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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems:Stocks w/Strong Earnings and High Tech. Rank

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To: Jimbo who wrote (3006)10/6/1997 1:50:00 AM
From: Jenna   of 120523
 
Earnings plays at 52-week-high: CBB*,CROS**,FFD****
CROS reports on October 8 and CBB,FFD report on 9th
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*CBB -CALIBER SYSTEMS
--- EPS GROWTH RATES ---
(CUR FY=9712) P/E ON
LAST 5 YRS CUR/LAST NXT/CUR NXT 5 CUR YR
ACTUAL (%) (%) (%) YRS(%) EPS

COMPANY -25.6 910.0 29.1 11.5 20.4

IND: TRANS-TRUCK -2.4 93.4 26.4 15.3 19.0
(T=292)
S & P 500 13.6 11.3 6.9 7.6 21.2

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COMPANY/INDUSTRY N/M 9.7 1.1 0.8 1.1

COMPANY/S&P -1.9 80.3 4.2 1.5 1.0



ZACKS ESTIMATE DETAIL

Fiscal Year 1 Data ------ Date of Fiscal Year 1 End: Dec 97

Nbr of Est 6 6 6 5 5 6
Nbr Est Up 2 4 2 2 0 2
Nbr Est Dwn 0 0 1 0 0 0
Latest Est 2.40

In the last week earnings projection for this fiscal year
were raised from 3.10 to 3.26

Mean 1 Week Ago 2.53 3.26 N/A
Mean 2 Weeks Ago 2.47 3.10
Mean 3 Weeks Ago 2.47 3.10
Mean 4 Weeks Ago 2.47 3.10 N/A
Mean 5 Weeks Ago 2.38 2.93
Mean 6 Weeks Ago 2.22 2.87
Mean 7 Weeks Ago 2.22 2.87
Mean 8 Weeks Ago 2.22 2.87

Last quarter estimate was for .47 cents and the company came
in with .62 cents.... they have been on an uptrend since
beginning of August and price has gone from 42 to 55 and
has reached a 52 week high...

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**CROS... is ranked 2 by total of their EPS and RS
ranks... in the industry group : Building Resident/Commrcl
...with a PE of 12.. last quarter EPS of 42 and last last
Qtr sales increase of 54... and annual Net % Margen of 10.8
and Return of equity of 29... with 8 percent debt it ranks
higher than number 1 on the list NVR which has 88% debt....
CROS also reached a 52 week high and its volue has swelled 5
fold in September....

It is also making numerous acquisitions:

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 2 (Reuter) - Crossmann Communities Inc
saidit acquired the Memphis division of Heartland Homes, an
Oklahoma City homebuilder.

With this acquisition, Crossmann expands its operations
into its 10th market.

Crossmann is a regional builder of single-family homes.

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****FFD:

FFD sells vacation ownership interests (VOIs),
through its points-based vacation system, Fairshare
Plus.FFD also offers financing for VOI purchasers, through
Fairfield Acceptance Corp. For the six months ended 6/97,
revenues rose 29% to $101.1M. Net income rose 65% to $6.8M.
Revenues reflect increased contributions from the destina-
tion resorts and an increase in the average balance of
receivables. Earnings reflect efficiencies from new sites.

ERG................................... 85.5
EPS Rank.............................. 96.0
1 Year Earnings Growth Rate........... 53.5
Current FY Proj. EPS Growth........... 43.2
EPS % Chg. Last Qtr................... 44.8

Proj. EPS % Chg. Curr. Qtr............ 19.3
Proj. EPS % Chg. Next Qtr............. 56.2
Return on Equity...................... 15.6

FFD also enjoys:
Beta.................................. 0.5

and a very low:
Price-to-Sales Ratio.................. 3.6

All these companies trade options and do not have much
downside risk during earnings report... FFD has had a
7 cent earnings surprise last quarter and a
9 cent surprise the quarter before...
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