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TAXI, MGRC, XLNX, DNR, EXTR, HAIN, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading


Published on 2011-12-07 07:00:54 - WOPRAI
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December 7, 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. MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:TAXI), MCGRATH RENTCORP (NASDAQ:MGRC), XILINX, INC. (NASDAQ:XLNX), DENBURY RESOURCES INC. (NYSE:DNR), EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR), HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC (NASDAQ:HAIN) 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. 
     TAXI       MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORPORATION     Murstein, Alvin                     CEO         17,442         97                -9.5%                  9         
     MGRC       MCGRATH RENTCORP                    Pratt, Keith E                      CFO         9,100          78                -5.5%                  5         
     XLNX       XILINX, INC.                        Gavrielov, Moshe Nachum             CEO         5,730          91                -9.7%                  6         
     DNR        DENBURY RESOURCES INC.              Dubuisson, Harold Raymond           O           63,183         77                -12.4%                 9         
     EXTR       EXTREME NETWORKS, INC.              Stitt, Gordon L                     D           50,000         75                -6.0%                  21        
     HAIN       HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC            Simon, Irwin D                      CEO         100,000        81                -3.7%                  46        
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.

MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:TAXI) - Medallion Financial Corp., through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company in the United States. The company engages in originating, acquiring, and servicing loans that finance taxicab medallions and various commercial businesses. It also originates consumer loans for the purchase of recreational vehicles, boats, motorcycles, and trailers, as well as provides other debt, mezzanine, and equity investment capital to companies in various industries. In addition, the company originates commercial loans that finance the purchase of the equipment and related assets necessary to open a new business or the purchase or improvement of an existing business; and loans to small businesses for the purpose of financing inventory and receivables. Further, it raises deposits and conducts other banking activities. Medallion Financial Corp. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

MCGRATH RENTCORP (NASDAQ:MGRC) - McGrath RentCorp operates as a business-to-business rental company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Mobile Modular Management Corporation (Mobile Modular); TRS-RenTelco; Adler Tank Rentals, LLC (Adler Tank); and Enviroplex, Inc. (Enviroplex). The Mobile Modular segment rents and sells modular buildings to public and private schools, colleges, and universities in California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Georgia. These modular units are used as classrooms, temporary offices, sales offices, construction field offices, restroom buildings, health care clinics, child care facilities, and for other purposes and office space. The TRS-RenTelco segment rents and sells electronic test equipment. It offers general-purpose test equipment, including oscilloscopes, amplifiers, analyzers, signal source, and power source test equipment to aerospace, defense, electronics, industrial, research, and semiconductor industries; and communications test equipment, such as network and transmission test equipment for various fiber, copper, and wireless networks primarily to manufacturers of communications equipment and products, electrical and communications installation contractors, field technicians, and service providers. The Adler Tank segment rents tanks and boxes used for various containment solutions to store hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and solids in applications, such as oil and gas exploration and field services, refinery, chemical and industrial plant maintenance, environmental remediation and field services, heavy and commercial building construction, marine services, pipeline construction and maintenance, tank terminals services, wastewater treatment, and waste management and landfill services. The Enviroplex segment manufactures and sells portable classrooms to public school districts and other educational institutions in California. McGrath RentCorp was founded in 1979 and is based in Livermore, 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.

DENBURY RESOURCES INC. (NYSE:DNR) - Denbury Resources Inc. engages in the acquisition, development, operation, and exploration of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf Coast region of the United States primarily in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Alabama. It also owns carbon dioxide (CO2) reserves in the east of the Mississippi River and sells CO2 to third party industrial users. Denbury Resources was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. (NASDAQ:EXTR) - Extreme Networks, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides network infrastructure equipment and services to businesses, hospitals, schools, hotels, telecommunications companies, and government agencies worldwide. It offers Summit product family, a stackable Ethernet switching system providing a range of 10 Megabit to 10 Gigabit connection speeds. The Summit products in conjunction with the companys xtremeXOS operating system provide the features to deploy, operate, and manage converged networking infrastructure. The company also provides Black Diamond and Alpine products that deliver modular or chassis-based Ethernet connectivity solutions having a range of management and line cards that allow customers to configure the systems. In addition, it offers SummitWM family of wireless network controllers and associated Altitude access points to enable the deployment of nomadic and mobile converged network applications. Further, the company provides EpiCenter management software system, a centralized management software, which offers the ability to deploy, configure, monitor, and support the companys switching technology. It sells its products through distributors, resellers, and field sales organizations. The company has strategic relationships with Motorola Inc.; Dell, Inc.; Ericsson Enterprise AB; and Nokia Siemens Networks. Extreme Networks, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

HAIN CELESTIAL GROUP INC (NASDAQ:HAIN) - The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells natural and organic food, and personal care products in the United States and internationally. The company offers natural and organic grocery products, including non-dairy beverages and frozen desserts, infant and toddler food, flour and baking mixes, hot and cold cereals, pasta, condiments, cooking and culinary oils, granolas, granola bars, cereal bars, canned, aseptic and instant soups, chilis, packaged grain, chocolate, nut butters and nutritional oils, juices, popcorn cakes, cookies, crackers, gluten-free frozen entrees and cereal bars, frozen pastas, and ethnic meals. It also provides snack products, such as potato and vegetable chips, organic tortilla style chips, whole grain chips, and popcorn; and herb tea, green tea, wellness tea, organic tea, specialty black tea, chai, and iced tea. In addition, the company offers personal care products, including skin care, hair care, body care, oral care, deodorants, and sunscreens; and products for infants and toddlers, including hair and body wash, lotions, sunscreens, diaper ointment, diapers, and wipes. Further, it processes, markets, and distributes chicken, turkeys, and turkey deli products; soy protein meat alternative products, such as tofu, seitan, and tempeh products; and fresh prepared foods, which include sandwiches, appetizers, and full-plated meals. Additionally, the company offers medically-directed, such as sugar-free, fructose-sweetened, and low-sodium products for diabetic and health conscious consumers, and persons on medically-restricted diets. It sells its products to specialty and natural food distributors, supermarkets, natural food stores, mass-market retailers, drug stores, food service channels, and club stores. The Hain Celestial Group has a joint venture agreement with Hutchison China MediTech Ltd. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Melville, New York.

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