All Star Analysts Portfolio highlights: Accredited Home Lenders, Starwood Hotels, United Technologies and Walt Disney Co.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include Accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. Home Lenders Holding Company (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : LEND), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HOT), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX UTX United Technologies Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) UTX Unreal Texture (a texture pack for Unreal-engine games) UTX Unit Training Exercise UTX Under Track Crossing ) and The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). 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 11.63%, exceeding the S&P 500. Here is a synopsis of why these stocks are in the All Star Analysts Portfolio: Accredited Home Lenders Holding Company (NASDAQ: LEND) originates, finances, securitizes, services, and sells non-prime mortgage loans secured by residential real estate. For its first quarter, Accredited Home reported earnings per share of $1.61, marking an increase from $1.43 in the year-ago quarter. Meanwhile, total net revenues advanced 15.2% to $141.7 million, versus $123 million in the same period of 2005. Some of the highlights in the quarter included a rise in mortgage origination volume of 11.1%; a loans on-balance sheet increase of 30%; and a 14% advance in net interest income after provision. Accredited Home believes it will drive profitability for the rest of this year and beyond. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) reaffirmed its full year earnings per share guidance for 2006 late last month. Furthermore, the company expects annual earnings per share growth of between 20% and 23% through 2009, assuming annual revenue per available room growth of 7% to 9% and 5% to 7% net annual unit growth. Also, the company's Board approved an additional $600 million increase in its share repurchase Share Repurchase A program by which a company buys back its own shares from the marketplace, reducing the number of outstanding shares. This is usually an indication that the company's management thinks the shares are undervalued. program, which would bring the current authorization to more than $1 billion. In addition, Starwood is taking 15 to 18 non-strategic hotels to market, expecting sales proceeds of $500 million to $1 billion over the next 12 to 18 months. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) is a diversified company diversified company A company engaged in varied business operations not directly related to one another. A diversified company is less likely to suffer either a collapse or a spectacular gain in earnings compared with a firm concentrating its operations in a that provides a broad range of high technology products and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to the building systems and aerospace industries. The company recently reaffirmed its 2006 outlook for earnings per share between $3.50 and $3.60, while announcing a settlement with the Department of Defense concerning government contract accounting matters. During its first quarter, which was announced in April, earnings reached 76 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. , which topped the consensus forecast by more than 5.5% and beat the year-earlier performance. Consolidated revenue reached $10.6 billion, marking a 13% year-over-year advance. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) reported a slip in revenues and income at its Studio Entertainment segment in the fiscal second quarter. However, the decline was offset by solid results elsewhere, such as Media Networks, Cable Networks and Parks & Resorts. Earnings per share advanced year-over-year to 37 cents, topping the consensus estimate by more than 19%. Revenues in the quarter increased to $8.03 billion from $7.83 billion in the year-ago quarter. The company stated that strategic initiatives pursued during the quarter helped to position Disney for future creative success, new opportunities to reach consumers, and long-term value creation for shareholders. Disney remains a favorite with the All Stars. 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. They are the select group of winners from the universe of brokerage analysts - the ones who consistently beat the street - the few you should be following now. 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