CHICAGO, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com releases
details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the
exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are
currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): China Lodging
Group, Ltd (Nasdaq: HTHT) and Collective Brands Inc.
(NYSE: PSS). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two
other widely held stocks: TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS)
and The Boston Bear Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM). To see the
full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit:
http://at.zacks.com/?id=92
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Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the
Zacks #5 Rank List of Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% vs.
+10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks
during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told
investors which stocks to sell or avoid.
Here is a synopsis of why HTHT and PSS have a Zacks Rank of #5
(Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the
next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is
applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:
China Lodging Group, Ltd (Nasdaq: HTHT) announced its
first -quarter loss of 4 cents per
share on May 10 that lagged analysts'
expectations by 300%. Moreover the diluted earnings per share fell
by 200% on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for
the current year slipped 5 cents per
share to 0.44 cents in the last 60
days. Next year's estimate dipped 8
cents per share to 0.83 cents
per share in that time span.
Collective Brands Inc. (NYSE: PSS) posted a first-quarter
profit of 42 cents per share on
May 24, which came in 40 cents wider than the average forecast. The
diluted earnings per share fell 49% as compared to results of 2011.
Net sales dipped by a percent on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks
Consensus Estimate for 2012 fell to a profit of $1.13 per share from $1.28 over the past month as 2 out of the 6
covering analysts slashed forecasts. Next year's forecasts slipped
11 cents to $1.54 cents per share in the same time span.
Here is a synopsis of why THS and SAM have a Zacks Rank of 4
(Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next
one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15%
of all the stocks ranked by Zacks;
TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE: THS) first-quarter profit of
0.59 cents per share, posted on
May 5, lagged analysts' projections
by nearly 11 %. For 2011, the Zacks Consensus Estimate moved down
16 cents in the last 30 days as 13
out of the 14 covering analysts cut back on forecasts. Forecast for
next year slid 10 cents to
$3.37 per share in the same time
span.
The Boston Bear Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) reported a
first-quarter profit of 28 cents per
share on May 4, that fell 38% short
of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The full-year average forecast is
currently pegged at $3.54 cents per
share, compared with last 60 days projection of $3.59. Next year's forecast dropped 9 cents per share in the same period.
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