Purple has a ton of patents. Interesting. I see my beloved Stryker Medical ($SYK) even licenses something from them. Golf bags too?! Purple holds significant intellectual property, due to its founders extensive background in research and development. The founders maintain dozens of patents for various related applications for their technologies. Purple’s technology came to be licensed to makers of critical care medical beds (Stryker Medical); consumer mattresses in Europe (Svane by Ekornes), Japan (Francebed), and Australia (Sleepmaker); backpack straps (Jansport); shoe insoles (Dr. Scholl’s Massaging Gel and Sof-Sole); pillows (Sleep Innovations); soft-catch toy balls (Nickelodeon); wheelchair cushions (EquaPressure); and many other advanced cushioning Including medical beds (Hillrom), footwear (Nike), ankle/knee braces (Johnson & Johnson), golf bag straps (Top-Flite), neonatal intensive care (preemie baby) ‘nests,’ surgical positioning cushions, surgical tourniquet cushions, ballet cushions, industrial knee pads, and more. This includes Floam, a trademarked material invented by the founders of Purple.
MQ has about 16% of its float short Stoney. That might bode well for your position. It is up nicely today.
Copart $CPRT >>>>>>>$146 Don't miss this one folks. Earnings in early September. If you think the used vehicle stocks posted banner earnings this time around... wait till the nations biggest wholesale auction house posts theirs. Copart, Inc. provides online auctions and vehicle remarketing services in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Spain. It offers a range of services for processing and selling vehicles over the internet through its virtual bidding third generation internet auction-style sales technology to vehicle sellers, insurance companies, banks and finance companies, charities, and fleet operators and dealers, as well as individuals. The company’s services include online seller access, salvage estimation, estimating, end-of-life vehicle processing, virtual insured exchange, transportation, vehicle inspection stations, on-demand reporting, title processing and procurement, loan payoff, flexible vehicle processing programs, buy it now, member network, sales process, and dealer services. Its services also comprise services to sell vehicles through CashForCars.com; U-Pull-It service that allows buyer to remove valuable parts and sell the remaining parts and car body; copart 360, an online technology for posting vehicle images; membership tiers for those registering to buy vehicles through Copart.com; and virtual queue to secure a place in line while visiting one of its locations. The company sells its products principally to licensed vehicle dismantlers, rebuilders, repair licensees, used vehicle dealers, and exporters, as well as to the general public. It operates approximately 200 locations in 11 countries. Copart, Inc. has a strategic partnership with CHAMPtitles, LLC to introduce an automated digital platform for car sellers, including insurance companies for mail-oriented vehicle title processing. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
ELMS BIG VOL 3 MIL PLUS) KIND OF A STRONG COMEBACK - $8.80 NOW... ONLY DOWN 2%. Don't know what to make of this stk.... Someone appears to like it in the low $8's. Copart is a great company. Something to do with headlights dimming I think in the old days... State Street Boston bought me this stock when I was under their care. Always a major player in car parts. INSIDER PURCHASES:Significant insider purchases reported in the prior week from August 2 through August 6 include: Director of Kemper (KMPR) Stuart Parker purchased 25,000 shares of company stock at $61.62 per share for a total transaction amount of $1,540,570 Kemper downgraded to Market Perform from Strong Buy at Raymond James 07/19 KMPR Raymond James analyst C. Gregory Peters downgraded Kemper to Market Perform from Strong Buy with a price target of $80, down from $90. Peters tells investors in a research note that the overhang from accident frequency normalization ???and inflation should limit the upside in the near-term. KMPR-$67 now! KMPR Kemper $67.75 +1.94(+2.95%)
Description Kemper Corporation, a diversified insurance holding company, provides property and casualty, and life and health insurance in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Specialty Property & Casualty Insurance, Preferred Property & Casualty Insurance, and Life & Health Insurance. It provides automobile, homeowners, renters, fire, umbrella, general liability, and other types of property and casualty insurance to individuals; and commercial automobile insurance to businesses. The company also offers life insurance, including permanent and term insurance, as well as supplemental accident and health insurance products; and Medicare supplement insurance, fixed hospital indemnity, home health care, specified disease, and accident-only plans to individuals in rural, suburban, and urban areas. The company distributes its products through independent agents and brokers. The company was formerly known as Unitrin, Inc. and changed its name to Kemper Corporation in August 2011.