Standout Stocks Profiles

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company with offerings spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage.

Arista Networks, Inc. is engaged in providing cloud networking solutions for data centers and cloud computing environments. The company offers 10/25/40/50/100 Gigabit Ethernet switches and routers optimized for next generation data center networks. Arista uses multiple silicon architectures across its products. At the core of the company's cloud networking solutions is the Linux-based Extensible Operating System (EOS), which was architected to be fully programmable and highly modular.EOS supports leading cloud and virtualization solutions, including Microsoft System Center, OpenStack and other cloud management frameworks. The company co-authored the Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) protocol specification with VMware and was the first to demonstrate VXLAN integration. Moreover, it has now expanded VXLAN routing and integration.

Seagate is the second-largest manufacturer of hard disk drives (HDDs) in the U.S. HDDs are used as the primary medium for storing electronic information in systems ranging from desktop computers and consumer electronics to data centers delivering information over corporate networks and the Internet. Seagate also develops other electronic data storage products such as SSD (solid state drive) and solid state hybrid drives (SSHD). The company has an industry-leading vertically-integrated operation with internal control over the majority of its key component suppliers. The company's HDD products are designed for mission critical and nearline applications in enterprise servers and storage systems; edge compute/clientcompute applications. SSD products mainly comprise serial attached SCSI ('SAS') and Non-Volatile Memory Express ('NVMe') SSDs. Cloud systems and solutions portfolio incorporates modular original equipment manufacturer ('OEM') storage systems and scale-out storage servers.

Dell Technologies Inc. is a provider of information technology solutions. The company's operating segment consists of Client Solutions, Enterprise Solutions Group and Dell Software Group. Client Solutions segment includes sales to commercial and consumer customers of desktops, thin client products, notebooks as well as services and third-party software and peripherals of Client Solutions hardware. ESG segment includes servers, networking and storage as well as services and third-party software and peripherals of ESG hardware. DSG segment includes systems management, security software solutions and information management software offerings. Dell Technologies Inc. is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.

Sandisk Corporation is a flash and advanced memory technology innovator. Sandisk Corporation is based in MILPITAS, Calif.

NetApp provides enterprise storage as well as data management software and hardware products and services. The company's product line comprises two storage platforms - FAS storage platform and E-Series platform. The company's all-flash storage portfolio comprises NVMe-based storage systems and new cloud-based services in order to provide hybrid storage architecture. FAS Storage Platform is based on the NetApp Data ONTAP operating system, which combines storage efficiency, data management and data protection. The FAS product line includes FAS6200, FAS3200 and FAS2000 series. The E-series platform helps in the deployment of Hadoop Big Data infrastructure. The E-series product line comprises EF540 Flash Array and EF550.The company's Cloud Volumes ONTAP storage data management service helps in data protection and storage competence.

NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in visual computing technologies and the inventor of the graphic processing unit, or GPU. Over the years, the company's focus has evolved from PC graphics to artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions that now support high performance computing (HPC), gaming and virtual reality (VR) platforms.NVIDIA's GPU success can be attributed to its parallel processing capabilities supported by thousands of computing cores, which are necessary to run deep learning algorithms. The company's GPU platforms are playing a major role in developing multi-billion-dollar end-markets like robotics and self-driving vehicles.NVIDIA is a dominant name in the Data Center, professional visualization and gaming markets where Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are playing a catch-up role. The company's partnership with almost all major cloud service providers (CSPs) and server vendors is a key catalyst.

Western Digital Corporation is one of the largest hard disk drive producers in the U.S. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of HDDs used in desktop PCs, servers, network-attached storage devices, video game consoles, digital video recorders and a host of other consumer electronic devices. The acquisition of SanDisk enabled the company to venture into the flash drive storage technology space. Western Digital sells hard drives of 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors with storage capacities ranging from 30 gigabytes (GB) to 6 terabytes (TB). The company's solid-state drives (SSDs) include 2.5-inch, mSATA, MO-297 and CompactFlash form factors, with storage capacities ranging from 128 megabytes (MB) to 400 GB. The company provides WD software applications, such as WD Photos and WD 2GO to the mobile computing market. The company's solutions are compatible with Apple's iOS, Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows Platforms.

Advanced Micro Devices offers the industry's broadest portfolio of leadership high-performance and adaptive processor technologies, combining CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, Adaptive SoCs and deep software expertise to enable leadership computing platforms for cloud, edge and end devices.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation is a leading independent refiner, transporter and marketer of petroleum products. The company came into existence following the spin-off of Marathon Oil Corporation's refining/sales business into a separate, independent and publicly-traded entity.' Marathon Oil completed the acquisition of its rival Andeavor. Marathon Petroleum operates in two segments: Refining and Marketing and Pipeline Transportation. Refining and Marketing: The unit's operations refineries, located in the various regions of the United States. Marathon Petroleum through its marketing organization sells transportation fuels, asphalt and specialty products throughout the country to support commercial, industrial and retail operations. Midstream: This unit mainly reflects Marathon Petroleum's general partner and majority limited partner interests in MPLX LP and Andeavor Logistics LP that own and operate gathering and processing assets along with crude transportation and logistics infrastructure.

Texas Instruments, Inc. is an original equipment manufacturer of analog, mixed signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits. TI has manufacturing and design facilities, including wafer fabrication and assembly/test operations in North America, Asia and Europe. Management's strategy has been to build assets that would be fully utilized through their lifetimes and outsource any excess demand in peak situations to outside foundries. Analog products have been categorized into three: high performance analog, high volume analog and logic, and power management. The Embedded Processing segment includes TI's OMAP, connectivity solutions, non-wireless DSPs and microprocessors. The Other segment includes smaller semiconductor product lines, such as DLP products, RISC microprocessors and ASICs, calculators and other schoolroom tools, and royalties. The company's products are sold in industrial, personal electronics, automotive, communications, enterprise and other end-markets.

State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. It provides a range of products and services for institutional investors worldwide through its subsidiaries. The company primarily performs its business through its principal banking subsidiary, State Street Bank. Its customers include providers of mutual funds, managers of collective investment funds and other investment pools, providers of corporate and public retirement plans, insurance companies, foundations, endowments and investment managers. State Street's Investment Servicing division offers a range of services, including custody, product-and participant-level accounting, daily pricing and administration; master trust and master custody; recordkeeping; shareholder accounting; foreign exchange, brokerage and other trading; securities finance; deposit and short-term investment facilities; loans and lease financing; outsourcing of investment manager and hedge fund manager operations, as well as performance, risk and compliance analytics.

F5 Networks Inc provides products and services to manage Internet traffic worldwide. Its application, delivery and networking products improve performance, availability and security of applications running on networks that use the Internet Protocol (IP). The company offers BIG-IP products to manage the IP traffic between network servers, clients and other devices. The company's FirePass systems provide SSL VPN access to remote IP network users and any applications connected to those networks from any standard web browser on any device. F5 Networks also offers TrafficShield, a web application firewall that provides an application-layer protection against generalized and targeted attacks. The company's WANJet devices helps to combine wide area network optimization and traffic shaping in a single device to accelerate file transfers, email, data replication and other applications over the IP networks.

Valero Energy Corporation is the largest independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products in the United States. It has refineries located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Moreover, Valero is a leading ethanol producer with ethanol plants in the Midwest. The products of the company are sold in the markets of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Latin America. The company's brand names are carried by outlets. The company organizes its business through three reportable segments, namely, Refining, Ethanol and Renewable Diesel.

Northern Trust Corporation is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago, Northern Trust has offices in the United States and international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation.

Morgan Stanley, being the leading financial services holding company, serves corporations, governments, FIs & individuals world wide. It has 3 business units. The Institutional Securities unit includes capital raising, financial advisory services on mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, real estate & project finance, corporate lending, sales, trading, financing & market-making activities in equity & fixed income securities & related products. The Wealth Management unit provides brokerage & investment advisory services on various investment alternatives, financial & wealth planning services, annuity & other insurance products, credit & other lending products, cash management & retirement services and trust & fiduciary services and engages in fixed income principal trading. The Investment Management unit provides global asset management products & services in equity, fixed income, alternative investments in hedge funds & funds of funds and merchant banking i.e. real estate, private equity & infrastructure.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (popularly known as BNY Mellon) is a financial services company that has been in business since 1784. The company's global client base consists of financial institutions, corporations, government agencies, endowments and foundations as well as high-net-worth individuals. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global financial holding company providing IB, securities, investment management and consumer banking services to a diversified client base. It has 4 broad segments. The IB segment comprises the Financial Advisory, Underwriting and lending to corporate clients. The Global Markets segment comprises Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities, which include client-execution activities related to making markets in credit products, interest rate products, mortgages, currencies and commodities. Equities include client execution activities related to making markets in equities, commissions and fees, and its securities services business, warehouse lending & structured financing to institutional clients, advisory and underwriting assignments. The Consumer & Wealth Management segment includes management and other fees, incentive fees and results from deposit-taking activities related to wealth management business. The Asset Management division comprises management and other fees.

Interactive Brokers Group Inc. operates as an automated global electronic market maker and broker. The company specializes in routing orders, besides executing and processing trades in securities, futures, foreign exchange instruments, bonds and mutual funds on more than 135 electronic exchanges and market centers world wide. In the United States, it conducts its business primarily from Greenwich and Chicago. Across the globe, it conducts business through offices in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hungary, India, China (Hong Kong and Shanghai), Japan, Singapore, and Australia. The company has been working continuously to wind down its Market Making segment and focus more on the Electronic Brokerage segment. The company strives to provide customers with advantageous execution prices and trading, risk and portfolio management tools, research facilities and investment products, all at low prices, positioning the company to achieve superior returns on investments.

Regions Financial Corp., a financial holding company, provides retail and commercial and mortgage banking, as well as other financial services in the asset management, wealth management, securities brokerage, trust services, mergers and acquisitions advisory services and other specialty financing across the South, Midwest and Texas. The company has 4 business segments. The Corporate Bank segment includes the company's commercial banking functions including commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, investor real estate lending, equipment lease financing and capital market activities. The Consumer Bank segment comprises the company's branch network, including consumer banking products and services as well as the corresponding deposit relationships. The Wealth Management segment provides investment advice, assistance in managing assets and estate planning to individuals and institutional clients. Other includes the company's treasury function, the securities portfolio, wholesale funding activities, etc.

W.W. Grainger Inc. is a broad line, business-to-business distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services. Its operations are primarily in North America, Japan and the U.K. Its customers represent a wide array of industries including government, manufacturing, transportation, commercial and contractors. Its products include material-handling equipment, safety and security supplies, lighting and electrical products, power and hand tools, pumps and plumbing supplies, cleaning and maintenance supplies, and metalworking tools. Grainger has two reportable segments: High-Touch Solutions (N.A.) and Endless Assortment.

Apple's business primarily runs around its flagship iPhone. However, the Services portfolio that includes cloud services, App store, Apple Music, AppleCare, Apple Pay & licensing and other services which become the cash cow. Moreover, non-iPhone devices like Apple Watch and AirPod have gained significant traction. In fact, Apple dominates the Wearables and Hearables markets due to the growing adoption of Watch and AirPods. Solid uptake of Apple Watch also helps Apple to strengthen its presence in the personal health monitoring space. Apple also designs, manufactures and sells iPad, MacBookand HomePod. These devices are powered by software applications including iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS operating systems. Apple's other services include subscription-based Apple News, Apple Card, Apple Arcade, new Apple TV app, Apple TV channels and Apple TV, a new subscription service.

eBay operates as an online shopping site that allows visitors to browse through available products listed for sale or auction through each company's online storefront. Over the years, the company has evolved from a relatively small community user-based auction site to a worldwide commercial behemoth store.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. is a third-party logistics company. As a non-asset based transportation provider, C.H. Robinson provides freight transportation services and logistic solutions to companies across a range of industries. The company's services range from commitments on a specific shipment to more comprehensive and integrated relationships.

Union Pacific Corporation provides rail transportation services across 23 states in the United States through its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad Company. As the largest railroad in North America, Union Pacific connects the Pacific and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and gateways in eastern United States. The company also connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad, serving all the six major gateways to Mexico. Union Pacific offers transportation services for agricultural products, automotive, lumber, steel, paper, food, chemicals, coal, and industrial products, as well as for finished vehicles and intermodal containers. Union Pacific, based in Omaha, NE, also provides container and traffic services, primarily for shipper agents and consolidators, as well as for truckload carriers.

U.S. Bancorp provides banking and investment services principally operating in the Midwest and West regions of the United States. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Their Corporate and Commercial Banking segment extends traditional banking services, such as lending, equipment finance and small-ticket leasing, depository services, treasury management, capital markets services, international trade services and other financial services to middle market, large corporate, commercial real estate, financial institution, non-profit and public sector clients. The Consumer and Business Banking segment offers banking services and products through banking offices, telephone servicing and sales, on-line services, direct mail, Automated Teller Machine processing and mobile devices. The Payment Services segment includes consumer and business credit cards, stored-value cards, debit cards, corporate, government and purchasing card services, consumer lines of credit and merchant processing.

CSX Corporation is one of United States' leading transportation companies. The company offers rail-based freight transportation services like traditional rail service, transport of intermodal containers and trailers apart from rail-to- truck transfers. CSX offers customers access to a large and interconnected transportation network. CSX Transportation is the company's primary operating subsidiary. Through the subsidiary, the company provides an important link to the transportation supply chain through its rail network, spanning across approximately 19,500 route miles. CSXT also offers service to multiple production and distribution facilities apart from managing activities like real estate sales. CSX owns multiple locomotives. Freight, switching and auxiliary units are present in the locomotive fleet. CSX also leases locomotives on a short-term basis.

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. provides consumer and business banking services. The company's principal subsidiary is PNC Bank. PNC Financial reports mainly through three business segments. Retail Banking provides deposit, lending, brokerage, insurance services, investment management, and cash management products and services to consumer and small business customers through a coast-to-coast branch network, automated telling machines (ATMs), call centers, and online & mobile banking channels. Corporate and Institutional Banking segment provides lending, treasury management, and capital markets-related products and services to mid-sized and large corporations, government and not-for-profit entities. Asset Management Group provides a wide range of wealth management products and services to individuals and their families, multi-generational family planning services to ultra-high net worth clients through the PNC Private Bank.

Fortinet, Inc. is a provider of network security appliances and Unified Threat Management network security solutions to enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide. Its solutions are designed to integrate multiple levels of security protection, including firewall, virtual private networking (VPN), antivirus, intrusion prevention, web filtering, anti-spam and wide area network acceleration. Through its products and subscription services, the company provides integrated protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Its solutions incorporate application-specific integrated circuits, hardware architecture, operating system, and associated security and networking functions to defend against multiple categories of IT security attacks without impacting network performance. The company's network security gateways protect customer data, reduce security complexities and lower the total cost of ownership.

Citigroup Inc. is a globally diversified financial services holding company providing a range of financial products and services including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, trade and securities services and wealth management to consumers, corporations, governments and institutions. Citigroup has around 200 million customer accounts in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citigroup operates in North America, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions.

The Allstate Corporation is the third-largest property-casualty insurer and the largest publicly-held personal lines carrier in the U.S. The company also provides a range of life insurance and investment products to its diverse customer base. It provides insurance products to households through exclusive agencies and financial specialists in the U.S. and Canada.

Through global brands, namely Micron, Crucial and Ballistix, Micron manufactures and markets high-performance memory and storage technologies including Dynamic Random Access Memory, NAND flash memory, NOR Flash, 3D XPoint memory and other technologies. Its solutions are used in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking and mobile products.

Rockwell Automation provides industrial automation and information solutions worldwide. The company has a wide network spanning globally. Its brands include Rockwell Automation, Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software. Rockwell Automation reports results based on three operating segments: Intelligent Devices, Software & Control, and Lifecycle Services. Major markets served by the company consist of discrete end markets. Hybrid end markets including Food & Beverage, Life Sciences and Household and Personal Care, among others. Process end markets such as Oil & Gas, Metals, Chemicals, Pulp & Paper, to name a few. Intelligent Devices segment includes drives, motion, safety, sensing, industrial components. Software & Control includes control and visualization software and hardware, information software, and network and security infrastructure. Lifecycle Services includes consulting, professional services and solutions, connected services, and maintenance services, and the Sensia joint venture.

Applied provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, display and related industries. With its diverse technology capabilities, Applied delivers products and services that improve device performance, yield and cost. Applied's customers include manufacturers of semiconductor chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, and other electronic devices. These customers may use what they manufacture in their own end products or sell the items to other companies for use in advanced electronic components. Applied operates in three reportable segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets.

Incyte Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics. The company conducts its European clinical development operations in Geneva, Switzerland. Incyte's lead drug, Jakafi (ruxolitinib), is a first-in-class JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, approved in the United States for the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera ('PV'),who have had an inadequate response to or are intolerant to hydroxyurea. It is also approved for the treatment of patients with intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF), including primary MF, post-PV MF, and post-essential thrombocythemia MF. The drug is also approved in the United States for treatment of steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years or older.

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management.

Assurant Inc. is a global provider of risk management solutions in the housing and lifestyle markets, protecting where people live and the goods they buy. The company operates in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company reports through three reportable segments: Global Lifestyle, Global Housing and Global Preneed. Global Lifestyle segment provides mobile device protection products and related services and extended service products and related services for consumer electronics and appliances (referred to as Connected Living); vehicle protection and related services (referred to as Global Automotive); and credit and other insurance products (referred to as Global Financial Services). Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners insurance, lender-placed manufactured housing insurance, lender-placed flood insurance; and renters insurance and related products (referred to as Multifamily Housing), as well as voluntary manufactured housing and other insurance.

Monster Beverage Corporation is a marketer and distributor of energy drinks and alternative beverages. Monster Beverage reports results under three operating segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands and Other.

Lam Research is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. They have built a strong global presence with core competencies in areas like nanoscale applications enablement, chemistry, plasma and fluidics, advanced systems engineering, and a broad range of operational disciplines. Their products and services are designed to help their customers build smaller and better performing devices that are used in a variety of electronic products, including mobile phones, personal computers, servers, wearables, automotive vehicles, and data storage devices. Their customer base includes leading semiconductor memory, foundry, and integrated device manufacturers that make products such as non-volatile memory, dynamic random-access memory, and logic devices.

CVS Health Corporation is a pharmacy innovation company. Its offerings include pharmacy benefit management services, mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, disease management programs, and retail clinics. The Company serves employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, managed care organizations and other sponsors of health benefit plans, and individuals under the CVS Caremark Pharmacy Services, Caremark, CVS Caremark, CarePlus CVS/pharmacy, RxAmerica, Accordant, SilverScript, and Novologix names. CVS Health Corporation, formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation, is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Globe Life Inc. is a financial services holding company. It operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries providing life insurance, annuity, and supplemental health insurance products. Globe Life Inc., formerly known as Torchmark Corporation, is based in McKinney, Texas.

DaVita Inc. is a leading provider of dialysis services in the U.S. to patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The company operates kidney dialysis centers and provides related medical services primarily in dialysis centers and in contracted hospitals across the U.S. Its services include outpatient dialysis services, hospital inpatient dialysis services and ancillary services such as ESRD laboratory services and disease management services. DaVita's Dialysis and related lab services business segment provides inpatient as well as outpatient dialysis services, routine laboratory testing for ESRD patients and management services to outpatient dialysis centers. The company's other ancillary services and strategic initiatives segment includes its international dialysis services, pharmacy services, infusion therapy services, disease management services, vascular access services, ESRD clinical research programs and physician services.

The Travelers Companies Inc., a holding company, is principally engaged, through its subsidiaries, in providing a wide variety of property and casualty insurance and surety products and services to businesses, organizations and individuals in the United States and select international markets. Travelers' Business Insurance segment offers a broad array of property and casualty insurance and insurance-related services to its customers, primarily in the United States, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Brazil and throughout other parts of the world as a corporate member of Lloyd's. Its products include offers workers' compensation, commercial automobile and property, general liability, commercial multi-peril, employers' liability, public and product liability, professional indemnity, marine, aviation, onshore and offshore energy, construction, terrorism, personal accident, and kidnap and ransom insurance products.

Datadog Inc. is a monitoring and analytics platform for developers, IT operations teams and business users in the cloud age. The company's business runs around its portfolio of over 400 out-of-the-box integrations including public cloud, private cloud, on-premise hardware, databases and third-party software. The company's Software as a Service platform integrates and automates Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring, Log Management, User Experience Monitoring, Network Performance Monitoring, Security Monitoring, Incident Management and Continuous Profiler that can be used individually or as a unified solution by customers. The company has a single operating and reportable segment. Solid uptake of its cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform also helped Datadog strengthen customer base. Datadog generates revenues from the sale of subscriptions to customers using its cloud-based platform.

Humana Inc. is a health care plan provider in the United States. The company provides health insurance benefits under Health Maintenance Organization, Private Fee-For-Service and Preferred Provider Organization plans. The company also provides other benefits with specialty products including dental, vision, and other supplementary benefits. Humana's medical and specialty insurance products allow members to access health care services primarily through its networks of health care providers. The company manages its business through the following segments: The Retail segment consists of Medicare benefits, which are marketed on a retail basis to individuals. The Group and Specialty segment comprises employer group commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits. The Healthcare Services - The segment consists of services offered to the company's health plan members as well as to third parties, including pharmacy solutions, provider services, home-based services and clinical programs.

Caterpillar Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, they've been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Their innovative products and services, backed by their global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments: Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation. They provide financing and related services through their Financial Products segment.

KLA Corporation is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of process diagnostics and control (PDC) equipment and yield management solutions required for the fabrication of semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) or chips. The company has a comprehensive portfolio of products addressing each major PDC subsegment'photomask (reticle) inspection, wafer inspection/defect review and metrology.Reticle production is vital to the semiconductor device formation process. Reticles are used to control the precise deposition of materials onto the wafer, which ultimately change its chemical characteristics, imparting specific functionalities to the ICs thus created. Inspection and metrology tools measure the quality of the reticles, helping to improve reticle production yields. As a result of the broader applicability of semiconductors, shrinking form factors and increasing functionalities of individual chips, reticle design and production are growing in importance.

Franklin Resources, Inc. is a global investment management company. The majority of its operating revenues and net income is derived from offering investment management and related services to retail mutual funds, institutional and private accounts, and other investment products. The mutual funds and other products are sold to the public under different brands like Franklin, Templeton, Legg Mason, Balanced Equity Management, Benefit Street Partners, Brandywine Global Investment Management and Clarion Partners. Franklin's principal line of business provides investment advisory and management services to investors worldwide through products that include U.S. and non-U.S.-registered open-end and closed-end funds, unregistered funds, and institutional, high net-worth and separately-managed accounts. It offers an array of fixed income, equity, multi-asset, alternative, and cash management asset classes and solutions.

Welltower Inc. is a real estate investment trust that is engaged in investments with seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems. Its portfolio is concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the U.K. In addition to this, the company also offers a vast range of property management and development services. Welltower's consolidated portfolio can be categorized into three operating segments: triple-net, seniors housing operating or SHO (operated through RIDEA structures) and outpatient medical (OM) facilities.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a multi-channel specialty retailer of premium quality home products. The company has five brands and each of the brands are operating segments. Pottery Barn brand offers premium quality furniture, lighting, tabletop, outdoor and decorative accessories. West Elm produces personalized products designed by the company's team of artists and designers. Williams-Sonoma offers cookware, tools, cutlery, electrics, tabletop and bar, outdoor, furniture and cookbooks. Pottery Barn Kids and Teen deals with products used for putting up nurseries, bedrooms, play spaces, furniture, bedding, lighting and decorative accents for teen bedrooms, dorm rooms, study spaces and lounges. Other segment primarily consists of international franchise operations, Rejuvenation and Mark and Graham. Rejuvenation offers premium quality products which are inspired from history. Mark and Graham is known for personalized gift items. The brand manufactures women's and men's accessories, home d'cor and seasonal items.

Corning Incorporated's markets include optical communications, mobile consumer electronics, display, automotive, and life sciences. They also produces advanced glass substrates that are used in a large number of applications across multiple markets.

West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. is a leading global manufacturer with respect to design and production of technologically advanced, high-quality, integrated containment and delivery systems for injectable drugs and healthcare products. The Exton, PA-based company designs and produces these medical products in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific. Its primary objective is to deliver quality products that cater to the exact product specifications and quality standards that customers expect and need. West Pharmaceutical operates through two segments: Proprietary Products and Contract-Manufactured Products.

Amphenol designs, manufactures and markets electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, interconnect systems, antennas, sensors and sensor-based products and coaxial and high-speed specialty cable. Amphenol's manufacturing facilities are generally vertically integrated operations from the initial design stage through final design and manufacturing. They have two reportable business segments: Interconnect Products & Assemblies and Cable Products & Solutions.

CrowdStrike is a leader in next-generation endpoint protection, threat intelligence and cyberattack response services.

Southwest Airlines is a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. Southwest Airlines provides short-haul, high frequency, point-to-point and low-fare services. The company's point-to-point route structure includes services to and from many secondary or downtown airports such as Dallas Love Field, Houston Hobby, Chicago Midway, Baltimore-Washington International and Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood. The company also offers long-haul nonstop service between markets like Oakland and Orlando, Los Angeles and Nashville, Las Vegas and Orlando, San Diego and Baltimore, Houston and New York LaGuardia, Los Angeles and Tampa, Oakland and Baltimore, San Diego and Newark.

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. operates as a live entertainment company. The company owns, operates, and has exclusive booking rights for or has an equity interest in venues, which includes House of Blues music venues and prestigious locations such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, Brooklyn Bowl, the Hollywood Palladium, etc. The company operates via three segments: Concerts segment promotes live music events in its owned or operated venues and rented third-party venues; produces music festivals; makes related content; and provides management as well as other services to artists. Ticketing segment manages the ticketing operations. This segment sells tickets for its events, as well as for third-party clients in numerous live event categories. The segment's operating costs include all center costs and credit card fees, along with other costs. Sponsorship & Advertisingsegment sells international, national, and local sponsorships and placement of advertising.

GE Aerospace (erstwhile General Electric Company) is a leading designer, developer and producer of jet engines, components and integrated systems for military, commercial and business aircraft. The company is well-known for its aero-derivative gas turbines for marine applications. Its zeal to invest in upgrades and innovation of products along with outstanding service capabilities and technological expertise raises its competitive appeal. Founded in 1892, General Electric (now GE Aerospace) is currently headquartered in Evendale, OH. The company operates its businesses in the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and the Americas. Its products and services range from jet engines like LEAP, GE9X & GEnx, airframes, avionics systems, aviation electric power systems, turboprop engines, engine gear, and transmission components and services among others.

Delta Air Lines is one of the four carriers that controls majority of the US aviation market (the carriers account for more than 60% of the domestic market share). Bulk of this Atlanta-GA based carrier's revenues are recognized from its airline segment. Balance is represented by the refinery segment, which operates for the benefit of the airline division by providing it with jet fuel from its own production and agreements with third parties.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. offers network security solutions to enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide. The company's next generation firewall products deliver natively integrated application, user, and content visibility and control through its operating system, hardware and software architecture. It serves the enterprise network security market, which includes Firewall, Unified Threat Management, Web Gateway, Intrusion Detection and Prevention and Virtual Private Network technologies. Through its products and subscription services, Palo Alto provides integrated protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Its solutions incorporate application-specific integrated circuits, hardware architecture, operating system, and associated security and networking functions. The company's network security gateways protect customer data, reduce security complexities and lower total cost of ownership.

Moderna, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, primarily focused on discovering and developing messenger RNA (mRNA) based therapies. The company's mRNA based COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax (mRNA-1273), is approved for use in adults in the United States. The vaccine is also authorized for emergency use in several countries as COVID-19 vaccine. The company has also developed booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and is developing variant-specific booster candidates.