Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: bebe stores, IDEX, Align Technologies and Cytec Industries - Press Releases
May 02 2012 - 4:30AM
Zacks
For Immediate Release
Chicago, IL – May 2, 2012 – Four free stock picks are being made
available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent
research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2
Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing:
Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.
The four highlighted picks are: bebe stores (
BEBE), IDEX Corporation (
IEX), Align Technologies Inc (
ALGN) and Cytec Industries Inc. (
CYT).
Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations.
Four daily picks are offered free.
http://at.zacks.com/?id=88
From 1988 through the present – a period that included serious
corrections and recessions – the Zacks #1 Rank Stocks have nearly
tripled the market with a fully documented average gain of +28% per
year.
Here is a summary of today's selected stocks that are
now highly rated by
Zacks:
Aggressive Growth – bebe stores (
BEBE)
bebe stores is about to report earnings and could be a short
squeeze candidate. The stock has beaten earnings for three straight
quarters which has helped make it a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy).
Zacks Guide to Aggressive Growth Investing
(free!) - http://at.zacks.com/?id=4309
Growth & Income – IDEX Corporation (
IEX)
IDEX Corporation recently delivered a strong earnings and sales
beat for the first quarter, and management raised its guidance for
the remainder of 2012.
Zacks Guide to Growth & Income Investing
(free!) - http://at.zacks.com/?id=4310
Momentum – Align Technologies Inc (
ALGN)
Align technologies has been on the momentum radar since they
reported Q4 2011 earnings of 28 cents, topping the Zacks Consensus
Estimate of 22 cents. Q4 2011 EPS results represented a 100%
increase over the same period in 2010. For the year, Align’s
earnings of 97 cents, surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 90
cents as well as the year-ago adjusted EPS of 80 cents.
Zacks Guide to Momentum Investing (free!):
http://at.zacks.com/?id=4311
Value – Cytec Industries Inc. (
CYT)
There was plenty of momentum for the specialty chemical companies
in the first quarter. Cytec Industries Inc. recently reported its
sixth earnings surprise in a row. This Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy)
continues to be a value stock, with a forward P/E of 13.6.
Zacks Guide to Value Investing (free!) -
http://at.zacks.com/?id=4312
How to Regularly Access Top Zacks Rank Picks for Free -
http://at.zacks.com/?id=7154
Underlying the four free stock picks is a simple truth that
first appeared in a Financial Analysts Journal article
published in 1979. Leonard Zacks, a Ph.D. from M.I.T. found that
"earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force
impacting stock prices." Zacks #1 Rank is awarded to a
stock when analysts sharply upgrade their estimates of what the
company will earn.
Today, Zacks is promoting its stock recommendations by offering
four daily picks free to those who register here:
http://at.zacks.com/?id=7155
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ALIGN TECH INC (ALGN): Free Stock Analysis Report
BEBE STORES INC (BEBE): Free Stock Analysis Report
CYTEC INDS INC (CYT): Free Stock Analysis Report
IDEX CORP (IEX): Free Stock Analysis Report
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