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VLTR, WHG, PLAB, XLNX, ENTG, JPM, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2012-01-23 06:40:09 - WOPRAI}
 

January 23, 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. VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:VLTR), WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. (NYSE:WHG), PHOTRONICS, INC. (NASDAQ:PLAB), XILINX, INC. (NASDAQ:XLNX), ENTEGRIS, INC. (NASDAQ:ENTG), JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (NYSE:JPM) 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. 
     VLTR       VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION     Numann, William G                   O           6,600          85                -6.1%                  16        
     WHG        WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.       Byrne, Susan M                      CI          6,540          97                -9.8%                  8         
     PLAB       PHOTRONICS, INC.                    Macricostas, Constantine S          CEO         100,000        75                -3.1%                  23        
     XLNX       XILINX, INC.                        Ratford, Vincent F                  O           3,710          96                -9.7%                  14        
     ENTG       ENTEGRIS, INC.                      Graves, Gregory B                   CFO         46,500         83                -4.9%                  31        
     JPM        JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.                Bisignano, Frank J                  O           10,000         84                -13.8%                 4         

VOLTERRA SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (NASDAQ:VLTR) - Volterra Semiconductor Corporation engages in the design, development, and marketing of analog and mixed-signal power management semiconductors for the computing, storage, networking, and consumer markets. The companys products include integrated voltage regulator semiconductors and scalable voltage regulator semiconductor chipsets that transform, regulate, deliver, and monitor the power consumed by digital semiconductors. Its analog and mixed signal power management semiconductor products are primarily used in applications that require voltage regulating performance, such as data networking equipment, desktop and notebook computers, digital televisions, digital video recorders, game consoles, enterprise storage equipment, graphics cards, hard disk drives, printers, raid cards, servers, telecommunications equipment, base stations, and workstations. The company sells its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, contract equipment manufacturers, and merchant power supply manufacturers directly through its internal sales force, as well as indirectly through distributors and outsourced suppliers. Volterra Semiconductor Corporation offers its products primarily in Singapore, China, Taiwan, the United States, and Japan. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Fremont, California.

WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. (NYSE:WHG) - Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. manages investment assets and provides services for its clients. The company operates through two subsidiaries, Westwood Management Corp. and Westwood Trust. Westwood Management Corp. is a registered investment advisor, and provides investment advisory services to corporate and public retirement plans, endowments, foundations, the WHG Funds, other mutual funds, and clients of Westwood Trust. Westwood Trust provides trust services and participation in common trust funds that it sponsors to institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

PHOTRONICS, INC. (NASDAQ:PLAB) - Photronics, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of photomasks primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Photomasks are high precision photographic quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits, which are used in the manufacture of semiconductors and flat panel displays, as well as used as masters to transfer circuit patterns onto semiconductor wafers and flat panel substrates during the fabrication of integrated circuits, and other types of electrical and optical components. The company sells its photomasks to semiconductor designers, manufacturers, foundries, and other high performance electronics manufacturers through its sales personnel and customer service representatives. Photronics, Inc. was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Brookfield, Connecticut.

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.

ENTEGRIS, INC. (NASDAQ:ENTG) - Entegris, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies products and materials used in processing and manufacturing in the semiconductor and other high-technology industries worldwide. It operates in three segments: Contamination Control Solutions, Microenvironments, and Specialty Materials. The Contamination Control Solutions segment offers liquid filtration products, components and systems, and gas filtration products that purify, monitor, and deliver critical liquids and gases to the semiconductor manufacturing process. The Microenvironments segment provides wafer and reticle handling products, wafer shipping products, and data storage products, which preserve the integrity of wafers, reticles, and electronic components at various stages of transport, processing, and storage. The Specialty Materials segment offers poco graphite products and specialty coating products that provide low-temperature and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition coatings of critical components of semiconductor manufacturing equipment used in various stages of the manufacturing process. The company sells its products primarily through direct sales force, and strategic and independent distributors to integrated circuit device manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), gas and chemical manufacturing companies, and high-precision electronics manufacturers; and electrical discharge machining customers, glass container manufacturers, aerospace manufacturers, and biomedical implantation device manufacturers, as well as flat panel display OEMs, materials suppliers, and end users. Entegris, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is based in Billerica, Massachusetts.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. (NYSE:JPM) - JPMorgan Chase & Co., a financial holding company, provides various financial services worldwide. Its Investment Bank segment provides various investment banking products and services, including advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital-raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market-making in cash securities and derivative instruments, prime brokerage, and research services serving corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors. The companys Commercial Banking segment provides lending, treasury, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and not-for-profit entities. Its Treasury & Securities Services segment offers cash management, trade, wholesale card, and liquidity products and services to small and mid-sized companies, multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government entities. It also holds, values, clears, and services securities, cash, and alternative investments for investors and broker-dealers, and manages depositary receipt programs worldwide. JPMorgans Asset Management segment provides investment and wealth management to institutions, retail investors, and high-net-worth individuals. This segment offers investment management in equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, private equity, and liquidity products, as well as trust and estate, banking and brokerage services, and retirement services. Its Retail Financial Services segment offers retail banking and consumer lending services that include checking and savings accounts, mortgages, home equity and business loans, and investments through ATMs, online banking, and telephone banking, as well as auto dealerships and school financial-aid offices. The companys Card Services segment issues credit cards and processes various credit card payments. JPMorgan Chase & Co. was founded in 1823 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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