Top 5 Consumer Stocks To Own For 2014

If you've ever been to KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, or Long John Silver's, you're familiar with Yum! Brands (YUM). These fast-food chains have gone global too, transforming Yum! into a superpower.

The sheer number of restaurants and franchises under the Yum! brand is stunning -- 39,000 in more than 130 countries.

Of the $13.5 billion in revenue Yum! collected in 2012, 51% came from China compared to just 25% from the U.S. As emerging market countries mature, so too will their burgeoning middle class -- much like the U.S. during the ��0s. This wealth effect should dramatically bolster the global consumer base.

Top 5 Consumer Stocks To Own For 2014: LAIRD PLC ORD GBP0.28125(LRD.L)

Laird PLC, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and supply of products and services to the electronics industry primarily in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company?s Performance Materials division designs and supplies a range of electromagnetic interference shielding materials comprising board level shields, fabric over foam, fingerstock, and conductive elastomers; thermal management solutions, including thermal interface materials, and thermoelectric assemblies; and signal integrity products, such as ferrite cable cores and chip inductors. This division serves IT, telecoms, datacoms, consumer electronics, industrial and instrumentation, medical, automotive and transportation, and aerospace and defence markets. Its Wireless Systems division designs and supplies various telematics and infrastructure antennae, and base station antennae products; machine-to-machine wireless modules, including wireless radios, I/O circuitry, and firmware; and software enabled wireless control systems providing connectivity and improving signal transmission and reception. This division also provides custom wireless remote control systems that enable the operation of heavy equipment and vehicles; and ongoing service and equipment repairs services, as well as hosted networked applications software to monitor remote controlled assets. This division serves infrastructure, automotive and asset management, transportation and rail, municipal, industrial and instrumentation, mining, datacoms, security, medical, and retail markets. Laird PLC was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 5 Consumer Stocks To Own For 2014: Synutra International Inc.(SYUT)

Synutra International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of dairy based nutritional products primarily in the People?s Republic of China. The company offers powdered infant and adult formula products for adults and children under the Super, U-Smart, My Angel, Mingshan, and Helanruniu brand names; prepared baby food for babies and children under the Huiliduo brand name; and nutritional ingredients and supplements, such as chondroitin sulfate, microencapsulated Docosahexanoic Acid, and Arachidonic Acid. It also sells milk powder, whey protein, and raw milk to industrial customers. The company markets its products under Shengyuan or Synutra brands. It sells its products through sales and distribution network covering 30 provinces and provincial-level municipalities in China. Synutra International, Inc. is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland.

Top 5 Small Cap Companies To Watch In Right Now: China New Borun Corporation (BORN)

China New Borun Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of corn-based edible alcohol in the People�s Republic of China. Its edible alcohol products are primarily sold as ingredients to producers of baijiu, which a grain-based alcoholic beverage to further blend them into finished products that are sold under various brand names in retail stores, bars, banquet halls, restaurants, and other locations. The company also produces distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) feed, corn germ, crude corn oil, and liquid carbon dioxide as by-products during the production of edible alcohol. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Shouguang, the People's Republic of China. China New Borun Corporation is a subsidiary of King River Holding Limited.

Top 5 Consumer Stocks To Own For 2014: Imperial Sugar Company(IPSU)

Imperial Sugar Company, together with its subsidiaries, processes and markets refined cane sugar in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) region. It refines, packages, and distributes granulated, powdered, liquid, and brown sugars, as well as co-crystallized sweeteners and syrups under the Dixie Crystals, Imperial, Savannah Gold, NatureWise, and Holly brand names, as well as under private labels. The company also markets organic and fair trade sweeteners and sugar/stevia sweetener blends. Imperial Sugar Company markets its products directly, as well as indirectly through wholesalers and distributors to retailers, restaurant chains, and industrial customers, principally food manufacturers. The company was founded in 1843 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas.

Top 5 Consumer Stocks To Own For 2014: Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated(COKE)

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of nonalcoholic beverages, primarily products of The Coca-Cola Company. The company offers sparkling beverages, such as energy drinks; and still beverages, including bottled water, tea, ready-to-drink coffee, enhanced water, juices, and sports drinks. It holds cola beverage agreements and allied beverage agreements, under which it produces, distributes, and markets sparkling beverage products of The Coca-Cola Company in certain regions. The company also distributes and markets still beverages of The Coca-Cola Company, such as POWERade, vitaminwater, and Minute Maid Juices To Go, as well as produces, distributes, and markets Dasani water products under still beverage agreements. In addition, it holds agreements to produce and market Dr Pepper. Further, the company distributes and markets various other products, including Monster energy productsand Sund rop, as well as its own products, such as Country Breeze tea, diet Country Breeze tea, and Tum-E Yummies, a vitamin C enhanced flavored drink, Bean & Body, and Simmer and Bazza energy tea. Additionally, it produces beverages for other Coca-Cola bottlers; and provides restaurants and other immediate consumption outlets with fountain products. The company sells and distributes its products directly to retail stores and other outlets, including food markets, institutional accounts, and vending machine outlets. It operates in North Carolina, South Carolina, south Alabama, South Georgia, middle Tennessee, western Virginia, and West Virginia. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.