Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
posted in Stock Screens |Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected. These stocks are a selection of stocks, and are NOT the top rated stocks. To view the top rated stocks, please register for FREE at Caprock Analytics, login, and view the updated Stock rating lists on the website.
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- AGP, AMERIGROUP CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.436966
- RRC, RANGE RES CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 499.272614
- MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223
- NQU, NUVEEN QUAL MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.661982
- BLKB, BLACKBAUD INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.222506
- IMO, IMPERIAL OIL LMT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.015816
- ITC, ITC HOLDINGS CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 286.261017
- RJET, REPUBLIC AIRWAYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.193539
- VTR, VENTAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 118.689217
- ITG, INVESTMENT TEC NE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.947548
- TX, TERNIUM S.A. ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.619476
- GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806
- PIF, INSURD MUNI INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.223713
- WMS, W M S INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 304.550018
- ABT, ABBOTT LABORATORI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 36.519253
- OTTR, OTTER TAIL CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.140118
- SGY, STONE ENERGY CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 60.302979
- ANF, ABERCROMBIE & FIT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 22.515133
- EGN, ENERGEN CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 80.369156
- PBNY, PROVIDENT NEW YOR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.846123
AMERIGROUP Corporation is a multi-state managed healthcare company focused on serving people, who receive healthcare benefits through publicly sponsored programs, including Medicaid, Children?s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid expansion programs 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 state and Federal governments. The Company combines medical, social and behavioral health services to help its members obtain healthcare in an efficient manner. As of December 31, 2008, AMERIGROUP Corporation provided an array of products to approximately 1,579,000 members in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. On February 1, 2009, it commenced operations serving approximately 50,000 Medicaid and CHIP eligible members in Nevada.
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, 2008 the Company?s proved reserves comprised 2.7 trillion cubic feet equivalents (Tcfe) of proved reserves; 83% natural gas; 62% proved developed; 77% operated, and a reserve life of 17.9 years. During 2008, Range owned 3,694,000 gross (2,952,000 net) acres of leasehold, including 407,800 acres where it also owns a royalty interest. The Company has built a multi-year inventory drilling that is estimated to contain over 12,000 drilling locations. In 2008, the Company?s annual production averaged 385.6 millions of cubic feet equivalent (Mmcfe) per day. In 2008, Range drilled 634 gross wells. In 2008, Range purchased producing and non-producing Barnett Shale properties. Also in 2008, the Company sold properties located in East Texas.
MICROS Systems, Inc. (MICROS) is a designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries. Its enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems and specialty retail information systems. In addition to its software enterprise solutions and hardware products, the Company offers an array of services and other products for its hotel, restaurant and retail information systems. The hotel information systems consist mainly of software encompassing property-based management systems (PMS), related property-specific modules and applications, and central systems, including central reservation systems (CRS). The In August 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of Fry, Inc., an e-commerce design, development and managed services provider.
Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end 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 portfolio includes sectors, such as United States guaranteed securities, transportation, tax obligation securities, utilities, healthcare, water and sewer, and other. Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) is the Fund?s investment adviser.
Blackbaud, Inc. is a global provider of software and related services designed specifically for non-profit organizations. It offers an operational platform through core software applications, plus an additional 40 extended applications to provide distinct, add-on functionality tailored to meet the specific needs of its diverse customer base. The Company also offers a suite of analytical tools and related services that enable non-profit organizations to extract, aggregate and analyze data to make operational decisions. The Company operates in six segments: license fees, maintenance fees, subscription fees, consulting and education services, analytic services, and others. Its customers operate in multiple verticals within the non-profit market, including religion, education, foundations, health and human services, arts and cultural, public and societal benefits, environment and animal welfare, and international and foreign affairs. In April 2009, Blackbaud, Inc. acquired RLC CCT.
Imperial Oil Limited (Imperial) is a Canada-based integrated oil company. The Company is engaged in the exploration for, and production and sale of, crude oil and natural gas; refining and marketing of petroleum products, and supplying petrochemicals. The Company?s operations are conducted in three main segments: Upstream, Downstream and Chemical. Upstream operations include the exploration for, and production of, conventional crude oil, natural gas, upgraded crude oil and heavy oil. Downstream operations consist of the transportation, refining and blending of crude oil and refined products, and the distribution and marketing thereof. The Chemical operations consist of the manufacturing and marketing of various petrochemicals. As of December 31, 2008, Exxon Mobil Corporation owned approximately 69.6% of the outstanding shares of the Company.
ITC Holdings Corp. (ITC Holdings) is a holding company whose business consists primarily of the operations of its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries, International Transmission Company (ITCTransmission), Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC) and ITC Midwest LLC (ITC Midwest). Through its Regulated Operating Subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in the transmission of electricity in the United States. The Company?s Regulated Operating Subsidiaries? transmission facilities are located in the lower peninsula of Michigan and portions of Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri, and have agreements with other utilities for the joint ownership of specific substations and transmission lines. The Company also has other subsidiaries focused primarily on business development activities, and a holding company whose activities include corporate debt and equity financings and general corporate activities.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. operates three airlines: Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., (Chautauqua Airlines), Republic Airline Inc. (Republic Airline) and Shuttle America Corporation (Shuttle America). As of December 31, 2008, the Company offered scheduled passenger service on approximately 1,250 flights daily to 109 cities in 35 states, Canada, Mexico and Jamaica pursuant to code-share agreements with AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, Inc. (American), Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), Midwest Airlines, Inc. (Midwest), Mokulele Flight Service, Inc. (Mokulele), United Air Lines, Inc. (United), and US Airways, Inc. (US Airways). The Company provides its partners with regional jet service, operating as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta Connection, Frontier Airlines, US Airways Express or United Express, including service out of their hubs and focus cities.
Ventas, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of seniors housing and healthcare properties in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2008, this portfolio consisted of 513 assets, 248 seniors housing communities, 192 skilled nursing facilities, 41 hospitals and 32 medical office buildings (MOBs) and other properties in 43 states and two Canadian provinces. With the exception of seniors housing communities that are managed by Sunrise pursuant to long-term management agreements and the majority of the Company?s MOBs, it leases its properties to healthcare operating companies under triple-net or absolute-net leases, which require the tenants to pay all property-related expenses. In December 2008, Ventas, Inc. announced the sale of five seniors housing assets to affiliates of Emeritus Corporation. The assets are located in four states and contain 432 units.
Investment Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) is a specialized agency brokerage and financial technology company that partners with asset managers globally to provide solutions spanning the investment field. ITG’s integrated approach includes a range of products from portfolio management and pre-trade analysis to trade execution and post-trade evaluation. It has three segments. The U.S. Operations segment provides trading, trade order management, network connectivity and research services to institutional investors, plan sponsors, brokers, alternative investment funds and money managers. The Canadian Operations segment provides trading, network connectivity and research services. The International Operations segment includes the Company?s trading, trade order management, network connectivity and research service businesses in Europe, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. On July 30, 2008, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in POSIT Alert LLC (formerly Block Alert, LLC).
Ternium S.A. (Ternium) is engaged in investments in flat and long steel manufacturing and distributing companies.The Company has three segments: flat steel products, long steel products and others. The flat steel products segment comprises the manufacturing and marketing of flat steel products. The long steel products segment comprises the manufacturing and marketing of long steel products. The other products segment includes the products other than flat and long steel, mainly pig iron, pellets and pre-engineered metal buildings. The Company?s subsidiaries include Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V., Acerex S.A. de C.V., Hylsa S.A. de C.V. In May 2009, the Company announced the completion of the transfer of its entire 59.7% interest in Sidor, C.A. to Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana.
Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end diversified management investment company. The FundG??s investment objective is to achieve a high-level of current income that is exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital. In the normal course of business the Fund may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations or that provide indemnification for certain liabilities. UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (UBS Global AM) serves as investment advisor and administrator of the Fund. UBS Global AM is an indirect wholly owned asset management subsidiary of UBS AG, an internationally diversified organization with headquarters in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, and operations in areas of the financial services industry.
WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) designs, manufactures and distributes gaming machines and video lottery terminals (VLTs) for customers in gaming jurisdictions worldwide. The Company?s products include video gaming machines, mechanical reel gaming machines and VLTs. Its gaming products feature advanced graphics, digital sound and engaging games, and most games incorporate secondary bonus rounds. Certain games are based on licensed brands, such as MONOPOLY, POWERBALL and THE WIZARD OF OZ. The Company conducts its business through its subsidiaries, including WMS Gaming Inc., Orion Financement Company (Orion Gaming) and Systems in Progress GmbH. In June 2009, the Company ceased manufacturing in the Netherlands and integrated the manufacturing of Orion Gaming products into its facilities in Spain and United States.
Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a range of health care products. It operates through four business segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Nutritional Products, Diagnostic Products, and Vascular Products. The Pharmaceutical Products segment?s products include a line of adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide. The Diagnostic Products segment?s products include diagnostic systems and tests manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide to blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories. The Nutritional Products segment?s products include a line of pediatric and adult nutritional products manufactured, marketed, and sold worldwide. The Vascular Products segment?s products include a line of coronary, endovascular, and vessel closure devices manufactured, marketed and sold worldwide. In January 2009, the Company acquired Ibis Biosciences, Inc. In February 2009, it acquired Advanced Medical Optics (AMO).
Otter Tail Corporation is a holding company with two principal subsidiaries, including Otter Tail Power Company and Varistar Corporation (Varistar). As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated in six segments: Electric, Plastics, Manufacturing, Health Services, Food Ingredient Processing and Other Business Operations. Otter Tail Power Company is focused on owning and operating the regulated utility business of the Company. Varistar Corporation is focused on owning and operating the non-electric businesses. The non-electric businesses are in manufacturing, health services, food ingredient processing, plastics, construction and transportation. On May 1, 2008 the Company?s wholly owned subsidiary, BTD Manufacturing, Inc. (BTD), acquired the assets of Miller Welding & Iron Works, Inc. (Miller Welding).
Stone Energy Corporation (Stone Energy), is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition and subsequent exploration, development, and operation of oil and gas properties located primarily in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The Company also has operations in the Appalachia region. On August 28, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Bois d?Arc Energy, Inc. (Bois d?Arc). As of February 23, 2009, it has secured leasehold interests in approximately 24,000 net acres and has two wells which are on production.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F), through its subsidiaries, is a specialty retailer that operates stores and Websites. The Company sells casual sportswear apparel, including knit and woven shirts, graphic t-shirts, fleece, jeans and woven pants, shorts, sweaters, outerwear, personal care products and accessories for men, women and kids under the Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie, Hollister and RUEHL brands. In addition, the Company operates stores and a Website offering bras, underwear, personal care products, sleepwear and at-home products for women under the Gilly Hicks brand. As of January 31, 2009, the Company operated 1,125 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The operating segments of the Company include Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie, Hollister, RUEHL and Gilly Hicks.
Energen Corporation (Energen) is an energy holding company engaged in the development, acquisition, exploration and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in the continental United States and in the purchase, distribution and sale of natural gas in central and north Alabama. The two subsidiaries of the Company are Energen Resources Corporation (Energen Resources) and Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco). The Company operates in two business segments: oil and gas operations, and natural gas distributions.
Provident New York Bancorp (Provident Bancorp) is a unitary savings and loan holding company that wholly owns the Provident Bank (the Bank). Provident Bank is a full-service community bank. The Company operates 33 branches that serve the Hudson Valley region, including 32 branches located in Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York, and one branch in Bergen County, New Jersey that operates under the name Towncenter Bank, a division of Provident Bank, New York. The Bank also offers deposit services to municipalities located in the State of New York through Provident Bank?s wholly owned subsidiary, Provident Municipal Bank. Provident Bank offers a line of commercial, community business and retail banking products and services.