Top Cyber Security Stocks to buy in 2019

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

(A Top Pick Oct 18/19, Up 4%) Investors are appreciating the steady cash flow. Some day they will be an acquisition target. They have a great niche in the market. They have the ability to grow, although it is not a giant market.

(A Top Pick Jan 09/20, Down 20%) Orders have slowed down a bit. High quality name. Stock got a bit ahead of itself. What they do is mission-critical. Significant holding for her. Covid delayed projects, but they'll resume and business will improve from here.

He owned it a few years back but it did not meet his expectations for growth. One day this one will be taken over by one of the larger global tech companies.

Best cyber security ETF? He prefers HACK as it gives diversification. It allows him to trade in and out at will, something not always available with individual stocks.

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…

Doesn't know a lot about this one. Buying on dips is a good way of going, but make sure the company is making real money and that there is tangible growth in the cash flow.

A security company. He is very positive on the fibre security market, but trying to pick names in this area without doing a lot of work is challenging. Earnings from a lot of these companies has been extremely variable. This is one of the names that you could own, because the firm is quite large…

Dropbox It'll continue to benefit from work from home. Cloud computing will remain important. It'll be more and more important for them to upsell higher services to their customers. He prefers, likes and uses (in his office) CTXS which offers more office functionality than Dropbox currently. CTXS is also in the cloud business. Dropbox is…

(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.

It is a value trap and Intel has been a serial disappointer. The report from last night stated their data centre business continues to deteriorate. They are getting beaten by their competitor, notably AMD. Stay clear of Intel.

He owned Western Digital a few years ago. He still follows it, but finds there are other players, like Juniper or Cisco, who are better investments today.

The Democrats have a history of spending on defence, actually, something to remember if Biden wins the Nov. 3 vote. It reports tomorrow. A very good company.

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…

The CEO has vision and the company has gotten big into cloud computing and acquisitions (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palo-alto-networks-completes-acquisition-200500673.html). He'd make this a 5% position.

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…

Wonderful promise, you just need patience. Held back because of commercial aerospace exposure. Longer term, as things start to normalize, this company has lots of legs. Ton of free cash flow, which should get back to the shareholder and further bolster the price.

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.

They may not do well in the work-at-home space. This space demands more and more bandwidth and dispersion is greater. Cisco Webex is a competitor to Microsoft Teams. The average ticket for their product is very high and board members are reticent of spending. Once we see more clarity for after the pandemic, it will…

He expects them to report excellent numbers on Tuesday. The CEO is excellent. Their problem is that they have business than they can handle.