31st December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • ED, CONS EDISON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.511963
  • Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) is the holding company of Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison of New York) and Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R), both of which are regulated utilities. Con EdisonG??s business segments are Con Edison of New YorkG??s regulated electric, gas and steam utility segments; O&RG??s regulated electric and gas utility segments, and Con EdisonG??s competitive energy businesses. Con Edison of New York provides electric service in all of New York City (except part of Queens) and most of Westchester County. It also provides gas service in Manhattan, the Bronx and parts of Queens and Westchester, and steam service in parts of Manhattan. O&R, along with two wholly owned utility subsidiaries, Rockland Electric Company (RECO) and Pike County Light & Power Company (Pike), provide electric service in southeastern New York, and in adjacent areas of and eastern Pennsylvania. In March 2006, Con Edison sold Con Edison Communications, LLC.

  • CNET, CNET NETWORKS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.736330
  • CNET Networks, Inc. (CNET Networks) is an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the things. It covers topics, such as technology, entertainment, business, food and parenting. The CompanyG??s brands include CNET, GameSpot, MP3.com, ZDNet, TechRepublic, CHOW and Urban Baby. The Company operates through two segments: U.S. Media and International Media. U.S. Media consists of an online media network focused on topics, such as technology, entertainment, community and business. International Media includes media properties under several of the same brands as its sites in the United States, with other brands represented in markets, such as China and the United Kingdom and several print publications in China. In October 2007, American Greetings Corporation announced that it has acquired the online assets of the Webshots brand from CNET Networks, Inc.

  • SJR, SHAW COMM CL B NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 341.180084
  • Shaw Communications Inc. (Shaw) is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business Solutions) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice) to approximately 3.3 million customers. It provides customers with entertainment, information and communications services, utilizing a variety of distribution technologies. Shaw is organized into two business segments: Cable and Satellite. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Cable generated 75% of consolidated service revenue and Satellite generated 25% of consolidated service revenue. During fiscal 2007, Shaw completed acquisitions of several cable systems, including Whistler Cable, Grand Forks, Wood Lake, Lumby and Pender Island, all in British Columbia, as well as Norcom Telecommunications Limited operating in Kenora, Ontario.

  • CCI, CROWN CASTLE INTL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 227.408432
  • 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.

  • UTR, UNITRIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.900769
  • Unitrin, Inc. (Unitrin), through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and consumer finance services. The Company conducts its operations through six operating segments: Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Specialty, Unitrin Direct, Unitrin Business Insurance, Life and Health Insurance and Consumer Finance. Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance business operations are conducted through Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Specialty, Unitrin Direct and Unitrin Business Insurance.

  • NKE, NIKE INC CL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 222.860321
  • 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.

  • KTC, KT CORP ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.397003
  • KT Corporation is an integrated telecommunications services provider in Korea. It operates in two segments: wireline communications segment and PCS service segment. Wireline communications include services provided to fixed-line customers, including Internet access services, data communication services, leased line services and telephone services. PCS services include personal communications system (PCS) service and IMT-2000 service. The CompanyG??s services include telephone services, including local, domestic long-distance and international long-distance fixed-line telephone services and interconnection services to other telecommunications companies; broadband Internet access service and other Internet-related services; PCS mobile telecommunications service through its subsidiary, KT Freetel Co., Ltd., and various other services, including leased line service and other data communication service. In March 2007, the Company acquired Korea First Data Systems.

  • ACG, ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.871922
  • AllianceBernstein Income Fund Inc. (the Fund), formerly known as ACM Income Fund Inc., is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The FundG??s investment objective is to provide high current income consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities. It normally invests at least 65% of its assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, and repurchase agreements pertaining to the United States Government securities. It may also invest up to 35% of its assets in other fixed-income securities, including those issued by non-governmental issuers in the United States and those issued by foreign governments. The Fund may invest up to 35% of its net assets in below-investment-grade securities. The FundG??s investment advisor is AllianceBernstein L.P. On January 26, 2007, the Fund acquired ACM Government Opportunity Fund, Inc.

  • MPG, MAGUIRE PROPERTIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.993824
  • Maguire Properties, Inc. (Maguire Properties) is a full-service real estate company operating as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Maguire Properties, through its controlling interest in Maguire Properties, L.P. (the Operating Partnership), and its subsidiaries, owns, manages, leases, acquires and develops real estate located in the greater Los Angeles area of California; Orange County, California; San Diego, California, and Denver, Colorado. These locales primarily consist of office properties, related parking garages, a retail property and a hotel. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company acquired a building located at 701 North Brand and the remaining 50% interest in an adjacent 1,608 car garage in Glendale; Pacific Center, which is a 6.4-acre office campus with two 10-story buildings located in the Mission Valley submarket of San Diego, California. In 2006, it sold 808 South Olive Garage, a parking garage located in Los Angeles, California to Zaytim, LLC.

  • RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 446.050385
  • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of February 21, 2007, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 33 auction sites, in more than 25 countries around the world. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, real estate and agricultural industries. It operates mainly in the auction segment of the global industrial equipment marketplace. In 2006, Ritchie Bros. completed its acquisition of the business and assets of Dennis Biliske Auctioneers, a North Dakota-based auctioneer of agricultural equipment and real estate.

  • AIN, ALBANY INTL CP CL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.577843
  • Albany International Corp., along with its subsidiaries, operates in three business segments: Paper Machine Clothing, Applied Technologies and Albany Door Systems. The Paper Machine Clothing segment includes fabrics and belts used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard (paper machine clothing or PMC). The Company designs, manufactures and markets paper machine clothing for each section of the paper machine. The Applied Technologies segment includes the businesses that apply Albany International Corp.G??s core competencies in textiles and materials to other industries. Albany Door Systems manufactures, sells and services industrial doors. The CompanyG??s Rapid Roll doors are produced and sold in Europe, North America and the Pacific, and there are more than 100,000 installations worldwide. The Company maintains manufacturing facilities in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States.

  • BK, BANK OF N Y CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 227.246719
  • The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, formerly The Bank of New York Company, Inc., is engaged in providing an array of services that enable institutions and individuals to move and manage their financial assets in more than 100 markets worldwide. The Company operates through three segments: Institutional Services segment, Private Bank & BNY Asset Management segment, and Corporate and Other Segment. On October 2, 2006, The Company, together with Eze Castle Software, LLC and GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, formed BNY ConvergEx Group, in which the Company retains a 35% interest. Effective July 1, 2007, The Bank of New York Company, Inc. merged with Mellon Financial Corporation to form The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. In December 2007, the Company announced that it has completed its acquisition of ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services B.V.

  • CNX, CONS ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 255.413315
  • CONSOL Energy Inc. is a multi-fuel energy producer and energy services provider that primarily serves the electric power generation industry in the United States. Its principal coalbed methane operations produce gas from coal seams (single layers or stratum of coal) with a high gas content. It also provides energy services, including river and dock services, terminal services, industrial supply services, coal waste disposal services and land resource services. It has two principal business units: Coal and Gas. The principal activities of the Coal unit are mining, preparation and marketing of steam coal, sold to power generators and metallurgical coal, sold to metal and coke producers. The principal activity of the Gas unit is to produce pipeline quality methane gas for sale primarily to gas wholesalers. In August 2007, it acquired AMVEST Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries. In October 2007, it acquired Tri-River Fleeting Harbor Services, Inc. and Tri-River Marine, Inc.

  • MTW, MANITOWOC CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 247.441116
  • The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a diversified industrial manufacturer in three principal markets: Cranes and Related Products, Foodservice Equipment and Marine. The Crane business designs, manufactures and markets a line of crawler cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, tower cranes and boom trucks. Foodservice business is a manufacturer of cold side commercial foodservice products. It designs, manufactures and markets product lines of ice making machines, walk-in and reach-in refrigerators and freezers, fountain beverage delivery systems and other foodservice refrigeration products. Marine segment provides new construction, shiprepair and maintenance services for freshwater and saltwater vessels from four shipyards. On January 3, 2006, The Manitowoc Company, Inc. acquired ExacTech, Inc. On May 26, 2006, it acquired McCannG??s Engineering & Mfg. Co. and McCannG??s de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. In July 2007, it acquired Shirke Construction Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

  • SAN, BANCO SANTANDER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.770903
  • Banco Santander-Chile (the Bank) is a Chilean bank that provides a broad range of commercial and retail banking services to its customers. Its product mix includes Chilean peso and foreign currency denominated loans to finance a variety of commercial transactions, trade financing, foreign currency forward contracts, credit lines and a variety of retail banking services, including mortgage financing. In addition to its traditional banking operations, the Bank also offers financial leasing, financial advisory services, mutual fund management, securities brokerage, insurance brokerage and investment management. The Bank divides its clients into segments: lower-middle to middle-income (Santander Banefe), middle- and upper-income, small businesses, institutional lending, mid-sized companies and real estate, large companies, wholesale banking and treasury.As of December 31, 2006, Banco Santander-Chile operated a total of 397 branches.

  • IRF, INTL RECTIFIER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.677824
  • International Rectifier Corporation is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of power management product devices, which use power semiconductors. The Company’s products are used in a variety of end applications, including computers, communications networking, consumer electronics, energy-efficient appliances, lighting, satellites, launch vehicles, aircraft and automotive diesel injection. Its products consist of Power Management Integrated Circuits (Power Management ICs), Power Components and Power Systems. It summarizes its segments in two groups: Focus Products and Non-Focus Products. Focus Product segment includes computing and communications, energy-saving products, aerospace and defense, and intellectual property. Non-Focus Product segment includes commodity products and non-aligned products. In April 2007, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. completed the acquisition of the Power Control Systems business (selected discrete semiconductor and module product lines) from the Company.

  • ECLP, ECLIPSYS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.143883
  • Eclipsys Corporation (Eclipsys) is a healthcare information technology company and a provider of advanced integrated information software clinical content and professional services. The Company develops and licenses software and content that is designed for use in connection with many of the key clinical, administrative and financial functions that healthcare organizations require. The CompanyG??s software enables physicians, nurses and other clinicians to order tests, treatments and medications, and to record, access and share information about patients. The software also facilitates hospitalsG?? patient admissions, scheduling, records maintenance, invoicing, inventory control, cost accounting, and assessment of profitability of specific medical procedures and personnel. The CompanyG??s clinical content, which is integrated with its software, provides practice guidelines for use by physicians, nurses and other clinicians.

  • LWSN, LAWSON SOFTWARE I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 97.105415
  • Lawson Software, Inc. (Lawson) is a global provider of enterprise software. The Company provides business application software, services and maintenance to customers primarily in the services sector, trade industries and manufacturing/distribution sectors. It specializes in specific markets, including healthcare, public services, retail, financial services, fashion, food and beverage, and wholesale distribution. In the manufacturing sector, Lawson serves both process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing customers. In the service sector, it serves both asset-intensive and labor-intensive services enterprises. Lawson Software, Inc. provides software in 20 languages to more than 4,000 customers in 40 countries. In December 2006, the Company and Sigma Enterprise Applications AB (Sigma) entered into a purchase agreement whereby acquired from Sigma certain businesses pertaining to the maintenance and servicing of the CompanyG??s legacy Lawson (S3) products.

  • HET, HARRAH’S ENTERTAI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.765007
  • Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (Harrah’s) is a casino-entertainment provider. As of December 31, 2006, the Company owned or managed, through various subsidiaries, 48 casinos, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its casino entertainment facilities operates primarily under the Harrah’s, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names in the United States, and include land-based casinos, casino clubs, riverboat or dockside casinos, casinos on Indian reservations, a combination greyhound racing facility and casino and combination thoroughbred racetracks and casinos. As of December 31, 2006, Harrah’s facilities had an aggregate of approximately three million square feet of gaming space and approximately 40,000 hotel rooms. The Company also operates the world series of poker tournament circuit at its casinos.

  • PFG, PRINCIPAL FINL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 220.265060
  • Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG) is a provider of retirement savings, investment and insurance products and services. PFG’s United States and international operations concentrate primarily on asset accumulation and management. In addition, the Company offers a range of individual and group life insurance, group health insurance, and individual and group disability insurance. PFG primarily focuses on small and medium-sized businesses providing an array of retirement and employee benefit solutions to meet the needs of the business, the business owner and their employees. The Company has over 32,000 plans. PFG is also an employee stock ownership plan consultant. It provides non-qualified plans, defined benefit plans and plan termination annuities. The Company also provides non-medical insurance product solutions. PFG operates in three segments: U.S. Asset Management and Accumulation, International Asset Management and Accumulation, and Life and Health Insurance.

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31st December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • ROS, OJSC ROSTELECOM A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 384.561554
  • Rostelecom telecommunications services provider and carrier of domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) traffic in the Russian Federation. The Company owns and operates a trunk telecommunications network and carry the bulk of Russia’s long-distance and international traffic. The Company renders domestic and international long-distance telecommunications services to end users and provides traffic throughput services to Russian operators, including each of Russia’s seven Internet-ready computer systems (IRCs) and alternative operators. In addition, the Company provides telecommunications services to various government entities across Russia and ensures the operation of the ground-based network of most television and radio broadcasting channels. Its trunk network, which transmits a majority of Russia’s domestic and international long-distance traffic, comprises of nearly 145,000 kilometers of digital and analog lines.

  • HCN, HEALTH CARE REIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.721600
  • Health Care REIT, Inc. is a self-administered, equity real estate investment trust that invests in healthcare and senior housing facilities. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had $ 4,132,749,000 of net real estate investments, inclusive of credit enhancements, in 578 facilities located in 37 states. At that date, the portfolio included 204 assisted living facilities, 221 skilled nursing facilities, 47 independent living/continuing care retirement communities, 89 medical office buildings and 17 specialty care facilities. It invests in assisted living, skilled nursing, independent living facilities/continuing care retirement communities, medical office buildings and specialty care facilities, which represented approximately 25%, 34%, 13%, 22% and 6%, respectively, of the CompanyG??s investments at December 31, 2006.

  • HRS, HARRIS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 198.268692
  • Harris Corporation (Harris), together with its subsidiaries, is an international communications and information technology (IT) company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. The Company operates in four business segments: Government Communications Systems, RF Communications, Broadcast Communications and Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Harris Stratex Networks). During the fiscal year ended June 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Harris combined its former Microwave Communications Division with Stratex Networks, Inc. (Stratex), a provider of high-speed wireless transmission systems, to form a company named Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. The Company owns approximately 57% of Harris Stratex NetworksG?? outstanding stock. Following the combination, its business segment formerly referred to as Microwave Communications is referred to as Harris Stratex Networks. On June 15, 2007, Harris acquired Multimax Incorporated (Multimax).

  • FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.357582
  • Frontline Ltd. (Frontline) is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. The Company operates tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons, and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 deadweight tons. As of May 31, 2007, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 81 vessels. The fleet consists of 40 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 21 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, and eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in. The Company operates through subsidiaries and partnerships located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, Liberia, Norway, Marshall Islands, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Malta, Hong Kong and Singapore. Frontline is also involved in the charter, purchase and sale of vessels. As of January 18, 2007, Frontline Ltd. held a 33% interest in Sealift Ltd.

  • MMSI, MERIT MEDICAL SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.931717
  • Merit Medical Systems, Inc. offers a line of disposable products designed to assist physicians in diagnosing disease and intervening in the areas of radiology and cardiology. Its product offerings include angiographic catheters, guide wires, needles, safety products, therapeutic infusion catheters and accessories, drainage catheters and accessories, sheath introducers, pressure infusion bags, syringes, kits and procedure trays. In March 2006, the Company purchased a hemostasis valve product line from Millimed A/S and Millimed Holdings, Inc. In April 2006, it purchased a safety scalpel product line from Hypoguard USA, Inc. and Medisys PLC. In July 2007, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired technology from Lightek Corporation for flexible radiopaque plastic laminate composition.

  • ORB, ORBITAL SCIENCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 273.524994
  • Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) develops and manufactures small rockets and space systems for commercial, military and civil government customers. The Company’s primary products and services include Launch Vehicles, which include rockets that are used as interceptor and target vehicles for missile defense systems, small-class space launch vehicles that place satellites into Earth orbit, and suborbital launch vehicles that place payloads into a variety of high-altitude trajectories; Satellites and Space Systems, which include satellites and interplanetary spacecraft and related systems for communications, remote sensing, scientific and military missions, and space-related technical service, and Transportation Management Systems, which include software-based transportation management systems for public transit agencies and private vehicle fleet operators.

  • CEO, CNOOC LTD ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 524.463013
  • CNOOC Limited is a producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. It mainly engages in oil and natural gas exploration, development, production and sales. The Company has four major oil production areas offshore China: Bohai Bay, western South China Sea, eastern South China Sea and East China Sea. It is an offshore oil producer in Indonesia. It also has certain upstream assets in regions, such as Africa and Australia. As at 31 December 2006, the Company owned net proved reserves of approximately 2.53 billion barrels-of-oil (BOE) equivalent and its average daily net production was 457,482 barrels-of-oil equivalent. On April 20, 2006, the Company acquired a 45% working interest in the offshore Oil Mining License 130 (OML130) in Nigeria. On December 4, 2006, it acquired a 92.1% interest in AERD Projects Nigeria Limited, which holds a 38% working interest in the Offshore Oil Prospecting License 229 (OPL229) in Nigeria.

  • SWN, SOUTHWESTERN ENER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.879745
  • Southwestern Energy Company is an integrated energy company primarily focused on natural gas. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in natural gas and oil exploration and production business. It operates principally in three segments: exploration and production, natural gas distribution and marketing. The Company’s exploration and production activities are concentrated in the Arkoma Basin, East Texas, the Permian Basin and the onshore Gulf Coast. It’s wholly owned subsidiary, Arkansas Western Gas Company, referred to as Arkansas Western, operates integrated natural gas distribution systems in northern Arkansas. The Company provides marketing services in each of its core areas of operation through its gas-marketing subsidiary, Southwestern Energy Services Company.

  • NOV, NATL OILWELL VARC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 254.106461
  • 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.

  • PCP, PRECISION CASTPAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 218.140305
  • 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.

  • PWJ, PS DYN MIDCAP GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 207.598862
  • PHI, PHILIPPINE LG DS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 673.525146
  • Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) is a diversified telecommunications company in the Philippines. The Company operates through three segments: Wireless, Fixed Line, and Information and Communications Technology. On February 16, 2006, ePLDT acquired a 60% equity interest in Level Up!, a publisher of online games in the Philippines. The acquisition of Level Up!, together with netGames, ePLDTG??s online gaming subsidiary. On May 8, 2006, Smart signed a share purchase agreement to acquire the remaining 20% equity interest in Wolfpac, In October 2006, ePLDT acquired an additional 6.2% interest in Philweb, raising ePLDTG??s total equity stake to 25.5% as at December 31, 2006. On July 11, 2006, ePLDT acquired a 100% equity interest in SPi Technologies, Inc., (SPi), and its direct and indirect Philippine and offshore subsidiaries. On August 11, 2006, SPi acquired 100% of CyMed, Inc., a medical transcription company based in Richmond, Virginia.

  • INFA, INFORMATICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 87.862640
  • Informatica Corporation (Informatica) is a provider of enterprise data integration software and services. Informatica software handles a variety of complex enterprise-wide data integration initiatives, including data migration, data consolidation, data synchronization, data warehousing, establishment of data hubs, data services, cross-enterprise data exchange and data quality. The Informatica enterprise data integration platform enables and accelerates data integration initiatives, allowing enterprises to meet new business requirements by utilizing cost-effective information technology (IT) systems; to reduce overall IT expenses by extending and adapting IT systems, and to implement best practices. The Company has also introduced solutions with partners designed to meet the on-demand data needs of the software-as-a-service market. On January 26, 2006, the Company acquired Similarity Systems Limited. On December 15, 2006, it acquired Itemfield, Inc.

  • SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.495414
  • 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.

  • BRL, BARR PHARMA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.016278
  • Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global specialty pharmaceutical company that operates in more than 30 countries worldwide. The CompanyG??s operations are based primarily in North America and Europe, with key markets being the United States, Croatia, Germany, Poland and Russia. It is primarily engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of generic and proprietary pharmaceuticals. The Company’s generic product portfolio includes solid oral dosage forms, injectables and cream/ointment products. The Company markets and sells proprietary pharmaceutical products primarily in the United States through its Duramed Pharmaceuticals (Duramed) subsidiary. Its proprietary product portfolio and pipeline is concentrated in the area of female healthcare. At December 31, 2006, the Company had several generic biopharmaceutical products in various stages of development, including granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), a protein that stimulates the growth of certain white blood cells.

  • TRAD, TRADESTATION GRP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 78.701904
  • TradeStation Group, Inc. is a trading software company. The Company operates through two operating subsidiaries: TradeStation Securities, Inc. (TradeStation Securities), which is an online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant, and TradeStation Technologies, Inc. (TradeStation Technologies), which is a trading technology company. The companyG??s core product/service, which is offered by TradeStation Securities, is TradeStation, which is a direct market access electronic trading platform that enables traders to test and automate rule-based trading strategies (both technical and fundamental) across multiple asset classes, namely, equities, equity options and futures. At December 31, 2006, TradeStation Securities had approximately 31,500 equities, futures and forex accounts, the majority of which were equities and futures accounts. TradeStation Technologies also provides subscription services for TradeStation.

  • UTR, UNITRIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.900769
  • Unitrin, Inc. (Unitrin), through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing property and casualty insurance, life and health insurance, and consumer finance services. The Company conducts its operations through six operating segments: Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Specialty, Unitrin Direct, Unitrin Business Insurance, Life and Health Insurance and Consumer Finance. Unitrin’s property and casualty insurance business operations are conducted through Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Specialty, Unitrin Direct and Unitrin Business Insurance.

  • IRF, INTL RECTIFIER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.677824
  • International Rectifier Corporation is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of power management product devices, which use power semiconductors. The Company’s products are used in a variety of end applications, including computers, communications networking, consumer electronics, energy-efficient appliances, lighting, satellites, launch vehicles, aircraft and automotive diesel injection. Its products consist of Power Management Integrated Circuits (Power Management ICs), Power Components and Power Systems. It summarizes its segments in two groups: Focus Products and Non-Focus Products. Focus Product segment includes computing and communications, energy-saving products, aerospace and defense, and intellectual property. Non-Focus Product segment includes commodity products and non-aligned products. In April 2007, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. completed the acquisition of the Power Control Systems business (selected discrete semiconductor and module product lines) from the Company.

  • BDX, BECTON DICKINSON Current Caprock Strength Rating: 190.617813
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), is a medical technology company engaged in the manufacture and sale of a range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. The segments in which the Company operates include BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences. As of December 20, 2006, BD acquired the outstanding shares (approximately 93.8%) of TriPath Imaging, Inc. (TriPath). As of May 4, 2007, BD acquired all of the outstanding shares of Plasso Technology, Ltd. (Plasso). BDG??s operations outside the United States are conducted in Canada, Japan, Asia Pacific, South Latin America and North Latin America.

  • WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 220.153732
  • Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufactures for use in computer systems, subsystems or consumer electronics (CE) devices, and to distributors, resellers and retailers. Its hard drives are used in desktop computers, notebook computers and enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, storage area networks and video surveillance equipment. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders, and satellite and cable set-top boxes. It markets hard drives under brand names, including WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD Scorpio, WD Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower. In September 2007, WD, through its indirect subsidiary, State M Corporation, acquired Komag, Incorporated. As a result of the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc.

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Caprock Analytics 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.

  • PPDI, PHARM PROD DEV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 98.543480
  • 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.

  • PGN, PROGRESS ENERGY I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.700112
  • Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress Energy) is an integrated energy company serving the southeast region of the United States. The Company’s wholly owned regulated subsidiaries, Carolina Power & Light Company (PEC) and Florida Power Corporation (PEF) (collectively, the Utilities), each a business segment, are primarily engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Its non-regulated Coal and Synthetic Fuels segment is involved in the production and sale of coal-based solid synthetic fuels as defined under the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), the operation of synthetic fuels facilities for third parties, as well as coal terminal services. Progress EnergyG??s terminal operations support its synthetic fuels operations for the procuring and processing of coal and the transloading and marketing of synthetic fuels.

  • CF, CF IND HLDGS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1091.069092
  • CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF Holdings) is a manufacturer and distributor of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer products in North America. The Company’s operations are organized into two business segments: the nitrogen fertilizer business and the phosphate fertilizer business. The Company’s principal products in the nitrogen fertilizer business are ammonia, urea and urea ammonium nitrate solution (UAN). Its principal products in the phosphate fertilizer business are diammonium phosphate (DAP) and monoammonium phosphate (MAP). Its core market and distribution facilities are concentrated in the midwestern United States grain-producing states.

  • CYT, CYTEC IND INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.629200
  • Cytec Industries Inc. (Cytec) is a global specialty chemicals and materials company focused on developing, manufacturing and selling value-added products. The Company’s products serve a range of end markets, including aerospace, adhesives, automotive and industrial coatings, chemical intermediates, inks, mining and plastics. Cytec uses its technology and application development expertise to create chemical and material solutions that are formulated to perform specific and important functions for its customers. The Company operates on a global basis with 37% of its revenues, during the year ended December 31, 2006, generated from North America, 43% from Europe, 14% from Asia-Pacific and 6% from Latin America. It has manufacturing and research facilities located in 20 countries. On February 28, 2005, Cytec acquired the Surface Specialties business of UCB SA. On June 1, 2005, Cytec sold its 50% ownership in CYRO Industries to its joint venture partner Degussa Specialty Polymers.

  • TEVA, TEVA PHARM INDS A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.453312
  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (Teva) is a global pharmaceutical company that develops, produces and markets generic drugs covering all treatment categories. TevaG??s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business sells to third-party manufacturers and provides vertical integration to its own pharmaceutical production. Teva also has an animal health business, with principal operations in the United States, covering both the companion animal and economic animal markets. TevaG??s global operations are conducted throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Israel. Teva has direct operations in more than 50 countries, as well as 36 pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in 16 countries, 17 generic research and development centres operating mostly within certain manufacturing sites and 18 API manufacturing sites around the world. During 2006, Teva acquired Ivax Corporation and increased its holdings in Tianjin Hualida Biotechnology Company Ltd. from 45% to 60%.

  • MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 138.180740
  • MICROS Systems, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries. Its enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems and specialty retail information systems. In addition to its software enterprise solutions and hardware products, the Company offers an array of support services and products for its hotel, restaurant and retail information systems. On July 10, 2007, the Company acquired a majority interest in Check-in-Data, a distributor of MICROS products and services. On January 29, 2007, the Company acquired the RedSky IT Hospitality, Travel and Retail subsidiaries of RedSky IT. In February 2006, The Company acquired CommercialWare, Inc.

  • EQIX, EQUINIX INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 188.569138
  • Equinix, Inc. (Equinix) is a global provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through its Internet Business Exchange hubs (IBX hubs) in 10 markets in the United States and Asia Pacific, customers can directly interconnect with each other for traffic exchange requirements. Its services include colocation, interconnection and managed information technology (IT) infrastructure services. Colocation services include cabinets, power, operations space and storage space for EquinixG??s customersG?? colocation needs. Interconnection services include cross connects and switch ports on the Equinix Exchange service. Managed IT infrastructure services allow customers to use EquinixG??s telecommunications capabilities and IBX hubs. In January 2007, it acquired a second IBX data center in Tokyo. In December 2006, it sold its Honolulu IBX center. In September 2007, it acquired IXEurope plc.

  • EPE, ENTERPRISE GP HLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.748070
  • Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. is the owner of Enterprise Products GP, which is the general partner of Enterprise Products Partners. The primary business purpose of Enterprise Products GP is to manage the affairs and operations of Enterprise Products Partners, which is a North American midstream energy company providing a range of services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and certain petrochemicals. Enterprise Products Partners is engaged in the development of pipeline and other midstream energy infrastructure in the continental United States and Gulf of Mexico. Enterprise Products Partners conducts substantially all of its business through a wholly owned subsidiary, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. In September 2006, Duncan Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners, was formed, to acquire, own and operate a diversified portfolio of midstream energy assets.

  • PZE, PETROBRAS ENERGIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 92.191429
  • Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. is a holding company that operates through its subsidiary Petrobras Energia S.A. (Petrobras Energia) and its subsidiaries, which are engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, refining and distribution, petrochemicals, and gas and energy. It conducts operations in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. In addition, it acts as contractor and provides technical and operating support in Mexico. The Company manages its activities through four business segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Petrochemicals, Refining and Distribution, and Gas and Energy. In March 2007, Petrobras Energia purchased 25.67% and 52.37% interest in Sierra Chata and Parva Negra, respectively, from ConocoPhillips.

  • MMSI, MERIT MEDICAL SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.931717
  • Merit Medical Systems, Inc. offers a line of disposable products designed to assist physicians in diagnosing disease and intervening in the areas of radiology and cardiology. Its product offerings include angiographic catheters, guide wires, needles, safety products, therapeutic infusion catheters and accessories, drainage catheters and accessories, sheath introducers, pressure infusion bags, syringes, kits and procedure trays. In March 2006, the Company purchased a hemostasis valve product line from Millimed A/S and Millimed Holdings, Inc. In April 2006, it purchased a safety scalpel product line from Hypoguard USA, Inc. and Medisys PLC. In July 2007, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired technology from Lightek Corporation for flexible radiopaque plastic laminate composition.

  • ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.026199
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The CompanyG??s operations are classified into three business segments: Oilseeds Processing, Corn Processing, and Agricultural Services. The Company’s remaining operations are aggregated and classified as Other. In December 2006, The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. acquired the assets of Haldane Foods Limited and its meat-free and non-dairy beverage business based in Newport Pagnell, the United Kingdom, from the Company. In January 2007, CSM nv acquired the activities of the Company. As of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company operated 23 domestic wheat flour mills, a domestic bulgur plant, two domestic corn flour mills, two domestic milo mills, and 20 foreign flour mills with a total daily milling capacity of approximately 26,700 metric tons (1.0 million bushels). It also operates six bakery mix plants.

  • ITC, ITC HOLDINGS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 306.207642
  • ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC Holdings) is engaged in the transmission of electricity in the United States through its two subsidiaries. The Company derives nearly all of its revenues from providing network transmission service, point-to-point transmission service, and scheduling, control and dispatch services over its system. Its two wholly owned subsidiaries are International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), which is an independently owned and operated electricity transmission company in the United States, and Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Michigan Transco Holdings, Limited Partnership (MTH) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Holdings.

  • TNP, TSAKOS ENERGY NAV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 181.181915
  • 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.

  • HAE, HAEMONETICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 155.864166
  • Haemonetics Corporation is engaged in developing and manufacturing blood processing technology that help ensures a safe and adequate blood supply. It is also engaged in manufacturing automated systems and single use consumables used in blood donation, blood processing, and surgical salvage of blood. It develops associated data management technology. The Company developed its first automated blood processing system in 1971. Its direct customers are blood and plasma collectors, hospitals and hospital service providers. Its principal operations are in the United States, Europe, Japan and other parts of Asia. During the fiscal year ended April 3, 2004, the Company reorganized into two global product families: blood donors and surgical patients. In October 2006, Nanostart AG sold its stake in Arryx, Inc. to the Company. In July 2007, the Company acquired Infonale, Inc. In November 2007, the Company acquired Haemoscope Corporation’s TEG Thrombelastograph Hemostasis Analyzer business.

  • QSFT, QUEST SOFTWARE IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.925442
  • Quest Software, Inc. (Quest) designs, develops, markets, distributes and supports enterprise systems management software products. Its primary portfolio of software products includes software solutions grouped into three categories: Application Management, Database Management and Windows Management. The focus of its products is based upon generating performance, manageability and productivity throughout its customersG?? information technology infrastructure and with products and services that enable them to manage the investments they have made within their IT environment. Quest markets and sells its products and services worldwide primarily through its direct sales organization, its telesales organization and, increasingly, through its indirect sales channels with a group of value-added resellers and distributors. In August 2007, Quest acquired ScriptLogic Corporation (ScriptLogic), a privately held company that provides systems lifecycle management solutions for Windows-based networks.

  • IAU, ISHARES COMEX GOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 254.135864
  • CYH, COMMUNITY HEALTH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.194454
  • Community Health Systems, Inc. through its subsidiaries, owns, leases and operates acute care hospitals that are the principal providers of primary healthcare services in non-urban communities. As of December 31, 2006, it owned, leased or operated 77 hospitals, across 22 states, with an aggregate of approximately 9,117 licensed beds. Effective November 1, 2006, it acquired Campbell County Hospital, a 99-bed facility located in Weatherford, Texas. In addition, effective November 1, 2006, it acquired Union County Hospital, a 25-bed facility located in Anna, Illinois. Effective October 1, 2006, it completed the acquisition of HelpSource Home Health, a home health agency located in Wichita Falls, Texas. Effective September 1, 2006, the Company acquired Humble Texas Home Care, a home health agency located in Humble, Texas. In July 2007, Community Health Systems, Inc. merged with Triad Hospitals, Inc., pursuant to which Triad become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

  • RAI, REYNOLDS AMERICAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 107.606712
  • 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.

  • LIHR, LIHIR GOLD LTD AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.655773
  • Lihir Gold Limited is a gold producer in the Australasian region. The company operates gold mines and processing facilities on the island of Lihir, 900 kilometers northeast of Port Moresby in New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea. The Lihir ore body has an estimated 40 million ounces in resource, including 23.6 million ounces in reserves. On 17 October 2006, the Company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lihir Australian Holdings Pty Limited (LAH), had entered into a merger agreement with Ballarat Goldfields NL (Ballarat) by way of a scheme of arrangement. BallaratG??s major asset is its 100% interest in the Ballarat East project. The Ballarat East property is classified as a development property with more than five kilometers of underground development and stage 1 of the processing plant having been completed and commissioned. This acquisition was completed on March 8, 2007.

  • MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 185.309097
  • MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The CompanyG??s assets consist primarily of hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS (collectively, ARM-MBS) issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation, such as Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or an agency of the United States government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (collectively, Agency MBS), ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2006, 99.3% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, high quality AAA-rated MBS, MBS-related receivables and cash. Its other investments, primarily consisting of an indirect investment in a multi-family apartment property and non-Agency MBS rated below AAA, comprised less than 1% of its remaining assets at December 31, 2006.

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Caprock Analytics 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.

  • EGLE, EAGLE BULK SHIPPI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 201.183990
  • Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged primarily in the ocean transportation of a range of major and minor bulk cargoes, including iron ore, coal, grain, cement and fertilizer, along worldwide shipping routes. As of December 31, 2006, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 16 oceangoing vessels with a combined carrying capacity of 796,663 deadweight tons. The Company carries out the commercial management of its fleet through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. expanded its fleet from 13 vessels to 16 vessels by acquiring the KESTREL I, TERN and JAEGER in June and July 2006, respectively. In August 2007, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced that it has completed the fleet acquisition from the parent of Anemi Maritime Services, a private Greek shipping company.

  • HRS, HARRIS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 198.268692
  • Harris Corporation (Harris), together with its subsidiaries, is an international communications and information technology (IT) company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. The Company operates in four business segments: Government Communications Systems, RF Communications, Broadcast Communications and Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Harris Stratex Networks). During the fiscal year ended June 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), Harris combined its former Microwave Communications Division with Stratex Networks, Inc. (Stratex), a provider of high-speed wireless transmission systems, to form a company named Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. The Company owns approximately 57% of Harris Stratex NetworksG?? outstanding stock. Following the combination, its business segment formerly referred to as Microwave Communications is referred to as Harris Stratex Networks. On June 15, 2007, Harris acquired Multimax Incorporated (Multimax).

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.891148
  • Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company’s two largest products, RISPERDAL/RISPERDAL CONSTA and PROCRIT/EPREX, accounted for approximately 8% and 6% of Johnson & Johnson’s total revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2006. In May 2006, ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, acquired Vascular Control Systems, Inc., which is focused on developing medical devices to treat fibroids and to control bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic applications. On December 20, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of the Consumer Healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Conor Medsystems, Inc.

  • BRY, BERRY PETROLEUM C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 108.615730
  • Berry Petroleum Company (Berry) is an independent energy company engaged in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation and exploration of crude oil and natural gas. As of December 31, 2006, Berry’s estimated proved reserves were 150.3 million barrels of oil equivalent, (BOE), of which 66% were heavy crude oil, 9% light crude oil and 25% natural gas. Sixty-six percent of the Company’s reserves are located in California and 34% in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent region. Proved undeveloped reserves make up 32% of the Berry’s proved total. During the year ended December 31, 2006, production was 9.3 million BOE. In February 2006, the Company acquired a 50% working interest in 6,300 gross acres in the Garden Gulch property in the Grand Valley natural gas field in the Piceance basin of western Colorado.

  • CNL, CLECO CP(HLDG CO) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.932285
  • Cleco Corporation holds investments in several subsidiaries, including Cleco Power LLC (Cleco Power) and Cleco Midstream Resources LLC (Midstream), which are its operating business segments. Cleco Power is an electric utility engaged principally in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity within Louisiana. Cleco Power is an electric utility regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), among other regulators, which determine the rates Cleco Power can charge its customers. Cleco Power serves approximately 268,000 customers in 104 communities in central and southeastern Louisiana. Midstream is a merchant energy subsidiary that owns and operates merchant generation stations and invests in joint ventures that own and operate a merchant generation station.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 357.011230
  • Cameron International Corp., formerly Cooper Cameron Corporation, is an international manufacturer of oil and gas pressure control and separation equipment, including valves, wellheads, controls, chokes, blowout preventers and assembled systems for oil and gas drilling, production and transmission used in onshore, offshore and subsea applications and provides oil and gas separation, metering and flow measurement equipment. It is also a manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable gas compressors and turbochargers. The Company’s operations are organized into three separate business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), formerly the Cameron segment; Valves & Measurement (V&M), formerly the Cooper Cameron Valves segment, and Compression Systems (CS), formerly the Cooper Compression segment. In January 2006, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities of Caldon Company.

  • MOG-A, MOOG INC CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.094894
  • IDC, INTERACTIVE DATA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 155.047653
  • Interactive Data Corporation is a global provider of financial market data, analytics and related services to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The CompanyG??s customers use its offerings to support their portfolio management and valuation, research and analysis, trading, sales and marketing, and client service activities. Interactive Data Corporation markets and licenses its services either by direct subscriptions or through third-party business alliances. Its offerings are developed and delivered to customers through four businesses that comprise the CompanyG??s two business segments: Institutional Services and Active Trader Services. On March 6, 2006, it acquired Quote.com and certain other related assets from Lycos, Inc. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the assets comprising the market data division of Xcitek LLC, as well as the market data assets of its affiliate Xcitax LLC.

  • SXT, SENSIENT TECH COR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 189.546722
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances. The Company’s principal products include flavors, flavor enhancers and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and synthetic food colors; cosmetic and pharmaceutical additives; technical colors, inkjet colors and aftermarket inks, and specialty dyes and pigments, and chemicals for laser printing and flat screen displays. The operations of Sensient, except for the Asia Pacific Group, are managed on a products and services basis. The Company’s two segments are the Flavors and Fragrances Group, and the Color Group. Japan and China, previously included in the Asia Pacific Group, have been included as part of the Flavors and Fragrances Group.

  • VRSN, VERISIGN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 222.944168
  • VeriSign, Inc. (VeriSign) is a provider of intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions everyday across voice and data networks worldwide. The Company operates in two segments: the Internet Services Group and the Communications Services Group. In January 2007, the Company announced a functional business structure that reorganizes the Internet Services Group and the Communications Services Group to deliver an integrated portfolio of products and services through a unified sales and services team across multiple industries. Its two main functional units are Sales and Consulting Services, and Products and Marketing. On January 31, 2007, the Company and Fox Entertainment (Fox), a subsidiary of News Corporation, and various subsidiaries of the Company and Fox, finalized two joint venture agreements to provide mobile entertainment to consumers on a global basis. On November 30, 2006, VeriSign completed its acquisition of inCode Telecom Group, Inc.

  • HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 328.816193
  • Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 500,000 customers worldwide, including dental practices and laboratories, physician practices and veterinary clinics, as well as government and other institutions. Henry Schein, Inc. operates in two business segments: healthcare distribution and technology. The healthcare distribution segment consists of the Company’s dental, medical (including animal health) and international groups. The technology segment provides software, technology and other value-added services to healthcare providers, primarily in the United States and Canada. In July 2006, the Company acquired Provet Holding AG. On June 30, 2006, it acquired from Darby Group Companies, Inc. a privately held full-service distributor of dental merchandise and equipment. In August 2007, the Company acquired W. & J. Dunlop Ltd.

  • MKC, MCCORMICK & CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.616558
  • McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a diversified specialty food company. The Company is also engaged in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, herbs, seasoning blends and other flavors to the entire food industry. McCormick & Company, Incorporated operates in two business segments: consumer and industrial. The consumer segment sells spices, herbs, extracts, seasoning blends, sauces, marinades and specialty foods to the consumer food market under a variety of brands, including McCormick, Zatarain’s, Simply Asia and Thai Kitchens in the United States; Ducros, Vahine and Silvo in continental Europe; Club House in Canada, and Schwartz in the United Kingdom. The industrial segment sells seasoning blends, natural spices and herbs, wet flavors, coating systems and compound flavors to food manufacturers and the food service industry, served both directly and indirectly through distributors.

  • ANR, ALPHA NATURAL RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 159.252075
  • Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha) is an Appalachian coal producer. The Company produces, processes and sells steam and metallurgical coal. Alpha has eight regional business units: Paramont, Dickenson-Russell, Kingwood, Brooks Run, Welch, AMFIRE, Enterprise and Callaway. As of February 1, 2007, the Company’s business unites were supported by 38 active underground mines, 27 active surface mines and 10 preparation plants located throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, as well as a road construction business in West Virginia that recovers coal. Alpha is also involved in the purchase and resale of coal mined by others. As of December 31, 2006, the Company owned or leased 548.6 million tons of proven and probable coal reserves. Steam coal, which is primarily purchased by large utilities and industrial customers as fuel for electricity generation, accounted for approximately 66% of the Company’s coal sales volume during the year ended December 31, 2006.

  • NTT, NIPPON TELEPHONE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.441563
  • Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) is a Japan-based telecommunications provider. The Company primarily operates in five business segments. The Regional Communications segment is engaged in the provision of domestic intra-prefectural communication services and incidental services. The Long-Distance and International Communications segment is engaged in the provision of domestic inter-prefectural and international communication services and incidental services. The Mobile Communications segment is engaged in the provision of mobile phones services, personal handyphone system (PHS) services and other related services. The Data Communications segment is engaged in the provision of system integration and network system services, among others. The Others segment is engaged in the city development and financial businesses. The Company has 419 subsidiaries and 96 associated companies.

  • QMAR, QUINTANA MARITIME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 201.097931
  • Quintana Maritime Limited is an international provider of dry bulk marine transportation services. Dry bulk vessels transport a variety of cargoes, including coal, iron ore and grain. As of December 31, 2006, it owned and operated a total fleet of 23 vessels, consisting of 10 Panamax vessels, 11 Kamsarmax vessels and two Capesize vessels. Of these 23 vessels, it acquired 13 during the year ended December 31, 2006. As of December 31, 2006, its fleet had a combined carrying capacity of approximately 1,973,552 deadweight tons and a deadweight tons-weighted-average age of approximately 4.2 years. In 2006, it contracted to purchase an additional three Kamsarmax vessels, a Panamax vessel, and a Capesize vessel. In January 2007, it agreed to purchase an additional Capesize vessel. In addition, it took delivery of Iron Knight, a 2004-built 76,429 deadweight tons Panamax vessel and Iron Lindrew, a 2007-built 82,300 deadweight tons Kamsarmax vessel , from affiliates of Metrobulk, S.A. in 2007.

  • BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 203.152725
  • BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified resources group. The Company is a producer of energy-related products, such as energy coal, oil, gas, liquefied natural gas and uranium. Its customer sector groups (CGS) are organized into nine business units: petroleum, aluminium, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. The Company generally extracts and processes minerals, oil and gas in the southern hemisphere from its production operations in Australia, Latin America and southern Africa. Its sales are concentrated in the northern hemisphere. In August 2006, BHP Billiton plc completed the sale of its 45.5% interest in the Valesul Aluminio SA joint venture to its joint venture partner, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. In April 2007, the Company acquired a 33.3% interest in Global Alumina’s Sangaredi Refinery Project in Guinea, West Africa.

  • E, E N I SPA ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 70.984650
  • Eni S.p.A. (Eni) is an Italy-based company producing, supplying and distributing petroleum and natural gas, as well as producing electricity and offering engineering, construction and petrochemical services. The Company operates in three segments: Exploration and Production, Gas and Power, and Refining and Marketing. Eni is present in 70 countries. On April 4, 2007, EniNefteGaz, a joint venture of Eni and Enel S.p.A., acquired Lot number 2 in the Yukos liquidation procedure. The Lot number 2 includes a 100% stake in Arctic Gas Company, a 100% stake in ZAO Urengoil Inc., a 100% stake in OAO Neftegaztechnologia and a 20% stake in OAO Gazprom Neft. In May 2007, Eni acquired interests in exploration and production onshore activities operated by Maurel & Prom in Congo.

  • SNH, SENIOR HSG SBI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.528675
  • Senior Housing Properties Trust (Senior Housing or SNH) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). It focuses its investment in age-restricted apartment buildings, independent living properties, assisted living properties and nursing homes. Some properties combine more than one type of service in a single building or campus. The Company’s lease agreements generally have a renewal option. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company owned 196 properties located in 32 states. Each of its properties is included in one of 12 separate leases.

  • SLB, SCHLUMBERGER LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 130.610565
  • Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger) is an oilfield service company supplying a range of technology services and solutions to the international petroleum industry. It consists of two business segments: Schlumberger Oilfield Services and WesternGeco. Schlumberger Oilfield Services is an oilfield services company supplying a range of technology services and solutions to the international oil and gas industry. WesternGeco is an advanced surface seismic company. SchlumbergerG??s products and services include the evaluation and development of oil reservoirs (controlled digging, pumping and testing services), well construction and production consulting, and sale of software programs. The Company also offers storage tank and seismic monitoring services. In November 2007, the Company acquired an additional 5.5% in Framo Engineering AS (Framo), which increased its holding in Framo to 52.75%. As of December 11, 2007, the Company had acquired 99% of the issued shares of Eastern Echo Holding plc.

  • FST, FOREST OIL CP (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 140.912506
  • 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.

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Caprock Analytics 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.

  • GKSR, GK SVCS INC CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.140843
  • G&K Services, Inc. is a provider of branded identity apparel and facility services programs. It serves a range of North American industries, including automotive, warehousing, distribution, transportation, energy, manufacturing, food processing, pharmaceutical, semi-conductor, retail, restaurants and hospitality, and many others providing them with rented uniforms and facility services products, such as floor mats, dust mops, wiping towels, restroom supplies and selected linen items. It also sells uniforms and other apparel items to customers in its direct sale programs. As of July 1, 2006, it operated over 140 locations in North America. In February 2007, the Company acquired the outstanding stock and certain real estate from Grand Rapids Coat & Apron Service, Inc. In March 2007, the Company acquired the outstanding stock and certain real estate assets from Alltex Uniform Rental Service, Inc. In July 2007, it acquired Leef Brothers, Inc., a uniform and facility services company.

  • ITU, BANCO ITAU HLDG A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 147.970795
  • Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. (Itau Holding) is a private bank in Brazil. The Company has four principal operations: banking (including retail banking through its wholly owned subsidiary, Banco Itau S.A. (Itau), corporate banking through its wholly owned subsidiary, Banco Itau BBA S.A. (Itau BBA) and consumer credit to non-account hold customers through Itaucred, credit cards, asset management and insurance, private retirement plans and capitalization plans, a type of savings plan. Itau Holding provides a variety of credit and non-credit products and services directed towards individuals, small and middle-market companies and large corporations. The Company provides these services on an integrated basis through Itau and Itau BBA. In March 2007, the Company and Itausa-Investimentos Itau S.A. (Itausa) announced the acquisition of BankBoston in Uruguay.

  • MMP, MAGELLAN MIDSTREA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.376320
  • Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. is principally engaged in the transportation, storage and distribution of refined petroleum products. As of December 31, 2006, the CompanyG??s portfolio consisted of a 8,500-mile petroleum products pipeline system, including 45 petroleum products terminals, serving the mid-continent region of the United States, referred to as the petroleum products pipeline system; seven petroleum products terminal facilities located along the United States Gulf and East Coasts, referred to as the marine terminals; 29 petroleum products terminals located principally in the southeastern United States, referred to as the inland terminals, and a 1,100-mile ammonia pipeline system serving the mid-continent region of the United States.

  • AGN, ALLERGAN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.488750
  • Allergan, Inc. is a global healthcare company that discovers and develops specialty pharmaceutical and medical device products for the ophthalmic, neurological, medical aesthetics, medical dermatological, breast aesthetics, obesity intervention and other specialty markets. It provides specialty pharmaceutical research, targeting products and technologies related to specific disease areas, such as glaucoma, retinal disease, dry eye, psoriasis, acne and movement disorders. Allergan, Inc. discovers, develops and markets medical devices, aesthetics-related pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products. The Company is focusing research and development efforts on therapeutic areas, including gastroenterology, neuropathic pain and genitourinary diseases. In February 2007, the Company acquired Swiss medical technology developer, EndoArt SA. In January 2007, the Company acquired Groupe Corneal Laboratoires. In October 2007, the Company acquired Esprit Pharma Holding Company, Inc.

  • OEH, ORIENT-EXPRESS HO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.171253
  • 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.

  • HK, PETROHAWK ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.804741
  • Petrohawk Energy Corporation is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development, production and exploration of oil and natural gas properties located onshore in North America. The CompanyG??s properties are concentrated in North Louisiana, Arkansas, East Texas, Oklahoma and the Permian basin. At December 31, 2006, its estimated total proved oil and natural gas reserves were approximately 1,076 Bcfe, consisting of 31 million barrels of oil (MMBbl) of oil, condensate and natural gas liquids, and 889 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas. Approximately 63% of its proved reserves were classified as proved developed. On November 30, 2007, the Company sold its Gulf Coast division. On July 12, 2006, it merged with KCS Energy, Inc. On January 27, 2006, it acquired Winwell Resources, Inc. During 2006, it sold certain of its oil and natural gas assets in Michigan, Wyoming and California. On March 21, 2006, it sold its Gulf of Mexico properties.

  • AMB, AMB PROPERTIES CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.075922
  • AMB Property Corporation is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company acquires, develops and operates industrial properties in key distribution markets throughout North America, Europe and Asia. AMB Property Corporation operates its business primarily through its subsidiary, AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, which is referred to as the operating partnership. As of December 31, 2006, the Company owned an approximate 95% general partnership interest in the operating partnership. As of December 31, 2006, AMB Property Corporation owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated basis or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and development projects totaling approximately 124.7 million square feet (11.6 million square meters) and 1,088 buildings in 39 markets within 12 countries. As of December 31, 2006, the Company managed industrial and other properties totaling approximately 1.5 million rentable square feet.

  • DUK, DUKE ENERGY CP HL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 88.228745
  • Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy) is an energy company located in the Americas with a real estate subsidiary. Duke Energy operates in six business units: U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Natural Gas Transmission, Field Services, Commercial Power, International Energy and Duke EnergyG??s 50% interest in the Crescent joint venture (Crescent). In May 2005, Duke Energy and Cinergy announced they entered into a definitive merger agreement. On May 4, 2006, it sold Duke Energy North AmericaG??s (DENA) fleet of wholesale power generation assets outside the Midwest to a subsidiary of LS Power Equity Partners (LS Power). In August 2006, Vectren Corporation purchased Duke Energy’s interest in Miller Pipeline Corporation. In April 2006, it merged with Cinergy. In October 2006, Fortis N.V. completed the acquisition of Cinergy Marketing & Trading, LP, a limited partnership, and Cinergy Canada, Inc, from Duke Energy. In January 2007, Spectra Energy Corp. completed its spin-off from Duke Energy.

  • SNY, SANOFI-AVENTIS SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.182476
  • 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.

  • HLX, HELIX ENERGY SOLU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.097528
  • 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.

  • GOOG, GOOGLE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 260.477936
  • Google Inc. maintains an index of Websites and other content, and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Its automated search technology enables people to obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index. Google generates revenue by delivering online advertising. Businesses use its AdWords program to promote their products and services with targeted advertising. In addition, the third-party Websites that comprise the Google Network use the Company’s AdSense program to deliver relevant advertisements that generate revenue. In August 2006, it acquired Neven Vision, an online photo-search company. On October 10, 2006, it acquired the online video company, YouTube. In October 2006, it also acquired JotSpot. JotSpot applications are delivered as Web-based services. In March 2007, the Company acquired Adscape Media Inc., a company that makes technology to deliver advertising over the Internet for placement within videogames.

  • APOL, APOLLO GP INC A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 92.921257
  • Apollo Group, Inc. (Apollo Group), is an education provider, operating University of Phoenix, Inc. (UPX), Institute for Professional Development, Inc. (IPD), The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation (CFP), Western International University, Inc. (WIU) and Insight Schools, Inc. (Insight), all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. Apollo Group offers educational programs and services from high school through college level at 102 campuses and 157 learning centers in 40 states, Puerto Rico, Alberta, British Columbia, The Netherlands and Mexico, as well as online throughout the world. Apollo GroupG??s combined degree enrollment for UPX and Axia College as of August 31, 2007, was approximately 313,700.

  • STX, SEAGATE TECHNOLOG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 96.063805
  • Seagate Technology (Seagate) is engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of rigid disc drives. Rigid disc drives, which are referred to as disc drives or hard drives, are used as the primary medium for storing electronic information in systems ranging from desktop and notebook computers, and consumer electronics devices to data centers delivering information over corporate networks and the Internet. The Company produces a range of disc drive products addressing enterprise applications, where its products are used in enterprise servers, mainframes and workstations; desktop applications, where its products are used in desktop computers; mobile computing applications, where the Company’s products are used in notebook computers, and consumer electronics applications, where its products are used in a variety of devices, such as digital video recorders, gaming devices and other consumer electronic devices that require storage. In May 2006, the Company acquired Maxtor Corporation.

  • CRZO, CARRIZO OIL & GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 260.910339
  • 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.

  • PGN, PROGRESS ENERGY I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.700112
  • Progress Energy, Inc. (Progress Energy) is an integrated energy company serving the southeast region of the United States. The Company’s wholly owned regulated subsidiaries, Carolina Power & Light Company (PEC) and Florida Power Corporation (PEF) (collectively, the Utilities), each a business segment, are primarily engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Its non-regulated Coal and Synthetic Fuels segment is involved in the production and sale of coal-based solid synthetic fuels as defined under the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), the operation of synthetic fuels facilities for third parties, as well as coal terminal services. Progress EnergyG??s terminal operations support its synthetic fuels operations for the procuring and processing of coal and the transloading and marketing of synthetic fuels.

  • RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 446.050385
  • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of February 21, 2007, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 33 auction sites, in more than 25 countries around the world. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, real estate and agricultural industries. It operates mainly in the auction segment of the global industrial equipment marketplace. In 2006, Ritchie Bros. completed its acquisition of the business and assets of Dennis Biliske Auctioneers, a North Dakota-based auctioneer of agricultural equipment and real estate.

  • APC, ANADARKO PETROLEU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.858215
  • 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.

  • AIN, ALBANY INTL CP CL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.577843
  • Albany International Corp., along with its subsidiaries, operates in three business segments: Paper Machine Clothing, Applied Technologies and Albany Door Systems. The Paper Machine Clothing segment includes fabrics and belts used in the manufacture of paper and paperboard (paper machine clothing or PMC). The Company designs, manufactures and markets paper machine clothing for each section of the paper machine. The Applied Technologies segment includes the businesses that apply Albany International Corp.G??s core competencies in textiles and materials to other industries. Albany Door Systems manufactures, sells and services industrial doors. The CompanyG??s Rapid Roll doors are produced and sold in Europe, North America and the Pacific, and there are more than 100,000 installations worldwide. The Company maintains manufacturing facilities in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, and the United States.

  • LKQX, LKQ CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 667.639221
  • 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.

  • NHP, NATIONWIDE HLTH P Current Caprock Strength Rating: 72.825630
  • Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in investments in healthcare-related senior housing and long-term care properties. The Company primarily make its investments by acquiring an ownership interest in facilities and leasing those to unaffiliated tenants under triple-net master leases that transfer the obligation for all facility operating costs (insurance, property taxes, utilities, maintenance, capital improvements, etc.) to the tenants. The Company also extends mortgage loans and other financing to tenants from time to time. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company derived approximately 95% of its revenues from leases, with the remaining 5% from its mortgage loans and other financing activities. At December 31, 2006, the Company had investments in 480 healthcare facilities in 42 states. At December 31, 2006, NHP held 14 mortgage loans.

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29th December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • JNJ, JOHNSON AND JOHNS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 62.891148
  • Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company’s two largest products, RISPERDAL/RISPERDAL CONSTA and PROCRIT/EPREX, accounted for approximately 8% and 6% of Johnson & Johnson’s total revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2006. In May 2006, ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, acquired Vascular Control Systems, Inc., which is focused on developing medical devices to treat fibroids and to control bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic applications. On December 20, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of the Consumer Healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Conor Medsystems, Inc.

  • NBL, NOBLE ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 213.218597
  • Noble Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas. Exploration activities include geophysical and geological evaluation and exploratory drilling on properties, for which the Company has exploration rights. It operates throughout major basins in the United States, including ColoradoG??s Wattenberg field, the Mid-continent region of western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico, the Gulf Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. It also operates internationally, in West Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Ecuador, the North Sea, China, Argentina and Suriname. As of December 31, 2006, Noble Energy had estimated proved reserves of 3.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 296 million barrels of crude oil. On a combined basis, these proved reserves were equivalent to 835 million barrels oil equivalent of which 55% were located in the United States and 45% were located internationally.

  • TKC, TURKCELL ILET NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 387.317322
  • Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (Turkcell) is a provider of mobile services in Turkey. The Company provides mobile voice and data services over its global system for mobile communications (GSM) network. As of April 6, 2007, the Company provided service to its subscribers in 193 countries through commercial roaming agreements with 543 operators. On August 1, 2006, the Company’s indirect Ukrainian subsidiary, CJSC Digital Cellular Communications (DCC), merged with Astelit. In May 2006, Turkcell acquired a 40% interest in Turkcell Teknoloji Arastirma ve Gelistirme AS. In February 2006, the Company acquired a 15% interest in Eastasia. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it acquired a 50% investment in A-Tel Pazarlama ve Servis Hizmetleri A.S.

  • TYL, TYLER TECHNGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.408993
  • Tyler Technologies, Inc. (Tyler) is a provider of integrated information management solutions and services for local governments. It has a line of software products and services to address the information technology (IT) needs of cities, counties, schools and other local government entities. Most of its customers have its software installed in-house. For customers who prefer not to physically acquire the software and hardware, the Company provides outsourced hosting for some of its applications at one of its data centers through an applications service provider arrangement. Tyler provides professional IT services to its customers. In addition, the Company is a provider of outsourced property appraisal services for taxing jurisdictions. It also provides continuing customer support services. In January 2006, the Company acquired MazikUSA, Inc. and TACS, Inc. In February 2007, it acquired Advanced Data Systems, Inc. of Bangor, Maine. In September 2007, it acquired EDP Enterprises, Inc.

  • MRK, MERCK CO INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 248.771271
  • 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.

  • VTR, VENTAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 88.816582
  • 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.

  • FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.357582
  • Frontline Ltd. (Frontline) is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. The Company operates tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons, and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 deadweight tons. As of May 31, 2007, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 81 vessels. The fleet consists of 40 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 21 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, and eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in. The Company operates through subsidiaries and partnerships located in the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man, Liberia, Norway, Marshall Islands, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, Malta, Hong Kong and Singapore. Frontline is also involved in the charter, purchase and sale of vessels. As of January 18, 2007, Frontline Ltd. held a 33% interest in Sealift Ltd.

  • BLT, BLOUNT INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.351983
  • Blount International, Inc. operates in two segments: Outdoor Products, and Industrial and Power Equipment. The Outdoor Products segment manufactures and markets cutting chain, guide bars, sprockets and accessories for chainsaw use, concrete-cutting equipment, and accessories and lawnmower blades. The Industrial and Power Equipment segment manufactures and markets timber harvesting and handling equipment, industrial tractors and loaders, mobile equipment rotational bearings, worm gear reducers and swing drives. On July 27, 2006, the Company sold certain assets of Dixon Industries, Inc. (Dixon) to Husqvarna Professional Outdoor Products, Inc. Dixon was included in BlountG??s Lawnmower segment. On June 9, 2006, the Industrial and Power Equipment segment purchased the assets of Votec Engineering AB (Sweden) through the Company’s subsidiary, Svenska Blount AB. In November 2007, the Company announced the sale of its Forestry Division to Caterpillar Forest Products Inc.

  • SCHL, SCHOLASTIC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.632954
  • Scholastic Corporation (Scholastic) is a global children’s publishing, education and media company. The Company is a publisher, and distributor of children’s books and a developer of educational technology products. Scholastic also creates educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including magazines, children’s reference and non-fiction materials, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. It is an operator of school-based book clubs and book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs in the United States. The Company’s Website, www.scholastic.com, is a site for teachers, classrooms and parents. Scholastic categorizes its businesses into four segments: Children’s Book Publishing and Distribution; Educational Publishing; Media, Licensing and Advertising (which represent the Company’s domestic operations), and International.

  • ALEX, ALEXANDER BALDWIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.306489
  • Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (A&B) is a diversified corporation with most of its operations centered in Hawaii. The business industries of the Company constitute transportation, real estate and agribusiness. The Company’s ocean transportation operations, related shore side operations in Hawaii, related intermodal, truck brokerage and logistics services are conducted by its wholly owned subsidiary, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. (Matson) and two Matson subsidiaries. Its property development and food products operations are conducted by A&B and certain other subsidiaries of A&B.

  • UL, UNILEVER PLC AMER Current Caprock Strength Rating: 471.695679
  • 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.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 81.190224
  • AAP, ADVANCE AUTO PART Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.202518
  • Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (Advance) primarily operates within the automotive aftermarket industry, which includes replacement parts (excluding tires), accessories, maintenance items, batteries and automotive chemicals for cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, vans, minivans and sport utility vehicles). The Company conducts its operations through two segments: Advance Auto Parts (AAP) and Autopart International, Inc. (AI). The AAP segment consists of the CompanyG??s store operations within the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which operate under the trade names Advance Auto Parts, Advance Discount Auto Parts and Western Auto. The AI segment consists solely of the operations of Autopart International, which continues to operate as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary.

  • BUCY, BUCYRUS INTL CL A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 279.256348
  • Bucyrus International, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets draglines, electric mining shovels and rotary blasthole drills (collectively, machines) used for surface mining, and provide the aftermarket replacement parts and service for these machines. The CompanyG??s equipment is primarily used by companies engaged in surface mining for a range of commodities. The design, engineering and manufacturing of most of its machines and manufactured aftermarket parts is done at its South Milwaukee, Wisconsin complex. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of DBT GmbH, a subsidiary of RAG Coal International AG. DBT GmbH is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of high technology system solutions for underground coal mining.

  • TRV, THE TRAVELERS CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.657722
  • The Travelers Companies, Inc., formerly The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., is a holding company. It is principally engaged in providing a range of commercial and personal property and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations and individuals. In August 2006, the Company announced a realignment of two of its three business segments. The former Commercial and Specialty segments were realigned into two segments: the Business Insurance segment and the Financial, Professional & International Insurance segment. The Personal segment was renamed as Personal Insurance. In April 2007, the Company sold its Mexican surety company, Afianzadora Insurgentes, S.A. de C.V. to Estrainver S.A. de C.V. In April 2007, Kingsway Financial Services Inc. acquired Mendota Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction included Mendota’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Mendakota Insurance Company and Mendota Insurance Agency, Inc.

  • DVN, DEVON ENERGY CP ( Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.167511
  • Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) is an independent energy company engaged primarily in oil and gas exploration, development and production, the acquisition of producing properties, the transportation of oil, gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) and the processing of natural gas. Devon owns oil and gas properties principally in the United States and Canada and, to a lesser degree, various regions located outside North America, including Azerbaijan, Brazil and China. The Company also owns properties in West Africa and Egypt. On June 29, 2006, Devon acquired the oil and gas assets of Chief Holdings LLC. This transaction added 99.7 million barrel of oil equivalent of proved reserves and 169,000 net acres to its Barnett Shale assets.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 357.011230
  • Cameron International Corp., formerly Cooper Cameron Corporation, is an international manufacturer of oil and gas pressure control and separation equipment, including valves, wellheads, controls, chokes, blowout preventers and assembled systems for oil and gas drilling, production and transmission used in onshore, offshore and subsea applications and provides oil and gas separation, metering and flow measurement equipment. It is also a manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable gas compressors and turbochargers. The Company’s operations are organized into three separate business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), formerly the Cameron segment; Valves & Measurement (V&M), formerly the Cooper Cameron Valves segment, and Compression Systems (CS), formerly the Cooper Compression segment. In January 2006, the Company acquired the assets and liabilities of Caldon Company.

  • DIOD, DIODES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.244896
  • Diodes Incorporated is a global supplier of low pin-count standard semiconductor products. These products have eight pins or less, and include small signal transistors, metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), thyristor surge protection devices, transient voltage protection devices, Hall sensors, power management products, programmable logic arrays, diodes, recitifiers, bridges and silicon wafer. Diodes Incorporated designs, manufactures and markets these semiconductors focused on end-use applications in the consumer electronics, computing, industrial, communications and automotive sectors. On November 3, 2006, the Company purchased the net assets of APD Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. APD Semiconductor is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a sales, application, and administration center in Taipei, Taiwan. APD SemiconductorG??s main product focus is its Super Barrier Rectifier (SBR) technology.

  • FORR, FORRESTER RESRCH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.882828
  • Forrester Research, Inc. (Forrester) conducts independent technology and market research and provides advice to global leaders in business and technology. It offers products and services in four major areas: Research, Data, Consulting, and Community. Its products and services are targeted to specific roles, including principally senior management, business strategists, and marketing and technology professionals a companies who collaborate with Forrester to align their technology investments with their business goals. Research serves as the foundation for all its offerings and consists primarily of annual memberships to its syndicated research offering RoleView, formerly WholeView2, that provides access to its core research on a range of business and technology issues of interest to the specific roles its products and services address. In addition to RoleView, Forrester also provides several client-focused products and services in the CompanyG??s Data, Consulting, and Community offerings.

  • CHU, CHINA UNICOM LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 549.437561
  • China Unicom Limited is engaged in the cellular business (both global system for mobile, GSM, communications and code division multiple access, CDMA) in 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China through China Unicom Corporation Limited, the provision of international and domestic long-distance calls, data and Internet services, and other related telecommunication value-added businesses. As to its cellular business, the Company is a mobile telecommunications operator in the People’s Republic of China. It is organized into four business segments based on the various types of telecommunications services: GSM Business; CDMA Business; Data and Internet Business, and Long Distance Business.

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28th December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • KGC, KINROSS GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 213.321823
  • Kinross Gold Corporation is principally engaged in the mining and processing of gold and, as a by-product, silver ore and the exploration for, and the acquisition of, gold bearing properties primarily in the Americas, Russia and worldwide. Its principal products are gold and silver produced in the form of dore that is shipped to refineries for final processing. Kinross’ share of proven and probable reserves, as at December 31, 2006, was 27.9 million ounces of gold and 27.8 million ounces of silver. A significant portion of its business is carried on through subsidiaries. Its material properties include Fort Knox Mine, Paracatu, Refugio and Round Mountain. In January 2006, the Company amalgamated with its wholly owned subsidiary Echo Bay Mines Ltd. In August 2006, Kinross acquired Crown Resources Corporation. In February 2007, it acquired Bema Gold Corporation. On February 28, 2007, Kinross completed the sale of the Lupin mine and related property in Nunavut to Wolfden Resources Inc.

  • NRG, NRG ENERGY INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.035582
  • NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) is a wholesale power generation company. NRG is primarily engaged in the ownership, development, construction and operation of power generation facilities, the transacting in and trading of fuel and transportation services, and the trading of energy, capacity and related products in the United States and internationally. Within the United States, it has a diversified power generation portfolio with approximately 22,940 megawatts of generation capacity in 207 active generating units at 45 plants. These power generation facilities are primarily located in Texas (approximately 10,760 megawatts), and the Northeast (approximately 7,240 megawatts), South Central (approximately 2,850 megawatts), and the West (approximately 1,965 megawatts) regions of the United States, with approximately 125 megawatts from the CompanyG??s thermal assets.

  • SBNY, SIGNATURE BANK Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.663609
  • Signature Bank (the Bank) is a New York-based, full-service commercial bank with 18 locations throughout the New York metropolitan area serving the needs of privately owned business clients, their owners and senior managers. The Bank offers investment, brokerage, asset management and insurance products and services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Signature Securities Group Corporation (Signature Securities), a broker-dealer and investment adviser. Through Signature Securities, the Bank also purchases, securitizes and sells the guaranteed portions of United States Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. In March 2007, BancorpSouth, Inc. completed its merger with City Bancorp, the parent company of The Signature Bank headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. The Signature Bank will continue to operate under its name.

  • CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 74.880379
  • Coeur dG??Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a primary silver producer located in North America and is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the operation and/or ownership, development and exploration of silver and gold mining properties and companies located primarily within the United States (Nevada and Alaska) South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia), Australia (New South Wales) and Africa (Tanzania). The Rochester mine, Cerro Bayo mine and Martha mine, each operated by the Company, and the Endeavor and Broken Hill mines which are operated by others, constituted the CompanyG??s principal operating and development-stage mining properties and interests during the year ended December 31, 2006. On June 1, 2006, the Company completed the sale of 100% of the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary Coeur Silver Valley, Inc. In December 2007, Coeur announced the completion of its acquisitions of Bolnisi Gold NL and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation, which creates the silver company.

  • SSL, SASOL LTD ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 126.981400
  • 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).

  • REV, REVLON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.418278
  • Revlon, Inc. conducts its business through its direct wholly owned operating subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and its subsidiaries (Products Corporation), which manufactures, markets and sells an array of cosmetics, skincare, fragrances, beauty tools, hair color and personal care products. The Company is a mass-market cosmetics brand. The CompanyG??s products are sold worldwide and marketed under brand names Revlon, ColorStay, Fabulash, Super Lustrous, and Revlon Age Defying makeup with Botafirm, as well as the re-staged Almay brand, including the CompanyG??s Almay Intense i-Color collection, in cosmetics; Almay, Ultima II and Gatineau in skincare; Charlie and Jean Nate in fragrances; Revlon and Expert Effect in beauty tools; Colorsilk and Colorist in hair color, and Mitchum, Flex and Bozzano in personal care products.

  • ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 70.860291
  • Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a specialized agency brokerage and technology firm that partners with clients globally to provide solutions spanning the entire investment process. The Company has two segments: U.S. Operations and International Operations. The U.S. Operations segment provides equity trading, trade order management, connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers in the United States The International Operations segment includes ITGG??s brokerage businesses in Europe, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan (collectively, Asia), as well as a research and development facility in Israel. On January 3, 2006, ITG acquired The Macgregor Group, Inc. (Macgregor). On January 3, 2006, the Company also acquired Plexus Plan Sponsor Group, Inc. (Plexus). On August 16, 2006, ITG entered into a 50% joint venture with Merrill to form Block Alert LLC.

  • RMD, RESMED INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 91.709030
  • Resmed Inc is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical equipment for treating, diagnosing, and managing sleep-disordered breathing and other respiratory disorders. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) includes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and other respiratory disorders that occur during sleep. The CompanyG??s portfolio of products for the treatment of OSA and other forms of SDB includes airflow generators, diagnostic products, mask systems, headgear and other accessories. On October 4, 2006, the Company acquired Western Medical Marketing.

  • CE, CELANESE CORPORAT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 113.534035
  • Celanese Corporation (Celanese) is an integrated global hybrid producer of value-added industrial chemicals. It produces acetyl products, including acetic acid and vinyl acetate monomer, polyacetal products, as well as high-performance engineered polymers used in consumer and industrial products. It has four business segments: Chemical Products, which produces and supplies acetyl products; Technical Polymers Ticona (Ticona), which develops, produces and supplies a portfolio of high performance technical polymers; Acetate Products, which produces and supplies acetate tow and acetate flake, and Performance Products, which, under the trade name of Nutrinova, produces and sells high intensity sweetener and food protection ingredients. In January 2007, it acquired Acetate Products Ltd. In February 2007, the Company completed the sale of its oxo products and derivatives businesses, including European Oxo GmbH, a joint venture between Celanese AG and Degussa AG, to Advent International.

  • FST, FOREST OIL CP (NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 141.799591
  • 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.

  • KMP, KINDER MORGAN ENE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.548172
  • Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) owns or operates approximately 26,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 150 terminals. The Company’s pipelines transport more than two million barrels per day of gasoline and other petroleum products, and up to seven billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. The Company operates through four segments: Products Pipelines, Natural Gas Pipelines, CO2 and Terminals. On December 1, 2006, the Company acquired all of the membership interests in Devco USA L.L.C.In November 20, 2006, KMP acquired all of the membership interests of Transload Services, LLC. In April 1, 2006, the Company sold its Wyoming natural gas gathering system and its Painter Unit fractionation facility to a third party for approximately. During the year ended December 31, 2006, KMP acquired all of the membership interests of Lomita Rail Terminal LLC and Transload Services, LLC, and the terminal assets and operations of A&L Trucking, L.P.

  • RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 440.502045
  • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of February 21, 2007, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 33 auction sites, in more than 25 countries around the world. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, real estate and agricultural industries. It operates mainly in the auction segment of the global industrial equipment marketplace. In 2006, Ritchie Bros. completed its acquisition of the business and assets of Dennis Biliske Auctioneers, a North Dakota-based auctioneer of agricultural equipment and real estate.

  • KND, KINDRED HEALTHCAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 75.547836
  • Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (Kindred) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, that provides services in over 600 locations in 39 states. Kindred operates hospitals, nursing centers, and a contract rehabilitation services business, Peoplefirst Rehabilitation Services, across the United States. The Company operates three business segments. The hospital division operates long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals. The health services division operates nursing centers. The rehabilitation division provides rehabilitation services in long-term care settings. On February 28, 2006, Kindred acquired the operations of the LTAC hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities operated by Commonwealth Communities Holdings LLC. In July 2007, AmerisourceBergen Corporation and Kindred merged their respective institutional pharmacy businesses to create PharMerica Corporation.

  • MRO, MARATHON OIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.445580
  • Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon) is engaged in exploration, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas worldwide. The Company operates in three segments: Exploration and Production (E&P), which explores for, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas on a worldwide basis; Refining, Marketing and Transportation (RM&T), which refines, markets and transports crude oil and petroleum products, primarily in the Midwest, the upper Great Plains and southeastern United States, and Integrated Gas (IG), which markets and transports products manufactured from natural gas, such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and methanol, on a worldwide basis, and is developing other projects. During the year ended December 31, 2006, Marathon completed leasehold acquisitions totaling approximately 200,000 acres in the Bakken Shale oil play. In October 2007, Marathon completed the acquisition of Western Oil Sands Inc.

  • BRY, BERRY PETROLEUM C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.673157
  • Berry Petroleum Company (Berry) is an independent energy company engaged in the production, development, acquisition, exploitation and exploration of crude oil and natural gas. As of December 31, 2006, Berry’s estimated proved reserves were 150.3 million barrels of oil equivalent, (BOE), of which 66% were heavy crude oil, 9% light crude oil and 25% natural gas. Sixty-six percent of the Company’s reserves are located in California and 34% in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent region. Proved undeveloped reserves make up 32% of the Berry’s proved total. During the year ended December 31, 2006, production was 9.3 million BOE. In February 2006, the Company acquired a 50% working interest in 6,300 gross acres in the Garden Gulch property in the Grand Valley natural gas field in the Piceance basin of western Colorado.

  • SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.011544
  • 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.

  • SGY, STONE ENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.980217
  • Stone Energy Corporation (Stone Energy) is an independent oil and natural gas company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and subsequent exploration, development, operation and production of oil and gas properties located in the conventional shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, the deep shelf of the Gulf of Mexico, the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountain Basins and the Williston Basin. Stone Energy is also engaged in an exploratory joint venture in Bohai Bay, China. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it entered into an agreement to participate in the drilling of two exploratory wells on two offshore concessions in Bohai Bay, China. On April 23, 2006, Stone Energy entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Plains Exploration and Production Company (PXP) and Plains Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of PXP (Plains Acquisition).

  • AYE, ALLEGHENY ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 454.697266
  • 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.

  • GG, GOLDCORP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.312607
  • Goldcorp Inc. is a gold producer engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation. Its assets comprise Red Lake, Porcupine (51% interest) and Musselwhite (68% interest) gold mines in Canada, the Alumbrera gold/copper mine (37.5% interest) in Argentina, the El Sauzal gold mine and Luismin gold/silver mines in Mexico, the Marlin gold/silver mine in Guatemala, the Amapari gold mine in Brazil, the La Coipa gold/silver mine (50% interest) in Chile, the San Martin gold mine in Honduras, the Peak gold mine in Australia, and the Wharf and Marigold (67% interest) gold mines in the United States. Its development projects include the Red Lake mine, the Los Filos gold project and Penasquito gold/silver projects in Mexico, the Eleonore gold project in Canada, the Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Republic, and the Cerro Blanco gold project in Guatemala. In April 2007, Goldcorp sold its Amapari mine in Brazil to Peak Gold Ltd.

  • BMC, B M C SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 130.317047
  • BMC Software, Inc. (BMC Software) is an independent software vendor. The Company, through its Business Service Management (BSM), provides software solutions that enable companies to manage their information technology (IT) infrastructure from a business perspective. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, the Company operated in two software business segments: Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and Mainframe Service Management (MSM) segments. ESM segment consists of the CompanyG??s non-mainframe solutions. Its core BSM products, including its remedy service management products, identity management and transaction management products are included in this segment. In June 2007, BMC Software completed the acquisition of ProactiveNet, Inc. In July 2007, the Company acquired RealOps. In October 2007, BMC Software acquired privately held Emprisa Networks.

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28th December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • JNS, JANUS CAP GP CMN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 115.290154
  • Janus Capital Group Inc. (Janus) is a provider of investment advisory services. Janus provides investment advisory services through its primary subsidiaries, Janus Capital Management LLC (JCM) and Enhanced Investment Technologies, LLC (INTECH). The Company derives substantially all of its revenue and net income from its Investment Management segment, which provides investment management and administrative services to mutual funds, separate accounts and institutional clients in both domestic and international markets. The Company also owns a printing and fulfillment business (the Printing and Fulfillment segment). On February 1, 2006, Janus increased its ownership of INTECH to approximately 82.5% with the purchase of an additional 5% interest.

  • TRE, TANZANIAN ROYALTY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.926407
  • Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation is a mineral resource company with exploration stage properties. The Company is engaged in the search for mineral deposits and that the properties are not in development or production. The CompanyG??s general area of interest has been in the exploration of gold properties, with a primary focus on exploring for gold properties in Tanzania. As of August 31, 2007, the Company was exploring 136 mineral resource properties in the Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt and Kabanga/Kagera Nickel Belt regions of Tanzania. It has royalty agreements with three industry partners covering 17 prospecting licenses; one of these prospecting licenses is under agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation; five prospecting licenses with MDN Inc., and 11 with Sloane Developments Inc.

  • ECL, ECOLAB INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 283.166412
  • Ecolab Inc. (Ecolab) develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, healthcare and industrial markets. It provides cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick-service units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. It operates in three segments: United States Cleaning & Sanitizing Segment, United States Other Services Segment and International Segment. In September 2006, Ecolab acquired DuChem Industries, Inc. and Powles Hunt & Sons International Ltd. On January 1, 2007, it integrated its former Professional Products division into the Institutional Division. In July 2007, the Company acquired Eagle Environmental Systems. In November 2007, Ecolab acquired Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc.

  • SWY, SAFEWAY STORES IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.908092
  • 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.

  • SI, SIEMENS A G ADR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 163.219299
  • Siemens AG (Siemens) is engaged in electronics and electrical engineering. The majority of the CompanyG??s business is focused on providing products and services to customers-based on SiemensG?? expertise in electrical engineering. The CompanyG??s operations include designing, manufacturing, marketing, selling and servicing products and systems, or helps customers use and manage those products and systems. The CompanyG??s segments include its Groups, Financing and Real Estate business, as well as its Strategic Equity Investments. In December 2007, Continental AG completed the purchase of Siemens’s Siemens VDO Automotive AG.

  • CVGI, COMMERCIAL VEHICL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.419102
  • Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (CVG) is a supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, including the heavy-duty truck market, the construction and agriculture markets, and the specialty and military transportation markets. Its products include suspension seat systems, interior trim systems (including instrument panels, door panels, headliners, cabinetry and floor systems), cab structures and components, mirrors, wiper systems, electronic wire harness assemblies and controls and switches specifically designed for applications in commercial vehicles. The Company classifies its products into five general categories: seats and seating systems, trim systems and components, mirrors, wipers and controls, cab structures, sleeper boxes, body panels and structural components, and electronic wire harnesses and panel assemblies. In October 2007, the Company acquired PEKM Kabeltechnik s.r.o., from the Prettl Group, a company headquartered in Germany.

  • CWST, CASELLA WASTE SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.293213
  • Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a vertically integrated regional solid waste services company that provides collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services to residential, industrial and commercial customers, primarily in the eastern United States. It operates solid waste operations in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts and Maine, and stand alone materials processing facilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Michigan and Wisconsin. As of May 31, 2007, the Company owned and/or operated 38 solid waste collection operations, 32 transfer stations, 38 recycling facilities, eight Subtitle D landfills, two landfills permitted to accept construction and demolition materials, and one waste-to-energy facility, as well as a 50% interest in a joint venture that manufactures, markets and sells cellulose insulation made from recycled fiber and a 20.5% interest in a company that markets an incentive-based recycling service.

  • CEG, CONSTELLATION ENG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 134.508270
  • Constellation Energy Group Inc. (Constellation Energy) is an energy company that includes a merchant energy business and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a regulated electric and gas public utility in central Maryland. The Company operates in three segments: Merchant Energy Business, Regulated Electric and Regulated Gas. The CompanyG??s merchant energy business is a provider of energy solutions for a variety of customers. It has electric generation assets located in various regions of the United States. The CompanyG??s other non-regulated businesses includes design, construct and operate heating, cooling and cogeneration facilities, and provide various energy-related services, including energy consulting, for commercial, industrial, and governmental customers throughout North America. It also provides home improvements, service heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and indoor air quality systems, and provides natural gas to residential customers in central Maryland.

  • VICR, VICOR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 70.946075
  • Vicor Corporation (Vicor) designs, develops, manufactures and markets modular power components and complete power systems, many of which use a high-frequency electronic power conversion technology called zero current and zero voltage switching. Power systems are incorporated into virtually all electronic products, such as computers and telecommunications equipment to convert electric power from a primary source. In addition to component-level power converters, which serve as modular power system building blocks, Vicor also manufactures and sells complete configurable power systems, accessory products and custom power solutions. The Company sells it products primarily to the telecommunications, electronic data processing, industrial control and military electronics markets.

  • D, DOMINION RES NEW Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.060394
  • 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.

  • GLD, STREETTRACKS GOLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 236.259766
  • VGR, VECTOR GROUP LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 71.095398
  • Vector Group Ltd. is a holding company for a number of businesses through its wholly owned subsidiary, VGR Holding Inc. Vector Group is engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in the United States through its subsidiary, Liggett Group LLC (Liggett); and the development and marketing of the low-nicotine and nicotine-free QUEST cigarette products and the development of reduced risk cigarette products through its subsidiary, Vector Tobacco Inc., and the real estate business through its subsidiary, New Valley LLC (New Valley), which owns 50% of Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC. Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC operates as a residential brokerage company in the New York metropolitan area.

  • TRST, TRUSTCO BANK NY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 33.239918
  • TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TrustCo) is a savings and loan holding company whose principal subsidiary is Trustco Bank (the Bank). Trustco Bank is a federal savings bank engaged in providing general banking services to individuals, partnerships and corporations. The Bank operates 89 automatic teller machines and 90 banking offices in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster, Warren, Washington and Westchester counties of New York, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Sarasota and Seminole counties in Florida, Bennington County in Vermont, Berkshire County in Massachusetts and Bergen County in New Jersey. TrustCo has two non-bank subsidiaries: ORE Subsidiary Corp. and Trustco Charitable Foundation, Inc.

  • RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 440.502045
  • Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of February 21, 2007, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 33 auction sites, in more than 25 countries around the world. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets used in the construction, transportation, mining, forestry, petroleum, material handling, marine, real estate and agricultural industries. It operates mainly in the auction segment of the global industrial equipment marketplace. In 2006, Ritchie Bros. completed its acquisition of the business and assets of Dennis Biliske Auctioneers, a North Dakota-based auctioneer of agricultural equipment and real estate.

  • GNA, GERDAU AMERISTEEL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.621792
  • Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Gerdau Ameristeel) is a minimill steel producer in North America with an annual manufacturing capacity of nine million tons of mill finished steel products. Through its vertically integrated network of 17 mills (including one 50%-owned minimill), 17 scrap recycling facilities and 51 downstream operations, the Company primarily serves customers in the eastern two thirds of North America.The Company’s operations are segmented into two operating divisions: minimills and downstream operations. Gerdau Ameristeel conducts its operations directly and indirectly through subsidiaries and joint ventures in Canada and the United States. In March 2006, it acquired the fixed assets and working capital of Callaway Building Products. In November 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Pacific Coast Steel. In September 2007, the Company acquired Chaparral Steel Company. In October 2007, Gerdau Ameristeel acquired Enco Materials, Inc.

  • CHD, CHURCH DWIGHT CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 122.420502
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products under brand names, including ARM & HAMMER and TROJAN. It operates in three primary segments, Consumer Domestic, Consumer International and Specialty Products. The Consumer Domestic segment includes household products for deodorizing and cleaning, such as ARM & HAMMER baking soda and cat litter and SCRUB FREE and BRILLO cleaning products, and laundry products. The Consumer International segment primarily sells a variety of personal care products, some of which use the same brands as the CompanyG??s domestic product lines in international markets, including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Spain and Brazil. The Specialty Products segment produces sodium bicarbonate, which it sells together with other specialty inorganic chemicals for a variety of industrial, medical and food applications. On August 7, 2006, it acquired Orange Glo International, Inc.

  • XXIA, IXIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.562742
  • 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.

  • NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 342.024658
  • The Navigators Group, Inc. (Navigators Group) is an international insurance holding company focused on specialty products for niches within the overall property/casualty insurance market. The Company’s underwriting operations consist of insurance company operations and operations at Lloyd’s of London. Its product line includes ocean marine insurance, professional liability insurance and specialty liability insurance. It conducts operations through its insurance company subsidiaries (Insurance Companies), its operations at Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s Operations) and its underwriting agencies (Navigators Agencies). The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch (U.K. Branch), and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company (formerly known as NIC Insurance Company), which underwrites specialty and professional liability insurance on an excess and surplus lines basis fully reinsured by Navigators Insurance Company.

  • AOC, AON CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 91.322060
  • 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.

  • NTG, NATCO GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 155.102493
  • NATCO Group Inc. (NATCO), through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures and markets oil and gas production equipment and systems. The Company operates in three segments: Oil & Water Technologies, which includes its branch distribution network located primarily in North America, including its standard and traditional oil and gas separation and dehydration equipment sales and related services and its worldwide engineered systems group; Gas Technologies, which includes its carbon dioxide (CO2) membrane business, the assets and operating arrangements related to certain CO2 gas processing facilities in West Texas and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) removal technologies, including Shell Paques, and Automation & Controls, which focuses on sales and fabrication of control panels and systems that monitor and control oil and gas production, as well as field service activities, including repair, maintenance, testing and inspection services for existing systems worldwide.

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Caprock Analytics 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.

  • ANDE, ANDERSONS INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.741673
  • The Andersons, Inc. has diversified interests in the agriculture and transportation markets. The Company operates in five segments: the Grain & Ethanol Group, the Rail Group, the Plant Nutrient Group, the Turf & Specialty Group and the Retail Group. The Grain & Ethanol Group purchases and merchandises grain; operates grain elevator facilities located in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, and invests in and provides management services for ethanol production facilities. The Rail Group sells, repairs, reconfigures, manages and leases railcars and locomotives. The Plant Nutrient Group manufactures and sells dry and liquid agricultural nutrients. The Turf & Specialty Group manufactures turf and ornamental plant fertilizer and control products for lawn and garden use, and professional golf and landscaping industries, as well as manufactures corncob-based products for use in various industries. The Retail Group operates six retail stores and a distribution center in Ohio.

  • ATPG, ATP OIL & GAS COR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.912766
  • ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (ATP) is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico and the United Kingdom and Dutch Sectors of the North Sea (the North Sea). It focuses on oil and natural gas properties where previous drilling has encountered reservoirs that appear to contain commercially productive quantities of oil and gas. During the year ended December 31, 2006, ATP had estimated net proved reserves of 636.9 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe), of which approximately 56% was in the Gulf of Mexico and 44% was in the North Sea. The majority of the CompanyG??s oil reserves (66%) are located in the Gulf of Mexico, with the balance located in the North Sea. The majority of its natural gas reserves (52%) are located in the North Sea, with the balance located in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • VIP, VIMPEL COMMUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1451.976562
  • VympelKom OAO (JSC Vimpel-Communications) is a Russia-based provider of wireless telecommunications services in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia under the Beeline brand name. The Company is active in Kazakhstan under the K-mobile and EXCESS brand names and in Armenia under the Armentel brand name. Vimpel offers its services through global system for mobile communications (GSM) and digital advanced mobile phone system (D-AMPS) wireless networks. The wireless services include voice telephony service and value-added services using technologies, such as unstructured supplementary services data, subscriber identity module toolkit, cell broadcast, wireless application protocol (WAP), general packet radio service (GPRS) and multimedia messaging service (MMS). As of December 31, 2006, the Company had roaming agreements with 541 GSM operators in 204 countries and supported GPRS roaming in 113 countries. It is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

  • AOC, AON CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 91.322060
  • 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.

  • FE, FIRSTENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.805687
  • 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)

  • HSC, HARSCO CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 299.381958
  • 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.

  • TTM, TATA MOTORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.667957
  • Tata Motors Limited is mainly engaged in the business of automobile products consisting of all types of commercial and passenger vehicles, including financing of the vehicles sold by the Company. The Company’s operating segments consists of Automotive and Others. Auto motive segment consists of business of automobile products consisting of all types of commercial and passenger vehicles, including financing of the vehicles sold by the Company. Others primarily include construction equipment, engineering solutions, and software operations. In June 2007, the Company launched two passenger van models, powered by diesel engines: the 13-seater Winger maxi-van, and the seven-seater Magic, which is a passenger version of its mini-truck, Ace.

  • UTX, UNITED TECH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 275.928741
  • United Technologies Corporation (UTC) provides high-technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries. It has six segments: Otis, Carrier, UTC Fire & Security (UTC F&S), Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky. Otis includes elevators, escalators, moving walkways and services. Carrier includes heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems and equipment, and food service equipment. UTC F&S offers electronic security, fire detection and suppression, monitoring and response systems and services, and security personnel services. Pratt & Whitney includes military aircraft engines, parts and services, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion. Hamilton Sundstrand includes aerospace products and aftermarket services. Sikorsky offers military and commercial helicopters, aftermarket helicopter, and aircraft parts and services. In March 2007, Sikorsky Aircraft acquired aircraft maker, PZL Mielec, from the Polish Government.

  • KOF, COCA COLA FEMSA S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 162.888824
  • Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV is a Mexican bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America. The Company produces, markets and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages, its own brands and brands licensed from third parties. The Company’s beverage segments include colas, flavored drinks, water and non-carbonated beverages, such as juices and isotonics. It operates in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama,Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, and has 206 distribution centers located across Latin America. The Company’s principal brand is Coca-Cola and its line extensions, Coca-Cola light, Coca-Cola with lime and Coca-Cola light with lime, which together accounted for 62% of total sales volume during the year ended December 31, 2006. Ciel, Fanta, Sprite, Lift and Fresca represent Coca-Cola FEMSA’s flavored drinks segment, which accounted for 22% of sales in 2006. In October 2007, the Company acquired 100% of shares of non-carbonated drinks producer, Jugos del Valle S.A. de C.V.

  • TD, TORONTO DOMINION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.154205
  • The Toronto-Dominion Bank (the Bank) is a Canadian bank. The Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG). TDBFG serves more than 14 million customers in four businesses operating in a number of locations in financial centers around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking, including TD Canada Trust; Wealth Management, including TD Waterhouse and an investment in TD Ameritrade; Wholesale Banking, including TD Securities, and United States Personal and Commercial Banking through TD Banknorth.

  • ENH, ENDURANCE SPLTY H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.910961
  • Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (Endurance Holdings) is Bermuda-based holding company providing insurance and reinsurance. Through its operating subsidiaries based in Bermuda, the United Kingdom and the United States, the Company underwrites specialty lines of personal and commercial property, and casualty insurance and reinsurance on a global basis. Endurance Holdings’ portfolio of specialty lines of business is organized into two segments: Insurance and Reinsurance. It has five wholly owned operating subsidiaries, including Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., Endurance Worldwide Insurance Ltd., Endurance Worldwide Insurance Ltd., Endurance Reinsurance Corporation, Endurance American Insurance Company and Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company. The Company is based in Pembroke, Bermuda. In December 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of ARMtech Insurance Services, Inc. and its affiliates.

  • TXT, TEXTRON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 464.882629
  • Textron Inc. is a global multi-industry company operating in 32 countries. The Company has operations in the aircraft, industrial and finance businesses. The Company operates in four segments: Bell, Cessna, Industrial and Finance. The Bell segment includes Bell Helicopter and Textron Systems. Cessna has four major product lines: Citation business jets, single engine turboprop Caravans, Cessna single engine piston aircraft and aftermarket parts and services. The Industrial segment includes the E-Z-GO, Jacobsen, Kautex, Greenlee, and Fluid & Power businesses. The Finance segment consists of Textron Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries. Textron Financial Corporation is a diversified commercial finance company. In December 2007, Textron Inc. completed its acquisition of United Industrial Corporation (UIC) pursuant to the merger of an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron with UIC. UIC, as the surviving corporation, became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron.

  • DIOD, DIODES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.386696
  • Diodes Incorporated is a global supplier of low pin-count standard semiconductor products. These products have eight pins or less, and include small signal transistors, metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), thyristor surge protection devices, transient voltage protection devices, Hall sensors, power management products, programmable logic arrays, diodes, recitifiers, bridges and silicon wafer. Diodes Incorporated designs, manufactures and markets these semiconductors focused on end-use applications in the consumer electronics, computing, industrial, communications and automotive sectors. On November 3, 2006, the Company purchased the net assets of APD Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. APD Semiconductor is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with a sales, application, and administration center in Taipei, Taiwan. APD SemiconductorG??s main product focus is its Super Barrier Rectifier (SBR) technology.

  • CUB, CUBIC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 177.643158
  • Cubic Corporation (Cubic) designs, develops and manufactures products, which are mainly electronic in nature, provides government services and services related to products previously produced by Cubic and others. The CompanyG??s principal lines of business are defense electronics and transportation fare collection systems. Principal customers for defense products and services are the United States and foreign governments. It operates in two segments: transportation systems and defense. Transportation fare collection systems are sold primarily to large local government agencies in the United States and worldwide. The Company’s products include equipment for use in customized military range instrumentation, training and applications systems, simulators, communications and surveillance systems, surveillance receivers, power amplifiers and avionics systems, and automated revenue collection systems.

  • ROP, ROPER INDUST INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 110.126434
  • Roper Industries, Inc. (Roper) is a diversified growth company that designs, manufactures and distributes energy systems and controls, scientific and industrial imaging products and software, industrial technology products, instrumentation products and services, and radio frequency products and services. Roper operated in four segments: Industrial Technology, Energy Systems and Controls, Scientific and Industrial Imaging, and RF Technology. The Company markets its products and services to selected segments of a range of markets, including RF applications, water, energy, research and medical, and general industry. In December 2006, the Company acquired Dynisco LLC from Audax Group. On April 5, 2006, Roper acquired Sinmed Holding International BV. On April 26, 2006, it acquired Intellitrans, LLC. On July 25, 2006, the Company acquired Lumenera Corporation. On August 8, 2006, it acquired AC Analytical Controls Holding B.V. On November 30, 2006, Roper acquired Dynisco Parent, Inc.

  • MPG, MAGUIRE PROPERTIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.100138
  • Maguire Properties, Inc. (Maguire Properties) is a full-service real estate company operating as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Maguire Properties, through its controlling interest in Maguire Properties, L.P. (the Operating Partnership), and its subsidiaries, owns, manages, leases, acquires and develops real estate located in the greater Los Angeles area of California; Orange County, California; San Diego, California, and Denver, Colorado. These locales primarily consist of office properties, related parking garages, a retail property and a hotel. During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company acquired a building located at 701 North Brand and the remaining 50% interest in an adjacent 1,608 car garage in Glendale; Pacific Center, which is a 6.4-acre office campus with two 10-story buildings located in the Mission Valley submarket of San Diego, California. In 2006, it sold 808 South Olive Garage, a parking garage located in Los Angeles, California to Zaytim, LLC.

  • WDC, WESTERN DIGITAL C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 231.536240
  • Western Digital Corporation (WD) designs, develops, manufactures and sells hard drives. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufactures for use in computer systems, subsystems or consumer electronics (CE) devices, and to distributors, resellers and retailers. Its hard drives are used in desktop computers, notebook computers and enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, storage area networks and video surveillance equipment. Its hard drives are used in CE applications, such as digital video recorders, and satellite and cable set-top boxes. It markets hard drives under brand names, including WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD Scorpio, WD Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander and GreenPower. In September 2007, WD, through its indirect subsidiary, State M Corporation, acquired Komag, Incorporated. As a result of the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc.

  • ATR, APTAR GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 205.586197
  • AptarGroup, Inc. (AptarGroup) is a supplier of a range of dispensing systems for the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic, pharmaceutical, household and food/beverage markets. It focuses on providing value-added dispensing systems (pumps, closures and aerosol valves) to global consumer product marketers. AptarGroup is organized into five business segments. Operations that sell spray and lotion dispensing systems and accessories primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and household markets form the Beauty & Home segment. Operations that sell dispensing systems to the pharmaceutical market form the Pharma segment. Operations that sell closures to each market served by AptarGroup form the Closures segment. During 2006, AptarGroup acquired CCL Dispensing Systems, LLC and Augros do Brasil Ltda. During 2006, the Company also acquired a remaining 65% of Seaquist Engelmann S.A.I.C.F. e I. In December 2006, it acquired the remaining 40% of a consolidated subsidiary, Graphocolor SA.

  • EV, EATON VANCE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 125.466797
  • Eaton Vance Corp. is principally engaged in the business of managing investment funds and providing investment management and counseling services to high-net-worth individuals and institutions. Its products and services include Company-sponsored open-end and closed-end funds, private funds for high-net-worth and institutional investors, retail managed accounts and separately managed accounts for institutional and high-net-worth investors. As of October 31, 2007, it managed $161.7 billion in assets. It operates in one business segment, as an investment adviser-managing fund and separate account assets. It conducts its investment management business through its four wholly owned subsidiaries, Eaton Vance Management (EVM), Boston Management and Research (BMR), Eaton Vance Investment Counsel (EVIC), and Eaton Vance Trust Company (EVTC), and four other consolidated subsidiaries, Atlanta Capital, Fox Asset Management, Parametric Portfolio Associates and Parametric Risk Advisors.

  • IPCR, IPC HOLDINGS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.466527
  • 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.

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27th December 2007

Caprock Analytics 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.

  • PIM, PUTNAM MASTER INT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 139.298843
  • Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income by allocating its investments among the United States investment-grade sectors, high-yield sector and international sector. The Fund invests in higher yielding, lower-rated bonds that have a higher rate of default. Its portfolio consists of government, credit and securitized debt instruments. The Fund’s portfolio includes mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities. The Fund invests in various industry sectors, including foreign, government, other, consumer cyclical, communications, energy, basic materials and healthcare. The Fund’s investment manager is Putnam Investment Management, LLC.

  • PCL, PLUM CREEK TIM RE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 210.400620
  • 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.

  • GOOG, GOOGLE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 272.850769
  • Google Inc. maintains an index of Websites and other content, and makes this information freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Its automated search technology enables people to obtain nearly instant access to relevant information from its online index. Google generates revenue by delivering online advertising. Businesses use its AdWords program to promote their products and services with targeted advertising. In addition, the third-party Websites that comprise the Google Network use the Company’s AdSense program to deliver relevant advertisements that generate revenue. In August 2006, it acquired Neven Vision, an online photo-search company. On October 10, 2006, it acquired the online video company, YouTube. In October 2006, it also acquired JotSpot. JotSpot applications are delivered as Web-based services. In March 2007, the Company acquired Adscape Media Inc., a company that makes technology to deliver advertising over the Internet for placement within videogames.

  • NE, NOBLE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.287735
  • Noble Corporation (Noble) is a provider of diversified services for the oil and gas industry. It performs contract drilling services with its fleet of 63 offshore drilling units located in key markets worldwide. This fleet consists of 13 semi-submersibles, three drillships, 44 jackups and three submersibles. As of February 28, 2007, approximately 86% of NobleG??s fleet were deployed in international markets, principally including the Middle East, India, Mexico, the North Sea, Brazil and West Africa. The CompanyG??s other services include labor contract drilling services, well site and project management services, and engineering services.

  • BDX, BECTON DICKINSON Current Caprock Strength Rating: 171.875153
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), is a medical technology company engaged in the manufacture and sale of a range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. The segments in which the Company operates include BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences. As of December 20, 2006, BD acquired the outstanding shares (approximately 93.8%) of TriPath Imaging, Inc. (TriPath). As of May 4, 2007, BD acquired all of the outstanding shares of Plasso Technology, Ltd. (Plasso). BDG??s operations outside the United States are conducted in Canada, Japan, Asia Pacific, South Latin America and North Latin America.

  • SSYS, STRATASYS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 73.029778
  • Stratasys, Inc. develops, manufactures, distributes and markets a family of rapid prototyping (RP) systems and devices. The Company offers a family of three-dimensional (3D) printers and high-performance systems that enable engineers and designers to create physical models, tooling and prototypes out of plastic and other materials directly from a computer-aided design (CAD) workstation. Its systems are based on its core fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology and on its Genisys technology. Its high-performance systems are used both to create prototype models, as well as to produce parts for end-user applications or direct digital manufacturing (DDM). The Company offers customers the ability to purchase prototypes and parts that it makes for them from CAD files provided by the customer to the Company. Stratasys, Inc. makes and sells parts for RP systems and DDM applications through its Paid Parts service based on its customersG?? CAD files.

  • MTX, MINERAL TECH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.137039
  • Minerals Technologies Inc. is a resource- and technology-based company that develops, produces and markets worldwide a range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and supporting systems and services. The Company has two segments: Specialty Minerals and Refractories. The Specialty Minerals segment produces and sells the synthetic mineral product precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and the processed mineral product quicklime (lime. The Refractories segment produces and markets monolithic and shaped refractory materials and specialty products, services and application and measurement equipment, and calcium metal and metallurgical wire products. In October 2006, the Company acquired ASMAS, an Istanbul-based Turkish producer of refractories based in Istanbul, Turkey. On October 2, 2006, the Company completed an acquisition of a refractory company in Turkey.

  • ACV, ALBERTO-CULVER CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.704313
  • Alberto-Culver Company (New Alberto-Culver), through its subsidiaries, operates two segments: Consumer Packaged Goods and Cederroth International. The Consumer Packaged Goods business, formerly Alberto-Culver Consumer Products Worldwide, develops, manufactures, distributes and markets branded beauty care products, as well as branded food and household products in the United States and more than 100 other countries. Cederroth International manufactures, markets and distributes beauty and healthcare products throughout Scandinavia and in other parts of Europe. Prior to November 16, 2006, New Alberto-Culver also operated a beauty supply distribution business, which included two segments: Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. These two segments comprised Sally Holdings, Inc. (Sally Holdings), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

  • EMR, EMERSON ELEC CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 401.423370
  • Emerson Electric Co (Emerson), is engaged in designing and supplying product technology and delivering engineering services in a range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets globally. The business segments of the Company includes Process Management, providing measurement, control and diagnostic capabilities for automated industrial processes producing items, such as foods, fuels, medicines and power; Industrial Automation, bringing integrated manufacturing solutions to diverse industries globally; Network Power, providing power and environmental conditioning and reliability to help keep telecommunication systems, data networks and critical business applications continuously operating; climate technologies for household and commercial comfort, as well as food safety and energy efficiency through air-conditioning and refrigeration technology, and appliance and tools, providing designed motors for applications, appliances and integrated appliance solutions.

  • HXL, HEXCEL CP DELAWAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.018772
  • Hexcel Corporation is a developer and manufacturer of advanced structural materials. It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight reinforcement products, composite materials and composite structures for use in the commercial aerospace, industrial, space and defense, and electronics markets. Hexcel operates in three business segments. The Composites segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, pre-impregnated composite materials, molding compounds, gel coats and laminates that are incorporated into many applications, including military and commercial aircraft and recreational products. The Reinforcements segment manufactures and markets industrial fabrics and other specialty reinforcement products, which are used in composite materials and other industrial applications. The Structures segment manufactures and markets composite structures for use in the aerospace industry. On February 28, 2007, Hexcel sold its architectural business. In December 2006, it sold TechFab LLC.

  • PPDI, PHARM PROD DEV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.089485
  • 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.

  • HDB, HDFC BANK LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 461.037323
  • HDFC Bank Limited (the Bank) operates in three segments: retail banking, wholesale banking and treasury services. The retail-banking segment serves retail customers through a branch network and other delivery channels. The wholesale banking segment provides loans and transaction services to corporate and institutional customers. The treasury services segment undertakes trading operations on the account, foreign exchange operations and derivatives trading. The Bank offers derivative products to its customers, who use them to hedge their market risks, within the framework of regulations as may apply from time to time. It also deals in derivatives on its own account and also for the purpose of its own balance sheet risk management. The operations of HDFC Securities Ltd. have been classified under the retail banking segment. In October 2007, the Bank acquired equity shares of HDB Financial Services Ltd. Upon this acquisition of shares, HDB Financial has become a subsidiary of the Bank.

  • CCMP, CABOT MICROELECTR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 21.580259
  • Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (Cabot Microelectronics) is a supplier of polishing slurries used in the manufacture of integrated circuit (IC) devices within the semiconductor industry, in a process called chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). The Company develops, produce and sell CMP slurries for polishing materials, such as copper, tungsten and dielectric in IC devices, and also for polishing the materials coated on disks during the manufacture of hard disk drives and magnetic heads. It also develops, produces and sells CMP polishing pads, which are used in conjunction with slurries in the CMP process. Cabot Microelectronics, through Engineered Surface Finishes (ESF) business is engaged in exploring a range of surface modification applications. The products of the Company include CMP consumables for IC devices, CMP consumables for the data storage industry and Precision Optics products.

  • IPCR, IPC HOLDINGS LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.466527
  • 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.

  • CG, LOEWS CAROLINA GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 347.514801
  • 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.

  • FLR, FLUOR CP (NEW) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 272.501831
  • Fluor Corporation (Fluor) is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services. Fluor serves a number of industries worldwide, including oil and gas, chemical and petrochemicals, life sciences, manufacturing, power, and transportation infrastructure. Fluor is also a primary service provider to the United States Federal Government. It performs operations and maintenance activities for major industrial clients. The Company is aligned into five principal operating segments: Oil and Gas, Industrial and Infrastructure, Government, Global Services and Power. Fluor Constructors International, Inc., which is organized and operates separately from its business segments, provides unionized management, construction and management services in the United States and Canada, both independently and as a subcontractor on projects to its segments.

  • WGL, WGL HOLDINGS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.106890
  • WGL Holdings, Inc. (WGL Holdings) is a holding company that was established to own subsidiaries that sell and deliver natural gas and provide a variety of energy-related products and services to customers primarily in the District of Columbia, and the surrounding metropolitan areas in Maryland and Virginia. The Company owns all of the shares of common stock of Washington Gas Light Company (Washington Gas), a regulated natural gas utility, and all of the shares of common stock of Washington Gas Resources Corporation (Washington Gas Resources), Hampshire Gas Company (Hampshire) and Crab Run Gas Company (Crab Run). Washington Gas Resources owns three unregulated subsidiaries that include Washington Gas Energy Services, Inc. (WGEServices), Washington Gas Energy Systems, Inc. (WGESystems) and Washington Gas Credit Corporation. It operates in three business segments: regulated utility segment, retail energy-marketing segment, and commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning segment.

  • NCR, NCR CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.664979
  • NCR Corporation (NCR) along with its subsidiaries provides technology and services that help businesses interact, connect and relate with their customers. The Company operates in five segments: Financial Self Service (which includes the Company’s automated teller machines (ATM business), Retail Store Automation, Customer Services, Systemedia, and Payment Imaging and Other. NCR provides specific solutions for industries, such as retail, financial, telecommunications, transportation, insurance, healthcare and manufacturers, as well as governmental entities.

  • JNS, JANUS CAP GP CMN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 115.290154
  • Janus Capital Group Inc. (Janus) is a provider of investment advisory services. Janus provides investment advisory services through its primary subsidiaries, Janus Capital Management LLC (JCM) and Enhanced Investment Technologies, LLC (INTECH). The Company derives substantially all of its revenue and net income from its Investment Management segment, which provides investment management and administrative services to mutual funds, separate accounts and institutional clients in both domestic and international markets. The Company also owns a printing and fulfillment business (the Printing and Fulfillment segment). On February 1, 2006, Janus increased its ownership of INTECH to approximately 82.5% with the purchase of an additional 5% interest.

  • GAB, GABELLI EQUITY TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.679445
  • The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (the Equity Trust) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, whose primary objective is long-term growth of capital. The Equity Trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities under normal market conditions (the 80% Policy). The 80% Policy may be changed without shareholder approval. The Equity Trust will provide shareholders with notice at least 60 days prior to the implementation of any changes in the 80% Policy. The Company completed its spin-off of The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness(Rx) Trust (the Healthcare Trust) on June 28, 2007. Healthcare Trust is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, whose objective is long-term growth of capital. Investment operations commenced on June 28, 2007. The Healthcare Trust had no operations prior to June 28, 2007.

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