Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Posted by Admin on Aug 31st, 2009
2009
Aug 31

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. To view all of the top rated stocks updated on a daily basis, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. Before investing, thoroughly investigate any potential investment to ensure the potential risks and rewards are appropriate for your investing goals and objectives.

  • CFR, CULLEN FROST BNKR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.610909
  • Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (Cullen/Frost) is a financial holding company and a bank holding company that provides, through its subsidiaries, an array of products and services throughout numerous Texas markets. The Company offers commercial and consumer banking services, as well as trust and investment management, mutual funds, investment banking, insurance, brokerage, leasing, asset-based lending, treasury management and item processing services. As of December 31, 2008, Cullen/Frost had consolidated total assets of $15.0 billion. It serves a variety of industries including, among others, energy, manufacturing, services, construction, retail, telecommunications, healthcare, military and transportation. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired R. G. Seeberger, Inc. (Dallas market area).

  • GD, GEN DYNAMICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.551872
  • General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) offers a portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction, and information systems, technologies and services. The Company focuses on delivering products and services to military, federal government, commercial and international customers. General Dynamics operates through four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems, and Information Systems and Technology. On December 19, 2008, the Company acquired AxleTech International (AxleTech), a manufacturer and supplier of axles, suspensions, brakes and aftermarket parts for heavy-payload vehicles for a variety of military and commercial customers. On November 5, 2008, it acquired Jet Aviation of Zurich, Switzerland. On July 23, 2008, it acquired HSI Electric, Inc. (HSI), a marine and industrial electrical company. On July 22, 2008, the Company acquired ViPS, Inc. (ViPS).

  • MMT, M F S MULTIMKT IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.363444
  • MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end fund and maintains a portfolio that includes investments in investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, United States Government securities, and international investment-grade and emerging markets debt securities. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek high current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund?s portfolio includes high yield corporates, high grade corporates, non-United States Government bonds, emerging markets bonds, mortgage-backed securities, United States Treasury securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, floating rate loans, asset-backed securities, United States Government agencies, residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. The Trust is managed by Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS).

  • MGF, M F S GOVT MKT TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.870056
  • MFS Government Markets Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income, but it may also consider capital appreciation. It maintains a portfolio that includes investments in the United States Government securities, mortgage-backed securities, international and emerging markets debt securities, and the United States investment-grade corporate bonds. The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the United States and foreign government securities. It may invest its assets in other types of debt instruments. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in investment-grade debt instruments. It may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a single country, a small number of countries, or a particular geographic region. The Fund?s investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.249763
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of businesses that cover the entire defense spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses. The Mission Systems, Information Technology, and Technical Services segments are presented as Information and Services. The Integrated Systems and Space Technology segments are presented as Aerospace. The Electronics and Ships segments are each presented as separate businesses. In January 2008, the Newport News and Ship Systems businesses were realigned into a single operating segment called Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. In April 2008, the Company announced that it has completed the sale of its Electro-Optical Systems business to L-3 Communications. In October 2008, the Company acquired 3001 International, Inc. (3001).

  • MQY, BLACKROCK MUNIYIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.532555
  • BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, high-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. It may invest in zero-coupon bonds. The Fund invests in sectors, such as transportation, utilities, health, tobacco, corporate, housing and education. The Fund?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, LLC.

  • VIV, VIVO PARTICIPACOE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.381481
  • Vivo Participacoes SA (Vivo) is a Brazil-based company engaged in providing cellular telecommunications services. The Company has 100% interest in Vivo S.A., a provider of mobile telephone services in the states of, Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins and Minas Gerais through its subsidiary Telemig Celular. Vivo is controlled by Brasilcel N.V. (Brasilcel), a joint venture between Portugal Telecom and Telefonica. On April 03, 2008, it acquired Telemig Celular S.A., a wireless telecommunication provider in the state of Minas Gerais.

  • UFCS, UNITED FIRE CASUA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.556551
  • United Fire & Casualty Company is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company operates in two business segments: property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company is licensed as a property and casualty insurer in 43 states, primarily in the Midwest, West and South, plus the District of Columbia. It has 837 independent agencies representing its property and casualty insurance subsidiaries. Its life insurance subsidiary is licensed in 28 states, primarily in the Midwest and West, and is represented by 952 independent agencies.

  • INFA, INFORMATICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.239273
  • Informatica Corporation (Informatica) is a provider of enterprise data integration, and data quality software and services. Informatica software handles a variety of data integration initiatives, including data migration, data consolidation, data synchronization, data warehousing, establishment of data hubs, data services and cross-enterprise data exchange. Informatica platform enables and accelerates data integration initiatives, allowing enterprises to meet new business requirements by utilizing information technology (IT) systems. The Company has also introduced solutions designed to meet the on-demand data needs of the software-as-a-service market. In May 2008, Informatica completed the acquisition of Identity Systems, Inc. On February 13, 2009, Informatica acquired Applimation, Inc. (Applimation), which provides application Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) technology. In June 2009, Informatica Corporation announced the acquisition of AddressDoctor.

  • QGEN, QIAGEN NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 186.214981
  • QIAGEN N.V. (QIAGEN) is a provider of technologies and products for preanalytical sample preparation and linked molecular assay solutions. The Company has developed a portfolio of more than 500 consumable products and automated solutions for sample collection, and nucleic acid and protein handling, separation, and purification, as well as open and target specific assays. The Company also supplies diagnostic kits, tests, and assays for human and veterinary molecular diagnostics. Products are sold to academic research markets, to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, to applied testing customers (such as in forensics, veterinary, biodefense and industrial applications), as well as to molecular diagnostics laboratories. In addition, the Company sells and/or licenses technologies to others. The Company?s products are markets in more than 40 countries.

  • NOK, NOKIA CP ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.364532
  • Nokia Corporation (Nokia) is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries. The company is engaged in manufacturing a range of devices for all the consumer segments and offer Internet services that enable people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. Nokia is also engaged in providing digital map information through NAVTEQ and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks. The Company operates in three business segments: Devices and Services; NAVTEQ, and Nokia Siemens Networks. On July 10, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of NAVTEQ Corporation. The Devices and Services group was formed on January 1, 2008, and combined the three former mobile device groups, Mobile Phones, Multimedia and Enterprise Solutions and the supporting horizontal groups into one integrated business group. In August 2009, Nokia acquired Cellity.

  • NUE, NUCOR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.432022
  • Nucor Corporation (Nucor) and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities and customers primarily located in North America. The Company operates in three business segments: steel mills, steel products and raw materials. In 2008, the Company recycled approximately 20 million tons of scrap steel. In February 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of SHV North America Corporation, which owns 100% of The David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) and certain affiliates. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in Duferdofin – Nucor S.r.l.

  • ASR, GRUPO AEROPORTUAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.714497
  • Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) is engaged in operating, maintaining and developing nine airports in the southeast region of Mexico. The Company?s concessions include the concession for Cancun International Airport. It also holds concessions to operate the airports in Cozumel, Huatulco, Merida, Minatitlan, Oaxaca, Tapachula, Veracruz and Villahermosa. As operators of these airports, the Company charges airlines, passengers and other users fees for the use of the airports? facilities. It also derives rental and other income from commercial activities conducted at its airports, such as the leasing of space to restaurants and retailers.

  • MCD, MCDONALDS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 125.146095
  • McDonald?s Corporation franchises and operates McDonald?s restaurants in the food service industry. These restaurants serve a varied, limited, value-priced menu in more than 100 countries globally. The restaurants are operated either by the Company or by franchisees, including franchisees under franchise arrangements, and foreign-affiliated markets and developmental licensees under license agreements. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company sold its businesses in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and 13 other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, which totaled 1,571 restaurants, to a developmental licensee organization. The Company and its franchisees purchase food, packaging, equipment and other goods from numerous independent suppliers.

  • GILD, GILEAD SCIENCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 149.438553
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The Company has United States and international commercial sales operations, with marketing subsidiaries in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States. Its commercial team promotes Truvada, Viread, Emtriva, Hepsera, AmBisome, Letairis, and Flolan through direct field contact with physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers. Gilead?s corporate partner, Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Astellas), promotes and sells AmBisome in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. In May 2008, the Company acquired Navitas Assets, LLC?s. In April 2009, the Company announced the completion of its acquisition of CV Therapeutics, Inc.

  • WYNN, WYNN RESORTS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.379389
  • Wynn Resorts, Limited (Wynn Resorts) is a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. It owns and operates three destination casino resorts: Wynn Las Vegas, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, Encore at Wynn Las Vegas located adjacent to Wynn Las Vegas, and Wynn Macau, located in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People?s Republic of China (Macau). The Company is also constructing Encore Wynn Macau, an expansion of its Wynn Macau resort.

  • CLHB, CLEAN HARBORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.791763
  • KND, KINDRED HEALTHCAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.169164
  • Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States. As of December 31, 2008, the Company’s hospital division operated 82 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals (6,482 licensed beds) in 24 states. Kindred Healthcare’s health services division operated 228 nursing centers (28,525 licensed beds) in 27 states. The Company also operated a contract rehabilitation services business that provides rehabilitative services primarily in long-term care settings. Kindred Healthcare is organized into three operating divisions: the hospital division, the health services division and the rehabilitation division. In September 2008, the Company discontinued its operations in LTAC hospital in Massachusetts and California.

  • STJ, ST. JUDE MEDICAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.876364
  • St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude)develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiology and cardiac surgery and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and implantable neurostimulation devices for the management of chronic pain. The Company operates in four business segments: Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), Cardiovascular (CV), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Neuromodulation Systems (Neuro). On July 3, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of EP MedSystems, Inc. On December 19, 2008, St. Jude acquired Radi Medical Systems. On December 22, 2008, St. Jude acquired MediGuide Inc.

  • VVC, VECTREN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.719864
  • Vectren Corporation (Vectren) is an energy holding company. The Company?s wholly owned subsidiary, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings), serves as the intermediate holding company for three operating public utilities: Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) and the Ohio operations (VEDO). Utility Holdings also has other assets that provide information technology and other services to the three utilities. Indiana Gas provides energy delivery services to over 568,000 natural gas customers located in central and southern Indiana. SIGECO provides energy delivery services to over 141,000 electric customers and approximately 111,000 gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO also owns and operates electric generation.

  • BBL, BHP BILLITON SP A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.693428
  • BHP Billiton plc is a diversified natural resources company. The Company has businesses producing alumina and aluminum, copper, energy (thermal) coal, iron ore, nickel, manganese, metallurgical coal, oil and gas and uranium, as well as gold, zinc, lead, silver and diamonds. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

  • CHTT, CHATTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.330902
  • Chattem, Inc. (Chattem) is a marketer and manufacturer of a portfolio of branded over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products, toiletries and dietary supplements, in such categories as medicated skin care products, topical pain care, oral care, internal OTC, medicated dandruff shampoos, dietary supplements, and other OTC and toiletry products. The Company?s portfolio of products includes brands, such as Gold Bond, Cortizone-10 and Balmex (medicated skin care); Icy Hot, Aspercreme and Capzasin (topical pain care); ACT and Herpecin-L (oral care); Unisom, Pamprin and Kaopectate (internal OTC); Selsun Blue (medicated dandruff shampoos); Dexatrim, Garlique and New Phase (dietary supplements), and Bullfrog, UltraSwim and Sun-In (other OTC and toiletry products). Its products are sold primarily through mass merchandisers, independent and chain drug stores, drug wholesalers and food stores in the United States, and in various markets in approximately 80 countries worldwide.

  • GTY, GETTY RLTY HLDG C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.647312
  • Getty Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States specializing in the ownership and leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals. As of December 31, 2008, the Company owned 878 properties and leased 182 additional properties. Getty Realty’s properties are located primarily in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions in the United States. The Company also owns or leases properties in Texas, North Carolina, Hawaii, California, Florida, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio and North Dakota. A substantial portion of Getty Realty’s revenues (75% as of December 31, 2008) are derived from leases (the Marketing Leases) with its primary tenant, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (Marketing).

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Posted by Admin on Aug 31st, 2009
2009
Aug 31

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. To view all of the top rated stocks updated on a daily basis, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. Before investing, thoroughly investigate any potential investment to ensure the potential risks and rewards are appropriate for your investing goals and objectives.

  • BKMU, BANK MUTUAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.878338
  • Bank Mutual Corporation serves as a unitary savings and loan holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank Mutual (the Bank), a federal savings bank. The Bank is a community-oriented financial institution. Its principal business is originating mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans and attracting retail deposits from the general public. It also invests in various mortgage-related securities and investment securities. The principal lending is on one-to four-family, owner-occupied homes, home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, multi-family and commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans. During February 27, 2009, the Bank had 78 banking offices located in 31 counties in Wisconsin, in addition to a Minnesota bank office.

  • XTXI, CROSSTEX ENERGY I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.320435
  • Crosstex Energy, Inc. is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The Company?s assets consists of partnership interests in Crosstex Energy, L.P. (Partnership) engaged in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL). The Partnership has two operating segments, Midstream and Treating. The Midstream division focuses on the gathering, processing, transmission and marketing of natural gas and NGLs, while the Treating division focuses on the removal of impurities from natural gas to meet pipeline specifications. Its subsidiaries include LIG Acquisition, Crosstex Pipeline Partners, Graco Operations, Cardinal Gas Services and Hanover Amine Treating.

  • OHI, OMEGA HEALTHCARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.914658
  • Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT), investing in income-producing healthcare facilities, principally long-term care facilities located in the United States. It provides lease or mortgage financing to qualified operators of skilled nursing facilities (SNF), assisted living facilities (ALF), independent living facilities (ILF) and rehabilitation and acute care facilities. As of December 31, 2008, its portfolio of investments consisted of 256 healthcare facilities, located in 28 states and operated by 25 third-party operators. It included 227 SNFs, seven ALFs, two rehabilitation hospitals owned and leased to third parties and two ILF, fixed rate mortgages on 15 long-term healthcare facilities, two SNFs owned and operated by the Company; and one SNF as held-for-sale. During 2008, the Company acquired two SNFs in West Virginia, totaling 291 beds, four SNFs, one ALF and one independent living facility, one ALF and one rehab hospital.

  • AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.546982
  • Aflac Incorporated is a general business holding company and acts as a management company, overseeing the operations of its subsidiaries by providing management services and making capital available. Its principal business is supplemental health and life insurance, which is marketed and administered through its subsidiary, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac), which operates in the United States (Aflac U.S.) and as a branch in Japan (Aflac Japan). Aflac?s insurance business consists of two segments: Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. Aflac Japan sells cancer plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, care plans, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans and annuities. Aflac U.S. sells accident/disability plans, cancer expense plans, short-term disability plans, sickness and hospital indemnity plans, hospital intensive care plans, fixed-benefit dental plans, vision care plans, long-term care plans and life insurance products.

  • WEC, WISCONSIN ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.740028
  • Wisconsin Energy Corporation is a diversified holding company. The Company conducts its operations primarily in two operating segments: a utility energy segment and a non-utility energy segment. The Company?s primary subsidiaries include Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas), Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison Sault) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). The Company?s utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Gas and Edison Sault. Its non-utility energy segment consists primarily of We Power.

  • CHK, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.471542
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation is a producer of natural gas in the United States. The Company own interests in approximately 41,200 producing natural gas and oil wells that are producing approximately 2.3 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe) per day, 92% of which is natural gas. As of December 31, 2008, it was focusing on discovering, developing and acquiring conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves onshore in the United States primarily in the Big 4 natural gas shale plays: the Barnett Shale in the Forth Worth Basin of north-central Texas, the Haynesville Shale in the Ark-La-Tex area of northwestern Louisiana and East Texas, the Fayetteville Shale in the Arkoma Basin of central Arkansas and the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. It also has operations in various other plays, both conventional and unconventional, in the Mid-Continent, Appalachian Basin, Permian Basin, Delaware Basin, and South Texas.

  • UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511
  • OTTR, OTTER TAIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.140118
  • Otter Tail Corporation is a holding company with two principal subsidiaries, including Otter Tail Power Company and Varistar Corporation (Varistar). As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated in six segments: Electric, Plastics, Manufacturing, Health Services, Food Ingredient Processing and Other Business Operations. Otter Tail Power Company is focused on owning and operating the regulated utility business of the Company. Varistar Corporation is focused on owning and operating the non-electric businesses. The non-electric businesses are in manufacturing, health services, food ingredient processing, plastics, construction and transportation. On May 1, 2008 the Company?s wholly owned subsidiary, BTD Manufacturing, Inc. (BTD), acquired the assets of Miller Welding & Iron Works, Inc. (Miller Welding).

  • WIW, WESTERN/CLAYMR FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 190.254791
  • Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s primary investment objective is to provide current income. Its secondary objective is capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to invest at least 80% of its total managed assets in inflation-linked securities. It will invest not more that 40% of its total managed assets in below investment-grade securities. It may invest up to 100% of its total managed assets in non-United States dollar investments. It may invest up to 20% of the portfolio in debt instruments of emerging markets issuers that are not inflation-linked securities. Reverse repurchase agreements and other forms of leverage will not exceed 38% of the Fund?s total managed assets. The Fund?s investment advisor is Claymore Advisors, LLC. Its investment manager is Western Asset Management Company.

  • PBCT, PEOPLE’S UNITED F Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.961179
  • People’s United Financial, Inc. (People?s United Financial), is a savings and loan holding company. The principal business of People?s United Financial is to provide, through People?s United Bank and its subsidiaries, commercial banking, retail and small business banking and wealth management services to individual, corporate and municipal customers. Traditional banking activities are conducted primarily within the New England and include extending secured and unsecured commercial, and consumer loans, originating mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial properties, and accepting consumer, commercial and municipal deposits. In addition to traditional banking activities, People?s United Bank provides specialized services tailored to specific markets, including personal, institutional and employee benefit trust; cash management, and municipal banking and finance. On January 1, 2008, People?s United Financial completed its acquisition of the Chittenden Corporation.

  • IIF, MS INDIA INV FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.700409
  • Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in equity securities of Indian issuers. It will invest in currency spot, forward and non-deliverable forward transactions. The Fund may write covered call and put options on portfolio securities and other financial instruments. The Fund may invest in unregistered or otherwise restricted securities. It invests in industries, such as automobiles, commercial banks, electrical equipment, food products, information technology services, media, pharmaceuticals and wireless telecommunication services. The Fund?s investment advisor and administrator is Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

  • APD, AIR PRODUCTS CHEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.468361
  • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is the supplier of hydrogen and helium and has built positions in growth markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction and advanced coatings and adhesives. The Company operates in four business segments: merchant gases, tonnage gases, electronic and performance materials, and equipment and energy. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), it sold its high purity process chemicals business. In June 2008, it sold the polymers emulsions business. In May 2009, the Company sold all of its United States home infusion therapy services business and some elements of its respiratory and home medical equipment business to OptionCare Enterprises, Inc.

  • PNY, PIEDMONT NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.514160
  • Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. (Piedmont) is an energy services company primarily engaged in the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial and industrial customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including 62,000 customers served by municipalities who are its wholesale customers. The Company has also invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including unregulated retail natural gas marketing, interstate natural gas storage and intrastate natural gas transportation. Piedmont operates in two business segments: regulated utility and non-utility activities. The regulated utility segment is the largest segment of the Company?s business accounting for approximately 97% of Piedmont?s consolidated assets. Operations of its non-utility activities segment consist of its equity method investments in joint ventures. Operations of both segments are conducted within the United States.

  • KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 371.050720
  • Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) is engaged in the mining and processing of gold and as a by-product, silver ore, and the exploration for, and the acquisition of, gold bearing properties in the Americas, the Russian Federation and worldwide. The principal products of Kinross are gold and silver produced in the form of dore that is shipped to refineries for final processing. Kinross? share of proven and probable mineral reserves, as of December 31, 2008, was 45.6 million ounces of gold and 105.8 million ounces of silver. On July 31, 2008, Kinross completed the sale of its 40% interest in the Hammond Reef project to Brett Resources Inc. On September 30, 2008, it acquired Aurelian Resources Inc. On December 16, 2008, Kinross completed the acquisition of a 40% interest in Minera Santa Rose SCM (Minera) from certain subsidiaries of Anglo American Plc, and on January 8, 2009, Kinross acquired the remaining 60% interest in Minera from a subsidiary of Teck Cominco Limited.

  • HOLX, HOLOGIC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.937168
  • Hologic, Inc. (Hologic) is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of medical imaging systems and diagnostic and surgical products focused on the healthcare needs of women. The Company manages its business in four principal segments: Breast Health, Diagnostics, GYN Surgical and Skeletal Health. In July 2008, the Company acquired Third Wave Technologies, Inc. (Third Wave), a company that develops and markets molecular diagnostic reagents for a variety of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) analysis applications based on its own Invader chemistry. In October 2007, the Company completed its business combination with Cytyc Corporation, a company that develops, manufactures and markets complementary products covering a range of cancers and women?s health indications, including cervical cancer screening, prenatal diagnostics and partial breast radiation therapy.

  • WLL, WHITING PETE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.504822
  • Whiting Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is engaged in acquisition, development, exploitation, production and exploration activities primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company?s average daily production was 47.9 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent/day (MBOE/d). On May 30, 2008, the Company acquired interests in 31 producing gas wells, development acreage and gas gathering and processing facilities.

  • ZOLL, ZOLL MEDICAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.852735
  • ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL) develops technologies and software that help clinicians, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and lay rescuers advance the practice of resuscitation. ZOLL’s Line of resuscitation products include professional defibrillators, automated external defibrillator (AED), AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump, documentation and information management, wearable automatic defibrillator, fluid replacement and disposable electrodes. The Company also designs and markets software that automates the documentation, and management of both clinical and non-clinical information. On May 22, 2007, the Company acquired the fire records management software business and related assets from BIO-key International, Inc. On September 18, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from Radiant Medical, Inc., a private medical technology company developing endovascular temperature therapy products.

  • ANSS, ANSYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 122.079567
  • ANSYS, Inc. (ANSYS) develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and services used by engineers and designers across a range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, electronics, biomedical, energy and defense. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company distributes its ANSYS suite of simulation technologies through a global network of resellers and distributors (collectively, channel partners) and direct sales offices in global locations. On July 31, 2008, ANSYS acquired Ansoft Corporation (Ansoft).

  • CHK, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.471542
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation is a producer of natural gas in the United States. The Company own interests in approximately 41,200 producing natural gas and oil wells that are producing approximately 2.3 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe) per day, 92% of which is natural gas. As of December 31, 2008, it was focusing on discovering, developing and acquiring conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves onshore in the United States primarily in the Big 4 natural gas shale plays: the Barnett Shale in the Forth Worth Basin of north-central Texas, the Haynesville Shale in the Ark-La-Tex area of northwestern Louisiana and East Texas, the Fayetteville Shale in the Arkoma Basin of central Arkansas and the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. It also has operations in various other plays, both conventional and unconventional, in the Mid-Continent, Appalachian Basin, Permian Basin, Delaware Basin, and South Texas.

  • PX, PRAXAIR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 103.292290
  • Praxair, Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gas supplier in North and South America. Praxair’s primary products for its industrial gases business are atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases) and process gases (carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, acetylene). The Company also designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases for internal use and external sale. Its surface technologies segment, operated through Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., supplies wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic and ceramic coatings and powders. Praxair serves approximately 25 industries, such as healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber-optics and steel making, and aerospace, chemicals and water treatment. In July 2009, Praxair’s subsidiary, Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc., acquired Sermatech International Holdings Corp. from Arsenal Capital Partners.

  • DNEX, DIONEX CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.569416
  • Dionex Corporation (Dionex) designs, manufactures, markets and services analytical instrumentation and related accessories and chemicals. The Company?s products are used to analyze chemical substances in the environment and in a range of industrial and scientific applications. Dionex design, manufacture, market and service a range of liquid chromatography systems, sample preparation devices and related products that are used by chemists to separate and quantify the individual components of complex chemical mixtures relevant to many major industrial, research and laboratory markets. Its liquid chromatography systems are focused in two product areas: ion chromatography (IC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The Company offers a mass spectrometer coupled with either an IC or HPLC system. For sample preparation, it provides accelerated solvent extraction (ASE) systems.

  • PEP, PEPSICO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 172.410660
  • PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global beverage, snack and food company. The Company manufactures, markets and sells a range of salty, convenient, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods approximately 200 countries, with its operations in North America, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The Company is organized into three business units: PepsiCo Americas Foods, which includes Frito-Lay North America, Quaker Foods North America and all of its Latin American food and snack businesses, including its Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico; PepsiCo Americas Beverages, which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America and all of its Latin American beverage businesses, and PepsiCo International, which includes all PepsiCo businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. The Company?s three business units were organized in six segments: FLNA, QFNA, LAF, PAB, United Kingdom & Europe, and Middle East, Africa & Asia.

  • MXGL, MAX CAPITAL GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.763169
  • Max Capital Group Ltd. (Max Capital) is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance products for the property and casualty market, with underwriting operations based in Bermuda, Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. It underwrites a diversified portfolio of risks. The Company also provides reinsurance for the life and annuity market when opportunities arise. The Company operates in five segments: the Bermuda/Dublin reinsurance segment, the Bermuda/Dublin insurance segment, the U.S. specialty segment, the Max at Lloyd?s segment, and the life and annuity reinsurance segment. On June 2, 2008, it acquired Max America Insurance Company (Max America), formerly known as Commercial Guaranty Casualty Insurance Company. On November 6, 2008, Max Capital acquired Imagine Group (UK) Limited, which was subsequently renamed Max UK Holdings Ltd. (Max UK).

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Posted by Admin on Aug 30th, 2009
2009
Aug 30

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. To view all of the top rated stocks updated on a daily basis, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. Before investing, thoroughly investigate any potential investment to ensure the potential risks and rewards are appropriate for your investing goals and objectives.

  • DNP, DNP SELECT INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.749287
  • DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The primary investment objectives of the Fund are current income and long-term growth of income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. The Fund has engaged Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (the Adviser) to provide professional investment management services for the Fund. It has engaged J. J. B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, Inc. (the Administrator) to provide administrative and management services for the Fund.

  • SJI, SOUTH JERSEY IND Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.902923
  • South Jersey Industries, Inc. (SJI) is an energy services holding company that provides a variety of energy related products and services through its five wholly owned subsidiaries: South Jersey Gas Company (SJG), South Jersey Energy Company (SJE), South Jersey Resources Group, LLC (SJRG), Marina Energy, LLC (Marina) and South Jersey Energy Service Plus, LLC (SJESP). SJI operates in several operating segments. Gas Utility Operations (SJG) consists primarily of natural gas distribution to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Wholesale Gas Operations include SJRG?s activities. SJE is involved in both retail gas and retail electric activities. Retail Gas and Other Operations include natural gas acquisition and transportation service business lines. Retail Electric Operations consist of electricity acquisition and transportation to commercial and industrial customers. On-Site Energy Production consists of Marina?s thermal energy facility and other energy-related projects.

  • AIZ, ASSURANT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 147.249084
  • Assurant, Inc. (Assurant) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, it is engaged in providing specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other international markets. Its four segments include Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health and Assurant Employee Benefits. These segments provide debt protection administration, credit insurance, warranties and service contracts, pre-funded funeral insurance, creditor?placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance and group life insurance. In October 2008, it announced that it has completed its acquisition of Signal Holdings LLC, a provider of wireless handset protection programs and repair services, from Trident II L.P. On September 26, 2008, it completed the acquisition of Warranty Management Group business from GE Consumer & Industrial.

  • FCL, FOUNDATION COAL H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 137.504166
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  • AME, AMETEK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.285336
  • AMETEK, Inc. (AMETEK) is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with operations in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. The Company markets its products worldwide through two operating groups: the Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) and the Electromechanical Group (EMG). EIG builds monitoring, testing, calibration and display devices for the process, aerospace, industrial and power markets. EMG is a supplier of electromechanical devices. EMG produces highly engineered electromechanical connectors for hermetic (moisture-proof) applications, specialty metals for markets, and brushless air-moving motors, blowers and heat exchangers. End markets include aerospace, defense, mass transit, medical, office products and other industrial markets. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired Drake Air, Motion Control Group, Vision Research, Inc., programmable power business of Xantrex Technology, Inc. and Muirhead Aerospace Limited.

  • LII, LENNOX INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.648972
  • Lennox International Inc. (LII) is a global provider of climate control solutions. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. The Company operates in four business segments: Residential Heating and Cooling, Commercial Heating and Cooling, Service Experts and Refrigeration. The Company’s products and services are sold through multiple distribution channels under brand names, such as Lennox, Armstrong Air, Ducane, Bohn, Larkin, Advanced Distributor Products and Service Experts. The Company?s products and services are sold through a combination of distributors, independent and Company-owned dealer service centers, other installing contractors, wholesalers, manufacturer?s representatives, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and national accounts.

  • GEO, GEO GROUP INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.920737
  • The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a provider of government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential treatment facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It operates a range of correctional and detention facilities, including maximum, medium and minimum security prisons, immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers and mental health and residential treatment facilities. The Company conducts its business through four business segments: United States corrections segment; International services segment; GEO Care segment, and Facility construction and design segment.

  • MXGL, MAX CAPITAL GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.763169
  • Max Capital Group Ltd. (Max Capital) is a global provider of specialty insurance and reinsurance products for the property and casualty market, with underwriting operations based in Bermuda, Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. It underwrites a diversified portfolio of risks. The Company also provides reinsurance for the life and annuity market when opportunities arise. The Company operates in five segments: the Bermuda/Dublin reinsurance segment, the Bermuda/Dublin insurance segment, the U.S. specialty segment, the Max at Lloyd?s segment, and the life and annuity reinsurance segment. On June 2, 2008, it acquired Max America Insurance Company (Max America), formerly known as Commercial Guaranty Casualty Insurance Company. On November 6, 2008, Max Capital acquired Imagine Group (UK) Limited, which was subsequently renamed Max UK Holdings Ltd. (Max UK).

  • PRE, PARTNERRE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.109940
  • PartnerRe Ltd. (PartnerRe) is an international reinsurance group. The Company provides reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Partner Reinsurance), Partner Reinsurance Europe Limited (PartnerRe Europe) and Partner Reinsurance Company of the United States (PartnerRe U.S.). Risks reinsured include, but are not limited to property, casualty, motor, agriculture, aviation/space, catastrophe, credit/surety, engineering, energy, marine, specialty property, specialty casualty, multiline and other lines and life/annuity and health. PartnerRe also offers alternative risk products that include weather and credit protection to financial, industrial and service companies on a worldwide basis.

  • BMI, BADGER METER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.240925
  • Badger Meter, Inc. (Badger Meter) is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating liquid flow measurement and control technologies serving markets worldwide. Its products are used in a variety of applications to measure and control the flow of liquids, but primarily water. The Company?s product lines fall into two general categories: utility and industrial. The utility category comprises residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities as the basis for generating water and wastewater revenues. The market for these product lines is North America, primarily the United States, because these meters are designed and manufactured to conform to standards promulgated by the American Water Works Association. Industrial product line sales comprise the remainder of the Company?s sales and include precision valves, electromagnetic inductive flow meters, impeller flow meters, and turbine and positive displacement industrial flow meters.

  • SAN, BANCO SANTANDER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.476246
  • Banco Santander-Chile (Santander-Chile or the Bank) provides a range of commercial and retail banking services to its customers, including Chilean peso and foreign currency denominated loans to finance a variety of commercial transactions, trade, foreign currency forward contracts and credit lines and a variety of retail banking services, including mortgage financing. In addition to its traditional banking operations, it offers a variety of financial services, including financial leasing, financial advisory services, mutual fund management, securities brokerage, insurance brokerage and investment management. As of December 31, 2008, the Bank had private branch network in Chile with 477 branches, 256 of which operated under the Santander brand name, 109 under the Santander Banefe brand name, 46 that operate under the brand name SuperCaja, 18 that operate under the BancaPrime brand name and 41 auxiliary and payment centers.

  • WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.287331
  • Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. The Company sells its products worldwide to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) for use in computer systems, subsystems or consumer electronics (CE) devices, and to distributors, resellers and retailers. Its hard drives are used in desktop computers, notebook computers, and enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, storage area networks and video surveillance equipment. Additionally, its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders (DVRs), and satellite and cable set-top boxes (STBs). WD also sells its hard drives as stand-alone storage products and integrates them into finished enclosures, embedding application software and offering the products as WD-branded external storage appliances. On March 27, 2009, it completed the acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc.

  • STFC, STATE AUTO FINL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.305928
  • State Auto Financial Corporation (State Auto Financial) is a property and casualty insurance holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in writing both personal and business lines of insurance. State Auto Financial owns 100% of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (State Auto P&C), Milbank Insurance Company (Milbank), Farmers Casualty Insurance Company (Farmers), State Auto Insurance Company of Ohio (SA Ohio) and State Auto National Insurance Company (SA National), each of which is a property and casualty insurance company. State Auto Financial owns 100% of Stateco Financial Services, Inc. (Stateco), which provides investment management services to affiliated insurance companies. It also owns 100% of Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), a developer and seller of insurance-related software. State Auto P&C and Stateco share ownership of 518 Property Management and Leasing, LLC (518 PML), which owns and leases property to affiliated companies.

  • GEF, GREIF INC CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.771164
  • Greif, Inc. is a global producer of industrial packaging products with manufacturing facilities located in over 45 countries. It offers a range of industrial packaging products, such as steel, fiber and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers, closure systems for industrial packaging products, transit protection products, and polycarbonate water bottles, and services, such as blending, filling and other packaging services, logistics and warehousing. It also produces containerboard and corrugated products for niche markets in North America. Greif, Inc. sells timber to third parties from its timberland in the southeastern United States that it manages to maximize long-term value. It also sells, from time to time, timberland and special use land, which consists of surplus land, higher and better use (HBU) land, and development land. It operates in three business segments: Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging, and Timber. In July 2009, the Company acquired Ennis Containers, Inc.

  • PRXL, PAREXEL INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 352.510712
  • PAREXEL International Corporation (PAREXEL) is a biopharmaceutical services company, providing a range of capability in clinical research, medical communications services, consulting, and informatics and technology products and services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The Company?s product and service offerings include clinical trials management, data management, biostatistical analysis, medical communications services, clinical pharmacology, patient recruitment, regulatory and product development consulting, health policy and reimbursement, performance improvement, industry training and publishing, medical imaging services, interactive voice response systems (IVRS), clinical trial management systems (CTMS), Web-based portals, systems integration, patient diary applications, and other drug development services. In August 2008, PAREXEL completed the acquisition of ClinPhone plc.

  • WHQ, W-H ENERGY SVCS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.501338
  • EXC, EXELON CORPORATIO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.499933
  • Exelon Corporation (Exelon) is a utility services holding company. It operates through its principal subsidiaries Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation), Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) and PECO Energy Company (PECO). Generation?s business consists of its owned and contracted electric generating facilities, its wholesale energy marketing operations and its retail supply operations. ComEd?s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of distribution and transmission services to retail customers in northern Illinois, including the City of Chicago. PECO?s energy delivery business consists of the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and the provision of transmission and distribution services to retail customers in southeastern Pennsylvania, including the City of Philadelphia.

  • APD, AIR PRODUCTS CHEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.468361
  • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is the supplier of hydrogen and helium and has built positions in growth markets, such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction and advanced coatings and adhesives. The Company operates in four business segments: merchant gases, tonnage gases, electronic and performance materials, and equipment and energy. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), it sold its high purity process chemicals business. In June 2008, it sold the polymers emulsions business. In May 2009, the Company sold all of its United States home infusion therapy services business and some elements of its respiratory and home medical equipment business to OptionCare Enterprises, Inc.

  • UFCS, UNITED FIRE CASUA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.556551
  • United Fire & Casualty Company is engaged in the business of writing property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company operates in two business segments: property and casualty insurance, and life insurance. The Company is licensed as a property and casualty insurer in 43 states, primarily in the Midwest, West and South, plus the District of Columbia. It has 837 independent agencies representing its property and casualty insurance subsidiaries. Its life insurance subsidiary is licensed in 28 states, primarily in the Midwest and West, and is represented by 952 independent agencies.

  • MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
  • HRL, HORMEL FOODS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 152.064865
  • Hormel Foods Corporation is engaged in the production of a variety of meat and food products, and the marketing of those products throughout the United States and internationally. The Company operates in five segments: grocery products, refrigerated foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store (JOTS), specialty foods and all other. The Company?s products primarily consist of meat and other food products. The meat products are sold fresh, frozen, cured, smoked, cooked, and canned. In June 2008, the Company acquired Boca Grande Foods, Inc. (Boca Grande). Boca Grande manufactures, sells, and distributes liquid portion products and operates a facility in Duluth, Georgia.

  • APA, APACHE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 178.394318
  • Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. In North America, the Company?s exploration and production interests are focused in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf Coast, East Texas, the Permian basin, the Anadarko basin and the Western Sedimentary basin of Canada. Outside of North America, it has exploration and production interests onshore Egypt, offshore Western Australia, offshore the United Kingdom in the North Sea, and onshore Argentina. The Company also has exploration interests on the Chilean side of the island of Tierra del Fuego. The Company holds interests in many of its United States, Canadian, and other international properties through subsidiaries, including Apache Canada Ltd., DEK Energy Company (DEKALB), Apache Energy Limited (AEL), Apache North America, Inc. and Apache Overseas, Inc.

  • DCM, NTT DOCOMO ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.530607
  • NTT DoCoMo, Inc. is a mobile telecommunication services provider belonging to NTT group, whose parent company is Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). The Company focuses on the development of mobile multimedia services, such as i-mode service (Internet access service for mobile terminals). In addition to offering music and video services and mobile credit payment services, the Company offer services and functions to match customers? lifestyles and needs and providing services that make use of the characteristics of mobile phones, such as services tailored to use scenarios through collaboration with mobile phones and customer lifestyle support tools. The Company also provide handsets adapted for this range of services and contents, offering a handset lineup that has been tailored to customer values and lifestyles. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 (fiscal 2008), the total number of subscriptions to the cellular services was approximately 540.6 million.

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Posted by Admin on Aug 30th, 2009
2009
Aug 30

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. To view all of the top rated stocks updated on a daily basis, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric that estimates the current strength of a security based on an advanced, proprietary algorithm using a variety of technical and fundamental factors. A security with a high strength metric indicates strong momentum and a likelihood for further strength in the near future. For a full list of all Caprock Strength Ratings, and a list of the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated lists on the website. Before investing, thoroughly investigate any potential investment to ensure the potential risks and rewards are appropriate for your investing goals and objectives.

  • HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028
  • Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. The Company operates in three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting. Through these segments it helps clients develop, implement and deliver strategies and programs for human resources business process design, administration and technologies, as well as manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, it also acquired CSi, a specialist compensation consultancy and LCG, which provides an array of integrated disability, leave and absence-management solutions. In July 2009, the Company acquired the remaining interest in BodeHewitt AG & Co KG, from Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB).

  • HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.473587
  • Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The Company?s operations fall into three segments: Harsco Infrastructure, Harsco Metals and all other category, labeled Harsco Minerals & Rail. The Harsco Infrastructure segment includes the Company’s SGB Group Plc, Hunnebeck Group GmbH and Patent Construction Systems Divisions. The Harsco Metals segment is a provider of onsite, outsourced services to the global metals industries. The All Other Category includes the Excell Minerals, Reed Minerals, Harsco Rail, IKG Industries, Air-X-Changers and Patterson-Kelley Divisions. In April 2008, the Company acquired Sovereign Access Services Limited, a United Kingdom-based provider of mastclimber work platform rental equipment. In March 2008, the Company acquired Romania-based Baviera S.R.L., a distributor of formwork and scaffolding products in Romania. In February 2008, the Company acquired Northern Ireland-based Buckley Scaffolding.

  • R, RYDER SYSTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 121.216743
  • Ryder System, Inc. (Ryder) is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. The Company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full-service leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance and commercial rental of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services throughout North America, and in Europe, South America and Asia, and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States. On February 2, 2009, it acquired the assets of Edart Leasing LLC (Edart), which included Edart?s fleet of approximately 1,600 vehicles.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.617534
  • Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments. The Consumer segment includes a range of products used in the baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care and women?s healthcare fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. The Pharmaceutical segment includes products in the therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology and virology. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment includes a range of products distributed to wholesalers, hospitals and retailers. In July 2009, Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. with approximately 95.9% interest in Cougar Biotechnology’s outstanding common stock.

  • CB, CHUBB CP THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.253525
  • The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) is a holding company for a family of property and casualty insurance companies known as the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (the P&C Group). The P&C Group is divided into three business units: Chubb Commercial Insurance, Chubb Specialty Insurance and Chubb Personal Insurance. Chubb Commercial Insurance offers a range of commercial insurance products, including coverage for multiple peril, casualty, workers? compensation, and property and marine. Chubb Specialty Insurance offers a variety of specialized professional liability products for privately and publicly owned companies, financial institutions, professional firms and healthcare organizations. Chubb Specialty Insurance also includes the Company?s surety business. Chubb Personal Insurance offers products for individuals with fine homes and possessions who require more coverage choices and higher limits than standard insurance policies.

  • HAE, HAEMONETICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.928413
  • Haemonetics Corporation is engaged in developing and manufacturing blood typing and screening technology. The Company offers devices and related consumables, information technology platforms, and consulting services. Its direct customers are blood and plasma collectors, hospitals and hospital service providers. The Company manages three global product families: Donor, which markets blood and plasma collection devices, consumables and other business solutions; Patient, which markets into hospitals surgical blood salvage and blood demand diagnostic devices and consumables, as well as blood management services, and Software Solutions and Services, which markets information technology platforms and consulting services to blood and plasma collectors and hospitals. In March 2009, the Company acquired Altivation Software and its primary product, Hemasphere. Hemasphere is a software system focused on mobile blood drive management.

  • TECH, TECHNE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.706253
  • Techne Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development and manufacture of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. These activities are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc (R&D Systems). It distributes biotechnology products in Europe through its subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). R&D Systems Europe Ltd. has a sales subsidiary, R&D Systems GmbH, in Germany. It operates in three segments: biotechnology, R&D Systems Europe and hematology. The biotechnology segment consists of R&D Systems Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc. (Fortron), BiosPacific, Inc. and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd. (R&D China), which develop, manufacture and sell biotechnology research and diagnostic products. R&D Systems Europe distributes Biotechnology Division products throughout Europe. The hematology segment develops and manufactures hematology controls and calibrators for sale worldwide.

  • MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
  • FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.227261
  • Frontline Ltd. (Frontline) is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. The Company operates tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons (dwt), and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt. As of February 28, 2009, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 83 vessels. The fleet consists of 41 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 30 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in, and four VLCCs under its commercial management. In January 2008, the Company established Independent Tankers Corporation Limited (ITCL), as a wholly owned subsidiary for the purpose of holding, by way of contribution, its interests in Independent Tankers Corporation (ITC). In February 2008, Frontline spun off 17.53% of its holding in ITCL to its shareholders.

  • LSTR, LANDSTAR SYSTEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.941391
  • Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based transportation and logistics services company, providing transportation capacity and related transportation services to shippers throughout the United States, and to a lesser extent, in Canada, and between the United States and Canada, Mexico and other countries. The Company operates in three business segments: the carrier segment, the global logistics segment and the insurance segment. The Company markets its services, through independent commission sales agents who enter into contractual arrangements with Landstar and are responsible for locating freight, making that freight available to Landstar?s capacity providers and coordinating the transportation of the freight with customers and capacity providers. In July 2009, the Company announced the acquisition of two supply chain transportation integration companies, Premier Logistics, Inc. and A3 Integration LLC.

  • QCOM, QUALCOMM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.467328
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated, incorporated in 1985, designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); Qualcomm Wireless & Internet (QWI), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). QCT is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning. QTL grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of CDMA products. In December 2007, the Company acquired San SoftMax Inc. In March 2008, the Company acquired Xiam Technologies Limited (Xiam), an Ireland-based provider of wireless content targeting solutions.

  • FTI, FMC TECHNOLOGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 73.609726
  • FMC Technologies, Inc. (FMC Technologies) is a global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry. The Company designs, manufactures and services systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead production systems, high-pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in two segments: Energy Production Systems and Energy Processing Systems. On July 31, 2008, FMC Technologies completed the spin-off of its FoodTech and Airport Systems businesses into John Bean Technologies Corporation.

  • SFG, STANCORP FINCL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.632567
  • StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (StanCorp), is a holding company for its insurance and asset management subsidiaries. Its operations include two segments: Insurance Services and Asset Management. The Insurance Services segment offers group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance and group dental insurance. The Asset Management segment offers full-service 401(k) plans, 457 plans, defined benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, 403(b) plans and non-qualified deferred compensation products and services through an affiliated broker-dealer. This segment also offers investment advisory and management services, financial planning services, commercial mortgage loan origination and servicing and individual fixed annuities, group annuity contracts and retirement plan trust products.

  • IVGN, INVITROGEN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.317347
  • VAR, VARIAN MED SYS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.595242
  • Varian Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing equipments and software products for treating cancer with radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery and brachytherapy. The Company also designs, manufactures, sells and services x-ray tubes for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); replacement x-ray tubes, and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless x-ray imaging in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. It designs, manufacturers, sells and services linear accelerators, digital image detectors, image processing software and image detection products for security and inspection purposes. The Company also develops, designs, manufactures and services proton therapy products and systems for cancer treatment. In December 2007, it acquired Pan-Pacific Enterprises, Inc. In June 2009, Varian Medical Systems Inc. acquired the assets of IKOEmed and IKOEtech.

  • MLHR, MILLER HERMAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.001966
  • Herman Miller, Inc. researches, designs, manufactures and distributes office furniture systems, products and related services. Most of these systems and products are designed to be used together. The Company?s primary products include furniture systems, seating, storage and material handling solutions, freestanding furniture and case goods. The Company operates through two primary business segments. The North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the operations associated with the design, manufacture and sale of furniture products for work-related settings, including office and healthcare environments, throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. The non-North American Furniture Solutions segment includes the operations associated with the design, manufacture and sale of furniture products, primarily for work-related settings, outside of North America. Herman Miller, Inc. also reports an Other category consisting primarily of its North American Home and start-up businesses.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079
  • RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 174.723129
  • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 38 auction sites, in more than 25 countries worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company conducted 193 unreserved industrial auctions at locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia. During 2008, it also conducted 147 unreserved agricultural auctions in Canada and the United States. Ritchie Bros. offers rbauctionBid-Live, an Internet bidding service.

  • PDC, PIONEER DRILLING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.302444
  • Pioneer Drilling Company, provides drilling services and production services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies throughout the United States and internationally in Colombia. It also provides drilling crews and ancillary equipment needed to operate the Company?s drilling rigs. The Company operates in two business segments; Drilling Services Division and Production Services Division. On March 1, 2008, the Company acquired WEDGE Group Incorporated (WEDGE) and Prairie Investors d/b/a Competition Wireline (Competition). On August 29, 2008, the Company acquired the wireline services business from Paltec, Inc. On October 1, 2008, it acquired the well services business from Pettus Well Service.

  • HGT, HUGOTON ROYALTY T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.132065
  • Hugoton Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created under the laws of Texas pursuant to the Hugoton Royalty Trust Indenture entered into on December 1, 1998 between XTO Energy Inc., as grantor, and NationsBank, N.A., as trustee. Bank of America, N.A. succeeded NationsBank as the trustee of the Trust. XTO Energy conveyed to the Trust 80% net profits interests in certain natural gas producing working interest properties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming under three separate conveyances. In exchange for these net profits interest conveyances to the Trust, 40 million units of beneficial interest were issued to XTO Energy. XTO Energy distributed all of its remaining 21.7 million trust units. As of December 31, 2008, XTO Energy is not a unitholder of the trust. The net profits interests entitle the Trust to receive 80% of the net proceeds from the sale of oil and gas from the underlying properties.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079
  • BXS, BANCORPSOUTH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.531313
  • BancorpSouth, Inc., incorporated in 1982, is a financial holding company for its principal subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank (the Bank). The Company conducts commercial banking and financial services operations through 313 offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Missouri. The Bank and its subsidiaries provide a range of financial services to individuals and small-to-medium size businesses. The Bank operates investment services, credit insurance and insurance agency subsidiaries, which engage in investment brokerage services and sales of other insurance products. The Bank?s trust department offers a range of services, including personal trust and estate services, employee benefit accounts and plans, including individual retirement accounts, and limited corporate trust functions.

  • KOP, KOPPERS HOLDINGS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.969543
  • Koppers Holdings Inc. (Koppers Holdings), formerly as KI Holdings Inc., is an integrated provider of carbon compounds and commercial wood treatment products. Its products are used in a variety of applications in a range of end markets, including the aluminum, railroad, specialty chemical, utility, rubber, and steel industries. It operates two principal businesses: Carbon Materials and Chemicals, and Railroad and Utility Products. It processes coal tar into a variety of products, including carbon pitch, creosote, and phthalic anhydride, which are critical intermediate materials in the production of aluminum, the pressure treatment of wood and the production of plasticizers, and specialty chemicals. Through its Railroad and Utility Products business, the Company supplies railroad crossties in North America. In October 2008, Koppers Holdings sold 95% interest in Koppers Monessen Partners to ArcelorMittal S.A.

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2009
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  • VCP, VOTORANTIM CELULO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 201.740189
  • Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA (VCP) is a Brazil-based paper product company. The Company produces bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP), which is a variety of hardwood pulp. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold 84% of its pulp production to third parties, and the Company uses the remainder internally to manufacture a range of printing and writing paper products, including coated and uncoated printing and writing papers, thermal papers, carbonless papers and other specialty papers. The Company produces a variety of pulp and paper products. The Company produces pulp both for sale (market pulp) and for use in its paper production. VCP sells BEKP to both the Brazilian domestic and export market. VCP produce coated and uncoated printing and writing paper and other specialty/chemical papers.

  • CHD, CHURCH DWIGHT CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 95.218185
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products under brand names, including ARM & HAMMER and TROJAN. The Company?s business is divided into three primary segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International and Specialty Products. The Consumer Domestic segment includes household products for deodorizing and cleaning, such as ARM & HAMMER baking soda and cat litter and SCRUB FREE, KABOOM, ORANGE GLO and BRILLO cleaning products; and laundry products, such as XTRA and ARM & HAMMER laundry detergents, OXICLEAN pre-wash laundry additive and NICE?N FLUFFY fabric softener. The Consumer International segment primarily sells a variety of personal care products, some of which use the same brands as its domestic product lines, in international markets, including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and China.

  • CRZO, CARRIZO OIL & GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 271.763000
  • Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Carrizo) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil. The Company?s operations are principally focused in producing natural gas plays known as shale plays or resource plays. The Company?s primary core area is the Barnett Shale area in North Texas (Barnett Shale or Fort Worth Barnett Shale), with a focus on Southeast Tarrant County, Texas. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Carrizo (Marcellus) LLC, the Company is actively seeking to establish a core area in another emerging resource play, the Marcellus Shale play in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Virginia. It also explore for, develop, and produce natural gas and oil from traditional geologic trends along the onshore Gulf Coast area in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, primarily in the Miocene, Wilcox, Frio, and Vicksburg trends. The Company?s other interests include properties in the United Kingdom North Sea.

  • FE, FIRSTENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 124.292145
  • FirstEnergy Corp. (FirstEnergy) is principally a holding company that holds, directly or indirectly, eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries: Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI), The Toledo Edison Company (TE), Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn), American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec). Its revenues are primarily derived from electric service provided by its utility operating subsidiaries and the revenues of its other principal subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES). In addition, FirstEnergy holds other direct subsidiaries, including FirstEnergy Properties, Inc., FirstEnergy Ventures Corp., FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), FirstEnergy Securities Transfer Company, GPU Diversified Holdings, LLC, GPU Telecom Services, Inc., GPU Nuclear, Inc. and FirstEnergy Service Company (FESC).

  • STFC, STATE AUTO FINL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.305928
  • State Auto Financial Corporation (State Auto Financial) is a property and casualty insurance holding company. The Company is primarily engaged in writing both personal and business lines of insurance. State Auto Financial owns 100% of State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company (State Auto P&C), Milbank Insurance Company (Milbank), Farmers Casualty Insurance Company (Farmers), State Auto Insurance Company of Ohio (SA Ohio) and State Auto National Insurance Company (SA National), each of which is a property and casualty insurance company. State Auto Financial owns 100% of Stateco Financial Services, Inc. (Stateco), which provides investment management services to affiliated insurance companies. It also owns 100% of Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), a developer and seller of insurance-related software. State Auto P&C and Stateco share ownership of 518 Property Management and Leasing, LLC (518 PML), which owns and leases property to affiliated companies.

  • RTN, RAYTHEON CO (NEW) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 561.782532
  • Raytheon Company designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, supports and provides a range of products, services and solutions for principally governmental customers in the United States and worldwide. The Company operates in six business segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (ibis’), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) and Technical Services (TS). In April 2008, the Company acquired SI Government Solutions. In July 2008, Raytheon Company acquired Telemus Solutions, Inc., a provider of information security, intelligence and technical services to defense, intelligence and other federal customers.

  • BKT, BLACKROCK INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.136936
  • BlackRock Income Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust?s seeks to provide monthly income while preserving capital by investing in a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. The Trust?s portfolio include United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities, United States Government agency mortgage-backed securities – collateralized mortgage obligations, non-United States Government agency mortgage backed securities, United States Government and agency obligations, and asset-backed securities.

  • MDR, MCDERMOTT INT PAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 58.341206
  • McDermott International, Inc. (MII) is an engineering and construction company with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities. MII provides a variety of products and services to customers in the energy and power industries, including utilities and other power generators, and national oil companies, and the United States Government. MII is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, including J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (JRMSA) and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). The Company operates in three business segments: Offshore Oil and Gas Construction, Government Operations and Power Generation Systems. On December 31, 2008, the Company?s Government Operations segment completed its acquisition of Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., a provider of specialty nuclear fuels and related services.

  • AG, AGCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 525.557983
  • Company description not available.

  • FCN, FTI CONSULTING IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.865845
  • FTI Consulting, Inc. (FTI) is a global business advisory firm. The Company assists its customers in addressing a range of business challenges, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, credit issues and indebtedness, mergers and acquisitions, interim business management, electronic discovery, management and retrieval of electronically stored information, reputation management, and strategic communications. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company had operations across 37 United States cities and 22 foreign countries, which includes Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), Colombia, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. FTI operates in five segments: Corporate Finance/Restructuring, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Strategic Communications, Technology and Economic Consulting.

  • HAE, HAEMONETICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.928413
  • Haemonetics Corporation is engaged in developing and manufacturing blood typing and screening technology. The Company offers devices and related consumables, information technology platforms, and consulting services. Its direct customers are blood and plasma collectors, hospitals and hospital service providers. The Company manages three global product families: Donor, which markets blood and plasma collection devices, consumables and other business solutions; Patient, which markets into hospitals surgical blood salvage and blood demand diagnostic devices and consumables, as well as blood management services, and Software Solutions and Services, which markets information technology platforms and consulting services to blood and plasma collectors and hospitals. In March 2009, the Company acquired Altivation Software and its primary product, Hemasphere. Hemasphere is a software system focused on mobile blood drive management.

  • WWE, WORLD WRESTLING E Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.328812
  • World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company. The Company develops creative content centered on its talent and presented at its live and televised events. Its three brands include Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The Company operates through four segments: Live and Televised Entertainment, Consumer Products, Digital Media and WWE Studios (formerly WWE Films).

  • SLW, SILVER WHEATON CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.190140
  • Silver Wheaton Corp. (Silver Wheaton) is engaged in the silver mining business. The Company has entered into nine long-term silver purchase agreements with Goldcorp (Luismin mines and Penasquito mine in Mexico), Lundin Mining (Zinkgruvan mine in Sweden), Glencore (Yauliyacu mine in Peru), Hellas Gold (Stratoni mine in Greece), Mercator (Mineral Park mine in Arizona, the United States), Farallon (Campo Morado mine in Mexico), Aurcana (La Negra mine in Mexico), and Alexco (Keno Hill property in Canada) whereby Silver Wheaton acquires silver production from the counterparties. The Company?s silver mining projects include Luismin, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni and Penasquito. The operations at the Luismin mines, the Penasquito mine, the La Negra mine and the Campo Morado mine are conducted in Mexico. In May 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Silverstone Resources Corp. (Silverstone). As a result, Silverstone has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Silver Wheaton.

  • WTI, W&T OFFSHORE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.783859
  • W&T Offshore, Inc. (W&T) is an independent oil and natural gas producer engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico. The Company has acquired rights to develop and exploit new prospects, and has acquired existing oil and natural gas properties in both the deepwater and the deep shelf, while at the same time continuing its focus on the conventional shelf. As of December 31, 2008, it had four fields of major significance, which were Ship Shoal 349 field, Main Pass 108 field, Brazos A-133 field and East Cameron 321 field. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had interests in leases covering approximately 1.4 million gross acres (0.8 million net acres) spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. On January 29, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the Ship Shoal 349 field, from Apache Corporation.

  • WIA, WESTERN ASSET/CLA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 144.874588
  • Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s primary investment objective is to provide current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective. The Fund invests at least 80% of its total managed assets in inflation-linked securities; at least 60% of its total managed assets in the United States Treasury inflation-protected securities, and not more than 40% of its total managed assets in non-United States dollar investments (not more than 20% of its non-United States dollar exposure may be unhedged). Up to 20% of the Fund?s portfolio securities may represent corporate debt securities of investment-grade quality at the time of their purchase that are not inflation-linked securities. Reverse repurchase agreements and other forms of leverage will not exceed 38% of the Fund?s total managed assets. The Fund?s investment advisor is Western Asset Management Company.

  • CVS, CVS CAREMARK CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.376015
  • CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS Caremark) is a provider of prescriptions and related healthcare services in the United States. It is a pharmacy services company and drives value for its customers through its approximately 6,900 CVS/pharmacy and Longs Drug retail stores; CVS Caremark?s pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic, and Its online pharmacy, CVS.com. The Company operates in two business segments: Pharmacy Services and Retail Pharmacy. October 20, 2008, CVS Caremark acquired Longs Drug Stores Corporation, which includes 529 retail drug stores (the Longs Drug Stores) and RxAmerica LLC (RxAmerica), which provides pharmacy benefit management services, and certain other related assets.

  • ARA, ARACRUZ CELULOSE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.415356
  • Aracruz Celulose S.A. (Aracruz) is a producer of bleached hardwood kraft market pulp. The Company produces eucalyptus pulp, which is a range of hardwood pulp used by paper manufacturers to produce a range of products, including tissues, printing and writing papers, liquid packaging boards and specialty papers. The Company?s production facilities consist of the Barra do Riacho Unit in Espirito Santo State, which has three production units each with two bleaching, drying and baling lines, the Guaiba Unit, located in the municipality of Guaiba, State of Rio Grande do Sul, and Veracel, located in the municipality of Eunapolis, State of Bahia, where it has a 50% stake. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company produced approximately 2,556,600 tons of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP) (3,106,000 tons, including 50% of Veracel’s pulp production).

  • FMX, FOMENTO ECONOMICO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.265846
  • Fomento Econ?mico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA) is a holding company. The Company conducts its operations, through three sub-holding companies: Coca-Cola FEMSA, .A.B. de C.V. and subsidiaries (Coca-Cola FEMSA), which is engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of certain Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina.; FEMSA Cerveza, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries (FEMSA Cerveza), which is engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of beer, and FEMSA Comercio, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries (FEMSA Comercio) which is engaged in operating a chain of convenience stores under the trade name OXXO. In May 2008, Coca-Cola FEMSA completed the acquisition of REMIL in Brazil. As of December 31, 2008, FEMSA Cerveza serves approximately 340,000 retailers in Mexico and its distribution network operates approximately 2,307 retail distribution routes.

  • FCL, FOUNDATION COAL H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 137.504166
  • Company description not available.

  • WMGI, WRIGHT MEDICAL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.325432
  • Wright Medical Group, Inc. (Wright) is a global orthopaedic medical device company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of reconstructive joint devices and biologics products. Reconstructive joint devices are used to replace knee, hip and other joints that have deteriorated or have been damaged through disease or injury. The Company operates through Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and other operating subsidiaries. The Company offers products in four primary market sectors: knee reconstruction, hip reconstruction, extremity reconstruction and biologics. Biologics are used to replace damaged or diseased bone, to stimulate bone growth and to provide other biological solutions for surgeons and their patients. In April 2008, the Company acquired Inbone Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of the INBONE Total Ankle Replacement System and Intra-Osseous Fusion Rods.

  • SYK, STRYKER CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.098660
  • Stryker Corporation (Stryker) is a medical technology company with a range of products in orthopaedics and a presence in other medical specialties. The Company’s products include implants used in joint replacement, trauma, craniomaxillofacial and spinal surgeries; biologics; surgical, neurologic, ear, nose and throat and interventional pain equipment; endoscopic, surgical navigation, communications and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment. The Company operates in two business segments: Orthopaedic Implants and MedSurg Equipment. The Orthopaedic Implants segment sells orthopaedic reconstructive (hip, knee and shoulder), trauma, craniomaxillofacial and spinal implant systems; bone cement; and the bone growth factor OP-1. The MedSurg Equipment segment sells surgical equipment; surgical navigation systems; endoscopic, communications and digital imaging systems; as well as patient handling and emergency medical equipment.

  • CEG, CONSTELLATION ENG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.823517
  • Constellation Energy Group Inc. is an energy company that conducts its business through various subsidiaries, including a merchant energy business and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE). The Company?s merchant energy business is a provider of energy-related products and services for a variety of customers. BGE is a regulated electric transmission and distribution utility company and a regulated gas distribution utility company with a service territory that covers the City of Baltimore and all or part of 10 counties in central Maryland. Its segments include Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric and Regulated Gas. Its remaining non-regulated businesses include design, construct and operate renewable energy, heating, cooling and cogeneration facilities for commercial, industrial and governmental customers. In March 2009, the Company divested its Houston-based downstream gas unit, as well as the majority of its London-based coal, freight and international commodities business.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.617534
  • Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments. The Consumer segment includes a range of products used in the baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care and women?s healthcare fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. The Pharmaceutical segment includes products in the therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology and virology. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment includes a range of products distributed to wholesalers, hospitals and retailers. In July 2009, Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. with approximately 95.9% interest in Cougar Biotechnology’s outstanding common stock.

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