David Fingold Keyence Corp KYCCF-5 TOP PICK Apr 10, 2018

Robotics? The leaders in robotics are in Japan. The applications are really broad. Everything from robotic arms to the manufacturing of cars.

There are really only 3 companies in high end machine vision. These companies produce gear that literally allow robots to see. There has been an explosion in demand across multiple industries. Dividend yield of 0.2%. (Analysts' price target is ¥70,000.)

(Past Top Pick, Aug.14, 2017, Up 30%) They make sensors to let robots see. He's owned it for five years. It has a 55% operating profit margin and 80% gross margins. As cap spending increases, he thinks more will go to automation, including robot vision.

They make machine vision systems. They are one of three. They are very interesting businesses. He sold earlier in the year because it had done very well for him and there was a slowing in capital spending plans in automation. He would always keep it on the watch list.