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LC, NTRS, VICR, BMI, CBU, KMT, 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. LendingClub (NYSE:LC), Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS), Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR), Badger Meter Inc. (NYSE:BMI), Community Bank System Inc. (NYSE:CBU), Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) 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. 
  LC      LendingClub                      Macilwaine, John                 CT       50,000      90             -39.5%              4         
  NTRS    Northern Trust Corporation       Schreuder, Jana R                CO       38,836      78             -4.6%               21        
  VICR    Vicor Corporation                Anderson, Samuel J               D        7,247       80             -23.9%              5         
  BMI     Badger Meter Inc.                Meeusen, Richard A               CEO      10,000      88             -6.8%               15        
  CBU     Community Bank System Inc.       Dicerbo, Nicholas A              D        5,000       87             -5.4%               13        
  KMT     Kennametal Inc.                  Bacchus, Judith L.               O        4,000       81             -9.9%               4         

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.

LendingClub (NYSE:LC) - The Liberty Corporation is a holding company with operations primarily in the television broadcasting industry. The Company's television broadcasting subsidiary, Cosmos Broadcasting, consists of 15 network-affiliated television stations, principally located in the South and Midwest United States. Eight of the Company's television stations are affiliated with NBC, five with ABC and two with CBS. In addition, Cosmos owns Cable Vantage, a cable advertising sales subsidiary, and Broadcast Merchandising Corporation, a professional broadcast equipment dealership.

Stations owned by the Company as of December 31, 2004, were WAVE-TV in Louisville, Kentucky; WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio; WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina; WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi; KGBT-TV in Harlingen, Texas; WFIE-TV in Evansville, Indiana; KLTV-TV in Tyler, Texas; KTRE-TV in Lufkin, Texas; WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Alabama; WWAY-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina; WALB-TV in Albany, Georgia; KCBD-TV in Lubbock, Texas; WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi; KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, Louisiana and KAIT-TV in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The 15 stations operate in designated market areas ranked 50 to 179. All of the Company's stations are located in geographically diverse and growing markets. Eleven of the 15 stations are located in university centers. Many of the stations are also located in markets that are home to a mixture of large manufacturing plants, state capitals, transportation hubs and United States military bases.

Each of the stations is affiliated with a major network. The NBC affiliation contracts with each of the NBC-affiliated stations have been continuously in effect for over 40 years. The CBS and ABC affiliation contracts have each been continuously in effect for over 30 years. The affiliation contracts provide that the network will offer to the affiliated station a variety of network programs for which the station has the right of first refusal against any other television station located in its community. The network typically retains the rights to sell a substantial majority of the advertising time during such broadcasts. The major networks typically provide programming for approximately 90 hours of the average 135 hours per week broadcast by their affiliated stations. The Company's cable advertising company, CableVantage, Inc., represents nine independent cable operators in 17 locations that, in combination, reach nearly 450,000 subscribers.

Liberty's stations compete with pay cable (HBO, Showtime, Movie Channel, etc.) channels. Other sources of competition include providers of high-powered direct broadcast satellite services, such as Echostar and DirecTV..

Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS) - Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, provides asset servicing, fund administration, asset management, fiduciary, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals worldwide. It operates through two segments, Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS) and Wealth Management. The C&IS segment offers asset servicing and related services, including global custody, fund administration, investment operations outsourcing, investment management, investment risk and analytical services, employee benefit services, securities lending, foreign exchange, treasury management, brokerage services, transition management services, banking, and cash management services. This segment provides services to corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors. The Wealth Management segment offers trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic services; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; family business consulting; family financial education; brokerage services; and private and business banking. This segment serves high-net-worth individuals and families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately-held businesses. The company also provides asset management services, such as active, passive, and engineered equity; active and passive fixed income; cash management; alternative asset classes comprising private equity and hedge funds of funds; and multi-manager advisory services and products through separately managed accounts, bank common and collective funds, registered investment companies, exchange traded funds, non-U.S. collective investment funds, and unregistered private investment funds. In addition, it offers overlay services and other risk management services. Northern Trust Corporation was founded in 1889 and is based in Chicago, Illinois..

Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR) - Vicor Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets modular components and power systems for converting, regulating, and controlling electric current worldwide. It operates through Brick Business Unit, VI Chip, and Picor segments. The company offers modular direct current (DC)-DC converters and complementary components, open-frame intermediate bus converters, configurable products, and custom power systems, as well as cool-power high density zero voltage soft switching DC-DC converters. It also provides modular power components, Vicor integrated adapter packages, system-in-package point-of-load regulators, and power path management components. The company serves independent manufacturers of electronic devices, original equipment manufacturers, and their contract manufacturers in aerospace and defense electronics, enterprise and high performance computing, industrial automation, telecommunications and networking infrastructure, test and measurement instrumentation, and vehicles and transportation markets. Vicor Corporation was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts..

Badger Meter Inc. (NYSE:BMI) - Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and sells flow measurement and control technologies related products. It offers mechanical and electronic water meters, and related technologies and services to municipal water utilities; and meters and valves to measure and control materials flowing through a pipe or pipeline, such as water, air, steam, oil, and other liquids and gases, as well as for use in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical, test and measurement, automotive aftermarket, and the concrete construction process. The company provides flow measurement technologies to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device in a product or system; ORION mobile for mobile meter reading; ORION fixed network for traditional fixed network applications; and ORION cellular for infrastructure-free meter reading. It also serves municipalities, and commercial and industrial customers worldwide. The company sells its products through employees, resellers, and representatives. Badger Meter, Inc. was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin..

Community Bank System Inc. (NYSE:CBU) - Community Bank System, Inc. operates as the holding company for Community Bank, N.A. that provides various banking and financial services to retail, commercial, and municipal customers. It operates through three segments: Banking, Employee Benefit Services, and All Other. The company offers various deposits products, such as checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time deposits. It also provides loans comprising consumer mortgages; general purpose commercial and industrial loans, and mortgages on commercial properties; installment loans that are originated through selected dealerships and are secured by automobiles, marine, and other recreational vehicles; personal installment loans and lines of credit for consumers; and home equity products. In addition, the company offers cash management, investment, and treasury services; broker-dealer and investment advisory services; and asset management services to individuals, corporate pension and profit sharing plans, and foundations, as well as operates as a full-service insurance agency primarily providing property and casualty insurance products. Further, it offers contribution plan administration services, actuarial and benefits consulting services, and collective investment fund administration and institutional trust services, as well as employee benefit trust, retirement plan administration, VEBA/HRA, and health and welfare consulting services to the sponsors of employee benefit plans; and invests in residential real estate loans and properties. Additionally, the company provides wealth management, higher educational planning, fiduciary, risk management, and personal financial planning services; and investment alternatives, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and advisory products. As of December 31, 2015, the company had 194 branches in Upstate New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Community Bank System, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dewitt, New York..

Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) - Kennametal Inc. provides wear-resistant products, application engineering, and services of material science to the industrial production, transportation, earthworks, energy, construction, process industries, and aerospace sectors worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Industrial and Infrastructure. Its product offering includes a selection of standard and customized technologies for metalworking, such as metal cutting tools, tooling systems, and services, as well as high-performance materials, such as cemented tungsten carbide products, super alloys, coatings, and investment castings to address customer demands. The company also supplies tooling, engineered components, and advanced materials consumed in production processes. In addition, it develops and manufactures metalworking tools and wear-resistant engineered components and coatings using a specialized type of powder metallurgy; manufactures and markets a line of tool holders, tool-holding systems, and rotary-cutting tools by machining and fabricating steel bars and other metal alloys; and produces specialized compacts and metallurgical powders, as well as products made from tungsten carbide or other hard materials that are used for custom-engineered and challenging applications, including mining and highway construction. Further, the company develops, manufactures, and markets engineered components and surface technology solutions with proprietary metal cladding capabilities. It sells its products through its direct sales force; and network of independent distributors and sales agents; and integrated supply channels, as well as via the Internet. Kennametal Inc. was founded in 1938 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..

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