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Tue, July 27, 2010
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SCI, VPHM, MANT, KWR, OSTK, HMN Expected To Be Higher After Earnings Releases on Wednesday
July 26, 2010 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Wednesday, July 28th and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and July earnings reports. Service Corp (NYSE: SCI), ViroPharma (NASDAQ: VPHM), ManTech International (NASDAQ: MANT), Quaker Chemical (NYSE: KWR), Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) and Horace Mann Educators (NYSE: HMN) are all expected to be higher after their earnings are released Wednesday. 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 higher after earnings are released Wednesday:
Symbol Company # of Reports Quarter Release Time
SCI Service Corporation July earnings Q2 After
VPHM ViroPharma Incorporated July earnings Q2 Before
MANT ManTech International 12 quarters Q2 After
KWR Quaker Chemical Corp 12 quarters Q2 After
OSTK Overstock.com, Inc. 12 quarters Q2 Before
HMN Horace Mann Educators July earnings Q2 After
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.
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) provides deathcare products and services in the United States, Canada, and Germany. Its funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and related businesses. The company provides various professional services relating to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral facilities and motor vehicles, and preparation and embalming services. It also sells funeral related merchandise, including caskets, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, cremation memorial products, flowers, and other ancillary products and services at funeral service locations. The companya�s cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, including mausoleum spaces, lots, and lawn crypts; and sell cemetery related merchandise and services comprising stone and bronze memorials, markers, merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings. It also sells preneed funeral and cemetery products and services whereby a customer contractually agrees to the terms of certain products and services to be delivered and performed in the future. As of December 31, 2009, Service Corporation operated 1,254 funeral service locations and 372 cemeteries, including 208 combination locations, covering 43 states in the United States, 8 Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as 12 funeral homes in Germany. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM), a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases with a focus on products used by physician specialists or in hospital settings in the United States and internationally. The companya�s product line includes Cinryze for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema; and Vancocin HCl capsules for the treatment of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile infection and enterocolitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains. Its products in development include C1 esterase inhibitor to identify further therapeutic uses and potential additional indications and other modes of administration for the treatment of HAE and other C1 mediated diseases; a non-toxigenic strain of C. difficile for the treatment and prevention of CDI.; and Maribavir, which is in Phase III clinical development stage for the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infections related to transplant. The company sells its products directly to wholesale drug distributors, and specialty pharmacies/specialty distributors. ViroPharma Incorporated was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania.
ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ: MANT) provides technologies and solutions for national security programs in the United States and internationally. The companya�s mission support solutions include cyber security, secure information sharing and collaboration, mission enabling solutions, enterprise systems engineering, service oriented architectures, intelligence operations and analysis support, and secrecy management and program security architecture. It also offers systems engineering services; modeling and simulation, testing, and evaluation; and independent validation and verification services. In addition, the company provides technical services, such as communication systems and infrastructure support, global and domestic mission-critical logistics support, global property management, and global information technology modernization. ManTech International Corporation offers its products and services to U.S. federal government intelligence, military and civilian agencies, state and local governments, and commercial customers. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia.
Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE: KWR) develops, produces, and markets formulated chemical specialty products for various heavy industrial and manufacturing applications. It also offers and markets chemical management services (CMS). The companya�s products and services include rolling lubricants, which are used by the manufacturers of steel in the hot and cold rolling of steel, as well as by the manufacturers of aluminum in the hot rolling of aluminum; corrosion preventives that are used by steel and metalworking customers to protect metal during manufacture, storage, and shipment; metal finishing compounds, which are used to prepare metal surfaces for treatments, such as galvanizing and tin plating, as well as to prepare metal for further processing; and machining and grinding compounds that are used by metalworking customers in cutting, shaping, and grinding metal parts. Its products and services also include forming compounds that are used to facilitate the drawing and extrusion of metal products; hydraulic fluids, which are used by steel, metalworking, and other customers to operate hydraulically activated equipment; and technology for the removal of hydrogen sulfide in various industrial applications. In addition, the company offers chemical milling maskants for the aerospace industry, and temporary and permanent coatings for metal and concrete products; construction products, such as flexible sealants and protective coatings for various applications; and programs to provide CMS. It offers its products and services to the steel, automotive, mining, aerospace, tube and pipe, coatings, and construction materials industries. It sells its products directly and through its CMS programs, as well as through value-added resellers and agents. The company was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) operates as an online retailer offering closeout and discount brand, and non-brand name merchandise in the United States. Its merchandise offerings include bed-and-bath goods, home decor, kitchenware, watches, jewelry, electronics and computers, sporting goods, apparel, and designer accessories, as well as comprise furniture, home and garden products, shoes, and media products. The company also sells books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, and video games. In addition, Overstock.com offers an online auction service, which operates as an online marketplace for buying and selling goods and services, as well as for listing cars and real estate for sale. It offers its products and services through its Web site, overstock.com, as well as operates O.biz, a Website where customers can shop for bulk and business related items. The company was formerly known as D2a"Discounts Direct and changed its name to Overstock.com, Inc. in October 1999. Overstock.com, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Horace Mann Educators Corporation (NYSE: HMN), through its subsidiaries, markets and underwrites personal lines of property and casualty insurance, retirement annuities, and life insurance in the United States. Its property and casualty insurance products primarily include private passenger automobile and homeowners insurance. The company also offers annuity products, such as tax-qualified products; and traditional term, whole life, and group life insurance policies. Horace Mann markets its products to K-12 teachers, administrators, and other employees of public schools and their families, as well as to other education-related customers, including elementary and secondary teachers, school administrators, and education support personnel. It sells its products through its agent sales force and independent agent distribution channels. The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Springfield, Illinois.
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