





PLT, REGN, STAA, RMD, POWI, HPQ, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading
Published in Stocks and Investing on Tuesday, December 6th 2011 at 7:00 GMT by WOPRAI

December 6, 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. PLANTRONICS, INC. (NYSE:PLT), REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:REGN), STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY (NASDAQ:STAA), RESMED INC. (NYSE:RMD), POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ:POWI), HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (NYSE:HPQ) 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. PLT PLANTRONICS, INC. Kannappan, S Kenneth CEO 39,835 79 -5.1% 26 REGN REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED Yancopoulos, George D OD 27,713 100 -21.1% 16 STAA STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY Morrison, David R D 20,000 75 -18.8% 4 RMD RESMED INC. Darkin, Donald O 32,000 84 -4.4% 9 POWI POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. Tomlin, John L O 4,000 100 -17.6% 71 HPQ HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY Joshi, Vyomesh I O 200,000 79 -6.1% 13The 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.
PLANTRONICS, INC. (NYSE:PLT) - Plantronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of lightweight communications headsets, telephone headset systems, and accessories for the business and consumer markets under the Plantronics brand name worldwide. It also offers specialty telephone products, such as telephones for the hearing impaired and other related products for people with special communication needs under the Clarity brand name. The companys products are designed for specific markets and applications, such as offices; contact centers; mobile devices comprising cell phones and personal digital asistants; computer and gaming; and residential applications, as well as for other specialty applications. It sells its products through a network of distributors, retailers, wireless carriers, original equipment manufacturers, and telephony service providers. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California.
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:REGN) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes pharmaceutical products for the treatment of serious medical conditions in the United States. The companys commercial product includes ARCALYST (rilonacept) injection for subcutaneous use for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes, including familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome and muckle-wells syndrome in adults and children. Its products under Phase III clinical trials include Rilonacept for the prevention and treatment of gout-related flares; VEGF Trap-Eye for eye diseases using intraocular delivery; and Aflibercept for the treatment of oncology. The companys earlier stage clinical programs REGN475, an antibody to nerve growth factor, which is being developed for the treatment of pain; REGN88, an antibody to the interleukin-6 receptor, which is developed in rheumatoid arthritis; REGN421, an antibody to delta-like ligand-4, for the treatment of oncology; REGN727, an antibody to proprotein convertase substilisin/kexin type 9, which is developed for low density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction; and REGN668, an antibody to the interleukin-4 receptor for certain allergic and immune conditions. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals also conducts other preclinical research programs in the areas of oncology and angiogenesis, ophthalmology, metabolic and related diseases, muscle diseases and disorders, inflammation and immune diseases, bone and cartilage, pain, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. The company has strategic collaboration with sanofi-aventis Group to discover, develop, and commercialize fully human monoclonal antibodies; and Bayer HealthCare LLC for the development of the VEGF-Trap-Eye. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1988 and is based in Tarrytown, New York.
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY (NASDAQ:STAA) - STAAR Surgical Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells implantable lenses for the cataracts and refractive surgery. It offers intraocular lenses (IOL) that include silicone Toric IOL, which is used in cataract surgery to treat preexisting astigmatism; Preloaded Injector, a three-piece silicone or acrylic IOL preloaded into a single-use disposable injector; Aspheric IOLs that provide a clearer image than traditional spherical IOLs; and nanoFLEX IOL, a single-piece collamer aspheric IOL. The company also provides implantable collamer lenses (ICL) that comprise VISIAN ICL and VISIAN Toric ICL to treat refractive disorders, such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. In addition, it sells surgical products and other related instruments, devices, surgical packs, and equipment. The company markets its products to health care providers, including surgical centers, hospitals, managed care providers, health maintenance organizations, group purchasing organizations, and government facilities under the STAAR, Visian, Collamer, nanoFLEX, nanoPOINT, STAARVISC, Elastimide, and AquaFlow brand names. STAAR Surgical Company operates in the United States, Switzerland, Japan, and Germany. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Monrovia, California.
RESMED INC. (NYSE:RMD) - ResMed Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of medical equipment for treating, diagnosing, and managing sleep-disordered breathing and other respiratory disorders. Its product portfolio for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and other forms of sleep-disordered breathing include airflow generators, diagnostic products, mask systems, headgear, and other accessories, including cold passover humidifiers, carry bags, and breathing circuits, as well as ventilation products. The company also offers data communications and data control products, such as ResLink, ResControl, ResControl II, TxControl, ResScan, and ResTraxx modules that facilitate the transfer of data and other information to and from the flow generators. It distributes its products through a network of distributors, independent manufacturers, representatives, and direct sales force primarily in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, and Sweden. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in San Diego, California.
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ:POWI) - Power Integrations, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary, high-voltage, and analog integrated circuits (ICs) for use in high-voltage power conversion. Its products include TOPSwitch, a current source that addresses applications of set-top boxes, DVD players, desktop computers, liquid crystal display monitors, and power adapters for notebook computers; and TinySwitch, which is used in adapters, digital cameras, computer peripherals, and power tools, as well as power supplies for home entertainment equipment, appliances, light emitting diode (LED) light fixtures, and desktop PCs. The companys products also include LinkSwitch products that are integrated high-voltage power conversion ICs designed to displace linear transformers, and are used in adapters and chargers for personal electronics, including cell phones, cordless phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players, as well as used for various home appliances and industrial applications; HiperPLC, which are used as main power supplies for flat-panel TVs, high-efficiency PCs and servers, LED street lights, and industrial controls; and DPA-Switch products that are used in the power-over-Ethernet powered devices, including voice-over-IP phones and security cameras, as well as network hubs, line cards, servers, digital PBX phones, DC-DC converter modules, and industrial controls. Its products are used in alternating current (AC)-DC power supplies in various end products, primarily in consumer, communications, computer, and industrial electronics markets. The company sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and merchant power supply manufacturers through direct sales staff and through a network of independent sales representatives and distributors. Power Integrations, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in San Jose, California.
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY (NYSE:HPQ) - Hewlett-Packard Company offers various products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), as well as to the government, health, and education sectors worldwide. The companys Services segment provides consulting, outsourcing, and technology services to infrastructure, applications, and business process domains. Its Enterprise Storage and Servers segment offers storage and server products. This segment provides industry standard servers, business critical systems, and storage works offerings. The companys HP Software segment provides enterprise IT management solutions, information management and business intelligence solutions, and communications and media solutions. Its Personal Systems Group segment offers commercial personal computers (PCs), consumer PCs, workstations, handheld computing devices, calculators and other related accessories, and software and services for the commercial and consumer markets. The companys Imaging and Printing Group segment provides consumer and commercial printer hardware, printing supplies, printing media, and scanning devices, such as inkjet and Web solutions, laserjet and enterprise solutions, managed enterprise solutions, graphics solutions, and printer supplies. Its HP Financial Services segment offers leasing, financing, utility programs, and asset recovery services; and financial asset management services for enterprise customers, as well as specialized financial services to SMBs, and educational and governmental entities. The company also provides network infrastructure products under the ProCurve, 3Com, and TippingPoint brand names; video collaboration products under the Halo brand name; and Palm smartphones, as well as licenses its specific technology to third parties. Hewlett-Packard Company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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