Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Ashland Inc. (ASH) Auxilio, Inc. (AUXO) Cedar Realty Trust Inc. (CDR) Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd. (CHTP) China Cord Blood Corp. (CO) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.    ASHLAND INC (ASH): Free Stock Analysis Report AUXILIO INC (AUXO): Free Stock Analysis [...]

Since its second quarter report late last month, shares of Flushing Financial Corp. (FFIC) have surged about 15.0% to hit its 52-week high of $15.30 on August 21. The rising share price and positive estimate revisions make this Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) savings and loan holding bank a solid momentum pick. Impressive Second Quarter [...]

Merck KGaA (MKGAF) recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Berlin, Germany-based Biochrom AG. Biochrom AG, which specializes in the production and marketing of cell culture media and buffer solutions, posted sales of approximately €13 million in 2011. The company also reported a total workforce of approximately 60 in 2011. The financial terms of the [...]

Home Depot Inc. (HD) has an impressive record of beating quarterly earnings expectations, which it continued in its fiscal second quarter 2012 by surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4.1%. The home improvement retailer has also been paying a quarterly dividend for over 100 consecutive quarters, currently yielding nearly 2.05%. Shares of this Zacks #2 [...]

Chico's FAS Inc. (CHS) reported robust second-quarter 2012 earnings per share of 32 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 30 cents. Moreover, quarterly earnings surged 28% from the prior-year quarter's earnings of 25 cents per share. Sales Net sales climbed 16.4% to $641.7 million from the prior-year quarter and were almost in line with [...]

Driven by strong top-line performance along with improved margins, the upscale segment retailer, Ann Inc.’s (ANN) earnings of 63 cents per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 surged over 34% from the prior-year quarter’s earnings of 47 cents. Moreover, quarterly earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 51 cents per share. Quarterly Details [...]

Perry Ellis International Inc. (PERY) posted adjusted earnings per share of a penny in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 3 cents as well as deteriorating from the year-ago earnings of 11 cents per share. On a reported basis, losses per share were 17 cents versus a gain of [...]

Shares of Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (KORS) are hovering close to their 52-week high of $50.69 after strong fiscal 2013 first quarter results, which included a whopping 70.0% earnings surprise. Furthermore, Zacks Consensus Estimates for this fiscal year and next have moved sharply higher in the past 7 days, underscoring its Zacks #1 Rank (Strong [...]

Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s (THC) second-quarter earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago results based on growth in revenues arising from higher adjusted admissions, outpatient visits and surgeries, partly offset by a rise in bad debt. We subsequently raise of recommendation from Neutral to Outperform. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed in [...]