High Quality, High PAR Stocks on 29 April 2005
Sym Company Industry PAR by VL Sales Growth PAR by VL EPS Growth Avg PE Quality Rating VL Fin Str
               
BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Retail (Special Lines) 23.4 25.6 25 92.6 A++
COH Coach Inc. Retail (Special Lines) 17.0 21.9 24 91.3 B++
GRMN Garmin Ltd. Electrical Equipment 17.6 15.4 21 91.3 A
DLTR Dollar Tree Stores Retail Store 24.9 21.8 21 86.3 A
YCC Yankee Candle Household Products 20.3 17.3 17 86.0 A++
ITW Illinois Tool Works Metal Fabricating 15.9 16.1 18 85.8 A+
LXK Lexmark Int'l `A' Office Equip/Supplies 16.3 16.0 20 84.5 A+
PAYX Paychex Inc. Computer Software/Svcs 19.9 17.9 40 81.2 B++
APOL Apollo Group `A' Educational Services 18.1 19.1 32 80.9 A
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Retail Store 22.2 21.1 24 80.8 A
ORCL Oracle Corp. Computer Software/Svcs 19.1 22.1 25 80.4 A
HDI Harley-Davidson Recreation 17.1 24.6 20 80.1 A++
EASI Engineered Support Aerospace/Defense 18.0 20.1 20 79.3 A
LLTC Linear Technology Semiconductor 20.7 25.9 30 79.2 A++
BUD Anheuser-Busch Beverage (Alcoholic) 16.5 17.7 22 78.2 A++
CTAS Cintas Corp. Industrial Services 15.2 15.3 24 78.1 A
NZT Telecom N. Zealand Foreign Telecom. 16.4 17.8 16 77.6 B++
MAS Masco Corp. Building Materials 22.6 23.3 16.5 77.5 A
SYMC Symantec Corp. Computer Software/Svcs 18.4 19.2 25 77.4 A++
FDS FactSet Research Information Services 17.1 16.9 22.5 77.1 B++
TOT Total ADR Petroleum (Integrated) 17.6 17.5 15 76.9 B++
TBL Timberland Co. 'A' Shoe 15.9 17.7 15 76.9 A
LIZ Liz Claiborne Apparel 15.2 16.8 16 76.7 A++
SPLS Staples Inc. Office Equip/Supplies 16.6 17.6 19 76.4 A+
MXIM Maxim Integrated Semiconductor 24.0 26.8 30 76.3 A+
CBK Christopher & Banks Retail (Special Lines) 30.4 15.9 19 76.3 B++
DHR Danaher Corp. Diversified Co. 15.1 17.6 25 76.0 A
LOW Lowe's Cos. Retail Building Supply 20.1 19.8 21 75.6 A
SYK Stryker Corp. Medical Supplies 19.0 19.0 28 75.3 A
PFE Pfizer Inc. Drug 21.8 19.2 18 75.0 A++
FISV Fiserv Inc. Computer Software/Svcs 23.7 23.0 25 74.6 A
FDC First Data Corp. Computer Software/Svcs 17.3 17.0 21 74.3 A++
PSUN Pacific Sunwear Retail (Special Lines) 21.4 25.7 18 74.0 A++
MGA Magna Int'l 'A' Auto Parts 24.9 19.6 11 73.7 A
HD Home Depot Retail Building Supply 26.5 26.9 28 73.2 B++
ETN Eaton Corp. Auto Parts 20.1 27.5 16 72.7 A
QCOM Qualcomm Inc. Telecom. Equipment 18.7 24.3 33.5 72.4 A++
DELL Dell Inc. Computers/Peripherals 20.0 18.4 28 71.8 B++
TJX TJX Companies Retail (Special Lines) 20.6 15.3 16 71.7 B++
RI Ruby Tuesday Restaurant 16.1 16.4 16 71.7 A
IBM Int'l Business Mach. Computers/Peripherals 20.8 15.9 19 71.7 B++
THO Thor Inds. Manuf. Housing/RV 18.5 20.3 14 71.4 A
TSS Total System Svcs. Financial Svcs. (Div.) 18.2 15.9 30 71.1 A
HAR Harman Int'l Electrical Equipment 15.4 19.3 19 71.0 A++
CSCO Cisco Systems Telecom. Equipment 27.1 23.2 25 70.9 A+
OCR Omnicare Inc. Pharmacy Services 16.3 18.5 18 70.5 A+
FRED Fred's Inc. 'A' Retail Store 20.2 15.3 20 69.4 B++
ACS Affiliated Computer Computer Software/Svcs 21.3 22.9 22 69.4 A
NX Quanex Corp. Steel (General) 15.3 19.1 16 68.3 A
JKHY Henry (Jack) & Assoc. Computer Software/Svcs 25.0 24.2 30 68.1 A
AJG Gallagher (Arthur J.) Financial Svcs. (Div.) 21.3 19.8 18 68.1 A++
HRS Harris Corp. Electronics 16.5 19.4 20 67.3 A
EL Lauder (Estee) Toiletries/Cosmetics 17.0 17.4 25 66.9 A++
CBT Cabot Corp. Chemical (Diversified) 20.2 15.3 16 66.6 A++
COCO Corinthian Colleges Educational Services 31.4 25.7 25 66.5 A
CFC Countrywide Financial Financial Svcs. (Div.) 17.6 18.1 11.5 66.1 B++
CDWC CDW Corp. Retail (Special Lines) 22.3 22.8 25 65.7 A
INTC Intel Corp. Semiconductor 21.1 26.1 25 65.7 A++
COGN Cognos Inc. Computer Software/Svcs 20.0 25.8 25 65.3 B++
KBH KB Home Homebuilding 25.7 27.3 7.5 65.3 B++
FRX Forest Labs. Drug 23.4 20.1 19 65.0 A
PAR based on EPS growth: 19.9
PAR based on sales growth:  20.1
Quality:  74.3