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VICL, NUAN, CBAN, SFM, MAN, NBTB, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading


Published on 2017-02-06 04:45:37 - WOPRAI
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February 6, 2017 / 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. Vical Incorporated (NASDAQ:VICL), Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN), Colony Bankcorp Inc. (NASDAQ:CBAN), Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM), ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN), NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:NBTB) 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. 
  VICL    Vical Incorporated               Samant, Vijay B                  CEO      3,750       97             -18.7%              10        
  NUAN    Nuance Communications Inc.       Bowden, Adam Bruce               O        6,000       75             -2.9%               41        
  CBAN    Colony Bankcorp Inc.             Hester, Terry L                  CFO      2,500       85             -29.1%              2         
  SFM     Sprouts Farmers Market Inc.      Sanders, James Douglas           D        45,000      96             -23.1%              11        
  MAN     ManpowerGroup                    Prising, Jonas                   CEO      65,000      78             -8.8%               5         
  NBTB    NBT Bancorp Inc.                 Chewens, Michael J               CFO      18,784      75             -1.1%               23        
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.

Vical Incorporated (NASDAQ:VICL) - Vical Incorporated engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products based on its DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases. Its product candidates include CyMVectin prophylactic vaccine for cytomegalovirus (CMV), which completed preclinical trial to prevent infection before pregnancy to preclude fetal transmission; therapeutic vaccine and prophylactic for herpes simplex virus type 2, which is under Phase 1/2 clinical trial to prevent and protect against recurring flare-ups, reduce viral shedding, and transmission; and VL-2397 antifungal, which is in Phase 1, for the treatment of fungal infections. The company, through corporate collaborations, is also developing ASP0113, which is under Phase III clinical trial for prevention of CMV reactivation in stem cell transplant recipients, as well as in Phase II clinical trial for prevention of CMV infection in kidney transplant recipients; and ONCEPT therapeutic cancer vaccine encoding human tyrosinase for the treatment to enhance survival time of dogs with oral melanoma. In addition, it engages in contract manufacturing of plasmid investigational products for various clients. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, California..

Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) - Nuance Communications, Inc. provides voice recognition and natural language understanding solutions worldwide. It operates through four segments: Healthcare, Mobile, Enterprise, and Imaging. The Healthcare segment offers transcription solutions, which enables physicians to streamline clinical documentation with medical transcription platform; Dragon Medical, a dictation software that empowers physicians to accurately capture and document patient care in real-time on various devices; clinical document improvement and coding solutions to ensure patient health information is accurately documented, coded, and evaluated; and diagnostic solutions that allows radiologists to document, collaborate, and share medical images and reports. It also provides Dragon professional and personal productivity solutions to business users and consumers. The Mobile segment provides a portfolio of virtual assistants and connected services built on voice recognition, text-to-speech, natural language understanding, dialog, and text input technologies to automotive manufacturers, device makers, and mobile operators. The Enterprise segment offers OnPremise solutions and services, an automated customer service solution comprising speech recognition, voice biometrics, transcription, text-to-speech, and dialog and analytics products; and OnDemand multichannel cloud, a platform that offers enterprises the ability to implement automatic customer service. The Imaging segment provides MFP Scan automation solutions to offer scanning and document management solutions; MFP Print automation solutions to deliver printing and document management solutions; and PDF and OCR software, a technology that enables the capture, creation, and management of document workflows. The company was formerly known as ScanSoft, Inc. and changed its name to Nuance Communications, Inc. in October 2005. Nuance Communications, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts..

Colony Bankcorp Inc. (NASDAQ:CBAN) - Colony Bankcorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Colony Bank that provides banking products and services to retail and commercial customers. It accepts various deposit products, including demand, savings, and time deposits. The company also offers loans to small and medium-sized businesses; residential and commercial construction, and land development loans; commercial real estate loans; commercial loans; agri-business and production loans; residential mortgage loans; home equity loans; and consumer loans. In addition, it provides Internet banking services, electronic bill payment services, safe deposit box rentals, telephone banking, credit and debit card services, and remote depository products, as well as access to a network of ATMs. The company operates 29 domestic banking offices, as well as 1 corporate operations office located in central, south, and coastal Georgia. Colony Bankcorp, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Fitzgerald, Georgia..

Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. (NASDAQ:SFM) - M/L STRIDES CITICORP.

ManpowerGroup (NYSE:MAN) - ManpowerGroup Inc. provides workforce solutions and services in the Americas, Southern Europe, Northern Europe, and the Asia Pacific Middle East region. The company s recruitment service portfolio includes permanent, temporary, and contract recruitment of professionals, as well as administrative and industrial positions. It also offers various assessment services; career management; training and development services; and outsourcing services related to human resources functions primarily in the areas of large-scale recruiting and workforce-intensive initiatives. In addition, the company provides workforce consulting services; professional resourcing and project-based solutions in information technology, engineering, finance and accounting, and healthcare fields; contingent staffing and permanent recruitment services; solutions in the areas of organizational efficiency, individual development, and career management; and talent based outsourcing services, TAPFIN managed services, and recruitment process outsourcing services, as well as Proservia services in the areas of digital services market and IT infrastructure sector. It operates through a network of 2,900 offices in 80 countries and territories. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin..

NBT Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:NBTB) - NBT Bancorp Inc. operates as the bank holding company for NBT Bank, National Association that provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals, corporations, and municipalities. The company s deposit products include demand deposit accounts, savings accounts, negotiable order of withdrawal accounts, money market deposit accounts, and certificate of deposit accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, agricultural and agricultural real estate loans, and business banking loans; consumer loans, such as indirect, home equity, and direct loans; and residential real estate mortgages, as well as real estate construction and development loans. The company also provides trust and investment services; financial planning services; life insurance services; retirement plan consulting and recordkeeping services; telephone banking services; and a range of insurance products, including personal property and casualty, business liability, and commercial insurance, as well as enables customers to check balances, transfer funds, pay bills, view statements, apply for loans, and access various other product and service information online. As of January 25, 2016, it operated approximately 155 banking locations with offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. NBT Bancorp Inc. was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Norwich, New York..

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