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Wed, September 23, 2009
Tue, September 22, 2009 EXLP, ELGX, MIPS, PEBO, AWBC, HMNF Expected To Be Lower Leading Up To Next Earnings Releases
September 22, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and October earnings reports. Exterran Partners (NASDAQ: EXLP), Endologix (NASDAQ: ELGX), MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS), Peoples Bancorp (NASDAQ: PEBO0, AmericanWest Bancorp (NASDAQ: AWBC) and HMN Financial (NASDAQ: HMNF) are all expected to be lower leading up to their next earnings release. 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 before 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 leading up to their next earnings release:
Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Date
EXLP Exterran Partners, L.P. 12 quarters Q3 11/5/2009
ELGX Endologix Inc. October earnings Q3 10/22/2009
MIPS MIPS Technologies Inc October earnings Q1 10/29/2009
PEBO Peoples Bancorp Inc 12 quarters Q3 10/20/2009
AWBC AmericanWest Banc 12 quarters Q3 10/29/2009
HMNF HMN Financial Inc 12 quarters Q3 10/21/2009
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.
Exterran Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: EXLP) provides natural gas compression services in the United States. The company offers contract operations services, which include designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining equipment for oil and gas production, processing, and transportation applications. It serves oil and natural gas industry, including natural gas producers, processors, gatherers, and transporters. The company was formerly known as Universal Compression Partners, L.P. and changed its name to Exterran Partners, L.P. as a result of its merger with Hanover Compressor Company and Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. in August 2007. Exterran Partners, L.P. is based in Houston, Texas.
Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX) engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of minimally invasive therapies for the treatment of vascular diseases. It offers Powerlink System, a catheter and endoluminal graft for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weakening of the wall of the aorta, an artery of the body. The Powerlink System consists of a self-expanding cobalt chromium alloy stent cage covered with an ePTFE graft; and is implanted in the abdominal aorta that is accessed through the femoral artery. Its Powerlink System shunts away the blood flow from the weakened or aneurysmal section of the aorta, reducing pressure and potential for the aorta to rupture. The Powerlink System includes infrarenal bifurcated systems, and aortic cuffs and limb extensions; and IntuiTrak to deliver and deploy the Powerlink stent graft. It sells its products primarily in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The company was formerly known as Radiance Medical Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Endologix, Inc. in May 2002. Endologix, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is based in Irvine, California.
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS) develops embedded processors and related intellectual property for use in performance-oriented markets, such as digital entertainment, wired and wireless communications (including broadband access), office automation, security, and automotive markets. Its designs are based on its 32-bit and 64-bit reduced instruction set computing architectures. The company licenses its MIPS32 and MIPS64 instruction-set architectures, application-specific extensions, core designs, and other related intellectual property to semiconductor companies and system original equipment manufacturers. It also offers a variety of embedded processors that scale across multiple markets in standard, custom, semi custom, and application-specific products. MIPS Technologiesa� core and processor designs and related intellectual property are used in digital set-top boxes, digital televisions, DVD players, video game systems, laser printers, automotive telematics, broadband access devices, 802.11 wireless networking devices, and network routers. It has sales offices in California, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Israel. The companya�s predecessor, MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., was founded in 1984. MIPS Technologies was spun off from Silicon Graphics, Inc. in 1998. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. MIPS Technologies Inc. operates independently of Silicon Graphics Inc. as of June 20, 2000.
Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: PEBO) operates as a financial holding company for Peoples Bank, National Association, which provides financial products and services. It offers commercial and retail banking, insurance, brokerage, and trust services. The companya�s products and services include demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposits; and commercial and commercial real estate loans, residential real estate loans, home equity lines of credit, real estate construction loans, and consumer loans. Its products and services also include debit cards and credit cards; corporate and personal trust services; safe deposit rental facilities; travelera�s checks, money orders, and cashiera�s checks; and telephone and Internet-based banking services. In addition, the company provides life, health, and property and casualty insurance products; fiduciary and wealth management services, including asset management, recordkeeping, retirement services, and estate management. Further, it offers brokerage services through an unaffiliated registered broker-dealer; and investments opportunities, which include low-income housing tax credit funds or projects, venture capital, and other higher risk investments. The company serves health care, education, and other social services; plastics and petrochemical manufacturing; oil, gas, and coal production; and tourism and other service-related industries. As of March 31, 2009, Peoples Bancorp provided its services through 50 locations and 39 ATMs in Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Marietta, Ohio.
AmericanWest Bancorporation (NASDAQ: AWBC) operates as the bank holding company for AmericanWest Bank, which provides various financial services in eastern and central Washington, northern Idaho, and Utah. Its deposit products include checking accounts, NOW accounts, money market demand accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits. The companya�s loan portfolio consists of commercial real estate loans; construction, land development, and other land loans; commercial and industrial loans; agricultural loans; residential real estate loans; and installment and other loans. It also offers various services, including ATM and debit cards, pre-paid gift cards, wire transfers, official checks and money orders, online banking and bill payment, safe deposit boxes, and night deposit boxes; and commercial services, which comprise ACH origination, merchant bankcard services, remote capture, sweep accounts, and currency services. As of January 30, 2009, the company had 58 banking locations, including 31 in eastern and central Washington, 9 in northern Idaho, and 18 in Utah. AmericanWest Bancorporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.
HMN Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMNF) operates as the holding company for Home Federal Savings Bank that provides banking products and services to retail and commercial business customers in Minnesota and Iowa. The company accepts deposits and originates or purchases loans. Its deposit products consist of passbook, negotiable order of withdrawal, money market, and non-interest bearing checking and certificate accounts, including individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises one-to-four family residential, commercial real estate, and multi-family mortgage loans, as well as consumer, construction, and commercial business loans. The company also invests in mortgage-backed and related securities, the U.S. government agency obligations, and other permissible investments. It serves the southern Minnesota counties of Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, and Winona, as well as portions of Steele, Dodge, Goodhue, and Wabasha through its corporate office in Rochester and 10 branch offices in Albert Lea, Austin, La Crescent, Rochester, Spring Valley, and Winona, Minnesota; and the Iowa counties of Marshall and Tama through its branch offices in Marshalltown and Toledo, Iowa. The company was founded in 1933 and is based in Rochester, Minnesota.
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