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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- APC, ANADARKO PETROLEU Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.277843
- NJ, NIDEC CP (NIHON) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.335129
- CRA, APPLERA CP-CELERA Current Caprock Strength Rating: 30.164644
- AOC, AON CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.451103
- QCOM, QUALCOMM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.467328
- DO, DIAMOND OFFSHORE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.530838
- GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806
- CMO, CAPSTEAD MTG CP N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1118.925537
- LTC, L T C PROP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 131.236832
- CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.526377
- PRA, PROASSURANCE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.691349
- PRXL, PAREXEL INTL CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 352.510712
- LII, LENNOX INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 77.648972
- ANDE, ANDERSONS INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.495631
- WDR, WADDELL&REED FIN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 102.671936
- MON, MONSANTO COMPANY Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1448.830444
- GLDN, GOLDEN TELECOM IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 330.825806
- AFL, A F L A C INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 200.546982
- LLL, L-3 COMM HLDGS IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.196558
- MCRS, MICROS SYSTEMS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 65.635223
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.
Nidec Corporation (Nidec) is a manufacturer of spindle motors for computer hard disk drives. The Company also produces a variety of other small precision brushless direct current (DC) motors. As of March 31, 2007, the Company operated through 117 subsidiaries located in 17 countries, and four affiliated companies located in four countries. The Company acquired 98.9% of Fujisoku Corporation in November 2006 and 100% of the voting rights of the Motors & Actuators business of Valeo S.A. in December 2006. In addition, it acquired 87.1% of Brilliant Manufacturing Limited in February 2007.
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.
Aon Corporation (Aon), through its various subsidiaries, serves its clients through operating segments, Risk and Insurance Brokerage Services, which acts as an advisor and insurance broker, helping clients manage their risks, as well as negotiating and placing insurance risk with insurance carriers through its global distribution network, and Consulting, which provides advice and services to clients for employee benefits, compensation, management consulting, communications, human resource consulting, financial advisory and litigation consulting, and human resource outsourcing. Its clients include corporations and businesses, insurance companies, professional organizations, independent agents and brokers, governments and other entities. In April 2008, the Company completed the sale of Combined Insurance Company of America to ACE Limited, and Sterling Life Insurance Company to Munich Re. With sale of both Combined and Sterling, the Company exited its insurance underwriting businesses.
QUALCOMM Incorporated, designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access (CDMA) technology and other technologies. The Company operates through four segments. QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies (QCT) is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software for wireless voice and data communications, multimedia functions and global positioning. QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL) grants licenses to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture and sale of CDMA products. QUALCOMM Wireless & Internet (QWI) generates revenue primarily through mobile communication products and services, software and software development. QUALCOMM Strategic Initiatives (QSI) makes investments to promote the worldwide adoption of CDMA products and services. In March 2008, the Company acquired Xiam Technologies Limited.
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (Diamond Offshore) provides contract drilling services to the energy industry worldwide and is also engaged in deepwater drilling with a fleet of 44 offshore drilling rigs. The Company?s fleet consists of 30 semisubmersibles, 13 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.
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Capstead Mortgage Corporation (Capstead) operates as a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that earns income from investing in real estate-related assets on a leveraged basis. These investments consist primarily of a core portfolio of residential adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) securities issued and guaranteed by government-sponsored entities, either Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), or by an agency of the federal government, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) (Agency Securities). Capstead may also invest a portion of its investment capital in credit-sensitive commercial real estate-related assets, including subordinate commercial real estate loans.
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.
CSX Corporation (CSX) is a transportation company. Surface Transportation, which includes the Company?s rail and intermodal businesses, provides rail-based transportation services, including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers. It operates in two business segments: rail and intermodal. The rail segment provides rail freight transportation over a network of approximately 21,000 route miles in 23 states, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The intermodal segment provides integrated rail and truck transportation services and operates a network of dedicated intermodal facilities across North America. CSX?s principal operating company, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), provides a link to the transportation supply chain through its approximately 21,000 route mile rail network, which serves 23 states east of the Mississippi River, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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.
PAREXEL International Corporation (PAREXEL) is a bio/pharmaceutical services company, providing a range of capability in clinical research, medical communications services, consulting, and informatics and technology products and services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. The Company?s product and service offerings include clinical trials management, data management, biostatistical analysis, medical communications services, clinical pharmacology, patient recruitment, regulatory and product development consulting, health policy and reimbursement, performance improvement, industry training and publishing, medical imaging services, interactive voice response systems (IVRS), clinical trial management systems (CTMS), Web-based portals, systems integration, and other drug development services. In March 2008, PAREXEL announced the sale of a bioanalytical laboratory in Poitiers, France, to SYNEXEL Research International, a subsidiary of Synchron.
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.
Andersons, Inc. is an entrepreneurial company with diversified interests in the agriculture and transportation markets. The Company operates in five business segments. The Grain and Ethanol Group purchases and merchandises grain, operates grain elevator facilities located in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois and performs grain trading risk management and other services for its customers. The Rail Group sells, repairs, reconfigures, manages and leases railcars and locomotives. The Plant Nutrient Group manufactures and sells dry and liquid agricultural nutrients and distributes nutrients, chemicals, seed and supplies to dealers and farmers. The Turf and Specialty Group produces granular fertilizer products for the professional lawn care and golf course markets and private label fertilizer and corncob-based animal bedding and cat litter. The Retail Group operates six retail stores, a specialty food market and a distribution center in Ohio.
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. conducts business through its subsidiaries, and primarily provides investment management, investment product underwriting and distribution, and shareholder services administration to mutual funds and institutional and separately managed accounts. The Company sells its investment products through three distribution channels: the Advisors channel, the Wholesale channel and the Institutional channel. In the Advisors channel, its sales force consists of 2,293 financial advisors, who focus their efforts primarily on the sale of investment products advised by the Company. The Advisors channel’s primary market is middle income and mass affluent individuals, families and businesses across the United States.
Monsanto Company (Monsanto), along with its subsidiaries, is a global provider of agricultural products for farmers. The Company?s seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides provide farmers with solutions that improve productivity, reduce the costs of farming, and produce better foods for consumers and better feed for animals. It has two segments: Seeds and Genomics and Agricultural Productivity. Through its Seeds and Genomics segment, it produces seed brands, including DEKALB, Asgrow, D&PL, Deltapine and Seminis, and it develops biotechnology traits that assist farmers in controlling insects and weeds. It also provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. Through its Agricultural Productivity segment, the Company manufactures Roundup brand herbicides and other herbicides and provides lawn-and-garden herbicide products for the residential market and animal agricultural products focused on improving dairy cow productivity.
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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.
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.
MICROS Systems, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer, marketer and servicer of enterprise information solutions for the global hospitality and specialty retail industries. Its enterprise solutions comprise three major areas: hotel information systems, restaurant information systems and specialty retail information systems. In addition to its software enterprise solutions and hardware products, the Company offers an array of support services and products for its hotel, restaurant and retail information systems. On July 10, 2007, the Company acquired a majority interest in Check-in-Data, a distributor of MICROS products and services. On January 29, 2007, the Company acquired the RedSky IT Hospitality, Travel and Retail subsidiaries of RedSky IT. In February 2006, The Company acquired CommercialWare, Inc. In January 2008, the Company announced the formation of MICROS-Retail, its retail solutions division, which includes its subsidiary companies Datavantage, CommercialWare and eOne Group.