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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- IRM, IRON MOUNTAIN (DE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.393646
- MQY, BLACKROCK MUNIYIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 35.532555
- MMSI, MERIT MEDICAL SYS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 154.594406
- CHTT, CHATTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.330902
- RSG, REPUBLIC SVCS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.393464
- INFA, INFORMATICA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 84.239273
- UVV, UNIVERSAL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.137901
- ROL, ROLLINS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 232.732819
- RBA, RITCHIE BROS AUCT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 174.723129
- NAVG, NAVIGATORS GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 24.101583
- HCBK, HUDSON CITY BNCP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 395.573456
- MYD, BLACKROCK MUNIYIE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.770908
- HAE, HAEMONETICS CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.928413
- BXS, BANCORPSOUTH INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 18.531313
- IRM, IRON MOUNTAIN (DE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.393646
- ICLR, ICON PLC ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 865.258606
- STRA, STRAYER EDUCATION Current Caprock Strength Rating: 225.001740
- PVA, PENN VIRGINIA CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.993431
- FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.227261
- FORR, FORRESTER RESRCH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.737383
Iron Mountain Incorporated (IMI) provides information protection and storage services. These services can be divided into three service categories: records management services, data protection and recovery services, and information destruction services. The Company offers both physical services and technology solutions in each of these categories. Media formats can be divided into physical and electronic records. Physical records include paper documents, as well as all other non-electronic media such as microfilm and microfiche, master audio and videotapes, film, X-rays and blueprints. Electronic records include email and various forms of magnetic media such as computer tapes and hard drives and optical disks. IMI derives most of its revenues from the storage of paper documents and storage-related services. In May 2008, the Company acquired the DocuVault, a provider of records storage, secure shredding and data backup services in Denver and Colorado Springs.
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, high-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. It may invest in zero-coupon bonds. The Fund invests in sectors, such as transportation, utilities, health, tobacco, corporate, housing and education. The Fund?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, an affiliate of BlackRock Advisors, LLC.
Merit Medical Systems, Inc produces single-use medical products. The products are designed to enable physicians and other health care professionals to perform interventional and diagnostic procedures safely and effectively. During the year ended December 31, 2008, 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 17% of its 2008, sales. Approximately 32% of its sales in 2008, were made in international markets (of which OEM international sales accounted for approximately 4%).
Chattem, Inc. (Chattem) is a marketer and manufacturer of a portfolio of branded over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products, toiletries and dietary supplements, in such categories as medicated skin care products, topical pain care, oral care, internal OTC, medicated dandruff shampoos, dietary supplements, and other OTC and toiletry products. The Company?s portfolio of products includes brands, such as Gold Bond, Cortizone-10 and Balmex (medicated skin care); Icy Hot, Aspercreme and Capzasin (topical pain care); ACT and Herpecin-L (oral care); Unisom, Pamprin and Kaopectate (internal OTC); Selsun Blue (medicated dandruff shampoos); Dexatrim, Garlique and New Phase (dietary supplements), and Bullfrog, UltraSwim and Sun-In (other OTC and toiletry products). Its products are sold primarily through mass merchandisers, independent and chain drug stores, drug wholesalers and food stores in the United States, and in various markets in approximately 80 countries worldwide.
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 400 collection companies in 40 states. It also owns or operates 242 transfer stations, 213 active solid waste landfills and 78 recycling facilities. As of December 31, 2008, its operations were organized into four regions: Eastern, Central, Southern and Western. Each of the Company?s regions and substantially all its areas provide collection, transfer, recycling and disposal services. In December 2008, Republic Services, Inc. and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. announced that they have completed their merger to create a waste and environmental services provider. The combined company is named Republic Services, Inc.
Informatica Corporation (Informatica) is a provider of enterprise data integration, and data quality software and services. Informatica software handles a variety of data integration initiatives, including data migration, data consolidation, data synchronization, data warehousing, establishment of data hubs, data services and cross-enterprise data exchange. Informatica platform enables and accelerates data integration initiatives, allowing enterprises to meet new business requirements by utilizing information technology (IT) systems. The Company has also introduced solutions 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, Inc. On February 13, 2009, Informatica acquired Applimation, Inc. (Applimation), which provides application Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) technology. In June 2009, Informatica Corporation announced the acquisition of AddressDoctor.
Universal Corporation (Universal) is a leaf tobacco merchant and processor. Universal in engaged in procurement, processing, packing and supply of flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco to manufacturers of consumer tobacco products. Universal?s primary subsidiary is Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated. The Company operates in three reportable segments, North America, Other Regions and Other Tobacco Operations. Through various operating subsidiaries and affiliates located in tobacco-growing countries around the world, Universal processes and sells flue-cured and burley tobaccos, dark air-cured tobaccos, and oriental tobaccos. It also provides value-added services to its customers, including blending, chemical and physical testing of tobacco, just-in-time inventory management, and manufacturing reconstituted sheet tobacco.
Rollins, Inc. is an international service company provides pest and termite control services through its wholly owned Orkin, Inc. (Orkin) subsidiary to both residential and commercial customers in North America with international franchises in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. Orkin provides customized services from over 400 locations. 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. The Company completed the acquisition of Crane Pest Control, Inc. effective December 31, 2008.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated (Ritchie Bros.) is an auctioneer of industrial equipment. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated from over 110 locations, including 38 auction sites, in more than 25 countries worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company conducted 193 unreserved industrial auctions at locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and Australia. During 2008, it also conducted 147 unreserved agricultural auctions in Canada and the United States. Ritchie Bros. offers rbauctionBid-Live, an Internet bidding service.
The Navigators Group, Inc. 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 companies and Lloyd’s Operations. The Insurance Companies consist of Navigators Insurance Company, which includes a United Kingdom Branch (the U.K. 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. (NUAL), a Lloyd?s of London (Lloyd?s) underwriting agency, which manages Lloyd?s Syndicate 1221 (Syndicate 1221).
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (Hudson City Bancorp) serves as the holding company of its wholly owned subsidiary, Hudson City Savings Bank (Hudson City Savings), retail savings bank offering traditional deposit products, residential real estate mortgage loans and consumer loans. In addition, the Company purchases mortgages and mortgage-backed securities and other securities issued by United States government-sponsored enterprises, as well as other investments permitted by applicable laws and regulations. Its revenues are derived principally from interest on its mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities, and interest and dividends on its investment securities.
Blackrock MuniYield Fund Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide shareholders with as high a level of current income exempt from federal income taxes as is consistent with its investment policies and prudent investment management by investing primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment grade municipal obligations the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxes. The Fund may invest in zero-coupon bonds. It invests in sectors, such as hospitals, transportation, education, housing, power, and water and sewer. The Fund?s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. Its sub-advisor is BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.
Haemonetics Corporation is engaged in developing and manufacturing blood typing and screening technology. The Company offers devices and related consumables, information technology platforms, and consulting services. Its direct customers are blood and plasma collectors, hospitals and hospital service providers. The Company manages three global product families: Donor, which markets blood and plasma collection devices, consumables and other business solutions; Patient, which markets into hospitals surgical blood salvage and blood demand diagnostic devices and consumables, as well as blood management services, and Software Solutions and Services, which markets information technology platforms and consulting services to blood and plasma collectors and hospitals. In March 2009, the Company acquired Altivation Software and its primary product, Hemasphere. Hemasphere is a software system focused on mobile blood drive management.
BancorpSouth, Inc., incorporated in 1982, is a financial holding company for its principal subsidiary, BancorpSouth Bank (the Bank). The Company conducts commercial banking and financial services operations through 313 offices in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Missouri. The Bank and its subsidiaries provide a range of financial services to individuals and small-to-medium size businesses. The Bank operates investment services, credit insurance and insurance agency subsidiaries, which engage in investment brokerage services and sales of other insurance products. The Bank?s trust department offers a range of services, including personal trust and estate services, employee benefit accounts and plans, including individual retirement accounts, and limited corporate trust functions.
Iron Mountain Incorporated (IMI) provides information protection and storage services. These services can be divided into three service categories: records management services, data protection and recovery services, and information destruction services. The Company offers both physical services and technology solutions in each of these categories. Media formats can be divided into physical and electronic records. Physical records include paper documents, as well as all other non-electronic media such as microfilm and microfiche, master audio and videotapes, film, X-rays and blueprints. Electronic records include email and various forms of magnetic media such as computer tapes and hard drives and optical disks. IMI derives most of its revenues from the storage of paper documents and storage-related services. In May 2008, the Company acquired the DocuVault, a provider of records storage, secure shredding and data backup services in Denver and Colorado Springs.
ICON plc (ICON) 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, 2008, the Company operated 71 locations in 38 countries providing Phase I-IV clinical trial management, drug development support services, data management and biostatistics, and central laboratory and imaging services. During 2008, ICON commenced operations in Edinburgh, Scotland; Bogota, Colombia, and New Dehli, India. On December 31, 2008, the Company acquired remaining 30% interest in Beacon Bioscience Inc. In April 2009, the Company acquired Qualia Clinical Services, a Phase I facility based in Omaha, Nebraska. In July 2009, ICON acquired Veeda Laboratories Ltd.
Strayer Education, Inc. is a post-secondary education services corporation. The Company offers a variety of academic programs through its wholly owned subsidiary, Strayer University, Inc., both in classroom courses and online via the Internet. The Strayer University is an institution of higher learning that offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business administration, accounting, information technology, education and public administration at 65 campuses in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. As part of its program offering, the University also offers classes online via the Internet. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had more than 44,000 students enrolled in its programs.
Penn Virginia Corporation is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the development, exploration and production of natural gas and oil in various domestic onshore regions including East Texas, the Mid-Continent, Appalachia, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. The Company also indirectly owns partner interests in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (PVR). The Company?s ownership interests in PVR are held principally through its general partner interest and its 77% limited partner interest in Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (PVG). The Company is engaged in three business segments: oil and gas, coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream. The Company operates its oil and gas segment. PVR operates the coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream segments.
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 28, 2009, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 83 vessels. The fleet consists of 41 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 30 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in, and four VLCCs 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 February 2008, Frontline spun off 17.53% of its holding in ITCL to its shareholders.
Forrester Research, Inc. is an independent research company that provides advice to global companies in business and technology. The Company’s products and services are targeted to 19 specific roles, including senior management, business strategists, and marketing and information technology professionals. Research serves as the foundation for all the Company?s offerings and consists primarily of annual memberships to its syndicated research offering RoleView, which provides access to its core research on a range of business and technology issues. In addition to RoleView, the Company also provides a portfolio of products and services that allow its clients to interact directly with analysts and their peers and explore in detail the issues and topics covered by RoleView on a role and client-specific basis. In July 2008, the Company acquired JupiterResearch, LLC, and its parent company, JUPR Holdings, Inc.