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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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Advance Auto Parts Inc.

Advance Auto Parts is an automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installers (Professional), and do-it-yourself (DIY), customers as well as independently owned operators. The company's stores and branches provide a range selection of brand name, original equipment manufacturer and private label automotive replacement parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items for domestic and imported cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light and heavy duty trucks. Through its integrated operating approach, the company serves its Professional and DIY customers through a variety of channels ranging from brick and mortar store locations to self-service e-commerce sites.

Ambac Financial Group Inc.

Ambac Financial Group is a financial service holding company. The company's provides financial guarantee policies through its principal operating subsidiary, Ambac Assurance Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Ambac Assurance UK Limited. The company has another wholly-owned subsidiary, Everspan Financial Guarantee Corp. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in one business segment: financial guarantee insurance, which consists of insurance policies issued provide an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee which protects the holder of a debt obligation against non-payment when due of the principal and interest on the obligations guaranteed.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Class A

AMC Entertainment Holdings is a theatrical exhibition company. Through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including American Multi-Cinema, Inc. and its subsidiaries, the company is principally involved in theatrical exhibition business and owns, operates or has interests in theatres primarily located in the U.S. and Europe. The company provides consumers a range of entertainment alternatives including film programming, independent and foreign films, performing arts, music and sports. The company also provides food and beverage alternatives such as made-to-order meals, customized coffee, snacks, beer, wine, cocktails and dine-in theatre options.

Benefitfocus Inc.

Benefitfocus provides a cloud-based benefits management platform for buyers (consumers, employees and employers) and sellers (insurance brokers, carriers and suppliers). The Benefitfocus Platform enable organizations and individuals transact benefits. The company's employer, carrier, broker and supplier customers uses its platform to manage, scale and exchange benefits data. The Benefitfocus Platform is designed for consumers to access all of their benefits in one place. The company's solutions support medical benefit plans and non-medical benefits, such as, dental, life, disability insurance, income protection, digital health and financial wellness.

Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

The Cheesecake Factory operates casual dining restaurants. The company operates Company-owned restaurants under: The Cheesecake Factory?, which provides menu including appetizers, pizza, seafood, steaks, chicken, burgers, small plates, pastas, salads, sandwiches and omelettes, and gluten-free items; Grand Lux Cafe?, which provides American dishes and international favorites, including appetizers, pasta, seafood, steaks, chicken, burgers, salads, and desserts; and RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen?, which showcases the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and India. The company also produces desserts for its restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc.

Dick's Sporting Goods is an omni-channel sporting goods retailer offering sports equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories. The company also owns and operates Golf Galaxy, Field & Stream and other specialty concept stores, and Dick's Team Sports HQ, an all-in-one youth sports digital platform offering scheduling, communications and live scorekeeping through its GameChanger mobile apps, free league management services, custom uniforms and fan wear, and access to donations and sponsorships. The company provides products to its customers through its retail stores and online. The company is also involved in local communities, sponsoring teams in various sports.

Evergy

Westar Energy is an electric utility in Kansas. As of Dec 31 2017, the company provided electric generation, transmission and distribution services to approximately 708,000 customers in Kansas. The company provides these services in central and northeastern Kansas, including the cities of Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, Salina and Hutchinson. Kansas Gas and Electric Company, the company's wholly owned subsidiary, provides these services in south-central and southeastern Kansas, including the city of Wichita. The company also supplies electric energy at wholesale to municipalities and electric cooperatives in Kansas, and has contracts for the sale or purchase of wholesale electricity with other utilities.

Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.

Fiesta Restaurant Group is a holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Pollo Operations, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and Pollo Franchise, Inc., (collectively Pollo Tropical) and Taco Cabana, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively Taco Cabana), the company owns, operates and franchises restaurant brands, Pollo Tropical? and Taco Cabana?. The company's Pollo Tropical restaurants provide fire-grilled chicken marinated in a proprietary blend of tropical fruit juices and spices. The company's Taco Cabana restaurants serve Mexican-inspired food, including tacos, flame-grilled USDA Choice steak and chicken fajitas, quesadillas, flautas, enchiladas, burritos, and salads served in its Cabana Bowl?.

FirstEnergy Corp.

FirstEnergy is a public utility holding company. The company and its subsidiaries are principally involved in the transmission, distribution and generation of electricity. The company's reportable operating segments are comprised of: Regulated Distribution, which distributes electricity through the company's utility operating companies and also controls regulated electric generation capacity located primarily in West Virginia, Virginia and New Jersey; and Regulated Transmission, which provides transmission infrastructure owned and operated by the transmission companies and certain of the company's utilities to transmit electricity from generation sources to distribution facilities.

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Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

Hawaiian Holdings is a holding company. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., the company is engaged in the scheduled air transportation of passengers and cargo amongst the Hawaiian Islands, between the Hawaiian Islands and certain cities in the United States, and between the Hawaiian Islands and the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The company provides non-stop service to Hawai'i from various United States gateway cities and also provides daily flights between the Hawaiian Islands. In addition, the company operates various charter flights. The company's flight operations are based in Honolulu, HI. The company operates scheduled flights with various ad hoc charters.

Key Energy Svcs

Key Energy Services is an onshore, rig-based well servicing contractor. The company's business segments are: Rig Services, which includes the completion of newly drilled wells, workover and recompletion of existing oil and natural gas wells, well maintenance, and the plugging and abandonment of wells at the end of their useful lives; Fishing and Rental Services, which provides fishing services and rental equipment; Coiled Tubing Services, which involves the use of a continuous metal pipe spooled onto a reel to deploy into oil and natural gas wells to perform various applications; and Fluid Management Services, which provides transportation and well-site storage services for various fluids.

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Oasis Petroleum Inc.

Oasis Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of onshore, unconventional oil and natural gas resources. The company's subsidiaries, Oasis Petroleum North America LLC and Oasis Petroleum Permian LLC conduct the company's exploration and production activities and own its proved and unproved oil and natural gas properties located in the North Dakota and Montana regions of the Williston Basin and the Texas region of the Delaware Basin, respectively. The company operates a midstream services business through its subsidiary, OMS Holdings LLC. The company also operates a well services business through its subsidiary, Oasis Well Services LLC.

Precigen Inc

Intrexon is engaged in the field of synthetic biology, focusing on programming biological systems to alleviate disease, remediate environmental challenges, and provide sustainable food and industrial chemicals. Using its suite of technologies, the company designs, builds and regulates gene programs, which are DNA sequences that consist of primary genetic components. A single gene program or a complex, multi-genic program is fabricated and stored within a DNA vector. Vectors are segments of DNA used as a vehicle to transmit genetic information. The company's primary domestic operations are in California, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia, and its primary international operations are in Hungary.

Sabre Corp.

Sabre is a technology solutions provider to the travel and tourism industry. The company operates through three business segments: Travel Network, which consists primarily of its global distribution system (GDS) and a range of solutions that integrate with its GDS; Airline Solutions, which provides a portfolio of software technology products and solutions, through software-as-a-service (SaaS) and hosted delivery model, to airlines and other travel suppliers and provides software solutions; and Hospitality Solutions, which provides software and solutions, through SaaS and hosted delivery model, to hoteliers around the world.

Superior Energy Services Inc.

Superior Energy Services provide services and products to the energy industry. The company serves national and independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies around the world. The company reports its operating results in four business segments: Drilling Products and Services, which include downhole drilling tools and surface rentals; Onshore Completion and Workover Services, which include pressure pumping, fluid management and workover services; Production Services, which include intervention services used to maintain and extend oil and gas production; and Technical Solutions, which include include completion tools and services, well control services and subsea well intervention.

UGI Corporation

UGI is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company distributes, stores, transports and markets energy products and related services. The company's segments are: AmeriGas Propane, which distributes propane and sells, installs, and services propane appliances, including heating systems; UGI International, which includes liquefied petroleum gas distribution businesses and energy marketing business; Midstream and Marketing, which includes energy-related businesses that conduct energy marketing in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States; and UGI Utilities, which consists of the regulated natural gas distribution businesses and the regulated electric distribution business.

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.

Unitil Corp.

UNITIL is a public utility holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company distributes electricity and natural gas to customers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. The company's natural gas operations include gas distribution utility operations, which are conducted through two of its operating utilities, Northern Utilities, Inc. (Northern Utilities) and Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company; and interstate gas transmission pipeline operations, in which its Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc. subsidiary provides Northern Utilities with interconnection to primary natural gas pipelines and access to domestic natural gas supplies in the south and Canadian natural gas supplies in the north.

Weis Markets Inc.

Weis Markets is engaged in the retail sale of food in Pennsylvania. The company's retail food stores sell groceries, dairy products, frozen foods, meats, seafood, fresh produce, floral, pharmacy services, deli products, prepared foods, bakery products, beer and wine, fuel and general merchandise items, such as health and beauty care and household products. The store product selection includes national, local and private brands including natural, gluten-free and organic varieties. All retail food store locations operate as conventional supermarkets. The company utilizes a loyalty marketing program, Weis Club Preferred Shopper, which enable customers to receive discounts, promotions and fuel rewards.

Zix Corp.

Zix is a provider of cloud email security, productivity and compliance solutions. The company delivers a solutions for email encryption and data loss prevention (DLP), threat protection and archiving. The company serves organizations in the healthcare, financial services, and insurance and government sectors. Co.'s email encryption and DLP capabilities enable the secure exchange of email that includes sensitive information. Through a secure messaging service, Email Encryption allows an enterprise to use policy-driven rules to determine which email messages should be sent securely or quarantined for review to comply with regulations or company-defined policies.

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