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Strategies & Market Trends : Contrarian Investing
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From: pcyhuang9/10/2006 4:29:35 AM
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The "Oberweis Octagon" Growth-Value Screen


Screeining criteria applied to comanies with a market capitalization between $1 billion and $8 billion:

*The growth rate in earnings per share from continuing operations over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 20%;

*The growth rate in pretax income over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 20%;

*The growth rate in sales over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 20%; and

*The price-earnings ratio is less than the projected earnings per share growth rate over the next year.

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The following criteria are applied separately to those companies with a market capitalization less than or equal to $1 billion:

*The growth rate in earnings per share from continuing operations over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 30%;

*The growth rate in pretax income over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 30%;

*The growth rate in sales over the last four quarters (trailing 12 months) is at least 30%; and

*The price-earnings ratio is less than one-half of the projected earnings per share growth rate over the next year.
The following criteria are applied to those companies meeting the two separate sets of criteria outlined above:

*The stock must be traded on the American, New York, or NASDAQ exchanges;

*Earnings per share from continuing operations for the last fiscal quarter are greater than earnings per share from continuing operations for the same quarter one year ago;

*Earnings per share from continuing operations for two quarters ago are greater than earnings per share from continuing operations for the same quarter one year ago;

*Earnings per share from continuing operations for the last four fiscal quarters (trailing 12 months) are greater than or equal to earnings per share from continuing operations for the last fiscal year;

*Sales for the last fiscal quarter are greater than sales for the same quarter one year ago;

*Sales for two quarters ago are greater than sales for the same quarter one year ago;

*Sales for the last four fiscal quarters (trailing 12 months) are greater than or equal to sales for the last fiscal year;

*The price-to-sales ratio is less than the median price-to-sales ratio for the industry; and

*The relative strength over the last 52 weeks ranks in the top quartile (25%) of all stocks.


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