All Star Analysts Portfolio Highlights: CACI Int'l, Cameron, Hilton Hotels and McDermott Int'l.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. International Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CAI (1) (Computer-Assisted Instruction) Same as CBT. (2) See CA. CAI - Computer-Aided Instruction ), Cameron (NYSE: CAM), Hilton Hotels Corporation Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) is one of the leading global hospitality companies. As of April 2007 there are 2,645 hotels and 485,000 rooms employing 105,000 people in more than 80 countries. (NYSE: HLT HLT See: Highly leveraged transaction ) and McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. ). 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 of why these stocks are in the All Star Analysts Portfolio: CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CAI) announced earlier this month that it was awarded a prime contract to support the multiple-award Field and Installation Readiness Support Team (FIRST) program. The contract was awarded by the Department of the Army, Southern Region Contracting Command. The company will provide Army FIRST with a wide range of logistics support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Army FIRST is a 20-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ ID/IQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity ID/IQ Indefinite Duration/Indefinite Quantity ) task order contract with a total estimated ceiling value of $36 billion, to be awarded over four five-year acquisition cycles of $9 billion in funding ceilings each. CACI Int'l is a military logistics provider and a part of the All Star Analyst Portfolio. Cameron (NYSE: CAM), which remains on the All Star Portfolio, is a Zacks #1 Rank company with earnings estimates for this year and next that have risen 4% and 5.2% respectively in the past three months. For the third quarter, the international manufacturer of oil and gas pressure control equipment reported earnings per share of 80 cents, excluding items, on total revenues of $978.8 million. Earnings advanced year over year from 43 cents while revenues advanced 54% from $636.6 million. EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. also beat the consensus by 9.6%. Furthermore, orders increased 42% in the quarter while backlog reached a new high. Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) recently reaffirmed its preliminary 2007 guidance from late October, which includes pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma comparable worldwide owned hotel RevPAR and margin growth of about 7% to 9% and 125 basis points to 175 basis points respectively. In addition, the company plans on adding about 120,000 rooms to its global system between 2007 and 2009, with a gradually increasing percentage of room growth coming from international markets. Hilton Hotels also released its earnings growth and global unit growth expectations through 2009. The hotels giant reached 52-week highs on Dec 13 - Dec 15 and remains one of the All Stars' favorite names in the space. McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) reported third-quarter earnings per share of 89 cents on revenues of $1.12 billion. Earnings advanced from 53 cents a year earlier and eclipsed the consensus by approximately 48%. Revenues for the energy services company advanced from $498.2 million. McDermott Int'l said the increase in revenues and operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. is primarily attributable to the reconsolidation Re`con`sol`i`da´tion n. 1. The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated. of The Babcock & Wilcox Company's financial results beginning in March 2006. The company also said that the energy markets it serves continue to be robust. McDermott remains a Zacks #1 Rank company and member of the All Star Analyst Portfolio. 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