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Dave Nicoski ...
  • Ross LaDuke
EUR 46.63 For Business Accounts Only

Vital Signs: Actionable charts

Key Points:

• Defensive areas of the market are showing marked improvement. Staples, Utilities, and Health Care.

• Restaurants continue to hit price and RS highs.

• IT services stocks which tend to be defensive are showing leadership.
Underlyings
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.

AT&T Inc.

AT&T is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of telecommunications, media and technology services. The company's Communications segment provides wireless and wireline telecom, video and broadband services. The company's WarnerMedia segment includes media and entertainment businesses that principally develop, produce and distribute feature films, television content, and other content globally; and operate digital media properties. The company's Latin America segment provides entertainment services in Latin America and wireless services in Mexico. The company's XANDR segment relies on using data from its customer relationships, to develop digital and video advertising that is relevant to consumers.

CACI International Inc Class A

CACI International is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a provider of information solutions and services to the United States government. The company's information solutions and services support national security missions and government modernization/transformation for intelligence, defense, and federal civilian customers. The company provides its services and solutions to its domestic customers in the following market areas, among others: business systems, command and control, communications, cyber security, enterprise information technology (IT), health, and intelligence services. The company's international operations provide a mix of IT services and proprietary data and software products.

Cambrex Corporation

Cambrex is a life sciences company that provides products and services for the development and commercialization of new and generic therapeutics. The company assists companies in developing processes for the manufacture of clinical and commercial quantities. Product testing, analytical methods and other processes are integrated into the manufacturing process. The company manufactures and tests Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Finished Dosage Form at laboratory, clinical and commercial level. The company's business is primarily comprised of the custom development and manufacture of pharmaceutical ingredients derived from organic chemistry and finished dosage form products and services.

Cardtronics plc Class A

Comerica Incorporated

Comerica is a financial holding company, engaged in lending to and accepting deposits from businesses and individuals. The company's segments are: Business Bank, which provides commercial loans and lines of credit, deposits, cash management, capital market products, international trade finance, letters of credit, foreign exchange management services and loan syndication services; Retail Bank, which provides consumer lending, consumer deposit gathering and mortgage loan origination; and Wealth Management, which provides products and services consisting of fiduciary services, private banking, retirement services, investment management and advisory services, investment banking and brokerage services.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.

Dave & Buster's Entertainment is an owner and operator of entertainment and dining venues (stores) that operate under the name Dave & Buster's. The company's concept is to provide its customers the opportunity to Eat Drink Play and Watch all in one location for adults and families, while serving food and beverages. The company's Eat and Drink is provided through a menu of entrees and appetizers and a selection of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. The company's Play and Watch offerings provide an assortment of entertainment attractions centered around playing games and watching live sports and other televised events.

E. W. Scripps Company Class A

Scripps (E.W.) is a media enterprise with interests in local and national media brands. The company's media businesses are organized into the following reportable business segments: Local Media and National Media. The company's Local Media segment is comprised of its local broadcast television stations and their related digital operations. The company produces news, information and entertainment content that informs and engages its local communities. In addition, the company's television stations run network programming, syndicated programming and original programming. The company's National Media segment represents its collection of national media brands including Katz, Stitcher, Triton and Newsy.

EHealth Inc.

eHealth is a health insurance marketplace with a technology and service platform that provides consumer engagement, education and health insurance enrollment solutions. The company operates its business in two segments: Medicare, which markets a selection of Medicare-related health insurance plans, and to a lesser extent, ancillary products such as dental and vision insurance, to its Medicare-eligible customers; and Individual, Family and Small Business, which markets individual and family health insurance and small business health insurance plans through its ecommerce platforms (www.eHealth.com and www.eHealthInsurance.com).

El Pollo Loco Holdings Inc

El Pollo Loco Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, El Pollo Loco, Inc., the company develops, franchises, licenses and operates quick-service restaurants under the name El Pollo Loco ?. The restaurants, which are located principally in California but also in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Louisiana, engaged in flame-grilled chicken in a variety of contemporary Mexican-influenced entrees, including chicken burritos, chicken quesadillas, chicken tortilla soup, variations on its Pollo Bowl? and Pollo Salads. The company serves individual and family-sized chicken meals, a variety of Mexican-inspired entrees, and sides, and, on a limited-time basis, additional proteins like shrimp.

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).

Fabrinet

Helen of Troy Limited

Helen of Troy is a designer, developer, importer, marketer, and distributor of a portfolio of brand-name consumer products. The company operates three segments: Housewares, which includes food preparation tools and storage containers, cleaning, bath and garden tools and accessories, infant and toddler care products, and insulated beverage and food containers; Health and Home, which focuses on healthcare devices such as thermometers, humidifiers, heating pads, water filtration systems, and small home appliances; and Beauty, which includes electric hair care, beauty care and wellness appliances, grooming tools and accessories, and liquid-, solid- and powder-based personal care and grooming products.

KeyCorp

KeyCorp is a bank holding company. Through its principal subsidiary, KeyBank National Association and certain other subsidiaries, the company has the following main business segments: Consumer Bank, which serves individuals and small businesses by providing a variety of deposit and investment products, personal finance and financial wellness services, lending, mortgage and home equity, student loan refinancing, credit card, treasury services, and business advisory services; and Commercial Bank, which is focused principally on serving the needs of middle market clients in the following industry sectors, including consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial, public sector, real estate, and technology.

LivePerson Inc.

LivePerson is a cloud computing or software-as-a-service provider of solutions on a hosted basis. The company is organized into two operating segments: Business and Consumer. The Business segment enables brands to utilize the company's LiveEngage's engine to connect with consumers through an integrated suite of mobile and online business messaging technologies. The Consumer segment facilitates online transactions between independent service providers and individual consumers seeking information and knowledge for a fee via mobile and online messaging. The company's products and services include: LiveEngage, Professional Services and Consumer Offering.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Merck & Co. is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products. The company's segments are: Pharmaceutical, which includes human health pharmaceutical products that consist of therapeutic and preventive agents for the treatment of human disorders, and human health vaccine products that consist of preventive pediatric, adolescent and adult vaccines; and Animal Health, which discovers, develops, manufactures and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services, as well as a suite of digitally connected identification, traceability and monitoring products.

Penn National Gaming Inc.

Penn National Gaming is an owner and manager of gaming and racing facilities and video gaming terminal operations with a focus on slot machine entertainment. In addition, the company operates an interactive gaming division through its subsidiary, Penn Interactive Ventures, LLC. The company's segment's properties include Ameristar East Chicago, Hollywood Casino Bangor, 1st Jackpot Casino, Ameristar Vicksburg, Boomtown Biloxi, Boomtown Bossier City, Ameristar Black Hawk, Cactus Petes and Horseshu, Ameristar Council Bluffs, Argosy Casino Alton, Argosy Casino Riverside, Freehold Raceway, Retama Park Racetrack, Sam Houston Race Park and Valley Race Park, and Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, among others.

Post Holdings Inc.

Post Holdings is a consumer packaged goods holding company. The company's segments are: Post Consumer Brands, which manufactures, markets and sells branded and private label ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal and hot cereal products; Weetabix, which markets and distributes branded and private label RTE cereal products; Foodservice, which produces and distributes egg and potato products; Refrigerated Retail, which produces and distributes side dishes, eggs and egg, cheese, sausage and other refrigerated products; and BellRing Brands, which markets and distributes ready-to-drink protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, nutrition bars and supplements in the nutrition category.

Saul Centers Inc.

Saul Centers operates as a real estate investment trust. The company, which conducts its activities through its subsidiaries, the Saul Holdings Limited Partnership and two subsidiary limited partnerships, engages in the ownership, operation, management, leasing, acquisition, renovation, expansion, development and financing of community and neighborhood shopping centers and mixed-used properties, primarily in the Washington, DC/Baltimore metropolitan area. The company's properties consist of shopping center properties, mixed-use properties, which are comprised of office, retail and multi-family residential uses and development properties.

Seneca Foods Corp. Cl A

Seneca Foods is a provider of packaged fruits and vegetables. The company's product offerings include canned, frozen and bottled produce and snack chips and its products are sold under private label as well as national and regional brands that the company owns or licenses, including Seneca?, Libby's?, Aunt Nellie's?, READ?, Green Valley?, and CherryMan?. The company manages its business on the basis of three reportable segments - the primary segment is the packaging and sale of fruits and vegetables, another segment is prepared food and the last segment is the packaging and sale of chip products. These three segments constitute the food operation.

Viavi Solutions Inc

Viavi Solutions is a provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, civil government, military and avionics customers. The company operates the following business segments: Network Enablement, which provides testing solutions that access the network to perform build-out and maintenance tasks; Service Enablement, which provides embedded systems and enterprise performance management solutions; and Optical Security and Performance Products, which designs, manufactures, and sells products targeting anti-counterfeiting, consumer and industrial, government, healthcare and other markets.

Vornado Realty Trust

Vornado Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust and conducts its business through, and substantially all of its interests in properties are held by, Vornado Realty L.P. (the Operating Partnership). The company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The company owns and operates office and retail properties with a concentration in the New York City metropolitan area. In addition, the company has interest in Alexander's, Inc., which owns properties in the New York metropolitan area, as well as interests in other real estate and related investments.

Wingstop Inc.

Wingstop is a franchisor and operator of restaurants that focuses on cooked-to-order, hand-sauced and tossed chicken wings. The company provides its guests several flavors on its bone-in and boneless chicken wings and tenders paired with seasoned fries, Ranch, and Bleu Cheese dips. The company's proprietary flavors, which range from extremely hot to mild includes Atomic, Mango Habanero, Cajun, Original Hot, Spicy Korean Q, Louisiana Rub, Mild, Hickory Smoked BBQ, Lemon Pepper, Garlic Parmesan, and Hawaiian. To complement its wings, the company serves seasoned fries, as well as carrots and celery and Ranch and Bleu Cheese Dips made with buttermilk.

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Ross LaDuke

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