Zacks' Low Price Stocks strategy highlights: Sykes Enterprises, Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Maidenform Brands, Insight Enterprises

Business Wire, April 14, 2008

CHICAGO -- Looking for stocks priced below $20? How about companies with discount valuations and a track record of a positive trend in earnings estimates revisions? The Low Price Stocks Profit Track Strategy identifies such stocks. This screen generated a 56.5% return in 2006. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria are Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYKE), Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. (NYSE: PRX), Maidenform Brands Inc. (NYSE: MFB), and Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT). View the entire list of stocks for the Low Price Stocks Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2140.

Here are details about four companies currently identified by the Low Price Stocks Profit Track:

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYKE) reported a 16% increase in earnings for the fourth quarter of 2007, with net earnings of $9.5 million versus $8.1 million a year earlier. The Zacks #2 Rank company sports a price/sales ratio of 1.00 and a per share price of $17.34, earning its place on the Low Price profit track. For first quarter and full fiscal year 2008, SYKE issued an EPS guidance between 25 cents and 27 cents for the quarter and between $1.12 and $1.20 for the year. Both ranges exceeded analysts' expectations.

Par Pharmaceutical Companies Inc. (NYSE: PRX) has a per share price of slightly under $20 and price/sales ratio of .82, thus meeting this screen's requirements of a price between $5 and $20 with a price/sales ratio of less than 1. PRX also has a 12-month trailing EPS of $1.58. The Zacks #1 Rank company increased it's revenue by 6% for the fiscal 2008 year to $769.7 million from $725.2 million. PRX develops, manufactures and markets generic drugs and innovative proprietary pharmaceuticals for specialty markets.

Maidenform Brands Inc. (NYSE: MFB) is a Zacks #1 Rank company that enjoys a low per share price of $16.69 and a 12-month trailing EPS of $1.33. The company reported fourth quarter and annual revenues of $95.8 million and $422.2 million, respectively. Moreover, MFB sports a price/sales ratio of .89. In early April, Maidenform Brands Inc. launched a national advertising campaign, which will appear in Cosmopolitan, Glamour, People en Espanol and InStyle.

Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) is a leading provider of IT computing products, software and advanced IT services. The Zacks #2 Rank company's fourth quarter and annual net sales increased by 5% and 34%, respectively; while profits for fiscal 2007 jumped to $4.8 billion from $3.6 billion in 2006. NSIT has a price/sales ratio of .17 and a 12-months trailing EPS of $1.45, which satisfy the requirements for the Low Price profit track. NSIT is scheduled to report its first quarter earnings on May 8.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the Low Price Stocks Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2141.

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