31st October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • CSCO, CISCO SYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.977468
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. It provides a line of products for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses and around the world. Its products, which include primarily routers, switches and products that the Company refers to as its advanced technologies, are installed at enterprises, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses and personal residences. The Company conducts its business globally and are managed geographically in five segments: the United States and Canada; European Markets; Emerging Markets; Asia Pacific, and Japan. In June 2007, the Company acquired BroadWare Technologies, and IronPort Systems, Inc. In October 2007, the Company acquired Cognio, Inc.and Latigent, LLC.

  • E, E N I SPA ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.960598
  • Eni S.p.A. (Eni) is an Italy-based company producing, supplying and distributing petroleum and natural gas, as well as producing electricity and offering engineering, construction and petrochemical services. The Company operates in three segments: Exploration and Production, Gas and Power, and Refining and Marketing. Eni is present in 70 countries. On April 4, 2007, EniNefteGaz, a joint venture of Eni and Enel S.p.A., acquired Lot number 2 in the Yukos liquidation procedure. The Lot number 2 includes a 100% stake in Arctic Gas Company, a 100% stake in ZAO Urengoil Inc., a 100% stake in OAO Neftegaztechnologia and a 20% stake in OAO Gazprom Neft. In May 2007, Eni acquired interests in exploration and production onshore activities operated by Maurel & Prom in Congo.

  • BOOM, DYNAMIC MATERIALS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.769264
  • Dynamic Materials Corporation provides products and services requiring explosive metalworking. It operates in two segments: Explosive Metalworking or DMC Clad and AMK Welding. Detaclad is the trade name, under which DMC Clad markets its explosion-welded clad products. DMC CladG??s products are used in critical applications in a variety of industries, including upstream oil and gas, oil refinery, chemical and petrochemical, hydrometallurgy, aluminum production, shipbuilding, power generation and industrial refrigeration. The CompanyG??s Explosive Metalworking operations are located in Pennsylvania, France and Sweden. Through its AMK Welding segment, the Company also provides advanced welding services, primarily to the power turbine and aircraft engine manufacturing industries. AMK Welding is a specialized welding subcontracting shop for complex shapes used principally in gas turbines and aircraft engines. AMK WeldingG??s operations are conducted at its South Windsor, Connecticut facility.

  • MSFT, MICROSOFT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.356476
  • Microsoft Corporation develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a range of software products for computing devices. The Company software products include operating systems for servers, personal computers (PCs) and intelligent devices, server applications for distributed computing environments, information worker productivity applications, business solution applications, high-performance computing applications and software development tools. It provides consulting and product support services, and trains and certifies computer system integrators and developers. The Company sells the Xbox 360 video game console, the Zune digital music and entertainment device, PC games and peripherals. Online offerings are delivered through its Windows Live, Office Live, and MSN portals and channels. It has five segments: Client, Server and Tools, the Online Services Business, the Microsoft Business Division, and the Entertainment and Devices Division. In August 2007, it acquired aQuantive Inc.

  • CBI, CHGO BRIDGE & IRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.780762
  • Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CB&I) is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company specializing in projects for customers that produce, process, store and distribute natural resources. CB&I is an integrated EPC service provider, offering a package of conceptual design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, field erection, mechanical installation and commissioning. Its projects include hydrocarbon processing plants, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and peak shaving plants, offshore structures, pipelines, bulk liquid terminals, water storage and treatment facilities, and other steel structures and their associated systems. During 2006, the Company executed approximately 500 projects for customers in a variety of industries. The Company provides a range of value-added EPC services, including LNG, refining and related and related processes and steel plate structures.

  • SWN, SOUTHWESTERN ENER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 58.015549
  • Southwestern Energy Company is an integrated energy company primarily focused on natural gas. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in natural gas and oil exploration and production business. It operates principally in three segments: exploration and production, natural gas distribution and marketing. The Company’s exploration and production activities are concentrated in the Arkoma Basin, East Texas, the Permian Basin and the onshore Gulf Coast. It’s wholly owned subsidiary, Arkansas Western Gas Company, referred to as Arkansas Western, operates integrated natural gas distribution systems in northern Arkansas. The Company provides marketing services in each of its core areas of operation through its gas-marketing subsidiary, Southwestern Energy Services Company.

  • STLD, STEEL DYNAMICS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.851242
  • Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) is a steel producer in the United States, with an annual steelmaking capability of 5.2 million tons. During the year ended December 31, 2006, consolidated shipments, which excluded shipments between the CompanyG??s operating divisions, totaled 4.7 million tons. The Company has three segments: steel operations, fabrication operations and steel scrap and scrap substitute operations. On April 11, 2006, the Company acquired Roanoke Electric Steel Corporation (Roanoke Electric). In July 2007, SDI completed the acquisition of The Techs, a flat-rolled steel galvanizing company. The TechsG?? operations consist of three facilities in the Pittsburgh area: GalvTech, MetalTech and NexTech. Each plant specializes in the galvanizing of specific types of flat-rolled steels. In October 2007, SDI completed the acquisition of OmniSource Corporation, a privately owned ferrous and non-ferrous scrap processing and trading company.

  • NTES, NETEASE.COM ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.118614
  • NetEase.com, Inc. operates an interactive online community in China and is a provider of Chinese language content and services through its online games, Internet portal and wireless value-added services businesses. The Company operates through its subsidiaries and contracts with its affiliates Guangzhou NetEase, Guangyitong Advertising and Guangzhou Ling Yi Electronics Technology Limited (Ling Yi) and their respective shareholders. The Company generates revenues from fees it charges users of its online games and, to a much lesser extent, of wireless value-added and other fee-based services, as well as from selling advertisements on the NetEase websites. The CompanyG??s basic service offerings on the NetEase Websites are available without charge to its users.

  • NG, NOVAGOLD RESOURCE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.406807
  • NovaGold Resources Inc. (NovaGold) is engaged in the exploration of mineral properties in Alaska and Western Canada progressing three of its properties towards development. The Company’s primary focus is gold properties some of which have significant copper, silver and zinc resources. The Company conducts its operations through wholly owned subsidiaries and joint ventures. It has assembled a portfolio of gold and polymetallic properties, which include Galore Creek project, the Nome Operations (including Rock Creek, Big Hurrah and Nome Gold) and the Ambler project. Three of these properties are advanced stage exploration projects with defined gold resources, and one property, the Ambler project, is a polymetallic massive sulphide deposit. In addition, NovaGold holds several earlier stage exploration projects that have not advanced to the resource definition stage.

  • CRZO, CARRIZO OIL & GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 70.660477
  • Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Carrizo) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil. Its operations are focused in proven, producing natural gas and oil geologic trends along the onshore Gulf Coast area in Texas and Louisiana, primarily in the Miocene, Wilcox, Frio and Vicksburg trends, and, since mid-2003, in the Barnett Shale area in North Texas. Its other interests include properties in East Texas, the United Kingdom North Sea, and acreage in shale plays in the Barnett/Woodford in West Texas/New Mexico, Floyd/Neal in Mississippi, the western New Albany in Kentucky/Illinois and the Fayetteville in Arkansas. It also has a coalbed methane investment in the Rocky Mountains.

  • LRCX, LAM RESEARCH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.127981
  • Lam Research Corporation (Lam) designs, manufactures, markets and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits and is a provider of such equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry. It markets and sells product offerings that include single-wafer plasma etch systems with a range of applications and an array of services designed to optimize the utilization of these systems by its customers. The Company’s products selectively remove portions of various films from the wafer in the creation of semiconductors. Its etch products and services are defined around the Alliance and 2300 Etch Series platforms. The Company sells its products and services primarily to companies involved in the production of semiconductors in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea and Asia Pacific.

  • WFT, WEATHERFORD INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.275726
  • Weatherford International Ltd. (Weatherford) is a provider of equipment and services used for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention of oil and natural gas wells. The Company operates in approximately 100 countries through approximately 800 service, sales and manufacturing locations. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Weatherford conducted its operations through two principal operating divisions: Evaluation, Drilling & Intervention Service, and Completion & Production Systems. Evaluation, Drilling & Intervention Services division provides performance drilling and evaluation services, well construction, drilling tools and intervention services. Completion & Production Systems division provides conventional and intelligent completion systems, all forms of artificial lift systems, injection services, fracturing technologies, production optimization, well services and pipeline services.

  • CME, CHICAGO MER EXC A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.395073
  • CME Group Inc., formerly Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc., is engaged in futures exchange in the United States, for the trading of futures contracts and options on futures contracts, called derivatives. The Company posted trading volume of 1.3 billion contracts during the year ended December 31, 2006. In 2006, its customers, who include its members, traded futures contracts and options on futures contracts with an underlying value of $824 trillion. As of December 31, 2006, its open interest record was 52.5 million contracts set on September 14, 2006. The Company’s products provide a means for hedging, speculation and asset allocation relating to the risks associated with, among other things, interest rate sensitive instruments, equity ownership, changes in the value of foreign currency and changes in the prices of commodities. In July 2007, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc. and CBOT Holdings, Inc. completed their merger to form CME Group Inc.

  • HUM, HUMANA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.502563
  • Humana Inc. (Humana) is a health benefits companies. The Company offers coordinated health insurance coverage and related services through a variety of traditional and consumer-choice plans for government-sponsored programs, employer groups and individuals. As of December 31, 2006, Humana had approximately 11.3 million members in its medical benefit programs, as well as approximately 1.9 million members in its specialty products programs. The Company manages its business with two segments: Government and Commercial. The Government segment consists of members enrolled in government-sponsored programs, and includes three lines of business: Medicare, TRICARE and Medicaid. The Commercial segment consists of members enrolled in products marketed to employer groups and individuals, and includes two lines of business: medical (fully and self insured) and specialty. In March 2007, the Company acquired DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc. In October 2007, the Company acquired CompBenefits Corporation.

  • CASY, CASEY S GEN STORE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.080657
  • CaseyG??s General Stores, Inc. (CaseyG??s) operates convenience stores under the name CaseyG??s General Store in nine Midwest states, primarily Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. The stores carry a selection of food (including freshly prepared foods, such as pizza, donuts and sandwiches), beverages, tobacco products, health and beauty aids, automotive products, and other nonfood items. In addition, all stores offer gasoline for sale on a self-service basis. On April 30, 2007, there were a total of 1,463 CaseyG??s General Stores in operation, of which 1,448 were operated by the Company (Corporate Stores) and 15 stores were operated by franchisees (Franchise Stores). There were eight Corporate Stores constructed and 52 acquired stores opened during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007. It operates a central warehouse, CaseyG??s distribution center, adjacent to its corporate headquarters in Ankeny, Iowa, through which it supplies grocery and general merchandise items to Corporate and Franchise Stores.

  • SCG, SCANA CP NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.227404
  • SCANA Corporation, through its wholly owned regulated subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in parts of South Carolina and the purchase, transmission and sale of natural gas in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. Through a wholly owned non-regulated subsidiary, the Company markets natural gas to retail customers in Georgia and to wholesale customers primarily in the southeast. Other wholly owned non-regulated subsidiaries perform power plant management and maintenance services and provide fiber optic and other telecommunications services and provide service contracts to homeowners on certain home appliances and heating and air conditioning units. In November 2006, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, South Carolina Pipeline Corporation (SCPC) and SCG Pipeline, Inc. (SCG), completed their merger and began operating under the name of Carolina Gas Transmission Corp.

  • AZ, ALLIANZ SE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.075494
  • Allianz SE, formerly known as Allianz AG, is an integrated financial services provider. The Company offers insurance, banking and asset management products and services. It has four operating segments. The Property-Casualty segment offers property-casualty insurance products, including individual motor, injury, liability and accident insurance. The Life/Health segmentG??s portfolio includes, among others, traditional life, endowment, annuity and term insurance products. The CompanyG??s Banking activities are primarily conducted through Dresdner Bank AG. The Asset Management segment consists of asset management products and services both for third-party investors and for the CompanyG??s insurance operations. It also has a fifth business segment known as Corporate. On October 13, 2006, with the effectiveness of the cross border merger of the Italian Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta S.p.A with and into the Company, the Company changed its legal form to a European company (Societas Europaea).

  • ACL, ALCON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.498165
  • Alcon, Inc. (Alcon) is a research and development driven, global medical specialty company focused on eye care. The Company develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices and consumer eye care products to treat diseases and disorders of the eye. As of March 19, 2007, AlconG??s products were sold in over 180 countries. Alcon manages its business through two segments: Alcon United States and Alcon International. Its portfolio spans three key ophthalmic categories: pharmaceutical, surgical and consumer eye care products. In its pharmaceutical category Alcon develops, manufactures and markets a range of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. Alcon offers a range of surgical equipment, single-use and disposable products. The Company markets contact lens care products, artificial tears and ocular vitamins, in its consumer eye care products category.

  • WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.966976
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt), incorporated on February 17, 1958, is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. On February 1, 2007, the Company acquired the net assets of Watson Wyatt Brans & Co (Watson Wyatt Netherlands). On July 20, 2007, it acquired the outstanding stock of Dr. Dr. Heissmann GmbH (Heissmann). On July 2, 2007, Watson Wyatt acquired the net assets of WisdomNet. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting and Insurance and Financial Services.

  • TMK, TORCHMARK CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.721993
  • Torchmark Corporation (Torchmark) is an insurance holding company. The CompanyG??s primary operating subsidiaries are American Income Life Insurance Company (American Income), Liberty National Life Insurance Company (Liberty), Globe Life And Accident Insurance Company (Globe), United American Insurance Company (United American) and United Investors Life Insurance Company (United Investors).Through its subsidiaries, Torchmark markets primarily individual life and supplemental health insurance and annuities, to middle income households throughout the United States. The Company operates in two segments: insurance, which includes the insurance product lines of life, health and annuities, and investments, which supports the product lines. In January, 2007, Torchmark acquired Direct Marketing and Advertising Distributors, Inc. (DMAD), an advertising and publication company.

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31st October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • PLMD, POLYMEDICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.503105
  • PolyMedica Corporation, is a provider of direct-to-consumer diabetes testing supplies and related products, primarily to seniors through its Diabetes segment under its Liberty brand. The Company provides a way for its patients to obtain their supplies and medications. PolyMedica communicates directly with its patients and their physicians regarding patientsG?? prescriptions and testing regimens on a regular basis and the Company bills Medicare and third-party insurers on behalf of its patients. Through its Pharmacy segment, it sells prescription medications primarily to existing Diabetes patients and their spouses. It also provides healthcare communication services and technology for patient care communications by offering medical call and contact center services and technology solutions focused on electronic patient relationship management. The Company acquired National Diabetic Pharmacies, LLC (NDP) and IntelliCare, Inc. (IntelliCare), during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.

  • HWAY, HEALTHWAYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.843845
  • Healthways, Inc. provides specialized Health and Care Support programs and services, including disease management, care management and Outcomes Driven Wellness programs to health plans, governments, employers, and hospitals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. These services include providing members with educational materials and personal interactions with trained nurses and other healthcare professionals designed to create and sustain healthier behaviors; incorporating evidence-based clinical guidelines in interventions to optimize patient care; developing care support plans and motivating members to set attainable goals for themselves; providing local market resources to address acute episode interventions; coordinating members’ care with local healthcare providers, and fostering wellness and prevention through total population screening, health risk assessments and supportive interventions. In December 2006, it acquired Axia Health Management, LLC.

  • UIC, UNITED IND CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.294937
  • United Industrial Corporation (United Industrial) designs, produces and supports aerospace and defense systems. The Company operates through its wholly owned subsidiary AAI Corporation, and AAI CorporationG??s direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively AAI). Its high technology products and services include unmanned aircraft systems, training and simulation systems, automated aerospace test and maintenance equipment, armament systems, aviation ground support equipment, logistical and engineering services, and maintenance, repair and overhaul activities. On December 29, 2006, United Industrial completed the sale of its wholly owned energy subsidiary, Detroit Stoker Company. On November 28, 2006, AAI acquired Symtx, Inc. On November 14, 2006, the Company acquired McTurbine Inc. On June 19, 2006, the Company acquired Aerosonde Pty Ltd. and Aerosonde North America, Incorporated.

  • WTR, AQUA AMERICA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.070746
  • Aqua America, Inc. (Aqua America) is the holding company for regulated utilities providing water or wastewater services to customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Indiana, Virginia, Maine, Missouri and South Carolina. The CompanyG??s operating subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., accounted for approximately 55% of its operating revenues during the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company provides water or wastewater services to customers, in the suburban areas north and west of the City of Philadelphia and in 23 other counties in Pennsylvania. Its other subsidiaries provide similar services in 12 other states. In addition, Aqua America provides water and wastewater services through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties close to its utility companiesG?? service territories. In October 2007, Aqua AmericaG??s Texas subsidiary, Aqua Texas, Inc., acquired the Kerrville South Water Company, Inc.

  • DRIV, DIGITAL RIVER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.406942
  • Digital River, Inc. (Digital River) provides outsourced e-commerce solutions globally to a variety of companies primarily in the software and high-tech products markets. The Company’s services include design, development and hosting of online stores, store merchandising and optimization, order management, fraud prevention screening, export controls and management, tax compliance and management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, online marketing, including e-mail marketing, management of paid search programs, Website optimization, Web analytics, and reporting. In addition to the services Digital River provides that facilitate the completion of an online transaction, the Company also offers services designed to increase traffic to its clients’ online stores and to improve the sales effectiveness of those stores. In June 2006, it acquired MindVision. In September 2007, the Company acquired Netgiro Systems AB.

  • CAT, CATERPILLAR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.187190
  • Caterpillar Inc. operates in three principal lines of business: Machinery, Engines and Financial Products. Machinery deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of construction, mining and forestry machinery. Engines business deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of engines. Financial Products, consists primarily of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, Caterpillar Insurance Holdings, Inc., Caterpillar Power Ventures Corporation and their respective subsidiaries. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it acquired Progress Rail. In 2006, the Company acquired a former joint venture engine operation in India, known as Hindustan PowerPlus Limited. It has been renamed Caterpillar Power India Private Limited, and was made a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In April 2007, the Company acquired Eurenov S.A.S. In October 2007, the Company acquired more than 30% interest in privately held Polyhose India (Rubber).

  • NSIT, INSIGHT ENTERPR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.794102
  • Insight Enterprises, Inc. (Insight) is a provider of brand-name information technology (IT) hardware, software and services to enterprises, small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) and public sector institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The Company operates in three geographic operating segments: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia and Pacific (APAC). Prior to the acquisition of Software Spectrum, Inc. (Software Spectrum) on September 7, 2006, and the divestiture of Direct Alliance Corporation (Direct Alliance) on June 30, 2006, the Company was organized in three operating segments, two of which were the geographic operating segments that provided IT products and services, Insight North America and Insight UK, and the third of which was its discontinued operation that provided business process outsourcing, Direct Alliance.

  • ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.934124
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The CompanyG??s operations are classified into three business segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing, and Agricultural Services. The Company’s remaining operations are aggregated and classified as Other. In December 2006, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. acquired the assets of Haldane Foods Limited and its meat-free and non-dairy beverage business based in Newport Pagnell, the United Kingdom, from the Company. In January 2007, CSM nv acquired the activities of the Company. As of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company operated 23 domestic wheat flour mills, a domestic bulgur plant, two domestic corn flour mills, two domestic milo mills, and 20 foreign flour mills with a total daily milling capacity of approximately 26,700 metric tons (1.0 million bushels). It also operates six bakery mix plants.

  • VIP, VIMPEL COMMUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 107.750839
  • VympelKom OAO (JSC Vimpel-Communications) is a Russia-based provider of wireless telecommunications services in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia under the Beeline brand name. The Company is active in Kazakhstan under the K-mobile and EXCESS brand names and in Armenia under the Armentel brand name. Vimpel offers its services through global system for mobile communications (GSM) and digital advanced mobile phone system (D-AMPS) wireless networks. The wireless services include voice telephony service and value-added services using technologies, such as unstructured supplementary services data, subscriber identity module toolkit, cell broadcast, wireless application protocol (WAP), general packet radio service (GPRS) and multimedia messaging service (MMS). As of December 31, 2006, the Company had roaming agreements with 541 GSM operators in 204 countries and supported GPRS roaming in 113 countries. It is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

  • AES, AES CP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.632090
  • The AES Corporation a global power company is a holding company that through its subsidiaries, operates a portfolio of electricity generation and distribution businesses in 27 countries on five continents. The Company operates two types of businesses. The first is its distribution business, which it refers to as Utilities, in which it operates electric utilities and sells power to customers in the retail (including residential), commercial, industrial and governmental sectors. The second is its Generation business, where it sells power to wholesale customers, such as utilities or other intermediaries. In addition to its traditional generation and distribution operations, it is also developing an alternative energy business. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it operated in seven segments, which include Latin America Generation, Latin America Utilities, North America Generation, North America Utilities, Europe & Africa Generation, Europe & Africa Utilities and Asia Generation.

  • MDP, MEREDITH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.161321
  • Meredith Corporation (Meredith) is a media and marketing company. Meredith is engaged in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. It has two segments. The publishing segment focuses on the home and family market. It is a publisher of magazines serving women. The broadcasting segment includes 13 network-affiliated television stations located across the United States and one amplitude modulation radio station. The broadcasting segment also includes 18 Websites, including five specialty sites and video-related operations. Its largest revenue source is magazine and television advertising. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, it acquired three online businesses: Genex, an interactive marketing services firm that specializes in online customer relationship marketing; New Media Strategies, an interactive word-of-mouth marketing company, and Healia. In October 2007, Meredith announced the acquisition of Directive Corporation.

  • CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.546309
  • CSX Corporation (CSX) is a transportation company. The Company owns companies providing rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services, connecting more than 70 ocean, river and lake ports. CSX operates in two segments: rail and intermodal. The rail segment provides rail freight transportation over a network of approximately 21,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The intermodal segment provides integrated rail and truck transportation services, and operates a network of dedicated intermodal facilities across North America. The rail and intermodal segments are viewed by the Company on a combined basis as Surface Transportation businesses. CSXG??s principal operating company, CSX Transportation Inc., operates a railroad in the eastern United States. CSX Intermodal Inc. is an intermodal company linking customers to railroads via trucks and terminals, providing coast-to-coast intermodal transportation.

  • TRA, TERRA INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.663200
  • Terra Industries Inc. (Terra) is a producer and marketer of nitrogen products, serving agricultural and industrial markets. Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), through its subsidiary, Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership, operates the CompanyG??s manufacturing facility at Verdigris, Oklahoma. Terra is the sole general partner and the majority limited partner of TNCLP. In addition, Terra owns a 50% interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), an ammonia production joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Company owns nine manufacturing facilities in North America and the United Kingdom capable of producing nitrogen products. Two of these facilities (Beaumont, Texas, and Woodward, Oklahoma) can also produce methanol. The Beaumont, Texas facility and the Donaldsonville, Louisiana ammonia plant are out of production. The Company operates in two segments: nitrogen business segment and methanol business segment.

  • PCL, PLUM CREEK TIM RE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.458116
  • Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek) is a private timberland owner in the United States, with 8.2 million acres of timberlands located in 18 states. The Company manages its timberlands in two business segments: the Northern Resources Segment and the Southern Resources Segment. In addition, Plum Creek’s Other Segment includes its natural resource businesses that focus on opportunities relating to mineral extraction, natural gas production and communication and transportation rights of way resulting from it property ownership. The Real Estate Segment comprises the Company’s sales of higher and better use timberlands and sales of timberlands, some of which are sold through its wholly owned real estate investment trust (REIT) subsidiaries. Its Real Estate Segment includes development of certain properties, internally and through joint ventures, which is conducted through the Company’s wholly owned REIT subsidiaries.

  • ARD, ARENA RESOURCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.262016
  • Arena Resources, Inc. (Arena) is engaged in oil and natural gas acquisition, exploration, development and production, with activities in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Kansas. The Company has a portfolio of oil and natural gas reserves, with approximately 84% of its proved reserves consisting of oil and approximately 16% consisting of natural gas. Approximately 28% of Arena’s proved reserves are classified as proved developed producing (PDP), approximately 5% of its proved reserves are classified as proved developed non-producing (PDNP), approximately 5% are classified as proved developed behind pipe (PDBP) and approximately 62% are classified as proved undeveloped (PUD). During the year ended December 31, 2006, sales to Navajo Refining Company represented 82% of oil and gas revenues of the Company. In 2006, the CompanyG??s produced a total of 900,614 barrels of oil and 989,991 thousand cubic feet of natural gas.

  • NNN, NATIONAL RETAIL P Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.200399
  • National Retail Properties, Inc. formerly Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. is an integrated real estate investment trust (REIT). Its majority owned and controlled subsidiaries include the wholly owned qualified REIT subsidiaries, as well as the taxable REIT subsidiaries and their majority owned and controlled subsidiaries (the NNN TRS). It operates two primary business segments: investment assets, including real estate assets, structured finance investments and mortgage residual interests (Investment Assets), and inventory real estate assets (Inventory Assets). The Investment Assets are operated through National Retail Properties, Inc. and its wholly owned qualified REIT subsidiaries. The Inventory Assets are operated through the NNN TRS. Effective October 2, 2006, CNLRS Exchange I, Inc., a taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS) changed its name to NNN TRS, Inc.

  • FAST, FASTENAL CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.875090
  • Fastenal Company (Fastenal) sells industrial and construction supplies in a wholesale and retail fashion. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had 2,000 store sites located in 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, China and the Netherlands. As of December 31, 2006, Fastenal operated 12 distribution centers in North America, from which it distributed products to its store sites. FastenalG??s offerings are grouped into 10 product lines: fasteners; tools and equipment; cutting tools and abrasives; hydraulics, pneumatics, plumbing, and heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC); material handling, storage and packaging; janitorial supplies, chemicals and paints; electrical supplies; welding supplies; safety supplies, and metals, alloys and materials. Fastenal conducts business under various trademarks and service marks, including Fastenal with various designs or tag lines, FAS-N-IT, FNL, Blackstone and FNL G9.

  • DVA, DAVITA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.103619
  • DaVita Inc. is a provider of dialysis services in the United States for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The Company also provides acute inpatient dialysis services in approximately 770 hospitals and related laboratory services. During the year ended December 31, 2006, 82% of the CompanyG??s dialysis revenue was derived from outpatient hemodialysis services in 1,262 centers. Other dialysis services, which are operationally integrated with the CompanyG??s dialysis operations, are peritoneal dialysis, home-based hemodialysis and hospital inpatient hemodialysis services, which combined accounted for approximately 15% of the CompanyG??s dialysis revenue, and the remaining 3% of its dialysis revenue was from laboratory services. The CompanyG??s other operations include various ancillary services and strategic initiatives consisting primarily of vascular access services, disease management services and ESRD clinical research programs.

  • TS, TENARIS S.A ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.649551
  • Tenaris S.A. is a global manufacturer and supplier of tubular products and services used in the drilling, completion and production of oil and gas and a supplier of tubular products and services used in process and power plants and in specialized industrial and automotive applications. As of September 30, 2006, Tenaris operated under four segments: Seamless, Welded and Other Metallic Products, Energy and Other. On January 31, 2006, Siat S.A., a subsidiary of Tenaris, completed its acquisition of the welded pipe assets and facilities located in Villa Constitucion, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. On October 5, 2006, the Company acquired Maverick Tube Corporation and its subsidiaries. On December 1, 2006, the Company sold a significant ownership in Dalmine Energie. As of December 31, 2006, Tenaris operates under three business segments: Tubes, Projects and Other. On May 7, 2007, it acquired Hydril Corporation, a North American producer of connections and pressure control products.

  • LUK, LEUCADIA NATL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.870895
  • Leucadia National Corporation (Leucadia) is a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, real estate activities, medical product development, winery operations, and residual banking and lending activities that are in run-off. Its segments include Manufacturing, Domestic Real Estate, Medical Product Development and Other Operations. The Company’s manufacturing operations are conducted through Idaho Timber, LLC, which offers wood products, and Conwed Plastics, LLC, which manufactures and markets lightweight plastic netting used for a variety of purposes. Its domestic real estate operations consist of a variety of commercial properties, residential land development projects and other unimproved land. Its medical product development segment is conducted through Sangart. Other operations primarily consist of LeucadiaG??s wineries, Caribbean-based telecommunications services, and residual banking and lending activities that are in run-off.

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30th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • WG, WILLBROS GRP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.669220
  • Willbros Group, Inc. (Willbros) is an independent international contractor serving the oil, gas and power industries and government entities worldwide. Willbros operates its business in two segments: the United States and Canada (United States & Canada) and all other countries outside of the United States and Canada (International). It provides engineering; construction; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and specialty services to industry and governmental entities worldwide, specializing in pipelines and associated facilities for onshore, coastal and offshore locations. The Company is also involved in asset development, ownership and operations as an extension of its portfolio of industry services. In June 2006, the Company announced its decision to sell its assets and operations in Nigeria, and on February 7, 2007, it sold its Nigeria operations through a share purchase agreement. In October 2006, it completed the sale of its interests in Venezuela.

  • PPL, PPL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.175737
  • PPL Corporation (PPL) is an energy and utility holding company, which through its subsidiaries, generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern and western United States; markets wholesale or retail energy primarily in the northeastern and western portions of the United States; delivers electricity to nearly 5.1 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America, and provides energy services for businesses in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States. PPL’s significant subsidiaries are PPL Energy Supply, LLC (PPL Energy Supply), PPL Electric Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric) and PPL Gas Utilities Corporation (PPL Gas Utilities). PPL EnergyPlus, LLC (PPL EnergyPlus), PPL Global, LLC (PPL Global) and PPL Generation, LLC (PPL Generation) are owned by the Company through PPL Energy Supply. PPL is organized into three segments: Supply, Pennsylvania Delivery and International Delivery.

  • AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.995495
  • 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, care plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans and annuities. Aflac U.S. sells cancer plans and various types of health insurance, including accident/disability, fixed-benefit dental, sickness and hospital indemnity, vision care, hospital intensive care, long-term care, ordinary life and short-term disability plans.

  • HES, HESS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.801281
  • Hess Corporation, formerly Amerada Hess Corporation, is a global integrated energy company that operates in two segments: Exploration and Production (E&P) and Marketing and Refining (M&R). E&P explores for, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil and natural gas. These exploration and production activities take place in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, Indonesia, Thailand, Azerbaijan, Malaysia and other countries. The M&R manufactures purchases, transports, trades and markets refined petroleum products, natural gas and electricity. As of December 31, 2006, the Company owned a 50% in a refinery joint venture in the United States Virgin Islands, and another refining facility, terminals and retail gasoline stations located on the East Coast of the United States.

  • OIS, OIL STATES INTL I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.722511
  • Oil States International, Inc. (Oil States) through its subsidiaries, is a provider of specialty products and services to oil and gas drilling and production companies throughout the world. The Company operates in a number of active oil and gas producing regions, including the Gulf of Mexico, United States onshore, West Africa, the North Sea, Canada, South America and Southeast Asia. Its customers include independent oil and gas companies and other oilfield service companies. Oil States operates in three business segments: offshore products, tubular services and well site services. In August 2006, the Company acquired three drilling rigs operating in West Texas. On March 1, 2006, it completed a transaction to combine its workover services business with Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.

  • AMTD, TD AMERITRADE HLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.637649
  • TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, formerly known as AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, is a provider of securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services to retail investors and business partners, predominantly through the Internet, a national branch network and relationships with a network of independent registered investment advisors. The Company’s client offerings include TD AMERITRADE, TD AMERITRADE Institutional, TD AMERITRADE Izone, Amerivest and Ameritrade Corporate Services. On January 24, 2006, TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation completed the acquisition of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. from The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). On January 24, 2006, the Company completed the sale of Ameritrade Canada, Inc.

  • RIO, COMPANHIA VALE AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 123.056137
  • Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) is a diversified metals and mining company. The Company is a producer and exporter of iron ore and pellets and a producer of nickel. It also produces copper, manganese, ferroalloys, bauxite, precious metals, cobalt, kaolin, potash and other products. The Company is actively engaged in mineral exploration efforts in 19 countries worldwide. It operates logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals and ports that are integrated with its mining operations. Directly and through affiliates and joint ventures, the Company has investments in the aluminum, coal, energy and steel businesses. In October 2006, the Company acquired a 75.66% interest in Inco Limited. In January 2007, CRVD sold all its shares in Siderar-S.A.I.C. In February 2007, it acquired AMCI Holdings Australia Pty.

  • PCG, PG&E CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.101263
  • PG&E Corporation is an energy-based holding company that conducts its business through Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the Utility), a public utility operating in northern and central California. The Utility engages primarily in the businesses of electricity and natural gas distribution, electricity generation, procurement and transmission, and natural gas procurement, transportation and storage. The Utility served approximately 5.1 million electricity distribution customers and approximately 4.2 million natural gas distribution customers as of December 31, 2006. In November 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of Mirant Delta’s partially constructed Contra Costa Unit 8 electric generation facility.

  • CI, CIGNA CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.104813
  • CIGNA Corporation is a healthcare and related benefits organization in the United States. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides healthcare and related benefits offered through the workplace, including healthcare products and services, group disability, life and accident insurance, and disability and workers’ compensation case management and related services. CIGNA’s revenues are derived principally from premiums, fees, other revenues and investment income. The Company operates in six segments: Health Care, Disability and Life, International, Other Operations, Run-off Retirement and Run-off Reinsurance. On July 11, 2006, CIGNA acquired Star HRG, an operating division of HealthMarkets, Inc. In December 2006, it acquired vielife Holdings, a provider of integrated online health management and coaching programs through its CareAllies Operating Unit. On January 1, 2007, CIGNA acquired Mid-South Administrative Group, LLC. In August 2007, it acquired Sagamore Health Network, Inc.

  • HRB, H R BLOCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.874895
  • H&R Block, Inc. (H&R Block) is a financial services company with subsidiaries providing tax, investment, mortgage, and accounting and business consulting services and products. The CompanyG??s Tax Services segment provides income tax return preparation and other services and products related to tax return preparation to the general public in the United States, Canada and Australia. H&R BlockG??s Business Services segment is a national accounting, tax and business consulting firm primarily serving mid-sized businesses under the RSM McGladrey name. Its Consumer Financial Services segment offers brokerage services, along with investment planning and related financial advice through H&R Block Financial Advisors and full-service banking through H&R Block Bank. The CompanyG??s mortgage operations offer a range of home mortgage services through Option One Mortgage Corporation and H&R Block Mortgage Corporation.

  • AMED, AMEDISYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.869709
  • Amedisys, Inc. is a provider of home health services to Medicare beneficiaries. The Company delivers a range of health-related services in the home to individuals who may be recovering from surgery, have a chronic disability or terminal illness, or need assistance with the essential activities of daily living. The services include skilled nursing and home health aid services; physical, occupational and speech therapy, and medically oriented social work to eligible individuals who require ongoing care that cannot be provided by family and friends. In addition, the Company has developed and offers clinically focused programs for chronic conditions and disease categories, such as diabetes, coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure. In March 2007, the Company acquired a home care and hospice business providing services in the greater San Antonio, Texas area. In September 2007, it acquired IntegriCare, Inc.

  • AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.995495
  • 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, care plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans and annuities. Aflac U.S. sells cancer plans and various types of health insurance, including accident/disability, fixed-benefit dental, sickness and hospital indemnity, vision care, hospital intensive care, long-term care, ordinary life and short-term disability plans.

  • UL, UNILEVER PLC AMER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.914408
  • Unilever PLC (PLC) is one of the parent companies of the Unilever Group (Unilever), which is a supplier of consumer goods across foods, and home and personal product categories. Unilever N.V. (NV) is the other parent company of Unilever. Group operations are organized into two divisions: Foods, and Home and Personal Care. Unilever serves as a food company that meets everyday needs of people, through branded products. In Personal Care, six global brands are the core of its business in the deodorants, skin cleansing, daily hair care and mass-market skin care categories: Axe, Dove, Lux, PondG??s, Rexona and Sunsilk. Other important brands include Suave, Clear, Lifebuoy and Vaseline, together with Signal and Close Up in oral care. In November 2006, the Company completed the sale of majority of its frozen foods business to the Permira Funds.

  • HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.140959
  • Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 500,000 customers worldwide, including dental practices and laboratories, physician practices and veterinary clinics, as well as government and other institutions. Henry Schein, Inc. operates in two business segments: healthcare distribution and technology. The healthcare distribution segment consists of the Company’s dental, medical (including animal health) and international groups. The technology segment provides software, technology and other value-added services to healthcare providers, primarily in the United States and Canada. In July 2006, the Company acquired Provet Holding AG. On June 30, 2006, it acquired from Darby Group Companies, Inc. a privately held full-service distributor of dental merchandise and equipment. In August 2007, the Company acquired W. & J. Dunlop Ltd.

  • UNP, UNION PACIFIC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.668816
  • Union Pacific Corporation (UPC) operates through its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR). UPRR is a Class I railroad operating in the United States. It has 32,339 route miles, linking Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and eastern United States gateways and providing several corridors to key Mexican gateways. UPRR serves the western two-thirds of the country and maintains coordinated schedules with other rail carriers to move freight to and from the Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast, the southeast, the southwest, Canada and Mexico. UPRRG??s diversified business mix includes agricultural products, automotive, chemicals, energy, industrial products and intermodal. It offers long-haul routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways. UPRR connects with CanadaG??s rail systems and serves all six major gateways to Mexico. UPRRG??s freight traffic consists of bulk, manifest and premium business.

  • IGT, INTL GAME TECH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.438255
  • International Game Technology (IGT) is a global company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of computerized gaming equipment, systems and services. It derives its revenues in two ways: product sales and placement (gaming operations) of its gaming products, services or intellectual properties. IGT operates in two segments: North America and International. North America includes the Company’s operations in the United States and Canada. North America comprised 79% of IGT’s consolidated revenues during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006). International encompasses IGT’s efforts in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Russia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. International comprised 21% of IGT’s consolidated revenues in fiscal 2006. It sells or places a range of gaming equipment, as well as related parts, conversions, licenses, systems and services. In October 2006, IGT acquired certain intellectual property from Novomatic AG.

  • DRIV, DIGITAL RIVER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.406942
  • Digital River, Inc. (Digital River) provides outsourced e-commerce solutions globally to a variety of companies primarily in the software and high-tech products markets. The Company’s services include design, development and hosting of online stores, store merchandising and optimization, order management, fraud prevention screening, export controls and management, tax compliance and management, digital product delivery via download, physical product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, online marketing, including e-mail marketing, management of paid search programs, Website optimization, Web analytics, and reporting. In addition to the services Digital River provides that facilitate the completion of an online transaction, the Company also offers services designed to increase traffic to its clients’ online stores and to improve the sales effectiveness of those stores. In June 2006, it acquired MindVision. In September 2007, the Company acquired Netgiro Systems AB.

  • BOH, BANK OF HAWAII CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.576371
  • Bank of Hawaii Corporation is a bank holding company of Bank of Hawaii (the Bank). The Company, along with its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial services and products primarily in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. The BankG??s subsidiaries include Bank of Hawaii Leasing, Inc., Bankoh Investment Services, Inc., Pacific Century Life Insurance Corporation, Triad Insurance Agency, Inc., Bank of Hawaii Insurance Services, Inc., Pacific Century Insurance Services, Inc., Bankoh Investment Partners, LLC and Bank of Hawaii International, Inc. The BankG??s subsidiaries are engaged in equipment leasing, securities brokerage and investment services, and insurance and insurance agency services. Bank of Hawaii Corporation operates in four segments: Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Investment Services and Treasury. The only other direct subsidiary of the Company is Bancorp Hawaii Capital Trust I, a grantor trust, organized to issue trust preferred securities.

  • CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.892306
  • Coeur dG??Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a primary silver producer located in North America and is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the operation and/or ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining properties and companies located primarily within the United States (Nevada and Alaska) South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), Australia (New South Wales) and Africa (Tanzania). The Rochester mine, Cerro Bayo mine and Martha mine, each operated by the Company, and the Endeavor and Broken Hill mines which are operated by others, constituted the CompanyG??s principal operating and development-stage mining properties and interests during the year ended December 31, 2006. On June 1, 2006, the Company completed the sale of 100% of the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary Coeur Silver Valley, Inc.

  • ENB, ENBRIDGE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.672039
  • Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) is an energy delivery company that transports natural gas and crude oil, which are used to heat homes, power transportation systems, and provide fuel and feedstock for industries. Enbridge’s activities are carried out through five business units: Liquids Pipelines, which includes the operation of the Enbridge crude oil mainline system and feeder pipelines that transport crude oil and other liquid hydrocarbons; Gas Pipelines, which consists of the CompanyG??s interests in natural gas pipelines, including Alliance Pipeline United States, Vector Pipeline and Enbridge Offshore Pipelines; Sponsored Investments, which includes investments in Enbridge Income Fund (EIF) and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP); Gas Distribution and Services, which includes Enbridge Gas Distribution (EGD), Aux Sable and the CompanyG??s commodity marketing businesses, and International, which includes Enbridge’s two energy-delivery investments outside of North America.

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30th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • ACO, AMCOL INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 95.581589
  • AMCOL International Corporation operates in principal segments: minerals, environmental, oilfield services and transportation. The CompanyG??s mineral segment mines, processes and distributes clays and products with similar applications for use in various industrial and consumer markets. Its environmental segment processes and distributes clays and products with similar applications for use as a moisture barrier in commercial construction, landfill liners and a variety of other industrial and commercial applications. The oilfield services segment provides both onshore and offshore water treatment filtration, pipeline separation, and well testing services for the oil and gas industry. The CompanyG??s transportation segment includes both a long-haul trucking business and a freight brokerage business for its domestic subsidiaries, as well as third parties. On November 10, 2006, the CompanyG??s subsidiary, CETCO Oilfield Services Company acquired Nitrogen Specialty Company LLC.

  • MOGN, MGI PHARMA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 96.699234
  • MGI PHARMA, INC. (MGI) is a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care that acquires, researches, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products that address the unmet needs of patients. MGI focuses its sales efforts solely within the United States where it has retained product rights to its marketable products and product candidates under development. Its late stage product candidates include two product candidates from its acute care franchise (Aloxi for post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and Aquavan, a minimal to moderate sedative agent for patients undergoing brief diagnostic or surgical procedures, obtained in its acquisition of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.), oncology (Dacogen for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)) and supportive care (Saforis Powder for Oral Suspension (Saforis)) products, as well as a biologics candidate, amolimogene bepiplasmid. On July 6, 2006, MGI entered into a license agreement with Cilag GmbH (Cilag), a Johnson & Johnson company.

  • SSL, SASOL LTD ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 96.671982
  • Sasol Limited is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. In South Africa, it supports these operations by mining coal and converting it into synthetic fuels and chemicals through Fischer-Tropsch technology. The Company also has chemical manufacturing and marketing operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its larger chemical portfolios include polymers, solvents, olefins, surfactants, surfactant intermediates, waxes, phenolics, ammonia, fertilizers and commercial explosives. The Company explores for, and produces crude oil offshore of Gabon, refines crude oil into liquid fuels in South Africa and retails liquid fuels and lubricants through a growing network of retail service centers. The segments in which the Company operates include Sasol Mining, Sasol Synfuels, Sasol Oil, Sasol Gas, Sasol Petroleum International and Sasol Synfuels International.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.044619
  • 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: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company’s two largest products, RISPERDAL/RISPERDAL CONSTA and PROCRIT/EPREX, accounted for approximately 8% and 6% of Johnson & Johnson’s total revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2006. In May 2006, ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, acquired Vascular Control Systems, Inc., which is focused on developing medical devices to treat fibroids and to control bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic applications. On December 20, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of the Consumer Healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Conor Medsystems, Inc.

  • INTU, INTUIT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.618505
  • Intuit Inc. is a provider of business, financial management solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, consumers and accounting professionals. The Company’s flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software, enable small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. It has six business segments: QuickBooks, Payroll and Payments, Consumer Tax, Professional Tax, Financial Institutions and Other Businesses. The Company’s Small Business division consists of two segments: QuickBooks segment and Payroll and Payments segment. In August 2006, Intuit acquired StepUp Commerce, Inc. On February 6, 2007, it acquired Digital Insight Corp. In August 2007, the Company sold its Intuit Distribution Management Solutions business. In March 2007, the Company sold it Complete Payroll and Premier Payroll Service businesses to Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

  • IM, INGRAM MICRO A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.198674
  • Ingram Micro Inc (Ingram Micro) is a global information technology (IT) wholesale distributor, providing sales, marketing and logistics services for the IT industry worldwide. The Company distributes and markets a number of technology products worldwide from the industryG??s computer hardware suppliers, networking equipment suppliers, software publishers, and other suppliers of computer peripherals, consumer electronics (CE), automatic identification and data capture (AIDC)/point-of-sale (POS) and mobility hardware worldwide. It conducts business with many resellers of IT products and services around the world. The Company offers a variety of systems, such as servers, desktops, portable personal computers, tablet personal computers, and personal digital assistants. In June 2006, Ingram Micro acquired the assets of SymTech Nordic AS, a Nordic distributor of automatic identification and data capture, and point-of-sale technologies to solution providers and system integrators.

  • RYAAY, RYANAIR HLDGS ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.584232
  • Ryanair Holdings plc (Ryanair) is engaged in the provision of a scheduled airline service across a European route network. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), it took delivery of 30 new aircraft, bringing the fleet to 133 aircraft. During fiscal 2007, Ryanair opened 153 new routes and three new bases at Marseille, Madrid and Bremen. Dublin and Stansted are two of its largest bases. Scheduled revenues comprise the invoiced value of airline and other service. During fiscal 2007, Ryanair acquired a 25.2% interest in Aer Lingus plc., an Irish airline. Ryanair increased its stake in Aer Lingus plc by a further 4.2%, taking its shareholding from 25.2% at March 31, 2007 to over 29.4% at August 21, 2007.

  • MRK, MERCK CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.492111
  • Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products to improve human and animal health. The CompanyG??s operations consist of two segments: the Pharmaceutical segment and the Vaccines segment. The Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical products marketed either directly or through joint ventures. The Vaccines segment includes human health vaccine products marketed either directly or through a joint venture. During the year ended December 31, 2006, five products of Merck received the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval: Gardasil (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Recombinant Vaccine), Januvia (sitagliptin phosphate), Zostavax, RotaTeq and Zolinza. In 2006, Merck acquired Abmaxis, Inc,. GlycoFi, Inc., Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. and a 11% stake in FoxHollow Technologies, Inc. In September 2007, Merck acquired NovaCardia, Inc.

  • KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.799500
  • Kinross Gold Corporation is principally 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 primarily in the Americas, Russia and worldwide. Its principal products are gold and silver produced in the form of dore that is shipped to refineries for final processing. Kinross’ share of proven and probable reserves, as at December 31, 2006, was 27.9 million ounces of gold and 27.8 million ounces of silver. A significant portion of its business is carried on through subsidiaries. Its material properties include Fort Knox Mine, Paracatu, Refugio and Round Mountain. In January 2006, the Company amalgamated with its wholly owned subsidiary Echo Bay Mines Ltd. In August 2006, Kinross acquired Crown Resources Corporation. In February 2007, it acquired Bema Gold Corporation. On February 28, 2007, Kinross completed the sale of the Lupin mine and related property in Nunavut to Wolfden Resources Inc.

  • NSC, NORFOLK SO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.229583
  • Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) controls a freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Norfolk Southern Railway Company is primarily engaged in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products and finished goods primarily in the southeast, east and Midwest and, via interchange with rail carriers, to and from the rest of the United States and parts of Canada. NS also transports overseas freight through several Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The Company provides logistics services and offers an intermodal network in the eastern half of the United States. NSG?? non-carrier subsidiaries engage principally in the acquisition, leasing and management of coal, oil, gas and minerals; the development of commercial real estate; telecommunications, and the leasing or sale of rail property and equipment.

  • ACGY, ACERGY SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.227844
  • Acergy S.A. is a seabed-to-surface engineering and offshore services contractor. It designs, procures, builds, installs and services a range of offshore surface and subsurface infrastructure for the global oil and gas industry. The Company specializes in creating and applying solutions in response to the technical complexities faced by offshore oil and gas companies as they explore and develop production fields in deeper water and offshore environments. It operates a fleet of specialized ships, barges and unmanned underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROVs), deployed in offshore oil and gas exploration regions. Its assets, as of March 31, 2007, included three subsea construction ships; two flexible pipelay ships; three inspection, repair maintenance and survey ships; one heavy lift barge; three rigid pipelay ships/barges, and 36 work class and observation ROVs. During the fiscal year ended November 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006), it was operating in 19 countries.

  • AMSG, AMSURG CORP COM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.231449
  • AmSurg Corp. develops, acquires and operates practice-based ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in partnership with physician practice groups throughout the United States. An AmSurg surgery center is typically located adjacent to or in close proximity to the specialty medical practice of a physician group partnerG??s office. Each of the CompanyG??s surgery centers provides a narrow range of high volume, lower-risk surgical procedures, generally in a single specialty. As of December 31, 2006, it owned a majority interest in 156 surgery centers in 32 states and the District of Columbia, and had five centers under development. In addition, the Company acquired a majority interest in seven surgery centers as of January 1, 2007.

  • PHLY, PHILLY CONS HLDS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.043540
  • Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. (Philadelphia Insurance), together with its subsidiaries, doing business as Philadelphia Insurance Companies, designs, markets and underwrites specialty commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products incorporating value-added coverages and services for select target markets. The CompanyG??s operations are classified into three business segments that are organized around its three underwriting divisions. The Commercial Lines Underwriting Group has underwriting responsibility for the commercial multi-peril package, commercial automobile, specialty property and inland marine, and the antique/collector car insurance products. The Specialty Lines Underwriting Group has underwriting responsibility for the professional and management liability insurance products. The Personal Lines Group has underwriting responsibility for personal property insurance products for the homeowners and manufactured housing markets.

  • WMI, WASTE MGMT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.425504
  • Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) is a provider of integrated waste services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides collection, transfer, recycling, disposal and waste-to-energy services. WMIG??s customers include commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers, other waste management companies, electric utilities and governmental entities. The Company operates in six operating groups, of which four are organized by geographic area and two are organized by function. The geographic groups include WMIG??s Eastern, Midwest, Southern and Western Groups, and the two functional groups are its Wheelabrator Group and Recycling Group. The Company also provides additional waste management services that are not managed through its six groups. In September 2006, WMIG??s Container Recycling Alliance, which is its glass recycling division, was acquired by WHI Capital Partners.

  • WAT, WATERS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.482544
  • Waters Corporation (Waters) is an analytical instrument manufacturer. The Company operates in two business segments: Waters Division and TA Division (TA). Through its Waters Division, Waters designs, manufactures, sells and services high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), referred to as liquid chromatography (LC), and mass spectrometry (MS) instrument systems and support products, including chromatography columns and other consumable products. Through TA, Waters designs, manufactures, sells and services thermal analysis and rheometry instruments. It is also a developer and supplier of software-based products that interface with the Company’s, as well as other instrument manufacturers’ instruments. On December 15, 2006, Waters acquired Environmental Resources Associates, Inc. In August, 2006, it acquired Thermometric AB. In August 2007, it acquired Calorimetry Sciences Corporation, a manufacturer of high-performance calorimeters.

  • FAX, ABERDEEN ASIA-PAC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.845298
  • Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek current income. The Fund may also achieve incidental capital appreciation. It invests in Australian and Asian debt securities. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in Asian debt securities, Australian debt securities and New Zealand debt securities. Asian countries include China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and such other countries on the Asian continent approved for investment by the investment manager of the Fund. Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited serves as investment manager to the Fund. Aberdeen Asset Management Limited serves as investment adviser to the Fund.

  • SNX, SYNNEX CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.073265
  • SYNNEX Corporation (SYNNEX) is a global information technology (IT) supply chain services company. The Company offers a range of services to IT original equipment manufacturers and software publishers (collectively OEMs), and reseller customers worldwide. SYNNEX operates in two segments: Distribution, which distributes computer systems and complementary products to a variety of customers, and Contract Assembly, which provides electronics assembly services to OEMs, including integrated supply chain management, build-to-order and configure-to-order system configurations, materials management and logistics. On June 9, 2006, it acquired substantially all of the assets of the Azerty United Canada ink and toner distribution business from United Stationers Supply Company. On September 14, 2006, the CompanyG??s wholly owned subsidiary, BSA Sales, LLC, acquired Concentrix Corporation. In April 2007, the Company acquired controlling interest in China Civilink (Cayman).

  • CPO, CORN PRODUCTS INT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.983747
  • Corn Products International, Inc. (Corn Products), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells a number of ingredients to a variety of food and industrial customers. It operates as a corn refiner and a supplier of food ingredients and industrial products derived from wet milling and processing of corn and other starch-based materials, such as tapioca. Its sweetener products include high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), glucose corn syrups, high-maltose corn syrups, caramel color, dextrose, polyols, maltodextrins, and glucose and corn syrup solids. Its starch-based products include both industrial and food-grade starches. On December 19, 2006, the CompanyG??s subsidiary, Productos de Maiz, S.A., acquired substantially all of the common stock of DEMSA Industrial Peru-Derivados del Maiz, S.A. On August 31, 2006, the CompanyG??s subsidiary, Corn Products Brasil-Ingredientes Industriais Ltda., increased its ownership interest in Getec Guanabara Quimica Industrial S.A. from 20% to 50%.

  • WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.931534
  • Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufactures 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. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders, and satellite and cable set-top boxes. It markets hard drives under brand names, including WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD Scorpio, WD Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower. In September 2007, WD, through its indirect subsidiary, State M Corporation, acquired Komag, Incorporated. As a result of the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc.

  • SU, SUNCOR ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.648537
  • Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor), formerly Suncor Inc., is a Canadian integrated energy company that explores for, acquires, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas, transports and refines crude oil and markets petroleum and petrochemical products. Periodically, the Company also markets third-party petroleum products. Suncor also carries on energy trading activities focused principally on buying and selling futures contracts and other derivative instruments, based on the commodities the Company produces. The Company has four principal operating business units: Oil Sands; Natural Gas; Energy Marketing and Refining, Canada, and Refining and Marketing. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company produced approximately 294,800 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day, comprised of 263,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and natural gas liquids and 191 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) of natural gas.

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Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • PBCT, PEOPLE’S UNITED F Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.146495
  • People’s United Financial, Inc., formerly People’s Bank, is the savings and loan holding company of PeopleG??s Bank, its wholly owned subsidiary. PeopleG??s Bank is a federally chartered stock savings bank, which offers a range of financial services to individual, corporate and municipal customers. Traditional banking activities are conducted primarily within the state of Connecticut 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, PeopleG??s Bank provides specialized services tailored to specific markets, including personal, institutional and employee benefit trust; cash management, and municipal banking and finance. Through its subsidiaries the PeopleG??s Bank offers brokerage, financial advisory services, investment management services and life insurance, equipment financing and other insurance services.

  • FCX, FREEPORT MCMORAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.138092
  • Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., through its majority-owned subsidiary, PT Freeport Indonesia, is engaged in copper, gold and silver mining and production operations. The Company owns approximately 90.64% of PT Freeport Indonesia, and the Government of Indonesia owns the remaining approximate 9.36%. PT Freeport Indonesia mines, processes and explores for ore containing copper, gold and silver. It operates in the remote highlands of the Sudirman Mountain Range in the province of Papua, Indonesia, which is on the western half of the island of New Guinea. The Company’s principal asset is the Grasberg minerals district. During the year ended December 31, 2006, PT Freeport IndonesiaG??s share of proven and probable recoverable reserves totaled 38.8 billion pounds of copper and 41.1 million ounces of gold, all of which are located in Block A.

  • WG, WILLBROS GRP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.669220
  • Willbros Group, Inc. (Willbros) is an independent international contractor serving the oil, gas and power industries and government entities worldwide. Willbros operates its business in two segments: the United States and Canada (United States & Canada) and all other countries outside of the United States and Canada (International). It provides engineering; construction; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and specialty services to industry and governmental entities worldwide, specializing in pipelines and associated facilities for onshore, coastal and offshore locations. The Company is also involved in asset development, ownership and operations as an extension of its portfolio of industry services. In June 2006, the Company announced its decision to sell its assets and operations in Nigeria, and on February 7, 2007, it sold its Nigeria operations through a share purchase agreement. In October 2006, it completed the sale of its interests in Venezuela.

  • MT, ARCELOR MITTAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 71.435905
  • ArcelorMittal, formerly Mittal Steel Company N.V. is a global steel producer. The Company has steel-making operations in 26 countries on four continents, including 64 integrated, mini-mill and integrated mini-mill, steel-making facilities. It produces a range of finished and semi-finished carbon steel products. Specifically, it produces flat products, including sheet and plate, long products, including bars, rods and structural shapes, and stainless steel products. Mittal Steel operates its business in six segments: Flat Carbon Americas; Flat Carbon Europe; Long Carbon Americas and Europe; Asia, Africa and CIS; Stainless Steel, and Arcelor Mittal Steel Solutions and Services. In December 2006, the Company was created by the merger of Arcelor S.A. and Mittal Steel, acquired Sicartsa. Sicartsa is a Mexican integrated steel producer. In September 2007, it completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares in Arcelor Brasil, which subsequently changed its name to ArcelorMittal Brasil.

  • VTR, VENTAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.237041
  • Ventas, Inc. is a healthcare real estate investment trust with a portfolio of seniors housing and healthcare-related properties in the United States. Its primary business consists of financing, owning and leasing seniors housing and healthcare-related properties and leasing or subleasing those properties to third parties. As of December 31, 2006, its portfolio consisted of 172 seniors housing properties, 218 skilled nursing facilities, 43 hospitals and 19 other communities in 43 states. It also had real estate loan investments relating to seniors housing and healthcare-related third parties as of December 31, 2006. It operates through its subsidiaries, Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership and PSLT OP, L.P., and ETOP, in which it owns all of the partnership units. As of December 31, 2006, its acquisitions included VSCRE Holdings, LLC, IPC AL Real Estate Investment Trust, IPC Equity Holdings Limited and 64 senior care properties. In April 2007, it acquired Sunrise Senior Living REIT.

  • IMA, INVERNESS MED INN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.832790
  • Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of in vitro diagnostic products for the over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation test market and the professional rapid diagnostic test markets. It operates in three segments: consumer diagnostic products, which includes its over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation tests; vitamins and nutritional supplements, which includes branded and private-label vitamins and nutritional supplements that are sold over-the-counter, and professional diagnostic products, which includes e rapid diagnostic test products and other in vitro diagnostic tests for detection of infectious diseases and pregnancy. In June 2007, it acquired Quality Assured Services, Inc. and Biosite Incorporated. In July 2007, it acquired a 51% interest in Diamics. In September 2007, the Company acquired Cholestech Corporation. In October 2007, the Company acquired Bio-Stat Healthcare Group.

  • JEC, JACOBS ENGINEERNG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.332253
  • Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is a professional services firm that focuses on providing a range of technical, professional and construction services. It provides project services, which include engineering, design, architectural, and similar services; process, scientific, and systems consulting services; operations and maintenance services, and construction services, which include direct-hire construction and construction management services. It concentrates its services on selected industry groups and markets, including oil and gas exploration, production and refining; programs for various federal governments; pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; chemicals and polymers; buildings, which includes projects in the fields of healthcare and education, as well as civic, governmental and other buildings; infrastructure and technology and manufacturing. In April 2006, its Canadian subsidiary acquired Techna-West Engineering Limited. In October 2006, it acquired W.H. Linder & Associates, Inc.

  • DIS, WALT DISNEY-DISNE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.611264
  • The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company. The Company operates in four segments: Media Networks, which includes a domestic broadcast television network, domestic television stations, cable/satellite networks and international broadcast operations, television production and distribution, domestic broadcast radio networks and stations, and Internet and mobile operations; Parks and Resorts, which generates revenues from the sale of admissions to the theme parks, room nights at the hotels, and rentals at the resort properties; Studio Entertainment, which produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video programming, musical recordings and live-stage plays, and Consumer Products, which partners with licensees, manufacturers, publishers and retailers to design, promote and sell products based on Disney characters and other intellectual property. In May 2006, it acquired Pixar Animation Studios.

  • ADBE, ADOBE SYSTEMS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.885910
  • Adobe Systems Incorporated is a diversified software company that offers a line of creative, business and mobile, software and services used by creative professionals, designers, knowledge workers, high-end consumers, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), developers and enterprises for creating, managing, delivering and engaging with content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. The Company distributes its products through a network of distributors and dealers, value-added resellers, systems integrators, independent software vendors and OEMs, direct to end users, and through its own Website at www.adobe.com. The Company has operations in the Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Asia. During the fiscal year ended December 1, 2006, the Company categorized its products and services into the five segments: Creative Solutions, Knowledge Worker Solutions, Enterprise and Developer Solutions, Mobile and Device Solutions, and Other.

  • X, UNITED STATES STE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.219326
  • United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) is an integrated steel producer with production operations in the United States and Central Europe. The Company has an annual raw steel production capability of 19.4 million net tons (tons) in the United States and 7.4 million tons in Central Europe. U. S. Steel is also engaged in several other business activities, most of which are related to steel manufacturing. These include the production of coke in both the United States and Central Europe, and the production of iron ore pellets from taconite, transportation services (railroad and barge operations) and real estate operations in the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company had three operating segments: Flat-rolled Products (Flat-rolled), U. S. Steel Europe (USSE) and Tubular Products (Tubular). In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Lone Star Technologies Inc.

  • XEC, CIMAREX ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.867761
  • Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company’s operations are mainly located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Proved oil and gas reserves during the year ended December 31, 2006, totaled nearly 1.45 trillion cubic feet equivalents, consisting of 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 59.8 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. Of total proved reserves, 72% are gas and more than 80% are classified as proved developed. The Company operates the wells that account for 73% of its total proved reserves and approximately 70% of production.

  • EIX, EDISON INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.748020
  • Edison International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company operates in three segments: an electric utility operation segment, a non-utility power generation segment and a financial services provider segment. In the electric utility operation segment, the Company operates through its subsidiary, Southern California Edison Company (SCE). In the non-utility power generation segment, it operates through Mission Energy Holding Company (MEHC) and Edison Mission Energy (EME). In the financial services provider segment, Edison International operates through Edison Capital. SCE is a public utility company primarily engaged in the business of supplying electric energy. MEHC is the holding company of EME. EME is an independent power producer engaged in the business of developing, acquiring, owning or leasing, operating and selling energy and capacity from independent power production facilities. Edison Capital has investments in energy and infrastructure projects worldwide.

  • KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.799500
  • Kinross Gold Corporation is principally 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 primarily in the Americas, Russia and worldwide. Its principal products are gold and silver produced in the form of dore that is shipped to refineries for final processing. Kinross’ share of proven and probable reserves, as at December 31, 2006, was 27.9 million ounces of gold and 27.8 million ounces of silver. A significant portion of its business is carried on through subsidiaries. Its material properties include Fort Knox Mine, Paracatu, Refugio and Round Mountain. In January 2006, the Company amalgamated with its wholly owned subsidiary Echo Bay Mines Ltd. In August 2006, Kinross acquired Crown Resources Corporation. In February 2007, it acquired Bema Gold Corporation. On February 28, 2007, Kinross completed the sale of the Lupin mine and related property in Nunavut to Wolfden Resources Inc.

  • THOR, THORATEC CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.899611
  • Thoratec Corporation (Thoratec) is a manufacturer of circulatory support products for use by patients with heart failure (HF). The Company develops, manufactures and markets products that are used by physicians and hospitals for cardiac assist, vascular and diagnostic applications. Thoratec operates in two business segments: Cardiovascular and International Technidyne Corporation (ITC), a wholly owned subsidiary. The Cardiovascular segment develops, manufactures and markets medical devices used for circulatory support and vascular graft applications. ITC designs, develops, manufactures and markets point-of-care diagnostic test systems and incision products. Cardiac assist and vascular graft products represented 62% of Thoratec’s product sales during the year ended December 31, 2006. Point-of-care blood diagnostics test systems and services and incision products amounted to 38% of the Company’s total product sales in 2006. In October 2006, ITC acquired A-VOX Systems, Inc.

  • WRE, WASH REAL EST INV Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.036591
  • Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company’s business consists of the ownership, operation and development of real properties in the greater Washington/Baltimore region. As of December 31, 2006, the Trust owned a diversified portfolio of 82 properties consisting of 24 office buildings, 13 medical office buildings, 14 retail centers, nine multi-family buildings and 22 industrial/flex properties. It also holds land for development. Office buildings, medical office buildings, retail centers, multi-family and industrial properties accounted for 40%, 11%, 17%, 15% and 17%, respectively, of the Company’s total real estate rental revenue by property group during the year ended December 31, 2006.

  • KEX, KIRBY CORPORATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.699493
  • Kirby Corporation conducts operations in two business segments: marine transportation and diesel engine services. The Company’s marine transportation segment is engaged in the inland transportation of petrochemicals, black oil products, refined petroleum products and agricultural chemicals by tank barges, and, to a lesser extent, the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargoes by barge. The Company’s diesel engine services segment is engaged in the overhaul and repair of diesel engines and reduction gears, and related parts sales in three markets: the marine market, the power generation market and the railroad market. On June 7, 2006, the Company purchased the stock of Global Power Holding Company. On July 21, 2006, the Company purchased the assets of Marine Engine Specialists, Inc. On January 3, 2007, the Company acquired Coastal Towing, Inc. (Coastal). On February 23, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of P&S Diesel Service, Inc.

  • XEC, CIMAREX ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.867761
  • Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company’s operations are mainly located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. Proved oil and gas reserves during the year ended December 31, 2006, totaled nearly 1.45 trillion cubic feet equivalents, consisting of 1.1 trillion cubic feet of gas and 59.8 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. Of total proved reserves, 72% are gas and more than 80% are classified as proved developed. The Company operates the wells that account for 73% of its total proved reserves and approximately 70% of production.

  • FPL, F P L GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.550823
  • FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group) provides electricity-related services. Its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), serves more than 8.5 million people throughout most of the east and lower west coasts of Florida. FPL Energy, LLC (FPL Energy), FPL Group’s energy subsidiary, produces electricity primarily utilizing natural gas, wind and nuclear resources. As at December 31, 2006, together, FPL’s and FPL Energy’s generating assets represented approximately 34,300 megawatt of capacity. FPL FiberNet, LLC (FPL FiberNet) provides fiber-optic services to FPL, telecommunications companies and other customers throughout Florida. In January 2006, FPL Energy acquired 70% interest in Duane Arnold Energy Center (Duane Arnold).

  • AEE, AMEREN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.789310
  • Ameren Corporation (Ameren) is a public utility holding company. Ameren’s asset is the common stock of its subsidiaries, including Union Electric Company (UE), Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS), Ameren Energy Generating Company, CILCORP Inc. and Illinois Power Company. Ameren’s subsidiaries operate rate-regulated electric generation, transmission and distribution businesses, rate-regulated natural gas distribution businesses, and non-rate-regulated electric generation businesses in Missouri and Illinois. The Company operates through three segments: Missouri Regulated, Illinois Regulated and Non-rate-regulated Generation. In March 2006, UE purchased a combustion turbine electric generation facility located in Audrain County, Missouri, from NRG Audrain Holding, LLC, and NRG Audrain Generating LLC, affiliates of NRG Energy, Inc.

  • OKE, ONEOK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.705111
  • ONEOK, Inc. purchases, gathers, processes, transports, stores and distributes natural gas. The CompanyG??s largest distribution markets are Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka, Kansas, and Austin and El Paso, Texas. Its energy services operation is engaged in wholesale and retail natural gas marketing and trading activities, and provides services to customers in many states and Canada. The Company is the sole general partner and owns 45.7% of ONEOK Partners, L.P., a limited partnership. ONEOK Partners gathers, processes, stores and transports natural gas in the United States and owns a natural gas liquids (NGLs) system that connects much of the NGL supply in the Mid-Continent region with key market centers. The Company has four business segments: ONEOK Partners, Distribution, Energy Services and Other.

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29th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • IMA, INVERNESS MED INN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.832790
  • Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of in vitro diagnostic products for the over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation test market and the professional rapid diagnostic test markets. It operates in three segments: consumer diagnostic products, which includes its over-the-counter pregnancy and fertility/ovulation tests; vitamins and nutritional supplements, which includes branded and private-label vitamins and nutritional supplements that are sold over-the-counter, and professional diagnostic products, which includes e rapid diagnostic test products and other in vitro diagnostic tests for detection of infectious diseases and pregnancy. In June 2007, it acquired Quality Assured Services, Inc. and Biosite Incorporated. In July 2007, it acquired a 51% interest in Diamics. In September 2007, the Company acquired Cholestech Corporation. In October 2007, the Company acquired Bio-Stat Healthcare Group.

  • WRE, WASH REAL EST INV Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.036591
  • Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (the Trust) is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company’s business consists of the ownership, operation and development of real properties in the greater Washington/Baltimore region. As of December 31, 2006, the Trust owned a diversified portfolio of 82 properties consisting of 24 office buildings, 13 medical office buildings, 14 retail centers, nine multi-family buildings and 22 industrial/flex properties. It also holds land for development. Office buildings, medical office buildings, retail centers, multi-family and industrial properties accounted for 40%, 11%, 17%, 15% and 17%, respectively, of the Company’s total real estate rental revenue by property group during the year ended December 31, 2006.

  • TS, TENARIS S.A ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.649551
  • Tenaris S.A. is a global manufacturer and supplier of tubular products and services used in the drilling, completion and production of oil and gas and a supplier of tubular products and services used in process and power plants and in specialized industrial and automotive applications. As of September 30, 2006, Tenaris operated under four segments: Seamless, Welded and Other Metallic Products, Energy and Other. On January 31, 2006, Siat S.A., a subsidiary of Tenaris, completed its acquisition of the welded pipe assets and facilities located in Villa Constitucion, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. On October 5, 2006, the Company acquired Maverick Tube Corporation and its subsidiaries. On December 1, 2006, the Company sold a significant ownership in Dalmine Energie. As of December 31, 2006, Tenaris operates under three business segments: Tubes, Projects and Other. On May 7, 2007, it acquired Hydril Corporation, a North American producer of connections and pressure control products.

  • WPI, WATSON PHARMACEUT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.172205
  • Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Watson) is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing, sale and distribution of brand and off-patent (generic) pharmaceutical products. Watson operates manufacturing, distribution, research and development, and administrative facilities primarily in the United States. As of December 31, 2006, the Company marketed more than 150 generic pharmaceutical products and more than 20 brand pharmaceutical products. The Company operates in two segments: generic and brand. In April 2006, Watson acquired Sekhsaria Chemicals Ltd., which provides process research and development and contract manufacturing services to the global pharmaceutical industry, including the development and manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and related intermediates. On November 3, 2006, Watson acquired Andrx Corporation.

  • SAP, SAP AKTIENGESELL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.420060
  • SAP AG together with its subsidiaries (SAP) is a provider of business software solutions. The Company develops, markets and sells a variety of software solutions, primarily enterprise application software products for organizations, including corporations, government agencies and educational institutions. It also offers support and other services (including consulting and training) related to its software offering. The Company derives its revenue from sale or the license of its software products and sale of maintenance, consulting, development, training or other services in conjunction with the software license. In six industry segments, SAP has developed more than 25 portfolios of industry-specific solutions. In February 2007, the Company acquired Pilot Software. During the year ended December 31, 2006, SAP acquired Khimetrics Inc., Virsa Systems, Inc. and Frictionless Commerce, and the chief assets of Praxis Software Solutions and Factory Logic.

  • SII, SMITH INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.550503
  • Smith International, Inc. (Smith) is a global provider of products and services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. The Company provides a line of products and engineering services, including drilling and completion fluid systems, solids-control and separation equipment, waste-management services, oilfield production chemicals, three cone and diamond drill bits, turbine products, casing exit and multilateral systems, packers and liner hangers. Smith operates in two segments: Oilfield and Distribution. The Oilfield segment consists of M-I SWACO, Smith Technologies and Smith Services. The Distribution segment consists of Wilson. On February 23, 2006, M-I SWACO acquired Epcon Offshore AS (Epcon), which is a provider of water treatment technology. On August 3, 2006, M-I SWACO acquired Specialised Petroleum Services Group Limited (SPS), which is a provider of well-bore, clean-up products and engineering services.

  • SUG, SOUTHERN UNION CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.014613
  • Southern Union Company (Southern Union) owns and operates assets in the regulated and unregulated natural gas industry and is primarily engaged in the transportation, storage and distribution of natural gas in the United States. Through Southern Union’s wholly owned subsidiary, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP (Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line), and its subsidiaries (collectively, Panhandle Energy) and equity interest in CCE Holdings, the Company operates approximately 10,000 miles of interstate pipelines that transport up to 5.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas. The Company’s operates business in three reportable segments: the transportation and storage segment, gathering and processing and the distribution segment. On March 1, 2006, Southern Union acquired Sid Richardson Energy Services, Ltd., a privately held natural gas gathering and processing company.

  • FMER, FIRSTMERIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.073873
  • FirstMerit Corporation (FirstMerit) is a bank holding company. FirstMeritG??s principal business consists of owning and supervising its affiliates. At December 31, 2006, FirstMerit Bank, N.A. (FirstMerit Bank), one of its principal subsidiaries, operated a network of 161 full-service banking offices and 176 automated teller machines (ATMs). Its offices span a total of 24 counties in Ohio, including Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Delaware, Erie, Franklin, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Medina, Portage, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Wayne and Wood Counties, and Lawrence County in Pennsylvania. In its principal market in Northeastern Ohio, FirstMerit serves nearly 500,000 households and businesses.

  • LZ, LUBRIZOL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.443314
  • Lubrizol Corporation (Lubrizol) is a specialty chemical company that produces and supplies technologies in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets. The CompanyG??s products are used in a range of applications, and are sold into markets, such as those for engine oils, specialty driveline lubricants and metalworking fluids, as well as personal care and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products and performance coatings and inks. LubrizolG??s specialty materials products also are used in a variety of industries, including the construction, sporting goods, medical products and automotive industries. It also produces products under brand names, such as Anglamol (gear oil additives), Carbopol (acrylic thickeners for personal care products), Estane (thermoplastic polyurethane) and TempRite (engineered polymers resins and compounds used in plumbing, industrial and fire sprinkler systems). Lubrizol operates in two segments: Lubrizol Additives and Lubrizol Advanced Materials.

  • KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.799500
  • Kinross Gold Corporation is principally 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 primarily in the Americas, Russia and worldwide. Its principal products are gold and silver produced in the form of dore that is shipped to refineries for final processing. Kinross’ share of proven and probable reserves, as at December 31, 2006, was 27.9 million ounces of gold and 27.8 million ounces of silver. A significant portion of its business is carried on through subsidiaries. Its material properties include Fort Knox Mine, Paracatu, Refugio and Round Mountain. In January 2006, the Company amalgamated with its wholly owned subsidiary Echo Bay Mines Ltd. In August 2006, Kinross acquired Crown Resources Corporation. In February 2007, it acquired Bema Gold Corporation. On February 28, 2007, Kinross completed the sale of the Lupin mine and related property in Nunavut to Wolfden Resources Inc.

  • ONNN, ON SEMICONDUCTOR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.984846
  • ON Semiconductor Corporation is a global supplier and manufacturer of power and data management semiconductors and standard semiconductor components that address the needs of electronic systems and products. The Company operates through five segments: automotive and power regulation, computing, digital and consumer, standard products and manufacturing services. The Company’s power management semiconductor components distribute and monitor the supply of power to the different elements within a range of electronic devices. Its data management semiconductor components provide high-performance clock management and data flow management for computing and communications systems. The Company’s standard semiconductor components serve as building block components within electronic devices. The Company’s portfolio of devices enables it to offer integrated circuits and the building block components that deliver system level functionality and design solutions.

  • SYMC, SYMANTEC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.079180
  • Symantec Corporation (Symantec) provides a set of security and availability products and services to large enterprises, governments, small and medium-sized businesses, and consumers on a worldwide basis. Symantec helps its customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to information security, availability, compliance and information technology (IT), and systems performance. The Company operates primarily in two markets within the software sector: the security market and the storage software market. During the fiscal year ended March 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Symantec operated in five segments: Consumer Products, Security and Data Management, Data Center Management, Services and Other. In February 2007, Symantec acquired 4FrontSecurity. In December 31, 2006, the Company acquired Company-i Limited.

  • NHP, NATIONWIDE HLTH P Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.931624
  • Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in investments in healthcare-related senior housing and long-term care properties. The Company primarily make its investments by acquiring an ownership interest in facilities and leasing those to unaffiliated tenants under triple-net master leases that transfer the obligation for all facility operating costs (insurance, property taxes, utilities, maintenance, capital improvements, etc.) to the tenants. The Company also extends mortgage loans and other financing to tenants from time to time. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company derived approximately 95% of its revenues from leases, with the remaining 5% from its mortgage loans and other financing activities. At December 31, 2006, the Company had investments in 480 healthcare facilities in 42 states. At December 31, 2006, NHP held 14 mortgage loans.

  • TEX, TEREX CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.017626
  • Terex Corporation (Terex) is a global manufacturer of capital equipment focused on delivering, customer relevant solutions for the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, mining, shipping, transportation, refining and utility industries. The Company operates in five segments: Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Terex Construction, Terex Cranes, Terex Materials Processing & Mining and Terex Roadbuilding, Utility Products and Other. On January 24, 2006, Terex acquired Halco Holdings Limited and its affiliates (Halco). On March 9, 2006, Terex’s Unit Rig mining truck business entered into a joint venture with North Hauler Joint Stock Company Limited to produce high-capacity surface mining trucks in China. On April 4, 2006, Terex acquired Power Legend International Limited (Power Legend) and its affiliates, including a 50% ownership interest in Sichuan Changjiang Engineering Crane Co., Ltd., which designs, manufactures, sells and repairs cranes and other construction equipment and components.

  • MAA, MID AMER APT COMM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.922588
  • Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (Mid-America) is a self-administered and self-managed umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on acquiring, owning and operating apartment communities mainly in the southeastern United States. As of December 31, 2006, Mid-America owned 100% of 137 properties representing 39,771 apartment units. Mid-America has from time-to-time participated in various joint ventures. As of December 31, 2006, it participated in a joint venture with Crow Holdings named Mid-America CH/Realty II LP, which owned one property with 522 apartment units at December 31, 2006. Mid-America had a 33.33% ownership interest in the joint venture during the year ended December 31, 2006. Subsequent to year end, the joint venture sold its sole property and Mid-America sold its ownership interest in the joint venture to Crow Holdings.

  • CNQ, CANADIAN NAT RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 61.010174
  • Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company head-quartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The CompanyG??s operations are focused in North America, largely in Western Canada, the United Kingdom portion of the North Sea and Offshore West Africa. In November 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of Anadarko Canada Corporation from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The CompanyG??s crude oil and natural gas activities are conducted in three geographic segments: North America, North Sea and Offshore West Africa. These activities relate to the exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas. The CompanyG??s Horizon Project has been classified as a separate segment. Midstream activities include the CompanyG??s pipeline operations and an electricity co-generation system.

  • NUS, NU SKIN ENT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.657920
  • Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. is a global direct selling company that develops and distributes personal care products and nutritional supplements that are sold worldwide under the Nu Skin and Pharmanex brands. The Company has operations in 45 countries throughout Asia, the Americas and Europe. It also markets technology-related products and services under the Big Planet brand. The Company operates through a direct selling model in all of its markets except Mainland China. The Company has three product categories, each operating under its own brand. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. markets its personal care products under the Nu Skin brand, science-based nutritional supplements under the Pharmanex brand, and technology-based products and services under the Big Planet and Photomax brands. On March 7, 2006, the Company acquired Caroderm, Inc. It acquired CarodermG??s license to use the Scanner technology within the professional medical community.

  • EGY, VAALCO ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.654917
  • VAALCO Energy, Inc. (VAALCO) is a Houston-based independent energy company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. VAALCO owns producing properties and conducts exploration activities as operator in Gabon, West Africa and also conducts exploration activities in Angola, Africa. The Company also has minor interests in the Texas Gulf Coast area. VAALCOG??s international subsidiaries are VAALCO Gabon (Etame), Inc., VAALCO Production (Gabon), Inc., VAALCO Angola (Kwanza), Inc. and VAALCO UK (North Sea), Ltd. VAALCO Energy (USA), Inc. holds interests in certain properties located in the United States. In 2006, VAALCO had an average daily production of 4,258 barrels of oil equivalent and 30 million cubic feet of gas. At December 31, 2006, the Company had total proved reserves of 5,991 million barrels of crude oil, and 133,602 million cubic feet of natural gas.

  • RYN, RAYONIER INC REIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.482839
  • Rayonier Inc. (Rayonier) is an international forest products company primarily engaged in activities associated with timberland management, the sale and development of real estate, and the production and sale of specialty cellulose fibers. The Company owns, leases or manages approximately 2.7 million acres of timberland and real estate located in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Rayonier also owns and operates two specialty cellulose mills in the United States. In addition, the Company manufactures lumber in three sawmills in Georgia, and engages in the trading of logs and wood products. Its principal businesses are conducted through two entities. The Company’s United States timber operations are conducted by a wholly owned real estate investment trust (REIT) subsidiary: Rayonier Forest Resources, L.P. (RFR) and Rayonier TRS Holdings Inc. (TRS). During the year ended December 31, 2006, Rayonier acquired 228,000 acres of timberland in six states.

  • LFL, LAN AIRLINES SA A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.760430
  • Lan Airlines S.A. (Lan Airlines) is a passenger airlines company in Latin America and the main cargo operator in the region. The Company provides domestic and international passenger services in Chile, Peru, and Argentina, and international passenger services in Ecuador. It carries out cargo operations through the use of belly space on its passenger flights and dedicated cargo operations using freighter aircraft through its cargo airlines in Chile, Brazil and Mexico. As of February 28, 2007, in the passenger business the Company operated through five main airlines: Lan Airlines, Transporte Aereo S.A., Lan Peru S.A., Aerolane L+?neas Aereas Nacionales del Ecuador S.A. and Lan Argentina S.A. The CompanyG??s cargo operations are carried out by a number of companies, including Lan Airlines and Lan Cargo, and are complemented by the operations of certain subsidiaries, such as Aero Transportes Mas de Carga S.A. de C.V. in Mexico and Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. in Brazil.

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28th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, 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. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential investments to ensure they are a fit for your investing goals and objectives.

  • WR, WESTAR ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.386805
  • Westar Energy, Inc. (Westar Energy) provides electric generation, transmission and distribution services to approximately 669,000 customers in Kansas. Westar Energy provides these services in central and northeastern Kansas, including the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina and Hutchinson. Kansas Gas and Electric Company (KGE), Westar EnergyG??s wholly owned subsidiary, provides these services in south-central and southeastern Kansas, including the city of Wichita. KGE owns a 47% interest in the Wolf Creek Generating Station (Wolf Creek), a nuclear power plant located near Burlington, Kansas. Both Westar Energy and KGE conduct business using the name Westar Energy.

  • HRL, HORMEL FOODS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.846770
  • 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. It operates in five business segments. The Grocery Products segment includes the processing, marketing and sale of shelf-stable food products. The Refrigerated Foods segment includes the processing, marketing and sale of branded and unbranded pork products. The Jennie-O Turkey Store segment includes the processing, marketing and sale of branded and unbranded turkey products. The Specialty Foods segment includes the packaging and sale of various sugar and sugar substitute products, salt and pepper products, gelatin products, and private-label canned meats. The All Other segment produces, markets and sells beef products. In April 2006, it acquired Valley Fresh, Inc. In December 2006, the Company acquired Provena Foods Corporation. In August 2007, the Company acquired Burke Corporation.

  • OXY, OCCIDENTAL PET Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.779713
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) operates in two segments: oil and gas, and chemical. The oil and gas segment explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas. The chemical segment (OxyChem) manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls and performance chemicals. The Company’s domestic oil and gas operations are located at the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, Elk Hills and other locations in California, the Hugoton field in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Gulf of Mexico and western Colorado. International operations are located in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia (sold in January 2007), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Yemen. OxyChem manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, chlorinated organics and performance chemicals. In 2006, the Company acquired Petroleum, Inc. (Vintage). In September 2006, the Company acquired oil and gas assets from Plains Exploration and Production Company.

  • AVT, AVNET INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.639987
  • Avnet, Inc. (Avnet) is an industrial distributor of electronic components, enterprise computer and storage products and embedded subsystems. Avnet distributes electronic components, computer products and software as received from its suppliers or with assembly or other value added by Avnet. Avnet provides engineering design, materials management and logistics services, system integration and configuration, and supply chain advisory services. Avnet has two primary operating groups: Electronics Marketing (EM) and Technology Solutions (TS). Both operating groups have operations in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia/Pacific, consisting of Asia, Australia and New Zealand. On December 31, 2006, the Company acquired Access Distribution. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company acquired Azure Technology. Also, subsequent to June 30, 2007, the Company acquired Flint Distribution, Ltd.

  • ADVS, ADVENT SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.691208
  • Advent Software, Inc. (Advent) offers integrated software solutions for automating and integrating data and work flows across investment management organizations, as well as the information flows between the investment management organization and external parties. Its business is organized into two segments: Advent Investment Management and MicroEdge. Advent Investment Management is the Company’s core business and derives revenues from the development, marketing and sale of software products, data interfaces and related maintenance and services that automate, integrate and support certain functions of investment management organizations. MicroEdge derives revenues from the sale of software and services for grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking for the grantmaking community. In December 2006, it acquired East Circle Solutions, Inc., which develops software to automate the billing process for investment management organizations.

  • AUO, AU OPTRONICS CP A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.794029
  • AU Optronics Corp. designs, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets flat panel displays. The Company’s principal products are thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels. Its panels are used in computer products, such as notebook computers and desktop monitors; consumer electronics products, such as digital cameras, digital camcorder, car television, car navigation systems and portable digital versatile disc (DVD) players, and liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. It offers small to medium-size panels, as well as large-size panels. AU Optronics Corp. sells its panels primarily to original equipment manufacturing service providers. In January 2007, the Company reorganized and regrouped its business into three marketing channels: Information Technology Displays, Television Displays and Consumer Products Displays. On October 1, 2006, the Company merged with Quanta Display Inc. (QDI), which manufactures and assembles TFT-LCD panels.

  • INTU, INTUIT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.618505
  • Intuit Inc. is a provider of business, financial management solutions for small and medium sized businesses, financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, consumers and accounting professionals. The Company’s flagship products and services, including QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax software, enable small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. It has six business segments: QuickBooks, Payroll and Payments, Consumer Tax, Professional Tax, Financial Institutions and Other Businesses. The Company’s Small Business division consists of two segments: QuickBooks segment and Payroll and Payments segment. In August 2006, Intuit acquired StepUp Commerce, Inc. On February 6, 2007, it acquired Digital Insight Corp. In August 2007, the Company sold its Intuit Distribution Management Solutions business. In March 2007, the Company sold it Complete Payroll and Premier Payroll Service businesses to Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

  • SKT, TANGER FACTORY OU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.485912
  • Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, is an owner and operator of factory outlet centers in the United States. The Company is a fully-integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on developing, acquiring, owning, operating and managing factory outlet shopping centers. As of December 31, 2006, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. owned 30 outlet centers, with a total gross leasable area (GLA) of approximately 8.4 million square feet. These factory outlet centers were 98% occupied and contained over 1,800 stores, representing approximately 380 store brands. Also, the Company owned a 50% interest in two outlet centers with a GLA of approximately 667,000 square feet and managed for a fee three outlet centers with a GLA of approximately 293,000 square feet. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it opened two centers located in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin and Charleston, South Carolina.

  • LFL, LAN AIRLINES SA A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.760430
  • Lan Airlines S.A. (Lan Airlines) is a passenger airlines company in Latin America and the main cargo operator in the region. The Company provides domestic and international passenger services in Chile, Peru, and Argentina, and international passenger services in Ecuador. It carries out cargo operations through the use of belly space on its passenger flights and dedicated cargo operations using freighter aircraft through its cargo airlines in Chile, Brazil and Mexico. As of February 28, 2007, in the passenger business the Company operated through five main airlines: Lan Airlines, Transporte Aereo S.A., Lan Peru S.A., Aerolane L+?neas Aereas Nacionales del Ecuador S.A. and Lan Argentina S.A. The CompanyG??s cargo operations are carried out by a number of companies, including Lan Airlines and Lan Cargo, and are complemented by the operations of certain subsidiaries, such as Aero Transportes Mas de Carga S.A. de C.V. in Mexico and Aerolinhas Brasileiras S.A. in Brazil.

  • MANH, MANHATTAN ASSOC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.430139
  • Manhattan Associates, Inc. is a developer and provider of technology-based supply chain software solutions. The Company’s solutions consist of software, services and hardware, and are used for both the planning and execution of supply chain activities. These solutions help coordinate the actions and communication of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, retailers, transportation providers and consumers. All of the Company’s solutions also include services, such as design, configuration, implementation, product assessment and training, as well as customer support and software enhancement subscriptions. Its solutions consist of two main areas: supply chain planning and supply chain execution, which on a combined basis represent its supply chain management solution. The CompanyG??s operations are in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. It also sells its products and services in other countries, such as countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia.

  • SFG, STANCORP FINCL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.809315
  • StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., incorporated in 1988, provides selected insurance and retirement plan products through its subsidiaries. The Company conducts business in all 50 states through its subsidiaries Standard Insurance Company (Standard), The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc., StanCorp Trust Company and Invesmart, Inc. The Company also provides accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) and dental insurance, annuity products and retirement plan products and services, and investment advisory services. The Company’s mortgage business originates and services small fixed-rate commercial mortgage loans for the investment portfolios of its insurance subsidiaries and for sale to institutional investors. The Company operates through two segments: Insurance Services and Asset Management. On July 10, 2006, the Company acquired Invesmart, Inc.

  • WEC, WISCONSIN ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.673690
  • 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. Its primary subsidiaries include Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). The CompanyG??s utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Gas and Edison Sault. Its non-utility energy segment consists primarily of We Power. On September 27, 2006, the Company sold 100% of its membership interests in Minergy Neenah.

  • FST, FOREST OIL CP (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 57.623363
  • Forest Oil Corporation (Forest) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and liquids primarily in North America. IT conducts its operations in three geographical segments and five business units. Geographical segments include the United States, Canada and International. Business units include the Western United States (Western), Southern United States (Southern), Alaska, Canada and International. On March 2, 2006, Forest completed the spin-off of its offshore Gulf of Mexico operations by means of a stock dividend, which consisted of a pro rata spin-off (the Spin-off) of all outstanding shares of Forest Energy Resources, Inc. (hereinafter known as Mariner Energy Resources, Inc.). In June 2007, Forest acquired The Houston Exploration Company, an independent natural gas and oil producer engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation and acquisition of natural gas and oil reserves in North America.

  • WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.966976
  • Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt), incorporated on February 17, 1958, is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. On February 1, 2007, the Company acquired the net assets of Watson Wyatt Brans & Co (Watson Wyatt Netherlands). On July 20, 2007, it acquired the outstanding stock of Dr. Dr. Heissmann GmbH (Heissmann). On July 2, 2007, Watson Wyatt acquired the net assets of WisdomNet. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting and Insurance and Financial Services.

  • OO, OAKLEY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.654099
  • Oakley, Inc. (Oakley) is engaged in the design, development, manufacture, distribution and worldwide marketing of consumer products, including eyewear (sunglasses, prescription eyewear, goggles and electronically enabled eyewear), apparel, footwear, watches and accessories. It sells its products to retail accounts, through Oakley-owned O Stores, Vaults, through more than 100 mall-based sunglass specialty stores in the United States, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees in more than 100 countries. Oakley manufactures and assembles the majority of its eyewear products at the Company’s manufacturing facility located at its headquarters in Foothill Ranch, California. Oakley utilizes third-party manufacturers located in the United States and abroad to produce its internally designed apparel, electronically enabled eyewear products, footwear, watches, certain goggles and accessories. On February 8, 2006, it announced the acquisition of Oliver Peoples, Inc.

  • BCE, B C E INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.119995
  • BCE Inc. is a Canada-based communications company. Bell Canada, which encompasses the CompanyG??s core business operation, is a provider of wireline and wireless communications services, Internet access, data services and video services to residential and business customers. Bell Canada operates through four segments: Residential, Business, Bell Aliant and Other Bell Canada. All of the CompanyG??s other activities are reported in the Other BCE segment. Bell Canada has six major lines of business: local and access services; long-distance services; wireless services; data services; video services, and terminal sales and other.On July 7, 2006, BCE Inc. and Aliant formed Bell Aliant.On August 30, 2006, BCE Inc. completed the sale of 20% of Bell Globemedia to Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, the sale of an additional 20% to Torstar Corporation and finally the sale of 8.5% to The Woodbridge Company Limited decreasing BCE Inc.G??s holding in Bell Globemedia from 68.5% to 20%.

  • CSCO, CISCO SYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.977468
  • Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. It provides a line of products for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses and around the world. Its products, which include primarily routers, switches and products that the Company refers to as its advanced technologies, are installed at enterprises, public institutions, telecommunications companies, commercial businesses and personal residences. The Company conducts its business globally and are managed geographically in five segments: the United States and Canada; European Markets; Emerging Markets; Asia Pacific, and Japan. In June 2007, the Company acquired BroadWare Technologies, and IronPort Systems, Inc. In October 2007, the Company acquired Cognio, Inc.and Latigent, LLC.

  • MTW, MANITOWOC CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.719852
  • The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a diversified industrial manufacturer in three principal markets: Cranes and Related Products, Foodservice Equipment and Marine. The Crane business designs, manufactures and markets a line of crawler cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes and boom trucks. Foodservice business is a manufacturer of cold side commercial foodservice products. It designs, manufactures and markets product lines of ice making machines, walk-in and reach-in refrigerators and freezers, fountain beverage delivery systems and other foodservice refrigeration products. Marine segment provides new construction, shiprepair and maintenance services for freshwater and saltwater vessels from four shipyards. On January 3, 2006, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. acquired ExacTech, Inc. On May 26, 2006, it acquired McCannG??s Engineering & Mfg. Co. and McCannG??s de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. In July 2007, it acquired Shirke Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

  • BTU, PEABODY ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.144669
  • Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody) is a coal company. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it sold 247.6 million tons of coal. The Company owns majority interests in 40 coal operations located throughout all the United States coal producing regions and in Australia. In addition, Peabody owns a minority interest in one Venezuelan mine, through a joint venture arrangement. Most of the production in the western United States is low-sulfur coal from the Powder River Basin. In the West, it owns and operates mines in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. In the East, it owns and operates mines in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The Company owns six mines, including one late development-stage mine in Queensland, Australia, and five mines, including one late development-stage mine and one development-stage mine in New South Wales, Australia. In October 2006, it acquired Excel Coal Limited, an independent coal company in Australia.

  • PX, PRAXAIR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.201355
  • Praxair, Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gases supplier in North and South America, Asia, and has businesses in Europe. 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, including healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber optics and steel making, and aerospace, chemicals and water treatment.

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28th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
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  • PG, PROCTER GAMBLE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.238731
  • The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is focused on providing branded consumer goods products. The Company markets its products in more than 180 countries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company was organized into three global business units: Beauty and Health, Household Care and Gillette GBU. P&G had seven segments under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: Beauty; Health Care; Fabric Care and Home Care; Snacks, Coffee and Pet Care; Baby Care and Family Care; Blades and Razors, and Duracell and Braun. In September 2006, the Company’s Sure brand (an antiperspirant and deodorant brand) was acquired by Innovative Brands, LLC. In January 2007, P&G acquired HDS Cosmetics Lab Inc., which manufactures and markets Doctor’s Dermatologic Formula (DDF) skin care.

  • PPP, POGO PRODUCING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.005692
  • Pogo Producing Company is engaged in oil and gas exploration, development, acquisition and production activities in North America, both onshore and offshore, and in Vietnam and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2006, it owned approximately 4,800,000 gross leasehold acres in oil and gas provinces in North America approximately 6,354,000 gross acres in New Zealand and approximately 1,480,000 gross acres in Vietnam. As of December 31, 2006, approximately 94% of Pogo Producing Company’s reserves were located onshore. On May 2, 2006, the Company acquired Latigo Petroleum, Inc., an exploration and production company. On May 31, 2006, the Company closed the sale of an undivided 50% interest in each of PogoG??s Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leasehold interests to Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. In August 2007, Pogo Producing Company sold its wholly owned subsidiary, Northrock Resources Ltd., to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC.

  • TWI, TITAN INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.536755
  • Titan International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Titan) is a manufacturer of wheels, tires and assemblies for off-highway vehicles used in the agricultural, earthmoving/construction and consumer markets. TitanG??s earthmoving/construction market also includes products supplied to the United States government, while the consumer market includes products for all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and recreational/utility trailer applications. Titan manufactures both wheels and tires for the majority of these market applications. During the year ended December 31, 2006, TitanG??s agricultural market sales represented 62% of net sales, the earthmoving/construction market represented 27% and the consumer market represented 11% of net sales. The CompanyG??s customers include AGCO Corporation, Caterpillar Inc., CNH Global N.V., Deere & Company and Kubota Corporation. On July 31, 2006, Titan acquired the off-the-road (OTR) tire assets of Continental Tire North America, Inc.

  • VIP, VIMPEL COMMUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 107.750839
  • VympelKom OAO (JSC Vimpel-Communications) is a Russia-based provider of wireless telecommunications services in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia under the Beeline brand name. The Company is active in Kazakhstan under the K-mobile and EXCESS brand names and in Armenia under the Armentel brand name. Vimpel offers its services through global system for mobile communications (GSM) and digital advanced mobile phone system (D-AMPS) wireless networks. The wireless services include voice telephony service and value-added services using technologies, such as unstructured supplementary services data, subscriber identity module toolkit, cell broadcast, wireless application protocol (WAP), general packet radio service (GPRS) and multimedia messaging service (MMS). As of December 31, 2006, the Company had roaming agreements with 541 GSM operators in 204 countries and supported GPRS roaming in 113 countries. It is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

  • DKS, DICK’S SPORTING G Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.375054
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Dick’s) is a full-line sporting goods retailer that offers an assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear in a specialty store environment. As of February 3, 2007, it operated 294 stores, with approximately 16.7 million square feet, in 34 states, the majority of which were located primarily throughout the eastern half of the United States. It carries a variety of brands, including Nike, North Face, Columbia, Adidas, Callaway and Under Armour, as well as private-label products sold under names, such as Ativa and Walter Hagen, which are available only in its stores. All of the CompanyG??s stores also provide support services, such as golf club grip replacement, bicycle repair and maintenance, and home delivery and assembly of fitness equipment. On February 13, 2007, DickG??s acquired Golf Galaxy, Inc. (Golf Galaxy), which became a wholly owned subsidiary of DickG??s by means of a merger of DickG??s subsidiary with and into Golf Galaxy.

  • EGY, VAALCO ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.654917
  • VAALCO Energy, Inc. (VAALCO) is a Houston-based independent energy company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. VAALCO owns producing properties and conducts exploration activities as operator in Gabon, West Africa and also conducts exploration activities in Angola, Africa. The Company also has minor interests in the Texas Gulf Coast area. VAALCOG??s international subsidiaries are VAALCO Gabon (Etame), Inc., VAALCO Production (Gabon), Inc., VAALCO Angola (Kwanza), Inc. and VAALCO UK (North Sea), Ltd. VAALCO Energy (USA), Inc. holds interests in certain properties located in the United States. In 2006, VAALCO had an average daily production of 4,258 barrels of oil equivalent and 30 million cubic feet of gas. At December 31, 2006, the Company had total proved reserves of 5,991 million barrels of crude oil, and 133,602 million cubic feet of natural gas.

  • ELNK, EARTHLINK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.957158
  • EarthLink, Inc. is a total communications provider, providing integrated communication services and related value-added services to individual consumers and business customers utilizing Internet protocol (IP)-based technologies. Its service offerings include dial-up and wireline broadband Internet access services and value-added services. The CompanyG??s service offerings include narrowband access over traditional telephone lines; broadband access via digital subscriber line (DSL), cable, satellite and wireless technologies; advertising and other value-added services, and Web hosting. In April 2006, the Company acquired New Edge Networks, a single-source national provider of secure multi-site managed data networks and dedicated Internet access for businesses and communications carriers.

  • PBI, PITNEY BOWES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.203735
  • Pitney Bowes Inc. is a provider of mail processing equipment and integrated mail solutions. It offers a suite of equipment, supplies, software and services for end-to-end mailstream solutions, which enable its customers to optimize the flow of physical and electronic mail, documents and packages across their operations. It operates in two business groups: Mailstream Solutions and Mailstream Services. The Company operates both inside and outside the United States. It conducts its activities in seven business segments within the Mailstream Solutions and Mailstream Services business groups. On July 17, 2006, Pitney Bowes Inc. sold its Capital Services external financing business to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. The new business will operate under the name EntreCap Financial Corporation and will be based in Shelton, Connecticut. In March 2007, the Company acquired Spring Global Mail activities in the United States. In September 2007, it acquired Asterion SAS.

  • HCR, MANOR CARE NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.740372
  • Manor Care, Inc., referred to as Manor Care and HCR Manor Care, provides a range of healthcare services, including skilled nursing care, assisted living, post-acute medical and rehabilitation care, hospice care, home healthcare and rehabilitation therapy. The Company operates in two segments: long-term care, which includes skilled nursing care and assisted living, and hospice and home healthcare. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Manor Care sold its medical transcription company that converts medical dictation into electronically formatted patient records. Healthcare providers use the records in connection with patient care and other administrative purposes.

  • LWSN, LAWSON SOFTWARE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.985317
  • Lawson Software, Inc. (Lawson) is a global provider of enterprise software. The Company provides business application software, services and maintenance to customers primarily in the services sector, trade industries and manufacturing/distribution sectors. It specializes in specific markets, including healthcare, public services, retail, financial services, fashion, food and beverage, and wholesale distribution. In the manufacturing sector, Lawson serves both process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing customers. In the service sector, it serves both asset-intensive and labor-intensive services enterprises. Lawson Software, Inc. provides software in 20 languages to more than 4,000 customers in 40 countries. In December 2006, the Company and Sigma Enterprise Applications AB (Sigma) entered into a purchase agreement whereby acquired from Sigma certain businesses pertaining to the maintenance and servicing of the CompanyG??s legacy Lawson (S3) products.

  • CEO, CNOOC LTD ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.414795
  • CNOOC Limited is a producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It mainly engages in oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and sales. The Company has four major oil production areas offshore China: Bohai Bay, western South China Sea, eastern South China Sea and East China Sea. It is an offshore oil producer in Indonesia. It also has certain upstream assets in regions, such as Africa and Australia. As at 31 December 2006, the Company owned net proved reserves of approximately 2.53 billion barrels-of-oil (BOE) equivalent and its average daily net production was 457,482 barrels-of-oil equivalent. On April 20, 2006, the Company acquired a 45% working interest in the offshore Oil Mining License 130 (OML130) in Nigeria. On December 4, 2006, it acquired a 92.1% interest in AERD Projects Nigeria Limited, which holds a 38% working interest in the Offshore Oil Prospecting License 229 (OPL229) in Nigeria.

  • ATVI, ACTIVISION INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.316368
  • Activision, Inc. (Activision) is an international publisher of interactive entertainment software products. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company’s product portfolio included products, such as Call of Duty 3, Guitar Hero II, Tony HawkG??s Project 8, Tony HawkG??s Downhill Jam, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Over the Hedge, and X-Men: The Official Game. The Company’s products cover game categories, including action/adventure, action sports, racing, role-playing, simulation, first-person action and strategy. The Company operates in two business segments: publishing and distribution. On June 6, 2006, the Company acquired video game publisher RedOctane Inc., the publisher of the Guitar Hero franchise. In September 2007, the Company acquired United Kingdom-based video game developer, Bizarre Creations Ltd.

  • HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.140959
  • Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 500,000 customers worldwide, including dental practices and laboratories, physician practices and veterinary clinics, as well as government and other institutions. Henry Schein, Inc. operates in two business segments: healthcare distribution and technology. The healthcare distribution segment consists of the Company’s dental, medical (including animal health) and international groups. The technology segment provides software, technology and other value-added services to healthcare providers, primarily in the United States and Canada. In July 2006, the Company acquired Provet Holding AG. On June 30, 2006, it acquired from Darby Group Companies, Inc. a privately held full-service distributor of dental merchandise and equipment. In August 2007, the Company acquired W. & J. Dunlop Ltd.

  • IFN, INDIA FUND (THE) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.226570
  • The India Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The FundG??s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. It invests primarily in Indian equity securities. At least 80% of the FundG??s total assets are invested in equity securities of Indian companies. Its portfolio includes common stocks, warrants and short-term investments. The Fund operates through a branch in the Republic of Mauritius. It invests in various industries, including computer software and programming, computer services, finance, diversified industries, building and construction, cement, chemicals, engineering and diversified financial services. Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. (Blackstone Advisors), an affiliate of The Blackstone Group (Blackstone), serves as the FundG??s investment manager. Blackstone Advisors also serves as the FundG??s administrator. Blackstone Fund Services India Private Limited, an affiliate of Blackstone, serves as the FundG??s country advisor.

  • NICE, NICE-SYSTEMS ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.987555
  • NICE-Systems Ltd (Nice) is a provider of solutions that capture, manage and analyze unstructured multimedia content. Its solutions include integrated, multimedia recording platforms, software applications and related professional services. NiceG??s customers use its systems in a variety of enterprises, such as financial services, health care, outsourcers, retail, service providers, telecommunications and utilities. Its security solutions are primarily focused on homeland security and first responder organizations, transportation organizations, government-related organizations and the private sector. Its solutions are deployed at over 24,000 customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 companies. In July 2006, Nice acquired IEX Corporation. In May 2006, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Performix Technologies Ltd. In August 2007, Nice completed the acquisition of Actimize, a provider of transactional risk management software for the financial services industry.

  • MOGN, MGI PHARMA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 96.699234
  • MGI PHARMA, INC. (MGI) is a biopharmaceutical company focused in oncology and acute care that acquires, researches, develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products that address the unmet needs of patients. MGI focuses its sales efforts solely within the United States where it has retained product rights to its marketable products and product candidates under development. Its late stage product candidates include two product candidates from its acute care franchise (Aloxi for post operative nausea and vomiting (PONV) and Aquavan, a minimal to moderate sedative agent for patients undergoing brief diagnostic or surgical procedures, obtained in its acquisition of Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.), oncology (Dacogen for acute myeloid leukemia (AML)) and supportive care (Saforis Powder for Oral Suspension (Saforis)) products, as well as a biologics candidate, amolimogene bepiplasmid. On July 6, 2006, MGI entered into a license agreement with Cilag GmbH (Cilag), a Johnson & Johnson company.

  • ACGY, ACERGY SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.227844
  • Acergy S.A. is a seabed-to-surface engineering and offshore services contractor. It designs, procures, builds, installs and services a range of offshore surface and subsurface infrastructure for the global oil and gas industry. The Company specializes in creating and applying solutions in response to the technical complexities faced by offshore oil and gas companies as they explore and develop production fields in deeper water and offshore environments. It operates a fleet of specialized ships, barges and unmanned underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROVs), deployed in offshore oil and gas exploration regions. Its assets, as of March 31, 2007, included three subsea construction ships; two flexible pipelay ships; three inspection, repair maintenance and survey ships; one heavy lift barge; three rigid pipelay ships/barges, and 36 work class and observation ROVs. During the fiscal year ended November 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006), it was operating in 19 countries.

  • NYB, NEW YORK CMMTY BN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.080954
  • New York Community Bancorp, Inc., formerly Queens County Bancorp, Inc., is a bank holding company. The Company has 166 banking offices serving customers in all five boroughs of New York City, Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island, Westchester County, and the northern New Jersey counties of Essex, Hudson and Union. It has two subsidiaries: New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank (Community Bank and the Commercial Bank, respectively, and collectively as the Banks). The Community Bank is a savings bank with 137 locations spanning its marketplace. The Company operates its branches through seven divisions. It has operations in the New York metropolitan region, with 166 branches in total, of this number, 137 are branches of the Community Bank and 29 are branches of the Commercial Bank. In April 2007, the Company acquired PennFed Financial Services, Inc. In October 2007, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. acquired Synergy Financial Group, Inc.

  • AMTD, TD AMERITRADE HLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.637649
  • TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, formerly known as AMERITRADE Holding Corporation, is a provider of securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services to retail investors and business partners, predominantly through the Internet, a national branch network and relationships with a network of independent registered investment advisors. The Company’s client offerings include TD AMERITRADE, TD AMERITRADE Institutional, TD AMERITRADE Izone, Amerivest and Ameritrade Corporate Services. On January 24, 2006, TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation completed the acquisition of TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. from The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). On January 24, 2006, the Company completed the sale of Ameritrade Canada, Inc.

  • PZE, PETROBRAS ENERGIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.385330
  • Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. is a holding company that operates through its subsidiary Petrobras Energia S.A. (Petrobras Energia) and its subsidiaries, which are engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, refining and distribution, petrochemicals, and gas and energy. It conducts operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. In addition, it acts as contractor and provides technical and operating support in Mexico. The Company manages its activities through four business segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Petrochemicals, Refining and Distribution, and Gas and Energy. In March 2007, Petrobras Energia purchased 25.67% and 52.37% interest in Sierra Chata and Parva Negra, respectively, from ConocoPhillips.

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28th October 2007

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  • CXW, CORR CP OF AM (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.371722
  • Corrections Corporation of America is an owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities, and a prison operator in the United States. As of February 27, 2007, the Company operated 64 correctional, detention and juvenile facilities, including 40 facilities that it owns, with a total design capacity of approximately 72,000 beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia. It also owns three additional correctional facilities that it leases to third-party operators. In addition to providing the fundamental residential services relating to inmates, its facilities offer a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs, including basic education, religious services, life skills and employment training, and substance abuse treatment. It also provides healthcare, food services, and work and recreational programs. The Company also provides prisoner transportation services for governmental agencies through its wholly owned subsidiary, TransCor America, LLC.

  • UL, UNILEVER PLC AMER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.914408
  • Unilever PLC (PLC) is one of the parent companies of the Unilever Group (Unilever), which is a supplier of consumer goods across foods, and home and personal product categories. Unilever N.V. (NV) is the other parent company of Unilever. Group operations are organized into two divisions: Foods, and Home and Personal Care. Unilever serves as a food company that meets everyday needs of people, through branded products. In Personal Care, six global brands are the core of its business in the deodorants, skin cleansing, daily hair care and mass-market skin care categories: Axe, Dove, Lux, PondG??s, Rexona and Sunsilk. Other important brands include Suave, Clear, Lifebuoy and Vaseline, together with Signal and Close Up in oral care. In November 2006, the Company completed the sale of majority of its frozen foods business to the Permira Funds.

  • LMT, LOCKHEED MARTIN C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.927324
  • Lockheed Martin Corporation principally researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and sustains advanced technology systems, products and services. The Company serves customers in domestic and international defense and civil markets, with its principal customers being agencies of the United States Government. The Company operates in five principal business segments: Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Space Systems, Information Technology and Global Services (IT&GS) and Integrated Systems and Solutions (IS&S). During the year ended December 31, 2006, approximately 84% of the Company’s net sales were made to the United States Government, either as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor. In February 2007, the Company acquired Management Systems Designers Incorporated. In April 2007, the Company acquired the defense and intelligence business of RLM Systems Pty, Ltd. In August 2007, Lockheed Martin Corporation acquired 3Dsolve, Inc.

  • WYNN, WYNN RESORTS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 123.638321
  • Wynn Resorts, Limited (Wynn Resorts) is a developer, owner and operator of destination casino resorts. The Company owns and operates two destination casino resorts: Wynn Las Vegas, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Wynn Macau, located in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the PeopleG??s Republic of China (Macau). During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company was constructing Encore at Wynn Las Vegas (Encore) and it continues to develop and construct the second phase of Wynn Macau. Wynn Las Vegas offers 2,716 rooms and suites, including 36 fairway villas and six private-entry villas for its premium guests. As of September 6, 2006, Wynn Macau featured approximately 600 hotel rooms and suites, approximately 220 table games and approximately 380 slot machines in approximately 100,000 square feet of casino gaming space, seven restaurants, approximately 26,000 square feet of retail space, a spa and salon, entertainment lounges and meeting facilities.

  • RTI, RTI INTL METALS I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.168216
  • RTI International Metals, Inc. (RTI) is a United States producer of titanium mill products and fabricated metal components for the global market. The Company conducts business in two segments: the Titanium Group and the Fabrication and Distribution Group (F&D). The Titanium Group melts and produces a range of titanium mill products, which are further processed by its customers for use in a variety of aerospace, defense and industrial applications. The Titanium Group also produces ferro titanium alloys for steel-making customers and processes and distributes titanium powder. F&D consists of companies that fabricate, machine, assemble and distribute titanium, and other specialty metal parts and components. F&D’s products, many of which are engineered parts and assemblies, serves aerospace, defense, oil and gas, power generation, and chemical process industries, as well as a number of other industrial and consumer markets.

  • ARE, ALEXANDRIA RL EST Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.435699
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust engaged principally in the ownership, operation, management, selective redevelopment, development and acquisition of properties for the life sciences industry. The CompanyG??s properties are designed and improved for lease primarily to institutional (universities and independent not-for-profit institutions), pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, life science product, service, biodefense and translational research entities, as well as governmental agencies. Its properties leased to tenants in the life science industry typically consist of buildings containing scientific research and development laboratories, and other improvements that are generic to tenants operating in the life science industry. As of December 31, 2006, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. had 159 properties with approximately 11.2 million rentable square feet of office/laboratory space.

  • ABV, COMP DE BEBA AM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.420712
  • Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AmBev is primarily a brewer that produces sells and distributes beer, draft beer, malt, soft drinks, non-carbonated products, and other non-alcoholic beverages, such as isotonic sport drinks, iced tea and water. AmBev conduct its operations through three business units: Brazil, which includes three divisions, beer sales, carbonated soft drinks and non-alcoholic, non-carbonated sales and sales of malt and by-products to third parties; Hispanic Latin America, which includes AmBev’s stake in Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa) Societe Anonyme (referred to as Quinsa), and the operations of the Company’s subsidiaries in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru and Venezuela, and North America, represented by Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.’s operations, which includes domestic sales in Canada and beer exports to the United States. On April 17, 2007, the Company acquired Goldensand Comercio e Servi+?os Lda. On August 8, 2006, AmBev purchased Quinsa.

  • CHD, CHURCH DWIGHT CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.973700
  • 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. It operates in 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 and BRILLO cleaning products, and laundry products. The Consumer International segment primarily sells a variety of personal care products, some of which use the same brands as the CompanyG??s domestic product lines in international markets, including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Spain and Brazil. The Specialty Products segment produces sodium bicarbonate, which it sells together with other specialty inorganic chemicals for a variety of industrial, medical and food applications. On August 7, 2006, it acquired Orange Glo International, Inc.

  • MRO, MARATHON OIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.055042
  • Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon) is engaged in exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas worldwide. The Company operates in three segments: Exploration and Production (E&P), which explores for, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas on a worldwide basis; Refining, Marketing and Transportation (RM&T), which refines, markets and transports crude oil and petroleum products, primarily in the Midwest, the upper Great Plains and southeastern United States, and Integrated Gas (IG), which markets and transports products manufactured from natural gas, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and methanol, on a worldwide basis, and is developing other projects. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Marathon completed leasehold acquisitions totaling approximately 200,000 acres in the Bakken Shale oil play. In October 2007, Marathon completed the acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc.

  • SCSC, SCANSOURCE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.315353
  • ScanSource, Inc. is a wholesale distributor of specialty technology products. The Company has two geographic distribution segments: one serving North America from the Memphis, Tennessee distribution center, and an international segment serving Latin America, including Mexico, and Europe from distribution centers located in Florida and Mexico, and in Belgium, respectively. The North American distribution segment markets products through its ScanSource sales unit, Catalyst Telecom sales unit, Paracon sales unit, T2 Supply unit and ScanSource Security Distribution unit. The international distribution segment markets AIDC and POS products through its ScanSource sales unit. The Company markets over 40,000 products from approximately 150 hardware and software vendors to over 19,000 reseller customers primarily from its central warehouses in Tennessee, Florida, Mexico and Belgium.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.913048
  • Cameron International Corp., formerly Cooper Cameron Corporation, is an international manufacturer of oil and gas pressure control and separation equipment, including valves, wellheads, controls, chokes, blowout preventers and assembled systems for oil and gas drilling, production and transmission used in onshore, offshore and subsea applications and provides oil and gas separation, metering and flow measurement equipment. It is also a manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable gas compressors and turbochargers. The Company’s operations are organized into three separate business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), formerly the Cameron segment; Valves & Measurement (V&M), formerly the Cooper Cameron Valves segment, and Compression Systems (CS), formerly the Cooper Compression segment. In January 2006, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities of Caldon Company.

  • CTRP, CTRIP.COM INTL LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.132217
  • Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (Ctrip) is a consolidator of hotel accommodations and air tickets in China. The Company aggregates information on hotels and flights, and enables its customers to make hotel and flight bookings. Ctrip also sells packaged-tours that include transportation and accommodations. The Company targets its services primarily at business and leisure travelers in China. Ctrip acts as agent in all of its transactions and does not take any inventory risks with respect to the hotel rooms and air tickets booked through the Company. Ctrip derives its hotel reservation, air-ticketing and packaged-tour revenues through commissions from hotels (primarily based on the transaction value of the rooms), air tickets and packaged-tour products, respectively, booked through its services. In March 2006, the Company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, C-Travel International Limited.

  • WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.931534
  • Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufactures 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. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders, and satellite and cable set-top boxes. It markets hard drives under brand names, including WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD Scorpio, WD Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower. In September 2007, WD, through its indirect subsidiary, State M Corporation, acquired Komag, Incorporated. As a result of the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc.

  • ALKS, ALKERMES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.277533
  • Alkermes, Inc (Alkermes) is a biotechnology company that develops products based on drug delivery technologies. The Company has two commercial products: RISPERDAL CONSTA (risperidone) long-acting injection, is a long-acting atypical antipsychotic medication approved for use in schizophrenia, and marketed worldwide by Janssen-Cilag (Janssen), a wholly owned division of Johnson & Johnson. VIVITROL (naltrexone for extended-release injectable suspension), is a once-monthly injectable medication approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence and marketed in the United States primarily by Cephalon, Inc. (Cephalon). The CompanyG??s pipeline includes extended-release injectable, pulmonary, and oral products for the treatment of prevalent, chronic diseases such as central nervous system disorders, addiction and diabetes.

  • NU, NORTHEAST UTIL Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.288952
  • Northeast Utilities (NU) is engaged primarily in the energy delivery business, providing franchised retail electric service to approximately 1.9 million customers in 419 cities and towns in Connecticut, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. The Company offers its services, through three of its wholly owned subsidiaries: The Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH) and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECO), and provides franchised retail natural gas service to approximately 200,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in 71 cities and towns in Connecticut, through its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, Yankee Gas Services Company (Yankee Gas). On November 1, 2006, NU closed on the sale of NU Enterprises, Inc.G??s (NUEI) 100% ownership in Northeast Generation Company (NGC), and of Holyoke Water Power Company’s (HWP) 146 megawatts coal-fired plant.

  • CNET, CNET NETWORKS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.541719
  • CNET Networks, Inc. (CNET Networks) is an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the things. It covers topics, such as technology, entertainment, business, food and parenting. The CompanyG??s brands include CNET, GameSpot, MP3.com, ZDNet, TechRepublic, CHOW and Urban Baby. The Company operates through two segments: U.S. Media and International Media. U.S. Media consists of an online media network focused on topics, such as technology, entertainment, community and business. International Media includes media properties under several of the same brands as its sites in the United States, with other brands represented in markets, such as China and the United Kingdom and several print publications in China. In October 2007, American Greetings Corporation announced that it has acquired the online assets of the Webshots brand from CNET Networks, Inc.

  • WMI, WASTE MGMT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.425504
  • Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) is a provider of integrated waste services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides collection, transfer, recycling, disposal and waste-to-energy services. WMIG??s customers include commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers, other waste management companies, electric utilities and governmental entities. The Company operates in six operating groups, of which four are organized by geographic area and two are organized by function. The geographic groups include WMIG??s Eastern, Midwest, Southern and Western Groups, and the two functional groups are its Wheelabrator Group and Recycling Group. The Company also provides additional waste management services that are not managed through its six groups. In September 2006, WMIG??s Container Recycling Alliance, which is its glass recycling division, was acquired by WHI Capital Partners.

  • AMX, AMERICA MOVIL S. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.878811
  • America Movil, S.A.B. DE C.V. (America Movil) is a provider of wireless communications services in Latin America. As of December 31, 2006, it had 124.8 million subscribers in 15 countries. On an equity basis (representing the CompanyG??s economic interest in its subsidiariesG?? subscribers), the Company had 124.4 million subscribers as of December 31, 2006. It also had an aggregate of approximately 2.8 million fixed lines in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic as of December 31, 2006. It operates global system for mobile communications (GSM) networks in all of its principal markets in Latin America, except in Puerto Rico. On December 1, 2006, America Movil acquired a 100% interest in Verizon Dominicana (renamed Compania Dominicana de Telefonos, C. por A.). On March 30, 2007, it acquired control of 100% of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc. In August 2007, the Company acquired Oceanic Digital Jamaica, which is a cellular phones operator in Jamaica.

  • ABV, COMP DE BEBA AM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.420712
  • Companhia de Bebidas das Americas-AmBev is primarily a brewer that produces sells and distributes beer, draft beer, malt, soft drinks, non-carbonated products, and other non-alcoholic beverages, such as isotonic sport drinks, iced tea and water. AmBev conduct its operations through three business units: Brazil, which includes three divisions, beer sales, carbonated soft drinks and non-alcoholic, non-carbonated sales and sales of malt and by-products to third parties; Hispanic Latin America, which includes AmBev’s stake in Quilmes Industrial (Quinsa) Societe Anonyme (referred to as Quinsa), and the operations of the Company’s subsidiaries in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru and Venezuela, and North America, represented by Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.’s operations, which includes domestic sales in Canada and beer exports to the United States. On April 17, 2007, the Company acquired Goldensand Comercio e Servi+?os Lda. On August 8, 2006, AmBev purchased Quinsa.

  • LRCX, LAM RESEARCH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.127981
  • Lam Research Corporation (Lam) designs, manufactures, markets and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits and is a provider of such equipment to the worldwide semiconductor industry. It markets and sells product offerings that include single-wafer plasma etch systems with a range of applications and an array of services designed to optimize the utilization of these systems by its customers. The Company’s products selectively remove portions of various films from the wafer in the creation of semiconductors. Its etch products and services are defined around the Alliance and 2300 Etch Series platforms. The Company sells its products and services primarily to companies involved in the production of semiconductors in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea and Asia Pacific.

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28th October 2007

Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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  • PPP, POGO PRODUCING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.005692
  • Pogo Producing Company is engaged in oil and gas exploration, development, acquisition and production activities in North America, both onshore and offshore, and in Vietnam and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2006, it owned approximately 4,800,000 gross leasehold acres in oil and gas provinces in North America approximately 6,354,000 gross acres in New Zealand and approximately 1,480,000 gross acres in Vietnam. As of December 31, 2006, approximately 94% of Pogo Producing Company’s reserves were located onshore. On May 2, 2006, the Company acquired Latigo Petroleum, Inc., an exploration and production company. On May 31, 2006, the Company closed the sale of an undivided 50% interest in each of PogoG??s Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leasehold interests to Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co., Ltd. In August 2007, Pogo Producing Company sold its wholly owned subsidiary, Northrock Resources Ltd., to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC.

  • NKE, NIKE INC CL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.551132
  • NIKE, Inc. (NIKE) is engaged in the design, development and worldwide marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment and accessory products. NIKE sells athletic footwear and athletic apparel. Its product portfolio includes running, training, basketball, soccer, sport-inspired urban shoes and children’s shoes. It also markets shoes designed for tennis, golf, baseball, football, lacrosse, walking, outdoor activities, skateboarding, bicycling, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading, aquatic activities and other athletic and recreational uses. NIKE sells a line of performance equipment under the NIKE brand name, including bags, socks, sport balls, eyewear, timepieces, electronic devices, bats, gloves, protective equipment and other equipment designed for sports activities. The Company sells its products to retail accounts, through NIKE-owned retail stores, and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees, in over 180 countries worldwide.

  • TSS, TOTAL SYSTEM SVC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.508641
  • Total Systems Services, Inc. provides electronic payment processing and related services to financial and nonfinancial institutions. Services include processing consumer, retail, commercial, government services, stored value and debit cards. The Company offers merchant acquiring services to financial institutions and other organizations in the United States through its wholly owned subsidiary, TSYS Acquiring Solutions, L.L.C., and in Japan through its majority owned subsidiary, GP Network Corporation. It also offers optional value-added products and services to support its core processing services. The Company operates through three segments: domestic-based support services, international-based support services and merchant acquiring services. On July 11, 2006, the Company acquired Card Tech, Ltd.

  • DEO, DIAGEO PLC ADS NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.193127
  • Diageo plc is engaged in the drinks business with a collection of international brands. Diageo is a participant in the branded beverage alcohol industry and operates on an international scale. The Company produces and distributes a collection of branded premium spirits, beer and wine. It produces and distributes a range of premium brands, including Smirnoff vodka, Johnnie Walker Scotch whiskies, Captain Morgan rum, Baileys Original Irish Cream liqueur, JeB scotch whisky, Tanqueray gin and Guinness stout. In addition it also has the distribution rights for the Jose Cuervo tequila brands in the United States and other countries. Diageo’s beer brands include the only global stout brand, Guinness.

  • CCI, CROWN CASTLE INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.653305
  • Crown Castle International Corp., owns, operates and leases towers other communication structures, including certain rooftop installations (collectively, towers) for wireless communications. The Company engages in such activities through a variety of structures, including subleasing and management arrangements. As of December 31, 2006, it owned, leased or managed 23,661 towers, exclusive of rooftop installations. In addition, it has 1,387 towers in Australia and the remainder of its towers are located in Puerto Rico and Canada. As of December 31, 2006, the Company also owned, leased or had easements on 280 land sites for towers owned by third parties, which are located in the United States and the United Kingdom. The CompanyG??s customers include wireless communications companies, including Sprint Nextel Corp, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, SingTel Optus and Vodafone Australia. In January 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Global Signal Inc.

  • PX, PRAXAIR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.201355
  • Praxair, Inc. (Praxair) is an industrial gases supplier in North and South America, Asia, and has businesses in Europe. 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, including healthcare and petroleum refining; computer-chip manufacturing and beverage carbonation; fiber optics and steel making, and aerospace, chemicals and water treatment.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.044619
  • 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: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company’s two largest products, RISPERDAL/RISPERDAL CONSTA and PROCRIT/EPREX, accounted for approximately 8% and 6% of Johnson & Johnson’s total revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2006. In May 2006, ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, acquired Vascular Control Systems, Inc., which is focused on developing medical devices to treat fibroids and to control bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic applications. On December 20, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of the Consumer Healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Conor Medsystems, Inc.

  • CEO, CNOOC LTD ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.414795
  • CNOOC Limited is a producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It mainly engages in oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and sales. The Company has four major oil production areas offshore China: Bohai Bay, western South China Sea, eastern South China Sea and East China Sea. It is an offshore oil producer in Indonesia. It also has certain upstream assets in regions, such as Africa and Australia. As at 31 December 2006, the Company owned net proved reserves of approximately 2.53 billion barrels-of-oil (BOE) equivalent and its average daily net production was 457,482 barrels-of-oil equivalent. On April 20, 2006, the Company acquired a 45% working interest in the offshore Oil Mining License 130 (OML130) in Nigeria. On December 4, 2006, it acquired a 92.1% interest in AERD Projects Nigeria Limited, which holds a 38% working interest in the Offshore Oil Prospecting License 229 (OPL229) in Nigeria.

  • ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.433793
  • Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. It has four segments. The Pharmaceutical Products segmentG??s products include adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals, which are sold worldwide primarily on the prescription or recommendation of physicians. The Diagnostic Products segmentG??s products include diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physiciansG?? offices, alternate care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies and consumers. The Nutritional Products segmentG??s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritionals. The Vascular Products segmentG??s products include a line of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices used in the treatment of vascular disease. On December 13, 2006, it acquired Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. On April 21, 2006, the Company acquired Guidant CorporationG??s vascular intervention and endovascular solutions businesses.

  • NCX, NOVA CHEMICALS CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.348504
  • NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) is engaged in the production and marketing of plastics and chemicals. The Company operates an Olefins/Polyolefins business unit that produces and markets ethylene, polyethylene that NOVA Chemicals refers to as its polyethylene Performance Products and a variety of chemical and energy products (known as co-products). NOVA Chemicals also operates a Performance Styrenics business unit that produces and markets Expandable Polystyrene (EPS), as well styrenic polymers, which it refers to as its styrenic polymer Performance Products. NOVA Chemicals’ non-core commodity styrenics business unit, STYRENIX, produces and markets styrene monomer and solid polystyrene (SPS) in North America, and through NOVA Innovene, its European styrenic polymer 50:50 joint venture with INEOS, SPS and EPS in Europe.

  • TKR, TIMKEN CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.749468
  • The Timken Company (Timken) is a global manufacturer of engineered bearings, alloy and specialty steel and related components. The Company is a manufacturer of tapered roller bearings and alloy seamless mechanical steel tubing and a North America-based bearings manufacturer. Timken had facilities in 27 countries on six continents as of December 31, 2006. The Company manufactures two basic product lines: anti-friction bearings and steel products. On June 30, 2006, the Company sold Timken Precision Components, Europe. In December 2006, the Company acquired Turbo Engines, Inc., a provider of aircraft engine overhaul and repair services. In December 2006, the Company completed the sale of its Latrobe Steel subsidiary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, to a group of investors led by the Watermill Group, Hicks Holdings and Sankaty Advisors. In December 2006, Timken sold its automotive steering business to DriveSol Worldwide, Inc.

  • ETR, ENTERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.315313
  • Entergy Corporation (Entergy) is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail electric distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and it is a nuclear power generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Company operates through two business segments: Utility and Non-Utility Nuclear. Entergy also operates the non-nuclear wholesale assets business. The non-nuclear wholesale assets business sells to wholesale customers the electric power produced by power plants that it owns. In October 2006, the Company’s subsidiary, Entergy New Orleans, Inc., filed its proposed plan of reorganization with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the eastern district of Louisiana.

  • MDR, MCDERMOTT INT PAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 127.071548
  • McDermott International, Inc. (MII) is an engineering and construction company with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities. MII is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, which includes J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (JRMSA) and its consolidated subsidiaries; McDermott Holdings, Inc. (MHI) and its consolidated subsidiaries; McDermott Incorporated (MI), a subsidiary of MHI, and its consolidated subsidiaries; The Babcock & Wilcox Companies (B&WC), a subsidiary of MI; BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT), a subsidiary of B&WC, and its consolidated subsidiaries, and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), a subsidiary of B&WC, and its consolidated subsidiaries. MII is a worldwide energy services company operating in three business segments: Offshore Oil and Gas Construction, Government Operations and Power Generation Systems. In July 2007, JRMSA acquired Secunda International Limited.

  • PLL, PALL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.520902
  • Pall Corporation (Pall) is a supplier of integrated filtration, separation and purification technologies. These technologies are made by the Company using its engineering capability, filter media, and other fluid clarification and separations equipment for the removal of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from a variety of liquids and gases. Pall serves customers in two business groups: Life Sciences and Industrial. The Life Sciences business group is focused on developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the medical and biopharmaceuticals marketplaces. The Industrial business group is focused on developing, manufacturing and selling products to customers in the aerospace, microelectronics and general industrial marketplaces. Its products are used to discover, develop and produce synthetically and organically derived drugs and vaccines, produce safe drinking water, protect hospital patients, bacterial detection systems and hospital water filtration products.

  • BF-B, BROWN FORMAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.083065
  • TRA, TERRA INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.663200
  • Terra Industries Inc. (Terra) is a producer and marketer of nitrogen products, serving agricultural and industrial markets. Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP), through its subsidiary, Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership, operates the CompanyG??s manufacturing facility at Verdigris, Oklahoma. Terra is the sole general partner and the majority limited partner of TNCLP. In addition, Terra owns a 50% interest in Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited (PLNL), an ammonia production joint venture in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Company owns nine manufacturing facilities in North America and the United Kingdom capable of producing nitrogen products. Two of these facilities (Beaumont, Texas, and Woodward, Oklahoma) can also produce methanol. The Beaumont, Texas facility and the Donaldsonville, Louisiana ammonia plant are out of production. The Company operates in two segments: nitrogen business segment and methanol business segment.

  • SRZ, SUNRISE SENIOR LV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.109106
  • Sunrise Senoor, Inc. (Sunrise) is a provider of senior living services in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. The Company offers a range of personalized senior living services, from independent living, to assisted living, to care for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss, to nursing and rehabilitative care. Sunrise also develops senior living communities for ourselves, for ventures in which it retains an ownership interest and for third parties. At December 31, 2005, it operated 415 communities, including 397 communities in the United States, 11 communities in Canada, five communities in the United Kingdom and two communities in Germany, with a total resident capacity of approximately 51,000. Sunrise owns or has an ownership interest in 217 of these communities and 198 are managed for third parties. In September 2006, Sunrise acquired Trinity Hospice, Inc. and six Florida senior living communities operated under the Aston Gardens brand name.

  • APPB, APPLEBEE S INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.288426
  • Applebee’s International, Inc. (Applebee’s) develops, franchises and operates restaurants in the bar and grill segment of the casual dining industry under the name, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had over 1,900 system-wide restaurants. As of December 31, 2006, there were 1,930 Applebee’s restaurants. Franchisees operated 1,409 of these restaurants and 521 restaurants were company-owned. The restaurants were located in 49 states, 16 countries outside of the United States and one United States territory. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had 75 franchise groups, including 31 international franchisees. During the year ended December 31, 2006, 143 new restaurants were opened, including 108 franchise restaurants and 35 company restaurants. In March 2007, Applebee’s announced that it is closing 24 of its 528 Company-owned restaurants.

  • HWAY, HEALTHWAYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.843845
  • Healthways, Inc. provides specialized Health and Care Support programs and services, including disease management, care management and Outcomes Driven Wellness programs to health plans, governments, employers, and hospitals in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. These services include providing members with educational materials and personal interactions with trained nurses and other healthcare professionals designed to create and sustain healthier behaviors; incorporating evidence-based clinical guidelines in interventions to optimize patient care; developing care support plans and motivating members to set attainable goals for themselves; providing local market resources to address acute episode interventions; coordinating members’ care with local healthcare providers, and fostering wellness and prevention through total population screening, health risk assessments and supportive interventions. In December 2006, it acquired Axia Health Management, LLC.

  • AMX, AMERICA MOVIL S. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.878811
  • America Movil, S.A.B. DE C.V. (America Movil) is a provider of wireless communications services in Latin America. As of December 31, 2006, it had 124.8 million subscribers in 15 countries. On an equity basis (representing the CompanyG??s economic interest in its subsidiariesG?? subscribers), the Company had 124.4 million subscribers as of December 31, 2006. It also had an aggregate of approximately 2.8 million fixed lines in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic as of December 31, 2006. It operates global system for mobile communications (GSM) networks in all of its principal markets in Latin America, except in Puerto Rico. On December 1, 2006, America Movil acquired a 100% interest in Verizon Dominicana (renamed Compania Dominicana de Telefonos, C. por A.). On March 30, 2007, it acquired control of 100% of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc. In August 2007, the Company acquired Oceanic Digital Jamaica, which is a cellular phones operator in Jamaica.

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