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PKG, STE, STX, WHG, DGX, UTHR, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2011-07-26 07:00:16 - WOPRAI}
 

July 26, 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. PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA (NYSE:PKG), STERIS CORPORATION (NYSE:STE), SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ:STX), WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. (NYSE:WHG), QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED (NYSE:DGX), UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:UTHR) 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. 
     PKG        PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA     Kowlzan, Mark W                     CEO         6,763          84                -8.2%                  12        
     STE        STERIS CORPORATION                  Moss, Robert Earl                   O           4,700          77                -10.3%                 9         
     STX        SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY                  Luczo, Stephen James                CEO         20,000         100               -10.7%                 29        
     WHG        WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.       Byrne, Susan M                      CI          11,432         90                -8.1%                  7         
     DGX        QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED      Hagemann, Robert A                  CFO         4,150          95                -10.6%                 22        
     UTHR       UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION     Ferrari, John Maxim                 CFO         5,500          91                -5.3%                  43        

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA (NYSE:PKG) - Packaging Corporation of America produces containerboard and corrugated products in the United States. Its corrugated packaging products include conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; and multi-color boxes and displays to merchandise the packaged products in retail locations, as well as meat boxes and wax-coated boxes for the agricultural industry. Packaging Corporation offers its products through a direct sales and marketing organization. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

STERIS CORPORATION (NYSE:STE) - STERIS Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets infection prevention, contamination control, microbial reduction, and surgical support products and services to healthcare, pharmaceutical, scientific, research, industrial, and governmental customers worldwide. It offers sterilizers, including low temperature liquid, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and ethylene oxide technologies, as well as steam sterilization that assists in the re-use of medical equipment and devices; automated washer/disinfector systems that clean and disinfect rolling instrument carts, healthcare equipment, and surgical instruments; and general and specialty surgical tables, surgical and examination lights, equipment management systems, operating room storage cabinets, warming cabinets, and scrub sinks. The company also provides cleaning chemistries and sterility assurance products used in instrument cleaning and decontamination systems; cleansing products, including hard surface disinfectants, and skin care and hand hygiene solutions; and connectivity solutions, such as operating room integration and instrument management. In addition, it offers various preventive maintenance programs and repair services; corrective and preventive service solutions; sterilization management consulting services; and other support services, such as construction and facility planning, engineering support, device testing, customer education, hand hygiene process, asset management/planning, and the sale of replacement parts. Further, the company provides engineered capital products, formulated cleaning chemistries, and service solutions. Additionally, it offers contract sterilization and microbial reduction services to companies that supply products to the healthcare, industrial, and consumer product industries. The company was formerly known as Innovative Medical Technologies and changed its name to STERIS Corporation in 1987. STERIS Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio.

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY (NASDAQ:STX) - Seagate Technology Public Limited Company designs, manufactures, markets, and sells hard disk drives for the enterprise, client compute, and client non-compute market applications in the United States and internationally. The companys products are used in enterprise servers; mainframes and workstations; desktop and notebook computers; digital video recorders; personal data backup systems; portable external storage systems; and digital media systems. It also offers data storage services for small- to medium-sized businesses, including online backup, data protection, and recovery solutions; and ships external backup storage solutions under the Free Agent Go and Free Agent Go Flex product lines. Seagate Technology sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. (NYSE:WHG) - Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. manages investment assets and provides services for its clients. The company operates through two subsidiaries, Westwood Management Corp. and Westwood Trust. Westwood Management Corp. is a registered investment advisor, and provides investment advisory services to corporate and public retirement plans, endowments, foundations, the WHG Funds, other mutual funds, and clients of Westwood Trust. Westwood Trust provides trust services and participation in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED (NYSE:DGX) - Quest Diagnostics Incorporated provides diagnostic testing, information, and services in the United States and internationally. It offers patients and physicians the access to diagnostic testing services through its network of laboratories and patient service centers; and interpretive consultation services. The company provides commercial clinical testing services, including routine clinical testing for blood chemistries, complete blood cell counts, urinalyses, pregnancy and other prenatal tests, routine microbiology testing, prescription drug monitoring, alcohol and other substance-abuse tests, and allergy tests; gene-based and esoteric testing; and anatomic pathology services, as well as risk assessment services for the life insurance industry. It also develops and integrates clinical connectivity and data management solutions for healthcare organizations, physicians, and clinicians through its Care360 suite of products; and offers Centergy Data Exchange and the ChartMaxx electronic document management system to hospitals. In addition, the company provides central laboratory testing services in connection with clinical research trials on new drugs, vaccines, and medical devices; and clinical testing to employers for the detection of employee use of drugs-of-abuse. Further, it develops and manufactures products that enable healthcare professionals to make healthcare diagnoses, including HerpeSelect ELISA tests that detect patient antibodies to certain types of herpes simplex virus, and sells to academic medical centers, hospitals, and commercial laboratories; White Blood Cell Analyzer for performing whole-blood test on finger-stick samples; and InSure fecal immunochemical test for screening for colorectal cancer. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Madison, New Jersey.

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION (NASDAQ:UTHR) - United Therapeutics Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for patients with chronic and life-threatening diseases in the United States and Internationally. It offers Remodulin, Tyvaso, and Adcirca (tadalafil) tablets for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); and CardioPAL SAVI and decipher cardiac monitors, and CardioPAL SAVI wireless cardiac event monitors for cardiac arrhythmias and ischemic heart disease. The companys under development products include Oral Treprostinil, which is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of PAH and is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease; Beraprost-MR, a Phase II clinical trials product for the treatment of PAH; 3F8 MAb, a Phase II clinical trials product for neuroblastoma; Aviptadil, a Phase II clinical trials product targeting pulmonary hypertension and other pulmonary diseases; 8H9 MAb, a Phase I clinical trials product for the treatment of metastatic brain cancer; IW001, a Phase I clinical trials product that targets idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and primary graft dysfunction; and Glycobiology Antiviral Agents, which are in pre-clinical trials for Hepatitis C and other infectious diseases. United Therapeutics Corporation also provides telemedicine monitoring services to detect cardiac arrhythmias and ischemic heart disease. The company sells its products through sales and marketing staff, specialty pharmaceutical distributors, and pharmaceutical wholesalers. It has a licensing agreements and relationships with Eli Lilly and Company; Toray Industries, Inc.; NEBU-TEC; Mondobiotech; ImmuneWorks; GlaxoSmithKline PLC; Pfizer Inc.; and Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The company was formerly known as Lung Rx, Inc. and changed its name in December, 1997. United Therapeutics Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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