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ESI, APOL, KAI, CIE, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2012-01-13 06:20:29 - WOPRAI}
 

January 13, 2012 / 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. ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC (NYSE:ESI), APOLLO GROUP INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:APOL), KADANT, INC. (NYSE:KAI), COBALT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INCORPORATION (NYSE:CIE) 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. 
     ESI        ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC        Feichtner, Eugene W                 O           3,700          76                -9.6%                  7         
     APOL       APOLLO GROUP INCORPORATED           Redman, K Sue                       D           2,000          75                -12.1%                 5         
     KAI        KADANT, INC.                        Rainville, William A                D           200,000        95                -8.8%                  20        
     CIE        COBALT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INCORPORATION     Hackedorn, Lynne L                  O           20,000         93                -29.5%                 6         

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC (NYSE:ESI) - itt Educational Services Inc. offers postsecondary-degree programs in the U.S. that provide diplomas as well as associates, bachelors, and masters degrees in information technology, electronics technology, drafting and design, business, criminal justice, and health sciences. As of Mar. 22, the company operated 90 itt Technical Institutes in 33 states that primarily offer career-oriented degree programs to about 47,000 students. Headquartered in Carmel, Ind., itt was started in 1946.

APOLLO GROUP INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:APOL) - Apollo Group, Inc. provides educational programs and services at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. The company offers associates, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs in arts and sciences, business and management, criminal justice and security, counseling, education, human services, health care, psychology, technology, and nursing through its campus locations and learning centers in 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as through its online education delivery system. It also provides program development, administration, and management consulting services to private colleges and universities comprising degree program design, curriculum development, market research, student recruitment, accounting, and administrative services. In addition, the company offers financial services education programs and certification programs in retirement, asset management, and other financial planning areas; degree programs online to working learners in Canada and internationally; and education and training to professionals in the legal and finance industries in the United Kingdom. Apollo Group, Inc. was founded in 1973 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

KADANT, INC. (NYSE:KAI) - Kadant Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets equipment and products for the papermaking and paper recycling industries. Its principal products include custom-engineered stock-preparation systems and equipment, including recycling and approach flow systems, and virgin pulping process equipment for the preparation of wastepaper for conversion into recycled paper; and fluid-handling systems, such as rotary joints, syphons, Turbulator tube bars, and engineered steam and condensate systems used primarily in the dryer section of the papermaking process and during the production of corrugated boxboard, metals, plastics, rubber, textiles, and food. The company also offers paper machine accessory equipment and related consumables, including doctor systems and holders, profiling systems, and doctor blades for the operation of paper machines; and water-management systems that comprise shower and fabric-conditioning systems, formation systems, and water-filtration systems for draining, purifying, and recycling process water. In addition, Kadant produces biodegradable absorbent granules from papermaking byproducts for use primarily as carriers for agricultural, home lawn and garden, professional lawn, turf, and ornamental applications, as well as for oil and grease absorption. It operates primarily in the United States, China, and Europe. The company was formerly known as Thermo Fibertek Inc. and changed its name to Kadant Inc. in July 2001. Kadant Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

COBALT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INCORPORATION (NYSE:CIE) - Cobalt International Energy, Inc. operates as an independent oil-focused exploration and production company. The company focuses on the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, and offshore Angola and Gabon in West Africa. It has strategic relationships with TOTAL E&P USA, INC. and Sociedade Nacional de Combustveis de AngolaEmpresa Pblica. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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