Zacks Earnings and Margins Strategy highlights: Anixter International, Brush Engineered Materials, Cholestech Corp. and Logility

Business Wire, March 29, 2007

CHICAGO -- Earnings are the single most important metric for a company. Combine that with a healthy Net Profit Margin and you find a screen that has generated a cumulative return of 623.7% since January 2001. For 2006, this Profit Track has returned 23.4%. For the first month of 2007, this Profit Track returned 4.0%. This screen is called the Earnings and Margins Profit Track strategy. Here are four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria: Anixter International, Inc.(NYSE:AXE), Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. (NYSE:BW), Cholestech Corp. (Nasdaq:CTEC) and Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTY). View the entire list of stocks for the Earnings and Margins Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1858.

Here are four companies that meet the following Earnings and Margin Profit Track:

Anixter International, Inc. (NYSE:AXE) announced fourth-quarter results in late January. The company stated that strong fourth quarter results completed a series of record-setting quarters leading to a record year in terms of sales and earnings. Earnings per share topped the previous year's fourth quarter and exceeded the consensus estimate by 2%. Anixter's full-year earnings experienced growth of 77% on a year-over-year basis.

Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. (NYSE:BW), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, sports year-over-year earnings per share growth of 69% for the full year. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of 44 cents per share, excluding an item, in mid-February. The result more than doubled last year's 21 cents and surpassed the consensus estimate by 13%. Sales reached $207.8 million for the fourth quarter, an increase of 48% over the year-prior quarter. Sales for the full-year 2006 were a record $763.1 million, up 41% from the 2005 result.

Cholestech Corp. (Nasdaq:CTEC) meets the criteria of this Profit Track as evidenced by its year-over-year earnings growth of 66% for the full year. In late January, CTEC posted fiscal third-quarter earnings that were higher than the year-ago result and outperformed the consensus estimate by 7%. Cholestech Corp. mentioned that its operating results continue to reflect improving margins in its business.

Logility, Inc. (Nasdaq:LGTY) recently released financial results for its fiscal third quarter. GAAP earnings per share totaled 15 cents, which matched the previous year's result. Logility said it was pleased with the quarterly performance, pointing out that it added 23 new customers and delivered all-time record revenues and operating earnings. Out of all the companies currently listed under this Profit Track, LDTY boasts the highest year-over-year earnings per share growth of 980% for the fiscal full year.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the Earnings and Margin Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1859.

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