10th October 2009

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

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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.

  • DO, DIAMOND OFFSHORE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.530838
  • Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (Diamond Offshore) is a global offshore oil and gas drilling contractor. As of December 31, 2008, the Company?s fleet consisted of 30 semisubmersibles, 14 jack-ups and one drillship. The Company offers a range of services worldwide in various markets, including the deep water, harsh environment, conventional semisubmersible and jack-up markets. The Company provides offshore drilling services to a customer base that includes independent oil and gas companies and government-owned oil companies. During 2008, the Company performed services for 49 different customers with Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., accounting for 13.1% of its annual total revenues.

  • ALK, ALASKA AIR GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.400373
  • Alaska Air Group, Inc. (Air Group) is a holding company. It operates through its subsidiaries Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. (Horizon). The Company provides passenger air service to approximately 25 million passengers per year to nearly 100 destinations. It also, provides freight and mail services, primarily to and within the state of Alaska and on the West Coast. As of December 31, 2008, Alaska operates an all-jet fleet with an average passenger trip length of 1,113 miles. As of December 31, 2008, Horizon operates turboprop and jet aircraft, and its average passenger trip length was 357 miles.

  • PDC, PIONEER DRILLING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.302444
  • Pioneer Drilling Company, provides drilling services and production services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies throughout the United States and internationally in Colombia. It also provides drilling crews and ancillary equipment needed to operate the Company?s drilling rigs. The Company operates in two business segments; Drilling Services Division and Production Services Division. On March 1, 2008, the Company acquired WEDGE Group Incorporated (WEDGE) and Prairie Investors d/b/a Competition Wireline (Competition). On August 29, 2008, the Company acquired the wireline services business from Paltec, Inc. On October 1, 2008, it acquired the well services business from Pettus Well Service.

  • TRE, TANZANIAN ROYALTY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 9.442011
  • Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corporation is a Canada-based exploration-stage company. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties, including the optioning out of properties for pre-production option payments and royalties on future gold production. All of the Company?s concessions are located in Tanzania. The Itetemia property is located in the Mwanza region of the Lake Victoria Archean Greenstone Belt, some 90 kilometers southwest of Mwanza, Tanzania. The Company?s Luhala property consists of six licenses totaling 75.76 square kilometers. The Kigosi property consists of 20 prospecting licenses. The Lunguya property consists of nine prospecting licenses. The Company?s Kanagele property consists of 11 prospecting licenses. The Company?s Tulawaka property consists of 11 prospecting licenses.

  • LII, LENNOX INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.648972
  • Lennox International Inc. (LII) is a global provider of climate control solutions. The Company designs, manufactures and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. The Company operates in four business segments: Residential Heating and Cooling, Commercial Heating and Cooling, Service Experts and Refrigeration. The Company’s products and services are sold through multiple distribution channels under brand names, such as Lennox, Armstrong Air, Ducane, Bohn, Larkin, Advanced Distributor Products and Service Experts. The Company?s products and services are sold through a combination of distributors, independent and Company-owned dealer service centers, other installing contractors, wholesalers, manufacturer?s representatives, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and national accounts.

  • 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.

  • PBNY, PROVIDENT NEW YOR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 68.846123
  • 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.

  • MT, ARCELOR MITTAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 73.886269
  • ArcelorMittal is a global steel producer. The Company has steel-making operations in 20 countries on four continents, including 66 integrated, mini-mill and integrated mini-mill steel-making facilities. ArcelorMittal operates its business in six operating segments: Flat Carbon Americas; Flat Carbon Europe; Long Carbon Americas and Europe; Asia, Africa and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (AACIS); Stainless Steel; and Arcelor Mittal Steel Solutions and Services. ArcelorMittal?s steel-making operations have a high degree of geographic diversification. Approximately 36% of its steel is produced in the Americas, approximately 49% is produced in Europe and approximately 15% is produced in other countries, such as Kazakhstan, South Africa and Ukraine. ArcelorMittal produces a range of finished, semi-finished carbon steel products and stainless steel products. In July 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Noble European Holdings B.V.

  • BBL, BHP BILLITON SP A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.693428
  • BHP Billiton plc is a diversified natural resources company. The Company is engaged in extracting and processing minerals, oil and gas from its production operations located primarily in Australia, the Americas and southern Africa. It sells its product worldwide with its marketing activities centralized in Singapore, The Hague and Antwerp. The Company operates in nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminum, base metals, diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore; manganese, metallurgical coal, and energy coal. Its Petroleum CSG is a global oil and gas business with producing assets in six countries and exploration opportunities in a further six countries. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company realized annual production volumes of 137.2 million barrels of oil equivalent. Its sells its crude oil production to refiners worldwide at market prices.

  • SYT, SYNGENTA AG ADS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 517.944214
  • Syngenta AG (Syngenta) is an agri business company engaged in the crop protection and seeds businesses. The crop protection chemicals include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides to control weeds, insects and diseases in crops. The seeds business operates in two commercial sectors: seeds for field crops, including corn, oilseeds, cereals and sugar beet; and vegetable and flower seeds. The Company, through its business development research is applying biotechnology to areas, including biofuels. The Company operates in three business segments: crop protection, seeds and business development. In November 2008, Syngenta completed the acquisition of SPS Argentina SA (SPS). On November 19, 2008, Syngenta completed the acquisition of Goldsmith Seeds, Inc. (Goldsmith). On December 12, 2008, the Company acquired the pot and garden chrysanthemum and aster business of Yoder Brothers Inc. In June 2009, Syngenta acquired Circle One Global, Inc.

  • KTF, DSW MUN INC TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.159714
  • DWS Municipal Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, tax-exempt securities. It invests in individual bonds whose yields and market values fluctuate. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund?s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.

  • OFIX, ORTHOFIX INTL NV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 27.007980
  • Orthofix International N.V. (Orthofix) is medical device company offering a line of surgical and non-surgical products for the spine, orthopedics, sports medicine and vascular market sectors. Its products are designed to address the lifelong bone-and-joint health needs of patients of all ages, and to help them achieve a more active and mobile lifestyle. Orthofix?s business is divided into four segments: Orthofix Domestic (Domestic), Blackstone, Breg, and Orthofix International (International). Domestic consists of operations of its subsidiary Orthofix Inc. Blackstone specializes in the design, development and marketing of spinal implant and related human cellular, and tissue based products (HCT/P) through Blackstone Medical, Inc. (Blackstone). Breg designs, manufactures and distributes orthopedic products for post-operative reconstruction and rehabilitative patient use and sells those Sports Medicine products.

  • PDC, PIONEER DRILLING Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.302444
  • Pioneer Drilling Company, provides drilling services and production services to independent and major oil and gas exploration and production companies throughout the United States and internationally in Colombia. It also provides drilling crews and ancillary equipment needed to operate the Company?s drilling rigs. The Company operates in two business segments; Drilling Services Division and Production Services Division. On March 1, 2008, the Company acquired WEDGE Group Incorporated (WEDGE) and Prairie Investors d/b/a Competition Wireline (Competition). On August 29, 2008, the Company acquired the wireline services business from Paltec, Inc. On October 1, 2008, it acquired the well services business from Pettus Well Service.

  • TZIX, TRIZETTO GP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 63.253662
  • URBN, URBAN OUTFITTERS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.870598
  • Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a lifestyle specialty retail company that operates under the Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People and Terrain brands. The Company also operates a wholesale segment under the Free People and Leifsdottir brands. In addition to its retail stores, the Company offers its products and markets its brands directly to the consumer through its e-commerce Websites, www.urbanoutfitters.com, www.anthropologie.com, www.freepeople.com and www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk, and also through its Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People catalogs. During the year ended January 31, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company launched Leifsdottir, the wholesale division of its Anthropologie brand.

  • WLT, WALTER INDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 203.552536
  • Walter Energy, Inc. (Walter Energy), formerly Walter Industries, Inc., is a producer and exporter of premium United States metallurgical coal for the global steel industry. The Company also produces steam coal and industrial coal, metallurgical coke and coal bed methane gas. The Company, through its operating segments, offers products and services, including coal and natural gas, metallurgical coke, mortgage financing and home construction. Its segments include Natural Resources, Sloss, Financing, Homebuilding and Other. The Natural Resources segment consists primarily of Jim Walter Resources, Inc., Tuscaloosa Resources, Inc., Taft Coal Sales & Associates and United Land Corporation. The Financing segment includes Walter Mortgage Company, services non-conforming instalment notes and loans that are secured by mortgages and liens. The Homebuilding segment includes Jim Walter Homes, Inc., which is an on-your-lot homebuilder. On September 2, 2008, it acquired Taft Coal Sales & Associates.

  • DUC, DUFF PHELPS UTL B Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.486977
  • Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income consistent with investing in securities of investment-grade quality. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of Utility Income Securities, Corporate Income Securities, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Asset-Backed Securities. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., a subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners Inc., serves as the Fund?s investment advisor.

  • KOP, KOPPERS HOLDINGS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 195.969543
  • Koppers Holdings Inc. (Koppers Holdings), formerly as KI Holdings Inc., is an integrated provider of carbon compounds and commercial wood treatment products. Its products are used in a variety of applications in a range of end markets, including the aluminum, railroad, specialty chemical, utility, rubber, and steel industries. It operates two principal businesses: Carbon Materials and Chemicals, and Railroad and Utility Products. It processes coal tar into a variety of products, including carbon pitch, creosote, and phthalic anhydride, which are critical intermediate materials in the production of aluminum, the pressure treatment of wood and the production of plasticizers, and specialty chemicals. Through its Railroad and Utility Products business, the Company supplies railroad crossties in North America. In October 2008, Koppers Holdings sold 95% interest in Koppers Monessen Partners to ArcelorMittal S.A.

  • CB, CHUBB CP THE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.253525
  • The Chubb Corporation (Chubb) is a holding company for a family of property and casualty insurance companies known as the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (the P&C Group). The P&C Group is divided into three business units: Chubb Commercial Insurance, Chubb Specialty Insurance and Chubb Personal Insurance. Chubb Commercial Insurance offers a range of commercial insurance products, including coverage for multiple peril, casualty, workers? compensation, and property and marine. Chubb Specialty Insurance offers a variety of specialized professional liability products for privately and publicly owned companies, financial institutions, professional firms and healthcare organizations. Chubb Specialty Insurance also includes the Company?s surety business. Chubb Personal Insurance offers products for individuals with fine homes and possessions who require more coverage choices and higher limits than standard insurance policies.

  • 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 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.

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