| Momentum Stocks With Positive Earnings Surprises | ||||||||||
| Company (Exchange: Ticker) | Quarterly EPS | Relative Strgth Rank | P/E Ratio (Est EPS) (X) | Price-to-Book-Value (X) | Market Cap ($ Mil) | Share Price ($) | Description | |||
| Report Date | Est ($) | Surprise (%) | 4-Wk (%) | 52-Wk (%) | ||||||
| Encore Capital Group (M: ECPG) | 8/4 | 0.29 | 6.9 | 95 | 93 | 11.3 | 1.69 | 321 | 13.96 | bankruptcy servs |
| Trex Company, Inc. (N: TWP) | 7/30 | 0.18 | 188.9 | 95 | 97 | 22.9 | 2.83 | 324 | 21.08 | deck & rail wood alternatives |
| Amerisafe, Inc. (M: AMSF) | 8/6 | 0.54 | 16.7 | 94 | 91 | 8.5 | 1.63 | 376 | 19.97 | insurance holding co |
| Convergys Corp. (N: CVG) | 7/23 | 0.27 | 18.5 | 94 | 75 | 14.3 | 1.42 | 1,997 | 16.39 | relationship mgmt |
| Navigant Consulting (N: NCI) | 7/31 | 0.22 | 9.1 | 94 | 85 | 19.6 | 2.43 | 890 | 18.43 | specialty consulting |
| Gibraltar Industries (M: ROCK) | 8/7 | 0.38 | 76.3 | 93 | 91 | 14.3 | 1.18 | 700 | 23.38 | building products |
| Comfort Systems USA (N: FIX) | 7/31 | 0.32 | 18.8 | 92 | 84 | 12.0 | 2.14 | 588 | 14.85 | HVAC services |
| Eagle Test Systems (M: EGLT) | 7/29 | 0.24 | 25.0 | 92 | 91 | 14.9 | 2.07 | 353 | 15.35 | semiconductor test equip |
| Ferro Corporation (N: FOE) | 8/5 | 0.31 | 48.4 | 91 | 93 | 17.1 | 2.03 | 1,038 | 23.75 | specialty materials |
| Northern Trust Corp. (M: NTRS) | 7/16 | 1.05 | 28.6 | 91 | 95 | 19.3 | 3.87 | 19,251 | 87.09 | financial holding co |
| Einstein Noah Restaurants (M: BAGL) | 8/6 | 0.27 | 55.6 | 90 | 56 | 10.0 | nmf | 226 | 14.15 | bagel specialty restaurants |
| CryoLife, Inc. (N: CRY) | 7/31 | 0.10 | 40.0 | 87 | 97 | 34.5 | 6.01 | 434 | 15.51 | med devices & tissue |
| Family Dollar Stores (N: FDO) | 7/2 | 0.40 | 15.0 | 87 | 73 | 16.8 | 3.13 | 3,810 | 27.27 | retail discount stores |
| Hawk Corporation (A: HWK) | 8/7 | 0.29 | 127.6 | 87 | 98 | 15.2 | 2.83 | 222 | 24.70 | industrial friction prods |
| LHC Group, Inc. (M: LHCG) | 7/30 | 0.31 | 12.9 | 87 | 95 | 21.1 | 3.4 | 547 | 29.93 | health care servs |
| SYSCO Corporation (N: SYY) | 8/11 | 0.52 | 5.8 | 87 | 81 | 17.5 | 6.11 | 20,841 | 34.62 | food distributor |
| DynCorp International (N: DCP) | 8/6 | 0.25 | 28.0 | 86 | 54 | 13.2 | 2.09 | 933 | 16.36 | defense & tech servs |
| Hancock Holding Co. (M: HBHC) | 7/22 | 0.61 | 8.2 | 86 | 92 | 19.7 | 2.83 | 1,622 | 51.63 | bank holding co |
| Tidewater Inc. (N: TDW) | 8/1 | 1.52 | 7.9 | 86 | 67 | 8.2 | 1.56 | 3,059 | 59.35 | offshore marine vessels |
| Atlantic Tele-Network (M: ATNI) | 7/31 | 0.54 | 24.1 | 84 | 77 | 13.4 | 2.34 | 519 | 34.14 | telecommunications |
| First Commonwealth Fin'l (N: FCF) | 7/17 | 0.16 | 12.5 | 84 | 87 | 18.3 | 1.67 | 924 | 12.61 | bank holding co |
| Hanger Orthopedic Group (N: HGR) | 7/29 | 0.20 | 25.0 | 84 | 98 | 23.4 | 2.21 | 446 | 19.21 | orthotic & prosthetic care |
| Knoll, Inc. (N: KNL) | 7/17 | 0.40 | 22.5 | 84 | 76 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 842 | 17.73 | branded office furniture |
| S.Y. Bancorp, Inc. (M: SYBT) | 7/16 | 0.39 | 15.4 | 84 | 86 | 17.2 | 2.89 | 390 | 29.05 | bank holding co |
| A. O. Smith Corp. (N: AOS) | 7/17 | 0.78 | 35.9 | 84 | 71 | 14.5 | 1.62 | 1,330 | 44.20 | water heating equip |
| Syniverse Holdings (N: SVR) | 8/4 | 0.37 | 13.5 | 84 | 91 | 11.7 | 2.44 | 1,274 | 18.62 | wireless voice & data servs |
| Almost Family, Inc. (M: AFAM) | 8/5 | 0.38 | 31.6 | 82 | 99 | 22.2 | 3.8 | 341 | 41.98 | home health servs |
| Apollo Group, Inc. (M: APOL) | 7/1 | 0.78 | 9.0 | 82 | 90 | 24.4 | 18.62 | 10,682 | 67.39 | high school & college ed |
| Emergency Medical Svcs (N: EMS) | 8/5 | 0.39 | 10.3 | 82 | 94 | 19.8 | 2.92 | 1,414 | 34.00 | emergency med servs |
| HealthSpring, Inc (N: HS) | 7/29 | 0.44 | 63.6 | 82 | 87 | 9.8 | 1.66 | 1,231 | 21.05 | managed care organization |
| Exchange Key: A=American Stock Exchange; M=NASDAQ; N=New York Stock Exchange. Source: AAII's Stock Investor Pro, Reuters Research, Inc., and I/B/E/S. Data as of 9/12/2008. |
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