10 Best Stocks to Buy Now: Morningstar

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In her latest blog post, Morningstar's director of content, Susan Dziubinski, trots out 10 companies that she says offer a modicum of certainty in these uncertain times in terms of company fundamentals and cash flows. These companies are among Morningstar's 129-strong Best Companies to Own list of stocks with significant competitive advantages that analysts think are stable or growing. "We believe the best companies have predictable cash flows and are run by management teams that have a history of making smart capital-allocation decisions," Dziubinski writes. How much an investor pays to own a company is also important, she says. "So, here we're focusing on the 10 best companies with the most undervalued stock prices today." See the gallery for Morningstar's 10 best stocks to buy now.