Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 1, 09

(APOL) - buy
Apollo Group, 2Q profit beat expectations. Profit for the quarter totaled $125.3 mln, or 77 cents per share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $32 mln, or 19 cents per share.

(IVN) - buy
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, posted a narrower quarterly loss helped by lower expenses. Co reports Q4 EPS of ($0.45) vs ($0.71) a year ago; revs of $3.0 mln vs $0.00 a year ago.

(FUL) - short
H.B. Fuller says 1Q profit shrank 66 percent. Co posted a profit of $6.1 mln, or 13 cents per share, a year ago the co earned $18.2 mln, or 32 cents per share.

(BW) - short
Brush Engineered Materials, lowered its first-quarter revenue outlook citing ongoing economic conditions. It is now forecasting first-quarter revenue of between $127 mln and $137 mln, down from a previous outlook of between $145 mln and $165 mln.

(CELG) - short
Co issues downside guidance; co sees Q1 revs of ~$600 mln vs $647.1 mln First Call consensus. The co expects to achieve results at the lower end of these ranges.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 2, 2009

(UNF) - buy
UniFirst, posts strong Q2 results. Profit for the quarter ended Feb. 28 rose to $18.3 mln, or 94 cents per share, from $15.3 mln, or 79 cents per share last year.

(EXM) - buy
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, said it secured covenant waivers from lenders for two outstanding credit facilities and obtained a $45 mln capital infusion from its major shareholder.

(RIMM) - buy
Research In Motion Ltd, opened its online store for BlackBerry applications as it looks to tap a market for cellphone software.

(TBSI) - short
Co is experiencing a dramatic decline in the global economy, without clear visibility as to when the turmoil will end. Near term effects of this dramatic decline have been devastating on the dry cargo shipping industry.

(DRYS) - short
A potential sympathy play to TBS International.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 3, 2009

(GPN) - buy
Global Payments Q3 results top Street, keeps '09 view.

(GILD) - buy
Gilead blood pressure drug works in Phase 3 study.

(RIMM) - buy
Research In Motion, issues upside guidance for Q1, sees EPS of $0.88-0.97 vs. $0.82 consensus; sees Q1 revs of $3.3-3.5 bln vs. $3.35 bln consensus.

(ZOLL) - short
Zoll Medical Corporation, warns of defect in AED Plus defibrillators.

(CAE) - short
Cascade, reports loss for fiscal fourth-quarter on declines in revenue. Co reported a loss of $30.5 mln, or $2.82 per share, against net income of $8.8 mln, or 74 cents last year.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 6, 2009

(DNDN) - buy
Dendreon Corp, reports that data on its prostate cancer treatment Provenge will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association.

(ICE) - buy
Look for more follow through from Goldman Sachs adding the stock to their conviction buy list on Friday. 52 weeks high was $167.28.

(DVN) - buy
Look for more follow through from Friday as the energy stocks shrugged off the Unemployment Data and DVN got a late day upgrade by FBR Capital Markets.

(KIM) - short
Look for profit taking after the bad news came out on Friday and the stock jumped. Co cut its dividend 86% to 6 cents a share and they also reduced the top end of its projected range for 2009 funds from operations.

(NVO) - short
After the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel raised a red flag on Friday about NVO diabetes drug, rumor is the Company might scrub the drug.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 8, 2009

(RT) - buy
Ruby Tuesday reported an adjusted quarterly profit that topped analysts' expectations.

(BBBY) - buy
Bed Bath & Beyond says its fourth-quarter profit fell more than 18 percent but, results announced Tuesday still beat expectations.

(MOS) - short
Mosaic Co., a fertilizer maker, reported Tuesday that fiscal third-quarter profit fell nearly 89 percent as sales slid 36 percent.

(POT) - short
Postash Saskatchew is likely to trail the path of Mosaic into lower territory.

(TRA) - short
Terra Industries could potentially follow the lead of Mosaic lower.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 9, 2009

(EXM) - buy
Excel Maritime Carriers, reported a fourth-quarter profit, helped by an 81 percent jump in voyage revenue. Total revenue more than doubled to $189.1 million.

(CPKI) - buy
California Pizza Kitchen boosts 1st-qtr profit guidance on sales results and cost-savings.

(CHIC) - buy
Charlotte Russe predicts 3Q profit above forecasts.

(ZUMZ) - short
Zumiez same-store sales tumble 17.9 percent in March, weaker than analysts' forecast.

(SGR) - short
Shaw Group misses by $0.18, misses on revs. Co reports Q2 earnings of $0.43 per share, $0.18 worse than then First Call consensus of $0.61, revenues of $1.67 bln vs the $1.75 bln consensus.

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Zantrio.com Stock Picks for April 14, 2009

(ANH) - buy
Anworth declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.30 per share for 1Q 2009, payable on May 19, 2009 to common stockholders of record as of EOD April 30, 2009.

(FSS) - buy
Federal Signal forecast a surprise 1Q profit as it sees lower costs from litigation and expects earnings of 1 cent to 3 cents a share from continuing operations.

(DBRN) - buy
Dress Barn forecast a 3Q profit that beat market estimates. Quarter ending, forecast earnings of 30 cents to 32 cents and expects same-store sales to remain flat. Co expects to provide a narrower fiscal 2009 earnings outlook range when it reports third-quarter results.

(OZRK) - buy
Bank of the Ozarks announced net income a record $9,286,000, an increase of 19.6% from $7,765,000 for the first quarter of 2008. Diluted earnings for 1Q 2009 a record $0.55, compared to $0.46 for the 1Q of 2008, an increase of 19.6%.

(GS) - buy
Goldman Sachs beat expectations, reporting a profit of $1.66 billion for the first three months of 2009. They plan to raise $5 billion in stock to help pay back government bailout funds.They earned $3.39 per share, vs. analysts' forecasts of $1.64 per share.

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