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ATRS, LECO, NTGR, SAFT, VAR, GBX, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading


Published on 2016-12-06 04:46:54 - WOPRAI
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December 6, 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. Antares Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRS), Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO), NETGEAR Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), Safety Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFT), Varian Medical Systems Inc. (NYSE:VAR), The Greenbrier Companies Inc. (NYSE:GBX) 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. 
  ATRS    Antares Pharma Inc.              Jacob, Leonard S                 D        20,000      81             -29.2%              3         
  LECO    Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.   Nangle, David J.                 O        9,691       83             -7.0%               3         
  NTGR    NETGEAR Inc.                     Rossmann, Gregory J              D        6,400       75             -11.0%              2         
  SAFT    Safety Insurance Group Inc.      Lindeberg, Frederic H            D        2,000       78             -6.6%               3         
  VAR     Varian Medical Systems Inc.      Wilson, Dow R                    CEO      10,000      99             -7.5%               31        
  GBX     The Greenbrier Companies Inc.    Rittenbaum, Mark J               O        6,250       84             -8.1%               15        
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.

Antares Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ATRS) - Altiris, Inc., incorporated in August 1998, is a provider of service-oriented management software products and services that enable organizations to manage information technology (IT) assets throughout their lifecycles. The Company's integrated lifecycle management solutions are designed to address the challenges that IT professionals face in deploying, migrating, backing up and restoring software settings on multiple hardware devices; provisioning and managing servers; tracking performance and diagnostic metrics for hardware and software; taking inventory of existing IT assets; accessing security compliance and vulnerabilities; managing patches and updates, and facilitating problem resolution for hardware or software failures. Altiris markets its software products through original equipment manufacturers, systems integrators, software distributors and directly to end user licensees. As of December 31, 2005, the Company had licensed its products to customers in industries, such as communications, energy, financial/consulting services, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, IT, insurance and manufacturing/retail.

Software Products

The Company's primary product suites are Total Management Suite, Client Management Suite, Server Management Suite, Service and Asset Management Suite, License Compliance Suite, Migration Suite, and Handheld Management Suite. These suites consist of modules that provide comprehensive functionality for managing the critical aspects of the IT lifecycle. These suites are the modules enabling IT professionals to deploy, migrate, patch, restore and audit software on servers, desktop and notebook computers, and mobile devices. Using the Altiris suites or modules, IT professionals can also track performance and diagnostic metrics of hardware and software, and determine what IT assets reside in the enterprise. The suites or modules facilitate end user problem resolution by providing IT professionals with remote access capabilities and allowing them to correct software configuration problems. Finally, Altiris provide solutions that allow its customers to perform security audits and access vulnerabilities within their IT environment.

The Altiris service-oriented management solution automates the manual processes associated with initial deployment, system migration, ongoing maintenance and security, service, asset management, problem resolution, and migration of software. The Company's customers can access these capabilities from any Web browser on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops and personal digital assistants. Using the Altiris products, customers can increase the productivity of their IT professionals and reduce overall IT costs. In addition, by improving utilization of purchased technology and reducing IT infrastructure downtime, the Company's solution enables its customers to leverage their existing IT assets. As a result, customers can realize a rapid return on their investment in the Company's products and an improved returns on their other IT investments. Altiris products are licensed to customers as integrated suites or as separate modules designed to help customers better align IT services to business initiatives through automated operations, audit-ready security and lifecycle integration, depending on customer requirements.

Customer Services

The Company's customer services group provides all of its customers with complementary access to its user forum. For customers needing a higher level of support, Altiris provides a range of services that includes onsite services, training and education, and premium support. The Company provides customer services from its headquarters in Lindon, Utah, and other support offices located in Newton, Massachusetts; Plymouth, Michigan; Sydney, Australia and Tallinn, Estonia.

Onsite professional services offered by Altiris include pre- and post-sales consulting services, as well as implementation and integration assistance. Consulting services include planning, simple designing and integration performed by the Company's consultants or software.

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LECO) - Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells welding, cutting, and brazing products in the United States, China, and Internationally. The company s welding products comprise arc welding power sources, plasma cutters, wire feeding systems, robotic welding packages, integrated automation systems, fume extraction equipment, consumable electrodes, fluxes, and welding accessories. It also offers computer numeric controlled plasma and oxy-fuel cutting systems, and regulators and torches used in oxy-fuel welding, cutting, and brazing; and consumables used in the brazing and soldering alloys market. The company serves general metal fabrication, power generation and process industry, structural steel construction, heavy equipment fabrication, shipbuilding, automotive, pipe mills and pipelines, and offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction markets. It sells its products directly to users of welding products, as well as through industrial distributors, retailers, and agents. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio..

NETGEAR Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR) - NETGEAR, Inc. provides networking products to consumers, businesses, and service providers. The company operates in three segments: Retail, Commercial, and Service Provider. The Retail segment offers home networking, home video security, storage, and digital media products. The Commercial segment provides business networking, storage, and security solutions. The Service Provider segment offers home networking hardware and software solutions, as well as 4G LTE hotspots sold to service providers for sale to their subscribers. The company also offers commercial business networking products, such as Ethernet switches, wireless controllers, Internet security appliances, and unified storage products; broadband access products, including broadband modems, WiFi gateways, and WiFi hotspots; and home network connectivity products comprising WiFi routers, WiFi range extenders, powerline adapters and bridges, remote video security systems, and WiFi network adapters. It markets and sells its products through traditional retailers, online retailers, wholesale distributors, direct market resellers, value-added resellers, and broadband service providers worldwide. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, California..

Safety Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SAFT) - Safety Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides private passenger and commercial automobile insurance in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Its private passenger automobile policies offer coverage for bodily injury and property damage to others, no-fault personal injury coverage for the insured/insured s car occupants, and physical damage coverage for an insured s own vehicle for collision or other perils. The company also provides commercial automobile policies that offer insurance for commercial vehicles used for business purposes, including private passenger-type vehicles, trucks, tractors and trailers, insure individual vehicles, and commercial fleets; and homeowners policies, which provide coverage for homes, condominiums, and apartments for losses to a dwelling and its contents from various perils, and coverage for liability to others arising from ownership or occupancy. In addition, it offers business owners policies that cover apartments and residential condominiums, limited cooking restaurants, office condominiums, processing and services businesses, special trade contractors, and wholesaling businesses. Further, the company provides commercial package policies, which offer combination of property, general liability, crime, and inland marine insurance for business enterprises; personal umbrella policies that provide personal excess liability coverage over and above the limits of individual automobile, watercraft, and homeowner s insurance policies; and commercial umbrella policies to its clients, as well as underwrites dwelling fire insurance for non-owner occupied residences. Additionally, it offers inland marine coverage for homeowners and business owner policies; and watercraft coverage for small and medium sized pleasure crafts. The company distributes its products through independent agents. Safety Insurance Group, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts..

Varian Medical Systems Inc. (NYSE:VAR) - Varian Medical Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services medical devices and software products for treating cancer and other medical conditions worldwide. It operates through two segments, Oncology Systems and Imaging Components. The Oncology Systems segment provides hardware and software products for treating cancer with radiotherapy, fixed field intensity-modulated radiation therapy, image-guided radiation therapy, volumetric modulated arc therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, and brachytherapy. Its products include linear accelerators, brachytherapy afterloaders, treatment simulation, verification equipment, and accessories; and information management, treatment planning, image processing, clinical knowledge exchange, patient care management, decision-making support, and practice management software. This segment serves university research and community hospitals, private and governmental institutions, healthcare agencies, physicians offices, oncology practices, radiotherapy centers, and cancer care clinics. The Imaging Components segment offers X-ray imaging components for use in radiographic or fluoroscopic imaging, mammography, special procedures, computed tomography, computer aided diagnostics, and industrial applications. It also provides Linatron X-ray accelerators, imaging processing software, and image detection products for security and inspection purposes. This segment serves original equipment manufacturers, independent service companies, and end-users. In addition, the company offers products and systems for delivering proton therapy; and develops technologies in the areas of digital X-ray imaging, volumetric and functional imaging, and improved X-ray sources. The company was formerly known as Varian Associates, Inc. and changed its name to Varian Medical Systems, Inc. in April 1999. Varian Medical Systems, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California..

The Greenbrier Companies Inc. (NYSE:GBX) - The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America and Europe. Its Manufacturing Segment offers double-stack intermodal railcars; tank cars; auto-max railcar, and multi-max auto rack and flat cars for automotive transportation; conventional railcars, such as boxcars, covered hopper cars, center partition cars, bulkhead flat cars, and solid waste service flat cars; and pressurized tank cars, non-pressurized tank cars, coil cars, coal cars, gondolas, sliding wall cars, and automobile transporter cars; and marine vessels, including conventional deck barges, double-hull tank barges, railcar/deck barges, barges for aggregates, and other heavy industrial products and dump barges. The company s Wheels & Parts segment provides wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels and axles, new axle machining and finishing, and axle downsizing; and reconditions and manufactures railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, bolsters, and various other parts, as well as produces roofs, doors, and associated parts for boxcars. Its Leasing & Services segment offers operating leases and by the mile leases for a fleet of approximately 8,900 railcars; and management services comprising railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services, fleet management, administration, and railcar remarketing. This segment owns or provides management services to a fleet of approximately 273,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing and transportation companies. The company s GBW Joint Venture segment offers heavy railcar repair and refurbishment, maintenance, and retrofitting services. This segment operates a network of 30 repair shops in North America. It serves railroads, leasing companies, financial institutions, shippers, carriers, and transportation companies. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon..

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