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ANF, ONXX, XLNX, IBKC, SFI, JBHT, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading


Published on 2011-12-01 07:00:33 - WOPRAI
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December 1, 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. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO (NYSE:ANF), ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NASDAQ:ONXX), XILINX, INC. (NASDAQ:XLNX), IBERIABANK CORPORATION (NASDAQ:IBKC), ISTAR FINANCIAL INC. (NYSE:SFI), HUNT (J.B.) TRANSPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:JBHT) 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. 
     ANF        ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO              Jeffries, Michael S                 CEO         200,000        90                -6.9%                  62        
     ONXX       ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.          Wood, Julianna R                    O           107,053        81                -11.8%                 16        
     XLNX       XILINX, INC.                        Ratford, Vincent F                  O           8,136          94                -9.9%                  11        
     IBKC       IBERIABANK CORPORATION              Byrd, Daryl G                       CEO         7,500          87                -7.3%                  24        
     SFI        ISTAR FINANCIAL INC.                Sugarman, Jay Scott                 CEO         25,000         78                -8.9%                  21        
     JBHT       HUNT (J.B.) TRANSPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED     Simpson, Shelley                    O           20,200         78                -6.8%                  10        
The insider buying report presents recent insider purchases, reported on Forms 3, 4, and 5 filed with the SEC. The transactions are aggregated to a 'decision' level which simplifies the data analysis. A decision is a grouping of buying or selling by an individual at the specified company.

ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO (NYSE:ANF) - Abercrombie & Fitch Co., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of casual apparel for men, women, and kids. The company sells casual sportswear apparel, including knit and woven shirts, graphic t-shirts, fleece, jeans and woven pants, shorts, sweaters, and outerwear; personal care products; and accessories under the Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, and Hollister brands. It also offers bras, underwear, sleepwear, and at-home products for girls under the Gilly Hicks brand. The company sells products through its stores; direct-to-consumer operations; and Websites, which comprise abercrombie.com, abercrombiekids.com, hollisterco.com, and gillyhicks.com. As of January 29, 2011, it operated 1,069 stores in North America, Europe, and Japan. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio.

ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NASDAQ:ONXX) - Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapies targeting the molecular mechanisms causing cancer in the United States and internationally. Its lead product includes Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets, a novel, oral multiple kinase inhibitor that targets proteins involved in tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis. This product is being developed and marketed in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. Its developing products include Nexavar for the treatment of liver cancer, kidney cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and colorectal cancer; and Carfilzomib for the treatment of multiple myeloma and solid tumor. The company also develops ONX 0801, a Phase 1 clinical stage product, under a development and license agreement with BTG International Limited; and ONX 0912, an oral proteasome inhibitor. In addition, it develops ONX 0914, a preclinical stage product for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and lupus. In addition, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, through a development collaboration, option, and license agreement with S*BIO Pte Ltd, owns options to license the rights of ONX 0803 and ONX 0805. ONX 0803 is an orally available, potent, and selective inhibitor of JAK2; and ONX 0805 is a JAK2 inhibitor. Further, the company has a research and development collaboration agreement with Warner-Lambert Company to discover and commercialize small molecule drugs that restore the control of, or otherwise intervene in, the misregulated cell cycle in tumor cells. Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

XILINX, INC. (NASDAQ:XLNX) - Xilinx, Inc. engages in the design, development, and marketing of programmable logic solutions. It offers advanced integrated circuits in the form of programmable logic devices (PLDs); software design tools to program the PLDs; predefined system functions as intellectual property (IP) cores; design services; customer training; and field engineering and technical support solutions. The PLDs include field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices, which customers program to perform desired logic functions. The company provides its solutions for electronic equipment manufacturers in end markets, such as wired and wireless communications, industrial, scientific and medical, aerospace and defense, audio, video and broadcast, consumer, automotive, and data processing. It also offers targeted design platforms comprising reference designs, target boards, application software, design tools, IP, and silicon; Xilinx ISE, a design suite that enables designers to target area, performance, or power, as well as integrates with third-party electronic design automation software offerings and point-tool solutions. In addition, the company provides IP components to meet timing parameters, as well as domain-specific IP; development boards, reference designs, kits, and configuration products; and an ecosystem of IP, boards, tools, services, and support. Further, it offers engineering and third-party alliance member services, such as training, full design creation, and implementation. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and electronic components distributors through independent domestic and foreign distributors, direct sales, network of independent sales representative firms, and a direct sales management organization in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Japan. Xilinx Inc. has a strategic partnership with Cogo Group, Inc. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.

ISTAR FINANCIAL INC. (NYSE:SFI) - iStar Financial Inc. operates as a finance company focusing on the commercial real estate industry. The company provides custom-tailored financing to high-end private and corporate owners of real estate. Its financing products include senior and mezzanine real estate debt, senior and mezzanine corporate capital, corporate net lease financing, and equity. The company also involves in corporate tenant leasing business, which provides capital to corporations and others who control facilities leased primarily to single creditworthy customers. As of December 31, 2008, iStar Financial owned 362 office, industrial, entertainment, hotel, and retail facilities in 39 states. The company qualifies as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, it generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.

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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