growing markets with differentiated innovation,” CEO Satya Nadella said in a company statement. But Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit continues to play a vital role for the company.

Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit saw its revenues surge by 17% to hit $10.8 billion, coming in above our exclusive non-financial metrics consensus estimate of $10.44 billion. Investors should note that Personal Computing revenues topped both Intelligent Cloud at $9.6 billion and Productivity and Business Processes at $9.7 billion.

The firm’ historic Windows business remains a huge revenue driver. Window’s OEM revenues popped by 7%, while Windows commercial products and cloud services saw their total revenues climb by 23%. Meanwhile, its widely popular gaming segment, which includes Xbox, soared 39%—with strong third-party title strength.

Moving on, Microsoft’s Surface tablet and laptop division saw its total sales climb by 25%. The company noted that the big year-over-year jump was based on slow year-ago sales. Lastly, its search advertising revenues, excluding traffic acquisition costs, jumped 17%.

For the full fiscal year 2018, Microsoft’s More Personal Computing business revenues hit $42.28 billion. This marked a roughly 7.5% climb from the $39.29 billion Microsoft posted last year and accounted for just over 38% of total company revenues—far more than Intelligent Cloud’s 29%.

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3 ETFs to Keep You Invested After Retirement

Investing in retirement is vastly different from investing during your primary working years. You need to switch from a focus on growing your capital to a focus on protecting your capital and living off of it. That means generating income becomes an increasingly important part of the mix -- but only if it doesn't require material increases in risk. Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSEMKT:BND), Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEMKT:VPU), and SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSEMKT:SDY) are three exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, that will help you invest the right way after you retire.

1. The entire U.S. bond market in one purchase

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is not an exciting investment. But that's the point: Bonds are meant to provide stability for your broader portfolio. As you enter your retirement years, bonds should become a more important part of your asset mix.

If it's time to live off of your nest egg, then conservative ETFs should be a core option for you. Image source: Getty Images

You can try to cherry-pick the "best" bond ETFs, but having a core fund that represents the entire U.S. bond market will provide a foundation on which you can layer potentially higher risk investment options. To put a number on just how boring the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is, its standard deviation over the past decade was just 3.4. Standard deviation is a measure of volatility, with higher numbers suggesting more volatility. For reference, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:SPY) has a standard deviation of around 14.6 over that same time period.

The ETF's trailing yield is relatively modest at around 2.6%, but that still surpasses the yield of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, which is around 1.8%. And it's important to keep in mind that the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is meant to be a foundational investment. As an index fund, it tracks the U.S. bond market, so performance will be, by definition, average. The relative stability and low cost (its expense ratio is a tiny 0.05%) of this ETF, however, allow you to branch off into riskier assets.

For example, this relatively boring Vanguard bond ETF might make owning a little of a high-yield ETF like the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEMKT:SJNK) easier to handle. SJNK's biggest attraction is its trailing yield of around 5.4%, but that comes with a standard deviation that's nearly 50% higher than that of the Vanguard ETF over the past five years. (It's also relatively costly, with an expense ratio of 0.40%.) While I'm not suggesting you buy SJNK, owning a low-cost foundational bond ETF like Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF provides you the leeway to do so if you want to because of the diversification and stability it provides.

2. Add some energy to the mix

Although you should have a broad-based stock ETF like the SPDR S&P 500 ETF as a core holding, one Vanguard stock ETF you might want to consider for your retirement portfolio is the Vanguard Utilities ETF. The fund is designed to broadly track the performance of the U.S. utility sector, including electric, gas, and water utilities.

The ETF has a very low expense ratio of 0.10%, and a trailing yield of around 3.2%, 1.4 percentage points higher than the S&P 500 Index tracker noted above. That yield advantage is significant given that the fund's standard deviation of 13.7 over that past 10 years is slightly lower than the SPDR S&P 500 ETF's 14.6 standard deviation. Vanguard Utility's performance hasn't kept up with the S&P over the long haul, which makes sense given its investment focus, but the yield advantage is huge if you are looking for current income.

Key Cost, Yield, and Volatility Stats

ETF Name	Expense Ratio	Yield	10-Year Standard Deviation
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	0.05%	2.6%	3.4
Vanguard Utilities ETF	0.10%	3.2%	13.7
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF	0.35%	2.4%	14.1
SPDR S&P 500 ETF	0.09%	1.82%	14.6

Data source: Morningstar

Basically, owning a little bit of this ETF can help to kick up the income you generate from the stock side of your portfolio without increasing the overall volatility of your portfolio. It shouldn't be your only stock holding, but it can provide a nice, relatively high-yielding complement to a more broadly diversified ETF portfolio.

3. A focus on dividends

Assuming that you have a core stock ETF holding, you might also want to think about adding the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF. This fund tracks companies that have increased their dividends for at least 20 consecutive years. It then weights the holdings by yield, putting more assets into the highest yielding names. Effectively, it is using dividend history to screen for the companies that have proven they can continue to increase dividends in good markets and bad. Then it gives the most weight to stocks that are most likely to be out of favor (as indicated by a relatively high yield).

SPDR S&P 500 Dividend ETF's trailing yield is roughly 2.4%, 60 basis points higher than the broader SPDR S&P 500 ETF, and its standard deviation is roughly similar to that of the S&P 500 index. Like the utility ETF above, you can get a little more yield without a material increase in volatility.

And while this fund has underperformed the S&P 500 over the trailing five-year period, it outperformed by roughly two percentage points over the trailing 10-year period. Over the long-term, you shouldn't have to worry about giving up too much on the performance side of the equation here; the more material drawback is that the fund's 0.35% expense ratio is a little high. However, for the added yield it might be worth the expense for conservative, income-seeking investors.

Core and explore

If you are building a retirement portfolio, Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF is a great core investment around which to layer higher-yielding and more volatile investments. It is boring, but that's really the fund's most attractive attribute. And since bonds are really meant to provide stability, this is the type of fund you should make sure you start with as you build a retirement portfolio that will keep you in the market through thick and thin.

After that, consider branching out. While a core stock holding is also a good idea (like an S&P 500 Index ETF), with a solid bond foundation you can afford to get a little more creative on the stock and bond sides of your portfolio. Two good options on the stock side are the Vanguard Utility ETF and SPDR S&P Dividend ETF, which both allow you to increase yield over an S&P 500 Index ETF while not materially altering the overall volatility of your portfolio -- which will make it easier to stick around when markets hit a rough patch. If you are building your portfolio today, this trio of ETFs should be on your short list.

SeaChange International (SEAC) Receives $4.17 Average Price Target from Brokerages

SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) has been given an average recommendation of “Buy” by the six ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $4.17.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on SEAC shares. BWS Financial reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of SeaChange International in a research report on Tuesday, April 17th. TheStreet upgraded shares of SeaChange International from a “d” rating to a “c-” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 7th. Finally, ValuEngine upgraded shares of SeaChange International from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 2nd.

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Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of SeaChange International by 18.1% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,129,476 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,771,000 after purchasing an additional 326,752 shares during the period. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 7.8% in the first quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC now owns 1,840,967 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,989,000 after buying an additional 132,993 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 41.8% in the fourth quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 1,584,224 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $6,226,000 after buying an additional 466,900 shares in the last quarter. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 88.0% in the first quarter. PenderFund Capital Management Ltd. now owns 1,437,584 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,572,000 after buying an additional 672,791 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Algert Global LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SeaChange International by 34.5% in the first quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 1,043,648 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,828,000 after buying an additional 267,917 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.88% of the company’s stock.

SeaChange International traded down $0.02, hitting $3.30, during trading hours on Monday, according to Marketbeat.com. 34,300 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 195,170. The firm has a market capitalization of $118.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.15 and a beta of 0.62. SeaChange International has a 52 week low of $2.40 and a 52 week high of $4.03.

SeaChange International (NASDAQ:SEAC) last announced its earnings results on Monday, April 16th. The software maker reported $0.10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $22.95 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.87 million. SeaChange International had a net margin of 17.06% and a negative return on equity of 0.37%. analysts predict that SeaChange International will post 0.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About SeaChange International

SeaChange International, Inc provides multiscreen video, advertising, and premium over the top (OTT) video products and services that facilitate the aggregation, licensing, management, and distribution of video and television advertising content to cable system operators, satellite operators, and telecommunications and media companies worldwide.

7 Fascinating Facts About the Broad-Based S&P 500

In terms of history and novelty, no stock index takes precedence over the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI). The Dow is the second-oldest stock index in the U.S., trailing only the Dow Transportation Index, and it recently celebrated its 122nd birthday.

But for as revered as the Dow is, it's also a pretty useless index with regard to tracking the health of the U.S. stock market. It has just 30 components, meaning some industries have little or no representation, and more importantly, it's a price-weighted index. This means that share price, not market cap, determines how much influence a component has within the index. Thusly, Boeing and its nearly $335 share price has close to 10 times the influence of drugmaker Pfizer, which has a share price of around $37 (yet, incidentally, a larger market cap than Boeing by about $20 billion).

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Intriguing facts about America's truest stock benchmark, the S&P 500

If we want a truly encompassing benchmark to track the health of the U.S. stock market and economy, then the broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), with its representative 500 companies from a variety of industries and sectors, is our best choice.

Like the Dow, the S&P 500 is rich in history, as well as interesting facts. Here are, in no particular order, seven fascinating facts you may not have known about the S&P 500.

1. Originally, it didn't contain 500 companies

A little more than 61 years ago, on March 4, 1957, the S&P 500 we know today took shape. Back then, as it is today, the Index was comprised of 500 companies. But the S&P 500 hasn't always tracked 500 companies. When it was first introduced in 1923, it was simply known as the "Composite Index" and tracked the performance of a relatively small number of companies. This was expanded in 1926 to include 90 stocks, which was the number it stuck with until its expansion to 500 companies in March of 1957.�

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2. There's been a lot of turnover, yet many familiar faces remain

As you might have rightly imagined, there's been quite a lot of turnover in the S&P 500 since March 1957. An S&P Dow Jones Indeces committee is responsible for reviewing and replacing companies in the S&P 500 on a regular basis to ensure the Index reflects the dynamic nature of the U.S. economy as closely as possible.

According to a Bloomberg report from March 2007, 50 years after the modern-day S&P 500 came into existence, there were 86 original members still remaining.�Though this figure has likely fallen over the past 11 years thanks to mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, and removal decisions from the committee, there are still dozens of companies that've been a part of the S&P 500 for more than 61 years and counting. Examples include Coca-Cola, Merck, Pfizer, PepsiCo., and Kroger, to name a few.�

3. Technically, there are more than 500 stocks included in the S&P 500 right now

Here's a weird fact to share with your friends at parties: Technically, the S&P 500 tracks more than 500 stocks. Though the index is limited to 500 companies, some companies have issued more than one class of stock, meaning the index tracks two or more of these classes. As of July 2018, the S&P 500 actually tracked 505 stocks.

As an example, in 2014, Google, which is now known as Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), issued a new class of stock. The pre-existing Class C shares (GOOG) have no voting rights, while the 2014-issued Class A shares (GOOGL) have one vote per share. Because Alphabet is such a mammoth of a company, its inclusion in the S&P 500 makes sense...but only if both classes of its stock are tracked by the S&P 500.�

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4. There are stringent criteria for inclusion in the Index

Though the committee has the ultimate say on what companies are included and removed from the S&P 500, there are some pretty clear guidelines for inclusion. The selection criteria include:

A market capitalization in excess of $6.1 billion. Annual dollar value traded to float-adjusted market cap is greater than 1.0. Minimum monthly trading volume of 250,000 shares in each of the six months leading up to committee review. Must be a publicly listed company on a major U.S. exchange (no over-the-counter (OTC) stocks). Certain securities are ineligible, such as limited partnership, master-limited partnerships, OTC stocks, preferred stock, royalty trusts, and exchange-traded 5. Its 10 largest components comprise more than 21% of the Index

Even though the S&P 500 doesn't fall victim to the uselessness of price-weighting, it's still heavily influenced by a relatively small number of components. As of July 5, 2018, the largest 10 components accounted for more than 21% of the S&P 500's weighting:

Apple: 3.924345% Microsoft: 3.300070% Amazon.com: 2.947227% Facebook: 2.049400% Berkshire Hathaway Class B: 1.553777% JPMorgan Chase: 1.520523% ExxonMobil: 1.500398% Alphabet Class C: 1.469428% Alphabet Class A: 1.467526% Johnson & Johnson: 1.443485%

In other words, like the Nasdaq, technology plays a key role in influencing the Index.

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6. The S&P 500 has undergone three dozen corrections since 1950

While we often think of the stock market as a wealth creator, it's worth noting that downtrends and corrections -- defined as at least a 10% move lower from a recent high -- actually happen quite often.

According to data from stock market analytics company Yardeni Research, the S&P 500 has undergone 36 corrections since the beginning of 1950, or about one every two years. Though bear markets are less common -- just three in the past 36 years -- downside in the stock market is inevitable.

Yet, interestingly enough, 22 of these 36 corrections have found their bottom within 104 days or less. Only on seven occasions since 1950 has a correction lasted longer than 288 days, and it's only happened twice since 1982 (the dot-com bubble and the Great Recession). In other words, corrections, while common in the S&P 500, tend to be short-lived.�

7. It's a model of long-term consistency

Last but not least, let's look at the other side of the equation: the S&P 500's long-term consistency.

Despite being prone to corrections every so often, at no point would an investment in the S&P 500 for a period of 20 years have produced a loss. What's more, with the exception of the correction that occurred earlier this year, all previous 35 corrections since 1950 have been completely erased by bull market rallies.

In short, the broad-based S&P 500 has demonstrated that patience pays off over the long run.

Analysts Anticipate Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (FENC) to Announce ($0.10) EPS

Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:FENC) has received an average broker rating score of 1.00 (Strong Buy) from the two brokers that provide coverage for the company, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a strong buy rating.

Analysts have set a 1 year consensus price target of $17.50 for the company and are expecting that the company will post ($0.10) earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Zacks has also assigned Fennec Pharmaceuticals an industry rank of 162 out of 255 based on the ratings given to related companies.

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Several research firms recently issued reports on FENC. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $18.00 price target on shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Wednesday, June 20th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 30th. ValuEngine raised shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 17th. Finally, Wedbush began coverage on shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals in a research report on Monday, March 12th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $17.00 price target for the company.

Fennec Pharmaceuticals traded down $0.48, hitting $10.35, during mid-day trading on Friday, MarketBeat reports. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 134,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 78,135. Fennec Pharmaceuticals has a fifty-two week low of $7.55 and a fifty-two week high of $14.99. The firm has a market capitalization of $195.82 million, a PE ratio of -22.89 and a beta of -0.24.

Fennec Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:FENC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.12) by $0.03. equities research analysts expect that Fennec Pharmaceuticals will post -0.41 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Fennec Pharmaceuticals stock. Opaleye Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:FENC) by 3.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 873,000 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 26,100 shares during the quarter. Fennec Pharmaceuticals makes up about 3.0% of Opaleye Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Opaleye Management Inc. owned 4.72% of Fennec Pharmaceuticals worth $10,559,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 41.05% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Fennec Pharmaceuticals

Fennec Pharmaceuticals Inc, a biopharmaceutical company, develops product candidates for use in the treatment of cancer in the United States. Its lead product candidate is the Sodium Thiosulfate, which has completed the Phase III clinical trial for the prevention of cisplatin induced hearing loss or ototoxicity in children.

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Comparing Xplore Technologies (XPLR) & Echelon (ELON)

Xplore Technologies (NASDAQ: XPLR) and Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Profitability

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This table compares Xplore Technologies and Echelon’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xplore Technologies	0.54%	3.73%	1.96%
Echelon	-15.15%	-21.24%	-15.49%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Xplore Technologies and Echelon’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xplore Technologies	$77.93 million	0.57	-$2.55 million	($0.23)	-17.61
Echelon	$31.67 million	1.19	-$4.62 million	($1.04)	-8.01

Xplore Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Echelon. Xplore Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Echelon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

Xplore Technologies has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Echelon has a beta of -0.89, indicating that its stock price is 189% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.1% of Xplore Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.9% of Echelon shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Xplore Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Echelon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Xplore Technologies and Echelon, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xplore Technologies	0	0	2	0	3.00
Echelon	0	0	0	0	N/A

Xplore Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Xplore Technologies’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Xplore Technologies is more favorable than Echelon.

Summary

Xplore Technologies beats Echelon on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xplore Technologies

Xplore Technologies Corp. develops, integrates, and markets rugged mobile personal computer systems in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company's products enable the extension of traditional computing systems to a range of field personnel, including energy pipeline inspectors, public safety personnel, warehouse workers, and pharmaceutical scientists. It offers a line of iX104 tablet PCs that are designed to operate in various work environments, such as extreme temperatures, constant vibrations, rain, and blowing dirt and dusty conditions; and are fitted with a range of performance matched accessories comprising multiple docking station solutions, wireless connectivity alternatives, global positioning system modules, and biometric and smartcard modules, as well as traditional peripherals, such as keyboards, mice, and cases. The company's products also consist of XSlate B10 and XSlate D10 rugged tablets; XSLATE R12 and Motion F5m/C5m tablets; and Bobcat, a rugged tablet that has a Windows operating system. It serves public safety, utility, telecommunications, field service, warehousing logistics, transportation, oil and gas production, manufacturing, route delivery, military, and homeland security markets. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Echelon

Echelon Corporation develops, markets, and sells embedded components, modules, edge servers, and software. The company offers chips, gateways, and design and management software to original equipment manufacturers under the LONWORKS and IzoT brands. It also provides a range of control networking solutions under the LumInsight and Lumewave by Echelon brands that consist of wired and wireless control nodes; smart gateways for interconnecting the control nodes; and a software-based Central Management System, which is used for startup, commissioning, management, and monitoring of the lighting network. The company markets its products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific/Japan through direct sales organization, third-party electronics representatives, value-added resellers, and distributors. Echelon Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.