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Top Industrial Disributor Companies To Invest In Right Now: ITT Educational Services Inc (ESI)

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ITT/ESI), incorporated in 1946, is a provider of postsecondary degree programs in the United States. As of December 31, 2011, the Company offered master, bachelor and associate degree programs to approximately 73,000 students. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had 144 locations (including 141 campuses and three learning sites) in 39 states. In addition, ITT/ESI offered one or more of its online programs to students who were located in 48 states. The Company designs its education programs, after consultation with employers and other constituents, to help graduates prepare for careers in various fields involving their areas of study. The Company provides career-oriented education programs under the Daniel Webster College (DWC) name. During the year ended December 31, 2011, it began operations at 11 new ITT Technical Institute campuses and discontinued operations at one learning site. As of December 31, 2011, the ITT Technical Institutes off ered 55 degree programs in various fields of study across the schools of study, such as information technology (IT); electronics technology; drafting and design; business; criminal justice, and breckinridge school of nursing and health sciences. As of December 31, 2011, the Company had 144 locations (including 141 campuses and three learning sites) in 39 states, which provided postsecondary education to approximately 73,000 students. In 2011, the Company derived approximately 98% of its revenue from tuition and approximately 2% from the sale of tool kits and fees, charged to and paid by, or on behalf of, its students. On August 1, 2013, the Company announced that it has acquired Cable Holdings, LLC.

At most of its campuses, ITT/ESI organizes the academic schedule for programs of study on the basis of four 12-week academic quarters in a calendar year, with new students beginning at the start of each academic quarter! . At these campuses, students taking a full-tim e course load can complete its associate degree programs in ! eight academic quarters, bachelor degree programs in 14 or 15 academic quarters and a master degree program in six or seven academic quarters. ITT/ESI offers classes in residence programs in 3.5- to 5.5-hour sessions three days a week, Monday through Saturday, with all program courses taught entirely or partially in residence; or sessions that are scheduled two to three days a week, Monday through Saturday, with certain program courses taught entirely or partially online over the Internet academic quarters. Depending on student enrollment, class sessions at the most of its campuses are available in the morning, afternoon and evening. The courses that are taught online over the Internet are delivered through an asynchronous learning network and have a prescribed schedule for completion of the coursework. In addition to courses directly related to a students program of study, its programs also include general education courses in the humanities, composition, mathematics, th e sciences and the social sciences.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Geoff Gannon]

  A German blogger just posted about this site. It is a list of the most shorted stocks in the USA...
  I was surprised that ITT Educational (ESI), Carbo Ceramics (CRR), and Boston Beer (SAM) are on this list...

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  Alamy There are plenty of stocks going up -- and down -- in any given week. The gainers inspire us to keep investing. The decliners keep greed in check while reminding us about the risks of the equity markets. Let's go over some of last week's best and worst performers. Pike (PIKE) -- Up 49 percent last week The market's biggest winner of last week was Pike, a specialty construction and engineering firm that received a bid to be taken private. J. Eric Pike -- the firm's chairman and CEO -- is teaming up with private e! quity fir! m Court Square Capital Partners to buy out shareholders at $12 a share. It's a fair premium, pricing the buyout at a better than 50 percent premium to where the stock was trading when it was announced. A few attorneys are trying to smoke out investors who feel that the CEO-led privatization push isn't fair, but it's likely to stick at that kind of healthy markup. Pike shares may have traded in the low teens last summer, but that was before revenue and earnings began heading the wrong way. Most shareholders should be more than happy to take the money and run. RadNet (RDNT) -- Up 34 percent last week Operating a network of 251 facilities that perform outpatient diagnostic imaging services is looking good for RadNet. The stock moved sharply higher after a strong quarterly report. Revenue inched slighting higher as MRI and CT scan volume increased modestly during the period. However, the real star in the report was RadNet's bottom line. Its cost-cutting and debt-slashing efforts paid off with net income soaring to $0.12 a share after clocking in at a $0.07 a share a year earlier. Analysts were only holding out for $0.05 a share. RadNet also helped improve its standing by boosting its guidance for all of 2014. You don't need any of RadNet's fancy imaging equipment to see that that's a healthy sign. Trex (TREX) -- Up 25 percent last week It was a good week for a pair of home improvement specialists. Shares of CaesarStone (CSTE) moved 20

• [By GuruFocus]

  This years underperformance was almost all caused by one single stock, ITT Educational Services (ESI). The market environment for the for-profit college has changed dramatically. It cant make money as easily as it used to. The companys business predictability dropped. This is the largest risk in investing in predictable companies.

• [By Roberto Pedone]

  ITT Educational Services (ESI) provides postsecondary degree programs in the U.S. This stock closed up 4.4% to $8.92 in Tuesday's trading session.

  Tuesday'! s Range: ! $8.54-$8.94
  52-Week Range: $7.46-$45.80
  Tuesday's Volume: 584,000
  Three-Month Average Volume: 933,487

  From a technical perspective, ESI ripped higher here right above some near-term support at $8.25 with lighter-than-average volume. This strong push to the upside on Tuesday is quickly pushing shares of ESI within range of triggering a big breakout trade. That trade will hit if ESI manages to take out Tuesday's intraday high of $8.94 to some more near-term overhead resistance at $9.08 with high volume.

  Traders should now look for long-biased trades in ESI as long as it's trending above Tuesday's intraday low of $8.54 or above more near-term support at $8.25 and then once it sustains a move or close above those breakout levels with volume that hits near or above 933,487 shares. If that breakout hits soon, then ESI will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels $12.50 to $13.
  Read More: 5 Breakout Stocks Under $10 Set to Soar

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