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COLB, SFE, NCI, LCRY, CYTK, DUF Expected To Be Down After Next Earnings Releases

^{Published on 2011-04-26 06:31:40 - WOPRAI}
 

April 26, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Wednesday, April 27th 2011 and determining how the stocks have performed After their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and 6 Consecutive Days earnings reports. COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC (NASDAQ:COLB), SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC (NYSE:SFE), NAVIGANT CONSULTING INC (NYSE:NCI), LECROY CORP (NASDAQ:LCRY), CYTOKINETICS INC (NASDAQ:CYTK), DUFF & PHELPS CORP-CLASS A (NYSE:DUF) are all expected to be Down 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 Down After earnings are released Wednesday:

     Symbol     Company                             # of Reports            Quarter     Release Time
     COLB       COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC         6 Quarter               Q1          Before
     SFE        SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC           12 Quarter              Q1          Before
     NCI        NAVIGANT CONSULTING INC             6 Quarter               Q1          Before
     LCRY       LECROY CORP                         12 Quarter              Q3          Before
     CYTK       CYTOKINETICS INC                    12 Quarter              Q1          After
     DUF        DUFF & PHELPS CORP-CLASS A          6 Quarter               Q1          After

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC (NASDAQ:COLB) - Columbia Banking System, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Columbia State Bank, which provides a range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individuals in the states of Washington and Oregon. It offers checking and saving accounts, certificate of deposit accounts, and consumer and residential lending products; and remote deposit capture, cash management, commercial and industrial lending, real estate and real estate construction lending, equipment finance, and small business services. The company also provides Visa card, investment, international banking, merchant card, online banking, electronic bill pay, and private banking services. As of February 19, 2010, Columbia Banking System had 84 branch offices, including 60 branches in Washington and 24 branches in Oregon. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.

SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC (NYSE:SFE) - Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in expansion financing, growth capital, management buyout, recapitalization, industry consolidation, corporate spinout, and early stage financing transactions. The firm prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the technology and life sciences sectors. Within the technology sector, it invests in software as a service, technology enabled services, Internet/new media, financial services information technology, healthcare information technology and selected business services with capital requirements of up to $25 million. Within the life sciences sector, the firm invests in molecular and point-of-care diagnostics, medical devices, regenerative medicine, and specialty pharmaceuticals, and healthcare services. It invests throughout United States and Southeastern Canada. The firm primarily invests between $10 million and $25 million in growth equity financing and between $5 million and $10 million in early-stage financing. It typically invests in the capital structures including owner financed and bootstrapped companies, corporate division or business unit, and venture capital-backed seeking a growth partner. The firm prefers to be the largest shareholder in its portfolio companies, with ownership in the range of five percent to 50 percent. However, it may occasionally take a majority or smaller stake in its portfolio companies. It prefers to invest in companies having proprietary technology and intellectual property. The firm prefers to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies. It was formerly known as Lancaster Corporation. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. was founded in 1953 and is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania with an additional office in Weston, Massachusetts.

NAVIGANT CONSULTING INC (NYSE:NCI) - Navigant Consulting, Inc., a specialty consulting firm, provides services to companies in addressing the challenges of uncertainty, risk, distress, and significant change. It offers various professional services, such as dispute, investigative, financial, operational and business advisory, risk management, regulatory advisory, strategy, economic analysis, and transaction advisory solutions. The company operates in four segments: Dispute and Investigative Services, Business Consulting Services, International Consulting, and Economic Consulting. The Dispute and Investigative Services segment provides a range of services to clients facing the challenges of disputes, litigation, forensic investigation, discovery, and regulatory compliance. This segments clients include law firms, corporate general counsels, and corporate boards. The Business Consulting Services segment offers strategic, operational, financial, regulatory, and technical management consulting services to various clients, including C suite executives and corporate management, government entities, and law firms. The International Consulting segment provides a mix of dispute and business consulting services to clients. The Economic Consulting segment offers economic and financial analyses of legal and business issues, such as antitrust, corporate finance and governance, bankruptcy, intellectual property, investment banking, labor market discrimination and compensation, corporate valuation, and securities litigation principally for law firms, corporations, and government agencies. The company primarily serves construction, energy, financial services, insurance, and healthcare industries. Navigant Consulting, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

LECROY CORP (NASDAQ:LCRY) - LeCroy Corporation develops, manufactures, sells, and licenses oscilloscopes and global communication protocol analyzers. It offers seven categories of oscilloscopes: WaveExpert, a line of sampling oscilloscopes; WaveMaster, a high performance product; WavePro for the mid-to high-performance sector; WaveRunner designed for the mid-performance sector; WaveSurfer and WaveJet for value-oriented users in the low bandwidth sector of the market; and WaveAce, an entry-level oscilloscope product. The companys oscilloscopes are used by designers and engineers for measuring and analyzing electronic signals. LeCroy Corporation also provides protocol analyzers for the digital communications standards, such as Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI Express, Serial ATA, Serial Attached SCSI, Universal Serial Bus (USB), Bluetooth, and Wireless USB. Its protocol analyzers are used to monitor communications traffic and diagnose operational problems in various communication devices. The company also offers oscilloscope probes and accessory products; and provides support, repair, maintenance, recalibration, and various post sale upgrades and installations. It serves computer, semiconductor, consumer electronics, data storage, automotive, industrial, military, aerospace, and original equipment manufacturer markets. LeCroy sells its products through its direct sales force, manufacturers representatives, and distributors in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, China, South Korea, and Singapore. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York.

CYTOKINETICS INC (NASDAQ:CYTK) - Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics that modulate muscle function for the potential treatment of serious diseases and medical conditions. It primarily offers omecamtiv mecarbil, a cardiac muscle myosin activator, which is in Phase I/IIa clinical trials for the treatment of heart failure; CK-2017357, which is a Phase IIa clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and CK-2066260, a fast skeletal muscle sarcomere activator for the treatment of diseases and conditions associated with muscle weakness or wasting. The companys cancer treatment products under development stage comprise ispinesib, SB-743921, and GSK-923295. It has a strategic alliance with Amgen Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize novel small molecule therapeutics that activate cardiac muscle contractility for applications in the treatment of heart failure. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

DUFF & PHELPS CORP-CLASS A (NYSE:DUF) - Duff & Phelps Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides independent financial advisory and investment banking services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Financial Advisory, Corporate Finance Consulting, and Investment Banking. The Financial Advisory segment offers valuation advisory, tax services, and dispute and legal management consulting services. The Corporate Finance Consulting segment provides services related to portfolio valuation, financial engineering, strategic value advisory, and due diligence. The Investment Banking segment provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services, transaction opinions, and restructuring advisory services. The company serves financial institutions, entertainment companies, professional service firms, energy, utilities, chemical, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and consumer product companies. Duff & Phelps Corporation was founded in 1932 and is based in New York, New York.

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