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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems-Trading Strong Earnings Growth and Momentum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jenna who wrote (5527)	2/28/2001 2:53:10 PM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 6445

COO ---> earnings play beats the street moves up in a relatively down market Wednesday February 28, 10:17 am Eastern Time Cooper Cos. Q4 earnings rise 43 pct, beat expectations LAKE FOREST, Ca., Feb 28 (Reuters) - Health care products firm Cooper Cos. Inc. (NYSE:COO - news) on Wednesday said first-quarter earnings rose 43 percent, slightly ahead of expectations, thanks in part to strong contact-lens sales. Cooper Cos. earnings for the quarter ended Jan. 31 totaled $6.3 million, or 43 cents per diluted share, up from $4.4 million and 31 cents a share a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected earnings of 42 cents per share, according to research firm First Call/Thomson Financial. First-quarter revenues were $48.9 million, up from $40.4 million a year earlier.