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BRKS, GPI, CCMP, CORT, COF, PRU, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

November 15, 2016 / 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. Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKS), Group 1 Automotive Inc. (NYSE:GPI), Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (NASDAQ:CCMP), Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT), Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF), Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE:PRU) 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. 
  BRKS    Brooks Automation, Inc.          Schwartz, Stephen S              CEO      10,000      89             -4.1%               7         
  GPI     Group 1 Automotive Inc.          Rickel, John C                   CFO      5,000       75             -4.0%               7         
  CCMP    Cabot Microelectronics Corporation  Birgeneau, Robert J              D        6,000       85             -11.6%              6         
  CORT    Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated  Wilson, James N                  D        158,812     85             -6.5%               22        
  COF     Capital One Financial Corporation  Fairbank, Richard D              CEO      873,024     100            -17.0%              64        
  PRU     Prudential Financial Inc.        Taylor, Sharon C.                O        20,952      89             -7.8%               5         

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.

Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKS) - Brooks Automation, Inc. provides automation and cryogenic solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences markets. It operates through three segments: Brooks Product Solutions, Brooks Global Services, and Brooks Life Science Systems. The Brooks Product Solutions segment provides various products and solutions that enable enhanced throughput and yield in controlled operating environments. This segment offers atmospheric and vacuum robots, robotic modules, and tool automation systems that provide precision handling and clean wafer environments, as well as vacuum pumping and thermal management solutions used to create and control critical process vacuum applications. The Brooks Global Services segment provides various support services, including repair services, diagnostic support services, and installation services to enable the customers to enhance process tool uptime and productivity. It also offers spare parts to end-user customers for the enhancement of customer tool productivity. The Brooks Life Science Systems segment provides automated cold sample management systems for compound and biological sample storage, equipment for sample preparation and handling, and consumables, as well as parts and support services to various life science customers, including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, bio banks, national laboratories, research institutes, and research universities. The company markets and sells its products and services through its direct sales organizations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Brooks Automation, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts..

Group 1 Automotive Inc. (NYSE:GPI) - Group 1 Automotive, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the automotive retail industry. It sells new and used cars, light trucks, and vehicle parts; arranges vehicle financing; sells service and insurance contracts; and provides automotive maintenance and repair services. The company has operations primarily in the metropolitan areas of Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas in the United States; 15 towns in the United Kingdom; and in metropolitan markets of Sao Paulo, Parana, and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. As of December 31, 2015, it owned and operated 199 franchises, 152 automotive dealerships, and 35 collision centers that offer 32 brands of automobiles. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas..

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (NASDAQ:CCMP) - Cabot Microelectronics Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells polishing slurries and pads used in the manufacture of advanced integrated circuit (IC) devices in the semiconductor industry in a process called chemical mechanical planarization (CMP). The CMP technology is a polishing process used by IC device manufacturers to planarize or flatten the multiple layers of material that are deposited upon silicon wafers. The company offers CMP slurries, which are liquid solutions composed of high-purity deionized water, proprietary chemical additives, and engineered abrasives that chemically and mechanically interact with the surface material of the IC device at an atomic level; and CMP pads that are engineered polymeric materials designed to distribute and transport the slurry to the surface of the wafer and distribute it evenly across the wafer. Its CMP slurries are used for polishing various materials that conduct electrical signals, including tungsten, copper, tantalum, and aluminum; and certain materials that are used in the production of rigid disks and magnetic heads for hard disk drives, as well as used in the dielectric insulating materials that separate conductive layers within logic and memory IC devices. The company also designs and produces precision polishing and metrology systems to attain near-perfect shape and surface finish on various optical components, such as mirrors, lenses, and prisms. It serves the producers of logic IC devices or memory IC devices, and providers of IC foundry services. The company operates in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Cabot Microelectronics Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Aurora, Illinois..

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CORT) - Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic, oncologic, and psychiatric disorders in the United States. Its products include Korlym (mifepristone) tablets as a once-daily oral medication for the treatment of hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous Cushing s syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance, and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery. The company is also developing mifepristone, Korlym s active ingredient, which is in Phase I/II clinical trial in combination with the chemotherapy drug eribulin (Halaven) to treat patients with metastatic, triple-negative breast cancer, a form of solid-tumor cancer with a particularly poor prognosis; and CORT125134 that is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of patients with Cushing s syndrome and solid-tumor cancers. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California..

Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) - Capital One Financial Corporation operates as the bank holding company for the Capital One Bank (USA), National Association (COBNA); and Capital One, National Association (CONA), which provide various financial products and services in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. It operates through three segments: Credit Card, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking. The company offers various non-interest bearing and interest-bearing deposits, such as demand deposits, money market deposits, time deposits, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, and savings accounts. It also provides credit card loans and installment loans; auto, home, and retail banking loans; and commercial and multifamily real estate, commercial and industrial, and small-ticket commercial real estate loans. In addition, the company offers credit and debit card products; online direct banking services; and treasury management and depository services. It serves consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients through the Internet and other distribution channels, as well as through branches located in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) operates independently of Signet Banking Corp. as of February 28, 1995..

Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE:PRU) - Prudential Financial, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services in the United States and internationally. It offers primarily life insurance, annuities, retirement-related, mutual funds, and investment management products and services. The company operates through U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management, U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance, and International Insurance divisions. The U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management division provides individual variable and fixed annuity products; and recordkeeping, plan administration, actuarial advisory, tailored participant education and communication, trustee, and institutional and retail investment services. It also offers brokerage services; guaranteed investment contracts, funding agreements, structured settlement annuities, and other group annuities; and investment management and advisory services to the public and private marketplace. The U.S. Individual Life and Group Insurance division provides individual variable, term, and universal life insurance products to mass middle, mass affluent, and affluent markets; group life; long-term and short-term group disability; and group corporate, bank, and trust-owned life insurance products to institutional clients. It also sells accidental death and dismemberment, and other ancillary coverages; and offers plan administrative services. The International Insurance division provides individual life insurance, retirement, and related products. The company serves individual and institutional customers through third-party broker-dealers, independent financial planners, financial professionals, third-party financial advisors, brokers, benefits consultants, sales force, wire houses, banks, general agencies, producer groups, life planners, and life consultants. Prudential Financial, Inc. was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey..

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