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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- MUC, BLACKROCK MUNIHOL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.929799
- HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028
- PBCT, PEOPLE’S UNITED F Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.961179
- CRL, CHARLES RIVER LAB Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.914513
- RIO, COMPANHIA VALE AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.841156
- FPL, F P L GROUP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.367302
- FLO, FLOWERS FOODS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 72.814384
- IRM, IRON MOUNTAIN (DE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.393646
- WWE, WORLD WRESTLING E Current Caprock Strength Rating: 67.328812
- CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.526377
- FII, FEDERATED INV INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.086418
- WG, WILLBROS GRP INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 17.125874
- STT, STATE STREET CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.163345
- NMO, NUVEEN MU MKT OPP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 12.084943
- MCR, M F S CHARTR INCM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.591106
- GEO, GEO GROUP INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.920737
- MIN, M F S INTRMDT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 386.896362
- LH, LABORATORY CORP N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.657993
- HOLX, HOLOGIC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 28.937168
- CSX, C S X CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 20.526377
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Insured Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from federal and California income taxes. It invests primarily in a portfolio of long-term, investment-grade municipal obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal and California income taxes. The Fund may purchase or sell financial futures contracts and options on such futures contracts. It may invest in zero-coupon bonds. The Fund invests in sectors, such as education, water and sewer, power, transportation, hospital and housing. 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.
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.
People’s United Financial, Inc. (People?s United Financial), formerly People’s Bank, is a savings and loan holding company. People?s United Bank is a federally chartered stock savings bank. The principal business of People?s United Financial is to provide, through People?s United Bank and its subsidiaries, a range of financial services to individual, corporate and municipal customers. Traditional banking activities are conducted primarily within the state of Connecticut and include extending secured and unsecured commercial, and consumer loans, originating mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial properties, and accepting consumer, commercial and municipal deposits. In addition to traditional banking activities, People?s United Bank provides specialized services tailored to specific markets, including personal, institutional and employee benefit trust; cash management, and municipal banking and finance.
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (Charles River) is a global provider of solutions that advance the drug discovery and development process, including research models and associated services, and outsourced preclinical services. It provides the animal research models required in research and development for drugs, devices and therapies. Charles River?s customer base includes global pharmaceutical companies, a range of biotechnology companies, as well as government agencies, hospitals and academic institutions worldwide. It operates approximately 60 facilities, including its production and warehousing facilities, in 15 countries worldwide. The Company has two segments: Research Models and Services and Preclinical Services, which includes Phase I clinical services. In September 2008, Charles River announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately held NewLab BioQuality AG. In September 2008, Charles River acquired Molecular Imaging Research, Inc.
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).
FPL Group, Inc. (FPL Group) is a provider of electricity-related services. The Company has two principal operating subsidiaries, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and FPL Energy, LLC (FPL Energy). FPL is a rate-regulated utility engaged primarily in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy. FPL Energy is the Company?s competitive energy subsidiary, which produces the majority of its electricity from clean and renewable fuels. FPL Group Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FPL Group, holds the capital stock of, or has equity interests in, FPL Group’s operating subsidiaries, other than FPL, and provides funding for those subsidiaries, including FPL Energy. As at December 31, 2007, FPL’s and FPL Energy’s generating assets, together, represented approximately 37,700 megawatt of capacity. FPL FiberNet, LLC, a wholly subsidiary of the Company, provides fiber-optic services to FPL, telecommunications companies and other customers throughout Florida.
Flowers Foods, Inc. (Flowers Foods) is a producer and marketer of bakery products in the United States. Flowers Foods consists of two business segments: Flowers Foods Bakeries Group (Flowers Bakeries) and Flowers Foods Specialty Group (Flowers Specialty). The Company produces fresh packaged and frozen bakery products. Flowers Bakeries focuses on producing and marketing bakery products in the southeastern, southwestern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Flowers Bakeries markets a variety of breads and rolls under the brands outlined in the table above. Flowers Specialty produces snack cakes for sale to retail, vending, and co-pack customers as well as frozen bread, rolls and buns for sale to retail and foodservice customers. In August 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of ButterKrust Bakery. In August 2008, the Company announced the completion of its merger with Holsum Bakery, Inc.
Iron Mountain Incorporated is engaged in information protection and storage services. The Company offers records management and data protection solutions, along with the focus on address complex information challenges, such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. The Company has a diversified customer base, which consists of commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment and government organizations. As of December 31, 2007, the Company provided services in 37 countries on five continents, employed over 20,000 people and operated over 1,000 records management facilities. In June 2007, the Company announced that it has acquired Accutrac Software, Inc., a provider of records management software and professional services. In November 2007, Iron Mountain Incorporated announced the acquisition of Xepa Digital, LLP.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) is an integrated media and entertainment company. The Company develops creative content centered on its talent and presented at its live and televised events. Its three brands include Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The Company operates through four segments: Live and Televised Entertainment, Consumer Products, Digital Media and WWE Films.
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.
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).
Willbros Group, Inc. (Willbros) is an independent international contractor serving the oil, gas and power industries and government entities worldwide. It provides engineering; construction; engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), and specialty services to industry and governmental entities, specializing in pipelines and associated facilities for onshore, coastal and offshore locations. The Company also provides turnaround services, tank services, heater services, construction services and safety services to the downstream oil and gas markets, primarily refineries. It manufactures specialty items for refinery and petrochemical process units. The Company provides, from time to time, asset development, and participates in ownership and operations as an extension of its portfolio of industry services. Willbros operates its business in three segments: Upstream Oil & Gas, Downstream Oil & Gas, and Engineering. On November 20, 2007, Willbros acquired Integrated Service Company LLC.
State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, including its banking subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street Corporation, provides a range of products and services for institutional investors globally. The Company operates in three lines of business: Investment Management, Investment Research and Trading, and Investment Servicing. The business provide services to support institutional investors, including custody, daily pricing and administration, brokerage and other trading services, deposit and short-term investment facilities, loan and lease financing, investment manager and hedge fund manager operations outsourcing, performance, risk and compliance analytics, investment research and investment management, including passive and active United States and non-United States equity and fixed income strategies.
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MFS Charter Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek high current income. The Fund invests its assets primarily in debt instruments. It normally invests its assets in the United States Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities of United States and foreign issuers, corporate bonds of United States and foreign issuers,, and debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. The Fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in lower-quality debt instruments, including those that are in default. It may invest its assets in mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund invests in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, entertainment, industrial, banks, metals and mining, printing and publishing, and telephone services. The Fund?s investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a provider of government-outsourced services specializing in the management of correctional, detention and mental health and residential treatment facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The Company operates a range of correctional and detention facilities, including maximum, medium and minimum security prisons, immigration detention centers, minimum security detention centers and mental health and residential treatment facilities. GEO?s correctional and detention management services involve the provision of security, administrative, rehabilitation, education, health and food services, primarily at adult male correctional and detention facilities. Its mental health and residential treatment services, which are operated through the Company?s wholly owned subsidiary GEO Care, Inc., involve the delivery of quality care, programming and active patient treatment, at privatized state mental health facilities.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust (the Trust) is a closed-end management investment company. The Trust?s investment objective is to seek high current income. The Trust maintains a portfolio that includes investments in short and intermediate-term United States Government and foreign high-grade securities. Its assets are primarily invested in investment-grade debt instruments. The Trust may invest its assets in United States and foreign securities, including emerging market securities. It may also invest in mortgage dollar rolls. Its portfolio includes non-United States Government bonds, mortgage-backed securities, the United States Government agency securities, the United States Treasury securities, emerging market bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential mortgage-backed securities and high-grade corporate securities. The Trust’s investment advisor is Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings is an independent clinical laboratory company in the United States. The Company has a national network of 37 primary laboratories and over 1,600 patient service centers along with a network of branches and STAT laboratories, which are laboratories that have the ability to perform certain routine tests and report the results to the physician immediately. Through its national network of laboratories, the Company offers a range of clinical laboratory tests, which are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. In addition, the Company has developed specialty testing businesses based on certain types of specialized testing capabilities and client requirements, such as oncology testing, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genotyping and phenotyping, diagnostic genetics and clinical research trials.
Hologic, Inc. (Hologic) is a diversified medical technologies company specializing in diagnostic imaging products and interventional devices serving the healthcare needs of women. Its mammography and breast care products include a portfolio of breast imaging and related products, including digital and film-based mammography systems, computer-aided detection, breast biopsy guidance systems, minimally invasive breast biopsy and tissue extraction devices and its MammoPad breast cushion. Hologic?s osteoporosis assessment products primarily consist of dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry systems and an ultrasound-based osteoporosis assessment product. Its other business unit includes its Fluoroscan mini C-arm imaging products, its Esaote line of extremity magnetic resonance imaging systems that are manufactured by an original equipment manufacturer, and its photoconductor coating business, an ancillary business that Hologic acquired as part of its acquisition of AEG Elektrofotografie GmbH.
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.