All Star Analysts Portfolio Highlights: Capital One Financial, EMC Corporation, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, and Wells Fargo & Co.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COF), EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. (NYSE:EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. & Company (NYSE:WFC WFC Wi-Fi Connection (Nintendo gaming service) WFC Wide-Field Camera WFC World Financial Center (New York) WFC Workforce Center WFC World Federation of Chiropractic WFC World Food Council ). 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 five 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 12.92%, exceeding the S&P 500 by a margin of more than 50%. 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: Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) remains one of the All Stars' favorite names in the financials industry. In late July, the company posted a solid second quarter performance as earnings per share of $2.03 topped the consensus by almost 17%. In the year-ago quarter, Capital One posted profits of $1.65. The company reported that managed loans were $83 billion, an improvement of 7% and 13% on a sequential and year-over-year basis respectively. The company still expects managed loans to grow at a rate between 12% and 15% during 2005. Capital One Financial said it remains on track to deliver earnings per share between $6.60-$7.00 in 2005, and expects the Hibernia acquisition to close on September 1, 2005. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) reiterated its 2005 financial goals earlier this month of diluted earnings per share diluted earnings per share An earnings measure calculated by dividing net income less preferred stock dividends for a period by the average number of shares of common stock that would be outstanding if all convertible securities were converted into shares of of 50-51 cents and revenue growth of 17%. Furthermore, the company expects to grow revenues twice the market rate to about $11 billion next year. EMC also expects to buy back more shares in the second half of 2005 than the first half. In fact, since its second quarter report on July 21 through its annual analyst day , EMC purchased 11.2 million shares of its stock for approximately $157 million. During the second quarter, the company generated earnings per share of 12 cents on total consolidated revenue of $2.34 billion. The earnings result matched the consensus and topped last year's eight cents, while revenue jumped 19%. EMC said the quarter's growth was driven by its market-leading mid-tier storage systems, increasingly popular virtual infrastructure software from its VMware subsidiary, and an expanding services business. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) reported in late July that it gained market share for the 11th straight quarter. For the second 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 , excluding items, reached 70 cents, compared to 50 cents a year-earlier. The result also beat the consensus by almost 8%. Revenue per available room (REVPAR) at same-store owned hotels in 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. advanced 12.7%, while worldwide gained 12.3%. Starwood stated that its progress in brand-building efforts and services innovation will continue to keep the company ahead of its competition while accelerating its market share growth. With business remaining robust, Starwood felt comfortable enough to raise its guidance for the remainder of the year. The hotels industry continues to rise after a long malaise malaise /mal·aise/ (mal-az´) a vague feeling of discomfort. mal·aise n. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness. , and several All Stars believe Starwood is in a good position to capitalize. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a favorite of All Stars among financials. The company called its second quarter report another exceptional quarter of broad-based growth across its more than 80 businesses with continued double-digit growth in profit and earnings per share. In July, Wells Fargo posted earnings per share of $1.12 on revenue of $7.9 billion. The result improved 12% from last year's total of $1 while revenue improved 6% year-over-year. Revenues for Home Mortgage declined from the year earlier, but combined revenue of the other businesses improved 16%. Discover all the current All Star Analyst rankings and top analyst recommendations at http://at.zacks.com/?id=511 About Zacks All Star Analyst Survey To learn which brokerage analysts are the best in their field and what stocks they're recommending today, see the Zacks All Star Analyst survey. This exclusive survey, created with Fortune Magazine, reveals the "Best-of-Breed" brokerage analysts. 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