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LJPC, OPOF, MCC, TEX, SPAR, FSTR, Expected to Trade Higher After Bullish Insider Trading

March 10, 2017 / M2 PRESSWIRE / BUYINS.NET / http://www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring top insider trading patterns and these stocks are the most likely to trade Higher in the next 6 months. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC), Old Point Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:OPOF), Medley Capital Corporation (NYSE:MCC), Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX), Spartan Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAR), L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR) are all expected to go Higher as Buy 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 Higher 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. 
  LJPC    La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company  Tang, Kevin C                    DO       100,000     86             29.6%               8         
  OPOF    Old Point Financial Corporation  Adams, Stephen C.                D        14          92             9.8%                28        
  MCC     Medley Capital Corporation       Taube, Brook                     CEO      117,680     85             10.2%               8         
  TEX     Terex Corporation                Barr, Kevin A.                   O        11          100            35.8%               46        
  SPAR    Spartan Motors Inc.              Slawson, John W                  O        1,450       87             157.5%              2         
  FSTR    L.B. Foster Company              Vizi, Bradley S.                 DO       44,108      93             19.8%               3         

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.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (NASDAQ:LJPC) - La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics for life-threatening diseases. It engages in developing LJPC-501, a formulation of angiotensin II for the potential treatment of catecholamine-resistant hypotension; and LJPC-401, a formulation of synthetic human hepcidin for the treatment of conditions characterized by iron overload, such as hereditary hemochromatosis, beta thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and myelodysplastic syndrome. The company is also developing LJPC-30S, which is the gentamicin derivative program for the potential treatment of serious bacterial infections and rare genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in San Diego, California..

Old Point Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:OPOF) - Old Point Financial Corporation operates as the holding company for The Old Point National Bank of Phoebus that provides consumer, mortgage, and business banking services for individual and commercial customers. The company offers deposit products, such as interest-bearing transaction accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, time deposits, and demand deposits. It also provides commercial, real estate construction, real estate mortgage, consumer, and other loans, as well as cash management services. In addition, the company, through its other subsidiary, Old Point Trust & Financial Services, N.A., provides wealth management services, which include retirement planning, estate planning, financial planning, estate and trust administration, retirement plan administration, tax services, and investment management services. As of December 31, 2015, it operated 18 branches serving the Hampton Roads localities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Isle of Wight County, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg/James City County, and York County. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Hampton, Virginia..

Medley Capital Corporation (NYSE:MCC) - Medley Capital Corporation is a business development company. The fund seeks to invest in privately negotiated debt and equity securities of small and middle market companies. It primarily invests in the following sectors: business services; buildings and real estate; automobile; oil and gas; aerospace and defense; home and office furnishings, housewares, and durable consumer products; healthcare, education and childcare; personal, food, and miscellaneous services; retail stores, diversified or conglomerate manufacturing; telecommunications; mining, steel, iron, and non-precious metals; leisure, amusement, motion pictures, and entertainment; chemicals, plastics, and rubber; finance; personal and nondurable consumer products (manufacturing only); beverage, food, and tobacco; containers, packaging, and glass; structure finance securities; machinery (non-agriculture, non-construction, non-electric); diversified or conglomerate service; restaurant and franchise; electronics; and cargo transport. The fund seeks to invest in companies located in North America. The fund targets private debt transactions in companies with enterprise values or asset values between $25 million and $250 million. The fund seeks to invest in companies with debt investment values between $10 million and $50 million. It exits its investments between three years and seven years; it holds most of its investments to maturity or repayment, but may realize or sell some investments earlier. The fund may take a board seat on its investee companies and can also offer managerial assistance to certain portfolio companies. It structures its investments as first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans, senior secured notes, senior subordinated notes, subordinate notes, unitranche loans, and seeks warrants or other equity participation. The fund may co-invest in privately negotiated transactions under certain conditions..

Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) - Terex Corporation manufactures and sells lifting and material processing products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), Cranes, and Materials Processing (MP). The AWP segment designs, manufactures, services, and markets aerial work platform equipment, telehandlers, and light towers, as well as related components and replacement parts under the Terex and Genie brand names. The Cranes segment designs, manufactures, services, refurbishes, and markets mobile telescopic, tower, lattice boom crawler, lattice boom truck, utility equipment, and truck-mounted cranes, as well as related components and replacement parts under the Terex and Demag brand names. The MP segment designs, manufactures, and markets crushers, washing systems, screens, apron feeders, material handlers, wood processing, biomass and recycling equipment, concrete mixer trucks, concrete pavers, and related components and replacement parts under the Terex, Powerscreen, Fuchs, and CBI brand names, as well as the Terex name in conjunction with certain historic brand names. The company also provides financing solutions to assist customers in the rental, leasing, and acquisition of its products. It serves the construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, shipping, transportation, refining, energy, utility, and quarrying and mining industries. Terex Corporation was founded in 1925 and is based in Westport, Connecticut..

Spartan Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAR) - Spartan Motors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engineers, manufactures, and sells heavy-duty and custom vehicles in the United States, Canada, South America, and Asia. It operates through three segments: Emergency Response Vehicles, Delivery and Service Vehicles, and Specialty Chassis and Vehicles. The Emergency Response Vehicles segment offers emergency response chassis and bodies, and aerial ladder components. The Delivery and Service Vehicles segment provides walk-in vans for use in the package delivery, one-way truck rental, bakery/snack delivery, utility, and linen/uniform rental businesses; and commercial truck bodies, as well as interior equipment up fitting and aftermarket parts. The Specialty Chassis and Vehicles segment offers motor home chassis, defense vehicles, and other specialty chassis, as well as distributes related aftermarket parts and assemblies. Spartan Motors, Inc. markets its products under the Spartan ERV, Aeromaster, Trademaster, Metromaster, Utilivan, and Utilimaster brand names. The company sells its products through a network of independent truck dealers to commercial vehicle dealers and leasing companies, as well as directly to end-users. Spartan Motors, Inc. was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Charlotte, Michigan..

L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR) - L.B. Foster Company manufactures, fabricates, and distributes products and services for the rail, construction, energy, and utility markets worldwide. Its Rail Products and Services segment offers new rail primarily for passenger and shortline freight railroads, industrial companies, and rail contractors; used rail; rail accessories, such as bolts, angle bars, and other products; power rail, direct fixation fasteners, coverboards, and special accessories; and trackwork products, as well as engineers and fabricates insulated rail joints and related accessories. This segment also provides friction management products and application systems, railroad condition monitoring equipment, wheel impact load detection, railroad condition monitoring systems, rail anchors and spikes, and wayside data collection and management systems; and concrete railroad ties. In addition, this segment offers telecommunications and security systems; and application engineering solutions. The company s Construction segment sells and rents steel sheet piling, H-bearing pile, and other piling products; manufactures and sells fabricated steel and aluminum products primarily for the highway, bridge, and transit industries; and produces precast concrete buildings, and pre-stressed and precast concrete products. Its Tubular and Energy Services segment supplies pipe coatings for natural gas pipelines and utilities; provides blending, injection, and metering equipment for the oil and gas market; offers upstream test and inspection services; provides precision measurement systems, and tubular management services for the oil and gas market; and produces threaded pipe products for the oil and gas, and industrial water well and irrigation markets. The company markets its products directly, as well as through a network of agents. L.B. Foster Company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..

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