Zacks Growth and Income Strategy Highlights: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., Crystal River Capital, Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp. and Eagle Bulk Shipping

Business Wire, March 9, 2007

CHICAGO -- The Zacks Growth and Income Profit Track strategy looks for stocks with unusually high dividend yields. Although this screen is based on a long-term and lower risk approach to investing, it has a history of outperforming the S&P 500. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria are: American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE: AHM), Crystal River Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CRZ), Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp. (NYSE: DFR) and Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE). View the entire list of stocks for the Growth and Income Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1850

Here are details about four companies currently identified by the Growth and Income Profit Track:

American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE: AHM) recently declared a quarterly dividend of $1.12 per share on the company's common stock. The company's current dividend yield stands at 16.60%. In late January, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.21 per share, soaring past the previous year's 27 cents and surpassing the consensus estimate by nearly 2%.

Crystal River Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CRZ), which is yielding 10.56% right now, declared a quarterly dividend of 66 cents per share in mid-December. The company recently issued a press release that included the announcement of fourth-quarter 2006 investing activity. CRZ noted that the efforts it has made in building its commercial real estate origination capabilities give Crystal River Capital the flexibility it needs to invest in various segments of commercial real estate finance and moves the company closer to its targeted asset allocation.

Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp. (NYSE: DFR) satisfies the criteria for this Profit Track with a current dividend yield of 11.25%. In mid-December, the company declared a dividend of 42 cents per share for the fourth quarter, up from the third-quarter dividend of 40 cents. DFR reported third-quarter earnings of 38 cents per share in mid-November, surpassing last year's 27 cents and exceeding the consensus estimate by almost 3%.

Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE) offers a current dividend yield of 10.56%. The company recently posted fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of 33 cents per share, which matched the consensus estimate. Eagle Bulk Shipping also declared a quarterly dividend of 51 cents per share. EGLE stated that with this quarter's declared dividend of 51 cents per share, it has now declared aggregate dividends of $3.13 per share in just six quarters of operations.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the Growth and Income Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1896

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