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LGND, DFG, SPAR, MTD, ATO, NYX Expected To Be Up Before Next Earnings Releases

^{Published on 2012-01-02 06:40:09 - WOPRAI}
 

January 2, 2012 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released in the coming weeks and determining how the stocks have performed Before their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and June earnings reports. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LGND), Delphi Financial Group Inc (NYSE:DFG), SPARTAN MOTORS INC (NASDAQ:SPAR), Mettler Toledo International Inc (NYSE:MTD), ATMOS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:ATO), NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) are all expected to be Up Before their earnings are released. The movement of stock prices in the days and weeks leading to and following these earnings announcements may follow a predictable pattern. Most companies stock price histories show random or unpredictable movements around earnings dates. But some seem to repeat the same pattern quarter after quarter, year after year. The # of Reports in the table below shows how many previous quarterly reports comprise the indicator that predicts how a stock will act after its earnings are released. The specific technology used to make these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at http://www.squeezetrigger.com/services/strat/mh.php . The following stocks are expected to go Up Before earnings are released Tuesday:

     Symbol     Company                             # of Reports            Quarter     Release Date
     LGND       Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc          6 Quarter               Q4          02/14/2012
     DFG        Delphi Financial Group Inc          6 Quarter               Q4          02/14/2012
     SPAR       SPARTAN MOTORS INC                  6 Quarter               Q4          02/14/2012
     MTD        Mettler Toledo International Inc     6 Quarter               Q4          02/09/2012
     ATO        ATMOS ENERGY CORP                   6 Quarter               Q1          02/08/2012
     NYX        NYSE Euronext                       6 Quarter               Q4          02/07/2012

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LGND) - Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated operates as a biotechnology company. It principally engages in the development and acquisition of royalty revenue generating assets. The company engages in the research, milestone, and royalty revenue activities resulting from its collaborations with pharmaceutical partners. The collaborations primarily include ongoing clinical programs at Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Merck & Co., Cephalon, Inc, and Celgene. These partnered product candidates are being studied for the treatment of indications, such as thrombocytopenia, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, osteoporosis, menopausal symptoms, and Alzheimers disease. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated receives royalties principally on sales of Avinza from Pfizer, Promacta from GlaxoSmithKline, and Viviant /Conbriza from Pfizer. The company through its subsidiary, CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., offers four marketed products, as well as has one approved product, a portfolio of partnered drug development programs, an internal pipeline of proprietary drugs, and the Captisol drug formulation platform technology. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated was formerly known as Progenx Inc. and changed its name in 1989. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in La Jolla, California.

Delphi Financial Group Inc (NYSE:DFG) - Delphi Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated employee benefit services. The company operates in two segments, Group Employee Benefit Products and Asset Accumulation Products. The Group Employee Benefit Products segment provides group life, disability, and excess workers compensation insurance products to small and mid-sized employers. It also offers travel accident, voluntary accidental death and dismemberment, and group dental and limited benefit health insurance products, as well as assumed workers compensation and casualty reinsurance. This segment markets its group products to employer-employee groups and associations in various industries primarily through independent brokers and agents. The Asset Accumulation Products segment offers fixed annuities, such as single premium deferred annuities, flexible premium annuities, and multi-year interest guarantee products. It offers its products and services in the United States and Canada to individuals through networks of independent insurance agents. Delphi Financial Group also provides integrated disability and absence management services, including event reporting, leave of absence management, claims and case management, and return to work management. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

SPARTAN MOTORS INC (NASDAQ:SPAR) - Spartan Motors, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in designing, engineering, and manufacturing custom motor vehicle chassis and bodies. It operates in three segments: Spartan Chassis, Emergency Vehicle Team, and Utilimaster. The Spartan Chassis segment engineers, manufactures, and markets chassis for fire trucks, motorhomes, and ambulances, as well as for specialty applications, such as military vehicles, trolleys, utility trucks, drill rigs, and crash-rescue vehicles. It markets its products through the direct contact of its sales department with original equipment manufacturers, dealers, and end users. The Emergency Vehicle Team segment engineers and manufactures emergency vehicles built on chassis platforms and aerial ladder components for fire trucks. Its products include pumpers and aerial fire apparatus, heavy- and light-duty rescue units, tankers, and quick attack units, as well as advanced-care ambulances and rescue vehicles. The Utilimaster segment designs, develops, and manufactures products to customer specifications for use in the package delivery, one-way truck rental, bakery/snack delivery, utility, and linen/uniform rental operations. It offers walk-in vans, cutaway vans, and truck bodies, as well as sells aftermarket parts and accessories. It markets its products under the Aeromaster, Trademaster, Metromaster, and Utilivan brand names. This segment offers its products directly, as well as through independent truck dealers to commercial vehicle dealers, leasing companies, and end-users. The company operates primarily in the United States and Canada. Spartan Motors, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Charlotte, Michigan.

Mettler Toledo International Inc (NYSE:MTD) - Mettler-Toledo International Inc. manufactures and supplies precision instruments and services worldwide. The company manufactures weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial, packaging, logistics, and food retailing applications. Its precision laboratory instruments include laboratory balances, pipettes, titrators, thermal analysis systems, pH meters, laboratory software, automated chemistry solutions, and other analytical instruments. The companys industrial instruments comprise industrial weighing instruments; industrial terminals; automatic identification and data capture solutions for transportation, shipping, and logistics; vehicle scale systems; industrial software; and product inspection devices, such as metal detectors, x-ray visioning equipment, and checkweighers. It also provides retail weighing solutions consisting of scales for counter weighing and pricing, and price finding and printing; networked scales and software; and retail software for in-store item and inventory management solutions. The company serves the life science industry, including pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as independent research organizations; food and beverage producers; food retailers; chemical, specialty chemicals, and cosmetics companies; the transportation and logistics industry; the metals industry; the electronics industry; and the academic community. Mettler-Toledo International sells its products through direct sales force, as well as through indirect channels. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Greifensee, Switzerland.

ATMOS ENERGY CORP (NYSE:ATO) - Atmos Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the distribution, transmission, and storage of natural gas in the United States. The company operates in four segments: Natural Gas Distribution; Regulated Transmission and Storage; Natural Gas Marketing; and Pipeline, Storage, and Other. The Natural Gas Distribution segment involves in regulated natural gas distribution business and related sales operations. It distributes natural gas through regulated sales and transportation arrangements to approximately 3 million residential, commercial, public authority, and industrial customers in 12 states located primarily in the southern United States. As of September 30, 2009, this segment owned approximately 70,879 miles of underground distribution and transmission mains. The Regulated Transmission and Storage segment transports natural gas for third parties and manages five underground storage reservoirs in Texas. It owned 5,950 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. The Natural Gas Marketing segment provides various natural gas management and marketing services to municipalities, other local gas distribution companies, and industrial customers. The Pipeline, Storage, and Other segment offers natural gas gathering, transmission, and storage services. It owned 113 miles of gas transmission and gathering lines. Atmos Energy Corporation was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) - NYSE Euronext, through its subsidiaries, provides securities listing, trading, market data products, and software and technology services worldwide. The company offers products and services in cash equities, futures, options, swaps, exchange-traded products, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions to issuers, investors, financial institutions, and market participants. It operates NYSE, the New York Stock Exchange, which lists various debt and equity structured products, such as capital securities, mandatory convertibles, and repackaged securities; and NYSE Arca, an electronic exchange for equities, exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes, exchange-traded vehicles, certificates, and options. The company also operates Euronext that lists various securities, including domestic and international equity securities, convertible bonds, warrants, trackers, and debt securities, including corporate and government bonds. In addition, it operates NYSE Liffe that trades futures and options contracts; NYSE Arca Europe, which offers electronic, low latency trading platform for blue chip stocks; NYSE Alternext operates its European markets for emerging growth companies; NYSE Amex, which lists various classes of companies that are qualified for listing on NYSE; NYSE Liffe US that trades full and mini-sized gold and silver futures and options on futures contracts; and SmartPool, a European dark pool dedicated to the execution of institutional order flow. Further, the company operates distributed connectivity network that supports trading on its markets, as well as provides trading and information technology solutions. Additionally, it operates secure financial transaction infrastructure network, a physical network infrastructure that connects its markets and other market centers. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

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