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OSTK, AJG, EGN, ALK, MSCC, BLUE, Expected to Trade Lower After Bearish Insider Trading

^{Published on 2017-02-17 04:45:14 - WOPRAI}
 

February 17, 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. Overstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK), Arthur J.Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), Energen Corporation (NYSE:EGN), Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE:ALK), Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC), bluebird bio Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE) 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. 
  OSTK    Overstock.com Inc.               Noursalehi, Sam                  O        3,000       88             -20.6%              3         
  AJG     Arthur J.Gallagher & Co.         Durkin, James W Jr               O        6,900       79             -1.7%               17        
  EGN     Energen Corporation              Richardson, John S               O        3,733       75             -11.6%              6         
  ALK     Alaska Air Group Inc.            Berry, Christopher M             VP       500         88             -11.1%              3         
  MSCC    Microsemi Corporation            Bendush, William E               D        6,000       81             -4.7%               22        
  BLUE    bluebird bio Inc.                Cole, Jason F                    O        3,772       88             -44.4%              6         

Overstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) - Overstock.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Direct and Partner. It offers brand name, non-brand name, and closeout products, including furniture, home decor, bedding and bath, housewares, jewelry and watches, apparel and designer accessories, health and beauty products, electronics and computers, sporting goods, and other products; and sells various books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, and video games. The company also offers fintech and crypto, and proprietary blockchain software products; pet adoptions, farmers market, and insurance services; and online car listing service. In addition, it operates Worldstock Fair Trade, a store that offers handcrafted products; Main Street Revolution, a store that features products from small businesses; Supplier Oasis, a single integration point used to manage products, inventory, and sales channels; and ecommerce marketplace channels. Overstock.com, Inc. sells its products and services through its Internet websites located at overstock.com, o.co, and o.biz, as well as through the United States based third party logistics providers to international customer. The company was formerly known as D2-Discounts Direct and changed its name to Overstock.com, Inc. in October 1999. Overstock.com, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Midvale, Utah..

Arthur J.Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance brokerage and risk management services in the United States and internationally. Its Brokerage segment consists of retail and wholesale insurance brokerage operations. The company s retail brokerage operations negotiate and place property/casualty, employer-provided health and welfare insurance, and healthcare exchange and retirement solutions primarily for middle-market commercial, industrial, public entity, religious, and not-for-profit entities. This segment s wholesale brokerage operations assist brokers and agents in the placement of specialized and hard-to-place insurance programs. It also acts as a brokerage wholesaler, and managing general agent or managing general underwriter distributing specialized insurance coverages for insurance carriers; and performs activities, including marketing, underwriting, issuing policies, collecting premiums, appointing and supervising other agents, paying claims, and negotiating reinsurance. The company s Risk Management segment offers contract claim settlement and administration services for enterprises that choose to self-insure their property/casualty coverages; and for insurance companies that choose to outsource their property/casualty claims departments. This segment also offers integrated disability management programs, as well as information, risk control consulting, and appraisal services. The company offers its services through a network of insurance brokers and consultants to various commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental organizations. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois..

Energen Corporation (NYSE:EGN) - Energen Corporation, through its subsidiary, Energen Resources Corporation, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in the Permian Basin in west Texas and the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama..

Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE:ALK) - Alaska Air Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides passengers and cargo air transportation services primarily in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Alaska Mainline, Alaska Regional, and Horizon. It has a network of approximately 1,200 daily flights to 118 destinations across the United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, and Cuba. The company was founded in 1932 and is based in Seattle, Washington..

Microsemi Corporation (NASDAQ:MSCC) - Microsemi Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets analog and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company offers analog mixed-signal integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays; system on chip solutions and application-specific integrated circuits; power management products; and timing and synchronization devices, and precise time solutions. It also provides voice processing devices, radio frequency solutions, discrete components, enterprise storage and communication solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products, Ethernet solutions, and power-over-Ethernet integrated circuits and midspans, as well as custom design capabilities and services. The company s products are used in various applications, such as communications infrastructure systems comprising wireless and wired LAN systems; implantable pacemakers and defibrillators; radar systems; missile systems; military and commercial satellites and aircraft; oil field equipment; and enterprise storage and hyper scale data centers. It serves aerospace and defense, communications, data center, and industrial markets. The company was formerly known as Microsemiconductor Corp and changed its name to Microsemi Corporation in March 1983. Microsemi Corporation was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California..

bluebird bio Inc. (NASDAQ:BLUE) - bluebird bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on developing transformative gene therapies for severe genetic and rare diseases. Its product candidates include Lenti-D, which is in phase II/III clinical studies for the treatment of cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare, hereditary neurological disorder; and LentiGlobin that is in phase I/II clinical studies for the treatment of beta-thalassemia major and severe sickle cell disease (SCD) in France, as well as a phase I study in the United States for the treatment of severe SCD. The company s lead chimeric antigen receptor T cell-based product candidate is bb2121, which is in phase I clinical trials for the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. bluebird bio, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Celgene Corporation to discover, develop, and commercialize disease-altering gene therapies in oncology; and Kite Pharma, Inc. to develop and commercialize second generation T cell receptor product candidates against the human papillomavirus type 16 E6 oncoprotein. The company was formerly known as Genetix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and changed its name to bluebird bio, Inc. in September 2010. bluebird bio, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts..

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