Equity research analysts at Raymond James & Associates have released their Best Picks list for 2007
The Best Picks for 2007 are:
* Comstock Resources (NYSE: CRK), a Frisco, Texas-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company
* CVS Corp. (NYSE: CVS), a Woonsocket, R.I.-based retail drugstore chain, which in 2004 acquired part of the former Eckerd drugstore chain, at one time headquartered in Clearwater
* Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS), an international communications equipment company based in Melbourne
* Investment Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: ITG), a New York-based company that focuses on trade cost reduction for institutional investors
* National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV), a Houston-based firm that designs, manufactures and sells systems, components and products used in oil and gas drilling and production
* Nuance Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN), a supplier of speech recognition, dictation and digital imaging software, headquartered in Burlington, Mass.
* Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), a Fort Lauderdale firm that provides solid waste services throughout the United States
* Time Warner Telecom (Nasdaq: TWTC), a Littleton, Colo.-based telecommunication carriers that serves business customers
* VeriFone Holdings (NYSE: PAY), a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of point-of-sale hardware and software for electronic payment transactions |
