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HQL, QDEL, GBX, IBKC, LKFN, JBHT, Expected to Trade Higher After Bullish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2011-08-11 06:40:31 - WOPRAI}
 

August 11, 2011 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Higher in the next 6 months. H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS (NYSE:HQL), QUIDEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:QDEL), GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE) (NYSE:GBX), IBERIABANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBKC), LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LKFN), HUNT (J.B.) TRANSPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:JBHT) are all expected to go Higher as Buy 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 Higher 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. 
     HQL        H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS       Omstead, Daniel R                   P           10,000         83                7.0%                   9         
     QDEL       QUIDEL CORPORATION                  Schuler, Jack W                     D           100,000        84                20.6%                  5         
     GBX        GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE)     Furman, William A                   CEO         29,200         79                31.3%                  10        
     IBKC       IBERIABANK CORPORATION              Fenstermaker, William H             D           5,000          79                20.6%                  5         
     LKFN       LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION      Welch, M Scott                      D           6,000          97                12.3%                  25        
     JBHT       HUNT (J.B.) TRANSPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED     Robo, James L                       D           6,000          81                13.6%                  7         

H & Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS (NYSE:HQL) - H&Q Life Sciences Investors

QUIDEL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:QDEL) - Quidel Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of diagnostic testing solutions for applications primarily in infectious diseases, and reproductive and womens health. It provides point-of-care and other diagnostic tests under the QuickVue, QuickVue+, Quidel, and MicroVue brand names. The company offers products for infectious diseases, such as Influenza, Group A Strep, and Respiratory Syncitial Virus test; and for reproductive and women's health, including pregnancy, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Bone Health. It also provides Immunoassay fecal occult blood test used to detect the presence of blood in stool specimens; and Helicobacter pylori test, a serological test to measure antibodies circulating in the blood caused by the immune response to the H. pylori bacterium. In addition, the company offers veterinary products; and clinical laboratory and research tests that are used in the measurement of circulating immune complexes, complement deficiencies, and complement activation. Quidel Corporation sells its products to professionals for use in physician offices, hospitals, clinical laboratories, reference laboratories, universities, retail clinics, and wellness screening centers through a network of national and regional distributors, and a direct sales force in the United States, as well as through distributor arrangements primarily in Japan, Europe, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in San Diego, California.

GREENBRIER COMPANIES, INC. (THE) (NYSE:GBX) - The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of railroad freight car equipment in North America and Europe. It offers double-stack railcars; boxcars used in forest products, automotive, perishables, and general merchandise applications; covered hopper cars for grain and cement industries; gondolas and coil cars for steel and metal markets; conventional railcars; center partition cars for forest products industry; bulkhead flat cars; flat cars for automotive transportation; and solid waste service flat cars. The company also provides pressurized tank cars for liquid petroleum gas and ammonia; non-pressurized tank cars for light oil and chemical products; coal cars; and sliding wall cars, as well as ocean-going barges, including conventional deck barges, double-hull tank barges, railcar/deck barges, barges for aggregates, and other heavy industrial products and ocean-going barges. In addition, it involves in the repair and refurbishment of railcars for third parties, as well as for its own leased and managed fleet; provision of wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels, axles, and roller bearings; and production of recondition railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, and bolsters, as well as roofs, doors, and associated parts for boxcars. Further, the company offers finance lease programs. Additionally, it provides management services that comprise railcar maintenance management; railcar accounting services, such as billing and revenue collection, and car hire receivable and payable administration; and fleet management, including railcar tracking, administration, and remarketing. The company also produces railcar castings through a joint venture. It owns approximately 8,000 railcars; and provides management services for approximately 225,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing companies. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

IBERIABANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBKC) - IBERIABANK Corporation operates as the holding company for IBERIABANK that offers commercial and retail banking products and services in the United States. The companys deposit products primarily include NOW accounts, savings and money market accounts, and certificate of deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, including real estate loans and business loans; mortgage loans consisting of residential one to four family loans and construction loans; and loans to individuals, such as indirect automobile loans and home equity loans. The company also offers brokerage, title insurance, and loan closing services, as well as wealth management services. In addition, the company sells variable annuities, life, health, dental, and accident insurance products. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 209 combined offices, including 136 bank branch offices in Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas; and 26 title insurance offices in Arkansas and Louisiana. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:LKFN) - Lakeland Financial Corporation operates as a holding company of Lake City Bank, which provides various commercial and retail banking, wealth advisory, and investment management services in Indiana. The company accepts savings deposits, checking accounts, time deposits, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, and health savings accounts. It provides commercial, real estate, and agricultural loans; direct and indirect consumer loans; and commercial and residential real estate mortgage loans, as well as home equity lines of credit and retail installment loans, including indirect automotive financing. In addition, the company offers retail and merchant credit card services, corporate treasury management services, retirement services, bond administration, safe deposit box services, and trust and brokerage services, as well as involves in the sale of securities under agreements to repurchase. Further, it provides retail brokerage services, including various financial and investment products, such as annuities and life insurance; and Internet business banking and on-line treasury management services. As of December 31, 2009, the company had 43 offices in 12 counties in Northern Indiana, as well as a loan production office in Indianapolis. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana.

HUNT (J.B.) TRANSPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:JBHT) - J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a surface transportation and delivery services company in North America. It provides flatbed, refrigerated, expedited, and less-than-truckload, as well as various dry-van and intermodal solutions. The company transports a range of freight, including general merchandise, specialty consumer items, appliances, forest and paper products, building materials, soaps and cosmetics, automotive parts, electronics, and chemicals. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 40,170 company-controlled containers and managed a fleet of 2,303 company-owned tractors; 969 company-controlled trucks, 358 customer-owned trucks, and 31 independent contractor trucks; and 1,698 company-owned tractors. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Lowell, Arkansas.

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