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Vermilion Short Shots: Technically Vulnerable Stocks

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3M COMPANY

3M is a technology company. The company has four segments: Safety and Industrial, which consists of personal safety, industrial adhesives and tapes, abrasives, closure and masking systems, electrical markets, automotive aftermarket, and roofing granules; Transportation and Electronics, which consists of electronics, automotive and aerospace, commercial solutions, advanced materials, and transportation safety; Health Care, which includes medical solutions, oral care, separation and purification sciences, health information systems, drug delivery systems, and food safety; and Consumer, which consists of home improvement, stationery and office supplies, home care, and consumer health care.

ACM Research

ACM Research supplies capital equipment developed for the semiconductor industry. The company's tools for use in fabricating foundry, logic and memory chips, including dynamic random-access memory and 3D NAND-flash memory chips. The company also develops, manufactures and sells a range of packaging tools to wafer assembly and packaging customers. The company's technology and product include: Single Wafer Wet Cleaning Equipment for Front End Production Processes, which consist of its proprietary Space Alternated Phase Shift, Timely Energized Bubble Oscillation and Single-Wafer Tools for Back-End Assembly and Packaging, which provides a range of single-wafer tools for back-end wafer assembly and packaging factories.

AeroVironment Inc.

AeroVironment designs, develops, produces, supports and operates a portfolio of products and services for government agencies and businesses. The company supplies unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related services primarily to organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense and to international allied governments, and tactical missile systems and related services. The company's UAS business focuses primarily on the design, development, production, marketing, support and operation of UAS and tactical missile systems and the delivery of UAS-related services that provide situational awareness, remote sensing, multi-band communications, force protection and other information and mission effects.

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Agnico-Eagle Mines is a gold mining company with mining operations in Canada, Mexico and Finland. Co. earns a proportion of its revenues from the production and sale of gold in both dore bar and concentrate form. The remainder of revenue and cash flow is generated by the production and sale of byproduct metals. The revenue from byproduct metals is mainly generated by production at the LaRonde mine in Canada (silver, zinc, copper and lead) and the Pinos Altos mine in Mexico (silver).

Aligos Therapeutics

Aptargroup Inc.

AptarGroup is a supplier of a range of dispensing, sealing and active packaging solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets. The company's primary products are dispensing pumps, which dispense a spray or lotion from non-pressurized containers; closures, which are plastic caps that allow a product to be dispensed without removing the cap; aerosol valves, which dispense product from pressurized containers; and elastomeric primary packaging components, which include stoppers for infusion, antibiotic, lyophilization and diagnostic vials, pre-filled syringe components, as well as dropper bulbs and syringe plungers.

Axon Enterprise Inc

Axon Enterprise is provider of law enforcement technology solutions. The company's operations are comprised of two reportable segments: TASER, which is focused on development, manufacture and sale of conducted energy weapons, also known as conducted energy devices, which the company sells under its brand name, TASER; and software and sensors, which is focused on-officer body (Axon Body and Flex) and in-car (Axon Fleet) cameras as well as cloud-based digital evidence management software (Evidence.com), as well as develops, manufactures and sells hardware and cloud-based software solutions that enable law enforcement to capture, store, manage, share and analyze video and other digital evidence.

Blue Bird

Blue Bird is an independent designer and manufacturer of school buses. The company reviews and presents its business in the following operating segments: the Bus segment, whereby the company designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells Type C school buses, Type D school buses, and other buses including school buses that are converted to suit applications required by the United States Government, state and local governments, and various customers for commercial and export markets; and the Parts segment, which provides parts for routine maintenance, replacement of parts that are damaged in service, and replacement of parts that suffer from wear and tear through the life of the vehicle.

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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.

Darling Ingredients Inc.

Darling Ingredients is a global developer and producer of natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients. The company's segments include: Feed Ingredients, which includes the collection and processing of beef, poultry and pork animal by-products in North America and Europe into non-food grade oils and protein meals; Food Ingredients, which includes the purchase and processing of beef and pork bone chips, beef hides, pig skins, and fish skins into collagen in Europe, China, South America and North America; and Fuel Ingredients, which converts animal fats, recycled greases, used cooking oil, inedible corn oil, soybean oil, or other feedstocks into renewable diesel.

Dow Inc.

Dow is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company delivers science-based products and solutions for its customers. The company's segments are: Packaging and Specialty Plastics, which focuses on polyolefin product portfolio to deliver plastics to customers; Industrial Intermediates and Infrastructure, which produces and markets ethylene oxide and propylene oxide derivatives that are aligned to market segments as appliances, coatings, infrastructure and oil and gas; and Performance Materials and Coatings, which utilizes the company's acrylics-, cellulosics- and silicone-based technology platforms to serve the needs of the architectural and industrial coatings, home care and personal care end-markets.

Emerson Electric Co.

Emerson Electric is a company that brings technology and engineering together to provide solutions for customers in a range of industrial, commercial and consumer markets around the world. The company 's segments are: Automation Solutions, which provides measurement and analytical instrumentation, valves, actuators and regulators, industrial solutions, and process control systems and solutions; Climate Technologies, which provides products and services for residential heating and cooling, commercial air conditioning, commercial and industrial refrigeration, and cold chain management; and Tools and Home Products, which provides tools for personnel and homeowners and appliance solutions.

Flowserve Corporation

Flowserve is a manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of flow control systems. The company develops and manufactures flow control equipment integral to the movement, control and protection of the flow of materials in its customers' processes. The company's segments are: Flowserve Pump Division, which are for custom, pumps, pre-configured industrial pumps, pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems and replacement parts and related services; and Flow Control Division, which are for engineered and industrial valves, control valves, actuators and controls and related services.

Generac Holdings Inc.

Generac Holdings is a designer and manufacturer of a range of power generation equipment and other power products serving the residential, light commercial and industrial markets. The company's products include residential, commercial and industrial standby generators, as well as portable and mobile generators used in a range of applications. Other engine powered products that the company designs and manufactures include light towers which provide temporary lighting for various end markets; commercial and industrial mobile heaters and pumps used in the oil and gas, construction and other industrial markets; and a product line of outdoor power equipment for residential and commercial use.

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Honeywell International Inc.

Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company. The company has four segments: Aerospace, which supplies products, software and services for aircrafts; Honeywell Building Technologies, which provides products, software, solutions and technologies including building control and optimization, energy management, access control, video surveillance, fire products, and remote patient monitoring systems; Performance Materials and Technologies, which develops and manufactures chemicals and materials, process technologies and automation solutions; and Safety and Productivity Solutions, which provides products and software that improve productivity, workplace safety and asset performance.

International Paper Company

International Paper is a producer of renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa, India and Russia. The company's segments are: Industrial Packaging, which manufactures containerboard, such as linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft; Global Cellulose Fibers, which produces fluff pulp for making absorbent hygiene products like baby diapers, feminine care, adult incontinence and other non-woven products; and Printing Papers, which produces printing and writing papers, such as uncoated papers for use in copiers, desktop and laser printers and digital imaging.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is a technology, intellectual property, proprietary product and system company focused on the U.S. and its allies' national security. The company operates in three segments. The Kratos Government Solutions segment is comprised of an aggregation of operating segments, including the company's microwave electronic products, space and satellite communications, modular systems and rocket support operating segments. The Unmanned Systems segment consists of the company's unmanned aerial system and unmanned ground and seaborne system businesses. The Public Safety and Security segment provides independent integrated solutions for government and commercial applications.

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp.

Malibu Boats Inc. Class A

Malibu Boats is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, Malibu Boats Holdings, LLC, the company is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of recreational powerboats, including performance sport boats, sterndrive and outboard boats under four brands: Malibu, Axis, Cobalt, and Pursuit. The company's product portfolio is used for a range of recreational boating activities including, among others, water sports such as water skiing, wakeboarding and wake surfing, as well as recreational boating. The company also provides various accessories and aftermarket parts. The company's boats are constructed of fiberglass, available in a range of sizes, hull designs and propulsion systems (i.e., inboard, sterndrive and outboard).

Manitowoc Company Inc.

Manitowoc is a provider of engineered lifting solutions. The company designs, manufactures and distributes a line of crawler-mounted lattice-boom cranes, which it sells under the Manitowoc brand name. The company also designs and manufactures top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes, which it sells under the Potain brand name. The company designs and manufactures mobile telescopic cranes, which it sells under the Grove, Shuttlelift and National Crane brand names. The company provides crane product parts and services and crane rebuilding, remanufacturing and training services, which are delivered under the Manitowoc Crane Care brand name. The company's segments are: Americas, Europe and Africa, and Middle East and Asia Pacific.

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Minerals Technologies Inc.

Minerals Technologies is a resource- and technology-based company. The company's segments are: Performance Materials, which supplies bentonite and bentonite-related products, chromite and leonardite; Specialty Minerals, which produces and sells the synthetic mineral product precipitated calcium carbonate and processed mineral product quicklime, and mines mineral ores then processes and sells natural mineral products, primarily limestone and talc; Refractories, which produces monolithic and shaped refractory materials and specialty products; and Energy Services, which provides services to improve the production, costs, compliance, and environmental impact in the oil and gas industry.

Mohawk Industries Inc.

Mohawk Industries is a global flooring manufacturer for residential and commercial spaces around the world. The company has three segments: Global Ceramic, which designs, manufactures, sources, distributes and markets a line of ceramic, porcelain and natural stone tile products used for floor and wall applications; Flooring North America, which designs, manufactures, sources and distributes broadloom carpet, carpet tile, rugs and mats, carpet pad, laminate, medium-density fiberboard, luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and sheet vinyl; and Flooring Rest of the World, which designs, manufactures, sources and distributes laminate, LVT and sheet vinyl, wood flooring, broadloom carpet and carpet tile collections.

Mueller Water Products Inc. Class A

Mueller Water Products is a manufacturer and marketer of products and services used in the transmission, distribution and measurement of water in North America. The company's products and services are used by municipalities and the residential and non-residential construction industries. The company's segments include: Infrastructure, which manufactures valves for water and gas systems, including iron gate, butterfly, tapping, automatic control and ball valves, as well as dry-barrel and wet-barrel fire hydrants and a line of pipe repair products; and Technologies, which provides residential and commercial water metering, water leak detection and pipe condition assessment products, systems and services.

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O-I Glass Inc

Owens-Illinois is a manufacturer of glass containers. The company has three reportable segments based on its geographic locations: Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company produces glass containers for alcoholic beverages, including beer, flavored malt beverages, spirits and wine. The company also produces glass packaging for a variety of food items, soft drinks, teas, juices and pharmaceuticals. The company manufactures glass containers in a range of sizes, shapes and colors. The company also provides engineering support for its glass manufacturing operations through facilities located in the United States, Australia, France, Poland and Peru.

Polaris Inc.

Polaris designs, engineers and manufactures powersports vehicles which include, off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles for recreational and utility use, snowmobiles, motorcycles, global adjacent markets vehicles, including commercial, government and defense vehicles, and boats. The company's products, together with related Parts, Garments and Accessories, as well as aftermarket accessories and apparel, are sold through dealers, distributors and retail stores principally located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Mexico.

Sleep Number Corporation

Sleep Number is a designer, manufacturer, marketer, retailer and servicer of Sleep Number beds. The company provides its customers individualized sleep solutions and services, including a line of Sleep Number beds, bases and bedding accessories. The company's Sleep Number 360 smart bed provides individualized comfort that is adjustable on each side of the bed. The company also provides a line of FlexFit? smart adjustable bases that allow customers to raise the head or foot of the bed. The SleepIQ Kids? k2 bed extends its technology to the children's mattress market. The company's Sleep Number? bedding collection features a line of sleep products. The company provides temperature-balancing products including the DualTemp? layer.

Sonos

Sonos designs, develops, manufactures and sells multi-room audio products. The Sonos home sound system provides customers with a listening activity created by the design of its speakers and components, a proprietary software platform and the ability to stream content from a variety of sources over the customer's wireless network or over Bluetooth. The company's products are sold via third-party retail stores, including custom installers of home audio systems. The company also sells via select e-commerce retailers and its website sonos.com. The company's products are distributed through its wholly owned subsidiaries: Sonos Europe B.V., Beijing Sonos Technology Co., Ltd., Sonos Japan GK and Sonos Australia Pty Ltd.

Sturm Ruger & Company Inc.

Sturm, Ruger & Company is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of firearms to domestic customers. The company has two reportable operating segments, which are firearms and castings. The firearms segment manufactures and sells rifles, pistols, and revolvers under the Ruger name and trademark. Most firearms are available in several models based upon caliber, finish, barrel length, and other features. The castings segment manufactures and sells investment castings made from steel alloys and metal injection molding (MIM) parts for internal use in the firearms segment. The castings and MIM parts sold to outside customers, either directly or through manufacturers' representatives.

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Tenneco Inc. Class A

Tenneco designs, manufactures and sells products and services for light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial and aftermarket customers. As a parts supplier, the company produces individual component parts for vehicles as well as groups of components that are combined as modules or systems within vehicles. These parts, modules, and systems are sold to the light vehicle and commercial truck manufacturers as well as aftermarket customers, including independent warehouse distributors, distributors, engine rebuilders, retail parts stores, mass merchants, and service chains. The company operates in four segments, consisting of the following: Clean Air, Powertrain, Motorparts, and Ride Performance.

Tupperware Brands Corporation

Tupperware Brands is a direct-to-consumer company engaged in the manufacture and sale of Tupperware? products and cosmetics and personal care products under a range of trade names, including Avroy Shlain?, Fuller?, NaturCare?, Nutrimetics? and Nuvo?. The company's products include: Tupperware, which includes preparation, storage, and serving solutions for the kitchen and home, and provides a line of cookware, knives, microwave products, microfiber textiles, water-filtration related items and a range of products for on-the-go consumers; and Beauty, which manufactures and distributes skin and hair care products, cosmetics, bath and body care, toiletries, fragrances, jewelry and nutritional products.

WestRock Company

WestRock is a provider of paper and packaging solutions for consumer and corrugated packaging markets. The company partners with its customers to provide paper and packaging solutions. The company's operating and business locations are in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company's segments include: Corrugated Packaging, which consists of the company's containerboard mills, corrugated packaging and distribution operations, as well as its merchandising displays and recycling procurement operations; Consumer Packaging, which consists of the company's consumer mills, food and beverage and partition operations; and Land and Development, which sells real estate primarily in the Charleston, SC region.

Woodward Inc.

Woodward is a designer, manufacturer, and service provider of control solutions for the aerospace and industrial markets. The company's Aerospace segment designs, manufactures and services systems and products for the management of fuel, air, combustion and motion control. These products include fuel pumps, metering units, actuators, air valves, specialty valves, fuel nozzles, and thrust reverser actuation systems. The company's Industrial segment designs, produces and services systems and products. These products include actuators, valves, pumps, fuel injection systems, solenoids, ignition systems, speed controls, electronics and software, power converters, sensors and other devices.

Worthington Industries Inc.

Worthington Industries is a metals manufacturing company, focused on steel processing and manufactured metal products. The company operates three segments: Steel Processing, which buys coils of steel from integrated steel mills and mini-mills and processes them to customer specifications; Pressure Cylinders, which manufactures and sells filled and unfilled pressure cylinders, tanks, hand torches, well water and expansion tanks, and oil and gas equipment with accessories and related products for end-use market applications; and Engineered Cabs, which designs and manufactures custom-engineered open and enclosed cabs and operator stations and custom fabrications and packaging for mobile equipment.

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