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VRA, INTL, KFRC, BCRX, GEF, CNK, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2016-12-22 04:45:12 - WOPRAI}
 

December 22, 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. Vera Bradley Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA), INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL), Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC), BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX), Greif Inc. (NYSE:GEF), Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CNK) 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. 
  VRA     Vera Bradley Inc.                Ray, Michael C                   B        126,481     100            -18.8%              38        
  INTL    INTL FCStone Inc.                Anderson, Paul G                 D        14,000      89             -16.0%              6         
  KFRC    Kforce Inc.                      Alonso, Peter M.                 O        9,702       94             -22.2%              5         
  BCRX    BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   Staab, Thomas R                  CFO      3,250       98             -17.8%              11        
  GEF     Greif Inc.                       Gasser, Michael J                D        20,000      81             -4.2%               15        
  CNK     Cinemark Holdings Inc.           Owens, Tom J                     O        3,100       81             -10.5%              9         

Vera Bradley Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) - Vera Bradley, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells handbags, accessories, and luggage and travel items for women of all ages under the Vera Bradley brand. The company offers totes, crossbodies, satchels, clutches, and backpacks bags, as well as baby bags and lunch bags; accessories, such as wallets, wristlets, eyeglass cases, jewelry, and scarves, as well as various technology accessories; and travel products comprising rolling luggage, cosmetics, and travel and packing accessories, as well as travel bags consisting of duffel and weekend bags. It also provides home products, including mugs and tumblers, as well as textiles products, such as beach towels, throw blankets, comforters, and wellness and beauty products; offers apparel/footwear, stationery, merchandising, and gift card products; and licenses its products. The company sells its products through two segments, Direct and Indirect. The Direct segment sells Vera Bradley branded products through the company s factory outlet stores in the United States, verabradley.com, and direct-to-consumer eBay sales, as well as through its annual outlet sale in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Indirect segment offers Vera Bradley branded products to approximately 2,600 specialty retail doors located in the United States, as well as department stores, national accounts, third party e-commerce sites, and third-party inventory liquidation. As of January 30, 2016, the company operated 110 full-line stores and 40 factory outlet stores. Vera Bradley, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Roanoke, Indiana..

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) - INTL FCStone Inc. operates as a financial services company worldwide. The company's Commercial Hedging segment offers risk management consulting services related to agricultural and energy commodities, and base metals products listed on the London Metals Exchange. Its Global Payments segment provides payment solutions to banks and commercial businesses; and charities and non-governmental organizations, and government organizations. The company s Securities segment offers value-added solutions that facilitate cross-border trading in foreign securities, including unlisted American Depositary Receipts, Global Depository Receipts, and foreign ordinary shares. This segment also operates as an institutional dealer in fixed income securities to serve asset managers, commercial bank trust and investment departments, broker-dealers, and insurance companies. In addition, it originates, structures, and places debt instruments; trades in various international debt instruments; and offers asset management services. The company s Physical Commodities segment provides a range of trading and hedging services comprising OTC products for selecting producers, consumers, and investors. This segment also offers financing services to commercial commodity-related companies against physical inventories, such as grain, lumber, meat, energy product, and renewable fuel. The company s Clearing and Execution Services segment offers prime brokerage foreign exchange services for the financial institutions and professional traders; provide a range of OTC products, including 24-hour a day execution of spot, forwards, and options, as well as non-deliverable forwards; and operates a proprietary foreign exchange desk that arbitrages the exchange-traded foreign exchange markets with the cash markets. The company was formerly known as International Assets Holding Corporation and changed its name to INTL FCStone Inc. in March 2011. INTL FCStone Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in New York, New York..

Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC) - Kforce Inc. provides professional and technical specialty staffing services and solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Technology (Tech), Finance and Accounting (FA), and Government Solutions (GS). The Tech segment provides temporary staffing and permanent placement services to its clients primarily in the areas of information technology, such as systems/applications architecture and development, project management, enterprise data management, business intelligence, e-commerce, technology infrastructure, network architecture, and security. This segment serves clients in various industries, primarily comprising communications, financial services, insurance services, and government sectors. The FA segment offers temporary staffing and permanent placement services to its clients in areas, such as general accounting, business analysis, accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial analysis and reporting, taxation, budget preparation and analysis, mortgage and loan processing, cost analysis, professional administration, credit and collections, audit services, and systems and controls analysis and documentation. This segment serves clients in various industries, primarily consisting of healthcare, financial services, and government sectors. The GS segment provides services and solutions to the Federal Government as a prime and a subcontractor. This segment offers integrated business solutions to its customers in areas, such as information technology, healthcare informatics, data and knowledge management, research and development, audit readiness, financial management, accounting, and other areas. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida..

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) - BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, designs, optimizes, and develops small molecule drugs that block key enzymes involved in the pathogenesis of diseases. Its product candidates include peramivir, an intravenous neuraminidase inhibitor, which is approved for uncomplicated seasonal and acute influenza; BCX4161, an oral serine protease inhibitor, which is in Phase II/III clinical trial for hereditary angioedema (HAE); BCX7353, an oral serine protease inhibitor, which is in Phase II clinical trial for HAE; and other second generation HAE compounds, an oral serine protease inhibitor, which is in preclinical stage. The company s product candidates also comprise BCX4430, an RNA dependent-RNA polymerase inhibitor that is in Phase I clinical trial for treating Filoviruses, including Ebola and Marburg viruses; and forodesine, an oral purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitor that is in preparation to file for regulatory approval. It has collaborative relationships with Mundipharma International Holdings Limited for the development and commercialization of forodesine; Shionogi & Co., Ltd. and Green Cross Corporation for the development and commercialization of peramivir in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea; and Seqirus UK Limited for the development and commercialization of RAPIVAB worldwide, except Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and Israel. BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina..

Greif Inc. (NYSE:GEF) - Greif, Inc. produces and sells industrial packaging products worldwide. The company s Rigid Industrial Packaging & Services segment provides rigid intermediate bulk containers, closure systems, transit protection products, water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers, as well as steel, fiber, and plastic drums; and container lifecycle management, blending, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging, and services. This segment sells its products to customers in the chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agricultural, pharmaceutical, mineral, and other industries. Its Paper Packaging segment provides containerboard, corrugated sheets, corrugated containers, and other corrugated products to customers in packaging, automotive, food, and building products industries. This segment s corrugated container products are used to ship home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, building products, automotive components, books and furniture, and other applications. The company s Flexible Products & Services segment offers flexible intermediate bulk containers and related services to agricultural, food, and other industries. Its Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use land. As of October 31, 2015, this segment owned approximately 242,673 acres of timber property in the southeastern United States and approximately 5,200 acres of timber property in Canada. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio..

Cinemark Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CNK) - Cinemark Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the motion picture exhibition business. It operates in the theatres in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, Bolivia, and Curacao. As of September 30, 2016, the company operated 522 theatres with 5,865 screens. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas..

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