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Dave Nicoski ...
  • Ross LaDuke
EUR 46.69 For Business Accounts Only

Vermilion Compass: Weekly Equity Strategy

Round Trip Back To Resistance

Our base case continues to be for near-term consolidation while the market determines the implications of states' reopening (i.e., the “wait-and-see” phase). Until this consolidation period resolves below support or above resistance we are maintaining a relatively neutral stance considering the wide range of outcomes. Below we highlight new developments which remain generally positive. Still, many major indexes are testing logical resistance and until we see breakouts it is hard to get too bullish.

· Short-Term Levels. The S&P 500 is at the upper-end of the trading range we have been monitoring, with resistance at 2955-2968 and support at 2766-2795. A break above resistance would confirm this period as being a bullish digestion phase, while a break below support would confirm this as a bearish distribution phase. Additional indexes testing the upper-end of their range include the Dow, small-caps (Russell 2000 and S&P 600), mid-caps (Russell Mid C
Underlyings
1-800-FLOWERS.COM Cl A

1-800-FLOWERS.COM is a provider of gifts. The company's gifts include fresh flowers and a selection of plants, gift baskets, foods, confections, jewelry, candles, balloons and plush stuffed animals. The company's segments are: Consumer Floral, which includes the operations of the company's primary brand, 1-800-Flowers.com, FruitBouquets.com, Flowerama, Personalization Universe and Goodsey; Gourmet Foods and Gift Baskets, which includes the operations of Harry & David (which includes Wolferman's), Cheryl's (which includes Mrs. Beasley's), The Popcorn Factory, DesignPac and 1-800-Baskets (which includes Simply Chocolate); and BloomNet Wire Service, which includes the operations of BloomNet and Napco.

2U Inc.

2U is provider of education technology for nonprofit colleges and universities. The company builds, delivers, and supports digital and in-person educational offerings, including graduate degrees, undergraduate degrees, professional certificates, boot camps, and short courses, across the career curriculum continuum. In its Graduate Program Segment, the company provides the technology and services to nonprofit colleges and universities to enable the online delivery of degree programs. In its Alternative Credential Segment, the company provides online short courses and technical, skills-based boot camps through relationships with nonprofit colleges and universities.

ABIOMED Inc.

ABIOMED is a provider of temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, and it provides a continuum of care to heart failure patients. The company's products include: Impella 2.5?, which is a percutaneous micro heart pump with an integrated motor and sensors; which is primarily used by either interventional cardiologists to support patients in the cath lab or by cardiac surgeons in the heart surgery suite; Impella 5.0 and Impella LD, which are percutaneous micro heart pumps with integrated motors and sensors for use primarily in the heart surgery suite; and Impella RP, which is a percutaneous catheter-based axial flow pump that is designed to allow more than four liters of flow per minute.

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.

Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Agios Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on areas of hematologic malignancies, solid tumors and rare genetic diseases. The company's product, TIBSOVO? (ivosidenib) is for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (R/R AML) with a susceptible isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1 mutation. The company's other product is IDHIFA? (enasidenib) for patients with R/R AML and an IDH2 mutation. The company's pre-commercial clinical cancer product candidates include: vorasidenib, a brain-penetrant pan-IDH mutant inhibitor; and AG-270, an orally available selective inhibitor of methionine adenosyltransferase 2a.

Amcor PLC

Amcor is a packaging company. Co. has the following reportable segments: Amcor Rigid Plastics, which manufactures rigid plastic containers for a range of primarily beverage and food products; Amcor Flexibles, which represents the aggregation of four operating segments of which each manufactures flexible and film packaging for their respective industries; as well as Other/Investments, which holds Co.'s equity accounted investments in the associate AMVIG Holdings Limited (AMVIG) and the joint venture Discma AG (Discma). AMVIG is mainly involved in the manufacture of tobacco packaging while Discma's operations primarily relate to the development and licensing of packaging product development.

Angi Inc. Class A

ANGI Homeservices connects homeowners to home service professionals through its portfolio of digital home services brands. The company has two segments: North America (United States and Canada), which includes HomeAdvisor digital marketplace service (HomeAdvisor), Angie's List, its subsidiary, Handy Technologies, Inc. (Handy), mHelpDesk and HomeStars; and Europe, which includes Travaux, MyHammer, My Builder, Werkspot and Instapro. HomeAdvisor provides consumers with tools and resources to help them find local, pre-screened and customer-rated service professionals, as well as book appointments online. Handy connects individuals looking for household services with pre-screened service professionals.

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ATOMERA

Atomera is engaged in the business of developing, commercializing and licensing proprietary materials, processes and technologies for semiconductor industry. The company's primary technology, named Mears Silicon Technology? (MST?), is a thin film of reengineered silicon. MST can be applied as a transistor channel enhancement to CMOS-type transistors used in the semiconductor industry. The company has an agreement with TSI Semiconductors America LLC to provide the company with engineering services in their semiconductor manufacturing facility in California. The company also has a collaboration with Synopsys, Inc., which supports modeling of MST.

Axonics Modulation Tech

Axonics Modulation Technologies is a medical technology company that has developed and is commercializing minimally invasive implantable sacral neuromodulation (SNM) systems used to treat patients with overactive bladder, fecal incontinence, and non-obstructive urinary retention. The company's proprietary rechargeable SNM system (r-SNM System) delivers mild electrical pulses to the targeted sacral nerve in order to restore normal communication to and from the brain to reduce the symptoms of bladder and bowel dysfunction. The company also provides a clinician programmer and a surgical tool kit to assist physicians while implanting its r-SNM System.

Big Lots Inc.

Big Lots is a discount retailer. The company's primary merchandising categories include Furniture (upholstery, mattress, and case goods departments), Seasonal (Christmas trim, lawn and garden, and summer departments), Soft Home (fashion bedding, utility bedding, bath, window, decorative textile, home organization, and frames departments), Food (beverage and grocery, candy and snacks departments), Consumables (health, beauty and cosmetics, plastics, paper, chemical, and pet departments), Hard Home (small appliances, table top, food preparation, stationery, greeting cards, and home maintenance departments), and Electronics, Toys, and Accessories (electronics, toys, jewelry, and hosiery departments).

Bilibili Inc. Sponsored ADR Class Z

Black Knight Inc.

Black Knight is a provider of software, data and analytics solutions to the mortgage and consumer loan, real estate and capital market verticals. The company's solutions facilitate and automate business processes across the homeownership lifecycle. The company's business is organized into two segments: Software Solutions, which provides software and hosting solutions that facilitate and automate business processes across the homeownership lifecycle; and Data and Analytics, which supports the company's software solutions and is designed to help lenders and servicers make informed decisions, improve performance, identify and predict risk and generate qualified leads.

BLACKROCK INC.

BlackRock is an investment management firm. The company provides a range of investment and technology services to institutional and retail clients worldwide. Products are provided directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares? exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, collective investment trusts and other pooled investment vehicles. The company also provides technology services, including the investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin?, Aladdin Wealth, eFront, Cachematrix and FutureAdvisor, as well as advisory services and solutions to a base of institutional and wealth management clients.

Camping World Holdings Inc. Class A

Camping World Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a retailer of recreational vehicles (RVs) and RV-related products and services, and a retailer of outdoor lifestyle and active sports-related products and services. The company's segments include: consumer services and plans, which provides extended vehicle service contracts, emergency roadside assistance, property and casualty insurance programs, membership clubs, vehicle financing and refinancing, travel protection, and co-branded credit cards; dealership, which provides new vehicles and used vehicles; and retail, which includes: RV supply and maintenance products, and outdoor equipment and recreational products.

Camtek Ltd.

Camtek Ltd is an Israel-based manufacturer of metrology and inspection equipment and a provider of software solutions. The Company mainly serves the Advanced Packaging, Memory, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Image Sensors, Micro Electro Mechanical Sensor (MEMS), Radio Frequency (RF) and other segments in the mid end of the semiconductors industry. The Company has more than seven offices around the world and provides tailor-made solutions in line with customers' requirements. Camtek Ltd's subsidiaries are: Camtek Europe SA, Camtek Korea Ltd, Camtek South East Asia Pte Ltd, Camtek USA Inc, Sela - Semiconductor Engineering Laboratories USA Inc, Camtek Japan Ltd and Sela Semiconductor Engineering Laboratories Ltd, among others.

CAREDX INC

CareDx together with its subsidiaries, is a medicine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. The company provides testing services, products, and digital solutions along the pre- and post-transplant patient journey, and is a provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients. The company's testing services consist of AlloSure? Kidney, which is a donor-derived cell-free DNA solution for kidney transplant patients, and AlloMap? Heart, which is a gene expression solution for heart transplant patients.

Carel Industries SpA

Carel Industries SpA Formerly known as Carel Spa. Carel Industries SpA is an Italy-based company, which provides control technology and humidification for air conditioning and refrigeration. It offers energy savings solutions and data-driven services through an internet of things (IoT) platform. It operates two business segments: Products and Applications. The Product's offering includes Programmable Controls, Terminals, Air-conditioning parametric Controls, Retail, Refrigeration Parametric Controls, Isothermal Humidifiers, Adiabatic Humidifiers, Water Treatment Systems, Remote Management and Monitoring Systems among others. The Application segment operates two areas: System Solutions and Unit Control. System Solutions proposes temperature and humidity control solutions for a vast variety of different applications and industries. Unit Control proposes energy saving solutions for temperature control on large units and systems, such as compressor racks, cold rooms and air handling units. The Company operates in globally.

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Cerence

Cerence is primarily engaged in providing automotive manufacturers and their suppliers virtual assistants and connected car services built on its voice recognition and natural language understanding technologies. The company is a provider of AI-powered assistants for connected and autonomous vehicles, including software platforms for building automotive virtual assistants, such as Hey BMW and Ni hao Banma. The company's principal offering is its software platform, which its customers use to build virtual assistants that can communicate, find information and take action across a variety of categories, including navigation, control, media, communication, information and tools.

Ciena Corporation

Ciena is a networking systems, services and software company, providing solutions that enable a range of network operators to deploy and manage networks that deliver services to businesses and consumers. The company provides hardware, software and services that support the transport, switching, aggregation, service delivery and management of video, data and voice traffic on communications networks. The company's solutions are used by communications service providers, cable and multiservice operators, Web-scale providers, submarine network operators, governments, enterprises, research and education institutions and other network operators.

Coeur Mining Inc.

Coeur Mining is a gold and silver producer, as well as a zinc and lead producer, with mines located in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and exploration projects in North America. The company operates the Palmarejo complex, and the Rochester, Kensington, Wharf and Silvertip mines. The company's dore, as well as the concentrate product produced by the Wharf mine, is refined into gold and silver bullion and then sells to multi-national banks, bullion trading houses, and refiners across the globe. The company's gold concentrate products from the Kensington mine and the zinc and lead concentrates from the Silvertip mine are sold under a variety of agreements with smelters and traders.

Cognex Corporation

Cognex is a provider of machine vision products that capture and analyze visual information in order to automate manufacturing and distribution tasks where vision is required. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacture and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, aspirin bottles, and automobile tires, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them during the manufacturing or distribution process. The company provides a range of machine vision systems and sensors, vision software, and industrial image-based barcode readers. The company's products also have a variety of physical forms, depending upon the user's needs.

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.

Collegium Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on pain management. The company's lead product, Xtampza ER, is an abuse-deterrent, extended-release, oral formulation of oxycodone approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the management of pain. The company's product portfolio also includes Nucynta ER, an extended-release formulation of tapentadol for the management of pain including neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy in adults; and Nucynta IR, an immediate-release formulation of tapentadol that is indicated for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic and for which alternative treatments are inadequate in adults.

Covetrus

Covetrus is engaged in an animal health business. The company conducts its business through two reportable segments: supply chain, which includes the distribution of pharmaceuticals, nutrition products, consumable products, diagnostic tests, small and large equipment, laboratory products and surgical products, among others; and technology and value-added services, which consists of technology services, which include practice management software systems and computer hardware for animal health customers as well as software support, data driven applications, training and education, client communication services and value-added services.

CRISPR Therapeutics AG

Ecolab Inc.

Ecolab is a provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services. The company's segments include: Global Industrial, which provides water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions in the manufacturing, food and beverage processing, chemical, power generation, pharmaceutical and commercial laundry industries; Global Institutional, which provides cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, healthcare, government, education and retail industries; and Global Energy, which serves the process chemicals and water treatment needs of the global petroleum and petrochemical industries in both upstream and downstream applications.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc.

Emergent BioSolutions is a life sciences company. The company is focused on preparedness and response products and solutions that address the following categories: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives; emerging infectious diseases; travel health; emerging health crises; acute/emergency care; and contract development and manufacturing. The company also has a development pipeline consisting of a mix of both pre-clinical and clinical-stage product candidates, including Trobigard? a combination drug-device auto injector product candidate. In addition, the company has a fully integrated molecule-to-market biologics CDMO business offerings (development services, drug substance and drug product).

Enphase Energy Inc.

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company. The company designs, develops, manufactures and sells home energy solutions that connect energy generation, energy storage and control and communications management on one platform. The company's semiconductor-based microinverter converts energy at the individual solar module level and, combines with its proprietary networking and software technologies to provide energy monitoring and control. The Enphase Home Energy Solution with IQ consists of four primary components: Enphase microinverters, the AC Battery?, an Envoy gateway, and Enlighten cloud-based software.

First Majestic Silver Corp.

First Majestic Silver is engaged in the business of silver production, development, exploration, and acquisition of mineral properties with a focus on silver production in Mexico.

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.

Fortuna Silver Mines is engaged in the mining, exploration, extraction and processing of silver, gold and zinc mine properties in southern Peru and Mexico.

Globant SA

Green Dot Corporation Class A

Green Dot is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides a collection of banking and financial services products marketed directly to consumers through its banking platforms. The company's reportable segments include: Account Services, which provides several deposit account programs that can be acquired through its omni-channel branchless distribution platform, including consumer and small business checking account products, network-branded reloadable prepaid debit cards and secured credit programs; and Processing and Settlement Services, which provides several products and services that engage in facilitating the movement of funds on behalf of consumers and businesses.

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC Sponsored ADR

Home Depot Inc.

The Home Depot is a home improvement retailer. The company provides its customers an assortment of building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provides a number of services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rental. The company also maintains a network of distribution and fulfillment centers, as well as a number of e-commerce websites. The company provides a number of programs for its Professional Customers to meet their particular needs, and for its Do-It-Yourself and Do-It-For-Me customers, the company provides a number of installation services. The company also provides tool and equipment rentals for its customers.

Intellia Therapeutics Inc.

Intellia Therapeutics is a genome editing company focused on developing therapeutics utilizing a biological tool known as Clustered, Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR associated 9 (Cas9). This is a technology for genome editing, the process of altering selected sequences of genomic deoxyribonucleic acid. The company utilizes its CRISPR/Cas9 platform across two areas: in vivo applications, in which CRISPR/Cas9 is therapy, delivered to target cells within the body; and ex vivo applications, in which CRISPR/Cas9 creates therapy of engineered human cells.

IRobot Corporation

iRobot is a consumer robot company. The company's portfolio of solutions features technologies for the connected home and concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation, human-robot interaction, and physical solutions. The company provides multiple Roomba floor vacuuming robots. The Braava robots automatically dust and damp mop hard-surface floors using cleaning cloths or the company's designed reusable microfiber cloths and include a reservoir that dispenses liquid throughout the cleaning cycle to keep the cloth damp. The robotic lawn mower, Terra t7 is being designed with a mapping and navigation system. Using the engaging Root Coding App, kids can learn coding fundamentals while they play, explore, and create.

JD.com Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A

Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Kala Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutics using its AMPPLIFY? Mucus Penetrating Particles drug delivery technology, with a focus on the treatment of eye diseases. The company's approved ocular corticosteroid product, INVELTYS? (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension) is used for the treatment of post-operative inflammation and pain. The company is developing KPI-121 0.25% for the temporary relief of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. The company is evaluating compounds in its receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor program that inhibit the vascular endothelial growth factor pathway for the treatment of a number of retinal diseases.

Kinsale Capital Group Inc.

Kinsale Capital Group is an insurance holding company. The company focuses on the excess and surplus lines (E&S) market in the U.S., where it can use its underwriting capability to write coverages for hard-to-place small business risks and personal lines risks. The company's segment, Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance segment provides property and casualty insurance products through the E&S market. The company's commercial lines offerings include construction, small business, excess casualty, energy, product liability, general casualty, allied health, professional liability, life sciences, commercial property, management liability, health care, environmental, inland marine, public entity, and commercial insurance.

Kraft Heinz Company

Kraft Heinz is a food and beverage company. The company manufactures and markets food and beverage products, including condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products throughout the world. The company has three reportable segments defined by geographic region: United States, Canada, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The company's remaining businesses are combined and disclosed as Rest of World. Rest of World comprises two operating segments: Latin America and Asia Pacific.

LiveRamp Holdings Inc.

LiveRamp Holdings is a global technology company. The company provides enterprise customer management platform that help organizations utilize customer data to deliver products and experiences. A main component of the company's platform is the omnichannel, deterministic identity graph. Utilizing the company's identity graph, the LiveRamp platform resolves a customer's data (first-, second-, or third-party) to consumer identifiers that represent real people in a way that protects consumer privacy.

Lowe's Companies Inc.

Lowe's Companies is a home improvement retailer. The company provides home improvement products in lumber and building materials, appliances, seasonal and outdoor living, tools and hardware, fashion fixtures, rough plumbing and electrical, paint, millwork, lawn and garden, flooring, and kitchens categories. The company provides installation services through independent contractors in product categories, including appliances, flooring, kitchens, lumber and building materials, and millwork. The company also provides extended protection plans for various products within the appliances, kitchens, fashion fixtures, millwork, rough plumbing and electrical, seasonal and outdoor living, and tools and hardware categories.

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic candidates for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic and liver diseases. The company's main product candidate, MGL-3196 (resmetirom), is a proprietary, orally administered, small molecule, liver-directed, thyroid hormone receptor-? selective agonist being developed as a once-daily oral pill that can potentially be used to treat a number of disease states including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

MAG Silver Corp.

MAG Silver is an exploration company conducting work on mineral properties it has staked or acquired by way of option agreement, principally in Mexico. Co. has not yet determined whether the properties on which it is conducting exploration contain any ore reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of these amounts is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable reserves, Co.'s ability to obtain the necessary financing to complete the development of the interests, and future profitable production, or alternatively, upon Co.’s ability to dispose of its interests on a profitable basis.

Masco Corporation

Masco designs, manufactures and distributes home improvement and building products. The company's Plumbing Products include faucets, showerheads, handheld showers, valves, bath hardware and accessories, bathing units, shower bases and enclosures and toilets. This segment also includes brass, copper and composite plumbing system components and other non-decorative plumbing products. The company's Decorative Architectural Products include cabinet and door hardware, functional hardware, wall plates, hook and hook rail products, and picture hanging accessories. This segment also includes decorative indoor and outdoor lighting fixtures, ceiling fans, landscape lighting and LED lighting systems.

Maverix Metals

Maverix Metals is a development stage company engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties primarily in Mexico.

Nektar Therapeutics

Nektar Therapeutics is a research-based biopharmaceutical company. The company's proprietary drugs and drug candidates that have either received regulatory approval or are being developed by the company or in collaboration with other pharmaceutical companies or independent investigators include: ONZEALD?, a topoisomerase I inhibitor targeted for advanced metastatic breast cancer in patients with brain metastases; NKTR-181, an orally-available mu-opioid analgesic molecule for moderate to severe chronic pain; NKTR-214, a CD122-biased immune-stimulatory cytokine targeted for oncology; NKTR-358 for autoimmune disease; NKTR-262 targeted for solid tumors; and NKTR-255 targeted for immuno-oncology.

NetEase Inc. Sponsored ADR

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.

Neurocrine Biosciences is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing treatments for patients with neurological, endocrine and psychiatric disorders. The company is primarily focused on the commercialization of INGREZZA? (valbenazine) in the United States. The company's late-stage pipeline includes opicapone as an adjunctive therapy to levodopa/DOPA decarboxylase inhibitors in adult Parkinson's disease patients, elagolix for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids in women, valbenazine for the treatment of chorea in adult patients with Huntington's disease and NBIb-1817 (VY-AADC) for the treatment of Parkinson's disease patients.

New Relic Inc.

New Relic is a provider of an integrated, multi-tenant, cloud-based instrumentation and analytics platform that enables users to collect, store and analyze amounts of data in real time. The company's products include: New Relic Application Performance Management, which provides visibility into the performance and usage of server-based applications; New Relic Mobile, which provides code-level visibility into the performance and health of mobile applications running on the iOS and Android mobile operating systems; New Relic Browser; New Relic Synthetics; New Relic Infrastructure; and New Relic Insights.

NGM Biopharmaceuticals

NGM Biopharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company. The company is focused on the following programs: Aldafermin, which is for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH); NGM313 (MK-3655), which is for the treatment of NASH and type 2 diabetes; NGM120, which is designed to block the effects of elevated growth differentiation factor 15 levels on cancer anorexia/cachexia syndrome, and, possibly, tumors; NGM217, which is designed to restore pancreatic islet function and increase insulin production in patients with diabetes; NGM621, which is designed to decrease levels of this protein implicated in the dry form of AMD; and NGM395, which is for the treatment of metabolic syndrome.

Nordson Corporation

Nordson engineers, manufactures and markets differentiated products and systems used for dispensing, applying and controlling of adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants, biomaterials, and other fluids, to test and inspect for quality, and to treat and cure surfaces. The company serves a range of consumer non-durable, consumer durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, building and construction, and general product assembly and finishing. The company has three operating segments: Adhesive Dispensing Systems, Advanced Technology Systems, and Industrial Coating Systems.

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd

Nova Measuring Instruments is engaged in the design, development, production of integrated process control systems for use in the manufacture of semiconductors, also known as integrated circuits or chips. Co.'s product portfolio includes a complete set of, integrated and stand-alone metrology platforms suited for dimensional, films and material metrology measurements for process control across multiple semiconductor manufacturing process steps including lithography, Etch, CMP and deposition. Co.'s solutions utilize optical spectral reflectometry and X-ray technologies combined with advanced software modeling and unique algorithmic capabilities.

Novavax Inc.

Novavax is a late-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's vaccine candidates, including its primary candidates, ResVax? and NanoFlu?, are genetically engineered, three-dimensional nanostructures of recombinant proteins critical to disease pathogenesis. The company's product pipeline targets a variety of infectious diseases. The company is also developing immune stimulating saponin-based adjuvants through its wholly owned Swedish subsidiary, Novavax AB. The company's primary adjuvant, Matrix-M?, has been shown to improve immune responses and was well-tolerated in multiple clinical trials.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings is a holding company. The company and its subsidiaries buys overproduced, overstocked, and closeout merchandise from manufacturers, wholesalers, and other retailers. The company's product offerings include: cooking utensils, dishes, appliances, plastic containers, cutlery, storage and garbage bags, detergents and cleaning supplies; packaged food including coffee, bottled non-carbonated beverages and salty snacks; household goods including bedding and towels; books and stationery; floor coverings including laminate flooring, commercial and residential carpeting, area rugs and floor mats; and electronics, including air conditioners, home electronics and cellular accessories.

OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd.

Paycom Software Inc.

Paycom Software is a provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM) solution delivered as Software-as- a-Service. The company provides functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the complete employment lifecycle, from recruitment to retirement. The company's solution requires virtually no customization and is based on a core system of record maintained in a single database for various HCM functions, including talent acquisition, time and labor management, payroll, talent management and human resources management applications. The company's solution was developed in-house and is based on a single platform, there is no need to integrate, update or access various databases.

Personalis

Personalis is a cancer genomics company transforming the development of therapies by providing molecular data about each patient's cancer and immune response. The company designed its NeXT Platform to adapt to the complex and evolving understanding of cancer, providing its biopharmaceutical customers with information on all of the approximately 20,000 human genes, together with the immune system, in contrast to several cancer panels that cover roughly 50 to 500 genes.

PFSweb Inc

PFSweb is a provider of omni-channel commerce solutions, including a range of technology, infrastructure and other services. The company's service offerings include website design, creation and integration, digital agency and marketing, eCommerce technologies, order management, customer care, logistics and fulfillment, financial management and consulting. The services the company provides are primarily organized into the following categories: Strategic Commerce Consulting Services; Design and Digital Marketing Services; Technology Services; Order to Cash; Fulfillment; and Customer Care.

Pluralsight (A)

Pluralsight is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of technology skill development solutions. The company's cloud-based technology skills platform provides a range of tools, including skill and role assessments, a curated library of courses, directed learning paths, interactive labs, and business analytics. The company's applications are delivered across a range of devices and operating systems, including iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac. In addition, the company's applications are available for TV applications, including Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku.

Proto Labs Inc.

Proto Labs is a digital manufacturer of custom prototypes and production parts. The company's primary manufacturing product lines include Injection Molding, which uses three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design-to-computer numerical control (CNC) machining technology for the automated design and manufacture of molds; CNC Machining, which uses commercially available CNC machines to provide milling and turning; 3D Printing, which includes stereolithography, selective laser sintering, direct metal laser sintering, Multi Jet Fusion and PolyJet processes; and Sheet Metal, which includes e-commerce-enabled custom sheet metal parts, providing customers with prototype and low-volume production parts.

Repay Holdings (A)

Replimune Group

Replimune Group is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of oncolytic immunotherapies to treat cancer. The company's primary product candidate, RP1, is a selectively replicating version of herpes simplex virus 1 that expresses GALV-GP R(-) and human GM-CSF. The company has designed its RP2 product candidate to express an anti-CTLA-4 antibody-like protein in order to block the inhibition of the immune response otherwise caused by CTLA-4, a protein that inhibits the immune response to tumors. The company has designed its RP3 product candidate to express immune-activating proteins that stimulate T cells, in addition to anti-CTLA-4 and GALV-GP R(-).

Rockwell Automation Inc.

Rockwell Automation is a provider of industrial automation and digital transformation. The company's segments include: Architecture and Software, which contains automation and information platforms, including hardware and software; and Control Products and Solutions, which combines motor control and industrial control products, other solutions and a portfolio of lifecycle services. The company's automation platform products include programmable automation controllers, design, networking products, sensing devices, machine safety devices, motion control products, and independent cart technology products. The company's information platform includes manufacturing execution system software and analytics software.

S&P Global Inc.

S&P Global is a provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. The company's segments include: S&P Global Ratings, which provides credit ratings, research and analytics; S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides multi-asset-class data, research and analytical capabilities that integrate cross-asset analytics and desktop services; S&P Global Platts, which provides information and benchmark prices for the commodity and energy markets; and S&P Dow Jones Indices, which provides a variety of valuation and index benchmarks for investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors.

Saia Inc.

Saia is a transportation company. The company provides regional and interregional less-than-truckload (LTL) services through a single integrated organization. The company also provides customers a range of other services, including non-asset truckload, expedited and logistics services across North America. The company's subsidiary, Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC (Saia LTL Freight) is an LTL carrier that serves several states. Saia LTL Freight is engaged in providing its customers a range of regional and interregional LTL services including time-definite and expedited options. Saia LTL Freight primarily provides its customers with solutions for shipments between 100 and 10,000 pounds.

Sciplay

SciPlay is a developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms. The company offers seven core games, including social casino games Jackpot Party Casino, Gold Fish Casino, Hot Shot Casino and Quick Hit Slots, and casual games MONOPOLY Slots, Bingo Showdown and 88 Fortunes Slots. The company's social casino games include slots-style play and table games-style game play, while its casual games blend slots-style or bingo game play with adventure game features. The company's games are offered and played across multiple platforms, including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. In addition, the company's content library includes recognizable, real-world slot and table games content from Scientific Games.

Shockwave Medical

ShockWave Medical is a medical device company, develops and commercializes intravascular lithotripsy technology to treat calcified plaque in patients with peripheral vascular, coronary vascular, and heart valve diseases worldwide. The company offers M5 catheters for treating above-the-knee peripheral artery disease; C2 catheters for treating coronary artery disease; and S4 catheters or treating below-the-knee peripheral artery disease. The company serves interventional cardiologists, vascular surgeons, and interventional radiologists through sales representatives and sales managers, and distributors.

Silvercrest Metals

SilverCrest Metals is a Canadian precious metals exploration company focused on new discoveries, value-added acquisitions and targeting production in Mexico's precious metal districts. Co. is an exploration stage company with a 100% interest in two mineral concessions, Cruz de Mayo 2 and El Gueriguito, which are located in Sonora State, Mexico and the Las Chispas property located in Sonora Mexico. Co.'s other Mexican exploration properties include Huasabas, Guadalupe, Angel de Plata and Estacion Llano.

Sportmans Warehouse Holdings

Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is an outdoor sporting goods retailer that carries merchandise from manufacturers such as Browning, Carhartt and Coleman. The company also carries private label and make-up offerings under the Rustic Ridge?, Killik?, Lost Creek and Sportsman's Warehouse brands as well as make-up items through vendors such as Tikka, and Camp Chef. Further, the company provides its customers with various in-store, technical support services such as gunsmithing and firearm service plans. The company's stores are organized into six departments: Camping; Clothing; Fishing; Footwear; Hunting and Shooting; and Optics, Electronics, Accessories and Other.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Supernus Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the treatment of central nervous system diseases. The company has launched Oxtellar XR and Trokendi XR, its two treatments for epilepsy. In addition, the company has launched Trokendi XR for the prophylaxis of migraine headache in adults and adolescents. The company's product candidates for the treatment of psychiatric disorders include: SPN-810 to treat impulsive aggression in children and adolescents who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); SPN-812, a non-stimulant candidate to treat patients who have ADHD; SPN-809 for the treatment of depression; and SPN-604 for the treatment of bipolar.

T-Mobile US Inc.

T-Mobile US provides mobile communications services, including voice, messaging and data, under its brands, T-Mobile and Metro? by T-Mobile, in the United States, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. The company provides mobile communications services using its 4G Long-Term Evolution network and its 5G technology network. The company also provides various wireless devices, including handsets, tablets and other mobile communication devices, and accessories for sale, as well as financing through Equipment Installment Plans and leasing through JUMP! On Demand?. The company provides reinsurance for handset insurance policies and extended warranty contracts offered to its mobile communications customers.

Tenable Holdings

Tenable Holdings is a provider of solutions for a category of cybersecurity called Cyber Exposure. Cyber Exposure manages, measures and compares cybersecurity risk. The company's platform offerings provide visibility into security issues such as vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, internal and regulatory compliance violations and other indicators of the state of an organization's security. The company's enterprise platform offerings include Tenable.io, which is the company's software as a service offering, and Tenable.sc, which is the company's on-premises offering, both of which provide organizations with applications purpose-built for areas of attack surfaces.

Translate Bio

Translate Bio is a clinical-stage messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics company. The company is engaged in developing medicines to treat diseases caused by protein or gene dysfunction. Using its proprietary mRNA therapeutic platform (MRT platform), the company creates mRNA that encodes functional proteins. The company is developing its MRT product candidate for the lung, MRT5005, for the treatment of cystic fibrosi, and MRT5201, for the treatment of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.

Turning Point Therapeutics

Turning Point Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company designing and developing novel small molecule, targeted oncology therapies. The company develops a pipeline of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) that targets genetic drivers of cancer in TKI-na?ve and TKI-pretreated patients. The company's main drug candidate is repotrectinib (TPX-0005). In addition to repotrectinib, the company's pipeline includes two clinical-stage multi-targeted kinase inhibitors, TPX-0022 (a MET/CSF1R/SRC inhibitor) and TPX-0046 (a RET/SRC inhibitor), and a preclinical ALK inhibitor, TPX-0131, which is entering IND-enabling studies. The company's fourth drug candidate, TPX-0131 is a preclinical ALK inhibitor.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

Werner Enterprises is a transportation and logistics company engaged primarily in transporting truckload shipments of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce. The company has two reportable segments: Truckload Transportation Services, which includes the medium-to-long-haul van fleet that transports a variety of consumer nondurable products and other commodities in truckload quantities over irregular routes using dry van trailers, the expedited fleet that provides truckload services, and the regional short-haul fleet that provides truckload van service across the U.S; and Werner Logistics, which is a non-asset-based transportation and logistics provider.

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