Hot International Companies To Invest In 2014

International investments offer unheard of growth potential for U.S. investors. With domestic growth in the gutters, some utilities have headed overseas to send sales soaring. But riskier markets, erratic regulation, and currency fluctuations can kill a company's competitiveness. Let's take a look at four utilities to see if international adventures will send their dividend stocks booming ��or busting.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE  ) is the nation's largest producer of renewable energy, but the sun isn't shining in Spain. In February, the Spanish government changed legislation that, up until that point, made renewable energy pricing cost effective for NextEra's 100 MW solar farm. With the facility nearing completion, NextEra is pushing ahead with construction ��and taking a $300 million hit for Q1. The company reported earnings last week, reminding investors that NextEra has "removed from our financial expectations all contributions to operating earnings and cash flow from this project." The utility is hard at work suing 16 separate banks for "credit guarantee agreements," but investors shouldn't hold their breath for an optimistic outcome.

Hot International Companies To Invest In 2014: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation(NTT)

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services to residential and corporate customers in Japan. It offers fixed and mobile voice related services, IP/packet communications services, system integration and network system services, and other telecommunications related services; sells telecommunications equipment; and operates telephone networks. The company provides intra-prefectural and inter-prefectural communications, international communications, mobile telephone services, and related ancillary services; and data communications services, such as strategic planning, systems planning and systems design, and information communications systems and computer networks installation. It also engages in building maintenance, real estate property rental, systems development, leasing, and research and development activities. As of March 31, 2011, the company provided telephone and ISDN services to 34,884 thousand subs cribers; broadband services to 15,059 thousand FLET?S Hikari subscribers and 2,858 thousand FLET?S ADSL subscribers; and mobile phone services to 58,010 thousand subscribers. It also offered Plala Internet connection service to 3,101 thousand subscribers and Open Computer Network service to 8,234 thousand subscribers. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation was founded in 1952 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Hot International Companies To Invest In 2014: Sp Ausnet (X04.SI)

SP AusNet engages in the electricity distribution and transmission, and gas distribution business in Australia. The company is involved in the distribution of electricity to approximately 642,000 consumer connection points over 80,000 square kilometers in eastern Victoria, including eastern metropolitan region of Melbourne; and the transmission of electricity from power stations to electricity distributors through its electricity transmission network consists of the transmission lines and towers in the state of Victoria. It also distributes natural gas to approximately 608,000 consumer connection points over 60,000 square kilometers in central and western Victoria comprising Melbourne�s western suburbs. In addition, the company provides end-to-end electricity, gas, and water metering services, such as the development of meter asset management plans, meter installations for various utility meters, meter reading, and processing of data to utilities, retailers, government, e nergy consultants, and commercial/industrial customers. Further, it offers condition monitoring, chemical testing, energy metering, and electrical calibration services to the energy industry; vegetation and easement management services; and a range of solutions to telecommunication businesses, broadcasters, and ISPs to access its infrastructure assets for the purposes of antenna site leasing or connectivity, as well as provides asset inspection services. The company is headquartered in Southbank, Australia. SP AusNet is a subsidiary of Singapore Power International Pte Ltd.

Top Biotech Companies To Watch For 2014: Double Eagle Petroleum Company (DBLEP)

Double Eagle Petroleum Co., an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of natural gas and crude oil primarily in the Rocky Mountain Basins of the western United States. The company�s properties include the Atlantic Rim coal bed natural gas project located in south central Wyoming; the Pinedale Anticline in the Green River Basin of Wyoming; and the Wind River Basin in central Wyoming, as well as engages in drilling activities in the Moxa Arch and other areas in Southwest Wyoming. It also operates 91 producing wells in the state of Wyoming, 4 wells in Texas, and 1 well in Oklahoma; and transports gas through intrastate gas pipeline. As of December 31, 2011, Double Eagle had estimated proved reserves of 133.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 381 thousand barrels of oil; owned interests in approximately 1,200 producing wells; and had an acreage position of 405,726 gross acres in natural gas prone basins primarily located in the Rocky Mountains. The company was founded in 1972 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Hot International Companies To Invest In 2014: Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group Inc.(RODM)

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides investment banking services to public and private companies primarily in the United States and China. It offers corporate finance in a range of financing alternatives, including private placements, private investments in public equity, registered direct offerings, and public offerings. The company also offers strategic advisory services on various transactions comprising mergers, acquisitions, and asset sales; sales and trading services; and equity research services to institutional investors. In addition, it designs investment conferences that bring together companies, institutional investors, business development executives, and experts. Further, the company makes principal investments in early-stage biotechnology and life sciences companies. Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. serves the life science/healthcare, energy, metals/mining, financial services, and cleantech sectors. The company was foun ded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Hot International Companies To Invest In 2014: Dataram Corporation(DRAM)

Dataram Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of large capacity memory products primarily used in high performance network servers and workstations worldwide. The company offers customized memory solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and compatible memory for computers manufactured by various companies. It also manufactures a line of memory products for Intel and AMD motherboard based servers. The company sells its memory products to OEMs, distributors, value-added resellers, and end-users. Dataram Corporation was founded in 1967 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey.