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 | |||||||||