30th November 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.

  • JCI, JOHNSON CONTROLS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.440308
  • Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson Controls) is engaged in the building efficiency business. It is a global supplier of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) mechanical equipment and services. The Company operates in three primary businesses: building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions. The building efficiency business is engaged in designing, producing, marketing and installing HVAC equipment and building control systems that monitor, automate and integrate building operating equipment and conditions. Automotive experience provides seating, instrument panel, overhead, floor console and door systems to more than 35 million vehicles annually. The Company’s power solutions business services both automotive original equipment manufacturers, and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. In June 2006, the Company acquired Berg Inc. In November 2007, Johnson Controls acquired Skymark International, Inc.

  • APC, ANADARKO PETROLEU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.894798
  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with 3.01 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves as of December 31, 2006. The CompanyG??s major areas of operations are located in the United States, the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico and Algeria. Anadarko also has production in China, Venezuela and Qatar, a development project in Brazil and is executing exploration programs in several other countries. It markets natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) and owns and operates gas-gathering and processing systems. In addition, the Company engages in the hard minerals business through non-operated joint ventures and royalty arrangements in several coal, trona (natural soda ash) and industrial mineral mines located on lands within and adjacent to its Land Grant holdings. On August 10, 2006, the Company acquired Kerr-McGee Corporation. On August 23, 2006, Anadarko acquired Western Gas Resources, Inc.

  • PH, PARKER HANNIFIN C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 70.113190
  • Parker-Hannifin Corporation is a full-line diversified manufacturer of motion control products, including fluid power systems, electromechanical controls and related components. In addition to motion control products, the Company also is a producer of fluid purification, fluid and fuel control, process instrumentation, air conditioning, refrigeration, electromagnetic shielding and thermal management products and systems. Its manufacturing, service, distribution and administrative facilities are located in 35 states and in 42 foreign countries. Its motion control technology is used in the products of its three principal business segments: Industrial, Aerospace, and Climate & Industrial Controls. The products are sold as original and replacement equipment through product and distribution centers worldwide. Parker products are supplied to over 427,000 customers in manufacturing, transportation and processing industry. In November 2007, it acquired Kay Pneumatics Ltd and Scan Subsea ASA.

  • OLN, OLIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.486629
  • Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments: Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. Chlor Alkali Products manufactures and sells chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, bleach products and potassium hydroxide, which represent 21% of sales during the year ended December 31, 2006. Winchester products, which represent 12% of sales, in 2006, include sporting ammunition, canister powder, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, and industrial cartridges. In November 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Metals business to Global Brass and Copper, Inc., an affiliate of KPS Capital Partners, LP. The sale includes all of the CompanyG??s worldwide Metals operations, including its manufacturing facilities in East Alton, Illinois; Montpelier and Bryan, Ohio; Waterbury, Connecticut, and Cuba, Missouri, as well as its A. J. Oster metals service centers.

  • PCL, PLUM CREEK TIM RE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.407715
  • 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.

  • EAC, ENCORE ACQUISITIO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.623787
  • Encore Acquisition Company (Encore) is engaged in the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas reserves from onshore fields in the United States. The Company’s properties and oil and natural gas reserves are located in four core areas: the Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) in the Williston Basin of Montana and North Dakota; the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico; the Rockies, which includes non-CCA assets in the Williston and Powder River Basins of Montana and North Dakota, and the Paradox Basin of southeastern Utah, and the Mid-Continent area, which includes the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma, the North Louisiana Salt Basin, the East Texas Basin and the Barnett Shale of north Texas. In March 2007, the CompanyG??s subsidiaries completed the acquisition of the oil properties in the Big Horn Basin, from subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

  • WLT, WALTER INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.060120
  • Walter Industries, Inc. (Walter) is a diversified company that operates in five segments: Natural Resources, Sloss, Financing, Homebuilding and Other. Through these operating segments, the Company offers a diversified line of products and services, including coal and natural gas, furnace and foundry coke and slag fiber, mortgage financing and home construction. The Natural Resources segment consists primarily of Jim Walter Resources, Inc. (JWR) and Kodiak Mining Company, LLC (Kodiak). Sloss primarily manufactures and markets foundry and furnace coke, which are used by foundries and blast furnaces in the production of iron and steel products. The Financing segment consists primarily of Mid-State Homes, Inc. (MSH) and Walter Mortgage Company (WMC). The Homebuilding segment includes Jim Walter Homes, Inc (JWH). On December 14, 2006, Walter completed the spin-off of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (Mueller Water), which included the Mueller, U.S. Pipe and Anvil operating segments.

  • AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 79.524246
  • 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.

  • AVA, AVISTA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.015486
  • Avista Corporation (Avista Corp.) is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy, as well as other energy-related businesses. The Company has four business segments: Avista Utilities, Energy Marketing and Resource Management, Advantage IQ, Inc. (Advantage IQ) and Other. Avista Utilities generates, transmits and distributes electricity and distributes natural gas. The utility also engages in wholesale purchases and sales of electricity and natural gas. Energy Marketing and Resource Management comprises its subsidiaries, Avista Energy, Inc. (Avista Energy) and Avista Power, LLC (Avista Power). Avista Energy is an electricity and natural gas marketing, trading and resource management business. Advantage IQ is a provider of facility information and cost management services for multi-site customers throughout North America. Other includes sheet metal fabrication, venture fund investments and real estate investments.

  • IOO, ISHARE SP GBL 100 Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.652552
  • PPDI, PHARM PROD DEV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.010582
  • Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPD) is a global contract research organization engaged in providing drug discovery and development services, post-approval expertise and compound partnering programs. PPD operates in two segments: Discovery Sciences and Development. The Discovery Sciences Group focuses on the discovery research segment of the biopharmaceutical research and development outsourcing market. The Development Group has designed its various global services to be flexible and integrated in order to assist its clients in optimizing their research and development spending through the clinical stages of the development process. In addition, for marketed drugs, biologics and devices, PPD offers support services, such as product launch services, medical information, patient compliance programs, patient and disease registry programs, product safety and pharmacovigilance, Phase IV monitored studies and prescription-to-over-the-counter programs.

  • XXIA, IXIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.014420
  • Ixia is a provider of test systems for Internet protocol (IP)-based infrastructure and services that allows its customers to test and measure the performance, functionality, service quality and conformance of IP equipment and networks, and the applications that run over them. The CompanyG??s solutions generate, capture, characterize and analyze high volumes of realistic network and application traffic, exposing problems, assessing performance, ensuring functionality and interoperability and verifying conformance to industry specifications. Ixia offers hardware platforms with interchangeable traffic generation interfaces, utilizing a common set of applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow its customers to create integrated and automated test environments. The networks its systems analyze include Ethernet networks operating at speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second, which carry data traffic over optical fiber or electrical cable.

  • UNH, UNITEDHEALTH GROU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.012161
  • UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (UnitedHealth Group) is a diversified health and well-being company, serving approximately 70 million Americans. The Company provides individuals with access to healthcare services and resources through more than 520,000 physicians and other care providers and 4,700 hospitals across the United States. UnitedHealth Group conducts its operations through four operating divisions: Uniprise, Health Care Services, Specialized Care Services (SCS) and Ingenix. On December 1, 2006, the CompanyG??s Health Care Services business segment acquired the Student Insurance Division (Student Resources) of The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company. On February 24, 2006, its Health Care Services business segment acquired John Deere Health Care, Inc.

  • SRE, SEMPRA ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.055386
  • Sempra Energy (Sempra) is an energy services holding company that, through its subsidiaries, develops energy infrastructure, operate utilities, and provide related products and services to more than 29 million consumers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Asia. The Company has five separately managed segments comprising Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Sempra Commodities, Sempra Generation and Sempra Pipelines & Storage. SoCalGas and SDG&E are collectively referred to as the Sempra Utilities. In July 2006, the Company’s Subsidiary, Sempra Generation Sold Coleto Creek Power and Other Topaz Power Assets.

  • ABI, APPLERA CORP-APPL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.415118
  • Applied Biosystems Inc serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. The Company focuses on basic research, commercial research (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) and standardized testing, including forensic human identification, paternity testing and food testing. Applied Biosystems Inc has an installed base of approximately 180,000 instrument systems in nearly 100 countries. Basic research includes work at university, government and other non-profit institutions that focus on uncovering the basic laws of nature and understanding human disease. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies use Applied Biosystems Inc products to discover and develop new drugs more effectively. Standardized testing customers require systems that produce precise results from a high volume of automated tests.

  • AVA, AVISTA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.015486
  • Avista Corporation (Avista Corp.) is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy, as well as other energy-related businesses. The Company has four business segments: Avista Utilities, Energy Marketing and Resource Management, Advantage IQ, Inc. (Advantage IQ) and Other. Avista Utilities generates, transmits and distributes electricity and distributes natural gas. The utility also engages in wholesale purchases and sales of electricity and natural gas. Energy Marketing and Resource Management comprises its subsidiaries, Avista Energy, Inc. (Avista Energy) and Avista Power, LLC (Avista Power). Avista Energy is an electricity and natural gas marketing, trading and resource management business. Advantage IQ is a provider of facility information and cost management services for multi-site customers throughout North America. Other includes sheet metal fabrication, venture fund investments and real estate investments.

  • HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.196777
  • Harsco Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of industrial services and engineered products. The Company’s operations fall into three segments: Mill Services, Access Services and Gas Technologies, and an all other category labeled Engineered Products and Services. In November 2006, the Company acquired the conveyor services and trading arm of Technic Gum, and Moldajes y Andamios TH S.A. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Excell Materials, Inc. (Excell), a multinational company that is engaged in the reclamation and recycling of content from steelmaking slag. In August 2007, the Company announced the acquisition of Alexander Mill Services International, a privately held company that provides mill services to steel producers in Poland and Romania. Alexander also provides steel mill services on a smaller scale in Greece and Portugal. In September 2007, it acquired ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc.

  • CL, COLGATE PALMOLIVE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 86.067368
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company. The Company manages its business in two product segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. ColgateG??s Oral Care products include toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouth rinses, dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. Other products in this segment include Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Sensitive Plus Whitening and Colgate Time Control toothpastes, Colgate 360-? manual toothbrushes, Colgate Smiles line of manual toothbrushes for kids and Plax Overnight mouth rinse. The Personal Care market includes shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, and deodorants and antiperspirants, as well as liquid hand soaps. Colgate, through its HillG??s Pet Nutrition segment, is a producer of specialty pet nutrition products for dogs and cats with products marketed in over 90 countries around the world. On May 1, 2006, the Company acquired an 84% interest in TomG??s of Maine, Inc.

  • MWV, MEADWESTVACO CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.396551
  • MeadWestvaco Corporation (MeadWestvaco) is a global company that operates in the packaging, consumer and office products, specialty chemicals and specialty papers markets. The Company operates in four segments. Packaging Resources produces bleached paperboard, Coated Natural Kraft paperboard (CNK), kraft paperboard, linerboard and saturating kraft, and packaging for consumer products. Consumer Solutions offers a range of converting and consumer packaging solutions. Consumer and Office Products manufactures, sources, markets and distributes school and office products, time-management products and envelopes in North America and Brazil through both retail and commercial channels. Specialty Chemicals manufactures, markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and byproducts of the papermaking process. In July 2006, the Company acquired Calmar. In September 2007, MeadWestvaco acquired Keltec Dispensing Systems, and Hayes Products.

  • AYE, ALLEGHENY ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.769783
  • Allegheny Energy, Inc. (Allegheny) is a diversified utility holding company that operates primarily through directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries. The Company is an integrated energy business that owns and operates electric generation facilities and delivers electric services to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia. Allegheny has two business segments: the Delivery and Services segment, which includes its electric transmission and distribution (T&D) operations, and the Generation and Marketing segment, which includes its power generation operations. Effective January 1, 2007, the CompanyG??s subsidiaries, Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC (AE Supply) and Monongahela Power Company (Monongahela) completed an intra-company transfer of assets (the Asset Swap), which realigned generation ownership and contractual arrangements within the Allegheny system. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company formed Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company.

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30th November 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.

  • SNY, SANOFI-AVENTIS SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.523546
  • sanofi-aventis is a pharmaceutical group engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare products. Its business includes two main activities: pharmaceuticals and human vaccines. In its pharmaceutical activity, sanofi-aventis specializes in six therapeutic areas: thrombosis, cardiovascular, metabolic disorders, oncology, central nervous system and internal medicine. In the human vaccines activity, it offers vaccines in five areas: pediatric combination vaccines, influenza vaccines, adult and adolescent booster vaccines, meningitis vaccines and travel vaccines. As of April 4, 2007, sanofi-aventis announced that Acomplia has been approved by Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for therapeutics products, in association with a light hypocaloric diet and physical activity for obese patients or for overweight patients with at least one associated cardiovascular risk factor, after insufficient weight reduction following physical activity or alimentary adaptation.

  • ENB, ENBRIDGE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.440802
  • 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.

  • IMO, IMPERIAL OIL LMT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.730083
  • Imperial Oil Limited is a Canada-based integrated oil company. It is active in all phases of the petroleum industry in Canada, including the exploration for, and production and sale of, crude oil and natural gas. It is producer of crude oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas, and a refiner and marketer of petroleum products. It is also supplier of petrochemicals. The Company’s operations are conducted through three main segments: natural resources (upstream), petroleum products (downstream) and chemicals. Natural resources operations include the exploration for, and production of, crude oil and natural gas, upgraded crude oil and heavy oil. Petroleum products operations consist of the transportation, refining and blending of crude oil and refined products, and the distribution and marketing thereof. The chemicals operations consist of the manufacturing and marketing of various petrochemicals.

  • SCHS, SCHOOL SPECIALTY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.435264
  • School Specialty, Inc. (School Specialty) is an education company, serving the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade (preK-12) market, with products, programs and services. The Company operates through two segments: specialty and essentials. The Company operates principally in the United States, with limited Specialty segment operations in Canada. Products supplied within the Specialty segment primarily target specific educational disciplines, such as art, industrial arts, physical education, sciences, and early childhood. This segment also supplies student academic planners, videos, digital versatile disks (DVDs), published educational materials and sound presentation equipment. Products supplied within the Essentials segment include consumables (consisting of classroom supplies, instructional materials, educational games, art supplies and school forms), school furniture and indoor and outdoor equipment.

  • WDR, WADDELL&REED FIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 81.909790
  • Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. conducts business through its subsidiaries, and primarily provides investment management, investment product underwriting and distribution, and shareholder services administration to mutual funds and institutional and separately managed accounts. The Company sells its investment products through three distribution channels: the Advisors channel, the Wholesale channel and the Institutional channel. In the Advisors channel, its sales force consists of 2,250 financial advisors, who focus their efforts primarily on the sale of investment products advised by the Company. The Advisors channel’s primary market is middle income and mass affluent individuals, families and businesses across the United States.

  • CENX, CENTURY ALUMINUM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.443533
  • Century Aluminum Company (Century Aluminum or Century) is a holding company engaged in producing aluminum. The Company’s principal subsidiaries are Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc., Berkeley Aluminum, Inc., Century Kentucky, Inc. and Nordural ehf. The Company’s aluminum facilities include Nordural in Grundartangi, Iceland, Hawesville, Ravenswood and Mt. Holly in the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it produced approximately 680,000 metric tons of primary aluminum. As of December 2006, Century had an annual production capacity of 745,000 metric tons. In addition to its primary aluminum assets, the Company had a 50% joint venture interests in the Gramercy alumina refinery, located in Gramercy, Louisiana and a related bauxite mining operation in Jamaica. The Gramercy refinery supplies substantially all of the alumina used for the production of primary aluminum at the CompanyG??s Hawesville, Kentucky primary aluminum facility.

  • CRL, CHARLES RIVER LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 95.643448
  • Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (Charles River) is a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process, including research models and associated services, and outsourced preclinical services (including Phase I clinical services). The Company provides the animal research models required in research and development for drugs, devices and therapies. Charles River’s customer base includes global pharmaceutical companies, a range of biotechnology companies, as well as government agencies, hospitals and academic institutions worldwide. The Company operates over 80 facilities, including its production and warehousing facilities, in 15 countries worldwide. The Company has two reporting segments: Research Models and Services (RMS) and Preclinical Services (PCS), which includes Phase I clinical services. In October 2006, Charles River acquired Northwest Kinetics, Inc.

  • MGA, MAGNA INTL CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.169855
  • Magna International Inc. (Magna) is a supplier of automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components. The Company designs, develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components, and engineers and assembles vehicles for sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of cars and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. As at December 31, 2006, Magna had 229 manufacturing operations and 62 product development and engineering centers in 23 countries. On February 2, 2006, the Company acquired CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen (CTS), a manufacturer of roof systems for the automotive industry in Germany. In August 2006, Magna purchased the Magna Golf Club located in Aurora, Ontario. In November 2006, it acquired Fontana Golf and Sports Club located in Austria. . During the year ended December 31, 2006, it acquired a 41% interest in Shin Young Metal Ind. Co.

  • GIL, GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.266228
  • Gildan Activewear Inc. (Gildan) is a vertically integrated marketer and manufacturer of activewear, underwear and socks. Gildan is a supplier of activewear for the wholesale imprinted sportswear market in the United States and Canada, and also a supplier for this market in Europe. Its product offering focuses on core basic activewear styles sold in various fabrics, weights and colors for the adult, ladies and youth markets. Silhouettes include basic t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, sleeveless t-shirts, ringer tees, tank tops, pocket t-shirts, basic sport shirts, pocketed sport shirts, crewneck sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants. Each product category is serviced by various labels, such as Ultra Cotton, Heavy Cotton, Ultra Blend and Heavy Blend. It offers 100% cotton, as well as blended cotton and polyester products. Its products for the wholesale channel for screen printers are produced and sold without logos and designs. In October 2007, it acquired V.I. Prewett & Son, Inc.

  • PEG, PUB ENTRPR GP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.341316
  • Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) is a holding company that operates through four principal direct subsidiaries: Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), PSEG Power LLC (Power), PSEG Energy Holdings LLC (Energy Holdings) and PSEG Services Corporation (Services). PSEG is an energy company with operations primarily in the Northeastern and Mid Atlantic United States, and in other select markets. PSE&G is an operating public utility company engaged in the transmission and distribution of electric energy and gas in New Jersey, the United States. Power is a multi-regional, wholesale energy supply company that integrates its generating asset operations with its wholesale energy, fuel supply, and energy trading and marketing functions. Energy Holdings has two principal direct subsidiaries, which are also its segments: PSEG Global L.L.C. and PSEG Resources L.L.C. Its Services subsidiary provides management and administrative and general services to PSEG and its subsidiaries.

  • TRMB, TRIMBLE NAVIGATN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.115362
  • Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble) provides advanced positioning product solutions, typically to commercial and government users. The principle applications served include surveying, agriculture, machine guidance, construction alignment, asset and fleet management, and telecommunications infrastructure. TrimbleG??s products include systems that guide agricultural and construction equipment, surveying instruments, systems that track fleets of vehicles, and data collection systems that enable the management of large amounts of geo-referenced information. It also manufactures components for in-vehicle navigation and telematics systems, and timing modules used in the synchronization of wireless networks. It operates through four segments: Engineering and Construction, Field Solutions, Mobile Solutions and Advanced Devices. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, the Company formed the Advanced Devices segment, which combines its former Component Technologies and Portfolio segments.

  • FST, FOREST OIL CP (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.913200
  • 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.

  • WFT, WEATHERFORD INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.186230
  • 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.

  • BF-B, BROWN FORMAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.698427
  • CVA, COVANTA HLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.908257
  • Covanta Holding Corporation (Covanta) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the businesses of waste and energy services, and insurance services. Covanta owns and operates infrastructure for the conversion of energy-from-waste, waste disposal and renewable energy production in the United States. It also engages in the independent power production business outside the United States. The Company owns or operates 51 energy generation facilities, 41 of which are in the United States, and 10 of which are located outside the United States. Covanta also has investments in subsidiaries engaged in insurance operations in California primarily in property and casualty insurance. National American Insurance Company of California (NAICC) writes non-standard private automobile insurance policies in California. The Company operates in two segments: Waste and Energy Services and Other Services.

  • DTE, D T E ENERGY CO H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.078241
  • DTE Energy Company is an energy company. The Company’s utility operations consist primarily of Detroit Edison, which is engaged in the generation, purchase, distribution and sale of electricity to approximately 2.2 million customers in Southeastern Michigan, and MichCon, which is engaged in the purchase, storage, transmission, distribution and sale of natural gas to approximately 1.3 million customers throughout Michigan. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company operated into three business units: Electric Utility; Gas Utility, and Non-Utility Operations.

  • RAI, REYNOLDS AMERICAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.142387
  • Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is primarily a holding company. RAIG??s wholly owned operating subsidiaries include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR Tobacco), Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. (Santa Fe), Lane, Limited (Lane) and R. J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. (GPI). R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) is a wholly owned subsidiary of RAI, which wholly owns RJR Tobacco. In addition, RAIG??s operating subsidiaries include the companies, collectively referred to as Conwood, owned by RAIG??s subsidiary, Conwood Holdings, Inc. Conwood is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing and marketing smokeless tobacco products. On May 31, 2006, RAI, through Conwood Holdings, Inc., completed its acquisition of 100% of the holding company owning Conwood Company, L.P., Conwood Sales Co., L.P., Rosswil LLC, Scott Tobacco LLC, Conwood LLC, Conwood-1 LLC and Conwood-2 LLC.

  • REP, REPSOL YPF S.A. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.089295
  • Repsol YPF, S.A. (Repsol YPF) is an integrated oil and gas company engaged in all aspects of the petroleum business, including exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas, transportation of petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas, petroleum refining, petrochemical production and marketing of petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals and natural gas. Repsol YPF operates in over 30 countries. In June 2006, the Company acquired 10% of West Siberian Resources Ltd., a Russian company engaging in gas supply and logistics. In March 2006, it acquired through Gas Natural SDG, S.A. (in which the Company has 30.85% interest) 30.8% of Petroleum Oil & Gas Espana, S.A., a company engaging in oil and gas exploration.

  • HON, HONEYWELL INTL IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.896970
  • Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) is a diversified technology and manufacturing company, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services, control, sensing and security technologies for buildings, homes and industry, turbochargers, automotive products, specialty chemicals, electronic and advanced materials, and process technology for refining and petrochemicals. The Company operates in four segments: Aerospace, Automation and Control Solutions, Specialty Materials and Transportation Systems. It is engaged in manufacturing, sales, service and research and development mainly in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. In May 2006, the Company purchased Gardiner Groupe. In February 2006, Honeywell sold Indalex. In May 2006, it sold First Technology Safety & Analysis (FTSA) business. In December 2006, the Company also sold First Technology Automotive business. In July 2007, the Company acquired Dimensions International and Enraf Holding B.V.

  • DHR, DANAHER CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.586842
  • Danaher Corporation derives its sales from the design, manufacture and marketing of professional, medical, industrial and consumer products. It operates in four segments: Professional Instrumentation, Medical Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Tools & Components. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it acquired Sybron Dental Specialties and Vision Systems Limited, in addition to other nine companies, which are manufacturers and assemblers of environmental instrumentation, medical equipment or industrial products, in the market segments of electronic test, critical-care diagnostics, water quality, product identification, and sensors and controls. In July 2007, the Company acquired ChemTreat, Inc. In July 2007, the Company completed the sale of its power quality business to Thomas & Betts Corporation. As of November 21, 2007, the Company, through its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Raven Acquisition Corp., had acquired over 90% interest in Tektronix, Inc.

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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.

  • LLL, L-3 COMM HLDGS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.743340
  • L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (L-3) is a system contractor for aircraft modernization and operations and maintenance (O&M), command, control and communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) collection systems and services, training and simulation, intelligence services and government support services. The Company operates in four segments: Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Government Services; Aircraft Modernization and Maintenance (AM&M), and Specialized Products. On February 3, 2005, L-3 acquired the Marine Controls division of CAE. On July 29, 2005, the Company acquired The Titan Corporation. On October 25, 2006, the Company acquired Nova Engineering. In April 2007, the Company acquired Geneva Aerospace, Inc., a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. Geneva Aerospace will be included in L-3’s Specialized Products segment.

  • UL, UNILEVER PLC AMER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 86.071945
  • 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.

  • VTR, VENTAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.101421
  • 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.

  • TTEK, TETRA TECH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.070594
  • Tetra Tech, Inc. is a provider of consulting, engineering and technical services in the areas of water resource management and civil infrastructure. As a consultant, it assists clients in defining problems and developing and solutions. These services span the lifecycle of a project and include research and development, applied science and technology, engineering design, program management, construction, construction management, and operations and maintenance. It operates in three segments: resource management, infrastructure and communications. The Company provides consulting, engineering and technical services that assist clients in identifying industry-specific problems, defining appropriate solutions and implementing those solutions. In January 2007, Tetra Tech, Inc. acquired Soil Testing Engineers (STE) of Louisiana. In April 2007, the Company acquired The Delaney Group. In October 2007, it completed the acquisition of ARD, Inc.

  • NFX, NEWFIELD EXP COM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.893801
  • Newfield Exploration Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of crude oil and natural gas properties. The Company’s domestic areas of operation include the onshore Gulf Coast, the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins of the Mid-Continent, the Uinta Basin of the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico. The Company has international operations in Malaysia and China. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company had the proved reserves of 2.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent. Of those reserves 70% were natural gas; 65% were proved developed; 35% were located onshore in the United States; 15% were located in the Gulf of Mexico, and 10% were located internationally. In August 2007, McMoRan Exploration Co. acquired the Gulf of Mexico Shelf oil and gas properties of Newfield and certain exploration rights. In October 2007, the Company announced the closing of its interests in the United Kingdom North Sea to Centrica plc.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.204796
  • AXS, AXIS CAP HLDGS LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.511749
  • AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXIS Capital) is a Bermuda-based holding company for the AXIS group of companies. Through its various operating subsidiaries, the Company provides specialty insurance and treaty reinsurance products worldwide with operations in Bermuda, Europe, Singapore and the United States. Its business consists of two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. It operates through two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. The insurance segment is further divided into two sub-segments, which are global insurance and U.S. insurance. On January 2007, AXIS Insurance was divided into four divisions managed across all geographic locations: Specialty Lines, Professional Lines, Capital Risk Solutions and AXIS Select Markets. It acquired Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro) on March 2007. AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.

  • STR, QUESTAR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.676483
  • Questar Corporation (Questar) is a natural gas-focused energy company with four major lines of business: gas and oil exploration and production, midstream field services, interstate gas transportation, and retail gas distribution. The Company’s operations are conducted through its three principal subsidiaries. Questar Market Resources, Inc. (Market Resources) engages in gas and oil exploration, development and production and midstream field services-gas gathering and processing, as well as wholesale gas and oil marketing and gas storage. Questar Pipeline Company (Questar Pipeline) provides interstate natural gas transportation and storage services. Questar Gas Company (Questar Gas) provides retail natural gas distribution.

  • EGN, ENERGEN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.532639
  • Energen Corporation (Energen) is a diversified energy holding company engaged primarily in the acquisition, development, exploration and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the continental United States and in the purchase, distribution, and sale of natural gas, principally in central and north Alabama. The Company’s two principal subsidiaries are Energen Resources Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation. Energen Resources explores for and develops reservoirs, primarily in areas, in which it has an operating presence. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Energen ResourcesG?? proved oil and gas reserves totaled 1,723 billion cubic feet equivalent. Alagasco purchases natural gas through interstate and intrastate marketers and suppliers, and distributes the purchased gas through its distribution facilities for sale to residential, commercial and industrial customers, and other end-users of natural gas.

  • AES, AES CP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.915362
  • 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.

  • WAT, WATERS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 64.022415
  • 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.

  • GS, GOLDMAN SACHS GRP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.501066
  • Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a range of services worldwide to a client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Goldman Sachs activities are divided into three segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and Asset Management and Securities Services. Investment Banking segment is divided into two components: Financial Advisory and Underwriting. Trading and Principal Investments segment is divided into three components: Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities; Equities, and Principal Investments. The components of the Asset Management and Securities Services segment are asset management and securities services.

  • FTO, FRONTIER OIL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.544132
  • Frontier Oil Corporation (Frontier) is an independent energy company engaged in crude oil refining and the wholesale marketing of refined petroleum products. The Company operates refineries (the Refineries) in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas with a total annual average crude oil capacity of approximately 162,000 barrels per day (bpd). FrontierG??s Cheyenne Refinery has a permitted crude oil capacity of 52,000 bpd on a 12-month average. During the year ended December 31, 2006, heavy crude oil constituted approximately 73% of the Cheyenne RefineryG??s total crude oil charge. During 2006, the Cheyenne RefineryG??s product yield included gasoline (42%), diesel fuel (31%) and asphalt and other refined petroleum products (27%). In February 2007, the Company acquired Ethanol Management Company (EMC). EMC’s primary assets are a 25,000 bpd products terminal and blending facility located near Denver, Colorado.

  • ANDW, ANDREW CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.837631
  • Andrew Corporation, is engaged in the design, manufacture, and supply of communications equipment, services, and systems for global communications infrastructure markets. The products are used in the infrastructure for traditional wireless networks, third generation (3G) technologies, voice, data, video and Internet services, as well as applications for microwave and satellite communications, and other specialized applications. The Company operates in two groups namely Antenna and Cable Products, and Wireless Network Solutions. The segments of the Company include Antenna and Cable Products, Satellite Communications, Base Station Subsystems, Network Solutions and Wireless Innovations. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company acquired EMS Wireless (EMS), a division of EMS Technologies, Inc., engaged in designing and manufacturing of base stations. In fiscal 2007, the Company sold Yantai, China facility to Andes Industries, Inc.

  • AMX, AMERICA MOVIL S. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.963646
  • 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.

  • YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.188820
  • YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 34,000 units in more than 100 countries and territories. YUM consists of six operating segments: KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s (LJS) and A&W All-American Food Restaurants (A&W), YUM Restaurants International (YRI or International Division) and YUM Restaurants China (China Division). Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS, and A&W (the Concepts), YUM develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. In all five of its Concepts, YUM either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. On September 12, 2006, YUM completed the purchase of the remaining 50% interest in its 541 Pizza Huts in the United Kingdom from Whitbread PLC, its joint venture partner.

  • BTU, PEABODY ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.076241
  • Peabody Energy Corp is a coal company. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it sold 247.6 million tons of coal. It owns majority interests in 40 coal operations located throughout the United States coal producing regions and in Australia. In addition, it 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. It owns six mines, including a late development-stage mine in Queensland, Australia, and five mines, including a late development-stage mine and one development-stage mine in New South Wales, Australia. In October 2006, it acquired Excel Coal Limited. In November 2007, it announced the spin-off of coal assets and operations in West Virginia and Kentucky to BTU shareholders.

  • SWY, SAFEWAY STORES IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.709415
  • Safeway Inc. (Safeway), incorporated in July 1986, is a food and drug retailer in North America, with 1,761 stores during the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company’s United States retail operations are located principally in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, the Chicago metropolitan area and the Mid-Atlantic region. Its Canadian retail operations are located principally in British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba/Saskatchewan. In support of Safeway’s retail operations, the Company has a network of distribution, manufacturing and food processing facilities. It also has a 49% ownership interest in Casa Ley, S.A. de C.V. (Casa Ley), which operates 127 food and general merchandise stores in Western Mexico. Blackhawk, a subsidiary of Safeway, provides third-party gift cards, prepaid cards, and sports and entertainment cards to Safeway, as well as to a group of North American retailers for sale to retail customers.

  • SJR, SHAW COMM CL B NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.424554
  • Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, high-speed Internet, digital phones, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business Solutions) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice Communications Inc.) to 3.2 million customers.

  • BLK, BLACKROCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.665367
  • BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States with $1.125 trillion of assets under management (AUM) as of December 31, 2006. The Company provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and individual investors through various investment vehicles. Its investment management services primarily consist of the active management of fixed income, cash management and equity client accounts, the management of a number of open-end and closed-end mutual fund families, and other non-United States equivalent retail products serving the institutional and retail markets, and the management of alternative funds developed to serve various customer needs. BlackRock also offers risk management, investment system outsourcing and financial advisory services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions brand name.

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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.

  • GD, GEN DYNAMICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.147514
  • General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) is engaged in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems, and information systems and technologies. General Dynamics focuses on delivering products and services to military, other government and commercial customers. General Dynamics has four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems and Information Systems and Technology. In November 2007, General Dynamics announced that it has acquired Mediaware International Pty Ltd., a developer of real-time, full-motion compressed digital video processing software and systems for defense, intelligence and commercial customers. In January 2007, it acquired WECO Aerospace Systems, a privately held aviation-component overhaul company, and the munitions group of SNC-Lavalin. In January 2006, the Company acquired FC Business Systems, Inc. In June 2006, it acquired Anteon International Corporation.

  • MRK, MERCK CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.193016
  • 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.

  • BCE, B C E INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.456543
  • BCE Inc. is a communications company. Bell Canada, which encompasses its 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 has four segments: Residential, Business, Bell Aliant and Other Bell Canada. Bell Canada has six 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, it sold 20% of Bell Globemedia to Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, an additional 20% to Torstar Corporation, and 8.5% to The Woodbridge Company Limited, decreasing its holding in Bell Globemedia to 20%. In October 2007, it announced the sale of its satellite services subsidiary, Telesat Canada, to a company formed by Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space and Communications Inc.

  • PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.365553
  • Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (Pediatrix), incorporated in 1979, is a healthcare services company that focuses on physician services for newborn, maternal-fetal and other pediatric subspecialty care. At December 31, 2006, the Company’s network consists of approximately 914 affiliated physicians, including 724 neonatal physician specialists who provide clinical care in 32 states and Puerto Rico, primarily within hospital-based neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to babies born prematurely or with medical complications. Its affiliated neonatal physician specialists staff and manage clinical activities at more than 289 hospitals, and its 80 affiliated maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists provide care to expectant mothers experiencing complicated pregnancies in many areas where its affiliated neonatal physicians practice. The Company’s network includes other pediatric subspecialists, including 58 pediatric cardiologists, 36 pediatric intensivists and 16 pediatric hospitalists.

  • CL, COLGATE PALMOLIVE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.507195
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company. The Company manages its business in two product segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. ColgateG??s Oral Care products include toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouth rinses, dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. Other products in this segment include Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Sensitive Plus Whitening and Colgate Time Control toothpastes, Colgate 360-? manual toothbrushes, Colgate Smiles line of manual toothbrushes for kids and Plax Overnight mouth rinse. The Personal Care market includes shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, and deodorants and antiperspirants, as well as liquid hand soaps. Colgate, through its HillG??s Pet Nutrition segment, is a producer of specialty pet nutrition products for dogs and cats with products marketed in over 90 countries around the world. On May 1, 2006, the Company acquired an 84% interest in TomG??s of Maine, Inc.

  • AGP, AMERIGROUP CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.000362
  • AMERIGROUP Corporation (AMERIGROUP) is a multi-state managed healthcare company focused on serving people who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, including Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare and special needs plans (SNP). As of December 31, 2006, the Company provided an array of products to approximately 1,316,000 members in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and Virginia.

  • SM, ST MARY LAND EXPL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.676723
  • St. Mary Land & Exploration Company (St. Mary) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition and production of natural gas and crude oil. The Company’s operations are focused in five core operating areas in the United States: the Rocky Mountain region, the Mid-Continent region, the ArkLaTex region, the Permian Basin region and the Gulf Coast region. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had estimated proved reserves of 74.2 million barrels of oil (MMBbl) and 482.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas, for a total of 927.6 billions of cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe). As of December 31, 2006, St. Mary had working interests in 2,234 gross (1,050 net) productive oil wells and 3,359 gross (895 net) productive gas wells.

  • ESRX, EXPRESS SCRIPTS C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 112.144867
  • Express Scripts, Inc. is a full-service pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company in North America. The Company provides healthcare management and administration services on behalf of clients that include health maintenance organizations, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans and government health programs. The CompanyG??s Specialty and Ancillary Services (SAAS) includes the Specialty operations of CuraScript, Inc. (CuraScript) and its Specialty Distribution Services (SDS), and Phoenix Marketing Group LLC (PMG) service lines. Prior to the year ended December 31, 2006, SDS and PMG were included in a separate Pharma Business Solutions (PBS) segment. During 2006, the operations of the Specialty business and the PBS unit were combined. In October 2007, the Company announced the acquisition of ConnectYourCare, L.L.C., a consumer directed health plan (CDHP) account administrator, from privately held Revolution Health.

  • HAL, HALLIBURTON CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.020365
  • Halliburton Company provides a variety of services, products, maintenance, engineering and construction to energy, industrial, and governmental customers. Its six business segments are: Production Optimization, Fluid Systems, Drilling and Formation Evaluation, Digital and Consulting Solutions, Energy and Chemicals, and Government and Infrastructure. It refers to the combination of Production Optimization, Fluid Systems, Drilling and Formation Evaluation, and Digital and Consulting Solutions segments as its Energy Services Group (ESG). Halliburton CompanyG??s Energy and Chemicals, and Government and Infrastructure segments are part of KBR, Inc. (KBR). As of December 31, 2006, the Company held an approximate 81% interest in KBR, Inc. In January 2007, Halliburton Company acquired Ultraline Services Corporation, a division of Savanna Energy Services Corp. In April 2007, the Company completed the separation of KBR. As a result, the two companies are separate and independent of each other.

  • XXIA, IXIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.967499
  • Ixia is a provider of test systems for Internet protocol (IP)-based infrastructure and services that allows its customers to test and measure the performance, functionality, service quality and conformance of IP equipment and networks, and the applications that run over them. The CompanyG??s solutions generate, capture, characterize and analyze high volumes of realistic network and application traffic, exposing problems, assessing performance, ensuring functionality and interoperability and verifying conformance to industry specifications. Ixia offers hardware platforms with interchangeable traffic generation interfaces, utilizing a common set of applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow its customers to create integrated and automated test environments. The networks its systems analyze include Ethernet networks operating at speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second, which carry data traffic over optical fiber or electrical cable.

  • NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.198040
  • National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates in three segments: Rig Technology, Petroleum Services & Supplies, and Distribution Services. The Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services complete systems for the drilling, completion and servicing of oil and gas wells. The Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides a variety of consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells, service pipelines, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. The Distribution Services segment provides maintenance, repair and operating supplies, and spare parts. In March 2006, NOV acquired Soil Recovery A/S. In November 2006, it acquired Rolligon Ltd. In December 2006, it acquired 87% of NQL Energy Services Inc.

  • INTC, INTEL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.560217
  • Intel Corporation is a semiconductor chip maker, developing advanced integrated digital technology platforms and components, primarily integrated circuits, for the computing and communications industries. Intel’s products include chips, boards and other semiconductor products that are the building blocks integral to computers, servers, handheld devices, and networking and communications products. Its component-level products consist of integrated circuits used to process information, including microprocessors, chipsets and flash memory. As of December 30, 2006, the Company’s segments included the Digital Enterprise Group (DEG), Mobility Group, Flash Memory Group, Digital Home Group, Digital Health Group and Channel Platforms Group. In October 2006, Eicon Networks Corporation completed the acquisition of Intel Corporation’s media and signaling business. In November 2006, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. completed the acquisition of Intel’s cellular and applications processor business.

  • MSFT, MICROSOFT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.009575
  • 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.

  • TASR, TASER INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.664907
  • TASER International, Inc. (TASER) develops and manufactures electronic control devices designed for use in law enforcement, corrections, private security and personal defense. The Company makes electronic control devices for two main types of target markets; the law enforcement, military, and corrections market, and the consumer market. For the law enforcement, military and corrections market, TASER manufactures two product lines: ADVANCED TASER M26 and TASER X26 with Shaped Pulse Technology. For the consumer market, the Company manufactures the ADVANCED TASER M18, ADVANCED TASER M18L and TASER X26c devices. All TASER devices are capable of firing various cartridges from the Company’s cartridge product line. The cartridge is connected to the TASER device before firing. TASER sells its products directly to law enforcement agencies, military forces, police, corrections agencies and private citizens across the United States.

  • IO, INPUT OUTPUT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.361851
  • Ion Geophysical Corporation, formerly Input/Output, Inc., is a seismic solutions company, providing the global oil and natural gas industry with a variety of seismic products and services, including seismic data acquisition equipment, navigation and data management software products, survey design planning services, seismic data processing services and seismic data libraries. The Company has four business segments: Land Imaging Systems, Marine Imaging Systems, Data Management Solutions and Seismic Imaging Solutions. In January 2007, the Company created a new division, the I/O Solutions Division, which combined its Seismic Imaging Solutions data processing services and Integrated Seismic Solutions service businesses of GX Technology Corporation with two business units: FireFly Solutions and Seabed Solutions.

  • WLL, WHITING PETE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.737000
  • Whiting Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company engaged in acquisition, development, exploitation, production and exploration activities primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. The CompanyG??s estimated December 2006, average daily production was 40.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOE/d). On August 29, 2006, the Company acquired a 15% working interest in approximately 170,000 acres of unproved properties in the central Utah Hingeline. On August 15, 2006, it acquired 65 producing properties, a gathering line, gas processing plant and 30,437 net acres of leasehold held by production in Michigan. On June 1, 2006, it acquired the Postle field oil gathering system and oil transportation line extending 13 miles from the eastern side of the Postle field to a connection point with an interstate oil pipeline in Hooker, Oklahoma.

  • SNE, SONY CP ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.083116
  • Sony Corporation (Sony) is the ultimate parent company of the Sony Group. The Company operates through five segments: Electronics, Games, Pictures, Financial Services and All Other. SonyG??s principal manufacturing facilities are located in Japan, Malaysia, China, the United States, Singapore, Spain and Mexico, and its products are marketed by sales subsidiaries and unaffiliated local distributors and sold through direct sales via the Internet throughout the world.

  • GOLD, RANDGOLD RES LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 129.052185
  • Randgold Resources Limited is engaged in gold mining and exploration in Africa. Its discoveries as of December 31, 2006, include the 7.5 million ounce Morila deposit in southern Mali, the six million ounce Yalea deposit at Loulo in western Mali and the three million ounce Tongon deposit in the Cote dG??Ivoire. The Company financed and developed the Morila mine, which was brought into production in October 2000, and as of December 31, 2006, has produced more than four million ounces of gold. It also financed and developed the Loulo mine, which was officially opened in November 2005. At the Tongon project in Cote dG??Ivoire, the Company is progressing with a 30,000-meter drilling program. Randgold ResourcesG?? focus is on the discovery and development of gold projects. This is supported by exploration projects in the major gold regions of Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote dG??Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania.

  • TASR, TASER INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.664907
  • TASER International, Inc. (TASER) develops and manufactures electronic control devices designed for use in law enforcement, corrections, private security and personal defense. The Company makes electronic control devices for two main types of target markets; the law enforcement, military, and corrections market, and the consumer market. For the law enforcement, military and corrections market, TASER manufactures two product lines: ADVANCED TASER M26 and TASER X26 with Shaped Pulse Technology. For the consumer market, the Company manufactures the ADVANCED TASER M18, ADVANCED TASER M18L and TASER X26c devices. All TASER devices are capable of firing various cartridges from the Company’s cartridge product line. The cartridge is connected to the TASER device before firing. TASER sells its products directly to law enforcement agencies, military forces, police, corrections agencies and private citizens across the United States.

  • CW, CURTISS WRIGHT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 90.268448
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, value-added products and services to a range of industries in the motion control, flow control and metal treatment markets. The Company provides products and services to a number of global markets, such as defense, commercial aerospace, commercial power, oil and gas, automotive and general industrial. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company generated approximately 45% of its revenue from defense-related markets. The Company has three segments: Flow Control, Motion Control and Metal Treatment. On September 1, 2006, Curtiss-Wright acquired certain assets and liabilities of Techswan, Inc. (doing business as Swantech). On May 9, 2006, the Company purchased the assets and certain liabilities of two units of Diversified Coatings, Inc. (Allegheny). On April 17, 2006, the Company acquired certain assets and liabilities of Enpro Systems, Ltd. (Enpro).

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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.

  • PAS, PEPSIAMERICAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.421219
  • PepsiAmericas, Inc. (PepsiAmericas) manufactures, distributes and markets a portfolio of beverage products in the United States, Central Europe and the Caribbean, and has expanded its distribution to include snack foods and beer in certain markets. The Company sells a variety of brands that it bottles under licenses from PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) or PepsiCo joint ventures, which accounted for approximately 90% of its total net sales in during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006. PepsiAmericas accounts for approximately 19% of all PepsiCo beverage products sold in the United States. In some territories, it manufactures, packages, sells and distributes products under brands licensed by companies other than PepsiCo, and in some territories it distributes its own brands, such as the Toma brands in Central Europe. In September 2007, the Company announced that it has formed a joint venture that has completed the purchase of Agrima JSC (Agrima). PepsiAmericas owns 20% of the joint venture.

  • NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.179737
  • National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) is a worldwide provider of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production operations, oilfield services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The Company operates in three segments: Rig Technology, Petroleum Services & Supplies, and Distribution Services. The Rig Technology segment designs, manufactures, sells and services complete systems for the drilling, completion and servicing of oil and gas wells. The Petroleum Services & Supplies segment provides a variety of consumable goods and services used to drill, complete, remediate and workover oil and gas wells, service pipelines, flowlines and other oilfield tubular goods. The Distribution Services segment provides maintenance, repair and operating supplies, and spare parts. In March 2006, NOV acquired Soil Recovery A/S. In November 2006, it acquired Rolligon Ltd. In December 2006, it acquired 87% of NQL Energy Services Inc.

  • HCBK, HUDSON CITY BNCP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.622719
  • Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (Hudson City Bancorp) serves as the holding company of its only wholly owned subsidiary, Hudson City Savings Bank (Hudson City Savings), a retail savings bank offering traditional deposit products, residential real estate mortgage loans and consumer loans. In addition, it purchases mortgages, mortgage-backed securities, securities issued by the United States Government and government-sponsored agencies and other investments permitted by applicable laws and regulations. Hudson City Savings’ revenues are derived principally from interest on its mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities, and interest and dividends on its investment securities. Hudson City SavingsG?? primary sources of funds are customer deposits, borrowings, scheduled amortization and prepayments of mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities, maturities and calls of investment securities and funds provided by operations.

  • UST, U S T INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.962092
  • UST Inc. a holding company for its wholly-owned subsidiaries: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and International Wine & Spirits Ltd. The Company is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer products in three operating segments: Smokeless Tobacco Products, Wine and All Other Operations. The Smokeless Tobacco Products segment manufactures and markets smokeless tobacco products. The Wine segment produces and markets varietal and blended wines, and imports and distributes wines from Italy. UST Inc.’s international operations, which market moist smokeless tobacco, are included in the All Other Operations segment. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of Erath Vineyards Winery, LLC, a producer of the Pinot Noir varietal in Oregon. In March 2007, UST Inc. completed the sale of its Greenwich corporate headquarters to Antares Investment Partners, LLC.

  • ARO, AEROPOSTALE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.324392
  • Aeropostale, Inc. (Aeropostale) is a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories in the United States. The Company designs, markets and sells its own brand of merchandise principally targeting 14 to 17 year-old young women and young men. It provides its customers with a selection of fashion and fashion basic merchandise. Aeropostale offers a collection of fashion basic apparel, including graphic t-shirts, tops, bottoms, sweaters, jeans, outerwear and accessories. JimmyZ Surf Co., Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeropostale, is a lifestyle-oriented brand that targets young women and men aged 18 to 25 years. The Company also sells Aeropostale merchandise through its e-commerce Website, www.aeropostale.com. As of February 3, 2007, the Company operated 742 stores, consisting of 728 Aeropostale stores in 47 states and 14 JimmyZ stores in 11 states.

  • IR, INGERSOLL RAND LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.286143
  • Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (IR-Limited) is a provider of climate control, industrial, compact vehicle, construction and security products. The Company operates in five business segments: Climate Control Technologies, Compact Vehicle Technologies, Construction Technologies, Industrial Technologies and Security Technologies. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining 40.2% interest in Instrum Rand JSC, a Russia-based company. In October 2006, IR-Limited completed the acquisition of Geith International, a provider of a range of attachments for the construction, excavation, demolition and scrap handling industries. In January 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of an 80% of Shenzhen Bocom Systems Engineering Co. Ltd. In April 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Road Development business unit to AB Volvo, in all countries except India.

  • AHL, ASPEN INSURANCE H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.118690
  • Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (Aspen Holdings) is a Bermuda-based holding company that conducts insurance and reinsurance business through its wholly owned subsidiaries in three major jurisdictions: Aspen Insurance UK Limited (Aspen Re) in United Kingdom; Aspen Insurance Limited (Aspen Bermuda) in Bermuda, and Aspen Specialty Insurance Company (Aspen Specialty) in United States. It operates in the global markets for property and casualty reinsurance and for marine and aviation insurance. The Company also provides commercial property and casualty insurance in the domestic markets of the United States and the United Kingdom. The Company operates through four business segments: property reinsurance, casualty reinsurance, specialty insurance and reinsurance and property and casualty insurance. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company wrote $1,945.5 million in gross premiums.

  • SSL, SASOL LTD ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.363167
  • Sasol Limited is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. Sasol mines coal in South Africa. Through Sasol Synfuels, this coal, along with Mozambican natural gas, is converted into fuels and chemical feedstock using Fischer-Tropsch technology. The Company also has chemical manufacturing and marketing operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its larger chemical portfolios include monomers, polymers, solvents, olefins, surfactants, surfactant intermediates, comonomers, waxes, phenolics and nitrogenous products. Sasol produces crude oil offshore Gabon. The Company operates through three segments clusters: South African energy cluster (Sasol Mining, Sasol Synfuels, Sasol Oil and Sasol Gas), international energy cluster (Sasol Synfuels International and Sasol Petroleum International) and chemical cluster (Sasol Polymers, Sasol Solvents, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants, Sasol Nitro, Sasol Wax and Infrachem).

  • IPCR, IPC HOLDINGS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.965595
  • IPC Holdings, Ltd. (IPC) provides property catastrophe reinsurance and, to a limited extent, property-per-risk excess, aviation (including satellite) and other short-tail reinsurance on a worldwide basis. During the year ended December 31, 2006, approximately 83% of the CompanyG??s gross premiums written, excluding reinstatement premiums, covered property catastrophe reinsurance risks. Property catastrophe reinsurance covers unpredictable events, such as hurricanes, windstorms, hailstorms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, industrial explosions, freezes, riots, floods and other man-made or natural disasters. The substantial majority of the reinsurance written by its wholly owned subsidiary, IPCRe Limited (IPCRe) is written on an excess of loss basis for primary insurers rather than reinsurers, and is subject to aggregate limits on exposure to losses.

  • A, AGILENT TECH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.985175
  • Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Agilent) is a measurement company providing core bio-analytical and electronic measurement solutions to the communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis industries. Agilent has two businesses: the electronic measurement business and the bio-analytical measurement business. Agilent’s electronic measurement business focuses on the communications and electronics industries, while its bio-analytical measurement business focuses on the life sciences industry and on the environmental, chemical, food and petrochemical industries. It sells its products primarily through direct sales, and also utilizes distributors, resellers, manufacturer’s representatives, telesales and electronic commerce. In December 2006, Agilient acquired the chemiluminescence product line from GE Analytical Instruments. In June 2007, it acquired Stratagene Corp. In June 2007, the Company acquired Adaptif Photonics GmbH. In August 2007, the Company acquired NetworkFab Corp.

  • CETV, CENTRAL EUR MED A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.633049
  • Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, invests in, develops and operates national commercial television channels and stations in Central and Eastern Europe. The Company has operations in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. In each market in which the Company operates, it has ownership interests both in license companies and in operating companies. License companies have been authorized by the relevant local regulatory authority to engage in television broadcasting in accordance with the terms of a particular license. The Company generates revenues primarily through its operating companies, which acquire programming for broadcast by the corresponding license company and enter into agreements with advertisers and advertising agencies on behalf of the license company. In July 2007, the Company acquired the remaining 20% minority interest in TV Markiza in the Slovak Republic.

  • MGA, MAGNA INTL CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.616108
  • Magna International Inc. (Magna) is a supplier of automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components. The Company designs, develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules and components, and engineers and assembles vehicles for sale to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of cars and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. As at December 31, 2006, Magna had 229 manufacturing operations and 62 product development and engineering centers in 23 countries. On February 2, 2006, the Company acquired CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH, Bietigheim-Bissingen (CTS), a manufacturer of roof systems for the automotive industry in Germany. In August 2006, Magna purchased the Magna Golf Club located in Aurora, Ontario. In November 2006, it acquired Fontana Golf and Sports Club located in Austria. . During the year ended December 31, 2006, it acquired a 41% interest in Shin Young Metal Ind. Co.

  • EQT, EQUITABLE RES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.162502
  • Equitable Resources, Inc. (Equitable or Equitable Resources) is an integrated energy company, with an emphasis on Appalachian area natural gas supply activities, including production and gathering, and natural gas distribution and transmission. The Company and its subsidiaries offer energy (natural gas, and a limited amount of natural gas liquids and crude oil) products and services to wholesale and retail customers through two business segments: Equitable Utilities and Equitable Supply. In December 2005, the Company discontinued and sold the operations of its NORESCO segment, which provided energy efficiency solutions to customers, including governmental, military, institutional, commercial and industrial end users.

  • SIVB, SVB FINANCIAL GRP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.292440
  • SVB Financial Group is a bank-holding company and a financial-holding company, whose principal subsidiary is Silicon Valley Bank (the Bank). Through its subsidiaries, the Bank also offers brokerage, investment advisory and asset management services. It also offer non-banking products and services, such as investment banking, funds management, private equity investment and equity valuation services, through its other subsidiaries and divisions. The Company offers financial products and services through four lines of banking and financial services: Commercial Banking, SVB Capital, SVB Alliant and Other Business Services. The Company’s deposits are obtained from commercial clients within its technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industry sectors. Lending products and services include traditional term loans, equipment loans, revolving lines of credit, asset-based loans, real estate loans, vineyard-development loans and financing of affordable housing projects.

  • NKE, NIKE INC CL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.953854
  • 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.

  • YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.545189
  • YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 34,000 units in more than 100 countries and territories. YUM consists of six operating segments: KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s (LJS) and A&W All-American Food Restaurants (A&W), YUM Restaurants International (YRI or International Division) and YUM Restaurants China (China Division). Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS, and A&W (the Concepts), YUM develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. In all five of its Concepts, YUM either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. On September 12, 2006, YUM completed the purchase of the remaining 50% interest in its 541 Pizza Huts in the United Kingdom from Whitbread PLC, its joint venture partner.

  • FE, FIRSTENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.017614
  • FirstEnergy Corp. is principally a holding company that holds, directly or indirectly, all of the common stock of its eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries: Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI), The Toledo Edison Company (TE), Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn), American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec). The CompanyG??s consolidated revenues are primarily derived from electric service provided by its utility operating subsidiaries and the revenues of its other principal subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES). During the year ended December 31, 2006, FirstEnergy sold its remaining FirstEnergy Facilities Services Group, LLC (FSG) subsidiaries. In March 2006, the Company sold 60% of its interest in MYR Group, Inc. (MYR)

  • OKE, ONEOK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.276089
  • 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.

  • MXGL, MAX CAPITAL GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.901852
  • Max Capital Group Ltd., formerly Max Re Capital Ltd., is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Max Re Ltd., Max Europe Holdings Limited, Max Re Europe Limited and Max Insurance Europe Limited and Max Insurance Europe Limited, it provides multi-line reinsurance and insurance products. Max Re Managers Ltd. provides reinsurance underwriting and administrative services on a fee basis. It operates in the reinsurance and insurance business serving three segments: the property and casualty reinsurance segment, the property and casualty insurance segment and the life and annuity reinsurance segment. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it derived approximately 64% of gross premiums written from clients located in the United States. The Company also sources business outside the United States, predominantly in Europe. In December 2006, the Company formed Max USA Holdings Ltd. as a holding company for its United States insurance operations.

  • NKE, NIKE INC CL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.953854
  • 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.

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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.

  • ABI, APPLERA CORP-APPL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.934261
  • Applied Biosystems Inc serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. The Company focuses on basic research, commercial research (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) and standardized testing, including forensic human identification, paternity testing and food testing. Applied Biosystems Inc has an installed base of approximately 180,000 instrument systems in nearly 100 countries. Basic research includes work at university, government and other non-profit institutions that focus on uncovering the basic laws of nature and understanding human disease. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies use Applied Biosystems Inc products to discover and develop new drugs more effectively. Standardized testing customers require systems that produce precise results from a high volume of automated tests.

  • GPRO, GEN-PROBE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.098934
  • Gen-Probe Incorporated (Gen-Probe) is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of nucleic acid probe-based products used for the clinical diagnosis of human diseases and for screening donated human blood. The Company also develops and manufactures nucleic acid probe-based products for the detection of harmful organisms in the environment and in industrial processes. Gen-Probe markets and sells its clinical diagnostic products in the United States directly and outside the United States through distributors, and the Company markets and sells its other products through collaborative partners. It generates revenues primarily from sales of clinical diagnostic and blood screening assays. Gen-ProbeG??s clinical diagnostic products are marketed to clinical laboratories, public health institutions and hospitals in the United States, Canada and certain countries in Europe. Its blood screening products are marketed and distributed worldwide by Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc.

  • SRCL, STERICYCLE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.378815
  • Stericycle, Inc. is engaged in the management of medical waste, infection control and pharmaceutical returns and the provision of related compliance services. The Company’s product and service offerings include Stericycle medical waste management services; Bio Systems sharps management services to reduce the risk of needle sticks; a variety of products and services for infection control; Steri-Safe Occupational Safety and Health Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance programs, and regulated returns management services for expired or recalled healthcare products. Stericycle, Inc. is a regulated medical waste management company in United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The CompanyG??s national networks include a total of 76 processing or combined processing and collection sites and 104 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites.

  • ARD, ARENA RESOURCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 115.202820
  • 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.

  • CRZO, CARRIZO OIL & GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.705261
  • 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.

  • STD, BANCO SANTANDER C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.261921
  • Banco Santander SA. (the Bank), formerly Banco Santander Central Hispano, is a financial group that offers a range of financial products. At the primary level, the Bank’s operating units are segmented by geographical areas. The Continental Europe segment covers all retail banking, wholesale banking and asset management, and insurance conducted in Europe, with the exception of the operations of the Bank’s subsidiary, Abbey National plc (Abbey). The United Kingdom (Abbey) segment includes the operations of Abbey, which is focused on retail banking and insurance in the United Kingdom. The Latin America segment includes the financial activities conducted via the Bank’s subsidiaries. The primary level of segmentation also includes the Financial Management and Equity Stakes segment. At the secondary level, the Bank’s operating units are segmented by various types of business: Retail Banking, Asset Management and Insurance, and Global Wholesale Banking.

  • CLF, CLEVELAND CLIFFS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.803005
  • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (Cliffs) is a producer of iron ore pellets in North America. The Company manages and operates six North American iron ore mines located in Michigan, Minnesota and Eastern Canada that have a rated capacity of 37 million tons of iron ore pellet production annually. On April 19, 2005, Cliffs Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, completed the acquisition of 80.4 % of Portman, an iron ore mining company in Australia. As a result of the Portman acquisition, the Company operates in two segments: North America and Australia. The North America segment comprises its mining operations in the United States and Canada. The Australia segment comprises its 80.4 % Portman interest in Western Australia. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company produced a total of 33.6 million tons of iron ore pellets. In July 2007, Cliffs acquired PinnOak Resources, LLC, a metallurgical coal producer located in the United States.

  • CNQ, CANADIAN NAT RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.222153
  • 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.

  • JEC, JACOBS ENGINEERNG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.691765
  • 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 October 2006, it acquired W.H. Linder & Associates, Inc. In November 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Carter & Burgess.

  • SYT, SYNGENTA AG ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.185928
  • Syngenta AG (Syngenta) is an agribusiness that is involved in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of a range of products designed to improve crop yields and food quality. Syngenta is also engaged in the development of products for markets, such as Seed Care, Lawn and Garden, Professional Pest Management, Vector Control and Public Health. The Company operates in three business segments: crop protection, seeds and plant science. Crop Protection chemicals include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides to control weeds, insect pests and diseases in crops. The Seeds business operates in two commercial sectors: seeds for field crops, including corn, oilseeds, cereals and sugar beet, and vegetable and flower seeds. Syngenta is also developing a Plant Science business applying biotechnology to areas, including improving growers’ yield and food quality.

  • SSL, SASOL LTD ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.363167
  • Sasol Limited is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. Sasol mines coal in South Africa. Through Sasol Synfuels, this coal, along with Mozambican natural gas, is converted into fuels and chemical feedstock using Fischer-Tropsch technology. The Company also has chemical manufacturing and marketing operations in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Its larger chemical portfolios include monomers, polymers, solvents, olefins, surfactants, surfactant intermediates, comonomers, waxes, phenolics and nitrogenous products. Sasol produces crude oil offshore Gabon. The Company operates through three segments clusters: South African energy cluster (Sasol Mining, Sasol Synfuels, Sasol Oil and Sasol Gas), international energy cluster (Sasol Synfuels International and Sasol Petroleum International) and chemical cluster (Sasol Polymers, Sasol Solvents, Sasol Olefins & Surfactants, Sasol Nitro, Sasol Wax and Infrachem).

  • CVX, CHEVRON CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.509933
  • Chevron Corp. (Chevron), manages its investments in subsidiaries and affiliates, and provides administrative, financial, management and technology support to the United States and foreign subsidiaries that engage in fully integrated petroleum operations, chemicals operations, mining operations of coal and other minerals, power generation and energy services. Exploration and production (upstream) operations consist of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas, and also marketing natural gas. Refining, marketing and transportation (downstream) operations relate to refining crude oil into finished petroleum products; marketing crude oil and the many products derived from petroleum, and transporting crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car. Chemical operations include the manufacture and marketing of commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant oil additives.

  • ESL, ESTERLINE TECH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.947721
  • Esterline Technologies Corporation (Esterline) is a specialized manufacturing company principally serving aerospace and defense customers. The Company designs, manufactures and markets highly engineered products and systems for application within the industries it serves. The Company operates in three segments: Avionics and Controls, Sensors and Systems, and Advanced Materials. The Company acquired Wallop Defense Systems Limited (Wallop) and FR Countermeasures on March 24, 2006, and December 23, 2005, respectively, from Cobham plc. Wallop and FR Countermeasures are manufacturers of military pyrotechnic countermeasure devices. On December 16, 2005, Esterline acquired Darchem Holdings Limited (Darchem), a manufacturer of thermally engineered components for critical aerospace applications. In October 2007, Cobham plc sold its countermeasures business, Wallop Defence Systems Limited (WDSL), to Esterline.

  • KO, COCA COLA CO THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.060204
  • The Coca-Cola Company manufactures, distributes and markets non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. It manufactures beverage concentrates and syrups, which it sells to bottling and canning operations, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers, as well as some finished beverages, which it sells primarily to distributors. The Company owns or licenses more than 400 brands, including diet and light beverages, waters, juice and juice drinks, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks. It also has ownership interests in numerous bottling and canning operations. Finished beverage products bearing the CompanyG??s trademarks are sold in more than 200 countries. As of December 31, 2006, the Company operated through eight segments: Africa; East, South Asia and Pacific Rim; European Union; Latin America; North America; North Asia, Eurasia and Middle East; Bottling Investments, and Corporate. In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Energy Brands, Inc., known as glaceau.

  • TNP, TSAKOS ENERGY NAV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 66.918152
  • Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (Tsakos Energy Navigation) is a Bermuda-based company. Tsakos Energy Navigation is a provider of international seaborne crude oil and petroleum product transportation services. Tsakos Energy Navigation owns a fleet of tankers providing worldwide marine transportation services for national and other independent oil companies and refiners under long, medium and short-term charters. As of March 31, 2007, the CompanyG??s fleet consisted of 40 vessels (including two chartered-in vessels), of which three are VLCC tankers, nine are suezmax tankers, eleven are aframax tankers (including three LR2 aframax product carriers), five are panamax tankers, six are handymax MR2 product carriers, five are handysize MR1 product carriers and one is a liquified natural gas (LNG) carrier. Nineteen of the operating vessels are of ice-class specification.

  • BBD, BANCO BRADESCO AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.069740
  • Banco Bradesco S.A. (Bradesco) is a private-sector (non-government controlled) bank that provides a range of banking and financial products and services in Brazil and abroad to individuals, small- to mid-sized companies, and major local and international corporations and institutions. Its services and products encompass banking operations, such as lending and deposit taking, credit card issuance, consortiums, insurance, leasing, payment collection and processing, pension plans, asset management and brokerage services. Bradesco is also an insurance, pension plan and titulos de capitalizacao (certificated savings plans) provider in Brazil. The Company organizes its operations into two main areas: banking services, and insurance, pension plan and certificated savings plan services. In October 2007, the Company acquired Banco BMC.

  • TGA, TRANSGLOBE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.708275
  • TransGlobe Energy Corporation (TransGlobe) is primarily engaged in the exploration for, and the development and production of, oil and gas in Canada, in the Arab Republic of Egypt and in the Republic of Yemen. The CompanyG??s subsidiaries include TransGlobe Oil & Gas Corporation, TransGlobe Petroleum International Inc., TG Holdings Yemen Inc. and TransGlobe Petroleum Egypt Inc. During the year ended December 31, 2006, TransGlobe had developed its business interests through a combination of exploration and development and to a lesser extent, acquisitions and dispositions, primarily focusing on five production sharing agreements (PSAs) in Yemen (a 13.8% working interest in Block 32, a 25% working interest in Block S-1, a 33% working interest in Block 72, a 33% working interest in Block 84 and a 25% working interest in Block 75), in central Alberta, Canada and a concession agreement in the Arab Republic of Egypt (a 50% working interest in Nuqra Block 1).

  • NST, NSTAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.283929
  • NSTAR is a holding company engaged in the energy delivery business. NSTAR derives its revenues primarily from the sale of energy, distribution and transmission services to customers and from its unregulated businesses. The CompanyG??s principal operating segments are the electric and natural gas utility operations and unregulated operations. NSTARG??s retail gas distribution utility subsidiary is NSTAR Gas Company (NSTAR Gas). NSTARG??s unregulated operations segment engages in businesses that include district energy operations, telecommunications and liquefied natural gas service. Effective January 1, 2007, NSTARG??s retail electric utility subsidiaries, Commonwealth Electric Company (ComElectric) and Cambridge Electric Light Company (Cambridge Electric), and its wholesale electric subsidiary, Canal Electric Company (Canal), merged into Boston Edison Company (Boston Edison). Pursuant to the merger, Boston Edison was renamed NSTAR Electric Company (NSTAR Electric).

  • NOC, NORTHROP GRUM HOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.671348
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman), along with its subsidiaries, provides products, services and solutions in information and services, aerospace, electronics and shipbuilding. As prime contractor, principal subcontractor, partner, or preferred supplier, the Company participates in many defense and non-defense technology programs in the United States and abroad. Northrop Grumman conducts most of its business with the United States Government, principally the Department of Defense (DoD). The Company is aligned into seven segments categorized into four primary businesses: Information & Services, Aerospace, Electronics and Ships. On January 25, 2007, Northrop Grumman acquired Essex Corporation. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company sold the assembly business unit of Interconnect Technologies and Winchester Electronics. The Enterprise Information Technology business was shut down in 2006.

  • HAIN, HAIN CELESTIAL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.864538
  • The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, distributes and sells natural and organic food products, and natural and organic personal care products under brand names, which are sold as better-for-you products. Its natural food categories brands include Celestial Seasonings teas, Hain Pure Foods, Westbrae, WestSoy, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Imagine, Walnut Acres Organic, Ethnic Gourmet, Rosetto, Little Bear Organic Foods and Bearitos. Its principal specialty product lines include Hollywood cooking oils, Estee sugar-free products, Boston Better Snacks, and Alba Foods. Its natural personal care products line is marketed under the JASON, Zia, Orjene, Shaman Earthly Organics, Heather’s and Queen Helene brands. Its natural and organic antibiotic-free chicken is marketed under the FreeBird brand. In January 2007, the Company acquired Avalon Natural Products, Inc., including its Avalon Organics and Alba Botanica natural and organic personal care brands, from North Castle Partners.

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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.

  • PAS, PEPSIAMERICAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 79.901001
  • PepsiAmericas, Inc. (PepsiAmericas) manufactures, distributes and markets a portfolio of beverage products in the United States, Central Europe and the Caribbean, and has expanded its distribution to include snack foods and beer in certain markets. The Company sells a variety of brands that it bottles under licenses from PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) or PepsiCo joint ventures, which accounted for approximately 90% of its total net sales in during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006. PepsiAmericas accounts for approximately 19% of all PepsiCo beverage products sold in the United States. In some territories, it manufactures, packages, sells and distributes products under brands licensed by companies other than PepsiCo, and in some territories it distributes its own brands, such as the Toma brands in Central Europe. In September 2007, the Company announced that it has formed a joint venture that has completed the purchase of Agrima JSC (Agrima). PepsiAmericas owns 20% of the joint venture.

  • CAL, CONTL AIRLINES CL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.096476
  • Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental) is a United States air carrier engaged in the business of transporting passengers, cargo and mail. The Company operates more than 2,700 daily departures, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Continental Micronesia, Inc., and regional flights operated on its behalf under capacity purchase agreements with other carriers. As of December 31, 2006, Continental flew to 136 domestic and 126 international destinations, and offered additional connecting service through alliances with domestic and foreign carriers. Continental operates in two segments: mainline and regional. The mainline segment consists of flights to cities using jets with a capacity of greater than 100 seats. As of December 31, 2006, the regional segment consisted of flights with a capacity of 50 or fewer seats. The regional segment is operated primarily by ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., and beginning in January 2007, Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., through capacity purchase agreements.

  • VAR, VARIAN MED SYS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.126593
  • Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VMS) designs and manufactures advanced equipment and software products for treating cancer with radiation, as well as X-ray tubes, replacement X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors for filmless X-rays for imaging in medical, dental, veterinary, scientific and industrial applications. It operates in three segments: Oncology Systems, which designs, manufactures, sells and services hardware and software products for treating cancer with radiation; X-ray Products, which manufactures and sells X-ray imaging components and subsystems, and Other, which includes Ginzton Technology Center and BrachyTherapy operations. Revenue from Oncology Systems, X-ray Products and Other segments represented 84%, 14% and 2%, respectively, of total revenues during the fiscal year ended September 29, 2006. In January 2007, VMS acquired ACCEL Instruments GmbH. In May 2007, the Company acquired Bio-Imaging Research, Inc.

  • IRM, IRON MOUNTAIN (DE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.960594
  • Iron Mountain Incorporated is engaged in information protection and storage services. The Company offers records management and data protection solutions to address complex information challenges, such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Iron Mountain Incorporated has a diversified customer base consisting of commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment and government organizations. The CompanyG??s operations can be divided into three service categories: records management, data protection & recovery, and information destruction. As of December 31, 2006, the Company provided services to over 90,000 corporate clients in 85 markets in the United States and 86 markets outside of the United States. In June 2007, the Company acquired Accutrac Software, Inc. In November 2007, the Company announced the acquisition of Xepa Digital, LLP.

  • PBG, PEPSI BOTTLING GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.046432
  • The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG), a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo), is a manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages. PBG has the right, in some of its territories, to manufacture, sell and distribute soft drink products of companies other than PepsiCo. The CompanyG??s principal beverage brands include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Aquafina, Lipton, Sierra Mist, Tropicana juice drinks, MUG Root Beer, 7UP, KAS, Aqua Minerale, Manzanita Sol, Dr Pepper, Squirt Jarritos and Mirinda. During the year ended December 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006), the Company completed the acquisition of Bebidas Purificadas, S.A. de C.V. (Bepusa), a bottler in the northwestern region of Mexico.

  • GPRO, GEN-PROBE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.848862
  • Gen-Probe Incorporated (Gen-Probe) is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of nucleic acid probe-based products used for the clinical diagnosis of human diseases and for screening donated human blood. The Company also develops and manufactures nucleic acid probe-based products for the detection of harmful organisms in the environment and in industrial processes. Gen-Probe markets and sells its clinical diagnostic products in the United States directly and outside the United States through distributors, and the Company markets and sells its other products through collaborative partners. It generates revenues primarily from sales of clinical diagnostic and blood screening assays. Gen-ProbeG??s clinical diagnostic products are marketed to clinical laboratories, public health institutions and hospitals in the United States, Canada and certain countries in Europe. Its blood screening products are marketed and distributed worldwide by Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc.

  • CP, CANADIAN PAC RAIL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.657966
  • Canadian Pacific Railway Limited is a fully integrated railway providing rail and intermodal freight transportation services over a 13,300-mile network serving the principal business centres of Canada, from Montreal, Quebec, to Vancouver, British Columbia, and the United States midwest and northeast regions. It owns around 9,100 miles of track. An additional 4,200 miles of track are owned jointly, leased or operated under trackage rights. Of the total mileage operated, approximately 6,550 miles are located in western Canada, 2,200 miles in eastern Canada, 3,250 miles in the United States midwest and 1,300 miles in the United States Northeast. Its business is based on funnelling railway traffic from feeder lines and connectors, including secondary and branch lines, onto its mainline railway network. It has extended its network reach by forming alliances and connections with other railways in North America. In October 2007, it acquired Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation.

  • LKQX, LKQ CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.982750
  • LKQ Corporation is a provider of recycled light vehicle original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products and related services. The Company is also a provider of aftermarket collision replacement products and refurbished wheels. LKQ Corporation operates over 100 facilities offering its customers a range of replacement systems, components and parts to repair light vehicles. It participates in the market for recycled OEM products, as well as the market for collision repair aftermarket products. LKQ Corporation obtains aftermarket products and salvage vehicles from a variety of sources. On January 31, 2006, it acquired Transwheel Corporation. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company acquired a 100% equity interest in nine businesses. In 2007, it acquired a recycled OEM automotive parts business. On May 31, 2007, the Company acquired a recycled parts business near Toronto, Canada. On October 12, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • EVC, ENTRAVISION COMM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.154515
  • Entravision Communications Corporation (Entravision) is a Spanish-language media company utilizing a combination of television, radio and outdoor advertising operations to reach Hispanic consumers across the United States, as well as the border markets of Mexico. It owns and/or operates 51 primary television stations, a majority of which is located in the southwestern United States, including several key United States/Mexican border markets. Entravision owns and operates 47 Spanish-language radio stations in 18 United States markets. The Company’s radio stations consist of 36 frequency modulation (FM) and 11 amplitude modulation (AM) stations located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. The outdoor advertising operations of Entravision consist of approximately 10, 600 advertising faces concentrated primarily in high-density urban neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California and New York.

  • FIX, COMFORT SYS USA I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.585043
  • Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (Comfort Systems) provides heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installation, maintenance, repair and replacement services within the mechanical services industry in 53 cities and 60 locations throughout the United States. The Company operates primarily in the commercial, industrial and institutional HVAC markets, and performs most of its services within office buildings, retail centers, apartment complexes, manufacturing plants, and healthcare, education and government facilities. In addition to standard HVAC services, Comfort Systems provides specialized applications, such as building automation control systems, fire protection, process cooling, electronic monitoring and process piping. Certain locations also perform related activities, such as plumbing and electrical service. In March 2007, the Company acquired Madera Mechanical Company, based in Tucson, Arizona.

  • PLD, PROLOGIS SBI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.479683
  • ProLogis is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that operates a global network of real estate properties, primarily industrial distribution properties. It manages its business by utilizing the ProLogis Operating System, an organizational structure and service delivery system, which when combined with its international network, enables ProLogis to meet customers’ distribution space needs on a global basis. The Company is organized into three business segments: property operations, fund management and CDFS business. At December 31, 2006, the CompanyG??s total portfolio of properties owned, managed and under development, including direct-owned properties and properties owned by property funds and other joint ventures, consisted of 2,466 properties aggregating 422 million square feet and serving 4,709 customers in 80 markets in North America, Europe and Asia. In July 2007, ProLogis completed the acquisition of Macquarie ProLogis Trust.

  • TPX, TEMPUR-PEDIC INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 71.640091
  • Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (Tempur-Pedic International) is a manufacturer, marketer and distributor of mattresses and pillows, which it sells globally in over 70 countries under the TEMPUR and Tempur-Pedic brands. The Company has two business segments: Domestic and International. The Domestic operating segment consists of its United States manufacturing facilities, whose customers include its United States distribution subsidiary and certain North American third-party distributors. The International segment consists of its manufacturing facility in Denmark, whose customers include all of the CompanyG??s distribution subsidiaries and third-party distributors outside the Domestic segment. The CompanyG??s mattresses represented 69% of its worldwide net sales, during the year ended December 31, 2006.

  • TMO, THERMO FISHER SCI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.224712
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is a provider of analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software and services for research, manufacturing, analysis, discovery and diagnostics. It operates through two segments: Analytical Technologies, and Laboratory Products and Services. In January 2007, it acquired Spectronex. On November 9, 2006, Trumpet Merger Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company (Merger Sub) merged with and into Fisher Scientific International Inc. (Fisher). In December 2006, it acquired Cohesive Technologies Inc. In April 2007, Thermo Fisher sold its Genevac business, a manufacturer of vacuum concentrators, to private equity firm Riverlake Equity Partners, LP. In September 2007, it acquired the instrument sales business of Davis Inotek Instruments, LLC. The acquired business will be branded Davis Instruments and excludes its related calibration services. In October 2007, it acquired Priority Solutions International and NanoDrop Technologies, LLC.

  • PRGO, PERRIGO COMPANY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.216354
  • Perrigo Company is a global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and consumer products. The Company is the manufacturer of OTC pharmaceutical products for the store brand market. The Company’s primary markets and locations of manufacturing and logistics operations are the United States, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom. On July 3, 2007, the Company acquired Qualis, Inc., a privately-owned manufacturer of store brand pediculicide products.

  • BBD, BANCO BRADESCO AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 92.448006
  • Banco Bradesco S.A. (Bradesco) is a private-sector (non-government controlled) bank that provides a range of banking and financial products and services in Brazil and abroad to individuals, small- to mid-sized companies, and major local and international corporations and institutions. Its services and products encompass banking operations, such as lending and deposit taking, credit card issuance, consortiums, insurance, leasing, payment collection and processing, pension plans, asset management and brokerage services. Bradesco is also an insurance, pension plan and titulos de capitalizacao (certificated savings plans) provider in Brazil. The Company organizes its operations into two main areas: banking services, and insurance, pension plan and certificated savings plan services. In October 2007, the Company acquired Banco BMC.

  • LECO, LINCOLN ELEC HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.302439
  • Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Lincoln Electric) is a full-line manufacturer and reseller of welding and cutting products. Welding products include welding power sources, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes and fluxes. The Company’s welding product offering also includes regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding and cutting. Lincoln Electric has wholly owned subsidiaries or joint venture manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, PeopleG??s Republic of China, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela. On October 31, 2006, the Company acquired Metrode Products Limited. In March 2007, the Company acquired SPAWMET Sp. z.o.o. In July 2007, Lincoln Electric acquired Nanjing Kuang Tai Welding Material Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of stick electrode products based in PeopleG??s Republic of China.

  • 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.

  • AOC, AON CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.612394
  • Aon Corporation (Aon), through its various subsidiaries worldwide, serves its clients through three operating segments: Risk and Insurance Brokerage Services, which acts as an advisor and insurance broker, helping clients manage their risks, as well as negotiating and placing insurance risk with insurance carriers through its global distribution network; Consulting, which provides advice and services to clients for employee benefits, compensation, management consulting, communications, human resource outsourcing, human resource consulting, and financial advisory and litigation consulting, and Insurance Underwriting, which provides specialty insurance products. In January 2007, Aon acquired Footman James from Alchemy Partners (Guernsey) Limited. In November 2006, Aon sold its Aon Warranty Group and Construction Program Group businesses. In March 2007, Aon ConsultingG??s subsidiary, McLagan Partners, completed the acquisition of Z/Yen Limited, a London-based market intelligence firm.

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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.

  • JCI, JOHNSON CONTROLS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.343899
  • Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson Controls) is engaged in the building efficiency business. It is a global supplier of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) mechanical equipment and services. The Company operates in three primary businesses: building efficiency, automotive experience, and power solutions. The building efficiency business is engaged in designing, producing, marketing and installing HVAC equipment and building control systems that monitor, automate and integrate building operating equipment and conditions. Automotive experience provides seating, instrument panel, overhead, floor console and door systems to more than 35 million vehicles annually. The Company’s power solutions business services both automotive original equipment manufacturers, and the general vehicle battery aftermarket. In June 2006, the Company acquired Berg Inc. In November 2007, Johnson Controls acquired Skymark International, Inc.

  • CG, LOEWS CAROLINA GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.822756
  • Carolina Group is a group company of Loews Corporation that was designed for the purpose of holding a 100% interest in the tobacco subsidiary, Lorillard, Inc. (Lorillard). Lorillard, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the production and sale of cigarettes. The principal cigarette brand names of Lorillard are Newport, Kent, True, Maverick and Old Gold. Its major selling brand is Newport, which accounted for approximately 91.8% of sales during the year ended December 31, 2006. Substantially all of Lorillard’s sales are in the United States, Puerto Rico and certain United States territories. Lorillard sells its products primarily to distributors that, in turn, service retail outlets, chain store organizations and government agencies, including the United States Armed Forces. Upon completion of the manufacturing process, Lorillard ships cigarettes to public distributing warehouse facilities for order fulfillment to wholesalers and other direct-buying customers.

  • CVH, COVENTRY HLTH CAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.347141
  • Coventry Health Care, Inc. is a national managed healthcare company based in Bethesda, Maryland, operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental/managed care services companies and workersG?? compensation services companies. The Company provides a range of risk and fee-based managed care products and services, including health maintenance organization (HMO), preferred provider organizations (PPO), point-of-service (POS), Medicare Advantage (MA), Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, Medicaid, WorkersG?? Compensation and Network Rental to a cross section of individuals, employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Coventry has two operating segments: Health Plans and First Health. In April 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Concentra’s workers’ compensation managed care services businesses.

  • NBG, NATL BK GREECE AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.423943
  • National Bank of Greece S.A. is engaged in diversified financial services activities, including retail and commercial banking, global investment management, investment banking, insurance, investment activities and securities trading. The CompanyG??s non-financial service activities include hotels, warehouse management and real estate investments. It operates primarily in Greece, but also has operations in Europe, Asia Minor and Africa. The Company offers its customers a range of integrated financial services, including commercial and retail banking services (including mortgage lending); investment banking, capital markets, venture capital and advisory services; asset management, and insurance. In addition, it is involved in various other businesses, including the hotel business, property management and real estate and business and information technology (IT) consulting. In November 2007, the Company increased its stake in Ethniki Greek General Insurance Company to 99.23%.

  • NUE, NUCOR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.750065
  • Nucor Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in two segments: steel mills and steel products. Principal products from the steel mills segment include hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel. Steel mills segment’s hot-rolled steel products include angles, rounds, flats, channels, sheet, wide-flange beams, pilings, billets, blooms, beam blanks and plate. Principal products from the steel products segment include steel joists and joist girders, steel deck, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, metal building systems and light gauge steel framing. In February 2005, it purchased the assets of Fort Howard Steel, Inc.’s operations in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. In June 2005, Nucor Corporation’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nucor Steel Marion, Inc., purchased the assets of Marion Steel Company. This facility produces angles, flats, rebar, rounds and signposts. In August 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Magnatrax Corporation.

  • 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.

  • TRMB, TRIMBLE NAVIGATN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.638016
  • Trimble Navigation Limited (Trimble) provides advanced positioning product solutions, typically to commercial and government users. The principle applications served include surveying, agriculture, machine guidance, construction alignment, asset and fleet management, and telecommunications infrastructure. TrimbleG??s products include systems that guide agricultural and construction equipment, surveying instruments, systems that track fleets of vehicles, and data collection systems that enable the management of large amounts of geo-referenced information. It also manufactures components for in-vehicle navigation and telematics systems, and timing modules used in the synchronization of wireless networks. It operates through four segments: Engineering and Construction, Field Solutions, Mobile Solutions and Advanced Devices. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2006, the Company formed the Advanced Devices segment, which combines its former Component Technologies and Portfolio segments.

  • RNR, RENAISSANCERE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.012344
  • RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RenaissanceRe) provides reinsurance and insurance to a range of customers. Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd., the Company’s principal subsidiary, provides property catastrophe and specialty reinsurance coverages to insurers and reinsurers on a worldwide basis. The Company has two segments: Reinsurance and Individual Risk. The Reinsurance segment primarily provides property catastrophe reinsurance and specialty reinsurance to selected insurers and reinsurers on a worldwide basis. RenaissanceRe defines its Individual Risk segment to include underwriting that involves understanding the characteristics of the original underlying insurance policy. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Reinsurance and Individual Risk segments accounted for approximately 64.5% and 35.5%, respectively, of its total consolidated gross premiums written.

  • 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.

  • KWK, QUICKSILVER RES I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.050049
  • Quicksilver Resources Inc. (Quicksilver) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil, which it attains through a combination of developmental drilling, exploitation and property acquisitions. The Company’s efforts are principally focused on unconventional reservoirs, such as hydrocarbons found in fractured shales, coal seams and tight sands. Quicksilver’s operations are concentrated in the Michigan, Western Canadian Sedimentary and Fort Worth Basins. At December 31, 2006, it had estimated proved reserves of 1.57 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe), of which approximately 98% were natural gas. The Company’s asset base is geographically diverse, with approximately 33% of reserves in Michigan, 20% in Canada and 45% in Texas. In November 2007, BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. completed the purchase of all of the natural gas, oil and midstream assets of Quicksilver in Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky.

  • OEH, ORIENT-EXPRESS HO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.648094
  • Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (OEH) is a hotel and leisure group focused on the luxury end of the leisure market. The Company owns and/or invests in 49 properties (48 of which it manages) consisting of 39 individual deluxe hotels, two restaurants, six tourist trains and two river cruise businesses. These are located in 25 countries worldwide. Hotels and restaurants represent the largest segment of OEHG??s business, contributing 84% of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2006. Property development activities accounted for the remaining revenue. Its worldwide portfolio of hotels consists of 3,693 individual guest rooms and multiple-room suites, each known as a key. Approximately two-thirds of OEHG??s customers are leisure travelers, with approximately 50% of customers in 2006 originating from North America, 33% from Europe and the remaining 17% from elsewhere in the world. In April 2007, the Company acquired the remaining 50% of luxury canal and river cruise company, Afloat in France.

  • 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.

  • COGO, COMTECH GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.169502
  • Comtech Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries are engaged in the sale of component parts for electronic devices and equipment, such as liquid crystal display (LCD), cameras, persistent storage, and peripheral devices for wireless handsets and fixed-line telecommunication to manufacturers in the PeopleG??s Republic of China and other overseas countries. The Company also provides technology and engineering, business process outsourcing and other services in the PeopleG??s Republic of China. It is a provider of customized module design solutions for a diverse set of applications and end markets. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company began offering technology and engineering services, network system integration and related training and maintenance services to telecom equipment vendors in the PeopleG??s Republic of China and in Southeast Asia. In August 2007, Comtech Group, Inc. acquired Keen Awards (KA) Ltd., design and engineering firm.

  • ERTS, ELECTRONIC ARTS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.994665
  • Electronic Arts Inc. develops, markets, publishes and distributes interactive software games (titles) that are playable by consumers on devices, such as in-home video game players (such as the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 and Nintendo GameCube (consoles); personal computers; mobile platforms, including handheld video game players (such as the PlayStation Portable (PSP), Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance) and cellular handsets, and online, over the Internet and other online networks. It publishes interactive software games for multiple platforms. It makes investments in facilities and equipment that allow the Company to create and edit video and audio recordings that are used in its games. In August 2006, it acquired Phenomic Game Development. In October 2006, Electronic Arts acquired Digital Illusions CE, development team and creators of the Battlefield game franchise. In October 2007, the Company announced the acquisition of Super Computer International.

  • ADP, AUTOMATIC DATA PR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.899798
  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is a provider of business outsourcing solutions. ADP offers a range of human resources (HR), payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source. ADP is also a provider of integrated computing solutions to automotive, heavy truck, motorcycle, marine and recreational vehicle dealers worldwide. ADP offers payroll and human resource outsourcing solutions to small and large clients alike in over a dozen countries outside of the United States. In each of Canada and Europe, ADP is a provider of payroll processing (including full departmental outsourcing) and human resource administration services. ADP also offers wage and tax collection and remittance services in Canada, and has developed wage collection and remittance services to be offered in the United Kingdom.

  • CHK, CHESAPEAKE ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.379730
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Chesapeake) is an independent producer of natural gas in the United States, and owns interests in approximately 34,600 producing oil and natural gas wells that are producing approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (bcfe) per day, 92% of which is natural gas. The CompanyG??s operations are located in the Mid-Continent region, which includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, southwestern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle; the Forth Worth Basin in north-central Texas; the Appalachian Basin, principally in West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, eastern Ohio and southern New York; the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas and eastern New Mexico; the Ark-La-Tex area of East Texas and northern Louisiana; and the South Texas and Texas Gulf Coast regions. In July 2007, the Company announced the acquisition of Kerr-McGee Tower from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and subsequent sale of tower to SandRidge Energy, Inc.

  • 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.

  • MTE, MAHANAGAR TEL ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 87.660370
  • Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is a principal provider of fixed-line and other basic telecommunications services in India (Delhi and Mumbai). As of March 31, 2007, MTNLG??s fixed-line telecommunications networks in Delhi and Mumbai had an aggregate of approximately 3.80 million fixed lines in service. Its cellular services had approximately 2.75 million subscribers as of March 31, 2007. The Company derives its revenue primarily from local, domestic long distance and international calls that originate from its network. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), approximately 33% of MTNLG??s revenue was derived from call charges; 49% from rentals of telephones, access lines and other telecommunications equipment and use of its value-added services, and 13% from public call offices. Interconnect revenue, which is revenue derived from other telecommunications service providers for calls made into the CompanyG??s network, accounted for 5% of its revenues in fiscal 2007.

  • TROW, T ROWE PRICE GROU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.222546
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a financial services holding company that provides investment advisory services to individual and institutional investors in the sponsored T. Rowe Price mutual funds and other investment portfolios. The Company operates its investment advisory business through its subsidiary companies, primarily T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services Limited. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the CompanyG??s total assets under management were $267 billion of equity and blended asset portfolios, and $67.7 billion of fixed income portfolios. The five largest T. Rowe Price funds, as of December 31, 2006, were Equity Income, Growth Stock, Mid-Cap Growth, Blue Chip Growth and Capital Appreciation, which accounted for 23% of assets under management at that time and 27% of 2006 investment advisory revenues.

  • BUD, ANHEUSER BUSCH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.026474
  • Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (Anheuser-Busch) is the holding company of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (ABI), a beer brewer. The Company is also the parent corporation to a number of subsidiaries that conduct various other business operations. The Company’s operations comprise four segments: domestic beer, international beer, packaging and entertainment, which contributed 74.7%, 6.6%, 10.9% and 7.8%, respectively, of the Company’s net sales, during the year ended December 31, 2006. Approximately 93% of the Company’s net sales are generated in the United States. Worldwide sales of the Company’s beer brands aggregated 125 million barrels in 2006, which comprises domestic and international volume. International volume represents Anheuser-Busch brands produced overseas by company-owned breweries, under license and contract brewing agreements, plus exports from the Company’s United States breweries.

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Caprock Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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  • HLX, HELIX ENERGY SOLU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 47.029366
  • Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (Helix Energy Solutions or Helix), is an energy services company that provides development solutions and related services to the energy market and specializes in the exploitation of marginal fields, including exploration of unproven fields where it employs its services on its own oil and gas properties, as well as providing services to the open market. In 2006, the Company and Remington Oil and Gas Corporation announced an agreement under which the Company to acquire Remington. Remington is an exploration, development and production company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • DRI, DARDEN RESTAURANT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.442147
  • Darden Restaurants, Inc. (Darden) is a casual dining restaurant company. The Company owns and operates the Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill, and Seasons 52 restaurant concepts located in the United States and Canada. During the fiscal year ended May 27, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Darden operated 1,397 restaurants in the United States and Canada. In the United States, it operated 1,362 restaurants in 49 states (the exception being Alaska), including 651 Red Lobster, 608 Olive Garden, 23 Bahama Breeze, 73 Smokey Bones Barbeque & Grill and seven Seasons 52 restaurants. In Canada, it operated 35 restaurants, including 29 Red Lobster and six Olive Garden restaurants. On October 1, 2007, Darden completed its acquisition of RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (RARE), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 16, 2007, among the Company, Surf & Turf Merger Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and RARE.

  • FE, FIRSTENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.750450
  • FirstEnergy Corp. is principally a holding company that holds, directly or indirectly, all of the common stock of its eight principal electric utility operating subsidiaries: Ohio Edison Company (OE), The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (CEI), The Toledo Edison Company (TE), Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn), American Transmission Systems, Inc. (ATSI), Jersey Central Power & Light Company (JCP&L), Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed) and Pennsylvania Electric Company (Penelec). The CompanyG??s consolidated revenues are primarily derived from electric service provided by its utility operating subsidiaries and the revenues of its other principal subsidiary FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (FES). During the year ended December 31, 2006, FirstEnergy sold its remaining FirstEnergy Facilities Services Group, LLC (FSG) subsidiaries. In March 2006, the Company sold 60% of its interest in MYR Group, Inc. (MYR)

  • TQNT, TRIQUINT SEMICON Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.775375
  • TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (TriQuint), incorporated in 1991, is a supplier of modules, components and foundry services to communications companies. The Company sells a range of radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and acoustic filter products that address four primary end markets: wireless handsets, broadband communications, wireless base stations and military systems. Its products are designed on various wafer substrates, including compound semiconductor materials, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and piezoelectric crystals, such as lithium tantalate (LiTaO3). The Company uses a variety of process technologies using GaAs substrates, including heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and pseudomorphic high-electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs). Using various other substrates, it also manufactures surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) products. In September 2007, it acquired Peak Devices, Inc.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • PCP, PRECISION CASTPAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.914227
  • Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) manufactures complex metal components and products, investment castings, forgings and fasteners/fastener systems for aerospace and industrial gas turbine (IGT) applications. The Company also provides investment castings and forgings for general industrial, automotive, armament, medical and other applications; specialty alloys, waxes and metal processing solutions for the investment casting industry; metal-injection-molded and ThixoFormed parts for automotive and other markets; sewer systems, and metalworking tools for the fastener market and other applications. PCC manufactures its metal components and products in three business segments: Investment Cast Products, Forged Products and Fastener Products. During the fiscal year ended April 1, 2007 (fiscal 2007), PCC acquired Cherry Aerospace LLC, GSC Foundries, Inc., Special Metals Corporation. On April 3, 2007, PCC completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of McWilliams Forge Company, Inc.

  • CMTL, COMTECH TELECOM C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 57.881538
  • Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Comtech) designs, develops, produces and markets products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. The Company conducts its business through three business segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile data communications and radio frequency (RF) microwave amplifiers. The telecommunications transmission segment provides satellite earth station equipment and systems, over-the-horizon microwave equipment and systems and forward error correction technology. The mobile data communications segment provides mobile satellite transceivers, the supply and operation of satellite packet data networks and network gateways, and associated installation, training and maintenance. The RF microwave amplifiers segment designs, manufactures and markets broadband RF microwave amplifier products. In February 2007, the Company acquired certain assets of Digicast Networks, Inc. (Digicast), a manufacturer of digital video broadcasting equipment.

  • CRDN, CERADYNE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.250289
  • Ceradyne, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets technical ceramic products, ceramic powders and components for defense, industrial, automotive/diesel and commercial applications. Its products include lightweight ceramic armor for soldiers and other military applications; ceramic industrial components for erosion and corrosion resistant applications; ceramic powders, including boron carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, calcium hexaboride and zirconium diboride, which are used in manufacturing armor and a range of industrial products; evaporation boats for metallization of materials for food packaging and other products; durable, reduced friction, ceramic diesel engine components; functional and frictional coatings primarily for automotive applications; translucent ceramic orthodontic brackets; ceramic-impregnated dispenser cathodes for microwave tubes, lasers and cathode ray tubes, and ceramic crucibles for melting silicon in the photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing process.

  • PRU, PRUDENTIAL FINCL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.370697
  • Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential Financial) is a financial services company. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had approximately $616 billion of assets under management. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the Company offers an array of financial products and services, including life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement-related services and administration, asset management, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage and relocation services, and, through a joint venture, retail securities brokerage services. The businesses of Prudential Financial are separated into the Financial Services Businesses and the Closed Block Business. On June 1, 2006, the Company acquired the variable annuity business of The Allstate Corporation (Allstate). In October 2006, Kimco Realty Corporation, in joint venture with Prudential Real Estate Investors, completed the acquisition of Pan Pacific Retail Properties, Inc.

  • 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.

  • PCH, POTLATCH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.940313
  • Potlatch Corporation (Potlatch) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages 1.5 million acres of timberlands located in Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Potlatch Forest Products Corporation (Potlatch TRS), the Company also operates 13 manufacturing facilities that produce lumber and panel products, and bleached pulp products, including paperboard and tissue products. Potlatch TRS also conducts a land sales and development business. The CompanyG??s operates through five segments: Resource, Land Sales and Development, Wood Products, Pulp and Paperboard, and Consumer Products. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company completed its conversion to a REIT.

  • PHG, KONINKLIJKE PHLP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.215744
  • Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Royal Philips Electronics) is the parent company of the Philips Group (Philips). It has four divisions: Medical Systems, Domestic Appliances and Personal Care, Consumer Electronics and Lighting. At December 31, 2006, Philips had approximately 130 production sites in 26 countries, and sales and service outlets in approximately 150 countries. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Royal Philips Electronics acquired Intermagnetics General Corporation, Avent, The Bodine Company, Witt Biomedical, Lifeline Systems Inc., Partners in Lighting International and Power Sentry. In 2006, the Company sold its Philips High Tech Plastics Tooling business to Varova BV, and Philips Enabling Technologies Group to VDL Groep. In April 2007, the Company divested its remaining Mobile Phone business to China Electronics Corp Holdings Co. Ltd. In June 2007, it acquired TIR Systems Ltd. In August 2007, the Company acquired Color Kinetics Incorporated.

  • AEP, AMER ELECTRIC POW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.758163
  • American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP) is a public utility holding company that owns, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding common stock of its public utility subsidiaries and varying percentages of other subsidiaries. The public utility subsidiaries of AEP are AEP Generating Company, AEP Texas Central Company, AEP Texas North Company, Appalachian Power Company, Columbus Southern Power Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Ohio Power Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Southwestern Electric Power Company. The service areas of AEP’s public utility subsidiaries cover portions of the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The generating and transmission facilities of AEP’s public utility subsidiaries are interconnected and their operations are coordinated. AEP also owns a service company subsidiary, American Electric Power Service Corporation.

  • D, DOMINION RES NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.373270
  • Dominion Resources, Inc. (Dominion) is a fully integrated gas and electric holding company. Dominion concentrates its efforts in the energy intensive Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. Its subsidiaries are Virginia Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power), Consolidated Natural Gas Company (CNG), Dominion Energy, Inc. (DEI) and Virginia Power Energy Marketing Inc. (VPEM). Virginia Power is a regulated public utility that generates, transmits and distributes electricity for sale in Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. CNG operates in all phases of the natural gas business, explores for and produces natural gas and oil and provides a variety of energy marketing services. DEI is involved in merchant generation, energy marketing and risk management activities and natural gas and oil exploration and production. VPEM provides fuel and risk management services to Virginia Power and other Dominion affiliates and engages in energy trading activities.

  • DE, DEERE CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.503452
  • Deere & Company (John Deere), through its subsidiaries, operates in four business segments. The agricultural equipment segment manufactures and distributes a line of farm equipment and related service parts, including tractors; combine, cotton and sugarcane harvesters; tillage, seeding and soil preparation machinery; sprayers; hay and forage equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology, and precision agricultural irrigation equipment. The commercial and consumer equipment segment manufactures and distributes equipment, products and service parts for commercial and residential uses, including tractors for lawn, garden, commercial and utility purposes; mowing equipment, including walk-behind mowers; golf course equipment; utility vehicles; landscape products and irrigation equipment, and other outdoor power products. In May 2007, the Company acquired LESCO, Inc. In August 2007, the Company acquired Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Company Limited.

  • SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.738216
  • Swift Energy Company is engaged in developing, exploring, acquiring, and operating oil and gas properties, with a focus on oil and natural gas reserves onshore and in the inland waters of Louisiana and Texas and onshore in New Zealand. As of December 31, 2006, it had estimated proved reserves of 816.8 billions of cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe). Its proved reserves, as of December 31, 2006, comprised approximately 50% crude oil, 40% natural gas, and 10% natural gas liquids (NGLs), of which 44% were proved developed. The CompanyG??s proved reserves are concentrated 64% in Louisiana, 22% in Texas, 13% in New Zealand, and 1% in other states. The Company focuses primarily on development and exploration of fields in south Louisiana region, south Texas region, Toledo Bend region and in New Zealand. In October 2007, Swift Energy Company completed the acquisition of property interests from Escondido Resources, LP, a privately held company.

  • 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.

  • AG, AGCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.506470
  • AGCO Corporation (AGCO) manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and related replacement parts. AGCO sells a range of agricultural equipment, including tractors, combines, self-propelled sprayers, hay tools, forage equipment and implements, and a line of diesel engines. Its products are marketed under a number of brand names, including AGCO, Challenger, Fendt, Gleaner, Hesston, Massey Ferguson, New Idea, RoGator, Spra-Coupe, Sunflower, Terra-Gator, Valtra and White Planters. AGCO distributes most of its products through a combination of approximately 3,600 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries. In addition, the Company provides retail financing in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland through its finance joint ventures with Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank). In September 2007, the Company acquired Industria Agricola Fortaleza Limitada.

  • ACE, ACE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.300154
  • ACE Limited (ACE) is a Bermuda-based holding company. ACE and its direct and indirect subsidiaries are a global property and casualty insurance and reinsurance organization, servicing the insurance needs of commercial and individual customers in more than 140 countries and jurisdictions. The Company operates through four business segments: InsuranceG??North American, InsuranceG??Overseas General, Global Reinsurance, and Life Insurance and Reinsurance. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company completed the sale of three of its run-off reinsurance subsidiaries: ACE American Reinsurance Company, Brandywine Reinsurance Co. (UK) Ltd. and Brandywine Reinsurance Company S.A.-N.V. On May 9, 2006, the Company acquired Hart Life Insurance Company from The Hartford Financial Services Group. In January 2007, the ACE Group of Companies acquired Altas Cumbres Life Insurance Company, formerly a wholly owned Peruvian subsidiary of Grupo Altas Cumbres of Chile.

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26th November 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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  • LTR, LOEWS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.335206
  • Loews Corporation is a holding company. The lines of business the subsidiaries are engaged include commercial property and casualty insurance (CNA Financial Corporation (CNA), a 89% owned subsidiary); production and sale of cigarettes (Lorillard, Inc. (Lorillard), a wholly owned subsidiary); operation of interstate natural gas transmission pipeline systems (Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP (Boardwalk Pipeline), an 80%-owned subsidiary); operation of offshore oil and gas drilling rigs (Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (Diamond Offshore), a 51%-owned subsidiary); operation of hotels (Loews Hotels Holding Corporation (Loews Hotels), a wholly owned subsidiary), and distribution and sale of watches and clocks (Bulova Corporation (Bulova), a wholly owned subsidiary).

  • CCE, COCA COLA ENTRPR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.810833
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. markets, sells, manufactures, and distributes non-alcoholic beverages. It serves a market of approximately 412 million consumers throughout North America, Great Britain, continental France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Monaco. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company sold approximately 42 billion bottles and cans throughout its territories. The Company conducts its business primarily under agreements with The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC), which owned approximately 35% of the CompanyG??s common stock at December 31, 2006. The CompanyG??s bottling territories in North America are located in 46 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the United States Virgin Islands, and all 10 provinces of Canada. Its bottling territories in Europe consist of Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands.

  • SBAC, SBA COMM CP CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.413422
  • SBA Communications Corporation (SBA), is an independent owner and operator of wireless communications towers. The Company holds all the outstanding capital stock of SBA Telecommunications, Inc. (Telecommunications), which holds all of the capital stock of SBA Senior Finance, Inc. (SBA Senior Finance). The Company operates in the Eastern third of the United States, where substantially all of its towers are located. The Company’s principal business line is its site leasing business where it leases antenna space to wireless service providers on towers and other structures that it owns, manages or leases from others. The towers that it owns have been constructed by them at the request of a wireless service provider, built or constructed based on its own initiative or acquired. As of December 31, 2005, SBA owned 3,304 towers in continuing operations. On April 27, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of AAT Communications Corp. (AAT) from AAT Holdings, LLC II.

  • WWY, WRIGLEY WM JR CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 32.311382
  • Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (Wrigley) manufactures and markets chewing gum. Wrigley products are sold in over 180 countries. Its portfolio of products includes a number of brands that provide consumers breath freshening and tooth whitening. The CompanyG??s principal business is manufacturing and marketing chewing gum and other confectionery products worldwide. All other businesses constitute less than 10% of its consolidated revenues, operating profit and identifiable assets. On January 31, 2007, the Company acquired an 80% initial interest in A. Korkunov, a privately held chocolate company in Russia.

  • BDK, BLACK DECKER CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.923200
  • The Black & Decker Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology-based fastening systems. The Company markets its products and services in over 100 countries and has manufacturing sites in 10 countries. It is also a global supplier of engineered fastening and assembly systems. The Black & Decker Corporation operates in three segments: Power Tools and Accessories, including consumer and industrial power tools and accessories, lawn and garden tools, electric cleaning, automotive and lighting products, and product service; Hardware and Home Improvement, including security hardware and plumbing products; and Fastening and Assembly Systems, including blind riveting, stud welding, specialty screws, prevailing torque nuts and assemblies, insert systems, metal and plastic fasteners, and self-piercing riveting systems. On March 1, 2006, the Company acquired Vector Products, Inc.

  • SHLM, SCHULMAN A INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.992399
  • A. Schulman, Inc. is engaged in the sale of plastic resins in various forms, which are used as raw materials by its customers. The Company operates primarily in two geographic segments: North America and Europe, including Asia (Europe). The Company combines basic resins purchased from plastic resin producers, and through mixing and extrusion processes, introduces additives that provide color, stabilizers, flame retardants or other enhancements that may be required by a customer. These compounds are formulated in the CompanyG??s laboratories and technical centers and are manufactured in the CompanyG??s 17 plastics compounding plants in its North American and European segments. Customers for the CompanyG??s plastic compounds include manufacturers, custom molders, processors and extruders of a variety of plastic products and parts.

  • HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.709538
  • Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) provides global human resource outsourcing and consulting services. The Company operates two segments: Outsourcing and Consulting. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006, it generated 70% of revenues from Outsourcing business and 30% revenues generated from the Consulting business. Hewitt helps clients develop, implement, and deliver strategies, programs and technologies, as well as helps manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. As of September 30, 2006, the Outsourcing segment was organized around two lines of business: Benefits and Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing. The Consulting segment is organized around two lines of business: Benefits Consulting and Talent and Organization Consulting. In addition, the Consulting segment provides tailored communication services to client solutions in all of its service areas, including Outsourcing.

  • CBB, CINCINNATI BELL I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.547621
  • Cincinnati Bell Inc. is a full-service local provider of data and voice communications services and equipment, and a regional provider of wireless and long distance communications services. The Company has five business segments: Local, Wireless, Technology Solutions (formerly referred to as Hardware and Managed Services), Other and Broadband. Its primary businesses consist of the Local and Wireless segments, which provide voice and data telecommunications services, and the Technology Solutions segment, which provides business technology solutions, such as data center and managed services, telecommunications equipment and information technology hardware and professional services. A package of services that the Company offers is the Custom Connections Super Bundle comprising a package of local, long distance, wireless, and digital subscriber line (DSL) services.

  • PKI, PERKIN ELMER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.995152
  • PerkinElmer, Inc. is a provider of scientific instruments, consumables and services to the pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental testing and general industrial markets, commonly referred to as the health sciences and photonics markets. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services products and systems within two business segments: Life and Analytical Sciences and Optoelectronics. The health sciences markets include all of the businesses in the CompanyG??s Life and Analytical Sciences segment and the medical imaging business, as well as elements of the medical sensors and lighting businesses in the CompanyG??s Optoelectronics segment. The photonics markets include the remaining businesses in the CompanyG??s Optoelectronics segment. In April 2007, the Company acquired Improvision Ltd. In November 2007, PerkinElmer, Inc. acquired ViaCell, Inc., a biotechnology company specializing in the collection and preservation of umbilical cord blood stem cells.

  • WCN, WASTE CONNECTIONS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.887270
  • Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in secondary markets in the Western and Southern United States. The Company serves approximately one million residential, commercial and industrial customers from operations in 22 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. As of December 31, 2006, the Company owned or operated a network of 114 solid waste collection operations, 37 transfer stations, 26 recycling operations and 35 active landfills. The Company also provides intermodal services for the rail haul movement of cargo containers in the Pacific Northwest through a network of six intermodal facilities.

  • POM, PEPCO HOLDINGS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.787493
  • Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI) a diversified energy company that, through its operating subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in two principal business operations: electricity and natural gas delivery (Power Delivery), and competitive energy generation, marketing and supply (Competitive Energy). PHI Service Company, a subsidiary service company of PHI, provides a variety of support services, including legal, accounting, treasury, tax, purchasing and information technology services to PHI and its operating subsidiaries. These services are provided pursuant to a service agreement among PHI, PHI Service Company, and the participating operating subsidiaries.

  • AIT, APPLIED IDNS TECH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.630661
  • Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. is a North American distributor of bearings, power transmission components, fluid power components and systems, industrial rubber products, linear components, tools, safety products, general maintenance products and a variety of mill supply products. Fluid power products include hydraulic, pneumatic, lubrication and filtration components and systems. The Company operates through two segments, service center-based distribution and fluid power businesses. The service center-based distribution segment provides customers with a range of industrial products through a network of service centers stretching across North America. The fluid power businesses segment consists of specialized regional companies, which distribute fluid power components and operate shops to assemble fluid power systems and perform equipment repair.

  • BCE, B C E INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.119995
  • BCE Inc. is a communications company. Bell Canada, which encompasses its 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 has four segments: Residential, Business, Bell Aliant and Other Bell Canada. Bell Canada has six 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, it sold 20% of Bell Globemedia to Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, an additional 20% to Torstar Corporation, and 8.5% to The Woodbridge Company Limited, decreasing its holding in Bell Globemedia to 20%. In October 2007, it announced the sale of its satellite services subsidiary, Telesat Canada, to a company formed by Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral Space and Communications Inc.

  • BHI, BAKER HUGHES INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.408756
  • Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes) is engaged in the oilfield services industry. The Company is a supplier of products and technology services and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry, including products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production of oil and natural gas wells. Baker Hughes operates in three segments: Drilling and Evaluation, Completion and Production, and WesternGeco. The WesternGeco segment consisted of the CompanyG??s 30% interest in WesternGeco, a seismic venture with Schlumberger Limited. On April 28, 2006, Baker Hughes sold its 30% interest in WesternGeco to Schlumberger. The Drilling and Evaluation segment consists of the Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids, Hughes Christensen, INTEQ and Baker Atlas. The Completion and Production segment consists of the Baker Oil Tools, Baker Petrolite and Centrilift divisions and the ProductionQuest business unit. In January 2006, Baker Hughes acquired Nova Technology Corporation.

  • 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.

  • BBV, BANCO BILBAO ARG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.414552
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) is a diversified international financial group with operations in retail banking, asset management, private banking and wholesale banking. During the year ended December 31, 2006, BBVA was organized into five business areas: Retail Banking in Spain and Portugal, Wholesale Businesses, Mexico and the United States, South America and Corporate Activities. On January 3, 2007, the Company acquired State National Bancshares, Inc. In September 2007, BBVA completed its acquisition of Compass Bancshares, Inc. On November 30, 2006, BBVA acquired Maggiore Fleet S.p.A. On November 10, 2006, the Company acquired Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc. On July 28, 2006, BBVA acquired Uno-E Bank, S.A. In May 2006, the Company acquired a 51% ownership interest in Forum, resulting in the incorporation of BBVA Financiamiento Automotriz. On May 19, 2006, the Company sold its stake in Banca Nazionale del Lavoro.

  • IBM, INTL BUSINESS MAC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.029292
  • International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an information technology company. IBM also provides business, technology and consulting services. The Company’s major operations comprise a Global Services segment, a Systems and Technology Group, a Software segment and a Global Financing segment. IBM’s business comprises three principal business segments: Systems and Financing, Software and Services. The majority of the Company’s enterprise business, which excludes the Company’s original equipment manufacturer technology business, occurs in industries that are grouped into six sectors: financial services, public, industrial, distribution, communications, and small and medium business. In July 2007, IBM acquired Watchfire Corporation, a privately held security and compliance testing software company based in Waltham, Massachusetts. In August 2007, IBM acquired WebDialogs, Inc. In September 2007, IBM completed the acquisition of DataMirror Corporation.

  • WHQ, W-H ENERGY SVCS Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.877221
  • W-H Energy Services, Inc. (W-H) is a diversified oilfield service company that provides products and services used in connection with the drilling and completion of oil and natural gas wells and the production of oil and natural gas. The Company has operations in North America and select areas internationally. The business operations include drilling related products and services, which include logging-while-drilling, measurement-while-drilling, directional drilling, down-hole drilling motors, drilling fluids and rental tools, and completion and workover related products and services, which include cased-hole wireline logging, perforating, tubing conveyed perforating and associated rental equipment, coiled tubing, completion fluids and rental tools. The customers include independent oil and natural gas companies, drilling contractors and other oilfield service companies.

  • EGN, ENERGEN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.159359
  • Energen Corporation (Energen) is a diversified energy holding company engaged primarily in the acquisition, development, exploration and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the continental United States and in the purchase, distribution, and sale of natural gas, principally in central and north Alabama. The Company’s two principal subsidiaries are Energen Resources Corporation and Alabama Gas Corporation. Energen Resources explores for and develops reservoirs, primarily in areas, in which it has an operating presence. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Energen ResourcesG?? proved oil and gas reserves totaled 1,723 billion cubic feet equivalent. Alagasco purchases natural gas through interstate and intrastate marketers and suppliers, and distributes the purchased gas through its distribution facilities for sale to residential, commercial and industrial customers, and other end-users of natural gas.

  • EME, E M C O R GROUP I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.967286
  • EMCOR Group, Inc. (EMCOR) operates as an electrical and mechanical construction and facilities services firm in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and worldwide. The Company specializes in providing construction services relating to electrical and mechanical systems in facilities of all types. It designs, integrates, installs, operates and maintains electrical and mechanical systems, including systems for the generation and distribution of electrical power, fire protection systems, lighting systems, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and clean-room process ventilation systems. In November 2007, EMCOR acquired Performance Mechanical, Inc., an industrial mechanical construction and maintenance company.

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