31st July 2008

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.

  • OLN, OLIN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.668947
  • Olin Corporation is a manufacturer concentrated in two business segments, including Chlor Alkali Products and Winchester. The Chlor Alkali Products manufactures and sells chlorine and caustic soda, sodium hydrosulfite, hydrochloric acid, hydrogen, sodium chlorate, bleach products and potassium hydroxide. Winchester products include sporting ammunition, reloading components, small caliber military ammunition and components, and industrial cartridges. On August 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Pioneer Companies, Inc. (Pioneer). The Company?s subsidiary, PCI Chemicals Canada Company/Societe PCI Chimie Canada, operating two chlor alkali facilities, Becancour and Dalhousie sells chlor alkali-related products within Canada and to the United States. The Company?s subsidiary, The Winchester Australia Limited loads and packs sporting and industrial ammunition in Australia.

  • GILD, GILEAD SCIENCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 149.438553
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The Company has United States and international commercial sales operations, with marketing subsidiaries in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its commercial teams promote Truvada, Viread, Emtriva, Hepsera, AmBisome, Letairis and Flolan through direct field contact with physicians, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers. Its corporate partner, Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Astellas), promotes, sells and distributes AmBisome in the United States.In September 2007, it acquired Nycomed Limited, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of Germany-based pharmaceutical company, Nycomed GmbH.

  • DUK, DUKE ENERGY CP HL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 38.342281
  • Duke Energy Corporation (Duke Energy) is an energy company located in the Americas that provides its services through four business units. The Company?s business units are U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas, Commercial Power, International Energy and Duke Energy?s 50% interest in the Crescent Resources joint venture (Crescent JV or Crescent). In May 2007, Duke Energy acquired the wind power development assets of Energy Investor Funds from Tierra Energy. The purchase includes more than 1,000 megawatts of wind assets in various stages of development in the Western and Southwestern United States. On January 2, 2007, Duke Energy completed the spin-off of its natural gas businesses, named Spectra Energy Corp., including its wholly owned subsidiary Spectra Energy Capital, LLC. The natural gas businesses spun off primarily consisted of Duke Energy?s Natural Gas Transmission business segment and Duke Energy?s 50% ownership interest in DCP Midstream, LLC.

  • HP, HELMERICH PAYNE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.265259
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is primarily engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The contract drilling business accounts for almost all of the Company’s operating revenues. It is also engaged in the ownership, development and operation of commercial real estate. It is organized into two separate operating entities: contract drilling and real estate. The Company’s contract drilling business consists of three business segments: U.S. land drilling, offshore platform drilling and international drilling. The Company’s U.S. land drilling is conducted primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota, and offshore from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, California, Trinidad and Equatorial Guinea. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, the Company’s international land segment operated in seven international locations: Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Tunisia and Chile.

  • CBU, COMMUNITY BK SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 98.150024
  • Community Bank System, Inc. is a single bank holding company, which wholly owns five subsidiaries: Community Bank, N.A. (the Bank), Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc. (BPAS), CFSI Closeout Corp. (CFSICC), First of Jermyn Realty Co. (FJRC) and Town & Country Agency LLC (T&C). BPAS owns three subsidiaries, Benefit Plans Administrative Services LLC (BPA), Harbridge Consulting Group LLC and Hand Benefit & Trust Company. BPAS provides administration, consulting and actuarial services to sponsors of employee benefit plans. CFSICC, FJRC and T&C are inactive companies. The Company also wholly owns three unconsolidated subsidiary business trusts established for the purpose of issuing mandatorily redeemable preferred securities, which are considered Tier I capital under regulatory capital adequacy guidelines. On May 18, 2007, BPAS acquired Hand Benefits & Trust, Inc. On June 1, 2007, the Company acquired TLNB Financial Corporation, parent company of Tupper Lake National Bank.

  • CHD, CHURCH DWIGHT CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 95.218185
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products under brand names, including ARM & HAMMER and TROJAN. The 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, such as XTRA and ARM & HAMMER laundry detergents, OXICLEAN pre-wash laundry additive and XTRA NICE?N FLUFFY fabric softeners. The Consumer International segment primarily sells a variety of personal care products in international markets, including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Spain, Brazil and China. The Specialty Products segment is a producer of sodium bicarbonate, which it sells together with other specialty inorganic chemicals for a variety of industrial, institutional, medical and food applications. This segment also sells a range of animal nutrition and specialty cleaning products.

  • MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
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  • DVN, DEVON ENERGY CP ( Current Caprock Strength Rating: 157.656082
  • 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 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 In addition to its oil and gas operations, Devon has marketing and midstream operations primarily in North America. These include marketing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and constructing and operating pipelines, storage and treating facilities and gas processing plants. In October 2007, the Company completed the sale of its operations in Egypt. In June 2008, the Company announced the completion of the sale of its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea.

  • PML, PIMCO MUNI INC FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.180030
  • PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of municipal bonds, the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax. It also invests in residual interest municipal bonds/residual interest tax-exempt bonds. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC serves as the Fund’s investment manager and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P (Allianz Global). Allianz Global is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II’s sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

  • SY, SYBASE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.381767
  • Sybase, Inc. (Sybase) is an enterprise software company delivering on the Unwired Enterprise vision by managing, integrating and mobilizing data from multiple sources, and making decision-ready information easily accessible at the point of action. Sybase delivers a range of solutions to ensure that customer information is managed and mobilized to the point of action, including enterprise and mobile databases, middleware, synchronization, encryption and device management software, and mobile messaging services. Its business is organized into three principal operating segments, Infrastructure Platform Group (IPG), iAnywhere Solutions, Inc. (iAS) and Sybase 365, Inc. (Sybase 365).

  • KND, KINDRED HEALTHCAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.169164
  • Kindred Healthcare, Inc. is a healthcare services company that through its subsidiaries operates hospitals, nursing centers and a contract rehabilitation services business across the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company’s hospital division operated 84 long-term acute care (LTAC) hospitals (6,567 licensed beds) in 24 states. Kindred Healthcare’s health services division operated 228 nursing centers (29,106 licensed beds) in 27 states. The Company also operated a contract rehabilitation services business that provides rehabilitative services primarily in long-term care settings. Kindred Healthcare is organized into three operating divisions: the hospital division, the health services division and the rehabilitation division. The hospital division operates LTAC hospitals. The health services division operates nursing centers. The rehabilitation division provides rehabilitation services primarily in long-term care settings.

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

  • UIL, UIL HLDGS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.508133
  • UIL Holdings Corporation (UIL Holdings) is engaged in operating its regulated utility business. The utility business consists of the electric transmission and distribution operations of The United Illuminating Company (UI). UIL Holdings also has a non-utility business, United Capital Investments, Inc. (UCI), which primarily holds passive minority ownership interests in two investment funds. As of December 31, 2007, the non-utility businesses included a minority ownership interest in Bridgeport Energy, LLC (BE) held by United Bridgeport Energy, Inc. (UBE) until the completion of the sale of that interest to an affiliate of Duke Energy on March 28, 2006; UCI?s minority ownership interest in Cross-Sound Cable Company, LLC (Cross-Sound) until the completion of the sale of that interest to Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Ltd. on February 27, 2006, and the operations of Xcelecom, Inc. (Xcelecom), until the sale of that business effective December 31, 2006.

  • ROL, ROLLINS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 232.732819
  • Rollins, Inc. is a service company providing pest and termite control services to both residential and commercial customers in North America. Orkin, Inc. (Orkin), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, provides customized services from over 400 locations to approximately 1.7 million customers. Orkin serves customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia providing pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to homes and businesses, including hotels, food service establishments, food manufacturers, retailers and transportation companies. Orkin operates under the Orkin and PCO Services, Inc. trademarks and the Acurid service mark.

  • AXS, AXIS CAP HLDGS LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.647703
  • AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based holding company for the AXIS group of companies. Through its various operating subsidiaries and branches, the Company provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insureds and reinsureds worldwide with operations in Bermuda, Europe, Singapore and the United States. Its business consists of two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. AXIS Insurance is organised into four divisions managed across all geographic locations: Specialty Lines, Professional Lines, Capital Risk Solutions and AXIS Select Markets. The Company operates through two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of the Media Professional Division (Media Pro) of MPI Insurance Agency, Inc., an Aon Group, Inc. subsidiary.

  • HXM, DESARROLLADORA HO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.585304
  • Desarrolladora Homex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Homex) is a vertically integrated home development company engaged in the development, construction and sale of entry level, middle-income and upper-income housing in Mexico. During the year ended December 31, 2007, Homex sold 51,672 homes. As of December 31, 2007, it had 98 developments under construction in 33 cities located in 21 Mexican states. It had total land reserves under title of approximately 67.5 million square meters as of December 31, 2007. Homex operates in markets throughout Mexico, from Tijuana in the north to Tapachula in the south, which represent 21 states and 33 cities as of December 31, 2007. In 2007, 34% of the Company?s revenues originated in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, and 17% in Guadalajara. The remaining revenues were originated in 31 cities.

  • CHL, CHINA MOBILE LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 204.887497
  • China Mobile Limited is an investment holding company and a mobile services provider in China. Its principal activity is providing mobile telecommunications and related services in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly administered municipalities in Mainland China and Hong Kong. As of April 30, 2008, the total number of subscribers reached 399.5 million. The Company?s businesses can be primarily divided into voice business and value-added business.

  • BCR, BARD C R INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 345.886597
  • C. R. Bard, Inc. (Bard) is engaged in the designing, manufacturing, packaging, distribution and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic and patient care devices. The Company sells a range of products worldwide to hospitals, individual healthcare professionals, extended care facilities and alternate site facilities. In general, the Company?s products are intended to be used once and then discarded or implanted either temporarily or permanently. Bard has four major product group categories: vascular, urology, oncology and surgical specialties. The Company has a 50% ownership in Medicon, Inc. (Medicon), a Japanese joint venture with Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. In January 2008, Bard acquired the LifeStent family of stents from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. These stents are available in the United States for biliary indications only. In June 2008, Specialized Health Products International Inc. completed its merger into a wholly owned subsidiary of Bard.

  • HBHC, HANCOCK HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.951651
  • Hancock Holding Company is a bank holding company. As of December 31, 2007, the Company operated more than 162 banking and financial services offices, and more than 132 automated teller machines (ATMs) in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida and Alabama through four wholly owned bank subsidiaries: Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi, Hancock Bank of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Hancock Bank of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida and Hancock Bank of Alabama, Mobile, Alabama (collectively, the Banks). The Banks are community oriented and focus primarily on offering commercial, consumer and mortgage loans and deposit services to individuals and small to middle market businesses in their respective market areas.

  • CENX, CENTURY ALUMINUM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.985502
  • Century Aluminum Company (Century Aluminum) is a holding company engaged in producing aluminium. The Company?s principal subsidiaries are Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc. (Century of West Virginia), Berkeley Aluminum, Inc. (Berkeley), Century Kentucky, Inc. (Century Kentucky) and Nordural ehf (Nordural). Century of West Virginia operates a primary aluminium reduction facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia (Ravenswood). Berkeley holds a 49.7% interest in a partnership, which operates a primary aluminium reduction facility in Mt. Holly, South Carolina (Mt. Holly) and a 49.7% undivided interest in the property, plant, and equipment comprising Mt. Holly. The remaining interest in the partnership and the remaining undivided interest in Mt. Holly are owned by Alumax of South Carolina, Inc., a subsidiary of Alcoa (ASC).

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31st July 2008

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.

  • ARA, ARACRUZ CELULOSE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.415356
  • Aracruz Celulose S.A. (Aracruz) is producer of bleached hardwood kraft market pulp. The Company produces eucalyptus pulp, which is a variety of hardwood pulp used by paper manufacturers to produce a range of products, including tissues, printing and writing papers, liquid packaging boards and specialty papers. The Company?s production facilities consist of the Barra do Riacho Unit in Espirito Santo State, which has three production units each with two bleaching, drying and baling lines, the Guaiba Unit, located in the municipality of Guaiba, State of Rio Grande do Sul, and Veracel, located in the municipality of Eunapolis, State of Bahia, where it has a 50% stake. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company produced approximately 2,569,000 tons of bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP) (3,095,000 tons including 50% of Veracel’s pulp production).

  • KTC, KT CORP ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.977843
  • KT Corporation is an integrated telecommunications services provider in Korea. Its 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; personal communications system (PCS) mobile telecommunications service through its subsidiary, KT Freetel Co., Ltd. (KTF), and various other services, including leased line service and other data communication service. It operates in two segments: wireline communications segment and mobile services segment. Wireline communications include services provided to fixed-line customers, including Internet access services, data communication services, leased line services and telephone services. Mobile services include both personal communications system (PCS) service and IMT-2000 service.

  • CL, COLGATE PALMOLIVE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 320.927460
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company, whose products are marketed in over 200 countries and territories throughout the world. Colgate?s Oral Care products include toothpaste, toothbrushes, oral rinses, dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. Product launches include Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Max White, Colgate Sensitive Multi Protection, Colgate Total Advanced Clean, Colgate Total Professional Clean, Colgate Max Fresh BURST and Colgate Herbal Seabuckthorn toothpastes; Colgate 360?, Colgate 360? Sensitive and Colgate Twister Fresh manual toothbrushes, and Colgate 360? Sonic Power battery toothbrush and Colgate Plax Whitening mouth rinse. The Company operates in two product segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition.

  • ITC, ITC HOLDINGS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 286.261017
  • ITC Holdings Corp., through its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries, International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) and ITC Midwest LLC (ITC Midwest), is engaged in the transmission of electricity in the United States. The Company operates contiguous, high-voltage systems in Michigan?s Lower Peninsula and portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri that transmit electricity from generating stations to local distribution facilities connected to its systems. On December 20, 2007, the Company acquired the electric transmission assets of IP&L through ITC Midwest.

  • KO, COCA COLA CO THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.789154
  • The Coca-Cola Company is the manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. Finished beverage products bearing its trademarks are sold in more than 200 countries. The Company markets nonalcoholic sparkling brands, which includes Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite. Its business is nonalcoholic beverages, principally sparkling beverages, but also a variety of still beverages. The Company manufactures beverage concentrates and syrups, which it sells to bottling and canning operations, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers, as well as finished beverages, which it sells primarily to distributors. The Company owns or licenses more than 450 brands, including diet and light beverages, waters, enhanced waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, and energy and sports drinks.

  • VIVO, MERIDIAN BIOSCIEN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 237.487747
  • Meridian Bioscience, Inc. is a fully integrated life science company. The Company?s principal businesses are the development, manufacture, sale and distribution of diagnostic test kits, primarily for certain respiratory, gastrointestinal, viral and parasitic infectious diseases; the manufacture and distribution of bulk antigens, antibodies, and reagents used by researchers and other diagnostic manufacturers, and the contract development and manufacture of proteins and other biologicals for use by biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies engaged in research for new drugs and vaccines. Meridian?s primary source of domestic and international revenues is core diagnostic products, which represented 80% of consolidated net sales during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007). It has three business segments: US Diagnostics, European Diagnostics, and Life Science.

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • WIA, WESTERN ASSET/CLA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 144.874588
  • Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund (the Fund), formerly Western Asset/Claymore U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund, is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income. Its secondary investment objective is capital appreciation.

  • ROL, ROLLINS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 232.732819
  • Rollins, Inc. is a service company providing pest and termite control services to both residential and commercial customers in North America. Orkin, Inc. (Orkin), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, provides customized services from over 400 locations to approximately 1.7 million customers. Orkin serves customers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia providing pest control services and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects to homes and businesses, including hotels, food service establishments, food manufacturers, retailers and transportation companies. Orkin operates under the Orkin and PCO Services, Inc. trademarks and the Acurid service mark.

  • WMS, W M S INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.550018
  • WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) is a global provider of gaming products to the legalized gaming industry. WMS designs, manufactures and distributes gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs). The Company also derives revenue from the sale of spare parts, conversion kits, amusement-with-prize (AWP) gaming machines, and from licensing its gaming themes (games) and other intellectual property to third parties. As of June 30, 2007, its primary manufacturing facility was located in the United States, with development or distribution offices in the United States, Argentina, Australia, China, Italy, South Africa, Spain and the United Kingdom. On July 13, 2006, WMS acquired Orion Financement Company, a Netherlands-based holding company that designs, manufactures and distributes casino-based gaming machines and amusement-with-prize (AWP) gaming machines. On July 19, 2007, it completed the acquisition Systems in Progress GmbH.

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

  • ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.415352
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company?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.

  • FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.227261
  • Frontline Ltd. (Frontline) is engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of oil tankers, including oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. The Company operates tankers of two sizes: very large crude carriers (VLCCs), which are between 200,000 and 320,000 deadweight tons (dwt), and Suezmaxes, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt. As of February 29, 2008, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels. The fleet consists of 42 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 20 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in, and five VLCCs, and one Aframax tanker under its commercial management. In January 2008, the Company established Independent Tankers Corporation Limited (ITCL), as a wholly owned subsidiary for the purpose of holding, by way of contribution, its interests in Independent Tankers Corporation (ITC). In March 2008, Frontline spun off 20% of ITCL to its shareholders.

  • ASR, GRUPO AEROPORTUAR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.714497
  • Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (ASUR) holds concessions to operate, maintain and develop nine airports in the southeast region of Mexico. As operator of these airports, the Company charges airlines, passengers and other users fees for the use of the airports? facilities. ASUR also derives rental and other income from commercial activities conducted at its airports, such as the leasing of space to restaurants and retailers. Its concessions include the concession for Cancun International Airport. ASUR also holds concessions to operate the airports in Cozumel, Huatulco, Merida, Minatitlan, Oaxaca, Tapachula, Veracruz and Villahermosa. During the year ended December 31, 2007, its airports served a total of 16.2 million passengers, approximately 55.8% of which were international passengers.

  • CLHB, CLEAN HARBORS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.791763
  • Clean Harbors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a provider of environmental services and an operator of non-nuclear hazardous waste treatment facilities in North America. The Company performs environmental services for over 45,000 customers, including more than 325 Fortune 500 companies, in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Mexico. It performs environmental services through a network of more than 100 service locations, and operates six incineration facilities, nine commercial landfills, six wastewater treatment operations, and 20 transportation, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs), as well as six polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) management facilities, and two oil and used oil products recycling facilities. Clean Harbors operates in two segments: Technical Services and Site Services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Universal Environmental, Inc., an environmental services company.

  • TIP, ISHARES LEHMAN TI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 211.759079
  • IVGN, INVITROGEN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.317347
  • Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of research tools in reagent, kit and high-throughput applications forms to customers engaged in life sciences research, drug discovery, diagnostics and the commercial manufacture of biological products. The Company is also a supplier of sera, cell and tissue culture media and reagents used in life sciences research, as well as in processes to grow cells in the laboratory and produce pharmaceuticals and other proteins. Invitrogen?s products include gel-based separations technologies, antibodies and transfection agents. The Company focuses its business into two segments: BioDiscovery and Cell Systems. The Company also divides its target customer base into two categories: life science researchers and commercial producers of biopharmaceutical and other proteins.

  • LIHR, LIHIR GOLD LTD AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 94.448135
  • Lihir Gold Limited is a gold producer in the Australasian region. The Company?s principal activities consist of the exploration for, development of and mining, processing and sale of gold assets. 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. In March 2007, the Company completed a merger with Victorian gold mining company Ballarat Goldfields NL. Ballarat is building an underground mine and process plant at the historic gold mining centre of Ballarat, 110 kilometers north-west of Melbourne in Victoria. In March 2008, the Company and Equigold NL announced the merger of their businesses.

  • SFY, SWIFT ERGY (HLDG Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.959139
  • Swift Energy Company is engaged in developing, exploring, acquiring, and operating oil and natural gas properties, with a focus on oil and natural gas reserves onshore and in the inland waters of Louisiana and Texas. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had estimated proved reserves from its domestic continuing operations of 133.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe). Its total estimated proved reserves, both domestically and in New Zealand, were 150.1 MMBoe. Swift Energy Company?s total proved reserves during 2007, were comprised of approximately 43% crude oil, 44% natural gas, and 13% natural gas liquid (NGLs), and 45% of its total proved reserves were proved developed. Its proved reserves are concentrated with 59% of the total in Louisiana, 29% in Texas, 1% in other states, and 11% in New Zealand. In October 2007, Swift Energy Company completed the acquisition of property interests from Escondido Resources, LP, a privately held company.

  • DE, DEERE CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 353.266449
  • Deere & Company (John Deere), through its subsidiaries, operates in four business segments. The agricultural equipment segment manufactures and distributes a line of farm equipment and related service parts, including tractors; combine, cotton and sugarcane harvesters; tillage, seeding and soil preparation machinery; sprayers; hay and forage equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology, and precision agricultural irrigation equipment. The commercial and consumer equipment segment manufactures and distributes equipment, products and service parts for commercial and residential uses. In May 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of LESCO, Inc. In August 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Company Limited. In May 2008, the Company acquired T-Systems International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, California. In June 2008, the Company acquired Plastro Irrigation Systems, Ltd., headquartered in Israel.

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30th July 2008

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.

  • GIM, TEMPLETON GLOBAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 100.861855
  • Templeton Global Income Fund (the Fund) is a is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company. The Fund seeks high current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. Templeton Global Income Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities, including debt securities of United States and foreign issuers, including emerging markets. Its portfolio includes government bonds and short-term investments. Its portfolio includes government bonds and short-term investments. The Fund’s investments include companies located in Asia, Americas, the Middle East, Africa, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Malaysia and Poland. Templeton Global Income Fund’s investment manager is Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisers). The Fund may invest in the Franklin Institutional Fiduciary Trust Money Market Portfolio (the Sweep Money Fund), an open-end investment company managed by Advisers.

  • TRP, TRANSCANADA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.040035
  • TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on pipelines and energy. At December 31, 2007, Pipelines accounted for approximately 53% of revenues and 73% of TransCanada?s total assets and the Energy business accounted for approximately 47% of revenues and 23% of TransCanada?s total assets. TransCanada?s business segments comprise Pipelines and Energy. Pipelines are principally comprise the Company?s pipelines in Canada, the United States and Mexico and its regulated natural gas storage operations in the United States Energy includes the Company?s power operations, the non-regulated natural gas storage business, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. On February 22, 2007, TransCanada closed its acquisitions of American Natural Resources Company and ANR Storage Company (collectively, ANR) and acquired an additional 3.6% interest in Great Lakes Gas Transmission Partnership (Great Lakes) from El Paso Corporation.

  • UVV, UNIVERSAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.137901
  • Universal Corporation (Universal) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor. The Company operates in three reportable segments, North America, Other Regions and Other Tobacco Operations. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 (fiscal 2008), the North America and Other Regions segments was part of the Company?s flue-cured and burley tobacco operations. Its tobacco operations has eight segments: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Dark Air-Cured, Oriental, and Special Services. North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia are primarily involved in flue-cured and/or burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers. Dark Air-Cured supplies dark air-cured tobacco principally to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products, and Oriental supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers. The remaining non-tobacco businesses, which were not part of the sale of Deli Operations, were sold in fiscal 2008.

  • CHCO, CITY HOLDING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.882088
  • City Holding Company is a bank holding company. It conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through its network of 69 banking offices in West Virginia (58 offices), Kentucky (nine offices), and Ohio (two offices), City National provides credit, deposit, trust and investment management, and insurance products and services to its customers. Its business activities are limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking. The West Virginia locations are primarily cantered in the Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, and Martinsburg markets. City National owns 50 locations and leases 19 locations, pursuant to operating leases. City National?s delivery channels include automated teller machines (ATMs), check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology. As of December 31, 2007, 53% of its loan portfolio was categorized as residential mortgage and and home equity loans.

  • ICLR, ICON PLC ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 865.258606
  • ICON plc is a contract research organization (CRO), providing outsourced development services on a global basis to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company specializes in the development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development, from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company operated 67 locations in 36 countries, providing Phase I-IV clinical trial management, drug development support services, data management and biostatistics and central laboratory and imaging services. During 2007, it commenced operations in Prague, Czech Republic; Kiev, Ukraine; Bucharest, Romania; Auckland, New Zealand; Osaka, Japan; Lima, Peru, and San Antonio, United States of America. On July 12, 2007, the Company acquired 100% of the common stock of DOCS International BV, a European-based clinical research staffing organization.

  • SFG, STANCORP FINCL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.632567
  • StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., incorporated in 1988, is a holding company for its insurance and asset management subsidiaries. Its operations include two segments: Insurance Services and Asset Management. The Insurance Services segment offers group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, and group dental insurance. The Asset Management segment offers full-service 401(k) plans, 457 plans, defined benefit plans, money purchase pension plans, profit sharing plans, 403(b) plans and non-qualified deferred compensation products and services through an affiliated broker-dealer. This segment also offers investment management and financial planning services, commercial mortgage loan origination and servicing, and individual fixed annuities.

  • LTC, L T C PROP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.236832
  • LTC Properties, Inc. is a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in long-term care and other healthcare related properties through mortgage loans, property lease transactions and other investments. The Company invests in properties that provide opportunity for additional value and diversifies its investment portfolio by geographic location, operator and form of investment. The Company provides mortgage financing on such properties based on established investment underwriting criteria. At December 31, 2007, the Company?s direct real estate investment portfolio (properties that it own or on which it holds promissory notes secured by first mortgages) consisted of investments in 108 skilled nursing properties with 12,724 beds, 94 assisted living properties with 4,449 units and two schools located in 29 states.

  • CRA, APPLERA CP-CELERA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.164644
  • Celera Corporation (Celera) is a healthcare business delivering personalized disease management through a combination of products and services. Berkeley HeartLab, a subsidiary of Celera, offers services to predict cardiovascular disease risk and optimize patient management. Celera also commercializes a range of molecular diagnostic products through alliance with Abbott, and has licensed other relevant diagnostic technologies developed to provide personalized disease management in cancer and liver diseases. On July 1, 2008, Celera announced that it has completed its separation from Applera Corporation, and as an independent company holds the businesses, assets and liabilities previously attributed to the Celera Group.

  • BRLI, BIO-REFERENCE LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.119001
  • Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. is an independent regional clinical laboratory servicing the greater New York metropolitan area. The Company offers a list of laboratory testing services utilized by healthcare providers in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and treatment of diseases. It processes 3.7 million requisitions each year. The Company has a network of over 50 patient service centers for collection of patient specimens. In addition to the clinical testing operations, it operates a clinical knowledge management service through the PSIMedica business unit. It also operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians, through the CareEvolve subsidiary. In 2007, the Company introduced genome-wide oligonucleotide microarray analysis testing useful for the diagnosis of among other conditions developmental disorders. In 2006, it acquired GeneDx, a diagnostic genetic testing laboratory providing services to customers.

  • ARG, AIRGAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.699491
  • Airgas, Inc. and subsidiaries (Airgas) is a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases (delivered in packaged or cylinder form), and welding, safety and related products (hardgoods), such as welding equipment and supplies. Airgas is a producer of nitrous oxide in the United States, a producer and supplier of dry ice and a supplier of liquid carbon dioxide in the Southeastern United States. The Company is also a distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants and ammonia products. The Company has two operating segments: Distribution and All Other Operations. The Distribution segment primarily engages in the distribution of packaged gases and hardgoods. The All Other Operations segment consists of business units that produce and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, specialty gases and anhydrous ammonia. On April 4, 2008, Airgas acquired A&N Plant. The acquisition creates a new business unit of Red-D-Arc Limited, an Airgas company.

  • PML, PIMCO MUNI INC FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 8.180030
  • PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of municipal bonds, the interest from which is exempt from federal income tax. It also invests in residual interest municipal bonds/residual interest tax-exempt bonds. Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC serves as the Fund’s investment manager and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P (Allianz Global). Allianz Global is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Allianz SE. PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II’s sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

  • VE, VEOLIA ENVIRONN A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.246994
  • Veolia Environnement is a global provider of environmental management services, which include water and wastewater services, waste management services, energy services (excluding the production, trading and sale of electricity, other than production through co-generation) and transportation services. The Company provides clients with a full-service package tailored to fit their individual needs, which may include, supplying water, recycling wastewater, collecting, treating and recycling waste, supplying heating and cooling services, and generally optimizing the industrial processes used in their facilities. The Company?s operations are conducted primarily through four divisions: Veolia Eau (Water), Veolia Energie (Dalkia) (Energy Services), Veolia Proprete (Environmental Services) and Veolia Transport (Transportation). In May 2008, Veolia ES Industrial Services, Inc. acquired Pacific Liners, a full-service pipe and sewer line restoration company.

  • PZE, PETROBRAS ENERGIA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.212611
  • Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. (Petrobras Energia Participaciones) 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, Gas and Energy, Refining and Distribution, and Petrochemicals. In February 2007, Petrobras Energia acquired from ConocoPhillips its 25.67% and 52.37% interests in Sierra Chata and Parva Negra, respectively. In November 2007, Petrobras Energia sold 76.15% of its rights and obligations in the Bajada del Palo area.

  • PACR, PACER INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.644479
  • Pacer International, Inc. (Pacer International) is a non-asset based North American logistics provider. Using the Company?s information systems, it provides logistics services to numerous Fortune 500 and multi-national companies, including Big Lots, C.H. Robinson, General Electric, Sony, Union Pacific, Toyota and Conagra, which together represented approximately 19.0% of its revenues for the year ended December 28, 2007, as well as to numerous intermodal marketing companies. The Company provides its transportation services from two operating segments, its intermodal segment, which provides services principally to transportation intermediaries, beneficial cargo owners and international shipping companies who utilize intermodal transportation, and its logistics segment, which provides truck brokerage, truck transport (including specialized haulage), supply chain services, freight forwarding, ocean shipping and warehousing and distribution services to a range of end user customers.

  • RHB, REHABCARE GROUP I Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.775112
  • RehabCare Group, Inc. is a provider of rehabilitation program management services in more than 1,200 hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient facilities and other long-term care facilities. The Company operates in three business segments: program management services, which consists of hospital rehabilitation services and contract therapy; hospitals, and other healthcare services. In partnership with healthcare providers, the Company provides post-acute program management, medical direction, physical therapy rehabilitation, quality assurance, compliance review, specialty programs and census development services. RehabCare also owns and operates three long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and six rehabilitation hospitals, and it provides other healthcare services, including healthcare management consulting services and staffing services for therapists and nurses. The Company acquired a majority-owned joint venture rehabilitation hospital in Austin, Texas, in August 2007.

  • BLK, BLACKROCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.483006
  • BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $1.357 trillion of assets under management (AUM). BlackRock provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and to individual investors through various investment vehicles. Its investment management services primarily consist of the active management of fixed income, cash management and equity client accounts; the management of a number of open-end and closed-end mutual fund families, and other non-United States equivalent retail products serving the institutional and retail markets, and the management of alternative funds developed to serve various customer needs. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing, financial advisory and transition management services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions name.

  • BLK, BLACKROCK INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.483006
  • BlackRock, Inc. (BlackRock) operates as an investment management firm in the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had $1.357 trillion of assets under management (AUM). BlackRock provides diversified investment management services to institutional clients and to individual investors through various investment vehicles. Its investment management services primarily consist of the active management of fixed income, cash management and equity client accounts; the management of a number of open-end and closed-end mutual fund families, and other non-United States equivalent retail products serving the institutional and retail markets, and the management of alternative funds developed to serve various customer needs. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing, financial advisory and transition management services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions name.

  • IVGN, INVITROGEN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.317347
  • Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of research tools in reagent, kit and high-throughput applications forms to customers engaged in life sciences research, drug discovery, diagnostics and the commercial manufacture of biological products. The Company is also a supplier of sera, cell and tissue culture media and reagents used in life sciences research, as well as in processes to grow cells in the laboratory and produce pharmaceuticals and other proteins. Invitrogen?s products include gel-based separations technologies, antibodies and transfection agents. The Company focuses its business into two segments: BioDiscovery and Cell Systems. The Company also divides its target customer base into two categories: life science researchers and commercial producers of biopharmaceutical and other proteins.

  • BRS, BRISTOW GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.767635
  • Bristow Group Inc. is a provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry with global operations. The Company has operations in offshore oil and gas producing regions, including North Sea, the United States Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria and Australia. It generated 76% of its revenues from international operations in fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. The Helicopter Services segment operations are conducted through three divisions, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Global Training. Western Hemisphere includes North America, and South and Central America. Eastern Hemisphere includes Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Other International and Eastern Hemisphere (EH) Centralized Operations. Global Training includes Bristow Academy. On November 2, 2007, it sold its Grasso business, which comprised its entire Production Management Services segment. As of March 31, 2008, it operated 406 aircrafts.

  • BTI, BRITISH AMER TOB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.369827
  • British American Tobacco PLC is a holding company that owns, directly or indirectly, investments in the numerous companies constituting the British American Tobacco Group of companies. The Company is an international tobacco company engaged in the sale of cigarettes, cigars, leaf and other tobacco products. It produces and markets a diverse range of brands to suit consumers? preferences, with a particular focus on its four Global Drive Brands (GDBs), which are Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. Its cigar portfolio includes the handmade Dunhill Signed Range. The Company has over 300 brands in its portfolio and its brands are sold in over 180 markets. In June 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the cigarette business assets of Tekel, a Turkish state-owned tobacco company. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the cigarette businesses of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni A/S (ST) and certain snus and roll-your-own tobacco interests.

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30th July 2008

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.

  • NFX, NEWFIELD EXP COM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.669856
  • Newfield Exploration Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of natural gas and crude oil properties. The Company?s domestic areas of operation include the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins of the Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains, onshore Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Internationally, the Company is active in Malaysia and China. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had proved reserves of 2.5 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe). Those reserves were 73% natural gas and 63% proved developed. It sold its shallow water Gulf of Mexico assets in 2007.

  • TAP, MOLSON COORS CO C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 150.978714
  • Molson Coors Brewing Company (MCBC) is a global brewer of beers. The Company?s subsidiaries include Molson Canada (Molson), Coors Brewing Company (CBC), Coors Brewers Limited (CBL), and other corporate entities. The segments of the Company include Canada, the United States and Europe. The brands sold in Canada include Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Molson Dry, Molson Export, Creemore Springs, Rickard’s Red Ale, Carling and Pilsner. The brands sold in the United States include Coors Light, Coors, Coors Non-Alcoholic, Blue Moon Belgian White Ale and Blue Moon brands, George Killian’s Irish Red? Lager, Keystone, Keystone Light, Keystone Ice and Zima. The brands sold in the United Kingdom include Carling, C2, Coors Light, Worthington’s ales, Caffrey’s, Reef, Screamers and Stones. On January 13, 2006, the Company sold a 68% equity interest in Cervejarias Kaiser Brasil S.A. (Kaiser) to FEMSA Cerveza S.A. de C.V. (FEMSA).

  • TEF, TELEFONICA SA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 119.150848
  • Telefonica S.A. (Telefonica) is a diversified telecommunications company, which provides a range of services through telecommunications networks. The Company is focused on providing fixed and mobile telephony services. Telefonica is present principally in Spain, Europe and Latin America. In April 2007, Telefonica O2 Europe, Plc, the Company?s wholly owned subsidiary completed the disposal of Airwave O2, Ltd. (Airwave). In October 2007, the Company?s Brazilian subsidiary, Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo, SA. (Telesp), completed the acquisition of the Brazilian company NavyTree Participacoes, S.A. In March 2008, Telco acquired 0.91% of Telecom Italia?s ordinary share capital.

  • MHS, MEDCOHEALTH SOLUT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 170.225342
  • Medco Health Solutions Inc. (Medco) is a pharmacy benefit manager. The Company provides traditional and specialty prescription drug benefit programs and services for its clients and members. The Company provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services through its national networks of retail pharmacies and its own mail-order pharmacies, as well as through its Specialty Pharmacy segment, Accredo Health Group. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), it introduced the Medco Therapeutic Resource Centers. The Company?s data center links its mail-order pharmacy operations, including its call center pharmacies and work-at-home sites, its Websites, and the retail pharmacies in its networks. In April 2008, the Company acquired a majority interest in Europa Apotheek Venlo, a privately held company providing clinical healthcare and mail-order pharmacy services in Germany.

  • AGP, AMERIGROUP CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.436966
  • AMERIGROUP Corporation is a multi-state managed healthcare company focused on serving people, who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, including Medicaid, State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), FamilyCare and Medicare Advantage. The Company designs its programs to address the particular needs of its members, for whom AMERIGROUP Corporation facilitates access to healthcare benefits pursuant to agreements with the applicable regulatory authority. The Company combines medical, social and behavioral health services to help its members obtain healthcare in an efficient manner. As of December 31, 2007, AMERIGROUP Corporation provided an array of products to approximately 1,711,000 members in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

  • RAI, REYNOLDS AMERICAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.465913
  • Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) is a holding company. The Company has two business segments: RJR Tobacco and Conwood. RAI?s wholly owned subsidiaries include R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc. (Santa Fe); Lane, Limited (Lane); R. J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc. (GPI), and Conwood Company, LLC, Conwood Sales Co., LLC, Scott Tobacco LLC and Rosswil LLC, collectively, referred to as the Conwood companies. The RJR Tobacco segment consists of the primary operations of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The Conwood segment consists of the Conwood companies and Lane. RAI?s wholly owned operating subsidiaries Santa Fe and GPI, among others, are included in All Other.

  • APC, ANADARKO PETROLEU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.277843
  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with 2.43 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) of proved reserves as of December 31, 2007. The Company?s major areas of operation are located onshore in the United States, the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico and Algeria. Anadarko also has production in China and a development project in Brazil. It markets natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs) and owns and operates gas gathering and processing systems. In addition, Anadarko has hard minerals properties that contribute operating income 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. The Land Grant is an eight million acre strip running through portions of Colorado, Wyoming and Utah where the Company owns most of its fee mineral rights.

  • HCN, HEALTH CARE REIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.511654
  • Health Care REIT, Inc. is an equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests across the spectrum of senior housing and health care real estate, including continuing care retirement communities, independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing, hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and medical office buildings. It also offers an array of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had 646 properties located in 38 states. In May 2007, it completed the acquisition of 17 medical office buildings and Paramount Real Estate Services, a property management company, from affiliates of Rendina Companies.

  • BVN, COMPANIA MIN BUEN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 292.412750
  • Compania De Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN) is a precious metals company, engaged in the exploration, mining and processing of gold, silver and, to a lesser extent, other metals, in Peru. The Company operates the Julcani, Recuperada, Orcopampa, Uchucchacua, Antapite and Ishihuinca mines and has controlling interests in two other mining companies, which operate the Colquijirca and Shila-Paula mines. The Company also owns an electric power transmission company and an engineering services consulting company and has minority interests in several other mining companies, including a significant ownership interest in Yanacocha, a Peruvian partnership that operates South America?s gold mine, and Cerro Verde, a Peruvian company that operates a copper mine located in the south of Peru. As of December 31, 2007, the Company held, either directly or in conjunction with exploration partners, 593,269 hectares of mining rights as part of its exploration program.

  • LG, LACLEDE GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.185394
  • The Laclede Group, Inc. (Laclede Group) is a public utility holding company. Laclede Group is committed to providing natural gas service through its regulated core utility operations, while engaging in non-regulated activities that provide sustainable growth. The Regulated Gas Distribution segment includes Laclede Gas Company (Laclede Gas or the Utility), Laclede Group?s largest subsidiary and core business unit. Laclede Gas is a public utility engaged in the retail distribution and sale of natural gas. The Non-Regulated Gas Marketing segment includes Laclede Energy Resources, Inc. (LER), a subsidiary engaged in the non-regulated marketing of natural gas and related activities. Other non-regulated subsidiaries provide less than 10% of revenues. In March 2008, Laclede Group announced that it has closed on the sale of 100% of its interest in SM&P Utility Resources, Inc., an underground locating and marking subsidiary, to an affiliate of Kohlberg & Company.

  • HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028
  • Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. Hewitt?s three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting, help clients develop, implement, and deliver strategies and programs that for human resources business process design, administration, and technologies, as well as help manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate, and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, approximately of the Company?s net revenues 50% were generated by its Benefits Outsourcing business, approximately 30% by its Consulting segment and approximately 20% by its HR BPO segment. It has ownership interest in Hewitt Associates LLC that serves as its operating entity in the United States. In September 2007, it acquired RealLife HR. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants.

  • NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.101583
  • The Navigators Group, Inc. (Navigators Group) is an international insurance holding company focused on specialty products 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) and its operations at Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s Operations). The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch and Navigators Specialty Insurance Company, which underwrites specialty and professional liability insurance on an excess and surplus lines basis fully reinsured by Navigators Insurance Company. The Company?s Lloyd?s Operations include Navigators Underwriting Agency Ltd. and Lloyd?s of London underwriting agency.

  • BKT, BLACKROCK INCOME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.136936
  • BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust?s investment objective is to manage a portfolio of high quality securities to achieve high monthly income consistent with the preservation of capital. BlackRock Income Trust Inc.’s portfolio includes agency multiple class mortgage pass-through securities, mortgage pass-through securities, the United States Government and Agency securities, interest only mortgage-backed securities, principal only mortgage-backed securities, inverse floating-rate mortgage securities, Federal Housing Administration securities, corporate bonds, and non-agency multiple class mortgage pass-through securities. The Trust’s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

  • MDR, MCDERMOTT INT PAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 58.341206
  • McDermott International, Inc. is an engineering and construction company with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities and is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, including J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (JRMSA) and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). The Company operates in three business segments: Offshore Oil and Gas Construction, Government Operations and Power Generation Systems. On July 27, 2007, the Company acquired Secunda International Limited. On May 1, 2007, it acquired Marine Mechanical Corporation.

  • BHP, BHP BILLITON LIMI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.263964
  • 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. In July 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Anglo Potash Ltd.

  • PBT, PERMIAN BASIN ROY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 252.514313
  • The Permian Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust. The net overriding royalties conveyed to the Trust (the Royalties) include a 75% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s fee mineral interests in the Waddell Ranch in Crane County, Texas (the Waddell Ranch properties), and a 95% net overriding royalty carved out of Southland Royalty?s major producing royalty interests in Texas (the Texas Royalty properties). The Waddell Ranch properties consist of 76,922 gross (33,246 net) producing acres. A majority of the proved reserves are attributable to six fields: Dune, Sand Hills (Judkins), Sand Hills (McKnight), Sand Hills (Tubb), University-Waddell (Devonian) and Waddell. The Texas Royalty properties consist of royalty interests in mature producing oil fields, such as Yates, Wasson, Sand Hills, East Texas, Kelly-Snyder, Panhandle Regular, N. Cowden, Todd, Keystone, Kermit, McElroy, Howard-Glasscock, Seminole and others.

  • FII, FEDERATED INV INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.086418
  • Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a provider of investment management products and related financial services. The Company sponsors, markets and provides investment-related services to various investment products, including mutual funds and Separate Accounts (which include separately managed accounts, institutional accounts, sub-advised funds (both variable annuity and other) and other managed products). During the year ended December 31, 2007, Federated provided investment advisory services to $39.5 billion in Separate Account assets. On August 24, 2007, Federated completed a transaction with Rochdale Investment Management LLC (Rochdale) to acquire certain assets relating to its business of providing investment advisory and investment management services to the Rochdale Atlas Portfolio (Rochdale Acquisition).

  • CRM, SALESFORCE.COM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.232422
  • salesforce.com, inc. is a provider of software on demand. The Company provides customer relationship management (CRM) service to businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. Approximately 41,000 customers worldwide use salesforce.com to manage their vital customer, sales and operational data. As of January 31, 2008, its customer base had grown to approximately 41,000 worldwide from approximately 29,800 customers as of January 31, 2007. During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008 (fiscal 2007), salesforce.com had approximately 1.1 million paying subscriptions. Its on-demand technology platform, Force.com, which was introduced, during fiscal 2007, allows customers and partners to customize and integrate Salesforce CRM applications or build entirely new on-demand applications beyond CRM without having to invest in new software, hardware and related infrastructure. The Company also offers the AppExchange, an online directory for on-demand applications.

  • SCHL, SCHOLASTIC CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.054762
  • 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.

  • XRTX, XYRATEX LTD. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.393254
  • Xyratex Limited (Xyratex) is a provider of modular enterprise-class data storage solutions and storage process technology. The Company designs, develops and manufactures enabling technology that provides the customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. The segments of the Company include Networked Storage Solutions (NSS) and Storage Infrastructure (SI). The NSS products provide modular, highly scalable, high-speed, high-density, reliable and flexible data storage. The SI products include disk drive production test systems, process automation for disk drive and solar panel manufacturing, servo track writers and disk cleaning systems. Xyratex sells its NSS products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and SI products to disk drive manufacturers or their component suppliers.

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29th July 2008

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.

  • KOF, COCA COLA FEMSA S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 130.109680
  • Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (Coca-Cola FEMSA) is a bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America. The Company operates in territories, including Mexico, a substantial portion of central Mexico (including Mexico City) and southeast Mexico (including the Gulf region); Central America, Guatemala (Guatemala City and surrounding areas), Nicaragua (nationwide), Costa Rica (nationwide) and Panama (nationwide); Colombia; Venezuela; Argentina, Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, and Brazil, the area of greater Sao Paulo, Campinas, Santos, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and part of the state of Goias. On May 30, 2008, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to acquire its wholly owned bottling franchise located in the state of Minas Gerais (Refrigerantes Minas Gerais Ltda., or REMIL) in Brazil. On December 21, 2007, and on May 30, 2008, it sold to The Coca-Cola Company most of its brands.

  • MMSI, MERIT MEDICAL SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.594406
  • Merit Medical Systems, Inc. provides a line of disposable products designed to assist physicians in diagnosing disease and intervening in the areas of radiology and cardiology. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s United States domestic sales force made approximately 41% of its sales directly to United States hospitals and approximately 14% of sales through other channels such as United States customs packagers and distributors. Original equipment manufacturers (OEM), companies accounted for approximately 15% of its 2007, sales. Approximately 31% of its sales in 2007, were made in international markets (of which OEM international sales accounted for approximately 1%).

  • WLL, WHITING PETE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.504822
  • Whiting Petroleum Corporation is an independent oil and gas company engaged in acquisition, development, exploitation, production and exploration activities primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2007, the Company?s estimated proved reserves totaled 250.8 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBOE). Its estimated December 2007, average daily production was 40.3 thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOE/d) and implies an average reserve life of approximately 17.1 years. On July 17, 2007, Whiting Petroleum Corporation sold its approximate 50% non-operated working interest in several gas fields located in the LaSalle and Webb Counties of Texas. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company sold its interests in additional non-core properties located in Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.

  • SNH, SENIOR HSG SBI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.017380
  • Senior Housing Properties Trust (Senior Housing) is a real estate investment trust (REIT). As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned 202 properties located in 32 states. Senior apartments are marketed to residents, who are capable of caring for themselves. Residence is usually restricted on the basis of age. Independent living properties, or congregate care communities, also provide privacy to residents and require residents to be independent. Assisted living properties have one bedroom units, which include private bathrooms and efficiency kitchens. Services bundled within one charge usually include three meals per day in a central dining room, daily housekeeping, laundry, medical reminders and 24-hour availability of assistance with the activities of daily living, such as dressing and bathing. Professional nursing and healthcare services are available at the property on call or at regularly scheduled times.

  • HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028
  • Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. Hewitt?s three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting, help clients develop, implement, and deliver strategies and programs that for human resources business process design, administration, and technologies, as well as help manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate, and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, approximately of the Company?s net revenues 50% were generated by its Benefits Outsourcing business, approximately 30% by its Consulting segment and approximately 20% by its HR BPO segment. It has ownership interest in Hewitt Associates LLC that serves as its operating entity in the United States. In September 2007, it acquired RealLife HR. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants.

  • OXY, OCCIDENTAL PET Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.502548
  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) conducts its operations through various oil and gas, chemical and other subsidiaries and affiliates. The Company operates in two segments: oil and gas, and chemical. The oil and gas segment explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas. The chemical segment (OxyChem) manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls and performance chemicals. The Company?s domestic oil and gas operations are located at the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, Elk Hills and other locations in California, the Hugoton field in Kansas and Oklahoma, Utah and western Colorado. International operations are located in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. OxyChem manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls, chlorinated organics and performance chemicals. In June 2007, BP p.l.c. acquired Occidental?s oil and gas interests in Horn Mountain.

  • MGF, M F S GOVT MKT TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.870056
  • MFS Government Markets Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income, but it may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund?s portfolio of investments includes mortgage-backed securities, the United States government agencies, emerging market bonds, high grade corporates, municipal bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities and the United States treasury securities. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of the Fund?s net assets in the United States and non-United States government securities. Massachusetts Financial Services Company serves as the investment adviser of the Fund.

  • CHD, CHURCH DWIGHT CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 95.218185
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a range of household, personal care and specialty products under brand names, including ARM & HAMMER and TROJAN. The 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, such as XTRA and ARM & HAMMER laundry detergents, OXICLEAN pre-wash laundry additive and XTRA NICE?N FLUFFY fabric softeners. The Consumer International segment primarily sells a variety of personal care products in international markets, including France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Spain, Brazil and China. The Specialty Products segment is a producer of sodium bicarbonate, which it sells together with other specialty inorganic chemicals for a variety of industrial, institutional, medical and food applications. This segment also sells a range of animal nutrition and specialty cleaning products.

  • ADM, ARCHER DANIELS MD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 105.415352
  • Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is engaged in procuring, transporting, storing, processing, and merchandising agricultural commodities and products. The Company?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.

  • CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.986561
  • Coeur d?Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a 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), Mexico (Chihuahua) and Africa (Tanzania). The Company, either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, owns, leases and has interests in certain exploration-stage mining properties located in the United States, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Tanzania. On December 21, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bolnisi Gold NL (Bolnisi) and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation (Palmarejo).

  • YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.396934
  • YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 35,000 units in more than 100 countries and territories. Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W (the Concepts), the Company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. In all five of its Concepts, the Company either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, the Company owns non-controlling interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates who operate similar to franchisees. During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company had approximately 20,000 system restaurants in the United States. The International Division, based in Dallas, Texas, comprises more than 12,000 system restaurants, primarily KFCs and Pizza Huts, operating in over 100 countries outside the United States.

  • AKS, A K STEEL HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 168.714890
  • AK Steel Holding Corporation is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products through its wholly owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel and, together with AK Holding, the Company). The Company?s operations consist of seven steelmaking and finishing plants located in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania that produce flat-rolled carbon steels, including coated, cold-rolled and hot-rolled products, and specialty stainless and electrical steels that are sold in slab, hot band, and sheet and strip form. The Company?s operations also include AK Tube LLC (AK Tube), which further finishes flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel at two tube plants located in Ohio and Indiana into welded steel tubing used in the automotive, large truck and construction markets. In addition, the Company?s operations include European trading companies that buy and sell steel and steel products and other materials.

  • NFX, NEWFIELD EXP COM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.669856
  • Newfield Exploration Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of natural gas and crude oil properties. The Company?s domestic areas of operation include the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins of the Mid-Continent, the Rocky Mountains, onshore Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Internationally, the Company is active in Malaysia and China. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had proved reserves of 2.5 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe). Those reserves were 73% natural gas and 63% proved developed. It sold its shallow water Gulf of Mexico assets in 2007.

  • BRS, BRISTOW GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.767635
  • Bristow Group Inc. is a provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry with global operations. The Company has operations in offshore oil and gas producing regions, including North Sea, the United States Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria and Australia. It generated 76% of its revenues from international operations in fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. The Helicopter Services segment operations are conducted through three divisions, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Global Training. Western Hemisphere includes North America, and South and Central America. Eastern Hemisphere includes Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Other International and Eastern Hemisphere (EH) Centralized Operations. Global Training includes Bristow Academy. On November 2, 2007, it sold its Grasso business, which comprised its entire Production Management Services segment. As of March 31, 2008, it operated 406 aircrafts.

  • IHS, IHS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 339.527802
  • IHS Inc. (IHS) is a provider and source of Critical Information and Insight in the global information market. The Company provides information-driven solutions to meet its customers’ needs, which include gaining insight into global energy market movements, managing product lifecycles, meeting growing environmental challenges, and assessing national or corporate security issues. IHS customers range from governments and large multinational corporations to small companies and technical professionals, doing business in more than 180 countries. At the center of its Critical Information products and services is data obtained from public sources, third parties and its own databases. The Company operates through two segments. The Energy segment is focused primarily on the Energy information domain while its Engineering segment is focused primarily on the Product Lifecycle, Security and Environmental information domains. In March 2008, the Company acquired JFA International.

  • SJT, SAN JUAN BASIN RO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.237228
  • San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created by the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Indenture, known as the Original Indenture, between Southland Royalty Company (Southland Royalty) and the Fort Worth National Bank. The Trustee of the Trust is Compass Bank. The function of the Trustee is to collect the net proceeds attributable to the Royalty (Royalty Income), to pay all expenses and charges of the Trust, and then distribute the remaining available income to the Unit Holders. On September 7, 2007, Compass Bancshares, Inc. was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA.

  • ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253
  • Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a diversified line of healthcare products. It has four segments. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, physicians? offices, alternate care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies and consumers. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular and vessel closure devices. In February 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Company’s SIMCOR (Niaspan/simvastatin), a medicine for cholesterol management. In January 2008, Abbott?s HUMIRA (adalimumab) received approval from FDA, for moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

  • FCN, FTI CONSULTING IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.865845
  • FTI Consulting, Inc. (FTI) is a global consulting firm to organizations confronting the critical legal, financial and reputational issues that shape their futures. Its teams of professionals provide consulting services in many areas, including fraud, damages, lost profits, valuation, anti-trust and anti-competition, accountant?s liability and malpractice, contract disputes, patent infringement, price fixing, solvency and insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferences, disclosure statements, trademark and copyright infringement, the financial impact of government regulations, and electronically stored information and repository services. FTI has capabilities in specialized industries, including telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, utilities and energy, chemicals, commercial and investment banking, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, retail and information technology (IT). In March 2008, the Company announced the acquisitions of Brewer Consulting Ltd. and Forensic Accounting LLP.

  • BKMU, BANK MUTUAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.878338
  • Bank Mutual Corporation serves as a unitary savings and loan holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank Mutual (the Bank), a federal savings bank. The Bank is a community-oriented financial institution. Its principal business is originating mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans and attracting retail deposits from the general public. It also invests in various mortgage-related securities and investment securities. The principal lending is on one-to four-family, owner-occupied homes, home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, multi-family and commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans. Its primary sources of funds are deposits, borrowings, scheduled amortization and prepayments of loan principal and mortgage-related securities, and maturities of investment securities and funds provided by operations. At February 29, 2008, the Bank had 77 banking offices located in 31 counties in Wisconsin.

  • RRC, RANGE RES CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 499.272614
  • Range Resources Corporation (Range) is engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of oil and gas properties, primarily in the Southwestern, Appalachian and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s proved reserves comprised 2.2 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe) of proved reserves; 82% natural gas; 64% proved developed; 77% operated, and a reserve life of 17.7 years. During 2007, Range owned 3,385,000 gross (2,695,000 net) acres of leasehold, including 407,800 acres it also owns a royalty interest. The Company has built a multi-year inventory drilling that is estimated to contain over 11,000 drilling locations, with approximately 8,500 drilling locations in its Appalachian region. In 2007, the Company?s annual production averaged 319 millions of cubic feet equivalent (Mmcfe) per day. In 2007, Range drilled 967 gross wells. In January 2008, Range purchased producing and non-producing Barnett Shale properties.

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29th July 2008

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.

  • CRA, APPLERA CP-CELERA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.164644
  • Celera Corporation (Celera) is a healthcare business delivering personalized disease management through a combination of products and services. Berkeley HeartLab, a subsidiary of Celera, offers services to predict cardiovascular disease risk and optimize patient management. Celera also commercializes a range of molecular diagnostic products through alliance with Abbott, and has licensed other relevant diagnostic technologies developed to provide personalized disease management in cancer and liver diseases. On July 1, 2008, Celera announced that it has completed its separation from Applera Corporation, and as an independent company holds the businesses, assets and liabilities previously attributed to the Celera Group.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.026272
  • Cameron International Corp (Cameron) is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. The Company?s operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), Valves & Measurement (V&M) and Compression Systems (CS). DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. V&M is a provider of valves and measurement systems primarily used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as they are moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. CS is a provider of reciprocating and integrally geared centrifugal compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services.

  • HP, HELMERICH PAYNE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 111.265259
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc. is primarily engaged in contract drilling of oil and gas wells for others. The contract drilling business accounts for almost all of the Company’s operating revenues. It is also engaged in the ownership, development and operation of commercial real estate. It is organized into two separate operating entities: contract drilling and real estate. The Company’s contract drilling business consists of three business segments: U.S. land drilling, offshore platform drilling and international drilling. The Company’s U.S. land drilling is conducted primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota, and offshore from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, California, Trinidad and Equatorial Guinea. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, the Company’s international land segment operated in seven international locations: Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Tunisia and Chile.

  • SRCL, STERICYCLE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 440.991028
  • Stericycle, Inc. is engaged in the management of medical waste, infection control and pharmaceutical returns and the provision of related compliance services. The Company operates integrated national regulated waste management networks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. Stericycle, Inc.?s regulated waste processing technologies include autoclaving, its own electro-thermal-deactivation system (ETD), chemical treatment and incineration. The Company?s national networks include a total of 78 processing or combined processing and collection sites, and 98 additional transfer, collection or combined transfer and collection sites. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed 19 acquisitions.

  • GD, GEN DYNAMICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.551872
  • General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) offers a portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction, and information systems, technologies and services. The Company focuses on delivering products and services to military, other government and commercial customers. General Dynamics has four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems and Information Systems and Technology. On October 24, 2007, General Dynamics acquired Monteria, LLC, of Mount Airy, Maryland. On November 13, 2007, the Company acquired Mediaware International Pty Ltd. of Australia, which develops real-time full-motion compressed digital video processing software and systems for defense, intelligence and commercial customers. In July 2008, General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of the Company, announced that it completed the purchase of ViPS, Inc., from HLTH Corporation.

  • BMI, BADGER METER INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.240925
  • Badger Meter, Inc. is a manufacturer of flow measurement and control products, serving water utilities, municipalities and industrial customers worldwide. Measuring a variety of liquids, from potable water to oil and lubricants, to industrial processes, the Company?s products provide timely measurement information to its customers. Its product lines fall into two general categories: utility and industrial flow measurement. The utility category comprises residential and commercial water meters that are used by water utilities as the basis for generating water and wastewater revenues. Badger Meter?s industrial products serve a variety of specialty markets, providing flow measurement solutions in industries, such as petroleum, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, concrete, and in chemical processing applications. Common products include Research Control and Series 9000 valves, industrial flow meters, and automotive, insertion, and electromagnetic flow meters.

  • IMO, IMPERIAL OIL LMT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.015816
  • Imperial Oil Limited (Imperial) is a Canada-based integrated oil company. The Company?s principal business is energy, involving the exploration, production, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, and the manufacture, transportation and sale of petroleum products. Imperial is also a manufacturer and marketer of petrochemicals. The Company?s operations are conducted through three main segments: natural resources (upstream), petroleum products (downstream) and chemicals. Natural resources operations include the exploration for, and production of, conventional crude oil, natural gas, upgraded crude oil and heavy oil. Petroleum products operations consist of the transportation, refining and blending of crude oil and refined products and the distribution and marketing thereof. The chemicals operations consist of the manufacturing and marketing of various petrochemicals. As of December 31, 2007, Exxon Mobil Corporation owned a 69.6% interest in the Company.

  • ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.947548
  • 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 three operating segments: United States Operations, Canadian Operations and International Operations. The United States Operations segment provides trading, trade order management, connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers in United States. The Canadian Operations segment provides trading, as well as connectivity and research services. The International Operations segment includes its trading, connectivity and research service businesses in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, as well as a research and development facility in Israel.

  • MFA, MFA MTG INVTS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 492.858124
  • 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 Company?s assets consist 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, ARM-MBS rated by at least one nationally recognized rating agency, and MBS-related receivables and cash. At December 31, 2007, 94.8% of total assets consisted of Agency MBS, 5.1% consisted of non-Agency AAA-rated MBS. Non-Agency MBS rated below AAA unrated, comprised less than 0.1% of its remaining assets. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides investment advisory services to third-party institutions with respect to their MBS portfolio investments.

  • NWSB, NORTHWEST BANCORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 93.044609
  • Northwest Bancorp, Inc. is a holding company of Northwest Savings Bank (the Bank). The Bank is a community-oriented institution offering traditional deposit and loan products, and through a wholly owned subsidiary, consumer finance services. As of December 31, 2007, the primary activity of the Company was the ownership of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Bank. As of December 31, 2007, through the Bank, Northwest Bancorp, Inc. operated 166 community-banking offices throughout its market area in northwest, southwest and central Pennsylvania, western New York, eastern Ohio, Maryland and Florida. The Company, through the Bank and its wholly owned subsidiaries, also operates 49 consumer finance offices throughout Pennsylvania and two consumer finance offices in New York. Northwest Bancorp, Inc. focuses its lending activities primarily on the origination of loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences.

  • CHCO, CITY HOLDING CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 101.882088
  • City Holding Company is a bank holding company. It conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through its network of 69 banking offices in West Virginia (58 offices), Kentucky (nine offices), and Ohio (two offices), City National provides credit, deposit, trust and investment management, and insurance products and services to its customers. Its business activities are limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking. The West Virginia locations are primarily cantered in the Charleston, Huntington, Beckley, and Martinsburg markets. City National owns 50 locations and leases 19 locations, pursuant to operating leases. City National?s delivery channels include automated teller machines (ATMs), check cards, interactive voice response systems, and Internet technology. As of December 31, 2007, 53% of its loan portfolio was categorized as residential mortgage and and home equity loans.

  • DLB, DOLBY LABORATORIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 247.120453
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc. develops and delivers products and technologies that improve the entertainment experience. The Company?s technologies are used in digital versatile disc (DVD) players and personal computer DVD playback software, digital televisions and portable electronic devices, and also in a variety of consumer electronic products, such as gaming systems and audio/video receivers. Dolby cinema products are used in movie theatres around the world. Dolby broadcast products distribute audio around the world. The Company delivers technologies, products and services at each stage of the entertainment chain, content creation, content distribution and content playback. In April 2007, the Company acquired Brightside Technologies Inc. On November 9, 2007, the Company acquired Coding Technologies AB, a privately held provider of audio compression technologies for the mobile, digital broadcast and Internet markets.

  • LII, LENNOX INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.648972
  • Lennox International Inc. (LII) is a global provider of climate control solutions, which designs, manufactures and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. The Company is focused on four key businesses: Residential Heating & Cooling, Commercial Heating & Cooling, Service Experts and Refrigeration. In the Residential Heating and Cooling segment, LII manufactures and markets a line of home heating and cooling equipment. The Company’s Commercial Heating and Cooling segment sells heating and cooling equipment used in low-rise commercial buildings such as shopping centers, offices, schools, and restaurants. The Service Experts segment is engaged in the sales, installation and service of residential and light commercial heating and cooling equipment. In the Refrigeration segment, LII manufactures and sells unit coolers, condensing units and other commercial equipment used in cold storage applications.

  • LLL, L-3 COMM HLDGS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.196558
  • L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (L-3) is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance (AM&M), command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, and government services. L-3 is also a provider of technology products, subsystems and systems. The Company?s customers include the United States Department of Defense and its prime contractors, United States Government intelligence agencies, the Unites States Department of Homeland Security, Unites States Department of State, United States Department of Justice, allied foreign governments, commercial customers and select other United States federal, state and local government agencies. The Company operates in four segments: C3ISR, Government Services, Aircraft Modernization and Maintenance, and Marine and Power Systems Group. In March 2008, the Company announced a strategic realignment of businesses in its Specialized Products segment to form the Marine and Power Systems Group.

  • HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.201889
  • Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. Effective September 29, 2007, it acquired Software of Excellence International Ltd., a provider of clinical and practice management solutions. On August 29, 2007, it acquired W&J Dunlop, Ltd. In April 2008, the Company acquired Minerva Dental Limited.

  • DNEX, DIONEX CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.569416
  • Dionex Corporation (Dionex), incorporated in 1980, designs, manufactures, markets and services range of liquid chromatography systems, sample preparation devices and related products that are used by chemists to separate and quantify the individual components of complex chemical mixtures in many major industrial, research and laboratory markets. The Company?s products are used to analyze chemical substances in the environment and in a broad range of industrial and scientific applications. Its liquid chromatography systems are focused in two product areas: ion chromatography (IC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The Company offers a mass spectrometer coupled with either an IC or HPLC system. For sample preparation, it provides automated solvent extraction systems. In addition, Dionex develops and manufactures consumables, detectors, automation and analysis systems for use in or with liquid chromatographs.

  • HCP, HEALTHCARE PROP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 3.127659
  • HCP, Inc. (HCP), formerly Health Care Property Investors, Inc., is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focusing primarily on properties serving the healthcare industry. HCP is a self-administered REIT that invests directly or through joint ventures in healthcare facilities. The Company acquires, develop, lease, dispose and manage healthcare real estate and provide mortgage and other financing to healthcare providers. The Company?s holdings include 753 properties distributed among distinct sectors of healthcare, including senior housing, medical office, life science, hospital and skilled nursing. Its portfolio includes investments in five healthcare segments: senior housing, life science, medical office, hospital and skilled nursing. In August 2007, the Company acquired Slough Estates USA Inc.

  • MGF, M F S GOVT MKT TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 209.870056
  • MFS Government Markets Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income, but it may also consider capital appreciation. The Fund?s portfolio of investments includes mortgage-backed securities, the United States government agencies, emerging market bonds, high grade corporates, municipal bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities and the United States treasury securities. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of the Fund?s net assets in the United States and non-United States government securities. Massachusetts Financial Services Company serves as the investment adviser of the Fund.

  • CIR, CIRCOR INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.260674
  • Circor International, Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes different valves and related fluid-control products and certain services to a variety of end-markets for use in different applications to ensure the safety of fluid-control systems. The Company operates 17 manufacturing facilities that are located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe and the People?s Republic of China. Circor has two product groups: Instrumentation and Thermal Fluid Controls Products and Energy Products. As of December 31, 2007, the Company?s products were sold through distributors and it serviced more than 10,000 customers in over 130 countries around the world. On September 28, 2007, Circor and its Instrumental and Thermal Fluid Controls Dutch subsidiary, Dovianus in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, sold its 50% equity interest in Keofitt Holdings, A/S, a Danish company to the other 50% joint venture partner. In May 2008, CIRCOR completed the acquisition of Motor Technology, Inc.

  • RSG, REPUBLIC SVCS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.393464
  • Republic Services, Inc. is a provider of services in the domestic non-hazardous solid waste industry. Its operations primarily consist of the collection, transfer and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste. The Company provides non-hazardous solid waste collection services for commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers through 136 collection companies in 21 states. It also owns or operates 94 transfer stations, 58 solid waste landfills and 33 recycling facilities. As of December 31, 2007, its operations were organized into five regions: Eastern, Central, Southern, Southwestern and Western. Each region is organized into several operating areas and each area contains multiple operating locations. Each of the Company?s regions and substantially all its areas provide collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services.

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28th July 2008

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.

  • DLB, DOLBY LABORATORIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 247.120453
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc. develops and delivers products and technologies that improve the entertainment experience. The Company?s technologies are used in digital versatile disc (DVD) players and personal computer DVD playback software, digital televisions and portable electronic devices, and also in a variety of consumer electronic products, such as gaming systems and audio/video receivers. Dolby cinema products are used in movie theatres around the world. Dolby broadcast products distribute audio around the world. The Company delivers technologies, products and services at each stage of the entertainment chain, content creation, content distribution and content playback. In April 2007, the Company acquired Brightside Technologies Inc. On November 9, 2007, the Company acquired Coding Technologies AB, a privately held provider of audio compression technologies for the mobile, digital broadcast and Internet markets.

  • ADVS, ADVENT SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 186.961472
  • Advent Software, Inc. (Advent) offers integrated software solutions for automating and integrating data and work flows across investment management organizations, as well as the information flows between the investment management organization and external parties. The Company’s business is organized into two segments: Advent Investment Management and MicroEdge. Advent Investment Management is the Company’s core business and derives revenues from the development, marketing and sale of software products, data interfaces and related maintenance, and services that automate, integrate and support certain functions of investment management organizations in the United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa. MicroEdge derives revenues from the sale of software and services for grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking for the grantmaking community in the United States and United Kingdom. On November 23, 2007, the Company acquired Vivid Orange Limited.

  • IFN, INDIA FUND (THE) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.225807
  • The India Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Indian equity securities. The India Fund, Inc. invests in various industries, including building and construction, cement, chemicals, coal, computer software and programming, consumer non durables, diversified financial services, diversified industries, electronics and electrical equipment, engineering, finance, financial services, food, hotels and leisure, media, telecommunications and textiles. Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. (Blackstone Advisors), an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (Blackstone), serves as the Fund?s investment manager. Blackstone Advisors also serves as the Fund?s administrator. Blackstone.

  • NUV, NUVEEN MUNI VALUE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 52.871735
  • Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities or certain United States territories. The Fund’s investments also include zero coupon bonds and inverse floaters. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. invests in various industries, including healthcare, transportation, utilities and consumer staples. Nuveen Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.

  • VE, VEOLIA ENVIRONN A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 54.246994
  • Veolia Environnement is a global provider of environmental management services, which include water and wastewater services, waste management services, energy services (excluding the production, trading and sale of electricity, other than production through co-generation) and transportation services. The Company provides clients with a full-service package tailored to fit their individual needs, which may include, supplying water, recycling wastewater, collecting, treating and recycling waste, supplying heating and cooling services, and generally optimizing the industrial processes used in their facilities. The Company?s operations are conducted primarily through four divisions: Veolia Eau (Water), Veolia Energie (Dalkia) (Energy Services), Veolia Proprete (Environmental Services) and Veolia Transport (Transportation). In May 2008, Veolia ES Industrial Services, Inc. acquired Pacific Liners, a full-service pipe and sewer line restoration company.

  • PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.663162
  • Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (Pediatrix) is a healthcare services company that focuses on physician services for newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia care. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company’s network was composed of approximately 1,072 affiliated physicians, including 788 neonatal physician specialists who provide clinical care in 32 states and Puerto Rico, primarily within hospital-based neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to babies born prematurely or with medical complications. The Company have 109 affiliated physicians who provide maternal-fetal medical care to expectant mothers experiencing complicated pregnancies in many areas where its affiliated neonatal physicians practice. Its network includes other pediatric subspecialists, including 69 physicians providing pediatric cardiology care, 37 physicians providing pediatric intensive care and 16 physicians providing hospital-based pediatric care.

  • LSTR, LANDSTAR SYSTEM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.941391
  • Landstar System, Inc. (Landstar) is a non-asset based transportation and logistics services company, providing transportation capacity and related transportation services to shippers throughout the United States, and to a lesser extent, in Canada, and between the United States and Canada, Mexico and other countries. These business services emphasize safety, information coordination and customer service and are delivered through a network of independent commission sales agents and third party capacity providers linked together by a series of technological applications, which are provided and coordinated by the Company. The Company has three business segments: carrier, global logistics and insurance segments.

  • GTY, GETTY RLTY HLDG C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.647312
  • Getty Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States specializing in the ownership and leasing of retail motor fuel and convenience store properties and petroleum distribution terminals. As of December 31, 2007, the Company owned 808 properties and leased 203 additional properties. Getty Realty’s properties are located primarily in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic regions in the United States. The Company also owns or leases properties in Texas, North Carolina, Hawaii, California, Florida, Arkansas, Illinois and North Dakota. A substantial portion of Getty Realty’s revenues (78% as of December 31, 2007) are derived from leases (the Marketing Leases) with its primary tenant, Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. (Marketing).

  • R, RYDER SYSTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 121.216743
  • Ryder System, Inc. (Ryder) is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. The Company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full-service leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance and commercial rental of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services throughout North America, and in Latin America, Europe and Asia, and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States. In October 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Pollock NationaLease, under which it acquired Pollock?s fleet of approximately 2,000 vehicles and nearly 200 contractual customers served by six locations.

  • ABX, BARRICK GOLD CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 235.477280
  • Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is engaged the production and sale of gold, as well as related activities such as exploration and mine development. Barrick also produces some copper and holds interests in a platinum group metals development project and a nickel development project, both located in Africa, and a platinum group metals project located in Russia. Barrick has four regional business units: North America, South America, Australia Pacific and Africa. Barrick concluded its offer for Arizona Star Resource Corp. (Arizona Star) in December 2007, acquiring an approximate 94% interest in Arizona Star. In March 2008, Barrick acquired the remaining shares of Arizona Star. In December 2007, it completed the acquisition of the Kainantu mineral property and over 2,900 square kilometers of exploration licenses in Papua New Guinea from Highlands Pacific Limited. In March 2008, it acquired an additional 40% interest in the Cortez property from Kennecott Explorations (Australia) Ltd.

  • PHI, PHILIPPINE LG DS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 404.734253
  • 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. The Company offers a range of telecommunications services to approximately 32 million subscribers in the Philippines. The Company is a fixed line service provider in the Philippines with approximately 59% of the total reported fixed line subscribers as of December 31, 2007. Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) it?s wholly owned subsidiary, is the cellular service provider, with approximately 37% of total reported cellular subscribers as of December 31, 2007. In April 2008, Smart acquired a local telecommunications company. Smart acquired the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of PH Communications Holdings Corp. and Francom Holdings Inc., which collectively own 100% of Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise Inc. (CURE).

  • KNDL, KENDLE INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.166256
  • Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. It delivers integrated clinical development services, including clinical trial management, clinical data management, statistical analysis, medical writing, regulatory consulting and organizational meeting management and publications services on a contract basis. Its Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations, while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phases II through IV clinical trials, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

  • NEM, NEWMONT MIN CP (H Current Caprock Strength Rating: 23.004967
  • Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont) is primarily a gold producer with significant assets or operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, Canada, Bolivia, New Zealand and Mexico. As of December 31, 2007, Newmont had proven and probable gold reserves of 86.5 million equity ounces and an aggregate land position of approximately 42,680 square miles (110,550 square kilometers). Newmont is also engaged in the production of copper, principally through its Batu Hijau operation in Indonesia. The Company has operating segments of Nevada, Yanacocha in Peru, Australia/New Zealand, Batu Hijau in Indonesia, Africa and Other Operations comprising smaller operations in Bolivia, Mexico and Canada. It also has a Merchant Banking Segment and an Exploration Segment. In March 2008, Newmont Mining B.C. Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation, acquired the remaining interest in Miramar Mining Corporation.

  • BKMU, BANK MUTUAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 41.878338
  • Bank Mutual Corporation serves as a unitary savings and loan holding company for its wholly owned subsidiary, Bank Mutual (the Bank), a federal savings bank. The Bank is a community-oriented financial institution. Its principal business is originating mortgage loans, consumer loans, commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans and attracting retail deposits from the general public. It also invests in various mortgage-related securities and investment securities. The principal lending is on one-to four-family, owner-occupied homes, home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, multi-family and commercial real estate loans, and commercial business loans. Its primary sources of funds are deposits, borrowings, scheduled amortization and prepayments of loan principal and mortgage-related securities, and maturities of investment securities and funds provided by operations. At February 29, 2008, the Bank had 77 banking offices located in 31 counties in Wisconsin.

  • GMR, GENERAL MARITIME Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.461419
  • General Maritime Corporation is a provider of international seaborne crude oil transportation services. The Company’s fleet consists of 21 wholly owned vessels, consisting of 10 Aframax and 11 Suezmax vessels. The 21 vessels that the Company operates have a total of 2.7 million deadweight (dwt), all of which are double hulled. Many of the vessels in the Company’s fleet are sister ships. The majority of the Company’s vessels operate in the Atlantic, which includes ports in the Caribbean, South and Central America, the United States, Western Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe and the North Sea. Although the majority of its vessels operate in the Atlantic, The Company also operates vessels in the Black Sea and in other regions, which enables it both to take advantage of market opportunities and to position its vessels in anticipation of drydockings. The Company’s customers include most oil companies, as well as oil producers, oil traders, vessel owners and others.

  • CVD, COVANCE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.708130
  • Covance Inc. is a drug development services company providing a range of early-stage and late-stage product development services on a worldwide basis primarily to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company also provides laboratory testing services to the chemical, agrochemical and food industries. Covance maintains offices in more than 20 countries. The services it provides constitute two segments: early development services, which include preclinical services and clinical pharmacology services, and late-stage development services, which include central laboratory, clinical development, periapproval and market access services. Covance Inc. provides product development services on a global basis to, among others, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company served in excess of 300 biopharmaceutical companies.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.026272
  • Cameron International Corp (Cameron) is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. The Company?s operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), Valves & Measurement (V&M) and Compression Systems (CS). DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. V&M is a provider of valves and measurement systems primarily used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as they are moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. CS is a provider of reciprocating and integrally geared centrifugal compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services.

  • PDC, PIONEER DRILLING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.302444
  • Pioneer Drilling Company provides contract land drilling services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies. It also provides drilling crews and ancillary equipment needed to operate the drilling rigs. The Company conducts its operations in the United States through its operating subsidiary, Pioneer Drilling Services, Ltd. and it conducts the operations in Colombia through Pioneer de Colombia SDAD, Ltda, Surcusal Colombia. On March 1, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of WEDGE Wireline Services, Inc.(WEDGE Wireline), WEDGE Well Services, L.L.C.(WEDGE Well), WEDGE Fishing & Rental Services, L.L.C.(WEDGDE Fishing), WEDGE Group Incorporated, WEDGE Energy, WEDGE Oil & Gas Services, L.L.C.(WEDGE Oil & Gas).

  • BRLI, BIO-REFERENCE LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.119001
  • Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. is an independent regional clinical laboratory servicing the greater New York metropolitan area. The Company offers a list of laboratory testing services utilized by healthcare providers in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring and treatment of diseases. It processes 3.7 million requisitions each year. The Company has a network of over 50 patient service centers for collection of patient specimens. In addition to the clinical testing operations, it operates a clinical knowledge management service through the PSIMedica business unit. It also operates a Web-based connectivity portal solution for laboratories and physicians, through the CareEvolve subsidiary. In 2007, the Company introduced genome-wide oligonucleotide microarray analysis testing useful for the diagnosis of among other conditions developmental disorders. In 2006, it acquired GeneDx, a diagnostic genetic testing laboratory providing services to customers.

  • WEC, WISCONSIN ENERGY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.740028
  • Wisconsin Energy Corporation is a diversified holding company. The Company conducts its operations primarily in two operating segments: a utility energy segment and a non-utility energy segment. Its primary subsidiaries include Wisconsin Electric Power Company (Wisconsin Electric), Wisconsin Gas LLC (Wisconsin Gas), Edison Sault Electric Company (Edison Sault) and W.E. Power, LLC (We Power). The Company?s utility energy segment consists of Wisconsin Electric, Wisconsin Gas and Edison Sault. Its non-utility energy segment consists primarily of We Power. On September 28, 2007, Wisconsin Electric sold Point Beach, a nuclear generation facility, to an affiliate of FPL Group, Inc.

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28th July 2008

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.

  • VCP, VOTORANTIM CELULO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 201.740189
  • Votorantim Celulose e Papel S.A. (VCP) produces a variety of pulp and paper products in Brazil, including wood-free printing and writing papers and specialty papers. The Company operates in two business segments: pulp and paper. The Company produces bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP), which is a high-quality variety of hardwood pulp. During the year ended December 31, 2007, VCP sold approximately 80% of its pulp production to third parties, and used the remainder internally to manufacture a range of printing and writing paper products, including coated and uncoated printing and writing papers, thermal papers, carbonless papers and other specialty papers. VCP produces paper for the domestic and international markets.

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • VCP, VOTORANTIM CELULO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 201.740189
  • Votorantim Celulose e Papel S.A. (VCP) produces a variety of pulp and paper products in Brazil, including wood-free printing and writing papers and specialty papers. The Company operates in two business segments: pulp and paper. The Company produces bleached eucalyptus kraft pulp (BEKP), which is a high-quality variety of hardwood pulp. During the year ended December 31, 2007, VCP sold approximately 80% of its pulp production to third parties, and used the remainder internally to manufacture a range of printing and writing paper products, including coated and uncoated printing and writing papers, thermal papers, carbonless papers and other specialty papers. VCP produces paper for the domestic and international markets.

  • EGLE, EAGLE BULK SHIPPI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.591938
  • Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is primarily engaged 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. The Company operates in the Handymax sector of the dry bulk industry, with particular emphasis on the Supramax class of vessels. As of December 31, 2007, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 18 Handymax dry bulk vessels, 16 of which were of the Supramax class, with a combined carrying capacity of 915,502 deadweight tons and an average age of approximately six years. The Company carries out the commercial management of its fleet through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. The Company, either directly or through Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, provides services, such as commercial operations and technical supervision, safety monitoring, vessel acquisition, and financial, accounting and information technology services.

  • LUK, LEUCADIA NATL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 110.056374
  • Leucadia National Corporation (Leucadia) is a diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses, including manufacturing, telecommunications, property management and services, gaming entertainment, real estate activities, medical product development and winery operations. The Company also owns equity interests in operating businesses and investment partnerships, including a broker-dealer engaged in making markets and trading of high yield and special situation securities, land-based contract oil and gas drilling, real estate activities and development of a copper mine in Spain. The Company?s operating segments include Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Property Management and Services, Domestic Real Estate, Medical Product Development and Other Operations. In June 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of ResortQuest International, Inc. In March 2007, the Company?s 75% owned subsidiary, STi Prepaid, LLC, acquired the assets of Telco Group, Inc. and its affiliates.

  • FMX, FOMENTO ECONOMICO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 106.265846
  • Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA) is a holding company engaged in the beverage business. Its operating subsidiaries include Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. (Coca-Cola FEMSA), FEMSA Cerveza, S.A. de C.V. (FEMSA Cerveza) and FEMSA Comercio, S.A. de C.V. (FEMSA Comercio). Coca-Cola FEMSA is engaged in the production, distribution and marketing of certain Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. FEMSA Cerveza produces, distributes and markets beer through its three operating subsidiaries. FEMSA Comercio is engaged in the operation of a chain of Oxxo convenience stores. As of December 31, 2007, FEMSA Comercio operated 5,563 Oxxo stores located in 31 states of the country, particularly in the northern part of Mexico.

  • HGT, HUGOTON ROYALTY T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.132065
  • Hugoton Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created under the laws of Texas pursuant to the Hugoton Royalty Trust Indenture entered into on December 1, 1998 between XTO Energy Inc., as grantor, and NationsBank, N.A., as trustee. Bank of America, N.A. succeeded NationsBank as the trustee of the Trust. Effective December 1, 1998, XTO Energy conveyed to the Trust 80% net profits interests in certain natural gas producing working interest properties in Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming under three separate conveyances. In exchange for these net profits interest conveyances to the Trust, 40 million units of beneficial interest were issued to XTO Energy. In May 2006, XTO Energy distributed all of its remaining 21.7 million trust units. As of December 31, 2006, XTO Energy is not a unitholder of the trust. The net profits interests entitle the Trust to receive 80% of the net proceeds from the sale of oil and gas from the underlying properties.

  • PDX, PEDIATRIX MED GRO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.663162
  • Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (Pediatrix) is a healthcare services company that focuses on physician services for newborn, maternal-fetal, pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia care. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company’s network was composed of approximately 1,072 affiliated physicians, including 788 neonatal physician specialists who provide clinical care in 32 states and Puerto Rico, primarily within hospital-based neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), to babies born prematurely or with medical complications. The Company have 109 affiliated physicians who provide maternal-fetal medical care to expectant mothers experiencing complicated pregnancies in many areas where its affiliated neonatal physicians practice. Its network includes other pediatric subspecialists, including 69 physicians providing pediatric cardiology care, 37 physicians providing pediatric intensive care and 16 physicians providing hospital-based pediatric care.

  • DCOM, DIME COMMUNITY BC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.581848
  • Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company of The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the Bank), a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Bank operates 21 full-service retail banking offices located in the New York City (NYC) boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and in Nassau County, New York. The Bank?s principal business is gathering deposits from customers within its market area, and investing them primarily in multifamily residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, construction and land acquisition loans, consumer loans, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), obligations of the United States Government and Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs), and corporate debt and equity securities. The Bank?s revenues are derived principally from interest on its loan and securities portfolios and other short-term investments.

  • TZIX, TRIZETTO GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.253662
  • The TriZetto Group, Inc. offers a portfolio of information technology (IT) products and services targeted to the payer industry, which is comprised of health insurance plans and third party benefits administrators. The Company offers core administration software, including Facets Extended Enterprise, QicLink Extended Enterprise, QNXT, enterprise software, including Clinical CareAdvance and Personal CareAdvance, and its NetworX suite for provider network management. The Company also provides a number of component software solutions and add-ons to the enterprise software solutions, including Workflow, Constituent Web Solution and Benefit Cost Modeler. In addition, the Company also provides business solutions for Medicare Advantage, Detection and Recovery Services, and Healthcare Informatics. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Quality Care Solutions, Inc. (QCSI).

  • NFG, NATL FUEL GAS CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 82.851707
  • National Fuel Gas Company is a holding company. The Company is a diversified energy company consisting of five business segments. The Utility segment contributed approximately 25.2% of the Company?s income during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007). The Pipeline and Storage segment contributed approximately 28% of National Fuel Gas Company?s income during the fiscal 2007. The Exploration and Production segment contributed approximately 37.1% of the Company?s income in fiscal 2007. The Energy Marketing segment contributed approximately 3.8% of the Company?s income during the fiscal 2007. The Timber segment contributed approximately 1.9% of National Fuel Gas Company?s income in fiscal 2007. In August 2007, Seneca Resources Corporation (Seneca) sold all of the issued and outstanding shares of Seneca Energy Canada Inc. (SECI).

  • SGY, STONE ENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.302979
  • 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 primarily in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). It also has operations in the Rocky Mountain Basins and the Williston Basin (Rocky Mountain Region). It is also engaged in an exploratory joint venture in Bohai Bay, China and has begun acquiring leasehold interests in Appalachia. The Company?s property base also contains multiple deep shelf exploration opportunities in the GOM, which are defined as prospects below 15,000 feet. On June 29, 2007, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of its Rocky Mountain Region properties and related assets to Newfield Exploration Company.

  • CLC, CLARCOR INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.751421
  • CLARCOR Inc. (CLARCOR), along with its subsidiaries, conducts business in three principal industry segments: Engine/Mobile Filtration, Industrial/Environmental Filtration and Packaging. The Company?s Engine/Mobile Filtration Segment sells filtration products used on engines and in mobile equipment applications, including trucks, automobiles, buses, locomotives, and marine, construction, industrial, mining and agricultural equipment. Its Industrial/Environmental Filtration Segment centers manufacture and marketing of filtration products used in industrial and commercial processes, and in buildings and infrastructures of various types. Its consumer and industrial packaging products business is conducted by a wholly-owned subsidiary, J. L. Clark, Inc. (J. L. Clark). Effective May 1, 2008, the Company acquired a 30% interest in BioProcess Technologies, Inc. (BPT), a manufacturer of industrial waste water and water reuse filtration systems.

  • INFA, INFORMATICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.239273
  • Informatica Corporation (Informatica) is a provider of enterprise data integration, and data quality software and services. Informatica software handles a variety of 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. The Company has also introduced solutions with partners designed to meet the on-demand data needs of the software-as-a-service market. In May 2008, Informatica completed the acquisition of Identity Systems, from Nokia Corporation.

  • CVS, CVS CAREMARK CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.376015
  • CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS Caremark) is a provider of prescriptions and related healthcare services in the United States. The Company fills or manages more than one billion prescriptions annually. As a fully integrated pharmacy services company, CVS Caremark drives value for its customers by managing pharmaceutical costs and improving healthcare outcomes through its approximately 6,200 CVS/pharmacy retail stores; CVS Caremark?s pharmacy benefit management, mail order and specialty pharmacy division, Caremark Pharmacy Services; its retail-based health clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic, and the Company?s online pharmacy, CVS.com. Effective March 22, 2007, the Company closed its merger with Caremark Rx, Inc. (Caremark). Following the Caremark Merger, the Company changed its name to CVS Caremark Corporation. CVS Caremark operates two business segments: Retail Pharmacy and Pharmacy Services.

  • ERF, ENERPLUS RES FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: -0.796765
  • Enerplus Resources Fund (Enerplus) is an open-end investment trust. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Fund?s production averaged 82,319 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The Company?s natural gas portfolio in 2007, comprised aggregator, AECO, and downstream direct sales. In 2007, the Company sold 40% of its natural gas on the daily AECO market and 40% on the monthly AECO market, as well as 20% against the day and month New York Mercantile Exchange indices. The Company?s crude oil portfolio in 2007, was approximately 74% light/medium and 26% heavy. During 2007, daily production averaged 80,959 barrels of oil equivalent per day. During 2007, the average production was weighted 53% to natural gas and 47% to liquids on a barrel of oil equivalent basis. On June 22, 2007, the Fund completed the acquisition of Kirby Oil Sands Partnership. On February 13, 2008, Enerplus closed the acquisition of Focus Energy Trust.

  • RIO, COMPANHIA VALE AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.841156
  • Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) is a metals and mining company. The Company is also a producer of iron ore and iron ore pellets. It also produces bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, coal, cobalt, precious metals, potash and other products. Vale operates logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals and a port, which are integrated with its mining operations. Directly and through affiliates and joint ventures, the Company has investments in the energy and steel businesses. The Company?s principal nickel mines and processing operations are carried out by its subsidiary Vale Inco Limited (Vale Inco), with mining operations in Canada and Indonesia. Vale operates or have interests in nickel refining facilities in the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and China. In April 2007, Vale acquired 100% of AMCI Holdings Australia Pty and formally renamed it Vale Australia Holdings (Vale Australia).

  • ATK, ALLIANT TECH SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.006081
  • Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) is a supplier of aerospace and defense products to the United States government, allied nations, and prime contractors. It is also a major supplier of ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had three segments: ATK Armament Systems (formerly ATK Ammunition Systems), ATK Launch Systems and ATK Mission Systems. Effective April 1, 2008, ATK realigned its business operations. As a result of this realignment, ATK Mission Systems was divided into ATK Mission Systems and ATK Space Systems. ATK also renamed ATK Ammunition Systems to ATK Armament Systems. Subsequent to this realignment, ATK has four segments: ATK Armament Systems, ATK Launch Systems, ATK Mission Systems, and ATK Space Systems. ATK acquired Swales Aerospace in June 2007.

  • CPRT, COPART INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 331.873871
  • Copart, Inc. is a provider of vehicle remarketing services in United States and United Kingdom. The Company provides vehicle suppliers, primarily insurance companies, with a range of remarketing services to process and sell salvage vehicles primarily over the Internet through the Company?s Virtual Bidding Internet auction-style sales technology, which it refers to as VB2. The Company sells principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers and exporters. In United States, it sells vehicles primarily as an agent and derive revenue primarily from sales transaction fees paid by vehicle suppliers and vehicle buyers, as well as related fees for services, such as towing and storage. In United Kingdom, it operates primarily on a principal basis, purchasing the salvage vehicle outright from the insurance companies and reselling the vehicle to buyers through a combination of live auctions and Internet sales.

  • CEDC, CENTRAL EURO DIS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 207.648300
  • Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) is an integrated spirit beverages business. The Company produces vodka at two distilleries in Poland and is a distributor of alcoholic beverages. The Company is also an importer of spirits, wine and beer in Poland. Its products are also exported out of Poland. CEDC offers a portfolio of alcoholic beverages with over 700 brands. In July 2007, the Company acquired 100% of the PHS Sp. z o.o., an alcohol distributor located in western Poland. In May 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of a 49.9% voting interest and a 75% economic interest in the Whitehall Group.

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27th July 2008

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.

  • SJT, SAN JUAN BASIN RO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.237228
  • San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the Trust) is an express trust created by the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Indenture, known as the Original Indenture, between Southland Royalty Company (Southland Royalty) and the Fort Worth National Bank. The Trustee of the Trust is Compass Bank. The function of the Trustee is to collect the net proceeds attributable to the Royalty (Royalty Income), to pay all expenses and charges of the Trust, and then distribute the remaining available income to the Unit Holders. On September 7, 2007, Compass Bancshares, Inc. was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA.

  • AF, ASTORIA FINL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 44.930077
  • Astoria Financial Corporation is the unitary savings and loan association holding company of Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively referred to as Astoria Federal). Astoria Federal?s primary business is attracting retail deposits from the general public and investing those deposits, together with funds generated from operations, principal repayments on loans and securities and borrowings, primarily in one- to-four family mortgage loans, multi-family mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans and mortgage-backed securities. To a lesser degree, Astoria Federal also invests in construction loans, and consumer and other loans, United States government, government agency and government-sponsored enterprise (GSE), securities and other investments permitted by federal banking laws and regulations.

  • BG, BUNGE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 295.490662
  • Bunge Limited (Bunge) is an agribusiness and food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain. The Company conducts its operations through three divisions: agribusiness, fertilizer and food products. These divisions include four segments: agribusiness, fertilizer, edible oil products and milling products. The agribusiness division is involved in the purchase, storage, transport, processing and sale of agricultural commodities and commodity products. The fertilizer division provides farmers with a range of products and services, including crop nutrients, and sells raw materials to other fertilizer manufacturers and animal nutrients to livestock producers. The food products division consists of two business segments: edible oil products, such as edible oils, shortenings, margarines and mayonnaise, and milling products, such as wheat flours and corn products. The Company has over 450 facilities in 32 countries and is headquartered in New York, the United States.

  • UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511
  • Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. (Unibanco) is a financial institutions in Brazil. The Company provides a range of financial products and services to a diversified individual and corporate customer base throughout Brazil. Unibanco?s business consists of five business segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, Wealth Management, and Insurance and Pension Plans. On June 25, 2007, the Company announced the sale of a portion of its interest in Serasa S.A. (Serasa).

  • SPW, S P X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 514.885315
  • SPX Corporation is a global multi-industry manufacturing company. Its infrastructure-related products and services include wet and dry cooling systems, thermal service and repair work, heat exchangers and power transformers into the global power market. Its infrastructure-related products also include packaged cooling towers, boilers, heating and ventilation equipment and filters. In the test and measurement products and services area, it provides, among other things, electronic diagnostic systems, specialty service tools, service equipment and technical information services. The Company has four operating segments: Flow Technology, Test and Measurement, Thermal Equipment and Services, and Industrial Products and Services. In August 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of the European diagnostics division of Johnson Controls. In October 2007, it completed the acquisition of Matra-Werke GmbH. On December 31, 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of APV operation.

  • HSIC, HENRY SCHEIN INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 151.201889
  • Henry Schein, Inc. is a distributor of healthcare products and services primarily to office-based healthcare practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. The Company serves more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company has operations in the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts its business through two segments: healthcare distribution and technology. Effective September 29, 2007, it acquired Software of Excellence International Ltd., a provider of clinical and practice management solutions. On August 29, 2007, it acquired W&J Dunlop, Ltd. In April 2008, the Company acquired Minerva Dental Limited.

  • GFIG, GFI GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.983421
  • GFI Group Inc. is an inter-dealer broker specializing in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives products and related securities. The Company provides brokerage services and data and analytics products to institutional clients in markets for a range of credit, financial, equity and commodity instruments. It functions as an intermediary on behalf of its brokerage clients by matching their trading needs with counterparties having reciprocal interests. The Company focuses primarily on the more complex, and often less commoditized, markets for sophisticated financial instruments, primarily OTC derivatives. The Company offers its clients a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the needs of the individual markets. It complements its hybrid brokerage capabilities with decision support products, such as value-added data and analytics products. On January 31, 2008, the Company acquired Trayport Limited.

  • CDE, COEUR D ALENE CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.986561
  • Coeur d?Alene Mines Corporation (Coeur) is a 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), Mexico (Chihuahua) and Africa (Tanzania). The Company, either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries, owns, leases and has interests in certain exploration-stage mining properties located in the United States, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico and Tanzania. On December 21, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Bolnisi Gold NL (Bolnisi) and Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation (Palmarejo).

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

  • GG, GOLDCORP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 104.096573
  • Goldcorp Inc. (Goldcorp) is a gold producer engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation. The Company?s assets are comprised of the Red Lake, Porcupine and Musselwhite 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 San Martin gold mine in Honduras, the Marigold gold mine (67% interest) and the Wharf gold mine in the United States. On July 24, 2007, Goldcorp sold 25% of the silver produced from its Penasquito project to Silver Wheaton for the life of mine. On January 31, 2007, Goldcorp completed the sale of the San Martin mine in Mexico to Starcore International Ventures Ltd. (Starcore).

  • MOH, MOLINA HEALTHCARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 13.734159
  • Molina Healthcare, Inc. (Molina Healthcare) is a multi-state managed care organization participating exclusively in government-sponsored health care programs for low-income persons, such as the Medicaid program and the State Children?s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The Company also serves a small number of members who are dually eligible under both the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Molina Healthcare conducts its business primarily through nine licensed health plans in the states of California, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Washington. The health plans are locally operated by the Company?s respective wholly owned subsidiaries in those nine states, each of which is licensed as a health maintenance organization (HMO). In November 2007, the Company acquired Mercy CarePlus, a Medicaid managed care organization based in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • DKS, DICK’S SPORTING G Current Caprock Strength Rating: 43.393806
  • Dick?s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Dick?s) is a full-line sporting goods retailer that offers an assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 340 Dick?s Sporting Goods stores in 36 states, 79 Golf Galaxy stores in 29 states and 15 Chick?s Sporting Goods stores in California. Dick?s carry a variety of well-known brands, including Nike, North Face, Columbia, Adidas, TaylorMade, Callaway and Under Armour, as well as private label products, which are available only in its stores. On February 13, 2007, the Company acquired Golf Galaxy, Inc. (Golf Galaxy) by means of merger of its wholly owned subsidiary with and into Golf Galaxy. On November 30, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of Chick?s Sporting Goods, Inc. (Chick?s).

  • ELMG, EMS TECHNOLOGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 141.974136
  • EMS Technologies, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of wireless communications solutions addressing the enterprise mobility, communications-on-the-move and in-flight connectivity markets for both commercial and government users. The Company focuses on the needs of the mobile information user and the increasing demand for wireless broadband communications. The Company operates through three business units: Defense & Space Systems (D&SS), LXE and SATCOM. Its business provides product solutions and support services for use in supply chain management networks, satellite-based voice and data communications and defense and space applications for communications, surveillance, precision strike weapons, and electronic countermeasures. In July 2007, it acquired DSpace Pty. Ltd. In February 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of Akerstroms Trux AB, of Stockholm, Sweden, from BrainHeart Capital.

  • LLL, L-3 COMM HLDGS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.196558
  • L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (L-3) is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance (AM&M), command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, and government services. L-3 is also a provider of technology products, subsystems and systems. The Company?s customers include the United States Department of Defense and its prime contractors, United States Government intelligence agencies, the Unites States Department of Homeland Security, Unites States Department of State, United States Department of Justice, allied foreign governments, commercial customers and select other United States federal, state and local government agencies. The Company operates in four segments: C3ISR, Government Services, Aircraft Modernization and Maintenance, and Marine and Power Systems Group. In March 2008, the Company announced a strategic realignment of businesses in its Specialized Products segment to form the Marine and Power Systems Group.

  • DSM, DREYFUS STRA MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.445373
  • Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund?s investment objective is to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. The Dreyfus Corporation serves as the fund?s investment adviser.

  • UPL, ULTRA PETROLEUM C Current Caprock Strength Rating: 127.758949
  • Ultra Petroleum Corp. (Ultra) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. The Company?s operations are primarily in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming. The Company continually evaluates other opportunities for the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties. As of December 31, 2007, Ultra owns interests in approximately 121,652 gross (62,756 net) acres in Wyoming covering approximately 230 square miles. The Company owns an interest in approximately 676 gross producing wells in this area and is operator of approximately 50% of the 676 gross wells. The Company owns interests in 252,629 gross acres in Pennsylvania. On October 22, 2007, the Company sold Sino-American Energy Corporation (Sino-American), which owned its Bohai Bay assets in China.

  • CAM, CAMERON INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 42.026272
  • Cameron International Corp (Cameron) is a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. The Company?s operations are organized into three business segments: Drilling & Production Systems (DPS), Valves & Measurement (V&M) and Compression Systems (CS). DPS is a provider of systems and equipment used to control pressures, direct flows of oil and gas wells and separate oil and gas from impurities. V&M is a provider of valves and measurement systems primarily used to control, direct and measure the flow of oil and gas as they are moved from individual wellheads through flow lines, gathering lines and transmission systems to refineries, petrochemical plants and industrial centers for processing. CS is a provider of reciprocating and integrally geared centrifugal compression equipment and aftermarket parts and services.

  • AIZ, ASSURANT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 147.249084
  • Assurant, Inc. (Assurant) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected international markets. Assurant provides creditor-placed homeowners insurance, manufactured housing homeowners insurance, debt protection administration, credit insurance, warranties and extended service contracts, individual health and small employer group health insurance, group dental insurance, group disability insurance, group life insurance and pre-funded funeral insurance. Assurant operates through five segments: Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, Assurant Employee Benefits, and Corporate and Other. The Corporate and Other segment includes activities of the holding company. On October 1, 2007, it acquired Centrepoint Insurance Services Limited. On July 12, 2007, the Company acquired Swansure Group. On July 1, 2007, Assurant acquired Mayflower National Life Insurance Company.

  • R, RYDER SYSTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 121.216743
  • Ryder System, Inc. (Ryder) is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. The Company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full-service leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance and commercial rental of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services throughout North America, and in Latin America, Europe and Asia, and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States. In October 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Pollock NationaLease, under which it acquired Pollock?s fleet of approximately 2,000 vehicles and nearly 200 contractual customers served by six locations.

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

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27th July 2008

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.

  • KMP, KINDER MORGAN ENE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 79.919151
  • Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) is a pipeline transportation ad energy storage company in North America. The Company owns an interest in or operates more than 25,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 165 terminals. The Company’s pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. The Company operates through five segments: Products Pipelines, which consists of approximately 8,300 miles of refined petroleum products pipelines; CO2, which produces, markets and transports, through approximately 1,300 miles of pipelines, carbon dioxide (CO2) to oil fields; Terminals, which consists of approximately 108 owned or operated liquids and bulk terminal facilities and more than 45 rail transloading and materials handling facilities, and Trans Mountain, which consists of over 700 miles of common carrier pipelines.

  • ACL, ALCON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.471506
  • Alcon, Inc. (Alcon) is a research and development driven, global medical specialty company focused on eye care. The Company develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices and consumer eye care products to treat diseases and disorders of the eye. Alcon manages its business through two segments: Alcon United States and Alcon International. Its portfolio spans three key ophthalmic categories: pharmaceutical, surgical and consumer eye care products. In its pharmaceutical category Alcon develops, manufactures and markets a range of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. Alcon offers a range of surgical equipment, single-use and disposable products. The Company markets contact lens care products, artificial tears and ocular vitamins, in its consumer eye care products category. In July 2008, Novartis AG acquired a 25% stake in Alcon from Nestle SA.

  • BNI, BURLINGTN N SANTE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.647608
  • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF), through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in the freight rail transportation business. BNSF transports a range of products and commodities derived from manufacturing, agricultural and natural resource industries. Its freight business consists of consumer products, industrial products, coal and agricultural products. The Consumer Products? consists of three business areas: international intermodal, domestic intermodal and automotive. Industrial Products? consists of five business areas: building products, construction products, petroleum products, chemicals and plastics products, and food and beverages. The Agricultural Products? freight business transports agricultural products, including corn, wheat, soybeans, bulk foods and fertilizer. As of December 31, 2007, BNSF Railway operated over a railroad system consisting of approximately 32,000 route miles of track, approximately 23,000 miles, of which are owned route miles.

  • LIFC, LIFECELL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.990746
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  • WTI, W&T OFFSHORE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 120.783859
  • W&T Offshore, Inc. (W&T) is an independent oil and natural gas producer, active in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico area. The Company holds working interests in approximately 155 producing fields in federal and state waters. It operates wells accounting for approximately 62% of its average daily production. The Company has interests in leases covering approximately 1.7 million acres spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. It owns interests in approximately 539 offshore structures, of which 340 are platforms in the fields that it operates. W&T maintains these platforms and uses them to separate oil and natural gas produced from nearby wells. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s total proved reserves were 638.8 billions of cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe).

  • PRA, PROASSURANCE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.691349
  • ProAssurance Corporation is a holding company for property and casualty insurance companies focused on professional liability insurance. The Company sells professional liability insurance primarily to physicians, dentists, other healthcare providers and healthcare facilities, principally in the mid-Atlantic, Midwest and southern United States. ProAssurance Corporation also has a legal professional liability business in the Midwest. The Company maintains 15 local claims and/or underwriting offices to have a local presence in the markets it serves. ProAssurance Corporation?s core operating subsidiaries are The Medical Assurance Company, Inc., ProNational Insurance Company, NCRIC Insurance Company, Inc., Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC Wisconsin) and Red Mountain Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. The Company also writes a limited amount of medical professional liability insurance through its non-core operating subsidiary, Woodbrook Casualty Insurance, Inc.

  • MDR, MCDERMOTT INT PAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 58.341206
  • McDermott International, Inc. is an engineering and construction company with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities and is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, including J. Ray McDermott, S.A. (JRMSA) and The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). The Company operates in three business segments: Offshore Oil and Gas Construction, Government Operations and Power Generation Systems. On July 27, 2007, the Company acquired Secunda International Limited. On May 1, 2007, it acquired Marine Mechanical Corporation.

  • EGLE, EAGLE BULK SHIPPI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 49.591938
  • Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. is primarily engaged 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. The Company operates in the Handymax sector of the dry bulk industry, with particular emphasis on the Supramax class of vessels. As of December 31, 2007, Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. owned and operated a fleet of 18 Handymax dry bulk vessels, 16 of which were of the Supramax class, with a combined carrying capacity of 915,502 deadweight tons and an average age of approximately six years. The Company carries out the commercial management of its fleet through its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC. The Company, either directly or through Eagle Shipping International (USA) LLC, provides services, such as commercial operations and technical supervision, safety monitoring, vessel acquisition, and financial, accounting and information technology services.

  • IVGN, INVITROGEN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.317347
  • Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of research tools in reagent, kit and high-throughput applications forms to customers engaged in life sciences research, drug discovery, diagnostics and the commercial manufacture of biological products. The Company is also a supplier of sera, cell and tissue culture media and reagents used in life sciences research, as well as in processes to grow cells in the laboratory and produce pharmaceuticals and other proteins. Invitrogen?s products include gel-based separations technologies, antibodies and transfection agents. The Company focuses its business into two segments: BioDiscovery and Cell Systems. The Company also divides its target customer base into two categories: life science researchers and commercial producers of biopharmaceutical and other proteins.

  • GOLD, RANDGOLD RES LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 703.888306
  • Randgold Resources Limited is engaged in gold mining and exploration. Its discoveries as of December 31, 2007, include the 7.5 million ounce Morila deposit in southern Mali, the seven million ounce Yalea deposit at Loulo in western Mali and the four million ounce Tongon deposit in the Cote d?Ivoire. The Company financed and developed the Morila mine, which was brought into production in October 2000, and as of December 31, 2007, has produced approximately 4.75 million ounces of gold. It also financed and developed the Loulo project, which went into production, in November 2005, with two open-pit mines. Randgold Resources? focus is on the discovery and development of gold projects. This is supported by exploration projects in the major gold regions of Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cote d?Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania.

  • MATK, MARTEK BIOSCIENCE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.617764
  • Martek Biosciences Corporation (Martek) develops omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) products. The Company produces life?sDHA, a vegetarian source of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA, for use in infant formula, prenatal products, foods and beverages, and dietary supplements. It also produces arachidonic acid (ARA), an omega-6 fatty acid, for use in infant formula. The Company has developed production methods for two fatty acids, DHA and ARA. It sells oils containing these fatty acids under the names life?sDHA, DHASCO, Neuromins, ARASCO and life?sARA. Martek derives DHA from microalgae and ARA from fungi, using its own processes. The Company has entered into license agreements with 28 infant formula manufacturers. Its licensees include infant formula manufacturers, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Nestle, Abbott Laboratories, Wyeth and Royal Numico, each of whom is selling infant formula supplemented with Martek?s nutritional oils.

  • ZOLL, ZOLL MEDICAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 15.852735
  • ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL) develops technologies and software that help clinicians, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and lay rescuers advance the practice of resuscitation. ZOLL’s Line of resuscitation products includes professional defibrillators, automated external defibrillator (AED), AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump, information management, fluid replacement and disposable electrodes. On September 18, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from Radiant Medical, Inc. (Radiant), a private medical technology company developing endovascular temperature therapy products. On April 10, 2006, ZOLL completed the acquisition of Lifecor, Inc. (Lifecor), a privately owned medical equipment company that designs, manufactures and markets a wearable external defibrillator system (LifeVest), and formed the subsidiary ZOLL Lifecor Corporation to manufacture and market wearable external defibrillator systems.

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

  • SGY, STONE ENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.302979
  • 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 primarily in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). It also has operations in the Rocky Mountain Basins and the Williston Basin (Rocky Mountain Region). It is also engaged in an exploratory joint venture in Bohai Bay, China and has begun acquiring leasehold interests in Appalachia. The Company?s property base also contains multiple deep shelf exploration opportunities in the GOM, which are defined as prospects below 15,000 feet. On June 29, 2007, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of its Rocky Mountain Region properties and related assets to Newfield Exploration Company.

  • SY, SYBASE INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.381767
  • Sybase, Inc. (Sybase) is an enterprise software company delivering on the Unwired Enterprise vision by managing, integrating and mobilizing data from multiple sources, and making decision-ready information easily accessible at the point of action. Sybase delivers a range of solutions to ensure that customer information is managed and mobilized to the point of action, including enterprise and mobile databases, middleware, synchronization, encryption and device management software, and mobile messaging services. Its business is organized into three principal operating segments, Infrastructure Platform Group (IPG), iAnywhere Solutions, Inc. (iAS) and Sybase 365, Inc. (Sybase 365).

  • PT, PORTUGAL TELECM S Current Caprock Strength Rating: 109.948700
  • Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in providing a range of telecommunications and multimedia services in Portugal and other countries, including Brazil. The Company provides wireline services, which include fixed-line telephone services for residential and non-residential customers, leased lines, unbundled local loop access and wholesale line rental, interconnection, Internet access, data and business solutions, portal and e-commerce services through its subsidiaries, in particular PT Comunicacoes, S.A.. It offers mobile telecommunications services, such as voice, data and Internet-related services in Portugal through its subsidiary, TMN-Telecomunicacoes Movies Nacionais, S.A. (TMN) and in Brazil through its 50%-owned joint venture, Vivo Participacoes S.A. (Vivo). It operates through three business segments: Wireline (including Retail, Wholesale and Data and Corporate), Domestic Mobile (TMN) and Brazilian Mobile (Vivo).

  • PXP, PLAINS EXPL&PROD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.217514
  • Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the activities of acquiring, developing, exploring and producing oil and gas properties primarily in the United States. The Company owns oil and gas properties with principal operations in the Los Angeles and San Joaquin Basins onshore California; the Santa Maria Basin offshore California; the Piceance and Wind River Basins in the Rocky Mountains; the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico; the Anadarko Basin in the Texas Panhandle, and the South Texas and Gulf Coast regions, including the Gulf of Mexico. During the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, PXP participated in 76 exploratory wells, of which 54 were successful, and 625 development wells, 615 of which were successful. On February 29, 2008, it closed the sale of certain oil and gas properties to a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation and certain other companies.

  • KMP, KINDER MORGAN ENE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 79.919151
  • Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) is a pipeline transportation ad energy storage company in North America. The Company owns an interest in or operates more than 25,000 miles of pipelines and approximately 165 terminals. The Company’s pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide and other products, and its terminals store petroleum products and chemicals and handle bulk materials like coal and petroleum coke. The Company operates through five segments: Products Pipelines, which consists of approximately 8,300 miles of refined petroleum products pipelines; CO2, which produces, markets and transports, through approximately 1,300 miles of pipelines, carbon dioxide (CO2) to oil fields; Terminals, which consists of approximately 108 owned or operated liquids and bulk terminal facilities and more than 45 rail transloading and materials handling facilities, and Trans Mountain, which consists of over 700 miles of common carrier pipelines.

  • PDS, PRECISION DRILL T Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.324528
  • Precision Drilling Trust (the Trust) is an open-ended investment trust. The Trust holds a 99.86% interest in Precision Drilling Limited Partnership (PDLP), which is a limited partnership. On November 7, 2005, Precision Drilling Corporation (Precision) became a wholly owned subsidiary of PDLP. Precision amalgamated with 1195309 Alberta ULC on November 23, 2005; Live Well Service Ltd. on January 1, 2006, and Terra Water Group Ltd. (Terra) on January 1, 2007. Precision’s operations are carried out in two segments: Contract Drilling Services, and Completion and Production Services.

  • KNSY, KENSEY NASH CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.144695
  • Kensey Nash Corporation is a medical device company known for product development and technology in the fields of resorbable biomaterials and endovascular devices, used in a variety of medical procedures. The Company provides a range of products in multiple medical markets, primarily the endovascular and orthopaedic markets. The Company also invents and develops the Angio-Seal Vascular Closure Device, which is exclusively licensed to St. Jude Medical, Inc. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), the Company ceased the activities on its embolic protection platform. The Company introduced various products in cardiovascular marketing in its endovascular product platform, including the TriActiv System, the TriActiv FX System and the TriActiv ProGuard. In fiscal 2007, the Company acquired certain assets of the MacroPore Biosurgery spinal and orthopaedic business unit of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.

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