All Star Analysts Portfolio Highlights: Baker Hughes, Cameron, IDEX Corporation and Starwood Hotels & Resorts.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include Baker Hughes Baker Hughes NYSE: BHI is the world's third-largest oilfield services company behind Schlumberger & Halliburton, its main competitors. Baker Hughes provides the world's oil & gas industry with products and services for drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BHI BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated BHI Brain Heart Infusion (agar) BHI Better Hearing Institute BHI British Horological Institute (UK) BHI Boots Healthcare International BHI Branch If Higher ), Cameron (NYSE: CAM), IDEX IDEX International Development Exchange IDEX Imagery Data Exploitation System IDEX Imagery Digital Exploitation (system) IDEX Identifier of Explorer Corporation (NYSE: IEX IEX Ion Exchange (chromatography) IEX Inter-Exchange Carrier ) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT). View the entire list of stocks on the All Star Analyst portfolio at http://at.zacks.com/?id=510 This exclusive portfolio represents all stocks with a Strong Buy rating from at least four analysts with a 5-Star All Star ranking. These are the brokerage analysts whose stock recommendations proved to be the most profitable for investors. Since July 2002, this portfolio has generated an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. return of 7.53%. Here is a synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of why these stocks are in the All Star Analysts Portfolio: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) announced solid first-quarter results in April and believes it is well positioned to benefit from increased drilling and completion activity around the world. For 2007, the oil services company expects revenue growth of 19% to 21% outside of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . U.S. revenue is anticipated to rise by 7%, assuming U.S. drilling activity for the remainder of 2007 remains flat with the first quarter of 2007. For its first quarter, earnings per share from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $1.17 topped the consensus by approximately 6.4% while revenue moved forward 20% to $2.47 billion. Baker Hughes' remains one of the All Stars' favorite names in its industry. Cameron (NYSE: CAM) is a Zacks #2 Rank company and a fixture on the All Star Analysts Portfolio. Earnings estimates for this year are up 4.2% to $3.99 over the past two months. The oil and gas equipment manufacturer expects that energy markets will continue to be relatively healthy. As a result, it raised its full-year earnings guidance to between $3.85 and $4, compared to its previous expectation of between $3.65 and $3.85. For its first quarter, earnings per share of 88 cents eclipsed the consensus by about 8.6% while revenues improved 20% to $997 million year over year. IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) is an applied solutions company and a member of the All Star Analyst Portfolio. The company announced, earlier this week, the acquisition of Quadro Engineering for $31 million in cash. Quadro is a leading provider of particle control solutions for the pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical markets. It will operate as a standalone stand·a·lone adj. Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. unit in IDEX's Fluid & Metering Technologies segment. IDEX stated that Quadro's capabilities expands on its ability to provide customized solutions for the movement, transformation, measurement and dispense of high value fluids and solids. In April, IDEX announced that first-quarter sales advanced 25% to $333.3 million, while earnings per share of 45 cents (after adjusting for a 3-for-2 stock split) also increased on a year-over-year basis. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) remains a fixture on the All Star Analyst Portfolio. In its first-quarter report, the hotels company announced that worldwide system-wide revenue per available room (RevPAR) increased 10.2% for Same-Store Hotels. Furthermore, earnings per share from continuing operations reached 48 cents, excluding items, which beat the consensus by approximately 26%. Analysts polled by Research Digest appreciate the company's investments in productivity enhancements, especially in customer relationship management, database management and call center. Starwood Hotels also has strong brands, especially within the upscale market segment and in major urban markets, and a strong balance sheet. 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