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| Quarterly EPS | Current Fiscal-Years EPS | Price Change | |||||||
| Company (Exchange: Ticker) | Est. ($) |
Actual ($) |
Surprise (%) |
Ann'l Est. |
Est. Rev. Last Month (%) |
Current Price ($) |
4-Wk (%) |
52-Wk(%) (%) |
Description |
| ONEOK, Inc. (N: OKE) | 0.17 | 1.00 | 488.2 | 2.38 | 2.6 | 38.83 | 9 | 17 | distribs natural gas |
| Global Industries, Ltd. (M: GLBL) | 0.22 | 0.48 | 118.2 | 1.10 | 19.6 | 16.71 | 2 | 43 | offshore construction for oil & gas |
| Crocs, Inc. (M: CROX) | 0.22 | 0.39 | 77.3 | 0.80 | 0.0 | 26.88 | 14 | 0 | footwear |
| Eagle Test Systems, Inc. (M: EGLT) | 0.26 | 0.46 | 76.9 | 1.46 | 24.8 | 16.23 | 17 | 0 | test equip for semicond indus |
| OM Group, Inc. (N: OMG) | 0.80 | 1.40 | 75.0 | 4.39 | 37.2 | 35.66 | 16 | 58 | specialty chemicals |
| Intermec Inc. (N: IN) | 0.11 | 0.17 | 54.5 | 0.72 | 14.3 | 27.69 | 31 | 1 | ID & data collect prods & sys |
| oseON Semiconductor Corp. (M: ONNN) | 0.13 | 0.20 | 53.8 | 0.73 | 32.7 | 5.54 | -5 | 4 | power & data mgmt semiconds |
| H&E Equipment Services, Inc. (M: HEES) | 0.34 | 0.52 | 52.9 | 1.49 | 0.0 | 26.98 | -3 | 0 | construction & industr'l equip |
| Charlotte Russe Holding (M: CHIC) | 0.24 | 0.36 | 50.0 | 1.38 | 53.3 | 25.70 | 18 | 77 | retail apparel for teens |
| Digene Corporation (M: DIGE) | 0.14 | 0.21 | 50.0 | 1.03 | 0.0 | 45.02 | 28 | 55 | gene-based medical test sys |
| Steven Madden, Ltd. (M: SHOO) | 0.40 | 0.58 | 45.0 | 1.96 | 16.7 | 33.01 | 17 | 113 | footwear |
| Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. (N: WW) | 0.42 | 0.59 | 40.5 | 2.07 | 1.5 | 35.18 | 6 | 31 | human capital consulting |
| Keane, Inc. (N: KEA) | 0.15 | 0.21 | 40.0 | 0.74 | 12.1 | 14.86 | 32 | 22 | info tech & business process servs |
| Guess?, Inc. (N: GES) | 0.22 | 0.30 | 36.4 | 1.99 | 6.4 | 46.74 | 16 | 93 | retail casual apparel |
| Knot, Inc., The (M: KNOT) | 0.11 | 0.15 | 36.4 | 0.44 | 7.3 | 16.23 | -15 | 76 | on-line and off-line wedding servs |
| Williams Scotsman Int'l (M: WLSC) | 0.20 | 0.27 | 35.0 | 1.00 | 8.7 | 19.71 | 0 | 0 | modular space solutions |
| First Marblehead Corp. (N: FMD) | 0.84 | 1.12 | 33.3 | 3.92 | 0.5 | 46.20 | -3 | 60 | school loan outsourcing |
| Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. (M: SMDI) | 0.12 | 0.16 | 33.3 | 0.59 | 18.0 | 8.72 | 8 | 170 | radio frequency components |
| HealthSpring, Inc. (N: HS) | 0.28 | 0.37 | 32.1 | 1.34 | 19.6 | 19.50 | 7 | 0 | managed care |
| U.S. Xpress Enterprises (M: XPRSA) | 0.28 | 0.37 | 32.1 | 1.39 | 11.2 | 20.50 | -20 | 50 | truckload servs |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (N: CMG) | 0.25 | 0.33 | 32.0 | 0.96 | 5.5 | 49.29 | -9 | 0 | casual, fresh food restaurants |
| FileNET Corporation (M: FILE) | 0.25 | 0.33 | 32.0 | 1.17 | 14.7 | 36.00 | 33 | 26 | software platform for business |
| Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (M: RTEC) | 0.22 | 0.29 | 31.8 | 0.99 | 13.8 | 16.41 | 20 | 13 | semiconductor manufac'g equip |
| Saia Inc. (M: SAIA) | 0.51 | 0.67 | 31.4 | 1.92 | 8.5 | 28.58 | 12 | 62 | trucking transportation servs |
| GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (M: GMRK) | 0.48 | 0.63 | 31.3 | 2.59 | 13.1 | 31.60 | 23 | 13 | marine support for offshore drilling |
| EnerSys (N: ENS) | 0.20 | 0.26 | 30.0 | 1.02 | 4.1 | 17.80 | 9 | 32 | industrial batteries |
| Magellan Health Services, Inc. (M: MGLN) | 0.40 | 0.52 | 30.0 | 2.00 | 12.4 | 47.69 | 9 | 30 | managed healthcare servs |
| Ladish Co., Inc. (M: LDSH) | 0.47 | 0.60 | 27.7 | 2.05 | 11.4 | 31.35 | 6 | 101 | jet engine components |
| Temple-Inland, Inc. (N: TIN) | 0.77 | 0.98 | 27.3 | 3.45 | 10.9 | 43.22 | 4 | 10 | packaging; timberland; financial servs |
| CommScope, Inc. (N: CTV) | 0.34 | 0.43 | 26.5 | 1.49 | 12.9 | 27.59 | 3 | 49 | cable for communications networks |
| Sources: AAII's Stock Investor Pro, Reuters Research, Inc., I/B/E/S; Data as of 8/11/2006. | |||||||||