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Article Excerpt
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the latest list of top performing Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks. The stocks on the prestigious list with the highest returns last week were Clayton Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLAY), CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF), Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX), Avici Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:AVCI) and Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TXI). Each of these stocks easily outperformed the S&P 500.
Stocks ranked #1 (Strong Buy) by Zacks have produced an average annual return of +31.8% since inception in 1988. During the 2000-2002 bear market, Zacks #1 Rank stocks gained 43.8% while the S&P 500 tumbled 37.6%. To learn more about the Zacks Rank, go to http://at.zacks.com/?id=3172.
Here is a synopsis of the last week's best performing Zacks #1 Rank stocks.
Clayton Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLAY) reached a 52-week high on Feb 23 and was one of the best-performing Zacks #1 Rank stocks last week with a gain of 19.2%. For its fourth quarter, the information and analytics company announced revenues of $61.2 million, marking a year-over-year increase of 8.7% from $56.3 million. Earnings per share advanced from the previous year as well, while also eclipsing the Wall Street consensus.
For 2006, Clayton's first...
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