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MET, SAM, AMSWA, KFRC, BCR, HLIT, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2011-06-30 05:20:34 - WOPRAI}
 

June 30, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Lower in the next 6 months. METLIFE, INC. (NYSE:MET), BOSTON BEER COMPANY INC-A (NYSE:SAM), AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. (NASDAQ:AMSWA), KFORCE INC. (NASDAQ:KFRC), C.R. BARD INC (NYSE:BCR), HARMONIC INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:HLIT) are all expected to go Lower as Sell signals have been generated by top insider trading patterns. The most important data elements considered when performing insider analysis are: Insiders Track Record - An insiders track record is best summarized by the Insider Score which ranges from 1 (least predictive) to 100 (most predictive) based on prior trading performance. In addition, the actual returns following the insiders prior trades are included to determine the potential magnitude of future returns. Insiders Role - Trades by higher-level insiders are generally more predictive than trades by lower level insiders. Higher-level insiders to include Chairman (CB), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President (P), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and Vice Chairman (VC).

The chart below displays the stocks expected to go Lower along with the insider name, position, predictive insider score, 6 month expected return and number of trading decisions included in the score.

     Symbol     Company Name                        Insider Name                        Role        Shares         Insider Score     Avg 6 Month Return     # of Dec. 
     MET        METLIFE, INC.                       Toppeta, William J                  O           7,310          97                -8.2%                  18        
     SAM        BOSTON BEER COMPANY INC-A           Koch, Charles Joseph                D           1,414          86                -15.3%                 7         
     AMSWA      AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC.             Edenfield, James C                  CEO         25,100         95                -32.2%                 16        
     KFRC       KFORCE INC.                         Dunkel, David L                     CEO         98,180         100               -18.8%                 30        
     BCR        C.R. BARD INC                       Schermerhorn, Todd C                CFO         30,000         79                -2.9%                  14        
     HLIT       HARMONIC INCORPORATED               Ley, Anthony J                      D           119,998        94                -39.7%                 9         

METLIFE, INC. (NYSE:MET) - MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, employee benefits, and financial services in the United States, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and India. It offers group life insurance products and services as employer-paid benefits, including variable life, universal life, and term life products, as well as employee paid supplemental life products; individual life insurance products and services comprising variable life, universal life, term life, and whole life products, as well as a range of mutual funds and other securities products; and non-medical health insurance products and services, such as dental insurance, group short- and long-term disability, individual disability income, long-term care, critical illness, and accidental death and dismemberment coverages, as well as employer-sponsored auto and homeowners insurance and administrative services-only arrangements to employers. The company also provides retirement products consisting of variable and fixed annuities for individuals and employees of corporations, and other institutions. In addition, MetLife provides an array of annuity and investment products, including guaranteed interest products and other stable value products, income annuities, and separate account contracts for the investment management of defined benefit and defined contribution plan assets, as well as offers certain products to fund postretirement benefits. Further, it offers auto insurance and homeowners insurance policies, as well as personal excess liability and coverage for recreational vehicles and boat owners; and credit insurance and endowment products. Additionally, the company funds company initiatives, various start-up entities, and run-off entities; and banking services, such as residential mortgage loans and various deposit products. The company was founded in 1868 and is based in New York, New York.

BOSTON BEER COMPANY INC-A (NYSE:SAM) - The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells low alcohol beverages primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, and Mexico. The company markets approximately 20 beers under the Samuel Adams or the Sam Adams brand names; 8 flavored malt beverage products under the Twisted Tea brand name; and 1 hard cider product under the HardCore Cider brand name. It also produces malt beverages and hard cider products under contract for third parties. The company sells its products to a network of wholesale distributors, who then sell to retailers, such as pubs, restaurants, grocery chains, package stores, stadiums, and other retail outlets. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

AMERICAN SOFTWARE, INC. (NASDAQ:AMSWA) - American Software, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, markets, and supports a portfolio of software and services that deliver enterprise management and collaborative supply chain solutions worldwide. It operates in three segments: Collaborative Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Information Technology Consulting. The Collaborative Supply Chain Management segment provides collaborative supply chain solutions to streamline and optimize the forecasting, production, distribution, and management of products between trading partners. It also markets and sells supply chain planning systems under Demand Solutions name through its value-added reseller distribution network, as well as offers Logility Voyager Solutions suite to companies with distribution-intensive supply chains through direct and indirect sales channels. The Enterprise Resource Planning segment provides purchasing and materials management, customer order processing, financial, e-commerce, flow manufacturing, and traditional manufacturing solutions, as well as offers industry-specific business software to retailers and manufacturers in the apparel, sewn products, and furniture industries. The Information Technology Consulting segment provides information technology staffing and consulting services. It also offers support for its software products, such as software enhancements, documentation, updates, customer education, consulting, systems integration services, and maintenance. The company serves retail, apparel, consumer-packaged goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, industrial products, and other manufacturing industries. American Software was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

KFORCE INC. (NASDAQ:KFRC) - Kforce Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides professional and technical specialty staffing services and solutions to the federal government, state and local governments, local and regional companies, and small to mid-sized companies in the United States. It offers flexible staffing services and solutions on temporary and full-time basis, as well as provides search services. The company operates in four segments: Technology, Finance and Accounting, Health and Life Sciences, and Government Solutions. The Technology segment offers systems/applications programmers, systems analysts, enterprise data management, and e-business and networking technicians in the areas of information technologies. The Finance and Accounting segment provides temporary staffing and search placement services to clients in areas, such as taxation, budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting, cost analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, professional administrative, credit and collections, general accounting, audit services, systems and controls analysis, and documentation to support compliance work. The Health and Life Sciences segment offers clinical research associates for the pharmaceutical industry; and health care information management professionals and nurses for hospitals and healthcare facilities. The Government Solutions segment provides finance and accounting, and technology professionals to the federal government primarily as a prime contractor. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

C.R. BARD INC (NYSE:BCR) - C. R. Bard, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, packaging, distribution, and sale of medical, surgical, diagnostic, and patient care devices worldwide. It offers vascular, urology, oncology, and surgical specialty products. The companys vascular products include percutaneous transluminal angioplasty catheters, guidewires, introducers, and accessories; peripheral vascular stents and stent grafts, vena cava filters, and biopsy devices; electrophysiology products, such as electrophysiology diagnostic, therapeutic, and temporary pacing electrode catheters, as well as laboratory systems; and fabrics, meshes, and implantable vascular grafts. Its urology products comprise infection control Foley catheters to reduce the rate of urinary tract infections; surgical slings used to treat stress urinary incontinence; natural and synthetic devices to treat pelvic floor and vaginal prolapse; brachytherapy services, devices, and radioactive seeds used to treat prostate cancer; intermittent urinary drainage catheters, and urine monitoring and collection systems; ureteral stents; specialty devices for ureteroscopic procedures and stone removal; fecal incontinence products; and catheter stabilization devices. The company offers various devices to treat and manage cancers, and other diseases and disorders, including specialty access catheters, ports, vascular access ultrasound devices, and enteral feeding devices. Its surgical specialty products include implanted patches and fixation systems for hernia and other soft tissue repairs; irrigation devices for orthopedic, laparoscopic, and gynecological procedures; and products for topical hemostasis. C. R. Bard sells its products directly and through distributors to hospitals, individual health care professionals, extended care facilities, and alternate site facilities. The company was founded in 1907 and is based in Murray Hill, New Jersey.

HARMONIC INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:HLIT) - Harmonic Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells video products and system solutions that enable service providers to deliver broadcast and on-demand services. Its broadcast and on-demand services include high-definition television, video-on-demand, network personal video recording, and time-shifted TV. The company offers video processing products, including broadcast encoders, contribution and distribution encoders, stream processing and statistical multiplexing solutions, and decoders and descramblers. It also offers management and control software products that consist of NMX Digital Service Manager that gives service providers the ability to control and visually monitor their digital video infrastructure at an aggregate level; and NETWatch management system, which operates in broadband networks to capture measurement data and enables the broadband service operator to monitor and control the hybrid fiber-coax transmission network from a master headend or remote locations. In addition, the company provides content management software that comprise CLEARCut storage encoding and CarbonCoder software, which facilitate the creation of multi-format video for Internet, mobile, and broadcast applications; ProStream 8000 solution that allows operators to present on-screen mosaics with various channels tiled within a single video stream; and Armada and Streamliner products for the management of an operators video-on-demand assets and the distribution of these assets to subscribers. Further, it offers edge and access products, such as edge products, optical transmitters and amplifiers, and optical nodes and return path equipment. Further, the company provides consulting, implementation, and integration services. It sells and markets its products through direct sales force, independent distributors, and integrators to various broadband communications companies primarily in the United States. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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