Top 5 Stocks To Watch For 2014

Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, business development company TCP Capital (NASDAQ: TCPC  ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at TCP and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

TCP facts

Market Cap

$344.1 million

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$57.0 million

Management

Chairman / CEO Howard Levkowitz
President / COO Rajneesh Vig

Dividend Yield

8.8%

Top 5 Stocks To Watch For 2014: Coastal Constacts Inc (COA.TO)

Coastal Contacts Inc. operates as an online direct-to-consumer retailer of contact lenses, glasses, sunglasses, contact lens solutions, and vision care accessories in North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. The company sells its products through proprietary Websites, including Coastal.com, ClearlyContacts.ca, ClearlyContacts.com.au, ClearlyContacts.co.nz, LensWay.se, LensWay.fi, LensWay.nl, LensWay.no, LensWay.co.uk, ContactSan.com, and LensWay.com.br, as well as through telephone and e-mail The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 Stocks To Watch For 2014: Woodward Inc.(WWD)

Woodward, Inc. designs, manufactures, and services energy control and optimization solutions for the aerospace and energy markets worldwide. Its Aerospace segment offers pumps, valves, fuel nozzles, metering units, cockpit controls, actuators, motors, and sensors for the management of fuel, air, combustion, and motion systems in commercial, business, and military aircraft, as well as weapons and defense systems. This segment also provides aftermarket repair, overhaul, and other services to commercial airlines, turbine original equipment manufacturer (OEM) repair facilities, military depots, third party repair shops, and end users. It sells its products to OEMs and tier-one prime contractors; and through aftermarket sales of components as provisioning spares or replacements. The company?s Energy segment designs, produces, and services systems and products for the management of fuel, air, fluids, gases, electricity, and motion. Its products include power converters, actuato rs, valves, pumps, injectors, solenoids, ignition systems, governors, electronics, and devices that measure, communicate, and protect low and medium voltage electrical distribution systems for use in industrial gas turbines, aero-derivative turbines, reciprocating engines, electrical grids, wind turbines, and compressors. This segment sells its products OEMs and tier-one prime contractors, through aftermarket sales or replacements; provides other related services to OEM customers, as well as directly to end users or distributors. Woodward, Inc was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Seth Jayson]

  Woodward (Nasdaq: WWD  ) reported earnings on April 22. Here are the numbers you need to know.

  The 10-second takeaway
  For the quarter ended March 31 (Q2), Woodward missed estimates on revenues and beat slightly on earnings per share.

Top 10 Companies To Invest In 2014: AmTrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI.O)

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc., incorporated on November 7, 1990, is a holding company. The Company is a multinational specialty property and casualty insurer focused on generating consistent underwriting profits. The Company operates in four business segments: small commercial business, specialty program and personal lines reinsurance. The Company transacts business through 11 insurance company subsidiaries: Technology Insurance Company, Inc. (TIC), Rochdale Insurance Company (RIC), Wesco Insurance Company (WIC), Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. (AIIC), Milwaukee Casualty Insurance Company (MCIC), Security National Insurance Company (SNIC), AmTrust Insurance Company of Kansas, Inc. (AICK) and AmTrust Lloyd�� Insurance Company of Texas (ALIC). In January 2013, the Company acquired First Nonprofit Companies, Inc. In February 2013, the Company's subsidiary acquired Car Care Plan (Holdings) Limited (CCPH) from Ally Insurance Holdings, Inc.

Sma ll Commercial Business

Small Commercial Business segment provides workers��compensation to small businesses that operate in low and medium hazard classes, such as restaurants, retail stores, physicians and other professional offices, and commercial package and other property and casualty insurance products to small businesses. The Company is authorized to write its Small Commercial Business products in all 50 states. The Company distributes its policies through a network of over 8,100 select retail and wholesale agents who are paid commissions based on the annual policy premiums written. Commercial package products provide a range of insurance to small businesses, including commercial property, general liability, inland marine, automobile, workers��compensation, and umbrella coverage.

The Company maintains Small Commercial Business property and casualty claims operations in several of its domestic offices and the commercial package claims opera tion is separated into four processing units: casualty, pr! op! erty, cost-containment/recovery and a fast-track physical damage unit. As of December 31, 2012, its Small Commercial Business property and casualty claims were approximately 61% automobile and 13% property and inland marine with the remaining 26% involving general liability and umbrella losses.

Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty

The Company��Specialty Risk and Extended Warranty segment provides coverage for consumer and commercial goods and custom designed coverages, such as accidental damage plans and payment protection plans offered in connection with the sale of consumer and commercial goods in the United States and Europe, and certain niche property, casualty and specialty liability risks in the United States and Europe, including general liability, employers��liability and professional and medical liability. specialty risk business primarily covers, such as legal expenses in the event of unsuccessful litigation; property damage for resid ential properties; home emergency repairs caused by incidents affecting systems, such as plumbing, wiring or central heating; latent defects that materialize on real property after building or completion; payment protection to insureds if they become unable to meet financial obligations under finance contracts; guaranteed asset protection (GAP) to cover the difference between an insurer�� settlement and the asset value in the event of a total loss, and general liability, employers��liability, public liability, negligence of advisors and liability of health care providers and medical facilities.

The Company's extended warranty business covers selected consumer and commercial goods and other risks, including personal computers; consumer electronics, such as televisions and home theater components; consumer appliances, such as refrigerators and washing machines; automobiles (excluding liability coverage); furniture, and heavy equipment. The Company also serve a s a third party administrator to provide claims handli! ng and! c! all cen! ter services to the consumer products and automotive industries in the United States and Canada. It underwrites the specialty risk coverage on a coverage plan-level basis, which involves substantial data collection and actuarial analysis, as well as analysis of applicable laws governing policy coverage language and exclusions.

Specialty Program

The Company�� Specialty Program segment provides workers��compensation, package products, general liability, commercial auto liability, excess and surplus lines programs and other specialty commercial property and casualty insurance to a narrowly defined, homogeneous group of small and middle market companies. The type of risk covered by this segment is similar to the type of risk in Small Commercial Business but also covers, to a small extent, certain higher risk businesses. The coverage is offered through accounts with various agents to multiple insureds. Policyholders in this segment primarily include industries, such as retail, wholesale, service operations, artisan contracting, trucking, light and medium manufacturing, habitational and professional employer organizations. As of December 31, 2012, the Company underwrote 77 programs through 44 independent wholesale and managing general agents. Workers��compensation insurance consists approximately 33% of this business during the year ended December 31, 2012.

Personal Lines Reinsurance

The Company�� Personal Lines Reinsurance Segment has a 20% participation in the Personal Lines Quota Share, by which it receive 10% of the net premiums of the personal lines business. The Personal Lines Quota Share provides that the reinsurers, severally, in accordance with their participation percentages, will receive 50% of the net premium of the GMACI Insurers and assume 50% of the related net losses.

Top 5 Stocks To Watch For 2014: Touchdown Capital Inc(TDW.V)

Touchdown Resources Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral prospects in Canada. It primarily explores for molybdenum, gold, and base metals. The company holds interests in the Sphinx and Jodi properties consisting of 15,400 hectares located west of Kimberly, British Columbia; McFarlane Lake Property comprising 3 mineral claims that consist of 22 units covering 352 hectares located in Broder Township, Ontario; and the Caribou property comprising 15 mineral claims located in the Caribou Mining Division of British Columbia. It also holds options to acquire a 80% interest in the Argyle gold project located west of Kirkland Lake, northern Ontario; a 100% in the Whitney property located in the central portion of Whitney township; and a 100% interests in 4 mineral claims located in Porcupine Mining Division, Ontario. The company was formerly known as Touchdown Capital Inc. and changed its name to Touchdown Resources Inc. in Mar ch 2010. Touchdown Resources Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Top 5 Stocks To Watch For 2014: Fortress Minerals Corp. (FST.V)

Fortress Minerals Corp. operates as a mineral exploration company. It focuses on evaluating strategic alternatives in the natural resource sector. The company was formerly known as Fortress IT Corp. and changed its name to Fortress Minerals Corp. in June 2004. Fortress Minerals Corp. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.