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OKSB, FMBI, LLTC, UFPI, HBHC Expected To Be Down After Next Earnings Releases

October 17, 2016 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Tuesday, October 18th 2016 and determining how the stocks have performed After their last 12 quarterly, 6 quarterly and earnings reports. Southwest Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:OKSB), First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:FMBI), Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC), Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI), Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ:HBHC) are all expected to be Down After their earnings are released Tuesday. 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 Down After earnings are released Tuesday:

  Symbol  Company                          # of Reports         Quarter  Release Time
  OKSB    Southwest Bancorp Inc.           October Earnings     Q3       After
  FMBI    First Midwest Bancorp Inc.       October Earnings     Q3       After
  LLTC    Linear Technology Corporation    October Earnings     Q1       After
  UFPI    Universal Forest Products Inc.   October Earnings     Q3       After
  HBHC    Hancock Holding Company          October Earnings     Q3       After

This technology is designed to help the stock trader identify those companies that seem to have a consistent pattern of movement before or after the earnings release date, based on the history of earnings releases for that company. It combines a calendar of expected earnings releases with a history of past earnings releases in a way that lets you see if a pattern exists.

Southwest Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:OKSB) - Southwest Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for the Bank SNB that provides commercial and retail financial services. It operates through four segments: Oklahoma Banking, Texas Banking, Kansas Banking, and Other Operations. The company provides commercial deposit, commercial checking, money market, and other deposit accounts; and retail deposit services, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, checking accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, savings accounts, and automatic teller machine access. It also offers commercial lending services, including commercial real estate, working capital, and construction loans; loans for small business, equipment and general business expansion, and energy companies, as well as for health care providers, businesses, and related concerns; and consumer lending services comprising residential real estate loans and mortgage banking services, personal lines of credit, automobile loans, and other installment loans. In addition, the company provides Bank SNB Digital Lockbox, an automated lockbox, document imaging, and information service for commercial customers; personal brokerage; and Internet banking services. As of December 31, 2015, it had 32 full-service banking centers, including 5 located in Stillwater; 9 in the Oklahoma City; 3 in Denver; 2 each in Tulsa, Dallas, and San Antonio metropolitan areas; 2 each in Hutchinson and Wichita; and 1 each in Chickasha, Austin, Tilden, Fort Worth, and Colorado Springs. Southwest Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1894 and is headquartered in Stillwater, Oklahoma..

First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:FMBI) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for First Midwest Bank that provides various banking products and services. The company accepts various deposits, such as checking, NOW, money market, and savings accounts, as well as various types of short-term and long-term certificates of deposit. Its loan products include working capital loans and lines of credit; accounts receivable financing; inventory and equipment financing; sector-based lending, including leasing, healthcare, asset-based lending, structured finance, and syndications; agricultural loans; and mortgages, home equity lines and loans, personal loans, specialty loans, and auto loans. In addition, the company offers treasury management products and services comprising ACH collections, lockbox, remote deposit capture, and financial electronic data interchange; payables and payroll services, such as wire transfer, account reconciliation, controlled disbursement, direct deposit, and positive pay; information reporting services; corporate credit cards; and liquidity management, fraud prevention, and merchant services. Further, it provides wealth management services, such as investment management, fiduciary and executor, financial planning, employee benefit plans, and private banking services to corporate and public retirement plans, foundations and endowments, high net worth individuals, and multi-employer trust funds. Additionally, the company offers debit and automated teller machine, and credit cards; Internet and mobile, and telephone banking services; and financial education services. It serves commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, municipal, and consumer customers. The company operates 107 banking locations in Chicago metropolitan area, northwest Indiana, central and western Illinois, and eastern Iowa. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois..

Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) - Linear Technology Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets a line of analog integrated circuits worldwide. It offers amplifiers, high speed amplifiers, voltage regulators and references, interface circuits, data converters, battery stack monitors, silicon oscillators and Timer Blox, and phase locked loop synthesizers and clock distribution products. The company also provides SmartMesh embedded wireless sensor network products; isolated Module transceivers; radio and microwave frequency circuits; power over Ethernet controllers; Module power products; signal chain Module products; and other linear circuits comprising buffers, power monitors, motor controllers, coulomb counters, diodes/bridges, hot swap circuits, comparators, sample-and-hold devices, timers, drivers, and filters. Its linear circuits are used in various applications, including factory automation, process control, industrial and laboratory instrumentation, security monitoring and complex medical devices, telecommunications, and networking products; automotive electronics, tablet, notebook, and desktop computers; computer peripherals, video/multimedia, military, space, and other harsh environment systems; and consumer products. The company markets its products primarily through direct sales staff and electronics distributors. Linear Technology Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California..

Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) - Universal Forest Products, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets wood and wood-alternative products for home centers and other retailers. The company offers preserved and unpreserved dimensional lumber; outdoor living products, including wood composite decking, and decorative lawn and garden products; and engineered wood components, which include roof and floor trusses, wall panels, engineered floor systems, I-joists, and lumber packages. It also provides roof trusses, lumber cut and shaped, plywood, particle board, and dimensional lumber products for use in the construction of manufactured housings. In addition, the company supplies siding, electrical, and plumbing products to manufactured housing and RV customers; and wood forms and related products to set or form concrete for various structures, including parking garages, stadiums, and bridges. Further, it provides framing services, as well as specialty wood packaging, components, and packing materials for various industries. The company offers its products and services to the retail, industrial, and construction markets in the United States and internationally. Universal Forest Products, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan..

Hancock Holding Company (NASDAQ:HBHC) - Hancock Holding Company operates as the bank holding company for Whitney Bank that provides a range of community banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. The company offers various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing demand deposits, interest-bearing transaction accounts, savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, and time deposit accounts. It also provides commercial loans, such as commercial non-real estate, construction and land development, and commercial real estate loans; residential mortgage consisting of fixed-rate and adjustable-rate home loans; and consumer loans comprising second mortgage home loans, home equity lines of credit, and non-residential consumer purpose loans, which include direct and indirect loans made to finance automobiles, recreation vehicles, boats, and other personal and deposit account secured loans. In addition, the company offers treasury management services, investment brokerage services, letters of credit and financial guarantees, and revolving credit facilities, as well as online banking services. Further, it provides trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals, as well as offers annuity products. Additionally, the company provides insurance agency services, discount investment brokerage services, life insurance, and consumer financing services, as well as operates and sells foreclosed assets. It operates approximately 238 full service banking and financial services offices and 273 automated teller machines in south Mississippi; southern and central Alabama; southern Louisiana; the northern, central, and Panhandle regions of Florida; and Houston, Texas under the Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank brand names, as well as operates a loan production office in Nashville, Tennessee. Hancock Holding Company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi..

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