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Vermilion Booster Shots: Attractive bottom-fishing stocks

For investors looking for bottom-fishing candidates; stocks that are breaking downtrends, exhibiting ascending reaction lows, and showing stabilizing relative strength.
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Acadia Healthcare Company Inc.

Acadia Healthcare Company is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides behavioral healthcare services, with operations in the U.S. and the U.K. The company's U.S. facilities and services are divided into four categories: acute inpatient psychiatric facilities; specialty treatment facilities; residential treatment centers; and outpatient community-based services. In the U.K., the company provides inpatient services through facilities, including mental health hospitals, clinics, care homes, schools, colleges and children's homes. The company's U.K. facilities and services can be divided into the following categories: healthcare facilities, education and children's services, and adult care facilities.

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust is a real estate investment trust focused on investing in, acquiring and managing a portfolio of residential mortgage assets (RMBS), and other real estate-related securities and financial assets, including Non-Agency RMBS, asset backed securities (ABS), commercial mortgage-backed securities, excess mortgage servicing rights, loans and single-family rental properties. The company has two segments: Securities and Loans, which includes Agency RMBS, Residential Investments, Commercial Investments, and ABS; and Single-Family Rental Properties, which includes a stabilized portfolio of single-family rental properties located predominately in the Southeast U.S.

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.

Arlington Asset Investment Corp. Class A

Arlington Asset Investment is an investment firm that focuses on acquiring and holding a levered portfolio of residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS), consisting of agency MBS and private-label MBS. Agency MBS include residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or government sponsored enterprise (GSE), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or by a U.S. government agency, such as the Government National Mortgage Association. Private-label MBS include residential MBS that are not guaranteed by a GSE or the U.S. government.

Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat is a food companies in the United States, offering a portfolio of plant-based meat products. The company builds meat directly from plants for the taste, texture and other sensory attributes of popular animal-based meat products while offering the nutritional benefits of eating plant-based meat products. The company has developed three core plant-based product platforms that align with the predominant meat categories globally: beef, pork and poultry. The company's flagship product is The Beyond Burger, a 100% plant-based burger merchandised in the meat case of grocery stores. All of the company's products are antibiotic-free, hormone-free, GMO-free and gluten-free.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical is a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes therapies for people with serious and life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. The company's commercial products are Aldurazyme (laronidase) for Mucopolysaccharidosis I; Brineura (cerliponase alfa) for the treatment of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2; Kuvan (sapropterin dihydrochloride) for the treatment of phenylketonuria; Naglazyme (galsulfase) the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis VI ; Palynziq (pegvaliase-pqpz) for adult patients with phenylketonuria; and Vimizim (elosulfase alpha) for the treatment of Mucopolysaccharidosis IV Type A.

BJ's Restaurants Inc.

BJ's Restaurants operates in the casual dining segment of the restaurant industry. The company's restaurants feature a number of menu offerings including: slow roasted entrees, such as, prime rib; EnLIGHTened Entrees? such as its Cherry Chipotle Glazed Salmon; its deep-dish pizza; the Pizookie? dessert; and its BJ's proprietary craft beers. The company owns and operates restaurants located in various states, and its proprietary craft beer is produced at various locations, its Temple, TX brewpub locations and by independent third party brewers using its proprietary recipes. The company also produces its proprietary non-alcoholic craft sodas including root beer, ginger beer, cream, orange and black cherry soda.

Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy designs, manufactures, and sells solid-oxide fuel cell systems, or Energy Servers, for on-site power generation. The company's Energy Servers utilize a fuel cell technology. The company's solution, the Bloom Energy Server, is a stationary power generation platform. The Bloom Energy Server converts standard low-pressure natural gas or biogas into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion.

Boingo Wireless Inc.

Boingo Wireless is a provider of wireless connectivity solutions for smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearables and other wireless-enabled consumer devices. Wholesale offerings include distributed antenna systems or small cells, which are cellular extension networks, multifamily, carrier offload, Wi-Fi roaming, private label Wi-Fi, and location-based services. Retail products include Wi-Fi services for military personnel living in the barracks of U.S. Army, Air Force and Marines bases around the world, and Wi-Fi subscriptions and day passes that provide access to commercial hotspots worldwide. The company operates Wi-Fi networks at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine bases around the world.

Calithera Biosciences Inc.

Calithera Biosciences is a clinical-stage bio-pharmaceutical company focused on fighting cancer and other life threatening diseases by discovering and developing small molecule drugs that targets cellular metabolism. The company's main product candidate, telaglenastat (CB-839), is a selective glutaminase inhibitor that blocks glutamine consumption in tumor cells and demonstrates synergistic antitumor effects with multiple anticancer therapies.Co.'s other product candidate, INCB001158, is an oral inhibitor of arginase, an enzyme that depletes the amino acid arginine, a key metabolic nutrient for T-cells and it is being co-developed with Incyte Corporation, for oncology and hematology indications.

Cerus Corp.

Cerus is a biomedical products company focused on developing and commercializing the INTERCEPT Blood System for blood safety. The INTERCEPT Blood System, which is based on the company's technology for controlling biological replication, is designed to reduce blood-borne pathogens in donated blood components intended for transfusion. The company's INTERCEPT Blood System is for use with three blood components: plasma, platelets, and red blood cells. The platelet system and plasma system are designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in platelets and plasma donated for transfusion and the red blood cell system is designed to inactivate blood-borne pathogens in red blood cells donated for transfusion.

CEVA Inc.

CEVA is a licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) processors. The company partners with semiconductor companies and original equipment manufacturers to create devices for a range of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, industrial and Internet-of-Things (IoT).Co.'s portfolio includes platforms for 5G baseband processing for handsets and RAN, end-to-end offerings for cellular IoT, front-end voice and speech recognition software and algorithms along with digital signal processors for voice enabled devices and AI assistants, imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled device, and a family of self-contained AI processors.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment, through its subsidiaries, is engaged as a residential real estate finance company focused on acquiring, investing in and managing residential mortgage assets. The company's business segments are: investments in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), and investments in Servicing Related Assets. The company's primary targeted asset classes include: RMBS, including Agency RMBS, residential mortgage pass-through certificates, collateralized mortgage obligations ((interest only securities (IOs) and inverse IOs) and forward-settling Agency RMBS where the pool is to-be-announced; and Servicing Related Assets consisting of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) and Excess MSRs.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation Class A

Cognizant Technology Solutions is a services company, transforming customers' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. The company's services include digital services and solutions, consulting, application development, systems integration, application testing, application maintenance, infrastructure services and business process services. Additionally, the company develops, licenses, implements and supports proprietary and third-party software products and platforms. The company has organized its services and solutions into four practice areas: Digital Business, Digital Operations, Digital Systems and Technology and Consulting.

Daseke

Daseke is a provider of transportation and logistics solutions focused on flatbed and freight in North America. The company delivers transportation and logistics solutions to customers across the continental United States, Canada and Mexico. The company's reportable segments are: Flatbed Solutions and Specialized Solutions. The Flatbed Solutions segment focuses on delivering transportation and logistics solutions that principally require the use of flatbed and retractable-sided transportation equipment, and the Specialized Solutions segment focuses on delivering transportation and logistics solutions that principally include heavy haul, customized, over-dimensional, commercial glass and cargo solutions.

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

Edgewell Personal Care is a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products. The company's segments are: Wet Shave, which manufactures and distributes Schick and Wilkinson Sword razor systems, composed of razor handles and refillable blades, and disposable shave products for men and women; Sun and Skin Care, which markets sun care products under the Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic brands; Feminine Care, which provides tampons under the Playtex Gentle Glide? 360??, Playtex Sport?, Playtex and o.b. brands, and markets pads and liners under the Stayfree and Carefree brands; and All Other, which includes infant care, pet care and miscellaneous other products.

Evolent Health Inc Class A

Evolent Health is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a managed care services firm that supports health systems and physician organizations in their migration toward care and population health management. The company's Services segment provides its customers, who it refers to as partners, with a population health management platform, integrated data and analytics capabilities, claims processing services, including pharmacy benefit management, specialty care management services and health plan administration services. The company's subsidiary, True Health New Mexico, Inc. is a physician-led health plan in New Mexico available via the commercial market for employer-sponsored health coverage.

Exelixis Inc.

Exelixis is an oncology-focused biotechnology company that involved in the discovery, development and commercialization of new medicines for cancers. The company's marketd products are: CABOMETYX? (cabozantinib) tablets for renal cell carcinoma and previously treated hepatocellular carcinoma; and COMETRIQ? (cabozantinib) capsules for progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. The company's products resulting from its discovery efforts are: COTELLIC? (cobimetinib), an inhibitor of MEK approved as part of a combination regimen to treat melanoma; and MINNEBRO? (esaxerenone), an oral, non-steroidal, selective blocker of the mineralocorticoid receptor approved for the treatment of hypertension in Japan.

First Internet Bancorp

First Internet Bancorp is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiary, First Internet Bank of Indiana, the company provides a range of commercial, small business, consumer and municipal banking products and services. The company conducts its consumer and small business deposit operations through online channels on a nationwide basis. The company's residential mortgage products are provided nationwide primarily through an online direct-to-consumer platform and are supplemented with Central Indiana-based mortgage and construction lending. The company's consumer lending products are primarily originated on a nationwide basis over the Internet as well as through relationships with dealerships and financing partners.

Focus Financial Partners

Focus Financial Partners is a partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms operating in the registered investment advisor industry, with a footprint of several partner firms primarily in the United States. The company's partner firms primarily service high net worth individuals and families by providing wealth management services. The company's wealth management services include investment advice, financial and tax planning, consulting, tax return preparation, family office services, and other services. The company also provides recordkeeping and administration services.

Golden Entertainment

Golden Entertainment owns and operates an entertainment platform, consisting of a portfolio of gaming assets that focus on resort casino operations and distributed gaming (including gaming in its branded taverns). The company conducts its business through two reportable operating segments: Casinos, which owns and operates resort casino properties, comprising of The Strat; Arizona Charlie's casinos; Laughlin casinos; Pahrump casinos; and Rocky Gap. Distributed Gaming, which involves the installation, maintenance and operation of slots and amusement devices in non-casino locations such as restaurants, bars, taverns, convenience stores, liquor stores and grocery stores in Nevada and Montana.

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.

Health Insurance Innovations Inc

Health Insurance Innovations is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is engaged as a cloud-based technology platform and distributor of individual and family health insurance plans (IFP) which include short-term medical insurance plans, and health benefit insurance plans. The company provides numerous supplemental insurance and non-insurance products, including life insurance policies, dental plans, vision plans, cancer/critical illness plans, deductible and gap protection plans, and pharmacy benefit cards, that are purchased as supplements to IFPs.

Healthcare Services Group Inc.

Healthcare Services Group provides management, administrative and operating capability and services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance and dietary service departments of the health care industry, including nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers and hospitals. The company's reportable segments are: housekeeping, laundry, linen and other services, which focuses on cleaning, disinfecting and sanitizing of resident rooms, as well as the laundering and processing of the bed linens, uniforms, resident personal clothing and other assorted linen items; and dietary department services, which focuses on food purchasing, meal preparation and dietitian services.

Innovative Industrial Properties Inc

Innovative Industrial Properties is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a real estate investment trust focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of industrial properties leased to state-licensed operators for their regulated state-licensed cannabis facilities. The company leases its properties on a triple-net lease basis, where the tenant is responsible for various aspects of and costs related to the property and its operation during the lease term, including structural repairs, maintenance, taxes and insurance. The company conducts its business through a real estate investment trust, in which the company's properties are owned by its operating partnership, IIP Operating Partnership, LP.

Interactive Brokers Group Inc. Class A

Interactive Brokers Group is a holding company. The company together with its subsidiary, IBG LLC, is an automated global electronic broker engaged in executing and clearing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and mutual funds on various electronic exchanges and market centers and providing custody, prime brokerage, securities and margin lending services to customers. The company's principal business segment is electronic brokerage. The company conducts its electronic brokerage business through certain Interactive Brokers subsidiaries. As an electronic broker, the company executes, clears and settles trades globally for both institutional and individual customers.

J.M. Smucker Company

Smucker (J.M.) manufactures and markets food and beverage products. The company's principal products are coffee, dog food, pet snacks, cat food, peanut butter, fruit spreads, frozen handheld products, shortening and oils, portion control products, juices and beverages, and flour and baking ingredients. The company has four reportable segments: U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, and U.S. Retail Pet Foods, and International and Away From Home. The U.S. retail market segments represent the sales of food and beverage products to consumers through retail outlets in North America. The International and Away From Home segment represents sales outside of the U.S. retail market segments.

Kindred Biosciences Inc

Kindred Biosciences is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on saving and improving the lives of pets. The company's portfolio includes two United States Food and Drug Administration approved products: Mirataz?, which is its transdermal drug for the management of weight loss in cats; and Zimeta?, which is for the control of pyrexia in horses. The company's product candidates include: KIND-016, a fully caninized monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-31 for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in dogs; KIND-510a, a feline recombinant erythropoietin for the management of anemia in cats; and KIND-511, an anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor treatment for newborn foals.

L Brands Inc.

L Brands is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a specialty retailer of women's intimate and other apparel, personal care, beauty and home fragrance products. The company sells its merchandise through company-owned specialty retail stores in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland and Greater China, and through its websites and other channels. The company's other international operations are primarily through franchise, license and wholesale partners. The company has three reportable segments: Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works International. The company operates the following retail brands: Victoria's Secret, PINK and Bath & Body Works.

Luminex Corp

Luminex develops, manufactures and sells biological testing technologies and products with applications in the life sciences industries, including diagnostics, pharmaceutical and research. The company delivers its products to various market segments, including multiplexing, reduction of labor and ability to test for proteins and nucleic acids. The company's products include: instruments, which include Luminex? 100/200?, FLEXMAP? 3D, MAGPIX?, ARIES?, and ARIES? M1; consumables, which include MicroPlex? Microspheres, MagPlex? Microspheres, and xTAG? Microspheres; software, which includes xPONENT?, TDAS?, SYNCT?, and IDEAS?; and clinical diagnostic assay product families, which include ARIES? Cassettes.

MasterCraft Boat Holdings

MasterCraft Boat Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of recreational powerboats sold under MasterCraft, NauticStar, Crest, and Aviara brands. The company's segments include: MasterCraft, which produces MasterCraft and Aviara boats for water skiing, wakeboarding, wake surfing, and general recreational boating; NauticStar, which produces boats for saltwater fishing and general recreational boating; and Crest, which produces pontoon boats which are primarily used for general recreational boating. In addition, the company provides various accessories, including trailers and aftermarket parts.

Merit Medical Systems Inc.

Merit Medical Systems manufactures and markets proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care and endoscopy. The company conducts its business through two segments: Cardiovascular, which includes its Peripheral Intervention, Cardiac Intervention, Cardiovascular and Critical Care, Interventional Oncology and Spine and Breast Cancer Localization and Guidance product groups; and Endoscopy, which provides non-vascular stents to treat gastrointestinal and pulmonary disease including AERO?, AEROmini? and AERO DV? Fully Covered Tracheobronchial Stents and Alimaxx-B? Biliary Stent Systems.

Moelis & Co. Class A

Moelis & Company is a holding company. The company operates and controls all of the business and affairs of Moelis & Company Group LP and its operating entity subsidiaries indirectly through its equity interest in Moelis & Company Group GP LLC. The company's activities as an investment banking advisory firm constitute a single business segment providing clients, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors, a range of advisory services with a focus across all main industries in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters.

Nordstrom Inc.

Nordstrom is a fashion retailer providing a selection of brand-name and private label apparel, shoes, cosmetics and accessories for women, men, young adults and children. The company serves customers through two businesses: Full-Price and Off-Price. The company's operations consist of the company's Nordstrom U.S. and Canada full-line stores, U.S. and Canada Nordstrom Rack stores, Jeffrey boutiques, Last Chance clearance stores, Trunk Club clubhouses and Nordstrom Local. Additionally, customers are served online through Nordstrom.com, Nordstromrack.com, HauteLook and TrunkClub.com.

Nutanix Inc. Class A

Nutanix provides an enterprise cloud platform that consists of software solutions. The company's solution allows its customers to virtualize various clouds - private, public, distributed - into one cloud enabling enterprises to choose the right cloud for the right application. The company's enterprise cloud platform converges compute, virtualization, storage, networking, desktop, governance and security services in one integrated solution. Acropolis is the foundation of the company's enterprise cloud platform. Acropolis is comprised of four foundational components: Virtualization, Enterprise Storage Capabilities, Platform Services, and Networking Services.

Ocular Therapeutix

Ocular Therapeutix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development and commercialization of therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye using its proprietary, bioresorbable hydrogel platform technology. The company has product candidates in clinical and preclinical development to treat post-surgical ocular pain and inflammation, allergic conjunctivitis, dry eye disease, among other conditions. The company's drug application, DEXTENZA? (dexamethasone ophthalmic insert) 0.4mg is for intracanalicular use for the treatment of ocular pain following ophthalmic surgery. The company is also assessing the potential use of its hydrogel platform technology in other areas of the body.

Orchid Island Capital Inc.

Orchid Island Capital is a real estate investment trust and a finance company that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The principal and interest payments of these RMBS are guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Government National Mortgage Association and backed mainly by single-family residential mortgage loans. The company refers to these RMBS as Agency RMBS. The company's portfolio consists of two categories of Agency RMBS: pass-through Agency RMBS; and structured Agency RMBS, such as collateralized mortgage obligations, interest only securities, inverse interest only securities, and principal only, among others.

Potbelly Corp.

Potbelly is a sandwich concept providing warm toasty sandwiches, salads, hand-dipped shakes and other menu items, customized just the way customers want them. The company's menu includes toasty warm sandwiches, salads, soups, chili, sides, desserts and, in its breakfast locations, breakfast sandwiches and steel cut oatmeal. The company's main sandwich offerings include Turkey Breast, Italian, Grilled Chicken and Cheddar, Smoked Ham, A Wreck, Chicken Salad, Meatball, Pizza Sandwich, Mediterranean, Roast Beef, Tuna Salad and the Turkey Club. Additionally, customers can choose side dishes of coleslaw, macaroni salad, potato salad, potato chips or a whole dill pickle.

Quaker Chemical Corporation

Quaker Chemical develops, produces, and markets a range of formulated specialty chemical products and provides chemical management services for various industrial and manufacturing applications throughout its four segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Asia/Pacific; and Global Specialty Businesses. The primary product lines of the company include metal removal fluids, cleaning fluids, corrosion inhibitors, metal drawing and forming fluids, die cast mold releases, heat treatment and quenchants, metal forging fluids, hydraulic fluids, specialty greases, offshore sub-sea energy control fluids, rolling lubricants, rod and wire drawing fluids and surface treatment chemicals.

SeaSpine Holdings Corp.

SeaSpine Holdings is a medical technology company focused on the design, development and commercialization of surgical solutions for the treatment of patients with spinal disorders. The company's products include: orthobiologics, which include particulate and fibers-based demineralized bone matrices, collagen ceramic matrices, demineralized cancellous allograft bone and synthetic bone void fillers; and spinal implants, which consist of a line of products for spinal decompression, alignment, and stabilization. The company's development pipeline consists of modular minimally invasive surgery, additional applications for its NanoMetalene technology, and extensions of its orthobiologics product offerings.

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Stamps.com Inc.

Stamps.com is a provider of Internet-based mailing and shipping solutions. The company's software solutions allow customers to print mailing and shipping labels for multiple carriers through downloadable software, web-based user interfaces and application programming interfaces. The company's solutions provide its customers with access to discounted carrier including the United States Postal Service and United Parcel Service. The company's customers primarily include small businesses, home offices, medium-size businesses, enterprises, e-commerce merchants, retailers and shippers including warehouses, fulfillment houses and omni-channel retailers. The company's operations consist of two segments Stamps.com and MetaPack.

Stitch Fix Class A

Stitch Fix provides apparel, shoes, and accessories across categories, brands, product types, and price points. The company serves its clients in the following categories: Women's, Petite, Maternity, Men's, Plus, and Kids. The company carries a mix of third-party branded merchandise, including brands, and its own Exclusive Brands. The company also provides a variety of product types, including denim, dresses, blouses, skirts, shoes, jewelry, and handbags. The company combines data science and human judgment to deliver one-to-one personalization to its clients at scale. The company helps its clients discover and buy what they love through data-driven, personalized, hand-selected shipments of apparel, shoes, and accessories.

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

Texas Roadhouse is a restaurant company operating predominately in the casual dining segment. The company operates Texas Roadhouse restaurants and Bubba's 33 restaurants. In addition, the company operates restaurants outside of the casual dining segment. The Texas Roadhouse restaurants provide an assortment of steaks hand-cut on the premises and cooked to order over open grills. In addition to steaks, the company also provides its guests a selection of ribs, seafood, chicken, pork chops, pulled pork and vegetable plates, hamburgers, salads and sandwiches. Bubba's 33 is a sports restaurant. The company's menu features burgers, pizza and wings as well as a variety of appetizers, sandwiches and dinner entrees.

TPI Composites Inc.

TPI Composites is a holding company that conducts all of its business operations through its direct and indirect subsidiaries. The company is engaged as an independent manufacturer of composite wind blades for the wind energy market. The company is a supplier to its original equipment manufacturers customers in the manufacture of wind blades and related molding and assembly systems. The company uses its composite technology to supply composite products to the transportation market. The company's tooling solutions include wind blade patterns, molding and assembly systems, including modular tooling techniques. The company's geographic segments are: the United States, Asia, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India.

Ulta Beauty Inc

Ulta Beauty is a beauty retailer that provides cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products, and salon services. The company's stores are primarily located in locations such as power centers. The company provides a range of services in all of its stores. The company's stores, website, and mobile applications provides more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 beauty brands across all categories and price points, including its own private label, the Ulta Beauty Collection. The company provides a portfolio across five primary categories: cosmetics; skincare, bath and fragrance; haircare products and styling tools; salon services; and other, which includes nail products and accessories.

Uniti Group Inc.

Uniti Group is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition and construction of infrastructure in the communications industry. The company's four lines of business are: Uniti Fiber, which is a provider of infrastructure solutions, including cell site backhaul and small cell for wireless operators and ethernet; Uniti Towers, which constructs and leases space on communications towers to wireless service providers and other tenants; Uniti Leasing, which is engaged in acquiring communications assets, such as fiber, data centers, consumer broadband, coaxial and upgradeable copper; and Talk America Services, LLC, which provides local telephone, high-speed internet and long distance service.

USA Technologies

USA Technologies is a provider of solutions, including wireless networking, cashless transactions, asset monitoring and other services that facilitate electronic payment transactions primarily within the unattended point of sale market. The company is a provider in the small ticket beverage and food vending industry and is expanding its solutions and services in other unattended market segments. The company has designed and marketed systems and solutions that facilitate electronic payment options, as well as telemetry and Internet of Things services, which include the ability to remotely monitor, control, and report on the results of distributed assets containing its electronic payment solutions.

Vocera Communications Inc.

Vocera Communications is a provider of communication and workflow solutions focusing on mobile workers in healthcare, hospitality, energy, and other mobile work environments. The company's products, technology and services include: Vocera Communication System and Workflow System, which is comprised of a software platform that connects communication devices; Vocera Care Experience, which provides caregivers communication solutions that span the entire care continuum - before admission, during treatment and after discharge; and Services, which include Professional services, Software Maintenance and Technical support, Experience Innovation Network, and Vocera University.

WideOpenWest Inc.

WideOpenWesta is an integrated provider of high-speed data, cable television, digital telephony services to residential customers and provides a range of products and services to business customers. The company's products are available either as a bundle or as an individual service to residential and business service customers. In the Midwest, the company provides services in Detroit and Lansing, MI; Chicago, IL; Cleveland and Columbus, OH; Evansville, IN and Baltimore, MD. The Southeastern markets include Augusta, Columbus, Newnan and West Point, GA; Charleston, South Carolina; Dothan, Auburn, Huntsville and Montgomery, AL; Knoxville, TN; and Panama City and Pinellas County, FL.

WPX Energy Inc.

WPX Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company engaged in the exploitation and development of long-life unconventional properties. The company is focused on exploiting, developing and growing its oil positions in the Delaware Basin (a subset of the Permian Basin) in Texas and New Mexico and the Williston Basin in North Dakota.

Wynn Resorts Limited

Wynn Resorts is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a designer, developer, and operator of resorts featuring hotel rooms, retail space, an array of dining and entertainment options, meeting and convention facilities, and gaming. Through its subsidiary, Wynn Macau, Limited, the company operates two integrated resorts in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau. In Las Vegas, NV, the company also operates and, with the exception of certain retail space, own Wynn Las Vegas and Encore Boston Harbor, an integrated resort in Everett, MA, adjacent to Boston.

Zscaler Inc.

Zscaler is a cloud security company that developed a platform incorporating security functionalities needed to enable users to safely utilize authorized applications and services based on an organization's policies. The company's solution is a purpose-built, multi-tenant, distributed cloud security platform that secures access for users and devices to applications and services, regardless of location. The company delivers its solutions using a software-as-a-service business model and sells subscriptions to customers to access its cloud platform, together with related support services. The company conducts business worldwide, with presence in North America, Europe and Asia.

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