Alliance Data Systems was born of the 1996 combination of a J.C. Penney transaction-processing operation and The Limited's credit card bank business. With headquarters in Plano, Texas, Alliance provides marketing, loyalty program, and private-label credit card services. The company is known for its large Air Miles loyalty program in Canada. In 2014, the company acquired Conversant to bolster its digital marketing efforts. The private-label services and credit group is financially the company's most important operating segment. http://www.alliancedata.com
Spun off from American Express in 2005, Ameriprise Financial has emerged as a major player in the U.S. market for asset and wealth management, with around $900 billion in total assets under management and advisement. While the company maintains a meaningful presence in annuities and life insurance, it has become an increasingly smaller contributor to earnings as the company's asset-management arm has grown. Ameriprise has one of the largest branded advisor networks in the industry. http://www.ameriprise.com
AutoNation is the largest automotive dealer in the United States, with 2018 revenue of $21.4 billion and over 325 dealerships, AutoNation USA used-vehicle stores, and collision centers in 16 states, primarily in Sun Belt metropolitan areas. New-vehicle sales account for about 55% of revenue; the company also sells used vehicles, parts, and repair services, as well as auto financing. The company (formerly Republic Industries) spun off its waste management unit (Republic Services) in 1999 and its car rental businesses (ANC Rental) in 2000. http://www.autonation.com
BorgWarner is a Tier I auto-parts supplier that has two operating segments. The engine group makes turbochargers, emissions system components, timing chains, and other items that enhance fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Engine group products have averaged about 70% of sales. Drivetrain group produces transmission and four-wheel-drive/all-wheel-drive system components that facilitate the distribution of engine torque to the wheels. Wet dual-clutch products enable more fuel-efficient automotive transmissions. http://www.borgwarner.com
Avis Budget Group Inc is a provider of automotive vehicle rental and car sharing services. Its brands include Avis, Budget, and Zipcar. Avis is targeted to serve the premium commercial and leisure segments of the travel industry, while Budget is focused on value-conscious customers. The company operates its own network of rental locations and licenses its brands to franchisees. Zipcar is a car-sharing service that allows members to use the company-owned Zipcar fleet at an hourly rate. The company's largest region by revenue is the Americas. http://www.avisbudgetgroup.com
Citizens Financial Group is a retail bank holding company operating primarily in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. The bank operates through two segments: consumer and commercial banking. Citizens' strategy emphasizes differentiation through customer service. Net interest income is the largest source of the bank's net revenue. Most net interest income is derived from commercial loans, securities, home equity lines of credit, automobile loans, and residential mortgages. Some of CFG's higher-yielding products include credit cards, home equity loans, and other retail loans. http://www.citizensbank.com
Chesapeake Energy Corp is a US-based exploration and production company. It is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties for the production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from underground reservoirs. Geographically, the company focuses its exploration, development, acquisition and production efforts in the operating areas of Marcellus, Northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania; Haynesville, Northwestern Louisiana and East Texas (Gulf Coast); Eagle Ford, South Texas; Utica, Southern Appalachian Basin in Ohio; Mid-Continent, Anadarko Basin in northwestern Oklahoma; and Powder River Basin, Stacked pay in Wyoming. http://www.chk.com
Charter Communications Inc is a US-based cable service provider. The company offers entertainment, information and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers. The firm provides television, Internet access, and telephone services to over 5 million subscribers across several states in the US. In addition, it also owns and operates regional sports networks and local sports, news and lifestyle channels and sells security and home management services to the residential marketplace. It derives revenues by offering cable services to customers. https://www.spectrum.com
Comcast Corp is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, Internet access, and phone services to roughly 58 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About half the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. It acquired NBC Universal from GE in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Lastly, Comcast acquired Sky in 2018. Sky is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria. https://www.comcastcorporation.com
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of energy-related businesses. Its regulated electric utility provides transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio. The company has natural gas distribution systems in seven states serving approximately 4.5 million customers. CenterPoint owns approximately 54% of Enable Midstream Partners, a partnership consisting of natural gas processing and storage facilities and more than 21,000 miles of interstate, intrastate, and gathering pipelines in the midcontinent region. http://www.centerpointenergy.com
CSX Corp is an $12 billion railroad operating in the Eastern United States. On its 20,800 miles of track, CSX hauls shipments of coal products (18% of consolidated revenue), chemicals (19%), intermodal containers (16%), automotive cargo (10%) and a diverse mix of other merchandise. http://www.csx.com
Discover Financial Services is a bank operating in two distinct segments: direct banking and payments. The company issues credit and debit cards and provides other consumer banking products including deposit accounts, students loans, and other personal loans. In addition, it generates revenue from payments processed on the Discover network. The Discover Network is the third-largest payment network as ranked by overall merchant acceptance, trailing Visa and Mastercard. http://www.discover.com
D.R. Horton is a leading homebuilder in the United States with operations in 81 markets across 27 states. D.R. Horton mainly builds single-family detached homes (89% of home sales revenue) and offers products to entry-level, move-up, luxury buyers, and active adults. The company offers homebuyers mortgage financing and title agency services through its financial services segment. D.R. Horton's headquarters are in Arlington, Texas, and it manages five regional homebuilding offices across the United States. http://www.drhorton.com
From its founding in the 1980s Dish Network has primarily focused on the satellite television business, capitalizing on technological advancements to expand its reach. The firm now serves 10.7 million U.S. customers via its network of owned and leased satellites (most of which are owned by sister company EchoStar). Dish launched an Internet-based television offering under the Sling brand in 2015 and now serves about 2.3 million customers on this platform. Dish's future, however, hinges primarily on the wireless business. The firm has amassed a large portfolio of spectrum licenses over the past decade, spending more than $21 billion in the process. It expects to spend $1 billion through early 2020 building a narrowband 5G Internet of Things network to meet buildout requirements. http://www.dish.com
Delphi Technologies' main products are fuel injection and valvetrain systems along with the sensors and software controls for each, representing approximately 60% of 2018 total revenue. With a diverse base of vehicle manufacturer customers, no automaker represented 10% or more of the company's 2018 revenue. Regionally, this global parts supplier had about 44% of 2018 revenue from Europe, Middle East, and Africa, 28% from North America, 25% from Asia-Pacific, and 3% from South America. https://www.delphi.com
Established in 1920 to produce chemicals for Eastman Kodak, Eastman Chemical has grown into a global producer of chemicals, plastics, and fibers with manufacturing sites in seven countries. The company generates the majority of its sales outside of the United States, with a strong presence in Asian markets. During the past several years, Eastman has sold noncore businesses, choosing to focus on higher-margin specialty product offerings. https://www.eastman.com
Freeport-McMoRan Inc mines more copper than any other publicly traded company in the world. Its assets include the Indonesian Grasberg mining complex, the world's largest copper and gold mine in terms of recoverable reserves. Freeport also has significant mining operations in the Americas. http://www.fcx.com
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial-services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company has over $140 billion in assets and operates numerous full-service banking centers and ATMs throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina. http://www.53.com
General Motors Co. emerged from the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. (old GM) in July 2009. GM has eight brands and operates under three segments: GM North America, GM International, and GM Financial. The United States now has four brands instead of eight. The company remains the market leader in the U.S. with 17% share in 2018. GM Financial became the company's captive finance arm in October 2010 via the purchase of AmeriCredit. https://www.gm.com
Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking firm whose activities are organized into investment banking, institutional client services, investing and lending, and investment management segments. Approximately 60% of the company's net revenue is generated in the Americas, 15% in Asia, and 25% in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2008, Goldman reorganized itself as a financial holding company regulated by the Federal Reserve System. http://www.gs.com
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co manufactures and sells a variety of rubber tires under the Goodyear brand name. The firm's tires are used for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, mining equipment, farm equipment, and industrial equipment. The company operates its business through three operating segments representing its regional tire businesses: Americas; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and the Asia Pacific. http://www.goodyear.com
HP Inc. is a leading provider of computers, printers, and printer supplies. The company's two operating business segments are its personal systems, containing notebooks, desktops, and workstations and its printing segment which contains supplies, consumer hardware, and commercial hardware. In 2015, Hewlett-Packard was separated into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The Palo Alto, California based company sells on a global scale with 63% of fiscal 2017 revenue derived from outside the United States. http://www.hp.com
Invesco Ltd provides investment management services to both retail (64% of managed assets) and institutional (36%) clients. At the end of 2018, the firm had $888.2 billion in assets under management spread out among its equity (44% of managed assets), balanced (6%), fixed-income (25%), alternative investment (15%), and money market (10%) operations. Passive products accounted for 25% of Invesco's total AUM--39% of the company's equity operations and 26% of its fixed-income platform--at the end of last year. Invesco's U.S. retail business is one of the 10 largest nonproprietary fund complexes in the country. The firm also has a meaningful presence outside of the U.S., with 36% of its total AUM sourced from Canada (2%), the U.K. (10%), continental Europe (13%), and Asia (11%). http://www.invesco.com
With assets over $130 billion, Ohio-based KeyCorp's bank footprint spans 16 states, but it is predominantly concentrated in its two largest markets: Ohio and New York. KeyCorp is primarily focused on serving middle-market commercial clients through a hybrid community/corporate bank model. http://www.key.com
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd designs and manufactures apparel, footwear, and accessories ( primarily handbags). Products are positioned as luxury goods and classified under three collections. The Michael Kors Collection and MICHAEL Michael Kors are the women's collections and are distinguished from each other by their price points. Michael Kors Mens is the men's collection. Most sales are through one of two channels: directly through its company-operated retail stores (and e-commerce websites), or through wholesale to department and specialty stores. The company licenses products such as watches, jewelry, eyewear, and fragrances. Production is carried out across Asia and Europe, and sales are concentrated in the Americas, Europe, and Asia along with additional markets through licensees. http://www.michaelkors.com
Kroger is the leading American grocer, with 2,782 supermarkets operating under several banners throughout the country as of the end of fiscal 2017. Around 82% of stores have pharmacies, while over half also sell fuel. The company also operated 274 fine jewelry stores at the end of fiscal 2017. Kroger features a leading private-label offering and manufactures around a third of its own-brand units (and 44% of its grocery own-label assortment) itself, in 37 food production plants nationwide. Kroger is a top-two grocer in 46 of the 52 major markets in which it operates along with 54 of its 73 secondary markets (as of the end of fiscal 2017, according to IRI data). Virtually all of Kroger's sales come from the United States. https://www.thekrogerco.com
After merging with CalAtlantic in February 2018, Lennar has become the largest homebuilder (by revenue) in the United States. The company's homebuilding operations target first-time, move-up, and active adult homebuyers mainly under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's financial-services segment provides mortgage financing and related services to its homebuyers and third parties. Miami-based Lennar is also involved in multifamily construction. http://www.lennar.com
Founded in 1905, Philadelphia-based Lincoln National offers individual and group insurance, retirement, and investment products in the United States and the United Kingdom. The firm distributes its products through independent and company-employed agents, wirehouses, and banks. Lincoln also owns and operates 15 radio stations it acquired as part of the 2006 merger with Jefferson-Pilot Financial. http://www.lfg.com
LyondellBasell Industries NV is a petrochemical producer with operations in the U.S. and Europe. It operates in six segments: Olefins and Polyolefins-Americas (O&P-Americas), Olefins and Polyolefins-Europe, Asia, International (O&P-EAI), Intermediates and Derivatives (I&D), Advanced Polymer Solutions (APS), Refining and Technology. The company is a major producer of polyethylene, the world's largest producer of polypropylene, and the second- largest producer of propylene oxide. Its chemicals are used in various consumer and industrial end products. Substantially, all of the company's revenue is derived from product sales. http://www.lyb.com
Macy's operates about 690 department stores under the brands Macy's and Bloomingdale's, and more than 180 specialty stores under the names Macy's Backstage, Bloomingdale's The Outlet, and Bluemercury. Macy's also operates e-commerce sites, owns 65% of a Chinese e-commerce joint venture, and licenses two Bloomingdale's stores in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Women's apparel, accessories, shoes, cosmetics, and fragrances constitute approximately 61% of Macy's sales. The retailer has headquarters in Cincinnati and New York City. http://www.macysinc.com
MetLife--once a mutual company before the 2000 demutualization--is the largest life insurer in the U.S. by assets and provides a variety of insurance and financial services products. Outside the United States, MetLife operates in Japan and more than 50 countries in Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East. http://www.metlife.com
Morgan Stanley is a global investment bank whose history, through its legacy firms, can be traced back to 1924. The company has institutional securities, wealth management, and asset management segments, as well as more than 60,000 employees. Approximately half of the company's net revenue is from its institutional securities business, with the other half coming from wealth and asset management. The company derives about 30% of its total revenue outside the Americas. http://www.morganstanley.com
Micron has historically focused on providing DRAM for PCs and servers. The firm has expanded into the NAND flash memory market over the past decade. It increased its DRAM scale with the purchase of Elpida (completed in mid-2013) and Inotera (completed in December 2016). http://www.micron.com
Newfield Exploration Company is an independent exploration and production company that participates in exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company operates with a portfolio of onshore liquids-rich resource plays. Newfield Exploration has extensive drilling inventories in the United States' drilling areas. The majority of Newfield's operations are located in the Anadarko and Arkoma basins of Oklahoma, Willingston basin of North Dakota and Uinta basin of Utah. It also has oil producing assets offshore China. The majority of Newfield's oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids are sold to a variety of purchasers under short-term contracts. http://www.newfield.com
Norfolk Southern is a $10.6 billion railroad operating in the Eastern United States. On 21,000 miles of track, Norfolk Southern hauls shipments of coal (17% of consolidated 2017 revenue), intermodal traffic (23%), and a diverse mix of automobile, agriculture, metal, chemical, and forest products (each 7%-14%). http://www.nscorp.com
The largest steelmaker in the United States by production volume, Nucor uses electric arc furnaces to produce a wide variety of steel products that service all major end markets. Nucor is involved in every phase of the steelmaking value chain, from collecting and processing scrap to manufacturing value-added fabricated steel products. https://www.nucor.com
Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that offers products to assist consumers in marketing to their customers. These products consist of customer information management, location intelligence, and customer engagement products and solutions. The company operates through three segments including small and medium business solutions, enterprise business solutions, and digital commerce solutions. The segment generating the largest revenue is small and medium business solutions. The company is primarily located in the United States but also operates overseas. http://www.pb.com
Paccar manufactures and sells light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks as well as related parts under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF brands. Trucks are largely distributed through more than 2,100 independent dealer outlets. The firm's financing segment provides loans and leases to Paccar's dealers and customers. 2018 revenue totaled $23.5 billion, including the finance arm, with approximately 60% from North America, 30% from Europe, and the remainder from across South America and other countries. The company has 28,000 employees. http://www.paccar.com
PulteGroup is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, operating in 47 markets across 25 states. The company mainly builds single-family detached homes (88% of unit sales) and offers products to entry-level, move-up, and active-adult buyers. PulteGroup offers homebuyers mortgage financing and title agency services through its financial services segment. The company is headquartered in Atlanta. http://www.pultegroupinc.com
PNC Financial Services Group is a diversified financial services company offering retail banking, corporate and institutional banking, asset management, and residential mortgage banking. PNC has 2,600 branches in 19 states and the District of Columbia and is the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets. https://www.pnc.com
Phillips 66 is an independent refiner with 13 refineries with a total throughput capacity of 2.1 million barrels per day. Its DCP Midstream joint venture holds 61 natural gas processing facilities, 12 natural gas liquids fractionation plants, and a natural gas pipeline system with 64,000 miles of pipeline. Its CPChem chemical joint venture operates facilities in the United States and the Middle East and primarily produces olefins and polyolefins. Phillips 66 also holds a 56% interest, including the general partner interest, in Phillips 66 Partners. http://www.phillips66.com
Ryder System Inc is a provider of supply chain and fleet management solutions in the United States. The company offers fleet leasing, fleet maintenance, truck rental, dedicated transportation, transportation management, freight brokerage, supply-chain optimisation, warehouse and distribution, and small-business solutions. Ryder serves the automotive, consumer packaged goods, energy, food and beverage, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, metals, retail, technology and electronics, and transportation and logistics industries. http://www.ryder.com
J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (85% of revenue), but also in U.S. food service (7%), Canada (6%), and exports (2%). Its largest category is pet food and treats (39% of revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, Natural Balance, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (34%) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin' Donuts. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif and number-three Smucker's, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and oils (4%) with number-two Crisco. http://www.smuckers.com
SunTrust Banks, headquartered in Atlanta, comprises commercial, corporate, and retail banking operations. SunTrust's corporate and investment banking arm is under the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey brand. The vast majority of SunTrust's deposits are in seven Southeastern U.S. states and the District of Columbia. http://www.suntrust.com
Seagate Technology is a major supplier of hard disk drives. The company designs, develops, and manufactures a broad range of HDDs used in PCs, game consoles, DVRs, and data centers for the likes of enterprises and cloud vendors. http://www.seagate.com
Southwestern Energy Co is a US-based independent energy company. It is engaged in the exploration, development and production activities, including related natural gas gathering and marketing. The company principally carries its business activities in the United States. The operating segments of the company are the Exploration and Production and Mid-stream segment. Exploration and Production segment is the key revenue driver for the company which includes the revenue derived from the production and sale of natural gas and liquids. Mid-stream segment generates revenue through the marketing of both the company and third-party produced natural gas and liquids volumes and through gathering fees associated with the transportation of natural gas to market. http://www.swn.com
Synchrony Financial, formerly GE Capital's retail finance business, is the largest provider of private-label credit cards in the United States based on purchase volume and receivables. Through its partners' 350,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada along with websites and mobile applications, Synchrony offers a variety of credit products through three sales platforms: retail card (private-label credit cards), payment solutions (consumer financing for major purchases), and CareCredit (financing for elective healthcare procedures). https://www.synchronyfinancial.com
Molson Coors is the second largest brewer by volume in the U.S., and holds a 24% volume share through its subsidiary, MillerCoors. Its portfolio of brands includes Coors Light, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Carling, Staropramen, Blue Moon, and Leinenkugel. Molson Coors' domestic craft and import brands are sold through its Tenth and Blake business. While the firm's U.S. business, MillerCoors, contributes about two thirds of sales and the majority of operating profits, it also possesses significant share in Canada (32%) and Europe (20%). http://www.molsoncoors.com
Tegna Inc is a media company with a portfolio of broadcast stations and digital sites, in addition to marketing services solutions for businesses. The company's stations have nearly 20 million social followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Its marketing services business provides solutions for clients on multiple channels including broadcast, online and OTT. It provides a range of marketing solutions, including search, e-mail, targeted banner, and social reputation management through both owned and third-party services to serve the greater good of its communities. https://www.tegna.com
Viacom is a global media company with several leading cable network properties, including Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, and Paramount. Viacom has also built several online properties on the strength of these brands. Viacom's Paramount Pictures produces original motion pictures and owns a library of 2,500 films, including the Godfather and Transformers series. Viacom was spun out of CBS at the end of 2005. http://www.viacom.com
Cimarex Energy Co is a United States based exploration and production company. It is engaged in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The operations of the company are located in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. The company's exploration and production activities take place primarily in two areas, the Permian Basin, and the Mid-Continent region. It generates revenue from the sales of oil, gas, and Natural Gas Liquids. http://www.cimarex.com
DXC Technology is a vendor-independent IT services provider that started trading in April 2017. DXC was created via the amalgamation of Computer Sciences Corporation, or CSC, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Services business. The combined company has enviable global scale, with annual revenue of around $25 billion, over 170,000 employees, operations across 70 countries, and broad industry exposure. In addition, the firm has roughly 6,000 clients, of which over 200 are within the Fortune 500. http://www.dxc.technology
Prudential Financial is a large, diversified insurance company, offering annuities, life insurance, retirement plan services, and asset management products. While it operates in a number of countries, the vast majority of revenue is generated in the United States and Japan. Prudential is the second-largest life insurance company in the U.S. http://www.prudential.com
Brighthouse Financial Inc is a United States based provider of annuity products and life insurance through independent distribution channels and marketing arrangements with distribution partners. Its segments are Annuities, Life, and Run-off. It derives a majority of the revenue from the Annuities segment which includes variable, fixed, index-linked and income annuities. Life segment includes variable, term, universal and whole life policies. Run-off segment consists of operations related to products which we are not actively selling, and which are separately managed, including structured settlements, pension risk transfer contracts, certain company-owned life insurance policies, bank-owned life insurance policies and funding agreements and universal life with secondary guarantees. http://www.brighthousefinancial.com
HollyFrontier is an independent petroleum refiner that owns and operates five refineries serving the Rockies, midcontinent, and Southwest, with a total crude oil throughput capacity of 510,000 barrels per day. It also has a 57% ownership stake in Holly Energy Partners, which owns and operates petroleum product pipelines and terminals principally in the Southwestern United States. http://www.hollyfrontier.com
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services. The company owns a fleet of freighters and passenger aircraft and leases additional aircraft and engines to expand its portfolio. It gives customers access to new production aircraft and offers crew, maintenance, and insurance services. In addition, the company operates a charter division to provide air cargo and passenger aircraft charters. Atlas Air customers include airlines, express delivery providers, freight forwarders, the U.S. military, and charter brokers. It provides global services to regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. http://www.atlasairworldwide.com
Asbury Automotive Group is a nationwide collection of automobile dealerships that went public in March 2002. The company operates over 80 stores with associated parts and service departments. About 80% of new-vehicle revenue is from luxury and import brands. Asbury also offers third-party financing and insurance products. Operating in nine states, mostly in Texas and the Southeast, the company generated $6.9 billion of revenue in 2018. http://www.asburyauto.com
Arbor Realty Trust Inc is a specialized real estate finance company. It invests in a diversified portfolio of structured finance assets in the multifamily and commercial real estate markets, primarily consisting of bridge and mezzanine loans, including junior participating interests in first mortgages, preferred and direct equity. In addition, it may also directly acquire real property and invest in real estate-related notes and certain mortgage-related securities. The company has two business segments, Structured Business and Agency Business. It generates a majority of its revenue from the Structured Business Segment. The company is externally managed and advised by Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC. https://www.arbor.com
ACCO Brands Corp is a manufacturer and distributor of office, school, and calendar products and select computer and electronic accessories. The company sells its products to consumers and commercial end users, primarily through resellers and retailers in the United States, Northern Europe, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and Mexico. Acco Brands generates more than half of its sales in the U.S. The company operates through three segments: Acco Brands North America, Acco Brands International, and Computer Products Group. The Acco Brands North America and Acco Brands International segments produce and sell office products, school supplies, and calendar products. Computer Products Group designs, sources, distributes, markets, and sells accessories for laptop and desktop computers and tablets. https://www.accobrands.com
Axcelis Technologies Inc produces ion implantation and other processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor chips in the United States, Europe, and Asia. It also provides extensive aftermarket service and support. http://www.axcelis.com
AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation while seeking to provide downside protection against capital loss. It seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a combination of convertible securities, debt and other income-producing instruments and common stocks and other equity securities. http://us.allianzgi.com
Advanced Emissions Solutions Inc is a holding company that provides emissions solutions to customers in the coal-fired power generation, industrial boiler, and cement industries. The company has two reportable segments namely Refined Coal which provides a reduction of mercury and nitrogen oxide emissions at select coal-fired power generators through the production and sale of Refined Coal. Power Generation and Industrials segment provide mercury control and other air and water contaminants control to coal-fired power generators and other industrial companies. It generates maximum revenue from the Refined Coal segment. http://www.advancedemissionssolutions.com
Aegon NV offers life insurance, corporate pensions, and individual savings and retirement products in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Through Transamerica, Aegon generates approximately 60% of pretax earnings from the United States. https://www.aegon.com
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co is a financial services company. Its core business is selling fixed-index and fixed-rate annuity products through its subsidiaries, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company of New York and Eagle Life Insurance Company. The company is licensed to sell its products in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Its targeted clients are individuals aged 45-75 who are interested in accumulating tax-deferred savings or creating guaranteed lifetime income. http://www.american-equity.com
AerCap Holdings NV is an aircraft leasing company. Its major activities include leasing, financing, sales and management of commercial aircraft and engines. It operates in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, USA, the Netherlands, and few other countries. They also provide aircraft asset management and corporate services to securitization vehicles, joint ventures, and other third parties. Through its subsidiary, the group also provides engine leasing, certified aircraft engines, airframes, and engine parts. http://www.aercap.com
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp provides agricultural real estate and rural housing mortgage loans in the secondary market in the U.S. Its operations consist of four segments: Farm & Ranch, USDA Guarantees, Rural Utilities, and Institutional Credit. The company purchases eligible mortgage loans secured by first liens on agricultural real estate and rural housing under the Farm & Ranch line of business. Its subsidiary purchases the portions of certain agricultural, rural development, business and industry, and community facilities loans guaranteed by the USDA. The company derives most of its revenue from Farm & Ranch segment. http://www.farmermac.com
Assured Guaranty offers financial guaranty insurance that protects holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments. In exchange for the insurance premiums the company collects, it is required to pay debtholders the amount of the shortfall in the event of default on a product it has insured. The company markets its insurance to issuers, underwriters, and investors in public finance and structured finance securities. Assured's products guarantee a number of different types of public finance obligations, issued principally in the United States and the United Kingdom, but also in other regions such as Australia and Western Europe. https://www.assuredguaranty.com
Great Ajax Corp is an externally managed real estate company. The company's primary business is acquiring, investing in and managing a portfolio of mortgage loans. It primarily targets acquisitions of re-performing loans (RPLs) including residential mortgage loans and small balance commercial mortgage loans (SBC loans). Great Ajax operates in a single segment. The company also holds real-estate owned (REO) properties acquired upon the foreclosure, other settlement of owned non-performing loans. http://www.great-ajax.com
AK Steel's operations consist of steelmaking and finishing plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, in the United States. The company manufactures flat-rolled, carbon, electrical, and stainless steel, as well as tubular products for the automotive, construction, appliance, and machinery end markets. http://www.aksteel.com
Air Lease Corp is an aircraft leasing company based in the United States. However, it derives most of its revenue from the European region. Its business involves purchasing aircraft from renowned manufacturers such as The Boeing Company (Boeing) and Airbus S.A.S and leasing them to airline companies across the world. Its suite of aircraft entails single-aisle narrow-bodied jets and twin-aisle wide-bodied aircraft. The company's primary source of revenue originates from leasing of aircrafts and to a certain extent from the provision of fleet management services to investors and owners of aircraft portfolios. http://www.airleasecorp.com
Ally Financial Inc is a diversified financial services firm that services automotive dealers and their retail customers. The company operates as a financial holding company and a bank holding company. Its banking subsidiary, Ally Bank, caters to the direct banking market through Internet, mobile, and mail. The company reports four business segments including Automotive Finance operations, Insurance operations, Mortgage Finance operations and Corporate Finance operations. http://www.ally.com
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc is a manufacturer of commercial duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. The transmissions are part of vehicles used in agriculture, mining, transportation, defense, and construction. The company also offers genuine parts and refurbishment and maintenance services for transmissions. The largest end market is the on-highway segment, including class 4 up to class 8 trucks, school buses, coaches and motorhomes. Allison Transmission generates the majority of its revenue in North America. http://www.allisontransmission.com
AMC Networks owns several cable networks, including flagship AMC, WE tv, BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV. AMC, the most widely distributed channel, reaches more than 94 million pay-TV households in the U.S. Over the last decade, AMC shifted its focus to original scripted programming from classic movies. WE tv targets a female audience and reaches roughly 85 million households. IFC mainly shows independent films and alternative comedy series. The company acquired its newest channel, BBC America, in October 2014. https://www.amcnetworks.com
Alta Mesa Resources Inc is an independent exploration and production company focused on the development and acquisition of unconventional oil and natural gas reserves in the eastern portion of the Anadarko Basin. It focuses on providing crude oil gathering, gas gathering and processing and marketing to producers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and condensate in the Anadarko Basin. http://www.altamesa.net
American Superconductor Corp generates the ideas, technologies and solutions that meet world's demand for smarter, cleaner and energy. Through its Windtec Solutions, the company enables manufacturers to launch wind turbines quickly, effectively and profitably. Through its Gridtec Solutions, the company provides engineering planning services and grid systems that optimize network reliability, efficiency and performance. The company's solutions are powering gigawatts of renewable energy and enhancing the performance and reliability of power networks. http://www.amsc.com
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc is a global investment management firm providing a range of investment strategies to a diverse group of clients around the world. Each of the company's strategies is managed by one of its several investment teams. Investment management services are primarily offered to institutions through separate accounts and mutual funds. Artisan's investment offerings include several long-only, equity investment strategies across a multitude of market capitalization segments and investing styles in both the United States and international markets. In addition to its equity strategies, customers may invest in a fixed-income strategy. Strategies are often distributed to customers ranging from retail investors to institutional investors through specialized channels. http://www.artisanpartners.com
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Fund Inc is US-based closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investments in equity securities of Asian-Pacific issuers and in debt securities issued or guaranteed by Asian Pacific governments or governmental entities. Its investment portfolio includes common stocks, warrants, and short-term investments. The company may also use derivative instruments to enhance its returns. Its majority of the revenue is generated from interest income, dividend and other income from investment made. http://www.morganstanley.com
Ares Capital Corp is a US-based closed-ended specialty finance company. Its investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments. The company focuses on investing primarily in U.S. middle-market companies with investment opportunities as well as in larger companies. Its portfolio comprises of first lien senior secured loans, second lien senior secured loans and mezzanine debt (subordinated unsecured loan) which may include equity components which are diversified by industry and sector. The company may invest in preferred and common equity investments to a lesser proportion. Its revenue mainly consists of interest and dividend income received from the investment made. http://www.arescapitalcorp.com
Arch Coal Inc is a producer of coal. The company sells its coal to power plants, steel mills, and industrial facilities. It operates more than ten active mines in the United States. Its segments include the Powder River Basin division in Wyoming, the Metallurgical (MET) segment, containing the Company's metallurgical operations in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia, and the Other Thermal segment containing the Company's supplementary thermal operations in Colorado, Illinois, and West Virginia. http://www.archcoal.com
Approach Resources Inc is an independent energy company which focuses on the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of unconventional oil and gas reserves in the Midland Basin of the greater Permian Basin in West Texas. The company's proved reserves are primarily located in Crockett and Schleicher Counties, Texas. It operates through the single business segment being the Exploration and production of oil, NGLs (natural gas liquids) and natural gas. The company's exploration properties include Permian Basin-Project Pangea, East Texas Basin-North Bald Prairie and Proved Oil and Gas Reserves. http://www.approachresources.com
American Railcar Industries Inc designs, manufactures and sells special, customized and general-purpose railcars and components for the North American railcar and industrial markets. Its segments are a Manufacturing segment that consists of railcar manufacturing and railcar and industrial component. Railcar leasing and Railcar services that comprise railcar repair, engineering and field services. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Manufacturing segment. http://www.americanrailcar.com
American Realty Investors Inc is a real estate company. The company acquires, develops and owns income-producing residential and commercial real estate properties. Its segment involves Commercial, Apartments, Land and Other. American Realty Investors derives most of its revenue from Apartments segment. American Realty is highly diverse in location, with a portfolio of properties strategically located throughout the United States. Its holdings include apartments, office buildings, retail centers and parcels of land. At the time of purchase, acquisitions are often referred to as undervalued or underdeveloped. http://www.amrealtytrust.com
Alliance Resource Partners LP operates as a coal mining company based in the United States. It functions through two segments; Illinois Basin and Appalachia. The Illinois Basin activity comprises of underground mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia and it makes up for most of the company's revenue-generating operations. The Appalachia segment, on the other hand, consists of multiple operating segments, including the Mettiki mining complex, the Tunnel Ridge mining complex and the MC Mining mining complex. http://www.arlp.com
AdvanSix Inc. is an integrated manufacturer of Nylon 6, a polymer resin. Nylon 6 is a synthetic material used by the customers to produce engineered plastics, fibers, filaments, and films, which in turn are used in such end-products as automotive and electronic components, carpets, sports apparel, fishing nets and food and industrial packaging. In addition, it also sells a variety of other products, all of which are produced as part of the Nylon 6 resin manufacturing process including caprolactam, ammonium sulfate fertilizers, and other chemical intermediates. Geographically, the group operates through the United States and its business is also expanding internationally but it derives the majority of revenue from the United States region. http://www.advansix.com
Atlantic Power Corp owns and operates a fleet of power generation assets in the United States and Canada. It's power generation projects sell electricity to utilities and other commercial customers. Atlantic Power's segments include Eastern U.S., Western U.S., and Canada. The company's East U.S. segment comprises natural gas, biomass, coal, and hydro projects. The company's projects under the West U.S. segment include Naval Station, Naval Training Center, North Island, Oxnard, Manchief, and Frederickson, which are focused on natural gas, and Koma Kulshan, which is focused on hydro. Under the Canada segment, the company's projects located in British Columbia include Mamquam, Mamquam and Williams Lake. http://www.atlanticpower.com
Atkore International Group Inc is a diversified Industrials company. The business manufacturers and distributes electrical raceway products. Atkore International has two business segments, Electrical Raceway and Mechanical Products & Solutions. The Electrical Raceway segment manufactures products such as electrical conduits, armored cables, cable trays, and mounting systems. The Mechanical Products & Solutions segment manufacturers metal framing products and galvanized mechanical tubes. The company generates the majority of its revenue in the United States. http://www.atkore.com
Acorn International Inc is a marketing and branding company. It is engaged in developing, promoting and selling a diverse portfolio of proprietary-branded products, as well as well-established and promising new products from third parties. It is primarily comprised of two main divisions, direct-sales platforms and distribution network. The direct-sales business involves marketing and selling products directly to consumers in China through outbound marketing platform and Internet sales platform; and distribution network covers all provinces in China through more than 29 distributors, and allows to reach over 2,200 retail outlets across China. http://www.acorninternationalir.com
Avaya Holdings Corp provides digital communications products, solutions and services for businesses. The company has two operating segments namely Products & Solutions, Services. Products & Solutions offers Unified Communications and Contact Center platforms, applications and devices. It helps to offer an open, extensible development platform so that customers and third parties can easily create custom applications and automated workflows for their unique needs. Whereas Services consists of three business areas: Global Support Services, Enterprise Cloud and Managed Services and Professional Services. http://www.avaya.com
Abraxas Petroleum Corp is a US-based independent energy company. It is primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the United States. The company's oil and gas assets are located in three operating regions, the Permian/Delaware Basin, the Rocky Mountain, and South Texas. It produces oil and gas from multiple stacked formations and various reservoirs, primarily the Turner, Bakken, Three Forks and Red River formations. The company operates through the single segment being exploration, development, and production of oil and gas. http://www.abraxaspetroleum.com
Aircastle Ltd is engaged in acquiring, leasing, and selling of commercial jet aircraft to airlines. The company has only single operating segment which is leasing, financing, selling, and managing commercial flight equipment. http://www.aircastle.com
Beasley Broadcast Group Inc is a radio broadcasting company, engaged in operating radio stations throughout the United States. It operates radio stations including FM and AM radio stations located in large and mid-sized markets in the United States. The company owns and operates radio stations in the following radio markets: Atlanta, GA, Augusta, GA, Boston, MA, Charlotte, NC, Detroit, MI, Fayetteville, NC, Fort Myers-Naples, FL, Las Vegas, NV, Middlesex, NJ, Monmouth, NJ, Morristown, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, Tampa-Saint Petersburg, FL, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL, and Wilmington, DE. It is also a multi-platform, marketing solutions provider that offers on-air, online, and mobile and social media applications. The main source of revenue is the sale of advertising. http://www.bbgi.com
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA despite its Spanish origins generates two-thirds of its profits from emerging markets. BBVA is the dominant bank in Mexico, and it also enjoys good market shares in Spain and the Sun Belt area of the Southern U.S. BBVA is largely a retail and commercial bank. http://www.bbva.com
Bonanza Creek Energy Inc is an exploration and production company. It is engaged in the extraction of oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas in the United States. Its operations are focused in Rocky Mountain and in the Mid-Continent region. http://www.bonanzacrk.com
