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KO, QUOT, VICL, KFRC, CBSH, JBL, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading


Published on 2017-02-15 04:45:09 - WOPRAI
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February 15, 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. The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), Quotient Technology Inc. (NYSE:QUOT), Vical Incorporated (NASDAQ:VICL), Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC), Commerce Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH), Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE:JBL) 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. 
  KO      The Coca-Cola Co                 Tuggle, Clyde C                  O        203,250     77             -2.6%               4         
  QUOT    Quotient Technology Inc.         Lepore, Dawn Gould               D        4,000       96             -27.3%              3         
  VICL    Vical Incorporated               Smith, Lawrence Russell          O        4,500       99             -20.4%              11        
  KFRC    Kforce Inc.                      Blackman, Michael R.             O        16,257      100            -20.1%              15        
  CBSH    Commerce Bancshares Inc.         Aberdeen, Jeffery D.             O        1,902       81             -2.2%               15        
  JBL     Jabil Circuit Inc.               Muir, William D Jr               CO       10,000      90             -5.4%               27        
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.

The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) - The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures and distributes various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages with carbonation, such as carbonated energy drinks, and carbonated waters and flavored waters. The company s still beverages comprise nonalcoholic beverages without carbonation, including noncarbonated waters, flavored and enhanced waters, noncarbonated energy drinks, juices and juice drinks, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and sports drinks. It also provides flavoring ingredients, sweeteners, beverage ingredients, and fountain syrups, as well as powders for purified water products. The Coca-Cola Company sells its products primarily under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero, Fanta, Sprite, Minute Maid, Georgia, Powerade, Del Valle, Schweppes, Aquarius, Minute Maid Pulpy, Dasani, Simply, Glac au Vitaminwater, Bonaqua/Bonaqa, Gold Peak, FUZE TEA, Glac au Smartwater, and Ice Dew brand names. The company offers its beverage products through a network of company-owned or controlled bottling and distribution operators, as well as through independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia..

Quotient Technology Inc. (NYSE:QUOT) - Quotient Technology Inc. provides digital promotions and analytics platform that connect brands and retailers with consumers in the United States. It offers digital coupons, including coupons and coupon codes, and media and advertising through its platform, which includes mobile, Web, and social channels, as well as consumer packaged goods (CPGs), retailers, and publishers. The company s CPG customers comprise food, beverage, drug, personal, and household product manufacturers; and retailers consist of grocery, drug, dollar, club, and mass merchandise channel retailers, as well as clothing, electronics, home improvement, and other stores. The company was formerly known as Coupons.com Incorporated and changed its name to Quotient Technology Inc. in October 2015. Quotient Technology Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California..

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..

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..

Commerce Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSH) - Commerce Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Commerce Bank that provides retail, corporate, investment, trust, and asset management products and services to individuals and businesses. It operates through three segments: Consumer, Commercial, and Wealth. The Consumer segment offers various banking products and services, including consumer deposits; consumer loans, such as automobile, motorcycle, marine, tractor/trailer, recreational vehicle, fixed rate and revolving home equity, and other consumer loans; real estate loans; indirect and other consumer financing; personal mortgage banking; and consumer debit and credit bank cards, as well as provides online, mobile, and telephone banking services. The Commercial segment offers corporate lending, merchant and commercial bank card, leasing, international, and investment safekeeping and bond accounting services; and business, government deposit, and related commercial cash management services, as well as sells fixed-income securities to individuals, corporations, correspondent banks, public institutions, and municipalities. The Wealth segment provides traditional trust and estate tax planning services, brokerage services, and advisory and discretionary investment portfolio management services, as well as manages a family of proprietary mutual funds, which are available for sale to trust and general retail customers. The company, through its non-banking subsidiaries, offers private equity investment, securities brokerage, insurance agency, and mortgage banking activities. It provides its services through a network of 346 locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Colorado, as well as commercial offices and 387 automated-teller machines in the United States. Commerce Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri..

Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE:JBL) - Jabil Circuit, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services and solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Electronics Manufacturing Services and Diversified Manufacturing Services. It provides electronics design, production, and product management services. The company offers electronic circuit design services, including application-specific integrated circuit design, firmware development, and rapid prototyping services, as well as designs the look and feel of the plastic and metal enclosures that comprise the electro-mechanics, such as the printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA). It also specializes in three-dimensional mechanical design comprising the analysis of electronic, electro-mechanical, and optical assemblies, as well as the provision of various industrial design, advance mechanism development, and tooling management services. In addition, the company offers computer-assisted design services consisting of PCBA design, and PCBA design validation and verification services, as well as other consulting services, which include the generation of a bill of materials, approved vendor list, and assembly equipment configuration for various PCBA designs. Further, it provides product and process validation services that comprise product system, product safety, regulatory compliance, and reliability tests, as well as manufacturing test solution development services. Additionally, the company offers systems assembly, test, direct-order fulfillment, and configure-to-order services. It provides its services to companies in the automotive, capital equipment, consumer lifestyles and wearable technologies, computing and storage, defense and aerospace, digital home, emerging growth, healthcare, industrial and energy, mobility, networking and telecommunications, packaging, point of sale, and printing industries. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida..

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