F | Glossary of Terms and Company Profiles

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F
Ford Motor Company primarily develops, manufactures, distributes, and services vehicles and parts worldwide. It operates in two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services.
Falling Knife
A phrase indicating a sharp decline in a stocks price.
FCS
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells power analog, power discrete, and non-power semiconductor solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Mobile, Computing, Consumer, and Communication (MCCC); Power Conversion, Industrial, and Automotive (PCIA); and Standard Discrete and Standard Linear (SDT).
FE Score
The F/E Score is the combination of the Financials and Estimates scores. It is designed to give an overview of the financial health of a company. Specifically, the Financials score looks at how the company has performed in the past by reviewing growth rates and other ratios to help investors discern whether the management of a company is operating wisely. The Estimates score looks at what analysts are saying about the company´s future potential. If analysts like the growth potential of a company, it will be reflected by a high estimates score.Values are expressed on a scale of 1.0 to 4.0
FEIC
FEI Company supplies scientific instruments for nanoscale imaging, analysis, and prototyping that enable research, development, and manufacturing in industrial, academic, and research institutional applications.
FFIV
F5 Networks, Inc. provides application delivery networking technology that optimizes the delivery of network-based applications, and the security, performance, and availability of servers, data storage devices, and other network resources in the Americas, EMEA, Japan, and the Asia Pacific.
Fib
Fibonacci Retracement - A term used in technical analysis that refers to the likelihood that a stocks price will retrace a large portion of an original move and find support or resistance at the key Fibonacci levels before it continues in the original direction. These levels are created by drawing a trend line between two extreme points and then dividing the vertical distance by the key Fibonacci ratios of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8% and 100%.
Fibonacci Retracement
A term used in technical analysis that refers to the likelihood that a stocks price will retrace a large portion of an original move and find support or resistance at the key Fibonacci levels before it continues in the original direction. These levels are created by drawing a trend line between two extreme points and then dividing the vertical distance by the key Fibonacci ratios of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8% and 100%.
FINL
The Finish Line, Inc., operates as a mall-based specialty retailer in the United States. It operates Finish Line stores that offer performance and athletic casual footwear, apparel, and accessories for men, women, and kids.
FIO
Fusion-io, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of storage memory platforms for data decentralization in the United States. Its platforms enhance the processing capabilities within a datacenter by relocating process-critical or active data from centralized storage to the server where it is being processed.
FL
Foot Locker, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer of athletic footwear and apparel. The company operates in two segments, Athletic Stores and Direct-to-Customers. The Athletic Stores segment retails athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, and equipment under various formats, including Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Footaction, and CCS.
Force Index
Indicates how strong the buying or selling pressure may be on a stock.
FOSL
Fossil, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and distributes fashion accessories worldwide. It offers a line of fashion watches under its proprietary brands, such as FOSSIL, MICHELE, RELIC, and ZODIAC; and through licensed brands, including ADIDAS, BURBERRY, DIESEL, DKNY, EMPORIO ARMANI, MARC BY MARC JACOBS, and MICHAEL KORS.
FRO
Frontline Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of oil tankers and oil/bulk/ore (OBO) carriers. It primarily transports crude oil; and raw materials, such as coal and iron ore.
FSIN
Fushi Copperweld, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing copper-clad bimetallic wire products, principally copper-clad aluminum (CCA) and copper-clad steel (CCS) primarily in the Peoples Republic of China, North America, and Europe.
FSLR
First Solar, Inc. manufactures and sells solar modules using a thin-film semiconductor technology. It also designs, constructs, and sells photovoltaic solar power systems.
FST
Forest Oil Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids primarily in North America.
FTK
Flotek Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and supplies drilling and production related products and services to the energy and mining industries in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Chemicals, Drilling, and Artificial Lift.
FTR
Frontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States.
FTR
Frontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in the United States.