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PFCB, PDS, MKSI, ISLN, AVID, TRAD Expected To Be Lower After Earnings Releases on Thursday


Published on 2009-10-20 09:26:50, Last Modified on 2010-12-22 17:10:20 - WOPRAI
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October 20, 2009 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Thursday, October 22nd and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and September earnings reports. PF Changs China Bistro (NASDAQ: PFCB), Precision Drilling Trust (NYSE: PDS), MKS Instruments (NASDAQ: MKSI), Isilon Systems (NASDAQ: ISLN), Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID) and TradeStation Group (NASDAQ: TRAD) 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

PFCB P.F. Chang's China Bist 12 quarters Q3 Before

PDS Precision Drilling 12 quarters Q3 Before

MKSI MKS Instruments 12 quarters Q3 Before

ISLN Isilon Systems, Inc. 12 quarters Q3 After

AVID Avid Technology 12 quarters Q3 After

TRAD TradeStation Group 12 quarters Q3 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.

P.F. Changs China Bistro, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFBC), through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of restaurants in the United States. It owns and operates two restaurant concepts, P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Pei Wei Asian Diner. As of December 28, 2008, it operated 189 full service Bistro restaurants and 159 quick casual Pei Wei restaurants. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. has development and license agreements with Alsea, S.A.B. de C.V. & M.H. Alshaya to develop P.F. Chang's restaurants in Mexico and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Precision Drilling Trust (NYSE: PDS), through its subsidiaries, provides contract drilling, and completion and production services to the oil and gas exploration and production companies in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The contract drilling services include land drilling, and camp and catering services, as well as consist of the procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, and manufacture and refurbishment of drilling and service rig equipment. The completion and production services include service rig well completion and workover services, trucking services, snubbing services, and wastewater treatment services, as well as comprise the rental of oilfield surface equipment, tubulars and well control equipment, and wellsite accommodations. As of December 31, 2008, the company had 220 land drilling rigs, 229 well completion and workover service rigs, 29 snubbing units, and approximately 12,000 rental items in Canada. It had 151 land drilling rigs in the United States, 2 rigs in Mexico, and 1 in Chile. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ: MKSI), together with its subsidiaries, provides instruments, subsystems, and process control solutions that measure, control, power, monitor, and analyze parameters of semiconductor, thin film, and other manufacturing processes worldwide. It offers various instruments and control systems, including pressure measurement and control, materials delivery, gas composition analysis, electrostatic charge management, and control and information technology products. The company also offers power and reactive gas products, such as power delivery products, reactive gas generation products, processing thin films, and equipment cleaning products. In addition, it provides vacuum products, such as vacuum gauging products, and vacuum valves and process solutions, as well as electrostatic management solutions, multivariate data analysis and modeling software, and data and yield management software. The company's products are used in the semiconductor processing steps, such as depositing thin films of material onto silicon wafer substrates, and etching and cleaning circuit patterns; in the manufacture of flat panel displays, data storage media, solar cells, and other coatings; in the energy generation and environmental monitoring processes, such as nuclear fuel processing, fuel cell research, greenhouse gas monitoring, and chemical agent detection; in medical instrument sterilization; and in consumable medical supply manufacturing and pharmaceutical manufacturing. It serves manufacturers of semiconductor capital equipment, semiconductor devices, and thin film capital equipment; other industrial, medical, and manufacturing companies; and university, government, and industrial research laboratories. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with additional offices in China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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.

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) develops, markets, sells, and supports software and hardware products for the production, management, and distribution of digital media content worldwide. The company's Professional Video segment offers digital, nonlinear software and hardware video-editing solutions to edit television programs, commercials, and films; newsroom on-air graphics, ingest, play-to-air, and automation device control solutions; 3D animation products; video storage and workflow solutions, which include a production asset management solution to enable collaboration and workflow automation; and software and application support, installation, integration, planning, consulting, and training services. Its Consumer Video segment provides a consumer video-editing solution for consumers and entry-level videographers to create professional-looking videos; and TV-over-PC viewing solutions to view television programming on a personal computer. The company's Audio segment provides digital audio software and workstation solutions for the audio production process; integrated console systems, expandable hardware control surfaces, and audio interfaces; and live sound solutions, such as products for mixing audio for live sound reinforcement, and keyboards/controllers and digital pianos for musicians. This segment also offers desktop and studio monitors, such as speakers for use with desktop computer systems and in studios; software to electronically create, edit, and publish musical scores; and a computer-based disc jockey performance software package. It serves the education industry, artists, post production facilities, broadcasters and media conglomerates, and established professionals, as well as music, film, or video enthusiasts. The company markets and sells its solutions through independent distributors, value-added resellers, dealers, retailers, and e-commerce sales programs. Avid Technology, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.

TradeStation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRAD) operates as an online broker-dealer, an introducing broker, a futures commission merchant, and a trading technology company. Its product/service includes TradeStation, an electronic trading platform that enables traders to test and automate technical and fundamental trading strategies across various asset classes. The company also offers online brokerage services covering equities, equity and index options, financial and commodities futures, futures options, and spot forex transactions. It also provides TradeStation electronic subscription service, which includes trading features and functions, streaming charts and quotes, streaming news, analytical charting, and various other features included in the TradeStation electronic trading platform other than trade order placement, and other trading or brokerage-related features or services. TradeStation Group serves the active trader and institutional trader markets. The company has strategic relationships with J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp.; R.J. O'Brien & Associates, Inc.; and GAIN Capital Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Plantation, Florida.

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