Top Cyber Security Stocks to buy in 2019

A company that provides robust data storage, split into different locations. Great for utilities.

Great Canadian name. Cloud based platforms for companies. Management and security of devices, apps, and data. Work from home has fueled its growth. Rare blend of growth and income. Price target of $13.49, and it's getting close. Modest dividend of 2.75%.

Very competitive in IT infrastructure. He follows it carefully. Bookings have increased, but conversions have slowed. He prefers other players like Infosys, EPAM, and especially Accenture.

(A Top Pick Dec 10/19, Up 22%) John Chen should get CEO of the year award. They've generated cash flow all along. BB gets no respect from investors. Recently, they got a boost with the Amazon self-driving car deal. The balance sheet is good with net cash. He likes it and has added to it.…

It is half software and half servicing and is a much larger ETF than many of its competitors'. There is a lot of small cap with risk. This is the one to be in if you want to be in the cyber security space.

Allan Tong’s Discover Picks CYBR is a low-vol ETF, averaging only 4,600 shares daily and charges an MER of 0.4% against a 0.17% dividend. It’s also trading at its 52-week high of $37. In other words, wait for a pullback to, say, the low-$30s to make this worth your while. Read Cybersecurity Stocks, Clean Energy…

It's the largest cloud content delivery network. They beat the street last Tuesday, but plunged 9%. They delivered a good, but imperfect quarter. It was one of many tech stocks that reported good quarters last week, but still sold off.

It's an overlooked cybersecurity play, a trend that he sees enduring from last year into 2021.

Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly CTXS is a cloud based subscription company that links internal business operations. A recent $2.5 billion acquisition will aid in their reach expanding further. Recent earnings beat analyst expectations and subscriptions are up over 60% on the year. It pays a small dividend that is backed by a payout ratio…

(A Top Pick Aug 02/19, Down 13%) They make defence electronics and a strong performer since their last acquisition. He's holding this long term. A headwind is the market moving towards cyclical businesses instead of defence stocks. But ESLT still has strong long-term prospects.

Poster child when it comes to security as a service. Offer software instead of hardware, and the first to get in, so they have a lead. Instead, he owns Palo Alto and Splunk on the cybersecurity side. But it's on their shopping list, once markets settle down.

Interesting company. Basically they monitor Internet to servers. Came out in March with some really disastrous earnings, but since then have come out with 2 really good quarters. Business has really picked up for them. Customers have come back. Have some new products out there. Really good cash flow going now.

They just replaced their CEO after missing several sales misses. The new CEO did a good job at WMware.

Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly JNPR is a steady producer of networking, router and cloud-computing equipment. In recent earnings its revenues were up 5% and earnings of $0.43 per share beat the market by $0.12. It trades at a forward 12 PE, a current 17 PE compared to a sector average of 21. It pays…

Many feel that the Democrats would spend on defence, but that isn't so. Regardless of the administration there's defence spending. He likes LMT's predictability. They're best know for their airplanes, but in this space, he prefers the cheaper GD in 2018 bought CSRA which is in cyberdefence and A.I. He also prefers Raytheon, giving you…

Stockchase Research Editor: Michael O'Reilly NOC is a security company providing products like autonomous systems and cybersecurity and it operates in the US, Asia-Pacific and internationally. It has over $70 billion in backlog orders, which are principally with government agencies like the US Defense department. Recent earnings were up 19% with a 53% increase in…

Crowdstrike is in security business, endpoint protection. New module expands its total addressable market. A favourite of Gartner Research, calling it a "visionary vendor" second only to MSFT. Trading at a bit of a discount. May be able to buy in low $120s. Price target of $160.30. Don't buy and hold; you must monitor it…

A cybersecurity company that protects email. He likes their international growth opportunities. They seem to be latching onto Microsoft Office's 365; the more MSFT goes into the cloud, the more customers will need email protection, which is where PFPT comes in. He sees 25% upside in the next 12 months. He's been adding to his…

His favourite in the industrial space is Raytheon, in aerospace and defence. RTX is undervalued and should do well.

A great company. Anti-virus software companies are moving to software as a service model, and this business is getting more competitive. But he doesn't know Symantec's funamentals, though he likes their business model. He would dig further and if it looks positive, then buy it.

Pays a 3% dividend and offers a good balance sheet. Be patient. It'll take time to turn around the ship. In fact, you can buy more now.

It trades in the mid-30s, an historically high PE for them, but MSFT is very well-managed. The CEO has really turned the ship around from software to the cloud. Fine operations. They just invested in GM's Cruise division of self-driving cars, so this is exciting (he owns GM). He has nothing but admiration for MSFT.