Zacks Buy List Highlights: PDI, Inc., Florida Rock Industries, Inc., Teche Holding Company and Petrobras S.A

Business Wire, June 30, 2006

CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Everyday on Zacks.com, four stocks are selected based on how well they match the criteria for the four main schools of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today are PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDII), Florida Rock Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FRK), Teche Holding Company (AMEX:TSH), and Petrobras S.A (NYSE:PBR).

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Here is a synopsis of today's Zacks Rank Buy Stocks:

Aggressive Growth - PDI, Inc. (Nasdaq:PDII)

PDI, Inc. has experienced a dramatic increase in earnings estimates over the past 60 days. Analysts had forecasted a loss of 11 cents per share back then, but now predict a profit of 62 cents per share. Similarly, next years estimates skyrocketed from four cents to 35 cents over the past two months. Clearly, last quarter's 1900% earnings surprise accounted for the huge increase in earnings estimates.

Growth & Income - Florida Rock Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FRK)

Florida Rock Industries, Inc. remains a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company and maintains its history of exceeding analysts' earnings estimates. Earnings per share topped the consensus forecasts over the past five consecutive quarters and have grown 22% over the past five years. FRK's fiscal second-quarter earnings per share result exceeded Wall Street expectations and beat the year-ago total.

Momentum - Teche Holding Company (AMEX:TSH)

Teche Holding is expected to report earnings for the quarter ended June 2006 on Jul 27. Analysts' consensus estimates for the quarter include EPS of 73 cents, up 12.3% from the same quarter last year. The company also regularly raises its quarterly dividend. In fact, the company announced its thirteenth consecutive quarterly dividend increase last month. TSH has been in a sustained uptrend since March 2000 with only a moderate decline in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Value - Petrobras S.A (NYSE:PBR)

Petrobras S.A has been experiencing increasing earnings estimates. Over the past 60 days, this year's estimates have increased 7.4%, while next year's have jumped 4.6%. Two analysts raised their numbers for this year. The stock is quite cheap at 7.4x this year's estimates of $11.49 per share, well below the company's long-term growth rate of 11.10%. The stock sports a price-to-book ratio of 2.6, in-line with the industry and a third less than the S&P 500.

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