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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems:Stocks w/Strong Earnings and High Tech. Rank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (13474)	8/27/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

Another 2 Earnings plays : NCI Building Systems Posts 39% Rise In Net As Sales More Than Doubled (2 cents above) ; C&D Technologies 2nd-Quarter Net Rose 28% On Higher Sales... (3 cents above).. I expect to watch these in the next few trading sessions. At the other end of the continuum the strong stocks that beat estimates (CMVT, TOL, QLGC, RCMT etc) and get hit will be the first to rebound. I'll be buying puts as well as calls during the earnings season. I'll also be continuing with 'low earners' part of the newsletter, although not as much as now. There will still be ample good companies. Even these two that I posted will C&D Technologies Inc. - Blue Bell, Pa. 2nd Quar July 31: 1998 1997 Sales $80,073,000 $75,375,000 Net income 6,000,000 4,704,000 Avg shrs (basic) -a 12,346,000 12,197,000 Avg shrs (diluted) -a 12,856,000 12,583,000 Shr earns (basic) Net income -a .49 .39 Shr earns (diluted) Net income -a .47 .37 a. Restated to reflect 2-for-1 stock split in July. C&D Technologies Inc. (CHP) produces and markets integrated reserve power systems. Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. NCI Building Systems Posts 39% Rise In Net As Sales More Than Doubled.. NCI Building Systems Inc. - Houston 3rd Quar July 31: 1998 1997 Sales $229,547,000 $112,484,000 Net income a 11,098,000 7,971,000 Avg shrs (diluted) 19,125,000 17,054,000 Shr earns (diluted) Net income a .58 .47 a. Includes a charge of $2.1 million, or 7 cents a share, for the integration of NCI and Metal Building Components' sales and marketing operations and plant and product consolidations. NCI Building Systems (NCS) makes metal components and pre-engineered metal building systems. Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.