Zacks.com Announces That Jim Oberweis Highlights the Following Stocks: Daktronics, Sigma Designs, Perficient, Rainmaker Systems and Zoltek

Business Wire, Dec 15, 2006

CHICAGO -- Jim Oberweis, editor of the Oberweis Report newsletter, says high-growth stocks are at the top of wish lists, and continues his discussion of the Oberweis Octagon. Read about Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq: DAKT), Sigma Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM), Perficient, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRFT), Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMKR) and Zoltek (Nasdaq: ZOLT). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84

Highlights from the November 24 Featured Expert column by Jim Oberweis include:

A couple of holdings from the Current PortfolioO

Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq: DAKT) designs and manufactures scoreboards, advertising and information displays, and electronic messaging displays for the sports, commercial advertising, and transportation markets.

In the company's latest reported second quarter ended October 31, 2006, sales increased approximately 63% to $123.5 million from $75.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2006. Daktronics reported earnings per share of $.22 in the latest reported second quarter versus earnings per share $.13 in the same quarter of last year.

Sigma Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGM) develops high-performance, highly integrated system- on-a-chip semiconductors primarily for consumer products. Products include chipsets that provide high-quality decoding of MPEG and Windows[R] Media Video 9 content. The company also offers silicon-based media processors for IPTV set-top boxes, digital media receivers, high definition DVD players, high definition television, and portable media players. In addition, Sigma offers audio and video decoding chips for the IP video technology, connected media player, and PC add-in markets.

For the most recent second quarter ended July 29, 2006, revenues increased 153% to $20.1 million from $8 million in the same quarter of 2005, and increased 36% sequentially from the previous quarter.

Other Current Portfolio stocks includeO

Perficient, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRFT) helps clients acquire and strengthen customer relationships, reduce costs and empower employees by creating an Enabled Enterprise. Through their Enabled Enterprise solutions, Global 3000 companies can drive dramatic return-on-investment by unlocking the power of their existing enterprise resource planning and legacy systems.

Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMKR) is a leading outsource provider of sales and marketing programs. Rainmaker's cost-effective programs generate service revenue and promote customer retention for its clients. Core services include professional telesales, direct marketing, and hosted ecommerce.

Zoltek (Nasdaq: ZOLT) is an applied technology and advanced materials company. Their primary focus is the manufacturing and marketing of carbon fibers. The most significant current application for carbon fibers produced by Zoltek is for aircraft brake manufacturers who use their fibers as base materials for the carbon/carbon brake systems used in most newly designed aircraft.

Read Jim Oberweis' commentary regarding high-growth small caps and the Oberweis Octagon. Then receive more information on the companies above and discover other stocks by clicking: http://at.zacks.com/?id=85

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