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To: - with a K who wrote (18419)	1/21/2004 11:35:35 AM
From: - with a K	Respond to of 78464

HELE gets plugged by Zacks. Yahoo shows a PEG of .89 and EPS consensus of $2.23 next year, up from my $2.12 calculation in the link. Snip: Here is a synopsis of why these stocks have a Zacks Rank of 1 (Strong Buy). Note that a #1 Strong Buy rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks we rank: Helen of Troy Ltd. (NASDAQ: HELE, news) is a designer, developer and worldwide marketer of brand-name personal care products. Solid product performance in the U.S. and abroad helped Helen of Troy report a strong third quarter earlier this month, including net earnings of 78 cents per diluted share on sales of more than $179 million. That earnings result beat the consensus by almost +26% while sales improved by +25% year-over-year. The company's sales increased in almost every segment, led by retail personal care products, the Professional division, the International division, and its Idelle Labs skin and hair care products. Helen of Troy felt comfortable enough to raise its earnings per diluted share guidance for the fiscal year ending February 29, 2004. Analysts have raised expectations for the years ending February 2004 and February 2005 by about +11% each over the past seven trading days. Helen of Troy is not the only cosmetics company experiencing improved earnings estimates in the current environment. Helen of Troy is very optimistic that its fourth quarter will be strong as well, so investors may want to groom their portfolios with some shares of HELE.