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ISLN, HOKU, GKK, AXTI, CRGN, WTBA Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on Thursday

^{Published on 2009-07-27 11:47:17, Last Modified on 2010-12-22 14:36:58 - WOPRAI}
 

July 28, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Thursday, July 30th and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and July earnings reports. Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN), Hoku Scientific (NASDAQ: HOKU), Gramercy Capital (NYSE: GKK), AXT Inc. (NASDAQ: AXTI), CuraGen (NASDAQ: CRGN) and West Bancorporation (NASDAQ: WTBA) are all expected to be lower after their earnings are released Thursday. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go lower after earnings are released Thursday:

Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Time

ISLN Isilon Systems, Inc. 12 quarters Q2 After

HOKU Hoku Scientific, Inc. 12 quarters Q1 After

GKK Gramercy Capital Corp 12 quarters Q2 After

AXTI AXT Inc July earnings Q2 After

CRGN CuraGen Corporation July earnings Q2 Before

WTBA West Bancorporation 12 quarters Q2 Before

Earnings, or profits, drive stock prices. The market values a company based on its current and anticipated future ability to make money. The market takes the earnings pulse of a company four times per year when quarterly reports are issued. When this information is released it can often be a trend-changing or a trend confirming event because the information is so vital to the market's perception of the vitality of that company.

This technology is designed to help the stock trader identify those companies that seem to have a consistent pattern of movement before or after the earnings release date, based on the history of earnings releases for that company. It combines a calendar of expected earnings releases with a history of past earnings releases in a way that lets you see if a pattern exists.

Isilon Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISLN) designs, develops, and markets network attached storage systems for storing and managing file-based data, including video, audio, digital images, computer models, PDF files, scanned images, reference information, test and simulation data, and other file-based information, as well as other unstructured data worldwide. Its products include Isilon IQ Platform Nodes that supports gigabit Ethernet interfaces for intra-cluster communication and provides front-side communication; Isilon IQ Accelerator-x, which enables customers to increase the performance, or aggregate write and read throughput of their data storage system; Isilon EX 6000, EX 9000, and EX 12000 products that increases data storage capacity; SyncIQ replication software application that provides asynchronous file-based replication to one or more Isilon IQ clusters over WAN/LAN IP network; and SmartConnect Load-Balancing Software application, which streamlines connection management by automatically distributing client connections across individual nodes in a cluster based on defined policies. The company also offers SnapshotIQ Protection Software application that helps in the enterprise-class protection for clustered storage; and SmartQuotas Data Management Software application that helps enterprises to control and limit storage usage across their organization, as well as provides Isilon clustered storage for storage solutions. Isilon Systems sells its products indirectly through a channel partner program comprising value-added resellers and distributors, and directly through its sales force to media and entertainment, Internet, cable and telecommunications, oil and gas, life sciences, manufacturing, and the federal government markets. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU), through its subsidiaries, operates as a materials science company. It focuses on the manufacture of solar-grade polysilicon, which is used in photovoltaic (PV) modules; and design, engineering, and installation of turnkey PV systems and related services using solar modules purchased from third party suppliers. The company also designs, develops, and manufactures membranes, and membrane electrode assemblies for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Its membrane electrode assemblies are designed for the residential primary power, commercial back-up, and automotive hydrogen fuel cell markets. The company was formerly known as Pacific Energy Group, Inc. and changed its name to Hoku Scientific, Inc. in July 2001. Hoku Scientific, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Kapolei, Hawaii.

Gramercy Capital Corp. (NYSE: GKK) is a real estate investment trust specializing in the origination and acquisition of first mortgage loans; subordinate interests in whole loans (B Notes); mezzanine financing; preferred equity; bridge loans; and permanent loans. The firm provides its services to public and private property owners, financial institutions, mortgage brokers, and other intermediaries. It also provides financial solutions to borrowers seeking to acquire properties; refinance existing property investments; and fund property renovations or repositioning in all major geographic markets and all property types, including office, retail, apartments, industrial, hotel, and select categories of special-purpose real estate. Additionally, the firm also seeks to acquire distressed debt; mortgage backed securities; and real estate investments. It invests up to $100 million in transitional mortgage loans; up to $75 million in B Notes and mezzanine loans; and up to $50 million in preferred equity investments in CBD and suburban office, neighborhood and community retail, apartments, industrial, lodging, and residential conversions across all major U.S. markets. It may also consider opportunistic investments in sub-performing and non-performing loans; note purchase financings; net lease investments; and other special situations. Gramercy Capital Corp. was founded in April 2004 and is based in New York City with an additional office in Los Angeles, California.

AXT, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXTI), together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes compound and single element semiconductor substrates for wireless communications, lighting display applications, and fiber optic communications applications. The company offers semi-insulating substrates made from gallium arsenide, which are used in power amplifiers and radio frequency integrated circuits of wireless handsets; direct broadcast televisions; high-performance transistors; and satellite communications applications. It also provides semi-conducting substrates made from gallium arsenide that are used for applications in light emitting diodes, lasers, and optical couplers; substrates made from indium phosphide used in broadband and fiber optic communications; and substrates made from germanium used in satellite and terrestrial solar cells and for optical applications. The company manufactures its semiconductor substrates using its proprietary vertical gradient freeze technology. AXT, Inc. sells its products through direct sales force in the United States, as well as through independent sales representatives in France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as American Xtal Technology, Inc. and changed its name to AXT, Inc. in July 2000. AXT, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is based in Fremont, California.

CuraGen Corporation (NASDAQ: CRGN), a biopharmaceutical development company, develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer in the United States and Europe. The company focuses on the development of CR011-vcMMAE, a Phase II clinical trail drug for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and breast cancer. It has strategic collaborations with Amgen Fremont to develop fully-human monoclonal antibody therapeutics; and Seattle Genetics, Inc. to license Seattle Geneticsa� proprietary antibody- drug conjugate technology. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Branford, Connecticut.

West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: WTBA) operates as the holding company for West Bank, which provides various banking services to businesses and residents primarily in the Des Moines and Iowa City metropolitan areas of Iowa. The company offers a range of deposit products, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and time certificates of deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, commercial lines of credit, commercial term loans, home equity term loans, home equity lines of credit, consumer loans, and construction or land development loans, as well as real estate-related loans, such as real estate development, construction, residential, and commercial mortgage loans. The company also provides trust services, including administration of estates, conservatorships, personal and corporate trusts, and agency accounts; and portfolio management services to individual investors, retirement plans, corporations, foundations, endowments, insurance companies, banks, political subdivisions, mutual funds, and other organizations. As of April 30, 2009, it operated two offices in Iowa City, one office in Coralville, and eight offices in the greater Des Moines area, as well as an office each in West Des Moines and Coralville. The company was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa.

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