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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- KTF, DSW MUN INC TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.159714
- AEM, AGNICO EAGLE MINE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 290.837463
- SO, SOUTHERN CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 59.364277
- CBZ, CBIZ INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 82.244987
- EOG, EOG RESOURCES INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 137.551773
- AXS, AXIS CAP HLDGS LT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.647703
- BKN, BLACKROCK INV MUN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 34.977795
- HSP, HOSPIRA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.546497
- FCX, FREEPORT MCMORAN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 2.827534
- CE, CELANESE CORPORAT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 45.033905
- RIO, COMPANHIA VALE AD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.841156
- HSP, HOSPIRA INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.546497
- BNI, BURLINGTN N SANTE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 7.647608
- AKS, A K STEEL HLDG CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 168.714890
- WRE, WASH REAL EST INV Current Caprock Strength Rating: 0.690000
- FRO, FRONTLINE LTD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 48.227261
- TRP, TRANSCANADA CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 55.040035
- TEVA, TEVA PHARM INDS A Current Caprock Strength Rating: 40.720695
- NQU, NUVEEN QUAL MUNI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 10.661982
- STJ, ST. JUDE MEDICAL Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.876364
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., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund. DWS Scudder Investments Service Company is an affiliate of the Advisor.
Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico-Eagle) is a gold producer with mining operations located in northwestern Quebec, mine construction projects in northwestern Quebec, northern Finland, Nunavut and northern Mexico and exploration activities in Canada, Finland, Mexico and the United States. The Company operates through four regional units: the Quebec Region, the European Region, the Mexican Region and the Nunavut Region. The Quebec region includes the LaRonde Mine, the LaRonde Mine extension project and the Goldex and Lapa mine projects, each of which is held directly by the Company. The Company’s operations in the European Region are conducted through its indirect subsidiary, Riddarhyttan Resources AB (Riddarhyttan), which indirectly owns the Kittila mine project in Finland. The Company’s operations in the Mexican Region are conducted through its subsidiary, Agnico Eagle Mexico S.A. de C.V., which owns the Pinos Altos mine project.
The Southern Company (Southern Company) owns all of the outstanding common stock of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, and Mississippi Power, each of which is an operating public utility company. The traditional operating companies supply electric service in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. In addition, Southern Company owns all of the common stock of Southern Power, which is also an operating public utility company. Southern Power constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. Southern Company also owns all the outstanding common stock or membership interests of SouthernLINC Wireless, Southern Nuclear, SCS, Southern Holdings and other direct and indirect subsidiaries.
CBIZ, Inc. provides professional business services primarily to small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals, governmental entities, and non-profit enterprises throughout the United States and Toronto, Canada. CBIZ delivers its integrated services through four practice groups: Financial Services, Employee Services, Medical Management Professionals (MMP) and National Practices. Financial Services seeks to help clients manage their finances. Employee Services provides group health, property and casualty, COBRA/flex, retirement planning, wealth management, life insurance, human capital management and payroll and actuarial services. National Practices consists of managed networking and hardware services, health care and Information Technology consulting, software solutions, project management and mergers and acquisitions. MMP comprises coding and billing, accounts receivable management and full practice management services. On April 1, 2008, it acquired EFL Associates, Inc.
EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG), together with its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, produces and markets natural gas and crude oil primarily in major producing basins in the United States, Canada, offshore Trinidad, the United Kingdom North Sea and other international areas. As of December 31, 2007, EOG’s total estimated net proved reserves were 7,745 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe), of which 6,669 billion cubic feet (Bcf) were natural gas reserves and 179 million barrels (MMBbl), or 1,076 Bcfe, were crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids reserves. At December 31, 2007, approximately 67% of EOG’s reserves (on a natural gas equivalent basis) was located in the United States, 17% in Canada and 16% in Trinidad.
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based holding company for the AXIS group of companies. Through its various operating subsidiaries and branches, the Company provides a range of insurance and reinsurance products to insureds and reinsureds worldwide with operations in Bermuda, Europe, Singapore and the United States. Its business consists of two global underwriting platforms: AXIS Insurance and AXIS Re. AXIS Insurance is organised into four divisions managed across all geographic locations: Specialty Lines, Professional Lines, Capital Risk Solutions and AXIS Select Markets. The Company operates through two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company purchased the assets of the Media Professional Division (Media Pro) of MPI Insurance Agency, Inc., an Aon Group, Inc. subsidiary.
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. (the Trust) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax. BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust, Inc. invests in various sectors, including hospitals, power, education, transportation, housing, water and sewer, tobacco, and industrial and pollution control. The Trust’s investment advisor is BlackRock Advisors, Inc. and its sub-advisor is BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., both of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc.
Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) is a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Hospira is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty injectable pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems that deliver drugs and intravenous (I.V.) fluids. Hospira is also a provider of contract manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for formulation development, filling and finishing of injectable pharmaceuticals. Hospira?s portfolio of products is used by hospitals and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers and long-term care facilities. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s sales in United States accounted for approximately 69% and sales outside the United States accounted for the remaining 31% of its total sales. In October 2008, the Company acquired EndoTool business from MD Scientific, LLC.
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Phelps Dodge, and its majority-owned subsidiary, PT Freeport Indonesia, is a copper, gold and molybdenum mining company. In North America, the Company has six operating copper mines: Morenci, Bagdad, Sierrita and Safford in Arizona, and Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico, as well as one operating molybdenum mine: Henderson in Colorado. In South America, the Company has four operating copper mines: Cerro Verde in Peru, and Candelaria, Ojos del Salado and El Abra in Chile. The Company owns a 53.56% interest in Cerro Verde, an 80% interest in both Candelaria and Ojos del Salado and a 5% interest in El Abra. It owns 90.64% of PT Freeport Indonesia, including 9.36% owned through its wholly owned subsidiary, PT Indocopper Investama. The Company also operates Atlantic Copper S.A. (Atlantic Copper). Atlantic Copper?s operations involve the smelting and refining of copper concentrates.
Celanese Corporation is a diversified German chemical company. The Company is a global integrated producer of chemicals and advanced materials. It is a producer of acetyl products, which are intermediate chemicals for major industries, as well as a global producer of engineered polymers that are used in a range of end-use applications. Its operations are primarily located in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company has five segments: Advanced Engineered Materials, Consumer Specialties, Industrial Specialties, Acetyl Intermediates and Other Activities. In March 2007, it entered into a strategic partnership with Accsys Technologies PLC (Accsys), and its subsidiary, Titan Wood, to become the supplier of acetyl products to Titan Wood?s technology licensees for use in wood acetylation.
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).
Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) is a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Hospira is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty injectable pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems that deliver drugs and intravenous (I.V.) fluids. Hospira is also a provider of contract manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for formulation development, filling and finishing of injectable pharmaceuticals. Hospira?s portfolio of products is used by hospitals and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers and long-term care facilities. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company?s sales in United States accounted for approximately 69% and sales outside the United States accounted for the remaining 31% of its total sales. In October 2008, the Company acquired EndoTool business from MD Scientific, LLC.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF), through its subsidiaries, is engaged primarily in the freight rail transportation business. BNSF transports a range of products and commodities derived from manufacturing, agricultural and natural resource industries. Its freight business consists of consumer products, industrial products, coal and agricultural products. The Consumer Products? consists of three business areas: international intermodal, domestic intermodal and automotive. Industrial Products? consists of five business areas: building products, construction products, petroleum products, chemicals and plastics products, and food and beverages. The Agricultural Products? freight business transports agricultural products, including corn, wheat, soybeans, bulk foods and fertilizer. As of December 31, 2007, BNSF Railway operated over a railroad system consisting of approximately 32,000 route miles of track, approximately 23,000 miles, of which are owned route miles.
AK Steel Holding Corporation is a producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products through its wholly owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel and, together with AK Holding, the Company). The Company?s operations consist of seven steelmaking and finishing plants located in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania that produce flat-rolled carbon steels, including coated, cold-rolled and hot-rolled products, and specialty stainless and electrical steels that are sold in slab, hot band, and sheet and strip form. The Company?s operations also include AK Tube LLC (AK Tube), which further finishes flat-rolled carbon and stainless steel at two tube plants located in Ohio and Indiana into welded steel tubing used in the automotive, large truck and construction markets. In addition, the Company?s operations include European trading companies that buy and sell steel and steel products and other materials.
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company?s business consists of the ownership and development of real properties in the greater Washington metro region. As of December 31, 2007, WRIT owned a diversified portfolio of 89 properties, consisting of 14 retail centers, 25 office properties, 17 medical office properties, 23 industrial/flex properties, 10 multifamily properties encompassing in the aggregate 12.8 million net rentable square feet, and land for development. In September 2008, WRIT acquired The Kenmore, a 374-unit, 270,000 square foot apartment building located in Washington, DC.
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 29, 2008, the Company operated a tanker fleet consisting of 76 vessels. The fleet consists of 42 VLCCs, which are either owned or chartered in, 20 Suezmax tankers, which are either owned or chartered in, eight Suezmax OBOs, which are chartered in, and five VLCCs, and one Aframax tanker 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 March 2008, Frontline spun off 20% of ITCL to its shareholders.
TransCanada Corporation (TransCanada) is a North American energy infrastructure company focused on pipelines and energy. At December 31, 2007, Pipelines accounted for approximately 53% of revenues and 73% of TransCanada?s total assets and the Energy business accounted for approximately 47% of revenues and 23% of TransCanada?s total assets. TransCanada?s business segments comprise Pipelines and Energy. Pipelines principally comprise the Company?s pipelines in Canada, the United States and Mexico, and its regulated natural gas storage operations in the United States. Energy includes the Company?s power operations, the non-regulated natural gas storage business and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. In August 2008, TransCanada announced that through its subsidiaries, it has acquired KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC and KeySpan Ravenswood Services Corp. In September 2008, TransCanada acquired Bison Pipeline LLC from Northern Border Pipeline Company.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a Global pharmaceutical company that develops, produces and markets generic drugs covering all major treatment categories. The Company has an innovative pharmaceutical business, whose principal products are Copaxone for multiple sclerosis and Azilect for Parkinson?s disease, as well as a proprietary specialty pharmaceutical business, which consists primarily of respiratory products. Teva?s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business sells to third-party manufacturers and provides vertical integration to Teva?s own pharmaceutical production. Teva?s global operations are conducted in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Israel. Teva has operations in more than 50 countries, as well as 36 pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in 16 countries, 17 generic R&D centers operating mostly within certain manufacturing sites and 18 API manufacturing sites around the world. In July 2008, Teva acquired Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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 invests substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of tax-exempt municipal obligations rated within the four highest grades, except that up to 20% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in unrated municipal obligations deemed to be of comparable quality. The Fund’s portfolio includes sectors, such as United States guaranteed securities, transportation, tax obligation securities, utilities, healthcare, consumer staples and other. Nuveen Asset Management (NAM) is the Funds’ investment manager.
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (St. Jude) develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiology and cardiac surgery and atrial fibrillation therapy areas and implantable neurostimulation devices for the management of chronic pain. The Company operates in four business segments: Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), Cardiovascular (CV), Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and Advanced Neuromodulation Systems (ANS). During the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 (fiscal 2007), St. Jude combined its former Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology operating segments to form the CV operating segment, which focuses on the cardiac surgery and cardiology therapy areas. The principal geographic markets for its products are the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific. In July 2008, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of EP MedSystems, Inc.