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Vermilion Short Shots: Technically Vulnerable Stocks

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A. O. Smith Corporation

A.O. Smith is comprised of North America and Rest of World reporting segments. The company's Rest of World segment is primarily comprised of China, Europe and India. Both segments manufacture and market lines of residential and commercial gas and electric water heaters, boilers, tanks and water treatment products. Both segments primarily manufacture and market in their respective regions of the world. The company's Rest of World segment also manufactures and markets in-home air purification products in China. The company serves residential and commercial end markets in North America with a range of products including water heaters, boilers, water treatment products, and other.

Acadia Realty Trust

Acadia Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust. The company is focused on the ownership, acquisition, development and management of retail properties located primarily in metropolitan areas in United States. The company has three reportable segments, which are Core Portfolio, Funds, and Structured Financing. The Core Portfolio segment consists primarily of retail properties located mainly in metropolitan areas with a long-term investment horizon. The Funds segment holds primarily retail real estate in which the company co-invests with institutional investors. The Structured Financing segment consists of notes and mortgages receivable which are held within the Core Portfolio or the Funds segment.

Albany International Corp. Class A

Albany International is engaged in two business segments: Machine Clothing and Albany Engineered Composites (AEC). The Machine Clothing segment supplies permeable and impermeable belts used in the manufacture of paper, paperboard, tissue and towel, pulp, nonwovens, fiber cement and other industrial applications. This segment also supplies consumable fabrics used in the manufacturing process in the pulp, corrugator, nonwovens, fiber cement, building products, and tannery and textile industries. The AEC segment provides engineered, composite structures to customers in the aerospace and defense industries. Other AEC programs include the F-35, Boeing 787, Sikorsky CH-53K, and JASSM programs.

American Campus Communities Inc.

American Campus Communities is a real estate investment trust focusing on the acquisition, design, financing, development, construction management, leasing, and management of student housing properties. The company has four reportable segments: Owned Properties, which includes off-campus properties that are located in close proximity to the school campus; On-Campus Participating Properties, which includes on-campus properties that are operated under long-term ground/facility leases; Development Services, which consists of development and construction management services; and Property Management Services, which includes third-party management contracts in which the company is responsible for operations.

AngioDynamics Inc.

AngioDynamics designs, manufactures and sells medical, surgical and diagnostic devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease, vascular access and for use in oncology and surgical settings. The company's business units are: Oncology/Surgery, which provides a range of ablation technologies, including thermal tissue ablation systems, surgical resection and the NanoKnife System; Vascular Interventions and Therapies, which supports the medical areas of venous insufficiency, thrombus management, and peripheral products; and Vascular Access, which includes peripherally inserted central catheters, midline catheters, implantable ports, dialysis catheters and related accessories and supplies.

ArcBest Corporation

ArcBest is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides a suite of freight transportation services and integrated logistics solutions. The company's operations are conducted through three reportable operating segments: Asset-Based, ArcBest, and FleetNet. The company's Asset-Based segment provides less-than-truckload services through its subsidiary, ABF Freight System, Inc., and certain other subsidiaries' motor carrier operations. The ArcBest and FleetNet reportable segments, combined, represent the company's Asset-Light operations, which provide customers end-to-end logistics solutions, designed to satisfy the supply chain and shipping requirements they encounter.

AutoZone Inc.

AutoZone is a retailer and a distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories. The company operates stores in the United States, including Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas, Mexico, and Brazil. Each store carries a product line for cars, sport utility vehicles, vans and light trucks, including new and remanufactured automotive hard parts, maintenance items, accessories and non-automotive products. In addition, the company has a commercial sales program that provides commercial credit and delivery of parts and other products to local, regional and national repair garages, dealers, service stations and public sector accounts. The company also sells the ALLDATA brand automotive diagnostic and repair software.

Avnet Inc.

Avnet is a technology solutions company with an ecosystem delivering design, product, marketing and supply chain knowledge for customers at every stage of the product lifecycle. The company's primary operating groups include: Electronic Components, which markets, sells and distributes electronic components including semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components and other integrated components from electronic component manufacturers; and Premier Farnell, which distributes a portfolio of kits, tools, electronic components and industrial automation components, as well as test and measurement products to both engineers and entrepreneurs.

B&G Foods Inc.

B&G Foods is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures, sells and distributes branded shelf-stable and frozen foods and household products across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The company complements its branded product retail sales with institutional and food service sales and private label sales. The company's products include frozen and canned vegetables, hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned meats and beans, bagel chips, spices, seasonings, hot sauces, wine vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, pizza crusts, Mexican-style sauces, dry soups, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers, tomato-based products, puffed corn and rice snacks, nut clusters and other products.

Blackbaud Inc.

Blackbaud is a cloud software company. The company is engaged in providing software solutions in cloud and hosted environments, providing payment and transaction services, providing software maintenance and support services, and providing services, including implementation, consulting, training, analytic and other services. The company's portfolio provides fundraising and relationship management, marketing and engagement, financial management, grant and award management, organizational and program management (such as education management, church management and ticketing), social responsibility, payment services and analytics.

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

Broadridge Financial Solutions is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides investor communications and technology-driven solutions to financial services clients. The company's services include investor communications, securities processing, data and analytics, and customer communications solutions. The company has two segments: Investor Communication Solutions, which involves the processing and distribution of proxy materials to investors in equity securities and mutual funds, as well as the facilitation of related vote processing; and Global Technology and Operations, which provides securities processing solutions for capital markets, wealth management, and asset management firms.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

Robinson (C.H.) Worldwide is a third party logistics company. The company provides freight transportation services and logistics solutions to companies. The company's segments are: North American Surface Transportation, which provides freight transportation services across North America through a network of offices; and Global Forwarding, which provides global logistics services through an international network of offices and also contracts with independent agents; and All Other and Corporate, which includes Robinson Fresh? that provides sourcing services including the buying, selling, and marketing of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other perishable items, and managed services that provides Managed TMS?.

Cantel Medical Corp.

Cantel Medical is a provider of infection prevention products and services in the healthcare market. The company has four segments: Medical, which designs, develops, manufactures, sells and installs products and services comprising a circle of infection prevention solutions; Life Sciences, which designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and installs water purification systems; Dental, which designs, manufactures, sells, supplies and distributes infection prevention healthcare products; and Dialysis, which designs, develops, manufactures, sells and services reprocessing systems and sterilants for dialyzers, as well as dialysate concentrates and supplies utilized for renal dialysis

CGI Inc. Class A

CGI Group is engaged in managing information technology services, including outsourcing, systems integration and consulting, software licenses and maintenance, as well as business process services to help clients realize their strategies and create added value.

Crestwood Equity Partners LP

Crestwood Equity Partners is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, the company develops, acquires, owns or controls, and operates assets and operations within the energy midstream sector. The company's segments are: gathering and processing, which provides gathering and transportation services and processing, treating and compression services to producers; storage and transportation, which provides crude oil and natural gas storage and transportation services to producers, utilities and other customers; and marketing, supply and logistics, which provides natural gas liquid, crude oil and natural gas marketing, storage and transportation services to producers, refiners, marketers and other customers.

DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Discover Financial Services is a bank holding, as well as a financial holding company. The company manages its business activities in two segments: Direct Banking, which includes consumer banking and lending products, specifically Discover-branded credit cards issued to individuals on the Discover Network and other consumer banking products and services, including student loans, personal loans, home equity loans, and deposit products; and Payment Services, which includes the PULSE network, Diners Club International and its Network Partners business, which provides payment transaction processing and settlement services on the Discover Network.

Eldorado Gold Corp.

Eldorado Gold is engaged in the exploration, development, mining and production of gold and other mining resources in Brazil, China, Turkey and Greece.

Extreme Networks Inc.

Extreme Networks, together with its subsidiaries, is a provider of software-driven networking solutions for enterprise, data center, and service provider customers. Providing a combined end-to-end solution from the enterprise edge to the cloud, the company designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security, and access controls. The company's product categories include: Smart OmniEdge wireless and edge switching, Automated Campus, data center, unified applications, and cloud-based network management.

F5 Networks Inc.

F5 Networks is a provider of multi-cloud application services, which enable its customers to develop, deploy, operate, secure, and govern applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. The company's application services are available as cloud-based, software-as-a-service, and software-only solutions supported for multi-cloud environments. In connection with its solutions, the company provides a range of services, including consulting, training, installation, maintenance, and other technical support services. The company's products and solutions include hardware platforms, software and software-as-a-service platforms, cloud-based managed services, and service provider solutions.

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First Bancorp

First BanCorp is a financial holding company that provides financial services for retail, commercial and institutional clients. The company's segments are: Commercial and Corporate Banking, which provides commercial loans; Mortgage Banking, which provides residential mortgage loans; Consumer (Retail) Banking, which provides consumer lending, deposit-taking and insurance agency activities; Treasury and Investments, which provides treasury and investment management; United States Operations, which consists of banking activities in the United States mainland; Virgin Islands Operations, which consists of banking activities in the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor designs, manufactures, markets, and services a line of Ford cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, electrified vehicles, and Lincoln vehicles, as well as provides financial services through its subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company LLC. The company is engaged in electrification; mobility solutions, including self-driving services; and connected vehicle services. The company has three operating segments: Automotive, which includes the sale of Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories; Mobility, which includes its autonomous vehicles and its investment in mobility through Ford Smart Mobility LLC; and Ford Credit, which includes vehicle-related financing and leasing activities.

H&R Block Inc.

H&R Block provides assisted, do-it-yourself, and virtual tax return preparation solutions through various channels (including in-person, online and mobile applications, virtual, and desktop software) and distributes the company-branded products and services to the general public in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and their respective territories. The company also provides additional services, such as Refund Transfers, its Peace of Mind? Extended Service Plan (POM), H&R Block Emerald Prepaid Mastercard?, H&R Block Emerald Advance? lines of credit, Tax Identity Shield?, and Refund Advance loans. For its Canadian clients the company also provides POM, H&R Block Instant Refund?, and H&R Block Pay With Refund? services.

Johnson Controls International plc

Juniper Networks Inc.

Juniper Networks designs, develops and sells products and services for networks. The company sells its products in three geographic regions: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia Pacific. The company sells its network products and service offerings across routing, switching, and security technologies. In addition, the company provides its customers services, including maintenance and support, services, and education and training programs. The company's products and services address network requirements for its customers within its vertical: Cloud, Service Provider, and Enterprise. The company's portfolio addresses domains in the network: core; edge; access and aggregation; data centers; and campus and branch.

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.

Kirkland Lake Gold is a Canadian gold mining and exploration company with three producing mines in Australia: the Fosterville Gold Mine and the Stawell Gold Mine in the State of Victoria and the Cosmo Gold Mine in the Northern Territory. Co. also has a portfolio of development opportunities on its significant land package, including the Big Hill Project at Stawell and various projects in the Northern Territories. In addition, Co. owns title to a mining lease located in north-central Newfoundland, Canada.

Knowles Corp.

Knowles is a provider of micro-acoustic, audio processing and precision device solutions, serving the mobile consumer electronics, communications, medtech, defense, automotive, and industrial markets. The company is organized into two reportable: Audio, which designs and manufactures audio products, including microphones and balanced armature speakers, audio processors, and software and algorithms used in applications that serve the mobile, ear, and Internet of Things markets; and Precision Devices, which is focused on the design and delivery of capacitor products and mmWave radio frequency solutions.

Kura Oncology Inc.

Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing medicines for the treatment of cancer. The company's key product candidate, tipifarnib, is a selective and orally bioavailable inhibitor of farnesyl transferase. The company's second product candidate is KO-947, a selective small molecule inhibitor of extracellular signal related kinase, which the company is developing as a potential treatment for patients with tumors that have dysregulated activity due to mutations or other mechanisms in the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. The company's third product candidate is KO-539, a selective small molecule inhibitor of the menin-mixed lineage leukemia, protein-protein interaction.

Mercer International Inc.

Meridian Bancorp Inc

Meridian Bancorp is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiary, East Boston Savings Bank, the company provides a variety of deposit and loan products to individuals and businesses located in its primary market, which consists of Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex and Essex Counties, MA. The company accepts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate one- to four-family real estate, multi-family and commercial real estate, construction, commercial and industrial, and consumer loans, which it primarily holds for investment. The company's lending business also involves the purchase and sale of loan participation interests.

Monro Inc

Monro is engaged principally in providing automotive undercar repair and tire sales and services. The company provides a range of services on passenger cars, light trucks and vans for brakes; mufflers and exhaust systems; and steering, drive train, suspension and wheel alignment. The company also provides other products and services, including tires and routine maintenance services, including state inspections. The company focuses on the repair and replacement of parts which periodically replaced as they wear out. The company does not perform under-the-hood repair services except for oil change services, various flush and fill services and some minor tune-up services.

OSI Systems Inc.

OSI Systems, together with its subsidiaries, is a designer and manufacturer of electronic systems and components for applications. The company sells its products and provides related services in various markets, including homeland security, healthcare, defense and aerospace. The company's operating divisions are: Security, which provides security and inspection systems, security screening solutions and related services; Healthcare, which provides patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology, and anesthesia delivery and ventilation systems; Optoelectronics and Manufacturing, which provides electronic components and electronic manufacturing services for the Security and Healthcare divisions.

Preferred Apartment Communities Inc.

Preferred Apartment Communities is a real estate investment trust that conducts its business through its Operating Partnership. The company operates in five segments: multifamily communities, which consists of the company's portfolio of owned residential multifamily communities; student housing properties, which consists of the company's portfolio of owned student housing properties, financing, which consists of the company's portfolio of real estate loans, bridge loans, and other instruments deployed by the company; new market properties, which consists of the company's portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers; and preferred office properties, which consists of the company's portfolio of office buildings.

Regis Corp.

Regis franchises, owns and operates hairstyling and hair care salons. The main services supplied by the company's salons are haircutting and styling (including shampooing and conditioning), hair coloring and other services. Salons also sell a variety of hair care and other beauty products. The company's operating segments are Franchise and the company-owned salons. The company's Franchise salon operations are comprised of franchised salons operating in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico. The company's the company-owned salon operations are comprised of salons operating in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Salons operate primarily under the trade names of SmartStyle, Supercuts and Cost Cutters.

RLJ Lodging Trust

RLJ Lodging Trust is a self-advised and self-administered real estate investment trust that owns primarily hotels. The company owns hotel properties located in several states and the District of Columbia. The company also owns, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, a number of hotel properties, an interest in the DoubleTree Metropolitan Hotel New York City, an interest in The Knickerbocker New York, and interests in entities owning hotel properties. All of the company's operations are conducted through its operating partnership, RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P.

Rogers Corporation

Rogers designs, develops, manufactures and sells engineered materials and components. The company's segments are: Advanced Connectivity Solutions, which designs, develops, manufactures and sells circuit materials and solutions enabling connectivity for applications in wireless infrastructure, automotive, aerospace and defense, connected devices, and wired infrastructure; Elastomeric Material Solutions, which designs, develops, manufactures and sells engineered material solutions such as polyurethane and silicone materials used in cushioning; and Power Electronics Solutions, which designs, develops, manufactures and sells ceramic substrate materials, busbars and cooling solutions.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADS CL B

Sanderson Farms Inc.

Sanderson Farms is a poultry processing company engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of frozen chicken products, including processed and minimally prepared chicken. The company sells ice-packed, chill-packed, bulk-packed and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless form to retailers, distributors, and casual dining operators, and to customers who resell frozen chicken into export markets. The company operates through: Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division), which is engaged in the production of chickens to the broiler stage; and Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division), which is engaged in the processing, sale and distribution of chicken products.

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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

Take-Two Interactive Software is a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers. The company develops and publishes products principally through its two wholly-owned labels Rockstar Games and 2K, as well as its Private Division label and Social Point, a developer of mobile games. The company's products are designed for console gaming systems such as the Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. PlayStation?4, Microsoft Corporation Xbox One?, and Xbox 360?, the Nintendo Switch, and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets. The company delivers its products through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and cloud streaming services.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, which focuses on developing, acquiring, owning, operating and managing outlet shopping centers. The company's outlet centers and other assets are held by, and all of its operations are conducted by, Tanger Properties Limited Partnership and subsidiaries (Operating Partnership). The company owns the majority of the units of partnership interest issued by the Operating Partnership through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Tanger GP Trust and Tanger LP Trust. Tanger GP Trust controls the Operating Partnership as its sole general partner. Tanger LP Trust holds a limited partnership interest.

Tenaris S.A. ADS

TreeHouse Foods Inc.

TreeHouse Foods is a consumer packaged food and beverage manufacturer operating across the United States, Canada, and Italy. The company's reportable segments are: Baked Goods, which sells bars, candy, cookies, crackers; in-store bakery products, pita chips, pretzels, refrigerated dough, and retail griddle waffles, pancakes, and French toast; Beverages, which sells broths, liquid non-dairy creamer, non-dairy powdered creamers, powdered drinks, ready-to-drink coffee, single serve hot beverages, teas, and sweeteners; and Meal Solutions, which sells aseptic cheese and pudding products, baking and mix powders, hot cereals, pasta, and skillet dinners, among others.

TriMas Corporation

TriMas is an industrial manufacturer of products for customers in the consumer products, aerospace, industrial, petrochemical, refinery and oil and gas end markets. The company's brands include Rieke?, TriMas Aerospace?, Lamons? and Norris Cylinder? and Arrow? Engine Company. The company operates businesses in three reportable segments: Packaging, which is a designer and manufacturer of closure and dispensing systems for a range of end markets; Aerospace segment, which is comprised of TriMas Aerospace, which includes the Monogram Aerospace Fasteners, Allfast Fastening Systems and Martinic Engineering brands; Specialty Products segment, which is comprised of Norris Cylinder, Lamons and Arrow Engine Company.

United Bankshares Inc.

United Bankshares is a financial holding company. Through its banking subsidiary, United Bank, the company provides a range of commercial and retail banking services and products. The company operates in two business segments: community banking and mortgage banking. Through its community banking segment, the company provides range of banking products and services through various delivery channels. The mortgage banking segment engages primarily in the origination and acquisition of residential mortgages for sale into the secondary market though George Mason Mortgage, LLC, an indirectly owned subsidiary of the company

Universal Corp

Universal is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, the company is engaged in supplying leaf tobacco. The company has the following segments: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, which are involved in flue-cured and burley leaf tobacco operations for supply to cigarette manufacturers; Dark Air-Cured, which supplies dark air-cured tobacco to manufacturers of cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco products; Oriental, which supplies oriental tobacco to cigarette manufacturers; and Special Services, which provides laboratory services, including physical and chemical product testing, electronic nicotine delivery system and e-liquid testing, and smoke testing for customers.

ViaSat Inc.

ViaSat is a provider of broadband technologies and services. The company conducts its business through three segments: satellite services, which provides satellite-based broadband services to consumers, enterprises, and mobile broadband customers; commercial networks, which develops and produces a variety of satellite and wireless products, systems and solutions that enable the provision of fixed and mobile broadband services; and government systems, which provides global mobile broadband services to military and government users, and develops and produces network-centric Internet Protocol-based fixed and mobile communications products and solutions.

W R Grace & Co

Grace (W.R.) is engaged in the production and sale of specialty chemicals and specialty materials through two reportable business segments: Grace Catalysts Technologies and Grace Materials Technologies. Grace Catalysts Technologies includes catalysts and related products and technologies used in refining, petrochemical and other chemical manufacturing applications. Grace Materials Technologies includes specialty materials, including silica-based and silica-alumina-based materials, used in consumer/pharma, chemical process, and coatings applications. The company conducts all of its business through a single wholly owned subsidiary, W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.

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